Your morning Briefing: Morrison begins hunt for a new spy master

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Hello readers. ScoMo is in the market for a new spy boss, and the ill winds of Green hypocrisy.

ASIO Director General Duncan Lewis appearing at Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Hunt for new spy master

Scott Morrison is poised to announce further changes to the top levels of the bureaucracy, including the appointment of a new spy boss.

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Sorry the hardest word

One of the things RBA governor Philip Lowe is very bad at is telling us that the bank has erred, writes Judith Sloan.

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B I R D S

Ill winds

Laws and regulations protecting wildlife are being ignored as the wind farm industry seeks more and more development sites, according to Graham Lloyd.

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20th July 2019Flight Lieutenant Paul Anderton photographed in front of a F-22 fighter jet at Amberley Air Force Base in Queensland. The Australian is a member of US Air Force F-22 Squadron in Alaska taking part in Talisman Sabre exercises in Australia. Photo: Glenn Hunt/The Australian

Rapt with F-22s

Paul ‘Diceman’ Anderton is one of the few to fly the costliest, most hi-tech fighter jet ever made.

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ADV NEWS : Sarah Hanson-Young and her daughter Kora 12 with Getup campaigner at the Belair Primary School voting booth.18/5/2019 AAP Image/Russell Millard)

GetUp losing sheen

The bullying antics of this judge-and-jury activist group leave a lot to be desired, writes Richo.

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Kudelka’s view

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