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Hello readers. Labor’s views thrown overboard on boat turnbacks, and authors rewrite history following election shock.

Labor Senator Kristina Keneally speaks during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Views overboard

Kristina Keneally has disavowed her previous comments on borders after being appointed to the home affairs portfolio.

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Bowen pays

Chris Bowen has paid the ultimate price for his role in Labor’s election debacle, writes Simon Benson.

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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull delivers an address at the NSW Smart Energy Summit in Sydney, Tuesday, December 4, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Plot twist

Malcolm Turnbull is busily rewriting the final chapters of his autobiography — as are a host of political journalists with books due out soon — following Scott Morrison’s victory. Nick Tabakoff has the story in Media Diary.

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The MSC Opera cruise liner stand by a tourist boat following a collision in Venice, Italy, Sunday, June 2, 2019. A towering cruise ship struck a tourist river boat Sunday morning on a busy canal in Venice, injuring at least five people, Italian media are reporting. The collision happened at about 8:30 a.m. on the Giudecca Canal, a major thoroughfare that leads to Saint Mark's Square. (Vigili del Fuoco via AP)

Cruise out of control

A cruise ship has crashed into a tourist boat in Venice, injuring four people, including Australians.

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Johannes Leak’s view

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