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Hello readers. The Messiah from The Shire is set to move quickly on his promised $158bn tax cuts.

Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison waves to the crowd on arrival to the Cronulla v Manly NRL match at PointsBet Stadium, Cronulla. Picture: Brett Costello

ScoMo’s miracle

Scott Morrison will move swiftly to reconvene parliament and ­demand passage of his $158 billion income tax cut plan. Paul Kelly believes the most astonishing election result since World War II is attributable to two forces, while Joe Kelly writes that the hi-vis revolution is a win for workers. Janet Albrechtsen, meantime, suggests Scott Morrison’s political enemies played a part in his elevation to Liberal hero status. Keep up with the post-election wash-up in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Alan Jones speaks to the media at the memorial of Harry M Miller at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, Friday, August 3, 2018. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

What Alan could have told Bill

Alan Jones has a message for Bill Shorten - you shouldn’t have boycotted my show. And he’s got a very good reason why, writes Nick Tabakoff in Media Diary.

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A woman holds a smartphone with the logo of US social network Twitter, on May 2, 2019 in Nantes, western France. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP)

The truth about media bias

According to Twitter warriors, bias means anything not of the political Left, writes Chris Mitchell.

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Johannes Leak’s view

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