Olivia Caisley
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Political correspondent @skynewsaust | previously @australian | Want to share a story? Please get in touch | olivia.caisley @skynews .com.au | DMs open
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Following his tense exchange w/
@aclennell
, I asked Scott Morrison to explain how he knows about an anonymous press gallery HR complaint but was never told by anyone in his own office or
@lindareynoldswa
' about a rape on her ministerial couch. Watch his response...
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The Guardian’s
@Paul_Karp
asks the hard hitting questions while hanging out a window. Marvellous stuff and made me chuckle.
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You know you’re in Canberra when even Ainslie laundromat is poking fun at skewed Newspoll charts 😂.
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Former PM Julia Gillard responds to the Jenkins review. "It's time to change our federal parliament forever," she says. "We need a code of conduct & an effective way of receiving and acting on complaints....We need all political parties to work together with urgency & ambition."
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Exclusive: RBA Governor Phil Lowe obtained a half-price home loan - from the Reserve Bank to purchase his 5-bedroom property in Sydney's eastern suburbs in 1997. There are 11 current/former RBA employees still benefitting from the scheme.
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Spotted in the Marble hall of power 👀
@CraigKellyMP
and Pete Evans. They apparently had a meeting earlier this morning. Oh to be a fly on the wall during that conversation.
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Exclusive: The planned vaccination of aged care workers and elderly residents at a Victorian nursing home was cancelled by a Commonwealth contractor at the 11th hour because they were no longer considered a “priority”.
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Exclusive: The Australia logo attacked for looking like the coronavirus has been quietly dropped and is being “redesigned” by the Morrison government.
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Wow. Greg Hunt corrects the record. The doctor that gave two elderly Queenslanders an overdose of the Pfizer vaccine HAD NOT completed the required training.
@australian
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Killer question from
@tamsinroses
👑
"Aren't YOU the PM for women?" the PM is asked, after having said in his opening remarks that Marise Payne will be the Prime Minister for Women.
Media conf up now.
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Breaking: Businesses challenging the QLD Government’s decision to keep the state's borders closed have lost a High Court bid to force the Chief Health Officer to disclose the materials she relied on to close the border. They’ve been ordered to pay costs. Story soon
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Don't get me wrong, I'm glad there's now a 'plan' in place for reopening, and I truly hope we progress through the phases ASAP. But as someone with no family in Oz, the reduction in arrival caps is pretty disheartening & seeing my beaut sister again couldn't seem further away 😢
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Wow. "The PM appears to have joined these two matters and conflated them into an episode of harassment in a toilet that is under current investigation.
This is simply untrue and it undermines the principle that people must be able to raise issues safely and in confidence."
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AMAZING work from NSW Health. Genomic testing has found the covid-positive Eastern Suburbs/BBQ man has the same sequence as a US traveller who was in hotel quarantine in Darling Harbour. Now searching for the "missing link".
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A group of protestors from the Queensland Unions have gathered outside the Brisbane Convention Centre ahead of the Coalition party's official campaign launch.
Protestors wearing Hawaiian shirts and holding signs, saying: "don't let him fail us again" chanted "vote him out".
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After seven glorious years in print I’m thrilled to be starting as a political reporter at
@SkyNewsAust
today. Please be patient with me as I get used to a new medium and send any tips my way. 📺📰
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Exclusive: Nationals whip Damien Drum has apologised for telling a joke about a man shooting his wife, just hours after the government unveiled its $3bn women’s safety package in Tuesday’s budget.
@australian
by me and
@workmanalice
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Having a datestamp (journalism-speak for reporting location) under my byline is a dream come true. Has been a real honour reporting on the PM's visit for The Oz, SMH/The Age, AFR, AAP, The Herald Sun & The West Australian from
#Japan
Arigatō Gozaimasu 🇯🇵🇦🇺
#ScoMoYoshi
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Labor leader
@AlboMP
has made a surprise appearance at
#BluesFest
in Byron Bay. I asked him if we can expect to see DJ Albo on the decks a bit later tonight, to which he replied “we’ll have to wait and see”. He’s joined by his partner Jodie Heydon.
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Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga pulls out all the stops for Scott Morrison as the two world leaders meet for the first time. Epic performance of the Australian and Japanese national anthems.
