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Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson says he resigned from the royal commission into antisemitism because he felt he was “surplus to requirements” and that the money he was paid wasn’t consistent with the work he was doing. Source link

Australia is finalising its response to a request for the release of oil reserves amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Follow live.  Source link

Matt Canavan’s rise to the Nationals leadership gives the Coalition a fighter capable of taking on Pauline Hanson, but beating back One Nation is only part of the opposition’s electoral dilemma. Source link

Dennis Richardson was originally tapped by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the weeks after the Bondi terror attack to lead a review into the federal government’s intelligence and security agencies.  Source link

Matt Canavan once claimed to be an atypical Nationals member. Now the pro-mining Queenslander is leading the party from the Senate.  Source link

Tiered pricing for visas is being used to support Pacific nations but some fear it could be misused to target certain communities. Source link

With a populist economic message, the new Nationals leader said local manufacturing and higher birth rates were key as he rejected the labels of “left” and “right” politics. Source link

Two people investigated over the so-called “Robodebt” scheme have been found to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct, while four others, including former prime minister Scott Morrison, have been cleared. Source link

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says one of the seven members of the Iranian women’s football delegation granted asylum in Australia has changed their mind and wants to return to Iran. Iranian embassy officials have collected the woman from the hotel where she was under police protection.  Source link

More than 3,000 Australians have now returned home since the war began in the Middle East. Follow live.  Source link