Your morning Briefing: Bid to stem Coalition MP exodus

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Hello readers. ScoMo bids to stop the exodus of Coalition MPs and the Djoker is the Australian Open’s most successful man of all time.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a press conference after attending an Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony and Flag Raising event in Canberra, Saturday, January 26, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

MP exodus

Coalition MPs thinking about retirement have been urged to consider the impact of their decisions on the nation’s future.

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27/01/2019: Federal member for Warringah Tony Abbott emerges from his Forestville home on the day that Zali Steggall announced that she would be running for the seat in the next Federal election. PIC: ABC

Carbon copy

Tony Abbott will stoke fears of another carbon tax when he writes to voters and asks them to back him this week.

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FILE - In this July 4, 2012 file photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency, a wooden boat which is believed to have up to 180 asylum seekers on board floats on the waters off Christmas Island, Australia. Australian officials said Saturday, July 13, 2013, a boat carrying asylum seekers from Indonesia to Australia began sinking Saturday in the Indian Ocean. Australian officials rescued 88 asylum seekers on Friday night after the boat began taking on water about 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Christmas Island, an Australian territory 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency, File)

‘No turnbacks’

UNHCR will continue to lobby to end Australia’s asylum-seeker policies, regardless of who wins the next ­election.

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A girl is being held in the recovery position by a police officer outside the Rolling Loud Festival, Sydney Olympic Park. 27th January, 2019. Picture by Damian Shaw

‘Pure’ drugs

Drug dealers are trading on the debate around pill-testing by offering ‘‘pure’’ drugs at music festivals.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 27: Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup following victory in his Men's Singles Final match against Rafael Nadal of Spain during day 14 of the 2019 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 27, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

Djoker in heaven

With the demolition of a legend, Novak Djokovic has ­become the most successful man in the history of the Australian Open.

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Johannes Leak’s view

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