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James CampbellNational weekend political editor

James Campbell is national weekend political editor for Saturday and Sunday News Corporation newspapers and websites across Australia, including the Saturday and Sunday Herald Sun, the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph and the Saturday Courier Mail and Sunday Mail. He has previously been investigations editor, state politics editor and opinion editor of the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun. Since starting on the Sunday Herald Sun in 2008 Campbell has twice been awarded the Grant Hattam Quill Award for investigative journalism by the Melbourne Press Club and in 2013 won the Walkley Award for Scoop of the Year.

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference in Canberra, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Morrison rolling the dice on boats

Despite telling his party room the refugee issue alone wouldn’t save the Coalition at the upcoming election, Scott Morrison is now talking all boats all the time, writes James Campbell.

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[EMBARGO 10pm ADELAIDE TIME] Christopher Pyne poses for a picture at Magill Estate, Friday, March 1, 2019. Picture: MATT LOXTON

Coalition MPs jumping ship while they can

Another week sends more Coalition MPs heading for the exit. Last week it was sayonara Julie Bishop. Today it’s ciao Steve Ciobo and goodbye Christopher Pyne, but it’s hard to believe they would all be packing their bags if the polls weren’t the way they were, writes James Campbell.

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A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker operated by Energy Advance Co., a unit of Tokyo Gas Co., is moored at ConocoPhillips' LNG facilities in Darwin, Australia, on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Darwin is in the express lane of Australia's two-speed economy -- a division the Reserve Bank of Australia used to separate resource-rich regions in the north that are powering growth and sucking in workers, from the tourism, manufacturing and retailer industries of the southeast that are teetering under a currency that has risen 65 percent in 3 1/2 years. Photographer: Sergio Dionisio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Shorten pledges to boost Australia’s fuel stocks

Labor leader Bill Shorten would immediately move to safeguard Australia’s fuel security by boosting emergency stocks if he wins the next election.

Julie Bishop after resigns leaves at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Bishop bows out with trademark panache

For much of her 20 years in parliament, Julie Bishop was mentioned as a good chance to one day be leader of the Liberal Party, but by the time she finally put her hand up there was a feeling her time had passed, writes James Campbell.

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No cheers for this tired Canberra circus

The circus that is the 45th Parliament is grinding to a close and it’s passing won’t be mourned by anyone in their right mind, writes James Campbell.

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Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Duncan Lewis speaks during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, February 18, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Cyber attack damage may not be clear for years

The damage to the national interest from the state-sponsored cyber attack on Australia’s parliament and political parties may not be clear for “many years, even decades”, says ASIO boss Duncan Lewis.

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The Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a press conference in the Prime Ministers courtyard at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

ScoMo reveals reforms amid boat people fears

A new campaign will be launched to discourage potential boat people as the Morrison Government continues to draw election battle lines with Labor over border protection after announcing the Christmas Island detention centre will be reopened.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 12: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten listens to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives on February 12, 2019 in Canberra, Australia. It is the first parliamentary sitting day for 2019. Senator Richard Di Natale is not supporting Labors amendments to Phelps refugee medical transfer bill. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

Shorten sails into stormy waters

Bill Shorten’s stand on border protection is a high-risk strategy that plays to the Prime Minister’s strengths, writes James Campbell.

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Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten reacts during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, February 12, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Why Labor may rue medivac bill win

There were two questions before the House of Representatives on Tuesday — one of principle and one of policy. James Campbell explains how Labor may ultimately end up ruing its victories in both of them.

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Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt addresses the media at Ringwood Private Hospital in Melbourne, Sunday, January 20, 2019. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Ensemble cast makes Flinders a seat to watch

Greg Hunt, Julia Banks and the possibility of an intriguing Labor candidate. Flinders has the making of political theatre, writes James Campbell.

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