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A grumpy week in politics, and the last leap second

A grumpy week in politics, and the last leap second

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This is the week in news and what’s coming up with Claire Kimball
and Kate Watson. It’s been a week of policy battles in parliament -
the ATO delaying the credit card ban, changes to family trusts that
have small business cranky, and Josh Frydenberg promoting his new
memoir and making pointed comments about Liberal leadership. Then
to the US. Donald Trump has a new press secretary whose first
appearance went viral, and the planned livestream of an execution
has been cancelled, but raised hard questions about what our
government could have done to stop it being shown here. And the
Trump–Zelensky relationship has taken another hit, this time over
diesel. We’ll explain how a deal to import Russian fuel connects to
petrol prices, the midterms, and Ukraine losing satellite access
mid-war. Plus the leap second has been abolished. (And for the
timekeeping pedants listening, we see you: leap seconds have always
added a second, not removed one. The vote ending them means we
avoid the first ever negative leap second, so technically we've
dodged losing one.) Links Uber x Red Cross Clothing Drive Kate’s
recommendation: Politico’s Canberra Playbook Newsletter and Podcast
Claire’s recommendation: Chicken meatball risoni recipe Want more
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