@australian
#auspol
🇯🇵🇦🇺
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Exclusive: The aged-care watchdog failed to issue a single sanction during Victoria’s second wave despite the deaths of nearly 700 elderly Australians across the state’s nursing homes.
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After two years in the Sydney bureau I’m thrilled to be joining the
@australian
’s Canberra team as a Federal politics reporter. It’s always nerve-racking starting out in a new city, so pretty please send tips (both stories and cafe/restaurant recommendations) my way!
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#BREAKING
Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives in Tokyo ahead of a meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Yoshihide Suga, later today. Morrison will be the first foreign leader to meet with Suga on Japanese soil since he became PM.
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Exclusive: Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck has again been caught out using incorrect figures regarding coronavirus deaths in nursing homes.
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Exclusive: Only two nurses were on duty to manage 110 residents at Melbourne’s Epping Gardens nursing home when Australian Defence Force personnel arrived to take control of the coronavirus-hit aged-care facility.
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“The poll has produced the worst numbers for Mr Morrison since he assumed the leadership in August 2018 and has put him on par with Bill Shorten at his most unpopular.”
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There was a marked ✨vibe shift ✨at today’s Albo press conference. The Labor Leader took just ten Qs in Melbourne after telling journalists earlier in the week he would answer all queries.
#AusVotes2022
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Wowee. Just 32,833 of the aged care workforce consisting of roughly 350,000 employees (including cleaners, cooks etc) have been fully vaccinated as at May 30. That's less than 10 per cent. Estimates hears these figures are just within the fed program.
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Scott Morrison has announced food courts, shopping centres, auction houses, house inspections, (most) markets, beauty salons, play centres , saunas, museums, swimming pools to close from midnight tomorrow. He acknowledges issues with interpretation b/w the states and territories.
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#BREAKING
: CMO Paul Kelly announces that the Pfizer jab is now "the preferred vaccine" for those under 50-years-old due to an "extraordinarily low" risk of blood clots. Important to remember this is a "highly precautionary" approach as Brendan Murphy is saying now.
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Out of office is on and deleting this app (for now)! Heading to Europe to see my sister for the first time in nearly three years and marry my best friend. Life is good. See ya in August.✨🧿
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Sayonara sunshine and fresh air! After a whirlwind trip I’m off to hotel quarantine for two weeks. Please send any story tips (I’ll be WFH), film/tv recommendations and sweet treats my way. It has been a blast! 🇯🇵🇦🇺💕✈️
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Terribly sad. Liberal Senator Jim Molan has died following a battle with cancer. He was 72-years-old.
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.
@BrittHiggins_
says she wants to thank the many brave people who shared their stories that contributed to the review. "I hope all sides of politics not only commit to but implement these recommendations in full,” she says. (Pic: Getty images)
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Exclusive: More than 180 homecare providers were never assessed against quality standards at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, despite a significant number having been in operation for more than three years.
@australian
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Pictures taken earlier today in the town of Bargo, roughly 100km southwest of Sydney.
@NSWRFS
is doing an amazing job.
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Professor Jane Golley at the
@PressClubAust
says she received one anonymous article "written by scholars" that told her "there are some convincing elements of what I read that would run against the dominant narrative" on human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Remarkable.
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Twitter hotties, I've been working on this ✨youth✨publication for a while now, but really it's a site for everyone and it's LIVE baby. Give me your hot takes & suggestions. Consider me your journalistic genie/servant(?) - your yarn dreams are my command.
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EXCLUSIVE: The director of ANU’s taxpayer-funded Centre on China in the World says she feels “persecuted and misinterpreted” after she publicly cited an “anonymous article” that cast doubt over grave human rights abuses towards Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
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For Cobargo doctor Jeffrey Lee, who has been treating injuries out of a fire-damaged caravan since his practice burned down on New Year’s Eve, it is the mental wounds that will be the hardest to heal.
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This. After waking up to news Fortress Australia has strengthened its borders even further, my hopes of seeing my mum, dad and sister have been totally dashed. Feeling even more isolated and wretched, my thoughts are w/ everyone who is separated and struggling. Here for you 💔
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The Health Department has refused to release a report it commissioned into the $ impact of COVID-19 on the aged-care sector, declaring “unauthorised disclosure of information would cause detriment” to those who provided the information “through financial loss & embarrassment”.
