Ashleigh Gillon

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Breaking - Sky News understands Libby Mettam will remain as WA Liberal leader, in the end there was no spill, no vote in the partyroom meeting.

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A former Western Australia premier says he has a solution to the GST wars.

https://t.co/URQTM1B5rs

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Size of Earth compared to Sun

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@jackie_french_ Oh thankyou you’ve just made her day. We’ll eagerly await the next one and look forward to meeting Hilde!

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Can also add former Defence minister Linda Reynolds to this - she also had no idea.

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Can add Michaelia Cash to the list of former colleagues who didn’t know anything about Morrison’s extra portfolios - I’m told she knew nothing about it until she read it in the paper on the weekend.

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I’m told a joke was made during one Covid focused NSC meeting about Greg Hunt now being the most powerful person in the country. Despite daily meetings, Morrison’s extra portfolios were never raised.

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Former cabinet colleague of Morrison’s tells me they are “gobsmacked,” saying extra portfolio appointments are “unbelievable on so many levels” and “a complete subversion of cabinet and ministerial responsibility”

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Can add Michaelia Cash to the list of former colleagues who didn’t know anything about Morrison’s extra portfolios - I’m told she knew nothing about it until she read it in the paper on the weekend.

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Anyone who watched Morrison’s pressas over the years knows he is a man of great recall, he was very much across policy detail. Baffling to hear him say today he doesn’t have any recollection of further appointments when in fact he’d also been sworn into Treasury & Home Affairs.

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@AmeliaAdams9 @60Mins Well this would have been beyond our wildest dreams back at the start, circa 2004! Heartfelt congrats x

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@kfisme Thankyou, getting this fixed.

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Covid vaccines for children 6 months - 5 yrs is one step closer in Australia after TGA granted provisional determination for Pfizer, meaning the company can apply to give the vaccine to younger children here as in the US. TGA would then assess safety & efficacy before approving.

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Western Australia Governor Kim Beazley has revealed what his advice would be for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese regarding Australia’s relationship with China.

https://t.co/DakYs1rXiZ

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Horrific. 3 people arrested after 46 bodies were found in the back of a truck outside Sam Antonio in Texas. US authorities giving a live update now, live @SkyNewsAust

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Right now in Curtin Celia Hammond trails Kate Chaney by 3350 votes. Just over 11000 received postals are yet to be counted and there could be up to another 6000 yet to arrive back. Libs saying they need a 65/35 split on received postals to even up, a big ask.

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AEC figures show that 74,255 Covid affected people voted by phone on Saturday. Will need to wait for final postals to be received to assess how Covid may have impacted total voter turnout.

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Celia Hammond yet to concede Curtin.. but Sportsbet is paying out on the seat.

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Grim outlook for WA Libs. Swan & Pearce gone as expected but on top of those, Ken Wyatt gone, Ben Morton, Ian Goodenough & Celia Hammond in strife. Andrew Hastie’s margin dramatically reduced. Comes on top of state election wipeout & departures of Bishop, Cormann, Keenan, Porter.

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@JonathanLea10 @vanOnselenP @Stela_Todorovic @ChloeBouras Recall John Howard also doing this at the Eastwood apple festival in 2007.