Opinion

Agreeing to appear on Nikki Osborne’s podcast was moronic of Anthony Albanese, but it doesn’t rank in the list of great political scandals, writes Ben Harvey.
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Ben Harvey

Albanese has been shagged by his own arrogance

BEN HARVEY:There are enough gotcha moments out there without politicians engineering them. 

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Telstra CEO Vicki Brady apologised for the company letting Australians down due to the outage. (Dean Sewell/AAP PHOTOS)

Crucial mobile networks must be reliable

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Strikes at BHP’s Port Hedland operations are shaping up to be the most severe industrial action taken in WA’s mining industry in a generation.

Strike at crucial export hub a sign of trouble

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By test-firing a nuclear-capable missile into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, China has stoked new fears about its growing aggressiveness.

Australia must make calm and clear response to China missile

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Where does this all end? What’s next? Does Mr Albanese go on and play truth or dare?

Albo’s sex quiz raises questions about modern politics

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The Front Dore

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Post Budget Breakfast with Rita Saffioti at Crown Ballroom, Crown Towers on Friday May 8th, 2026. Rita Saffioti. Picture by John Koh.

There’s always next year’s Budget

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Matt Holcz (Chief Executive - Rio Tinto Iron Ore ) pictured at the Leadership Matters breakfast at Crown. Ian Munro

We are all living in a political air bubble

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It is not an exaggeration to state that neither Anthony Albanese nor Peter Dutton have managed to capture the imagination of Australian voters.
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Outrageous, shameless, deceitful, brilliant: The Albo method

The Front Dore
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Andrew Forrest at Leadership Matters.

How national leadership has been lost to fear and fashion

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Political

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Anthony Albanese on the Bush Deep podcast with host Nikki Osborne. Nikki Osborne

Senior Labor figures refuse to criticise PM’s podcast gaffe

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An anti-corruption body could potentially destroy Opposition Leader Angus Taylor even if he is found to have done nothing illegal.
analysis

How ICAC hearing could bring down Angus Taylor

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Opposition leader Angus Taylor recovered from a poorly received speech at Canberra’s mid-winter ball by launching an aggressive attack on One Nation’s policies and ability to govern.
analysis

‘Column of smoke’: Taylor launches attack on One Nation

Australia
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It took a massacre on Bondi Beach for the Jewish community to get the Australian Broadcasting Corp. in the dock.
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Defining prejudice is not so easy as ABC

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Sport

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Australian swimming superstar Kaylee McKeown has medically withdrawn from the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

‘Gutted’ Aussie champ ‘medically withdraws’ from Commonwealth Games

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The Lions have now won their past four games.
opinion

Brisbane couldn’t pull off a three-peat, could they? 

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The dejected Socceroos on Saturday.
opinion

The blueprint for avoiding more World Cup heartbreak

Sport
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The women’s side just won another World Cup in circumstances their male counterparts would never put up with.
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World Cup winning cricketers draw the short straw yet again

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Up Late

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“Paranoia over China? Even village idiot can see there COULD have been a link” with Ben Harvey.

China paranoia? Village idiot can see there COULD be a link

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Ben Harvey explains what happens to our hip pockets when the new financial year begins on July 1.

A one-stop shop for new financial year changes

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In tonight’s show, as worries grow that Australian real estate could be in free fall, Ben Harvey skewers the absurd logic that housing can become more affordable without the price of homes dropping substantially.

Why housing policy means we’re all about to become poorer

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As Australia braces itself for a bird flu epidemic, Ben Harvey traces the history of the H1N1 virus and gives an idiot’s guide to how it is transmitted.

Bird flu so infectious a seagull fart could spark outbreak

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The Nightly cartoon: ‘In tragedy, innocence is not enough’

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‘... For real life, Qantas? ...’

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Sam Mostyn: ‘...DESPITE our difference ... (Janet) ...’

‘...DESPITE our difference ... (Janet) ...’

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‘I’m loving this Aussie Rules thing man ...’

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