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A rainbow has just appeared in the Sky next to Buckingham Palace while the diplomatic reception is underway.
Sensing a bit of a theme here 🥹🌈
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I know everyone is nervous about
#coronavirus
but I think this woman on my flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne was taking it a little far 😷
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Jodie Haydon, the Prime Minister’s partner, wears Australian designer Paolo Sebastian.
The dress features embroidery that includes native Australian birds, such as the Kookaburra, and native flora, including wattle and the Sturt’s desert pea.
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Cheng Lei is home with her family where she belongs. Nick is on his way. We couldn’t be more grateful.
There’s a really interesting story to tell about what’s gone on in the background to make this happen and that’ll happen in due course. But having seen a lot of it, I can tell
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A year ago today, my former colleague Cheng Lei was detained in China. A single mother needlessly separated from her two children back in Australia.
Friends, colleagues and respected journalists have signed this letter pleading for compassion and reason in her case
#FreeChengLei
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So AFLW teams are allowed to travel to Perth quarantine free to play footy … but a delegation of top US military personnel negotiating one of the most important defence deals Australia has ever undertaken cannot.
Absolute insanity.
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It’s personally devastating to wake up to this news.
I haven’t seen my Mum in two years because of West Australia’s hard border.
I’ve exhausted almost every emotion possible over this but one thing is irrefutably true: this is not a decision justified by any science.
Ruling by fear isn’t leadership.
McGowan is making incorrect assertions, completely unchallenged.
Year 3 of the pandemic - and he’s promising compassion. If your family member is dying or dead you still have to go into 2 weeks of isolation.
Compassion WA style
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How exceptionally low are we setting the bar when questions about the cash rate or unemployment rate can be considered “gotcha questions” 🙃
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has stumbled through his first official press conference on day one of the campaign.
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I generally avoid talking about myself on air but last Sunday I mentioned I’ve been finding things tough being single and living alone right now.
There was quite the response so I know I’m not the only one. Thanks to
@australian
for letting me share this
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I’m glad
@SharriMarkson
is sticking up for herself on this. From day one, she’s done the one thing all journalists are supposed to do and questioned what the government was telling us.
For the record, she’s not unhinged in the slightest she’s just good at her job. And I’m very
Exclusive: Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes says the comments by the ABC journalist are sexist and she intends to raise the hot mic issue at Senate Estimates.
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BIG turn out for lesser known candidate Pete Buttigieg in North Liberty Iowa, standing room only 🇺🇸
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Absolute dream come true to be offered the chance to join
@Kieran_Gilbert
at the desk for AM Agenda on
@SkyNewsAust
We’ll be live out of Canberra from July 1 📺🎉🙏🏼
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Perfectly reasonable question and beautifully handled by
@livcaisley
Disgraceful behaviour from
@MarkDreyfusKCMP
. Talking down to, and shouting at young women in the Press Gallery is totally inappropriate. I note he didn't act this way to any of the men asking questions. He should apologise immediately.
@ClareONeilMP
we can't just "move on here".
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Really disappointing to selectively edit a volunteer like this. There’s plenty to discuss about the PM without making stuff up
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Just staggering - NSW police say they arrested the man who showed up to peacefully protest on behalf of Israel “for his own safety”.
So when is
@nswpolice
arresting the people threatening his safety? Or do we just arrest victims now?
Protesters were able to burn Israeli flags, chant “death to Jews” & set off flares at the Opera House, but when a sole Jew peacefully turns up with an Israeli flag, he’s arrested in seconds. My exclusive interview with him here
@SkyNewsAust
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Sky News can confirm Scott Cam will not be taking a salary as Skills Ambassador because of COVID-19.
@SenatorCash
saying -
“As his role has fundamentally changed, Mr Cam has also volunteered to forgo his remaining salary payments over the coming months.”
#auspol
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Can’t believe my book is finally here! Also can’t thank
@PenguinBooksAus
enough for all their hard work and support 📚
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Couldn’t be more excited and grateful to all the colleagues that went in to bat for me for this and made this happen 🇺🇸🥂
A huge congrats to my amazing friend
@annelisenews
-
@SkyNewsAust
's new Washington Correspondent!
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Governor General David Hurley began his swearing in with a ‘welcome to country’ recognising Ngunnawal country in its indigenous language. He’s previously spoken out encouraging aboriginal languages to be taught in Australian schools
@SkyNewsAust
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A statement from Cheng Lei, shared with me through her partner Nick:
“Tight hugs, teary screams, holding my kids in the spring sunshine. Trees shimmy from the breeze. I can see the entirety of sky now! Thank you Aussies.”
