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Barrett knew axe could fall if Dogs lost to Knights (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Reports that Trent Barrett was blindsided by a Bulldogs board meeting to discuss his future and sacked by football manager Phil Gould are far from the ...

The club had told him and his teammates they were not to have such a gathering. You’re the worst kind of people, eh?” He then got in his car with his window down and uttered the same line to myself and Fatima Kdouh from News Corp. His recruitment was desperate, his coaching was too advanced for the team, and he didn’t change. I also revealed he broke state government laws by having a barbecue for his teammates at his house when his area was considered a hotspot. One of Sutcliffe’s mates lost his granddaughter, Josie, to the disease, so he and Pete put on their double act, telling stories about Kerry Packer, Wide World of Sports and Pete’s decade with 60 Minutes. This column broke the news last Sunday that the Canterbury board was losing faith in Barrett and he was in trouble. Barrett too needs to accept his share of the blame for the club’s dismal start to the season. Robinson is an excellent leader and would be a great sounding board for Cummins. The pair live close to each other. When Gould got off air on Sunday night after calling the football for Channel Nine, he got a message from Beavis to say Barrett had quit. At the dinner there was a clear message conveyed: don’t celebrate a win too hard – as he did with an outpouring of emotion when they beat the Roosters a fortnight earlier – while a loss was not to be publicly treated as the end of the world. He knew a loss the following night would see the knives out for him. On the Thursday night before Canterbury played Newcastle in Brisbane to kick off Magic Round, Barrett and his agent, Wayne Beavis, met with Gould and Bulldogs recruitment manager Peter Sharp at Omeros Bros restaurant.

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Dutton will run for Liberal leader, Tehan and Andrews consider tilt (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Liberals are positioning to take the leadership after Scott Morrison stepped down, with Peter Dutton the frontrunner.

“[It] is way too early for there to be a discussion about that. Colleagues are also urging outgoing Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews and Trade Minister Dan Tehan to run for the leadership. “If Josh was still there, there might be a question, but he’s not. No matter who is leader, there will be a strong moderate push to focus more on climate and the treatment of women and for senior moderate members to have more of a public profile. Dutton already has the votes of 60 to 70 per cent of the party room. Both spoke on Sunday morning about the ramifications of the loss and the need for the party to learn lessons.

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Meet Jodie Haydon, Anthony Albanese's partner thrust into the ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Anthony Albanese is the first divorcee to take office, and how he and his partner Jodie Haydon plan to navigate public life is largely a mystery so far.

Albanese’s immediate focus is on the Quad meeting in Japan on Tuesday, but after that, he and Haydon will have time to make decisions about where they will live as he takes office. Haydon is in the unusual position of deciding whether she wants to move in with the prime minister once he has decided where he will base himself, such as at The Lodge in Canberra. Much has been written about whether Australia is ready for a divorced prime minister – Albanese split from former NSW Labor minister Tebbutt in 2019 – but Haydon seems to be rising to the occasion, having jumped boots and all into the campaign.

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