So ... when the Michelle Landry - 'Albo is a bully' - crew came out to do their 'doorstop' presser, who was there? Our reporter, with (finally) a gallery pass Callum Foote did not get invited ...

Who asked Australian troops to train Ukrainian soldiers?
“I haven’t seen a request from Ukrainian government to assist with training,' Ukraine ambassador said on day announced.
Now it's 'a UK-led initiative' and Marles says he's been in talks with UK for several weeks.
#AUKUS

Peter Dutton: “We need to bring more (gas) supply into the market' ... does he know that in WA the gas price is low because they have a domestic reservation policy?

How can price be about supply when we are the biggest gas supply to the world?
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Today, David McBride's whistleblowing defence had to be withdrawn by his lawyers due to a last-minute national security intervention by the federal government. It is a devastating blow for Australian democracy.

Add 'Downsizer' to the $36bn in super subsidies which have become a giant tax shelter for wealthy Australians, not just to fund their own retirements, but to pass on to their kids #budget #auspol
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This trial is not going to help women - assault victims - come forward
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Bizarre, the big reforms to corporate tax dodgers were made by Abbott/Hockey. Can Albo and Jim Chalmers match them, beat them?
Callum Foote looks at the #auspol #budget promises
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Politics of pending #warpowers inquiry are not promising.

Marles is anti-reform like Lib MP Wallace on #warpowers : [Australia's decisions to go to war have] 'stood us in good stead for many many years'
Zacharias Szumer
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🇦🇺 #ABS releases #CPI
headline hurts
up from 6.1% to 7.27% 📈📈
#ausecon #ausbiz

🇦🇺 Fed'l Gov't budget well received by markets w bond yields heading down along w overseas markets overnight
Snapshot: shortly before Sept #CPI release at 11:30am today
🇺🇸 US inflation this Fri
🇦🇺 RBA rates decision: next Tues 1 Nov, then rapidly US and UK
🇺🇸 US mid terms 8 Nov

It’s unbelievable that Govt would let coal and gas companies make super profits from OUR resources, whilst they financially cripple our citizens and businesses. The Govt has to find the courage to implement a reservation policy. Australians first! #auspol theaustralian.com.au/business/minin…

Politically savvy, nothing dashing. Callum Foote on #Budget2022 - something for everybody, including fossil fuel mates

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Dear Adam, billionaires don’t get the 9k tax cut, only insofar as they are structured as middle income earners

Personal view Angus Taylor is terrifically entertaining 7.30 comedy …
Oh look Jennifer Westacott!

The @AUSenate is supposed to be the grand inquest of the nation, watching over government. But with non-answers or no answers to questions, and a failure to enforce its own subpoenas, it’s crippled by its own lack of conviction. It’s lost its mojo. #auspol michaelwest.com.au/rex-patrick-ha…

“unable to reach a unanimous agreement”.
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A million homes is significant. Any takes on build-to-rent? #budget
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$A fall is good news for Jim Chalmers. Guess is conservative budget to burnish eco credentials + lowball estimates which he can beat in next two years