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We have one single protestor who has braved the 7C weather and rain at Government House, to catch the Prime Minister as he arrives for his cabinet to be sworn in
#auspol
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Let's not forget that to access West Australia everyone still has to apply for a police permit that subjects you to government tracking
No tourist in their right mind would subject themselves to the orwellian "Good 2 Go" pass system when the rest of the world has moved on
“This weekend I’m going to Mexico. I want to support countries that aren’t psycho".
Some American tourists are turning their back on Australia
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PM stopped to get a coffee this morning between events and decided to spend some time walking the street and posting to Instagram, while the journos on his campaign were left waiting on the bus with no information
#AUSVotes2019
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This is the biggest group of protestors we’ve seen target the coalition campaign yet. Outside the rally for Nicolle Flint in marginal seat of Boothby
#AUSVote19
#auspol
@SkyNewsAust
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Advice to Sydney residents who are worried about the smoke haze is to lay low, stay indoors and avoid exercise.
Excellent advice which I will be following.
I don’t live in Sydney but sounds good to me.
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Massive sit in happening in Marble Foyer of Parliament House, to protest Adani and call for greater action on climate change. Lots of police and security guards watching on
@SkyNewsAust
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First catch up in a long time!
Cheng Lei is home, well and we’re all so relieved she’s survived her ordeal.
This was our celebratory drink at the pub yesterday.
We sat down for a proper interview today that I can’t wait to share on
@SkyNewsAust
tomorrow at 7pm
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On the ground in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to kick off our US Election reporting 🇺🇸 Countdown is on! 🗳
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BREAKING: Australia is leading an initiative to connect 70% of Papua New Guinea to electricity by 2030. Right now just 13% have access.
Partnership agreement signed today between Aus, US, Japan, PNG and NZ
Announcement shortly on
@SkyNewsAust
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So let me get this straight … he’s doing an unnecessary quarantine period to make a political point … that his covid rules aren’t politically driven 🤔
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New (financial) year, new gig!
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Hundreds of shoppers and commuters stuck, police attempting to move crowds back
@SkyNewsAust
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BREAKING: US Vice President Mike Pence announces US and Australia will partner with PNG to build new naval base on Manus Island
@SkyNewsAust
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@WDP_HeathGeorge
I did have a bit of a chat with her just before we disembarked and she did kind of laugh it off saying she was just being cautious about coronavirus. Who knows, maybe she’s the smart one!
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Thrilled .
@PenguinBooksAus
publishers has picked up my book ‘Money Spinners’ and even more thrilled to receive this thoughtful gift in the mail. Can’t wait until it hits the printing press📔
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Rare smile from
@tomwconnell
who is clearly super excited about co-hosting AM Agenda with me next year 😃
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Warning Order for Mobilisation has gone out to Reservists today. Members are being contacted by chain of command to indicate their availability now.
This is army reserve wide, which means it includes even some battalions that weren’t called up during the bush fires
#auspol
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.
@chedetofficial
has some advice for
@ScottMorrisonMP
about Australia’s review of embassy location in Israel -
"I pointed out that in dealing with terrorism, one has to know the causes. Adding to the cause for terrorism is not going to be helpful.”
@SkyNewsAust
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“Biden you betrayed us”
Afghan community is marching from the White House through to the Capitol to demand the withdrawal date be extended
@SkyNewsAust
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When asked if Australia will go into recession under Labor, .
@ScottMorrisonMP
says "that's exactly what I'm saying. Because they're going to put $200 billion worth of taxes and bring our industrial relations system back to the time when we had recession."
@SkyNewsAust
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.
@billshortenmp
responding to story in the Daily Telegraph saying he misses his Mum everyday but is glad she wasn’t here to see this rubbish”. Becoming noticeably emotional telling her story
#auspol
#AusVote2019
@SkyNewsAust
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There you have it. Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd side by side for the official Labor Party Campaign launch for
#AusVote19
#auspol
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Bill Shorten has released a photo of the last time he said goodbye to Bob Hawke
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BREAKING: Prime Minister .
@ScottMorrisonMP
confirms Hakeem Al-Araibi has left Thai jail and is on his way to the airport to come home
@SkyNewsAust
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Doing vox pops at Penrith Station in the seat of Lindsay to find out what matters most to local voters and across the board the biggest concern has been TV reporters making them late for their train 🚇🤓
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Very clear message that if you’d like to see your partner one of you needs to qualify as a Personal Trainer or open a grocery store
Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
has clarified that couples who do not live together shouldn’t be seeing each other. “If you don’t need to do it, don’t do it. I know I’m asking a lot, but it is a price worth paying. It’s going to save lives”.
#springst
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Frydenberg lashes Victorian Labor govt saying 'it should never have got to this' | Sky News Australia
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"It is excruciatingly painful to watch some Western feminists and international organisations tie themselves in knots attempting to minimise, or qualify, or even worse- justify, the sexual pogrom of October 7."
