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The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • July 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
From the front to the back of the queue: how Australia’s vaccine rollout unravelled
Morrison government’s vaunted vaccination targets dropped amid Pfizer delays and AstraZeneca rare blood clot risk in favour of allocation ‘horizons’
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ABC News • Annabel Crabb • July 9, 2021 • abc.net.au
One of Australia's most experienced legislators alleges she was sexually assaulted at Old Parliament House
Kate Sullivan, the second-longest-serving woman in federal parliamentary history, says she was sexually assaulted at Old Parliament House while the Senate was in session.
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Annabel Crabb@annabelcrabb
Inspired by Brittany Higgins, one of Australian parliament's longest-serving women comes forward with sexual assault allegation abc.net.au/news/2021-07-0…
July 9, 2021
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus, Nick Evershed, Rafqa Touma, Natasha May • July 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Coalition’s proposed anti-corruption commission would have no power to investigate recent controversies
Guardian analysis finds body lacks power and threshold too high to begin investigations, meaning car parks and sports rorts, and questions about expense claims would avoid scrutiny
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NZ Herald • David Fisher • July 9, 2021 • nzherald.co.nz
Exclusive: Emails show how 'taking the trash out' broadcast on Australian news was set up
Emails show Channel 9 fed names of Kiwi deportees by Australian Border Force.
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Stephen Dziedzic@stephendziedzic
NZ Herald has obtained emails between Border Force + Channel 9 journo who harassed NZ deportees on the tarmac for the "taking the trash out" Dutton story. ABF provided full names of those filmed to Ch 9, but they were excised from FOI for privacy reasons nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ex…
July 9, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith, Lucy Carroll, Mary Ward • July 8, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Fork in the road’: Senior ministers consider letting Delta circulate in community
The NSW government is facing its most difficult decision of the pandemic with senior ministers cautiously canvassing abandoning a zero local transmission strategy and accepting the Delta strain of COVID-19 will circulate in the community.
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Lisa Visentin@LisaVisentin
Berejiklian: “No state or nation or any country on the planet can live with the Delta variant when our vaccination rates are so low.”
Strong rebuke to her cabinet colleagues proposing to let Delta circulate (as per👇)
smh.com.au/national/nsw/f…
July 9, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun • July 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
Pfizer is key to Australia’s path out of the pandemic, but most doses still months away
Those injured by vaccines will also be able to claim compensation without going through the courts in a significant update to the planned vaccine indemnity scheme.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
The Pfizer doses due this month -- 2.8 million -- were reported last Saturday by @rachelclun here:
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
The weekly tally is 300,000 then 500,000 then 1 million then 1 million. Greg Hunt said this last Saturday.
July 9, 2021
The Age • Tony Wright • July 8, 2021 • smh.com.au
Scott Morrison’s Sydney gets gold-standard treatment
The Prime Minister denies Sydney is receiving special treatment for political purposes as its COVID-19 lockdown continues. Looks can deceive.
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • July 9, 2021 • themonthly.com.au
Lies upon lies
The only thing ramping up is the shamelessness of the PM’s falsehoods
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ABC News • Josh Robertson • July 9, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Enormously disturbing': Queensland government paid a predator to help 'protect' children
Before he was jailed for child sexual assault, celebrity psychologist Bob Montgomery was a go-to expert on vulnerable children, for clients including the Queensland Government.
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The Guardian • Donna Lu • July 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Beetle that can walk upside down under water surface filmed in Australia in world first
Researcher accidentally spots tiny insect walking on the underside of the water surface as if it were a pane of glass
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
If you don't want to read about the pandemic just for a moment, perhaps you would like to read about a tiny insect THAT WALKS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WATER AS IF IT WERE A PANE OF GLASS theguardian.com/environment/20…
July 9, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Andrew Hornery • July 9, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘I couldn’t go on living a double life’: why conservative Michael Yabsley came out at 64
Homosexuality was illegal and gay role models non-existent when Michael Yabsley was growing up, and it wasn’t until a health scare in 2019 that he embraced his true self. Now, the former Liberal Party powerbroker wants to show others it’s never too late for a life-altering reckoning.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • July 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australians fear attack from China almost as much as Taiwanese do, survey finds
More than four in 10 Australians think Chinese are coming and analysts say that’s partly due to government’s ‘drums of war’ rhetoric
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abc.net.au • December 8, 2021 • abc.net.au
The Signal
The Signal is the ABC's daily news podcast that helps cut through the noise to cover the biggest stories, explaining not only what is happening but why. It's an entertaining 15-minute show, perfect for the daily commute.
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Annabel Crabb@annabelcrabb
On today's episode of The Signal, I recount the long story of how Australia's second-longest-serving female legislator came to unburden herself of a sexual assault secret she'd been carrying for nearly four decades... abc.net.au/radio/programs…
July 9, 2021
The Guardian • Kate Banville • July 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Moral obligation’: former prime minister John Howard calls for Australia to help Afghan interpreters
The slashing of overseas entries has added new level of panic for Afghans who worked with Australian troops and fear Taliban
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
An Afghan interpreter who worked with Australian forces and fears Taliban retribution has had his flight to Australia with his family cancelled, after caps on international arrivals were halved. ⁦@katebanville⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 9, 2021
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • July 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Disability sector celebrates after Coalition forced to scrap NDIS independent assessments
Advocates say it’s a ‘beautiful thing’ the government was forced to back down after the states and territories rejected the proposal
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The Australian • Will Glasgow • July 8, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Australia ‘talks softly, carries big ­vaccine’
Its Australias other vaccine rollout and this ones not going too badly.
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ABC Radio National • July 11, 2021 • abc.net.au
Unmasking Monsters
Bob Montgomery was one of Australia's most famous psychologists. But he was hiding a dark secret. Josh Robertson has the story of how he got away with it for so long.
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Background Briefing@BackgroundBrief
NEW EPISODE.
Unmasking Monsters: the story of how Bob Montgomery got away with it for so long. Its by @jrojourno abc.net.au/radionational/…
July 9, 2021
The Canberra Times • Harley Dennett • July 8, 2021 • canberratimes.com.au
Three APS departments get new secretaries
The proportion of women at the top leadership of the APS remains unchanged at six women and 13 men.
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The Guardian • Van Badham • July 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
The Nationals is not a serious party for country people – just a collection of bogus stereotypes
Barnaby Joyce’s leadership is not a good fit with the evolved values of traditional rural voters
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Mark Stehle, Richard Lama • July 28, 2021 • smh.com.au
What’s within 10 kilometres of your home in Sydney?
New restrictions announced by the NSW government say residents must stay within their local government area, or within 10 kilometres of home for exercise and shopping.
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