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The Guardian • Melissa Davey • July 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
Huge study supporting ivermectin as Covid treatment withdrawn over ethical concerns
The preprint endorsing ivermectin as a coronavirus therapy has been widely cited, but independent researchers find glaring discrepancies in the data
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • July 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘The happiest song on earth’: 20 tracks to cure a bad mood
To help readers through the latest lockdowns, Guardian Australia staff nominated the songs that never fail them. The resulting playlist is … well, deranged
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Australian Financial Review • John Kehoe • July 16, 2021 • afr.com
Australia can avoid lockdowns in four months: Coatsworth
Australia can consider ending lockdowns once 50 per cent of people are vaccinated in November and must accept some COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths like it does for influenza.
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John Kehoe@Johnkehoe23
Australia can stop resorting to lockdowns with 50% vaccination rate in about four months, says former months former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth afr.com/politics/feder…
July 16, 2021
The Guardian • Luke Harding, Julian Borger, Dan Sabbagh, Sam Cutler • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Kremlin papers appear to show Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House
Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • July 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
Scientists dismiss Warren Entsch’s claim warm water from northern hemisphere is damaging reef
Coalition’s Great Barrier Reef envoy also said Australia was a ‘victim of our own success’ when it came to coral bleaching
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst, Adam Morton • July 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Not engaging isn’t the answer’: Australia under pressure as US follows EU lead on carbon tariffs
Experts and opposition MPs say Australia should work with Europe on new imports scheme instead of criticising
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • July 16, 2021 • smh.com.au
The new parochialism stifling Australia
Tribalism is fracturing the federation and yet state voters quite like their premiers standing up to Canberra.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Latika Bourke • July 16, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘What would you do?’: Julia Gillard confronted by stranded Australian
The former PM said she was going to disappoint the London audience, revealing she was hoping to return home herself for Christmas and do home quarantine.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
Great story by @latikambourke - even a former prime minister can't get back to Australia to see her family.
smh.com.au/world/europe/w…
July 16, 2021
The New Daily • Josh Butler • July 16, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Barely a third of Phase 1a disability workers are vaccinated
They're meant to be first in line to get vaccinated, but just 38 per cent of disability workers have received their vaccinations, government data reveals.
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Josh Butler@JoshButler
This week I tried to answer what I thought was a relatively simple question - how many of the highest-priority Phase 1a group have got COVID vaccines?
Despite days of asking federal & state governments, it’s almost impossible to get a full picture #auspol thenewdaily.com.au/news/2021/07/1…
July 16, 2021
The Guardian • Helen Sullivan • July 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
A bee: before it dies, its mouth opens and closes, kissing the ground
Its favourite thing to do is to crawl inside a flower, where petals turn light pink, yellow or red
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith, Lucy Carroll, Mary Ward • July 16, 2021 • smh.com.au
NSW to order more retailers to shut as mystery cases grow
Sydney’s worst-hit COVID hotspots will be plunged into a harder lockdown as early as Saturday in a desperate bid to stop people from moving about the city.
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ABC Radio • July 16, 2021 • abc.net.au
Indonesian hospitals turning away dying COVID patients, with more than 50,000 infections a day
Indonesia has become the region's new COVID-19 epicentre with more than 50 thousand known infections and a thousand people dying with the virus every day. Lockdowns appear to be having little impact on the spread and hospitals are buckling under the strain, turning dying patients away and running out of essential supplies, like oxygen.
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Australian Financial Review • Alex Oliver • July 16, 2021 • afr.com
From the Asian Century to Fortress Australia in just over a decade
When Alex Oliver started at the Lowy Institute 14 years ago, Australia was outward looking and pragmatic. As she leaves the think tank this week, it’s a very different story.
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7NEWS • 7NEWS, AAP • July 16, 2021 • 7news.com.au
Alleged fake DV claims to aid family law
Queensland's police union says some people seek domestic violence orders to gain an advantage in the family court.
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The Age • Jim Middleton • July 15, 2021 • smh.com.au
How a secret China trip crippled an Australian prime minister
Fifty years ago, a junior Australian diplomat learned about Henry Kissinger’s covert mission to Beijing. What happened next had real consequences in Canberra.
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Michael Bachelard@mbachelard
A fascinating piece of political and diplomatic history here from @jimmiddleton
theage.com.au/world/asia/how…
July 16, 2021
The Guardian • Donna Lu • July 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
Death disruptor: how an Australian funnel-web spider may help human hearts
University of Queensland researchers are investigating if protein in venom of Fraser Island spider can stop cardiac cells dying
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The Guardian • Nick Evershed, Christopher Knaus • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australian government scales back supply projections for AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
The new forecast has cut the estimated doses available in August and September by up to 10%
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Nick Evershed@NickEvershed
The government has quietly scaled down projections of how many AstraZeneca doses will be available in Australia in the coming weeks, while downplaying a huge gap between the amount being locally produced and original Covid-19 vaccine supply targets theguardian.com/society/2021/j…
July 15, 2021
Grftr News • Jack Lawrence • July 16, 2021 • grftr.news
Why Was a Major Study on Ivermectin for COVID-19 Just Retracted?
Questions about major lapses of scientific integrity led to the withdrawal of a study that formed a critical component of the pro-ivermectin case.
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The Australian • Simon Caterson • July 16, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
The gripping inside story of AstraZeneca
In an interview in May to promote the latest comeback by 1980s pop band Duran Duran, keyboardist Nick Rhodes said while he was usually a fan of modern things, he chose to have the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine instead of the others on offer because its old school.
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Caroline Overington@overingtonc
Very pleased to publish this review of “Vaxxers” by the Oxford geniuses who developed AZ - the best of British science, trashed by Russian bots, daft politics and deliberate misinformation campaigns. Don’t be fooled by them. Get jabbed. @australian
theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/va…
July 16, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • July 16, 2021 • smh.com.au
Sometime, somewhere we will find leaders interested in doing a better job
Scott Morrison shows little interest in any kind of reform whether to advance business interests or anyone else’s.
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Ross Gittins@1RossGittins
Reform's not a dirty word when it benefits the many, not the few bit.ly/2TkpVIA #ausecon #ausbiz #auspol #VCEco #HSCeco
July 16, 2021

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