Powerful speech from former hostage of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary
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Here is a copy of the letter and the signatories. We have not taken the decision to draft and sign this lightly
#FreeChengLei
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Massive congratulations to
@Kieran_Gilbert
for well deserved promotion to Chief News Anchor at
@SkyNewsAust
🎉 The Nielsen ratings are in and 100% of Nielsen’s in the Canberra Bureau strongly approve of this move 👊🏻
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Some personal news 🥂🍾
(AUS) Annelise Nielsen (
@annelisenews
) will join Sky News Australia's Press Gallery bureau (
@SkyNewsAust
) as a Political Reporter in July.
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Back with Pete Buttigieg, this time I’m Ottumwa Iowa! Crowd includes a number of disability advocates.
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Not often you see
@PMOnAir
donning a tie but anything for the Donald! Can’t wait to watch the full interview on
@SkyNewsAust
this Sunday night 🙌🏻
Massive congrats to
@PMOnAir
and the Sky News team in DC for landing the Donald Trump exclusive. Absolutely Massive. Looking forward to watching the full thing!
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Pulled up on the end of a dead end road yesterday to set up for a live cross in the -14F / -26C cold and didn’t realise we’d accidentally parked at the end of someone’s driveway! But because it’s Iowa the owners came out and insisted on giving us hot cocoa to warm up and then
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Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Kevin Rudd responds to Chinese use of sonar pulses against Australian Navy divers in international waters on
@SkyNewsAust
"I think China's activities through the Chinese Naval destroyer has been outrageous, remember this incident occurred
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Little practice in the studio with
@peterstefanovic
ahead of election weekend! We’ll be co-hosting during the day crossing to reporters at polling booths around the country 🗳
#ausvotes
@SkyNewsAust
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PM has arrived to the Liberal Party rally at the Ekka in Brisbane. Starts off with “How good was Josh’s budget!?”
@SkyNewsAust
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Heading back to Australia for the first time since August 2020 🤯
Number one question is - have I bought enough American candy for the newsroom? 🤔
@SkyNewsAust
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Dave Sharma uses maiden speech to call for 4 year parliamentary terms to encourage political stability
“During my time as Australia's ambassador to Israel, I dealt with only one Israeli Prime Minister, but I served four different Australian Prime Ministers.”
@SkyNewsAust
#auspol
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Bill Shorten has written to President of the Fair Work Commission saying if Labor wins government he will make an immediate submission to request a “real wage increase” for Australian Workers
#auspol
#AusVotes19
@SkyNewsAust
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Brace yourself for the
#AusVotes19
tweets because I’m hitting the campaign trail with .
@ScottMorrisonMP
for
@SkyNewsAust
over the next couple of weeks and we are ready for take off! 🛫 (Note: plane for journos is much smaller but equally nice)
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It’s one thing to assume landlords can take a hit but even if their property isn’t leveraged they still have to pay land tax, rates, other charges, levies and insurance. They’re all state and local taxes that and will be devastating if they have no income
#auspol
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Absolutely thrilled
@MUPublishing
is giving me the opportunity to write a book on the Financial Advice round of the
#BankingRC
and history of the sector 🎉
MORE NEWS: It’s not just me! The colleagues that sat with me through lots of
#BankingRC
,
@MichaelRoddan
and
@annelisenews
, are writing books too, as is the one wot caused the whole shebang to happen,
@adele_ferguson
!
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Book is officially launched! 🚢 Thank you to David Speers for doing the honours and the
@pressclubaust
for hosting. I’m one very happy author 📚 @ National Press Club of Australia
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One of the veterans we’re honouring today is
@SkyNewsAust
producer
@AndrewBrainNews
Before he started with
@theboltreport
he served with the navy in the Middle East!
#AnzacDay2018
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Police have just confirmed, in what may be coincidence of the century, that hazmat training is being conducted at the US Embassy this afternoon. Has been booked in for weeks
@SkyNewsAust
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At 31 Phil Thompson is the youngest member of Parliament, but 10 years ago he was battling PTSD after he was hit by an IED in Afganistan. He’s spoken to
@SkyNewsAust
about service and what a Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide means to him
#auspol
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Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
confirms FOUR people are unaccounted for in
#vicfires
“We do have real fears for their safety. They've been in active fire environments and we can't account for them.“
@SkyNewsAust
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@SBSNews
This is very misleading. You don’t need to take Scott Morrison’s word on this. You can watch the full clip from the pool shoot which you and every media company in Australia have access to and will hear that Jacqui went on to talk about being British
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Senator Fraser Anning has been formally censured by the Senate, for his comments following the Christchurch attack. Censure recieved bi-partisan support
@SkyNewsAust
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Cruel but fair
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Didn’t know I needed a Work Mum until I met Janine and can’t imagine where I’d be if I hadn’t. Gutted, but grateful I’ve had the time to appreciate your warm wisdom, whip-smart wit, finely tuned bullshit detector and received the gentle encouragement of a few kicks up the bum too
After ten great years at Sky News I have taken redundancy. I was given some wonderful opportunities over the years, made many friends and wish them all good luck for the future. It was 40 years ago this month I started in journalism and I will continue to fight that good fight.
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Night time press conference to hide from accountability.
Complete lack of scientific evidence to justify the decision.
No new deadline.
Absurd and vague target.
And the main question: what on EARTH have you been doing the last two years which means you still aren’t ready.
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#BREAKING
.
@billshortenmp
says Labor will pass Encryption Laws through the Senate without amendments if government agrees to amendments next year. Says Labor doesn’t want to leave Australian’s ‘unsafe’ over Christmas “just because the government wants to go home”
@SkyNewsAust
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The Sky News Canberra Bureau is launching a podcast with all the latest in politics from the capital! Just like most days at the office Bureau Chief
@TJ__OBrien
is doing most of the work, with
@heyycourtt
master producer/editor. Check it out 👉🏻
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Exclusive: Nick Coyle opens up about declining health of his partner, Chinese-born Australian journalist Cheng Lei, as consular visits are suspended
@SkyNewsAust
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.
@JulieBishopMP
tells 'All About Women' conference that when she was the only woman in Cabinet in 2013 she'd experience 'Gender Deafness', where the men simply wouldn't hear her contributions. Often ignoring her until a man repeated exactly what she'd just said
@SkyNewsAust
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Had the privilege of sitting down with His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley today for his first sit down interview as Governor General, speaking on the Coronavirus recovery.
Full interview to air tomorrow morning on
@SkyNewsAust
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Such sad news. Not only a deeply principled man, Jim was supremely kind and generous with his time and expertise.
A huge loss, thinking of his family 💔
Breaking: Retired Major General and Liberal Senator, Jim Molan, has died aged 72, after a battle with cancer.
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Senator
@JacquiLambie
will be supporting the motions to strip Bettina Arndt of her Order of Australia.
@PaulineHansonOz
says she’s aware of the motion
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On the way to Iowa to cover the Democratic caucuses I’m making a few stops in the mid-west to see how some key marginal states are leaning.
First stop - Arcadia, Wisconsin! 🇺🇸❄️
@SkyNewsAust
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.
@CraigKellyMP
declaring his Liberal Party allegiance with a Robert Menzies T-shirt 👕
Says he’s proud to be a Liberal. And he’s absolutely not defecting to the cross bench because he signed a contract with the voters to be a Liberal MP
@SkyNewsAust
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Crossbench senator
@JacquiLambie
says she she’s suspending talks with government on Ensuring Integrity Bill until the Gaetjens report into “Sports Rorts” is released to the senate
#auspol
@SkyNewsAust
@tomwconnell
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We’ve been working hard at
@SkyNewsAust
on a special half hour documentary about the historic release of the Palace Papers and the new details they reveal about the 1975 Constitutional Crisis
Tune in 8:30pm tonight to watch “The Whitlam Letters: Inside the Dismissal” 📺
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Rebel Wilson discusses definition of bogan in defamation hearing
Rebel: Now I'd probably be a cashed up bogan
Judge: That's called a CUB
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If you’d like to sign the letter as well to show your support,
@withMEAA
has posted a link to their website
#FreeChengLei
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Nationals are furious the PM went on radio to make the FHA announcement at the same time as their presser. A senior Nationals figure telling
@SkyNewsAust
“They’re shitting on us ... is the PM going to go on television when Dutton is, going to do it for Reynolds.“
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Hanging out with the
#YangGang
at University of Iowa today. Iowa Caucuses just 5 days away 🇺🇸
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Former Prime Minister of Australia
@HonTonyAbbott
nominated to the Board of Directors at Fox Corporation
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Bill Shorten, Steve Bracks and Bill Shorten sharing a Hawkes Lager in honour of Bob Hawke at the John Curtin Hotel. They declined the suggestion to scull, saying they’d save it for tomorrow night
#auspol
#AUSVote2019
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.
@ScottMorrisonMP
takes to the stage at his Western Sydney rally after big ramp up from John Howard and Gladys Berejiklian. Notable change from the NSW State Election campaign launch where Scott Morisson wasn’t invited onto the stage or to speak
@SkyNewsAust
#AusVote2019
#auspol
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Let me categorically say, it’s a problem.
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