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Nicholas Jensen is commentary editor at The Australian. He previously worked as a reporter in the masthead’s NSW bureau. He studied history at the University of Melbourne, where he obtained a BA (Hons), and holds an MPhil in British and European History from the University of Oxford.

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RESPECT MATTERS CAMPAIGNPolitics

Govt’s “confusing” education campaign, , The Morrison Government's new consent education campaign for schools features a bizarre video of a woman smearing a man’s face with a milkshake.

‘Bizarre’ milkshake consent video pulled

The federal government has removed two videos from its $3.7m ‘Respect Matters’ campaign after they were lambasted by critics.

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Hollywood down underPolitics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL, 19, 2021: Pictured is Gladys Berejiklian arriving with actor Chris Hemsworth and producer Doug Mitchell at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney for a major blockbuster announcement of Mad Max sequel Furiosa, that will be filmed in NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

Mad Max homecoming leaves Gladys giddy

It may be more than 40 years old — older, in fact, than its new star, heart-throb Chris Hemsworth — but the Mad Max franchise is revved up and roaring back to life.

Nicholas Jensen

Live: PoliticsNowPolitics

Business Council of Australia (BCA) 2021 Annual Dinner (L-R)Tim Reed, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Jennifer Westacott. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Deregulation, not tax hikes, key to rebound: PM

Scott Morrison has ruled out raising taxes, pledging to focus on deregulation, skills and training to boost the economic recovery.

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LIVE: POLITICS NOWTravel

The Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison has spent the second day of his visit to Western Australia at the Christmas Creek mine site in The PIlbara. PIctured is the Prime MInister at the site in the states North West on April 15, 2021. Picture - Justin Benson-Cooper / The West Australian

Death ‘likely linked’ to AstraZeneca vaccine

The Therapeutic Goods Administration says there is a likely link between the death of a 48-year-old Central Coast woman and the AstraZeneca vaccine she was administered.

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LIVE: POLITICS NOWPolitics

Australian Army soldiers from Special Operations Task Group return to Multi-National Base Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, after another successful mission in southern Afghanistan in March 2011. *** Local Caption *** Australian Army soldiers from Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) are deployed to Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan to conduct population-centric, security and counter-network operations alongside their Afghan National Security Forces partners against Taliban insurgents. SOTG comprises personnel from the Special Air Service Regiment, 1st and 2nd Commando Regiments, Incident Response Regiment, Special Operations Logistics Squadron and a variety of supporting units from the ADF. Picture: Department of Defence

Last Aussies to withdraw from Afghanistan

An emotional Scott Morrison has paid tribute to the 41 Australian soldiers who have died serving in the troubled nation.

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EconomyEconomics

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 06: People are seen around Perth on February 06, 2021 in Perth, Australia. Western Australia's COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were lifted at 6pm on Friday after no new community coronavirus cases were recorded in the last week. Face masks will remain compulsory in public and at work for another eight days in Perth and Peel once the lockdown ends. The five-day lockdown introduced across the Perth, Peel and South West regions of Western Australia on Sunday 31 January following the discovery of a positive community COVID-19 case in a worker from a quarantine hotel facility. (Photo by Stefan Gosatti/Getty Images)

WA drives jobless rate way down

A booming West Australia economy has helped drive national unemployment down to 5.6 per cent, as the labour market notched its sixth consecutive month of jobs growth.

Patrick Commins

Carla Zampatti state funeralNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL, 14, 2021: Bianca Spender, daughter of Carla Zampatti, is seen following the NSW State Funeral for Carla Zampatti in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett POOL via NCA NewsWire

‘Fashion’s queen’ farewelled in Sydney

Carla Zampatti is remembered as a demanding, perfectionist ‘queen of fashion’ by her three surviving children and fashionistas.

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LIVE: POLITICS NOWPolitics

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 29th, 2021: The Minister for Transport Infrastructure, Jacinta Allan, and the Federal Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, Paul Fletcher press conference with details on the Melbourne Airport Rail.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Wayne Taylor

Holgate was not fired, she quit: Fletcher

Paul Fletcher breaks his silence on former Australia Post boss Christine Holgate as PM digs in and refuses to apologise.

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LIVE: politics nowPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL, 13, 2021: Former CEO of Australia Post Christine Holgate during a Public Hearing at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Gary Ramage

‘Utter disgrace’: Holgate appeals for PM apology

The ex-AusPost boss calls on Scott Morrison to apologise for humiliating her and help resolve a contract dispute.

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Patient remains in ICUNation

Second clots case ‘likely linked to AZ’

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has concluded that a case of blood clots in a WA woman is likely linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Natasha Robinson and Amos Aikman

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