Your morning Briefing: It’s game on with budget bounce for Morrison

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Hello readers. ScoMo can see the summit after budget poll bounce, and Chris Mitchell on Zali Steggall’s easy ride.

Shute Shield Rugby. Prime Minister Scott Morrison prior to his kick off of the game. Picture Chris Pavlich for The SundayTelegraph

Game on

The Coalition has moved to within striking distance of Labor with a surge in support following last week’s budget, the latest Newspoll shows. Dennis Shanahan suggests that from here, Morrison can see the summit.

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A screen-grab obtained on Monday, March 18, 2019, shows Seven's Sunrise host David Koch on the breakfast news show challenging One Nation leader Pauline Hanson over her anti-muslim rhetoric and her previous support of senator Fraser Anning. (AAP Image/Supplied via Seven's Sunrise) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Hanson sees red

Relations between One Nation and TV breakfast show Sunrise are at an all-time low, writes Nick Tabakoff in Media Diary.

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Zali Steggall Campaign launch speech at Novotel Manly, Sydney, NSW, Australia on March 30 2019. Photo: Kate Zarifeh

Steggall’s easy ride

Apparently being female and Green means never facing media scrutiny, writes Chris Mitchell. Look at Zali Steggall.

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Baby killer demands $20k

Baby killer Raymond Ali has demanded compensation after being denied a toaster in prison.

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The logo for Australia's public broadcaster ABC is seen on its head office building in Sydney on September 27, 2018. - Australia's much-loved public broadcaster scrambled to salvage its hard-won reputation for impartiality on September 27, forcing out its chairman who stood accused of intervening in coverage to please the current government. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)

ABC’s Twitter meltdown

The ABC’s sharing of an article published in this newspaper exposed a level of bias I could never demonstrate, writes Chris Kenny.

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Johannes Leak’s view

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