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Tips and Murmurs

Tips and Murmurs is Charlie Lewis’ weekly collection of the absurd and the amoral, the hilarious and the harrowing of Australia’s politics and media, putting back in the details and the history the news leaves out.

Tips and Murmurs
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Image: AAP/Michael Gorton)

Here's exactly* what Anthony Albanese will say to the National Press Club today

Politics

Jan 24, 2025

3

Patricia Hewett, an Australian Open tennis ball, and a depiction of Bitcoin cryptocurrency (Image: Private Media)

An Oz embassy shills crypto, Aus Open gossip, and a dame goes unnoticed

Sport

and

Jan 23, 2025

6

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Image: AAP/Michael Gorton)

Forget cricket! Australia’s national sport is guessing when the next election will be

Politics

Jan 20, 2025

12

New ABC Sydney Mornings presenter Hamish Macdonald, and fired SS Lazio falconer Juan Bernabè (Image: Private Media)

ABC cuts comments, the election billboards begin, and we follow the Australia Day money

Politics

and

Jan 16, 2025

5

Liberal Senator Jane Hume (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)

Is the Federal Court's yearly party budget $100k or nothing at all? The answer is, amazingly, both

Politics

Jan 13, 2025

6

Bob Katter, Gerard Henderson, Gina Rinehart and Gerard Rennick (Image: Private Media)

What were this year's most sublime, utterly cracked tips and murmurs?

Politics

, and

Dec 18, 2024

11

JD Vance, Tony Abbott and ABC chair Kim Williams (Image: Private Media)

Julian Leeser braces for the teals, Abbott meets JD Vance, and Kim Williams to sing at RN Xmas party?

Media

and

Dec 12, 2024

24

The Daily Telegraph masthead, Education Minister Jason Clare, and a tweet by the IDF (Image: Private Media)

News Corp reheats HIV hysteria, the IDF 'Spotify wraps' its year, and Jason Clare fly(er) fishes

Media

and

Dec 05, 2024

19

Independent MP Bob Katter (Image: ABC)

Apparently, Bob Katter doesn't remember saying I mean, you know, people are entitled to their sexual proclivities, let there be a thousand blossoms bloom, as far as I am concerned, but I ain't spending any time on it because in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in North Queensland

Tips and Murmurs

Dec 04, 2024

25

Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas, WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam, Vice President Kamala Harris, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (Image: Private Media/AAP)

Election denial rife in Democrats, the most WA of scandals, and when is statue theft not news?

Politics

and

Nov 28, 2024

13

Alan Jones, Michael Shellenberger, banana (Image: Zennie/Private Media)

Alan Jones still online face of TV channel, an IPA warrior's packed CV, and Sweden goes bananas

Media

, and

Nov 21, 2024

Sydney Kings promotional image (Image: Sydney Kings)

A basketball team invited us to a panel. It left us with more questions than answers

Tips and Murmurs

Nov 14, 2024

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