POLITICIANS – AUSTRALIA

Doesn’t add up: Albo’s mine craft

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Original article by Greg Brown, Alice Workman
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 28-May-19

Resources Minister Matt Canavan contends that Labor has learned nothing from how Queenslanders voted in the federal election. Canavan was attacking new Labor leader Anthony Albanese and deputy leader Richard Marles for refusing to say whether they support Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin, with the Basin having estimated thermal coal reserves of 27 billion tonnes. Albanese stated in 2018 that "there’s no market" for thermal coal, and that the Adani mine is "a climate change issue".

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, ADANI MINING PTY LTD, QUEENSLAND RESOURCES COUNCIL LIMITED

ABC gives edge to progressive voices

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Original article by Zoe Samios, Alice Workman, Jessica Cortis
The Australian – Page: 24 : 27-May-19

Analysis shows that Labor politicians were interviewed 12 times by the ABC’s flagship news and current affairs programs during the federal election campaign. A total of 10 politicians from the Liberal Party were interviewed on ‘7.30’, ‘Insiders’ and ‘AM’, while three Greens and one Centre Alliance politician were interviewed. ‘7.30’ featured three live interviews with Coalition politicians, four with Labor and one Greens. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former Opposition leader Bill Shorten were both interviewed on ‘7:30’ twice during the election campaign.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, CENTRE ALLIANCE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE

Treasurer’s tariff plea to Trump

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Original article by Michael Roddan
The Australian – Page: 2 : 24-May-19

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has urged US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to "amicably" bring an end to the trade war with China. Frydenberg made his plea after Mnuchin rang to congratulate him on the re-election of the Coalition government. Council of Small Businesses of Australia CEO Peter Strong says that up to 15 per cent of Australian small businesses trade globally, so the current trade tensions are causing them great concern.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, UNITED STATES. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, COUNCIL OF SMALL BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED, ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA

Morrison keeps cabinet big to ensure harmony

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Original article by Phillip Coorey, Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 23-May-19

Key federal government ministers are set to retain their existing portfolios when Prime Minister Scott Morrison reveals his new cabinet team. They include Josh Frydenberg, Mathias Cormann, Peter Dutton, Marise Payne and Greg Hunt. There is speculation that Arthur Sinodinos, Alan Tudge and Ken Wyatt will be elevated to cabinet, while Mitch Fifield may be dropped from the frontbench. Tim Wilson, Michael Sukkar and Jane Hume are among those who have been suggested as possible candidates for portfolios in the outer ministry. Morrison is expected to make minimal changes to the frontbench.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

It’s Albo v ScoMo as Bowen exits race

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 23-May-19

Jim Chalmers has emerged as Anthony Albanese’s most likely rival for the Labor leadership, after shadow treasurer Chris Bowen announced that he will not be a contender. Bowen believes that he would have won the caucus ballot, but concedes that he lacked sufficient support to gain the rank-and-file vote. There is now strong support for Albanese within Bowen’s NSW Right faction, while most of the Left faction also supports Albanese. Chalmers is expected to decide whether to make a tilt for the leadership on 23 May.

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Bruised Bowen wades into ALP battle

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Original article by Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 22-May-19

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen intends to contest the federal Labor leadership, even though many members of his NSW Right faction intend to support Left faction contender Anthony Albanese. Some members of the Right faction argue that Bowen should not contest the leadership as he is too closely linked to the party’s tax policies that were rejected by voters, including its proposal to scrap franking credit refunds. Bowen concedes that this policy was controversial, but he says other factors also cost Labor the election.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Shorten draws on spirit of ‘It’s time’

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Original article by Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 17-May-19

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten echoed the words of former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam in a speech at Bowman Hall in Blacktown on 16 May. The Sydney venue was the scene of Whitlam’s iconic ‘It’s time’ speech 47 years ago, and like Whitlam in 1972, Shorten described the 2019 election as a choice between the ‘habits and fears of the past’ and the ‘demands and opportunities of the future’. Shorten used his speech to reiterate Labor’s key polices, including action on climate change and reversing penalty rate cuts.

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Mentioned in dispatches: Shorten and Morrison share the coverage spoils

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Original article by Zoe Samios
The Australian – Page: 23 & 25 : 13-May-19

Analysis by Streem shows that Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has been mentioned in the metropolitan press some 25,693 times between 11 April and 9 May, while Prime Minister Scott Morrison was mentioned 24,195 times. Shorten was mentioned 10,042 times on metropolitan TV during this period, while Morrison rated 9,242 mentions. In contrast, Morrison has been mentioned 4,693 times online, compared with 4,628 times for Shorten.

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STREEM PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Greens rally to Garrett war cry

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Original article by Ben Packham
The Australian – Page: 6 : 10-May-19

The Greens will seek to declare a ‘climate emergency’ when Parliament resumes after the federal election. Their call is in line with that of former environment minister Peter Garrett, who says that if Labor wins the election it should convene a climate emergency summit. Garrett also says a new federal department should be set up to "decarbonise the economy". Opposition finance spokesman Jim Chalmers says Garrett is very passionate about taking genuine action on climate change, while Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced a $3.5 billion Climate Solutions Package.

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AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA

PM vows Australian made campaign

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 6-May-19

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on 5 May that a re-elected Coalition government would crack down on internet trolls as he sought to counter Labor’s campaign launch on the same day. Morrison, who was campaigning on the New South Wales central coast with his wife Jenny, made a number of other commitments, including a promise to bolster trespass laws to help farmers who are being targeted by animal activists. Morrison is expected to announce plans for a manufacturing modernisation fund on 6 May, along with a revamped ‘Made Australian’ campaign aimed at boosting exports.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY