Malcolm Turnbull is a former Australian prime minister
June 2024
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PM says voters don’t want another climate election – as it happened
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April 2024
‘We need to stand together’: Bondi reels from ‘incomprehensible act of cruelty and violence’
Sydneysiders travel from near and far to offer condolences and support for a community devastated by mass stabbing attack
March 2024
Australian foreign influence register ‘focused almost exclusively on China with little success’, committee finds
Turnbull says Australia ‘mugged by reality’ on Aukus deal as US set to halve submarine build
February 2024
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Littleproud says planned renewables rollout ‘pure insanity’; RBA governor quizzed – as it happened
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Morrison manoeuvres, Abbott aggro, Trump tantrum: Turnbull’s time in office laid bare in ABC show
Then-treasurer could say ‘utterly untrue’ things, ousted predecessor promised to be ‘very difficult’, and a bruising call with ‘bullying’ US president
How do you tell when a politician is lying? The tics, tells and tricks to watch for
Perceptions of dishonesty can end careers – but Australia’s leaders are ‘pretty good at dancing around the actual questions’
January 2024
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Mayor issues flood warning – as it happened
Power, politics and the f-word: ABC series reveals inner workings of Coalition’s decade in power
December 2023
Sliding doors: cabinet papers reveal how close Coalition came to endorsing emissions trading in 2003
The Howard government drafted a statement declaring its support for an emissions trading scheme before abruptly changing course
Thatcher ‘utterly shattered’ by MI5 revelations in Spycatcher, files reveal
National Archives papers show prime minister tried in vain to avoid inquiry over Peter Wright’s memoirs
Kerry Packer was proposed as mediator in Thatcher’s fight to stop Spycatcher memoir
Counsel for ex-MI5 officer Peter Wright suggested role for Australian media tycoon but idea was swiftly rejected
November 2023
Morrison’s Israel trip was ‘showboating’ and PM should focus on domestic affairs, Turnbull says
Former PM dismisses suggestions Anthony Albanese should visit Israel and says he must advance interests of Australians
October 2023
Former PMs pour cold water on claims Anthony Pratt told them Trump’s US submarine secrets
A US news report claimed Donald Trump discussed secret US naval capabilities with the billionaire Australian businessman
September 2023
Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Rupert Murdoch’s ‘anger-tainment’ damaged the democratic world
Longstanding Murdoch critic says mogul leaves ‘hell of a legacy’, as minister suggests he will still play ‘very big role’
August 2023
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Corruption watchdog cleared – as it happened
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July 2023
Turnbull government’s $33m grant went to company part-owned by mental health commissioner after lobbying
Exclusive: Funding to Innowell in 2017 without competitive tender was for mental health app and followed months of lobbying by Prof Ian Hickie. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by Hickie
June 2023
Australian arts in focus
Taylor Swift v Pixies: what the free tickets claimed by Australian prime ministers reveal about our leaders
A trawl through parliament’s pecuniary interests register reveals how the last three PMs spent their leisure time – and their wildly divergent tastes
May 2023
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How the Guardian shaped (and shook) Australian media – Full Story podcast
The story of how Guardian Australia launched in 2013 and the impact of its journalism since then
April 2023
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Former NSW deputy Liberal leader says party has ‘moved too far to the right’ – as it happened
