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Brad Norington is an Associate Editor at The Australian, writing about national affairs and NSW politics. Brad was previously The Australian’s Washington Correspondent during the Obama presidency and has been working at the paper since 2004. Prior to that, he was a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald. Brad is the author of three books, including Planet Jackson about the HSU scandal and Kathy Jackson.

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National Affairs

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a visit to Bluescope Steel in Wollongong, Monday, March 12, 2018. The Australian Government has secured an exemption from the recently announced U.S tariffs imposed on steel and aluminium. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

PM ‘aiding Greens’ in Batman

Bill Shorten has blamed Malcolm Turnbull for aiding the Greens in the Batman by-election by not running a Liberal candidate.

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exclusiveIndustrial Relations

Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten arrives to tour the SAMHRI Medical centre in Adelaide. Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (AAP Image/David Mariuz) NO ARCHIVING

AWU fights push for headcount

The Australian Workers Union is resisting pressure for an ‘external audit’ after vastly exaggerating membership numbers.

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Foreign Affairs

9/3/18: Former PM Paul Keating delivers a keynote speech at the Wharton Global Forum at the Westin in Sydney. John Feder/The Australian.

Keating praises Trump’s policy

The former Labor PM backs Trump for ‘surprisingly’ adopting the right policy on China, unlike Clinton, Bush and Obama.

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exclusiveThe Nation

Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten visited Cairns to announce Labor's proposal for a Northern Australia Tourism Infrastructure fund and board, should the party win the next election. Picture: BRENDAN RADKE

Doubts on Shorten cash approval

Bill Shorten handed out about $100,000 of his union members’ money to Labor candidates during the 2007 election campaign.

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Foreign Affairs

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (L) and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrive for a joint press conference in Sydney on March 2, 2018. Ardern met with Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for bilateral talks during her two-day visit. / AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN

Turnbull dismisses Ardern call

Malcolm Turnbull will not reconsider deporting Kiwi criminals who have only ever lived in Australia.

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Immigration

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a joint press conference with Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at his residence in Sydney on March 2, 2018. Ardern is in Australia for bilateral talks with Australia;s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during her two-day visit. / AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN

US asylum deal first: PM

NZ offers again to resettle asylum-seekers; Turnbull says he will consider ‘other options’ only when the US move is complete.

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Foreign Affairs

Point Piper meal, then talks

Jacinda Ardern has dined at Malcolm Turnbull’s Point Piper mansion in Sydney on her second Australian visit.

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exclusiveThe Nation

Aust politician Jennie George with Maria Vamvakinou at the ALP Caucus meeting in Canberra 22 Nov 2001.

Union Bill ‘did little for women’

The first female president of the ACTU has lashed Bill Shorten for doing little to help women while he was head of the AWU.

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Inquirer

20150225: Wagga Wagga: Nationals MP Michael McCormack prepares to leave his home in Lake Albert NSW ahead of MondayÕs vote for the leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister. Photo by Sean Davey.

Riverina’s quiet achiever

The new Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has a hard act to follow.

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exclusiveForeign Affairs

In this Feb. 1, 2018 photo, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda pose for a photo before an interview with The Associated Press in Kirkland, Wash. Gates and his wife, head the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, are rethinking their work in America as they confront what they consider an unsatisfactory track record, the country's growing inequity and a president they disagree with more than any other. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Gates cash election link

Grants worth several million dollars from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation may be foreign political donations.

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