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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus, Nick Evershed • July 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Stuffed’: how Australia’s ‘unconscionable’ gamble on Covid vaccines backfired
The prime minister jumped the gun in November 2020 when he declared ‘we can look forward to a much better 2021’
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Christopher Knaus@knausc
I spoke with former @pfizer global president John LaMattina, who described Australia's small and belated first order of 10m doses as "unconscionable", given what was known at the time about efficacy and safety. Our allies had made huge orders of the vaccine four months earlier twitter.com/knausc/status/…
July 10, 2021
The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • July 10, 2021 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Part one: The true story of Australia’s vaccine failure
A time line of the science behind the Covid-19 vaccines shows how close Australia came to its own breakthroughs, and how it backed the wrong candidates.
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
“I expect their advisers knew very little about the potential of mRNA.” This is a reconstruction of the first half of the nation's vaccine scramble. So much about what is happening now was born here. Part two next weekend. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
July 10, 2021
ABC News • Matthew Doran • July 10, 2021 • abc.net.au
The only ABC program mandated by law is still broadcasting after 75 years
On July 10, 1946, for the first time ever, the often-rambunctious debate in Parliament would be experienced by more than just those watching on from the public galleries above.
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The Age • Melissa Fyfe • July 10, 2021 • theage.com.au
The 23-year-old court clerk, the 68-year-old magistrate who became her fiancé – and the tragedy that followed
Ashleigh Petrie’s engagement sparked front-page news. Her tragic death only weeks later left her loved ones shattered – and searching for clues as to how and why her life unravelled.
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The Saturday Paper • Mike Seccombe • July 10, 2021 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: Frydenberg pushed AGL to sack boss
As AGL attempted to clean up its energy, Josh Frydenberg intervened to have its chief executive sacked. Now the company is de-merging to salvage its failing coal assets.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • July 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
Euro 2020 has been hell … at least for Australia’s bleary-eyed 5am squad
It’s best to acknowledge that what you are doing is not normal, to accept fault and carry on
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Naaman Zhou@naamanzhou
Brilliant and beautiful piece by @lukehgomes about the pre-dawn rituals of being a football fan in Australia. "Membership of this bizarre club is not exclusive, but you do need to make some sacrifices"
theguardian.com/football/2021/…
July 10, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • July 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
That Julia Banks recoiled from the car crash of party politics is an intelligent, human response
The former MP is not the only woman this year who’s lined up to articulate her truth. It’s a new moment in Australian public life
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The New Daily • Dennis Atkins • July 10, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Premiers and a 'shape-shifting' PM take a beating in Coronavirus battle
A politician who makes Teflon appear sticky, Scott Morrison is now so adept at shape-shifting and shameless denial he can get away with just about anything.
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Dennis Atkins@dwabriz
The fortnight when Australia lost its shit “Morrison makes Teflon look sticky” #peakmorrison #mediagames thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/…
July 10, 2021
New Statesman • Tim Soutphommasane • July 10, 2021 • newstatesman.com
How failure on Covid-19 has exposed the dangerous delusion of “Fortress Australia”
The country’s complacency on vaccines reflected the false belief that it could cut itself off from the world.
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Tim Soutphommasane@timsout
The hubris of Fortress Australia: @mds49 and me on how Australia’s zero Covid strategy has unravelled thanks to a failed vaccine rollout, the trashing of AstraZeneca and remarkable political complacency newstatesman.com/world/australa…
July 10, 2021
The Australian • KATE BANVILLE • July 10, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
How Afghans interpret the deadly silence of ‘old mates’
Ahmad, a former translator working with Australian troops, was in hiding with his young family when word trickled back to him that his uncle had been killed at the hands of the Taliban. He wasnt able to return home to Faryab province in northern Afghanistan to mourn with his family, and concedes he never will because of his work with coalition forces.
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The Saturday Paper • Kieran Pender • July 10, 2021 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Winter Olympics discontent
With the Beijing Winter Olympics just seven months away, calls for a diplomatic boycott over China’s human rights record are heating up.
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Kieran Pender@KieranPender
The Winter Olympics are set to take place in Beijing in February, against the backdrop of widespread human rights violations. Should Australia - and our athletes - be taking part? My latest for @SatPaper thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2021/07/10/win…
July 10, 2021
ABC News • Laura Tingle • July 10, 2021 • abc.net.au
The 'gold standard' state has fallen into crisis — and the politics are morphing
This week's COVID figures demonstrated better than any others how the nature of the pandemic has morphed as much as the virus itself in the last couple of months, writes Laura Tingle.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
This week's column: The NSW COVID outbreak shows the pandemic is morphing in many ways — politically, too abc.net.au/news/2021-07-1…
July 10, 2021
The Guardian • Melissa Davey • July 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
What went wrong: how Delta exposed the NSW approach to Covid
The state’s strategy of delaying harsh measures and relying on the public to do the right thing hasn’t worked, but health experts say it’s not too late to change tack
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ABC News • Jeremy Story Carter • July 10, 2021 • abc.net.au
'We're making a lot of noise': the loud movement disrupting Australian wine
Is natural wine having an outsized influence in reshaping our wine culture, or just the latest plaything for trend-chasing, virtue-seeking millennials?
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Jeremy Story Carter@jstorycarter
Here’s a story I put together about Australian natural wine (or whatever folk might prefer to call it), and why it hasn’t gone away despite being dismissed as a fad
abc.net.au/news/2021-07-1…
July 10, 2021
ABC News • Russell Jackson • July 10, 2021 • abc.net.au
The pleasing symmetry to Ash Barty's run to tonight's Wimbledon final
Ash Barty might become Australia's first women's singles winner at Wimbledon since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980, and the Indigenous tennis champions have much in common.
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The Canberra Times • Ben Oquist • July 10, 2021 • canberratimes.com.au
Trampling budget democracy
When it comes to the country's finances, more transparency about all budgetary processes would benefit all of us.
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Ben Oquist@BenOquist
Canberra resident and economist David Richardson has been attending the Budget 'lock-up' for the Australia Institute for 13 years. This year, he was banned. canberratimes.com.au/story/7333807/… via @canberratimes
July 10, 2021
The Age • Neil McMahon • July 9, 2021 • theage.com.au
‘Are they really going to do that?’: How the doors closed on Madame Brussels
It all began in late 2005 with a dream that was a blend of whimsy, history and bar-trade savvy. Now the pandemic has brought a beloved Melbourne venue to a close.
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news.com.au • July 10, 2021 • news.com.au
TV personality Jono Coleman dead at 65
Television and radio personality Jono Coleman has died at age 65 after succumbing to a four-year battle with prostate cancer.
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Magda Szubanski AO@MagdaSzubanski
Ah no. I am so deeply sad to hear that Jono has died. What a terrible shame. Every time I saw him he was so damn warm and lovely and funny. My deepest condolences to his wife Margot, family and friends. RIP sweetheart 🙏 news.com.au/entertainment/…
July 10, 2021
The Guardian • Anne Davies • July 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Gladys Berejiklian faces instability within as a Covid storm brews outside
Disgruntled cabinet colleagues touting a plan B are making NSW premier’s job of imposing a lockdown on the public even harder
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ABC News • Nas Campanella, Celina Edmonds, Leonie Thorne • July 9, 2021 • abc.net.au
Independent assessments are 'dead': Federal government abandons controversial NDIS reforms
State and territory disability ministers have shot down controversial reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, in what advocates say is a huge win for the disability community.
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