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Sam ClenchEurope correspondent

Sam covers politics, with the occasional foray into entertainment news. He previously worked in the Canberra press gallery and as news.com.au’s US correspondent. Sam led our coverage of the 2016 and 2020 US elections and hit the campaign trail for the Australian federal elections in 2019 and 2022 – but you’re probably more likely to recognize him as our resident Game of Thrones nerd.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 22nd, 2021: The Minister for Education and Youth Alan Tudge spoke to the media during a press conference in Parliament House, Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Minister ‘on cusp of being sacked’

Scott Morrison is reportedly on the cusp of sacking one of his ministers – though the Prime Minister’s office denies he’s made a final decision.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 4, 2022: Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets locals at Coco's Hair Salon while touring at Mount Eliza, south of Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

‘Let me finish’: PM’s extraordinary claim

As the election draws nearer, we can expect the spin from all sides to reach brazen levels. Today the Prime Minister gave us a good example.

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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic arrives to a ceremony in the coastal city of Budva on January 28, 2022. - Djokovic was declared an honorary citizen of Budva during a ceremony held in the Montenegrin coastal resort that he personally attended. Several hundred people gathered in front of the municipal building to welcome the world number one. (Photo by SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP)

‘Nothing to do with it’: Djokovic blow-up

The Novak Djokovic border fiasco has flared up again, this time regarding the process through which he was granted his controversial visa.

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Claim PM shot down by own cabinet

Prime Minister Scott Morrison was reportedly shot down by the members of his own cabinet when he put forward a risky plan to win votes.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 09: Grace Tame addresses the media at the National Press Club on February 09, 2022 in Canberra, Australia. 2021 Australian of the year, Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins, advocates for survivors of sexual assault attended the National Press Club together. Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised directly to Brittany Higgins as parliament resumed this week. A formal acknowledgement of past bullying, harassment and sexual assault to recognise all those who have faced harm within Commonwealth workplaces was also delivered. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

‘Unacceptable’: PM responds to Tame claim

Scott Morrison has responded and an investigation has been launched after Grace Tame made an explosive allegation during her speech today.

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‘This is embarrassing’: Parliament erupts

Hours after a rare display of bipartisanship as parliament issued a historic apology, the nation’s politicians returned to their bad-tempered ways.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 26, 2022 Pope Francis holds a general audience at the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. - The deadline for submitting nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize was January 31, 2022 and the name of the winner will be announced in early October. Among the announced candidates are the civil disobedience movement in Myanmar but also the Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg, British conservationist David Attenborough, Pope Francis or the Belarusian opponent Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

‘I have no answer’: Pope Francis stumped

Pope Francis fielded a wide range of questions in an hour-long TV interview. By his own admission, one of them left him stumped.

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US star Joe Rogan has tested positive for Covid. Picture: Supplied

Rogan drama forces changes at Spotify

After a week of controversy driven by its star podcaster Joe Rogan, streaming giant Spotify has announced changes to its rules.

Celebrity Life

Marvel star’s surprise anti-vaxxer revelation

Evangeline Lilly, famous for her roles in Lost, The Hobbit trilogy and the MCU, has revealed she attended a notorious anti-vaxxer event.

Leaders

Unthinkable Kamala career move suggested

An outlandish theory suggesting US Vice President Kamala Harris will soon find herself in a new job has been rubbished by experts.

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