The White House has given assurances that Australian dual citizens will not be caught by Donald Trump’s suspension of entry from seven designated predominantly Muslim countries.
Malcolm Turnbull looked as though he was on the podium reluctantly at Monday’s press conference in Canberra.
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There were several takeouts from Malcolm Turnbull’s rather odd Monday news conference, which followed his Sunday telephone conversation with Donald Trump.
Donald Trump’s justification for a temporary ban on refugees is to improve US security measures.
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The US resettlement program has long had strong bipartisan support. It is also critical to global resettlement efforts: the US takes in by far the most resettled refugees of any country.
Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Malcolm Turnbull.
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Donald Trump has told Malcolm Turnbull he will honour the deal the Australian government did with the Obama administration to take refugees who are being held offshore.
Malcolm Turnbull is likely to face strong headwinds in 2017.
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Malcolm Turnbull is to be congratulated on establishing an independent body to oversee politicians’ expenses, but an independent anti-corruption commission is still needed.
Sussan Ley maintains that her entitlement claims were within the rules.
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It is unclear whether stood-aside minister Sussan Ley has breached the ministerial standards over her travel expenses. And the rules on claiming entitlements are unclear and very complex.
John Watson, The Conversation; Wes Mountain, The Conversation, and Amanda Dunn, The Conversation
Brexit, Trump, terrorism, 18C, safe schools, the gay marriage plebiscite, a government with a wafer-thin majority and a fractious Senate: it has been quite a year in politics.
Malcolm Turnbull is now more circumspect when it comes to the matter of an Australian republic.
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For Australians to vote in favour of a republic, it may require something more than just crossing out ‘governor-general’ in the Constitution and writing in ‘president’.
Malcolm Turnbull addresses the Australian Republican Movement’s 25th anniversary dinner in Sydney on Saturday.
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In his much-anticipated weekend speech to the Australian Republican Movement’s anniversary dinner, Malcolm Turnbull juggled the past, the present and the future.
As it is, it’s a fairly safe bet that Malcolm Turnbull will never usher in a republic.
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As he joins the Australian Republican Movement at its 25th anniversary celebration on Saturday, Malcolm Turnbull will surely have a rueful thought for what might have been.
Friday’s post-COAG press conference saw a blunter approach from the assembled first ministers.
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Despite briefly being able to dine out on the legislation passed before parliament wound up last week, Malcolm Turnbull is headed to a not-very-happy Christmas.
Josh Frydenberg said on Tuesday night there would not be an emissions intensity scheme under a Turnbull government.
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The Turnbull government has slammed the door shut on an emissions intensity scheme for the electricity sector, in a demonstration of the power of the conservative forces in the Coalition.
Australia’s major parties seem uninterested or unable to respond to a drastically transformed world.
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