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*****EXCLUSIVE PREMIUM LOCKED CONTENT - THE AUSTRALIAN and News.com.au OUT***** Former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media in the baggage claim area at New York's LaGuardia Airport as he arrived for an extended holiday with his wife, Lucy. Queens, New York, USA. Sunday, September 2nd, 2018. (Angus Mordant for NewsCorp Australia)

Ghosts of spills past

Malcolm Turnbull has described his predecessors Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd as “miserable ghosts” and “limpets” who hung around “driven by hate” after losing the prime ministership. The former prime minister was recorded describing the coup which saw him lose his job on August 24 as “crazy” in an address to a group of young leaders in New York on Friday.

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9/2/18: ABC Annual Public meeting at Ultimo, Sydney. Chairman Justin Milne, Managing director Michelle Guthrie, Peter Lewis and Dr Kirstin Ferguson. John Feder/The Australian.

Good week for ABC

All things considered, last week was a pretty good one for the ABC, writes Alan Kohler, for three reasons. However, Mark Day suggests our ABC is now a full-blown crisis for the Morrison government, headless, directionless and adrift in a stormy sea.

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12/11/2017. Jerry Ellis, former BHP Chairman, pictured at home in Mosman in Sydney's north. Jerry is in support of euthanasia, in line with a wave of ageing former captains of industry who are putting their end of life plans together and want assisted suicide as an option. Britta Campion / The Australian

Leave Paris, ditch Snowy

Former BHP and Landcare chairman Jerry Ellis has called for Australia to leave the Paris Agreement, ditch Snowy Hydro 2.0 and be more balanced in discussing the costs and benefits of tackling climate change. Mr Ellis said it was clear the push to meet the Paris targets was leading to higher power costs.

“We have lost balance between working for the environmental outcomes and working for economic outcomes. These things need to be balanced. This has been missed with the Paris accord.”

Jerry Ellis

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Coach Cronk

Cronk’s contribution to the Roosters’ halftime lead is two tackles, nine passes and endless chatter. He’s basically an on-field coach. writes Will Swanton.

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Kudelka’s view

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