Barnaby Joyce has been reinstated as the leader of The Nationals and Deputy Prime Minister.

In a party room meeting In Canberra this morning Michael McCormack was spilled from the leadership in favour of his predecessor, who had stood down during the Turnbull era over a scandal involving his relationship with a former staff member - a woman who is now his partner and mother to his two small sons.

Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by chief political correspondent David Crowe to discuss what the re-election of Barnaby Joyce as Nationals leader could mean for Scott Morrison and the Liberal party.

Barnaby Joyce has been reinstated as the leader of The Nationals and Deputy Prime Minister.
In a party room meeting In Canberra this morning Michael McCormack was spilled from the leadership in favour of his predecessor, who had stood down during the Turnbull era over a scandal involving his relationship with a former staff member - a woman who is now his partner and mother to his two small sons.
Today on Please Explain, Tory Maguire is joined by chief political correspondent David Crowe to discuss what the re-election of Barnaby Joyce as Nationals leader could mean for Scott Morrison and the Liberal party.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

Barnaby Joyce reinstated as leader of The Nationals

Over the last few months, a new wave of avian flu has been raging across the world. 

In the United States, the strain has been found in cows, and it has also reached far-flung Antarctica, infecting penguins, seals and polar bears. 

So far, transmission to humans has been extremely rare, and Australia remains the only continent in the world to keep the virus out.

But last week, health authorities confirmed a Victorian child had been critically ill with another strain of the virus, becoming Australia’s first-ever case of human bird flu.

Today, science reporter Angus Dalton on the alarming new cases of bird flu in Australia. And what the risks are to us.

Over the last few months, a new wave of avian flu has been raging across the world. 
In the United States, the strain has been found in cows, and it has also reached far-flung Antarctica, infecting penguins, seals and polar bears. 
So far, transmission to humans has been extremely rare, and Australia remains the only continent in the world to keep the virus out.
But last week, health authorities confirmed a Victorian child had been critically ill with another strain of the virus, becoming Australia’s first-ever case of human bird flu.
Today, science reporter Angus Dalton on the alarming new cases of bird flu in Australia. And what the risks are to us.

Australia has its first-ever case of human bird flu. What happens now?

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This week we look at two stories about our public servants. The first story is about the faceless kind of public servant who toil in government departments, and the second story is about the political public servants at the heart of the Albanese government, as we discuss the different public and private roles of ministers. 

Joining Jacqueline Maley is national affairs editor James Massola and senior economics correspondent Shane Wright.

Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis from Jacqueline Maley. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter here.

This week we look at two stories about our public servants. The first story is about the faceless kind of public servant who toil in government departments, and the second story is about the political public servants at the heart of the Albanese government, as we discuss the different public and private roles of ministers. 
Joining Jacqueline Maley is national affairs editor James Massola and senior economics correspondent Shane Wright.
Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis from Jacqueline Maley. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p5apym">here</a>.

Inside Politics: ‘Delay, deny, die’ the human cost of cutting public servants

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For years, it has been the biggest question in geopolitics. Who will win the struggle for world domination? China? Or the United States? American president Joe Biden has dubbed it the “fight to win the 21st century”.

But behind the grandiose rhetoric, there is one tiny country stuck in the middle of these two superpowers. Taiwan, the independent country that China claims as its own.

Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on how Taiwan’s new president - a former political ‘hot-head’ inaugurated earlier this week - might manage his country’s struggle for sovereignty. And his citizens’ growing fear of invasion.

For years, it has been the biggest question in geopolitics. Who will win the struggle for world domination? China? Or the United States? American president Joe Biden has dubbed it the “fight to win the 21st century”.
But behind the grandiose rhetoric, there is one tiny country stuck in the middle of these two superpowers. Taiwan, the independent country that China claims as its own.
Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on how Taiwan’s new president - a former political ‘hot-head’ inaugurated earlier this week - might manage his country’s struggle for sovereignty. And his citizens’ growing fear of invasion.

Taiwan’s new president was once a ‘hothead’. Can he beat back China?

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Barnaby Joyce reinstated as leader of The Nationals

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