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EmilyCBarrett @notthatECB

Managing editor at The Saturday Paper. Formerly Bloomberg. Australian American and vice versa. Non-confrontational Twitterer.

Joined June 2018
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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke spoke to @KJBar : “The loudest, the angriest voices have become emboldened”thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

The Burke interview: ‘A tinderbox for the angriest voice’

The home affairs minister says divisive voices are the loudest they have ever been in Australia – but a ‘ballast’ of cohesion remains and economic policies will calm the electorate.

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How a consultancy helped the fossil fuel lobby capture a landmark Labor policy.. important story from Mike Seccombe. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

How the fossil fuel lobby captured a landmark Labor policy

The federal government’s Future Gas Strategy, which backs extending production through to 2050 and beyond, is based on contested EY research commissioned by Australian Energy Producers.

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“It’s not all coming from her. She’s getting bad advice from some actors,” Liberal powerbroker Alex Hawke tells @KJBar … thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

‘I despair for this party’: Inside Jacinta Price’s sacking

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has stood firm against another far-right attack on her leadership, but it has exposed a struggle between the Liberal Party’s powerbrokers.

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Interesting piece from Mike Seccombe on how the attacks on Labor's super tax reform expose holes in the independents' progressive agenda: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

Super stoush reveals teals’ leanings

The attacks on Labor’s proposed superannuation tax reform have exposed inconsistencies in the progressive agendas of the independents.

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Murray Watt is known as a fixer. What will he do for the environment? Mike Seccombe spoke to the new minister. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

Murray Watt’s first task as environment minister

Murray Watt, known for his effectiveness, is confident he can deliver long-delayed environmental reform. His first and most consequential task is the ‘carbon bomb’ project awaiting approval.

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“These people are like a cancer in the Liberal Party…if they have their way, they will kill the Liberal Party for good.” @JasonKoutsoukis reports: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…

Exclusive: How Abbott and Credlin control the Liberals

Liberal MPs reveal how the former prime minister and his close confidante have been at the centre of a string of disastrous decisions that led to the party’s stunning election loss and the collapse...

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“They are hopelessly internally divided on net zero. You could say we are, but we’re actually not.” Liberal insiders talked to @KJBar thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

‘Tail’s wagged the dog’: The Coalition’s implosion

The Nationals staked their political future on four policy positions, in what looks increasingly like a messy and misguided coup.

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Happy election day to all who observe (all of us)! Here’s where it will be won and lost: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

Where the election will be won and lost

Today’s election will likely prove historic for the Liberal Party’s vote, with seats such as Robertson shaping as new bellwethers.

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‘We are being tested’: Inside Labor’s trade war strategy thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

‘We are being tested’: Inside Labor’s trade war strategy

The distraction of an erratic US-driven trade war is forcing Labor to pivot on the campaign trail, while offering opportunities to sharpen its pitch as the superior economic manager.

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Trump’s trade war and the anti-gravity chamber: editorial. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comm… via @SatPaper

The anti-gravity chamber

Whether or not Donald Trump intended to reshape the world order within 100 days is unclear. What he certainly didn’t intend was for his ill-considered actions to expose the vacuousness of his entire...

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Until midnight, we have a special offer so you can delve into our election coverage — 20% off subscriptions to The Saturday Paper. You can start with this story: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…

Inside story: How Albanese’s late election sent the teals broke

Independent campaigns were structured around an April 12 election – and the decision to go later has added roughly $250,000 to required spending in each seat.

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What’s at stake in this election — subscribe! So you don’t miss any of the analysis: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

What’s at stake on May 3

The prime minister has kicked off a long-awaited official campaign that most believe will deliver a hung parliament, as the independents work to harness growing voter disaffection with the major...

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“The average tax cut is $50 a week.” Treasurer Jim Chalmers deliver a surprise $17 billion dollars’ worth of tax cuts to “Trump-proof” the Australian economy. satpa.pe/Tanosey

Labor’s surprise tax cut: Paul Bongiorno explains

The treasurer says the 2025-26 budget is responsible — prioritisin...

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In Labor’s re-election pitch, Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fourth budget sees the nation’s books back in the red, with $17 billion dollars’ worth of tax cuts and efforts to “Trump-proof” the Australian economy. satpa.pe/RliwZGx

Federal budget 2025

The Albanese government delivers an election-eve budget sweetened with tax cuts, which the opposition will be under pressure to match, while conceding that a surplus is a decade away.

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Greens fight over trans rights and free speech.. story from Mike Seccombe: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

Greens fight over trans rights and free speech

An internal fight over trans rights and free speech has seen the Greens suspend one of its founders, in a process that took almost two years and could not be appealed.

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Mike Seccombe on the brutal impact of the US’s foreign aid cuts, and Australia’s opportunity to step up… thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

The brutal impact of the US’s foreign aid cuts

USAID’s defunding by the Trump administration leaves humanitarian programs globally in tatters, and an opportunity to expand soft diplomacy that Australia still looks unwilling to fill.

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In case you missed it: Albanese limbers up for an election, in conversation with @KJBar . “Anyone who didn’t vote for Scott Morrison … why are they going to vote for Peter Dutton?’” thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

The Albanese interview: ‘Anyone who didn’t vote for Scott Morrison … why are they going to vote for...

In an exclusive interview with The Saturday Paper, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is targeting new seats in all six states and believes he can hold majority government.

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The “huge” bureaucracy needed for Dutton’s nuclear plan thwarts his cost-cutting agenda.. @KJBar reports. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…

Exclusive: Dutton’s nuclear plan requires ‘huge’ new bureaucracy

The opposition’s plans to cut the public service are at odds with the scale of bureaucracy and consultants needed to support its nuclear power proposal, the minister for the public service says.

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Fascinating ep of our daily pod, an interview with US intelligence expert Dana Stroul on the details of the ceasefire deal. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas…

Ex-Pentagon official on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire

Podcast Episode · 7am · 16 January 2025 · 16min

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And Rick Morton is back with another exclusive on the NDIS reforms: Children targeted in crackdown thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper

Exclusive: Children targeted in NDIS crackdown

Despite claims the government’s reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is focused on fraud, a third of the savings will come from pushing children off the scheme.

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