It is now three days since we learned that Scott Morrison had himself sworn as health minister in 2020 as the government geared up to tackle the covid pandemic.

Since then we have also learned that he had himself sworn in as resources minister too, and as finance minister.

Today, Anthony Albanese revealed that Mr Morrison might have been secretly sworn into five portfolios.

Today on Please Explain,Nick O'Malley is joined by national affairs editor James Massola to discuss Morrison's secret ministries.

It is now three days since we learned that Scott Morrison had himself sworn as health minister in 2020 as the government geared up to tackle the covid pandemic.
Since then we have also learned that he had himself sworn in as resources minister too, and as finance minister.
Today, Anthony Albanese revealed that Mr Morrison might have been secretly sworn into five portfolios.
Today on Please Explain, Nick O'Malley is joined by national affairs editor James Massola to discuss Morrison's secret ministries.

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.

Scott Morrison’s secret ministries

A video of a violent attack on a Sydney bishop has sparked an international fight over free speech, censorship, and the potential threats such videos could pose when spread on social media.

US billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform X was ordered by Australia's E Safety Commissioner Julie Inman grant to take down some copies of the clip, amid fees it could be used to radicalise more people.

Musk has been fighting the takedown drawing criticism from politicians across the spectrum, including from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

The Coalition wants young children blocked from social media to protect them from harmful content, while the country's top policing and spy agencies have vowed to protect children from extremist poison, and called on platforms to do better.

Today political correspondent Paul Sakkal and chief political correspondent David Crowe join Rachel Clun on this week's Inside Politics.

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.

A video of a violent attack on a Sydney bishop has sparked an international fight over free speech, censorship, and the potential threats such videos could pose when spread on social media.
US billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform X was ordered by Australia's E Safety Commissioner Julie Inman grant to take down some copies of the clip, amid fees it could be used to radicalise more people.
Musk has been fighting the takedown drawing criticism from politicians across the spectrum, including from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The Coalition wants young children blocked from social media to protect them from harmful content, while the country's top policing and spy agencies have vowed to protect children from extremist poison, and called on platforms to do better.
Today political correspondent Paul Sakkal and chief political correspondent David Crowe join Rachel Clun on this week's Inside Politics.
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: Elon Musk, the Prime Minister and a cauldron of poison

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After more than a decade of weakening strategic resolve under the Obama and Trump administrations, the United States is showing signs of re-emerging as an indispensable power to the world.

The United States helped to curtail broader conflict in the Middle East by rallying a coordinated response to Iran’s attack on Israel, and passed a 95 billion dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

This willingness to again embrace its role as the gamekeeper and gardener of the international order comes after years of miscalculations that served only to embolden the world’s autocrats and their ambitions.

Today, international editor Peter Hartcher on three key positions taken by the United States and what this may mean for its allies and the world order.

After more than a decade of weakening strategic resolve under the Obama and Trump administrations, the United States is showing signs of re-emerging as an indispensable power to the world.
The United States helped to curtail broader conflict in the Middle East by rallying a coordinated response to Iran’s attack on Israel, and passed a 95 billion dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
This willingness to again embrace its role as the gamekeeper and gardener of the international order comes after years of miscalculations that served only to embolden the world’s autocrats and their ambitions.
Today, international editor Peter Hartcher on three key positions taken by the United States and what this may mean for its allies and the world order.

Peter Hartcher on how the US finally re-emerged as an 'indispensable power'

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Earlier this week, the woman at the centre of the mushroom deaths case that captured the attention of the country, attended court for the second time.

Erin Patterson was arrested and charged in November last year with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder in the small-town Victorian case tracked around the world.

Legal teams are now focusing their efforts on the timing and location for a committal hearing, which could be impacted by a request from Patterson’s legal team to have the case tested in front of her peers in a local court.

Patterson has already spent five months in custody, and may spend many more waiting for a hearing that could be pushed out to 2025.

Today, crime and justice reporter Erin Pearson on everything we know so far, and what we can expect next.

Earlier this week, the woman at the centre of the mushroom deaths case that captured the attention of the country, attended court for the second time.
Erin Patterson was arrested and charged in November last year with three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder in the small-town Victorian case tracked around the world.
Legal teams are now focusing their efforts on the timing and location for a committal hearing, which could be impacted by a request from Patterson’s legal team to have the case tested in front of her peers in a local court.
Patterson has already spent five months in custody, and may spend many more waiting for a hearing that could be pushed out to 2025.
Today, crime and justice reporter Erin Pearson on everything we know so far, and what we can expect next.

Why accused killer mushroom cook doesn't want case heard in Melbourne

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Scott Morrison’s secret ministries

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