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Labor leader Anthony Albanese says his flagship $135m health policy was "informed" but "will be" properly costed by the PBO after
@SenKatyG
revealed the party's plan to trial Medicare urgent care clinics had not been formally costed.
@australian
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Scott Morrison says Defence Minister Linda Reynolds deeply regrets her "offensive remarks" in which she called Brittany Higgins a "lying cow". "She has already spoken to her staff and apologised for those comments," he says.
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Grace Tame is fierce. As she joined the legion of the nation’s finest doctors, scientists, sports people, entertainers and thinkers who have been named Australian of the Year, Grace Tame humbly and movingly thanked her fellow survivors.
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Jenkins review finds 1 in 3 people who were currently working in Parliament House had experienced some form of sexual harassment while working there. Some of the alarming testimony captured by the report:
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TWERKGATE: “We are very disappointed at the ABC’s deceptive editing of their video piece which cut to guests and dignitaries who were not in attendance and shooting from angles which could not be seen by the audience. We found this very creepy"
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Senator Matt Canavan is calling for Australia to legalise e-cigarettes after the Morrison government moved to ban the importation of vapes and nicotine refills unless prescribed by a doctor.
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The power of journalism 💪.
My thoughts are with Lyn's friends and family. May she rest in peace.
BREAKING: Chris Dawson has been found guilty of the murder of Lyn Dawson.
More to come.
Keep up to date here:
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This is bonkers. A cop who oversaw forensic examinations during a 2000 dig at Lyn Dawsons home discovered a BURIED CARDIGAN with what appeared to be STAB MARKS and they didn't have the budget to keep digging. "I think she's still there."
#theteacherspet
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EXCLUSIVE: The welfare of a seriously ill NDIS participant with type-1 diabetes and bipolar disorder was not checked for days before he collapsed and died, despite assurances given to his family that he would be visited.
@australian
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Exclusive: The Australian Defence Force has again confirmed Victoria was offered assistance with hotel quarantine before the disastrous program began.
@australian
w/
@RemyVarga
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"This is a banger, I'm telling you" vs when the beat drops.
@Barnaby_Joyce
's byelection interview with
@David_Speers
last night gave me massive DJ Howard vibes. I apologise in advance for my MS paint work.
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Exclusive: The widow of former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer has accused the Coalition of mismanaging the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which she says is shrouded in secrecy and too important to fail.
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Defence Minister Linda Reynolds apologises to her former staffer, Brittany Higgins. "No woman should have to go through what she has clearly been through...that trauma not just in the immediate aftermath but in the many years that follow... we have to do better"
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#Breaking
: Sacked university professor Peter Ridd has been granted special leave to appeal his controversial dismissal from Queensland’s James Cook University. Story soon over
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Scott Morrison is telling QT that his government has tripled the number of home care packages. That is incorrect. More than 103,000 Australians are waiting for care. 23,000 "new places" were announced last night, but this will be spread over FOUR years.
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The Australian Defence Force will help a local manufacturer ramp up national supplies of personal protection equipment as the number of coronavirus cases in Australia continue to rise.
@australian
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Exclusive: Former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said the horror Black Summer bushfires showed indigenous science should be embraced, after handing down a scathing review of the nation’s 20-year-old environmental legislation.
@australian
#auspol
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EXCLUSIVE: An “anonymous article” casting doubt over grave human rights abuses in Xinjiang, cited by ANU's Jane Golley, labels female sterilisation as “family planning” and says claims regarding genocide and the incarceration of 1m Uighurs are unsupported.
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Exclusive: More than 100 nursing homes across the nation failed federal compliance standards to ensure they were prepared for a COVID-19 outbreak and were served with warnings prior to Victoria’s second wave.
@australian
#auspol
#agedCareCrisis
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❤️❤️❤️
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Why no follow up questions on the government's sneaky changes to travel rules for Australian expats?
#insiders
When are these measures expected to lift? Are they attached to vaccine targets? What is being done if at all to increase quarantine capacity into the future?
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I woke up feeling a little blue thinking of all those who have been and will be affected by catastrophic bushfire conditions as temperatures soar today, but this picture in the
@australian
by Clancy Paine, brought a little sunshine to my morning.
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Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck has been “cut out” of decisions to activate new aged-care emergency measures during a COVID-19 outbreak.
@australian
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#BREAKING
: Scott Morrison has cancelled his upcoming trip to PNG after being asked by PNG PM James Marape to postpone the visit. He will still meet with his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo.
@australian
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Quelle surprise
Rudd sides with the French over ‘foreign policy debacle’
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Exclusive: Federal health authorities have spent only a fraction of a broader $101m aged care assistance package on specifically helping facilities deal with staffing issues during a coronavirus outbreak.
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Australia’s political leaders are being urged by business and industry heavyweights to establish dedicated quarantine facilities to better manage the Covid-19 health crisis and prepare for future pandemics.
@australian
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I respectfully disagree with
@AlboMP
. Canberra is queen 😂👑
Savagery from Anthony Albanese on being stuck in Canberra
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Sending so much love to my
#Melbourne
colleagues and journos in general - you've had to handle so much over the past 18 months and I am seriously in awe of your professionalism and ability to deliver consistently great reporting day after day, event after event.
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Simon Baker speaks to media after winning the Trailblazer Award. His tips for aspiring actors? Take risks and find good role models.
#AACTA
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Locked-border premiers are being shamed into opening their largely COVID-19 free states after the death of an unborn twin provoked new warnings from Scott Morrison.
@australian
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In 2021 the Strewth! column pretty much just writes itself.
Barnaby Joyce has been issued a $200 fine by NSW Police for not wearing a mask while paying for petrol in Armidale. He was inside for less than a minute, spotted by a member of the public who called Crime Stoppers. Police went and checked CCTV and issued the fine.
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#Breaking
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Nearly 450 people died as a result of the toxic smoke that blanketed large swathes of the nation during the Black Summer fire season of 2019/20, health experts have told the Royal Commission into Natural Disaster Arrangements.
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There’s huge Japanese media interest in Scott Morrison’s first ever meeting with Yoshihide Suga. Morrison is the first foreign leader to meet Suga on Japanese soil. It’s also Morrison’s first trip overseas since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic 🇯🇵 🇦🇺
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Do you know who needs $45m? A super rich dude, or at least that’s what the gov thinks.
The money is for building the world's largest electrolyser manufacturing facility in QLD (nothing to do with hair removal - but a machine used to produce hydrogen).
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Facebook’s decision to block news sites and government websites on Thursday was “wrong, unnecessary and heavy handed”. He says the move will damage the social media giant’s reputation.
@australian
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🤔PM in QT: "The coverage of those residential aged care facilities Mr Speaker has been significant, particularly as we go into the winter months and the coverage of all of those facilities on their first doses..."
Wowee. Just 32,833 of the aged care workforce consisting of roughly 350,000 employees (including cleaners, cooks etc) have been fully vaccinated as at May 30. That's less than 10 per cent. Estimates hears these figures are just within the fed program.
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Reporting from Kirribilli House today. Captured by the master John Feder.
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Exclusive: An ICAC probe into a $1m upgrade of the Sydney International Equestrian Centre raised 8 “corruption risks” regarding the tender process used to award taxpayer funds to a company linked to the son of Equestrian NSW’s president.
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Excited to be hosting my first panel discussion next week where I'll unpack the 2021 Budget with
@michellelgunn
, Simon Benson and
@Chambersgc
. Register below!
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Exclusive: Despite a series of announcements by the government regarding the rollout of “new” homecare packages, modelling shows hundreds of millions of dollars in promised funding will amount to just 300 additional packages by 2024.
#auspol
@australian
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Exclusive: Defence to dump ARH Tiger armed helicopters and replace them with the more hi-tech American Apache Guardians.
@australian
#auspol
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How beaut does our Life & Times section look in The
@australian
today?! Love this spread of The Archibald Prize finalists.
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Breaking: David Eastman, who spent 19 years in jail for the 1989 murder of Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Colin Winchester, has been awarded $7.02 million in compensation for his wrongful imprisonment. Story to come
@Australian
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PoliticsNow: Labor Senator Murray Watt attempts to grill Bridget McKenzie over her leadership, but is shut down by Nationals chairwoman Susan McDonald.
#estimates
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