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Bob Hawke greets the crowd at the national tally room in Canberra on election night, March 5, 1983.

The tally room, like the sure thing that was Bob Hawke, is no more

As the latest federal election approaches, the sort of political certainty that once hoisted Bob Hawke to a long prime ministership is in short supply.

  • Tony Wright

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Barbara Rugendyke and daughter Sarah.

Barbara lost everything. The road to recovery has taken some unexpected turns

When the media left town and COVID hit, victims of the Black Summer bushfires were left to pick up the pieces. Five years on, here’s what happened to some of them.

  • Penry Buckley and James Brickwood
Some mishaps on the election trail: Kevin Rudd busts in on a choir; Tony Abbott inexplicably eats an onion; Scott Morrison’s rugby tackle trouble; and, Paul Keating’s cake plan falls flat.

‘You ignorant bastards!’ Perils of the election campaign trail

Very rarely, everything goes smoothly on the election campaign trail. Often, things go very, very wrong.

  • Tony Wright
Former prime minister Scott Morrison and a still from a Tiktok video showing the family photo album that was inadvertently given to a charity shop.

Scott Morrison issues plea to return family photo album

Morrison told this masthead the photo album had been accidentally included in a box of items donated to an op-shop. Then it ended up on TikTok.

  • James Massola and Olivia Ireland
The mansion is on the desirable north side of St George’s Road, Toorak.

Quick turnaround! A year after sale, Smorgon family Toorak mansion back on the market

Stephen Arvanitis, son of aged care mogul Peter Arvanitis, is selling up the mansion he recently bought from the Smorgon family for about $30 million.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Former prime minister Scott Morrison says he believes COVID likely came from a lab.

Scott Morrison reveals he still meets Trump, spills his theory on COVID origins

COVID-19 probably leaked from a lab in China, Morrison said in a rare interview. “I’m not saying they did it deliberately … but they didn’t tell the world.”

  • Olivia Ireland
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SMH/The Age editorial cartoon for February 14 2025 by Cathy Wilcox

Electoral Reform Bill leaves a sour taste

Readers are not all happy about the election funding reforms which advantage the ALP and the Coalition over independents.

Then prime minister Scott Morrison and US President Donald Trump had a good rapport as “surprise” election winners.

What did Australia promise? Inside the room where Trump and Morrison talked tariffs

Australian officials scrambled when they heard Trump was bringing some of his top trade advisers to dinner with Morrison. They knew the trade warriors had an axe to grind.

  • David Crowe and Michael Koziol
Grace Tame (right) greets Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancee, Jodie Haydon, at the Lodge while wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan “F--- Murdoch”.

Albanese criticises Grace Tame for her ‘F--- Murdoch’ T-shirt

The prime minister says the abuse activist and former Australian of the Year took the focus away from this year’s nominees.

  • Michelle Griffin and Millie Muroi
An artist’s impression of the 29-unit housing block that Homes NSW is proposing to build for seniors in Riverwood in Sydney’s south.

Where’s the good in Riverwood? Get a heart!

With the number of homeless aged people on the rise, how heartwarming it would have been if the residents of Hardwicke Street had put out the welcome mat.

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