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The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • July 29, 2021 • smh.com.au
Alan Jones column pulled from The Daily Telegraph amid anti-lockdown, COVID-19 controversies
News Corp’s The Daily Telegraph has pulled a weekly column by controversial broadcaster Alan Jones.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • July 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Rigidly flexible’: Peter Dutton’s office directs department to answer media inquiries in three paragraphs
Defence minister wants responses to be ‘as brief and succinct as possible’, an email obtained under FOI reveals
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
It was 5.58pm on 5 May when an email lobbed into Department of Defence inboxes that suggested Peter Dutton was wasting no time making his mark on his new portfolio. “Guidance is to limit responses to three paras, regardless of breadth of the question(s).” theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 29, 2021
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • July 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
Just 39% of NSW residents over 70 are fully vaccinated against Covid, despite push for jabs
New South Wales is trailing much of Australia in getting the elderly vaccinated, new government figures reveal
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Sarah Martin@msmarto
Kerry Chant talking about NSW figures that show 25% of over-70s still to receive a first dose. "Vaccines will save lives, Covid will kill". Today's story on these numbers theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 29, 2021
ABC News • Max Walden, Zena Chamas • July 29, 2021 • abc.net.au
Gesti tested positive for COVID a day before giving birth. Three weeks later, the virus took her life
The number of pregnant women who are dying with COVID-19 in Indonesia is anticipated to increase, as expectant mothers opt for voluntary c-sections or give birth at home out of fear they will catch the virus at the hospital.
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Max Walden@maxwalden_
25-year-old Gesti was by all accounts a dedicated doctor, mother & friend. She tested positive for COVID on July 2 and gave birth on July 3. By July 22 she had died. Her husband Sunni hopes her story is a wake up call for Indonesians on the threat of Delta abc.net.au/news/2021-07-2…
July 29, 2021
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • July 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
Coalition to pay consultants McKinsey $2.2m for two months’ work but won’t reveal nature of job
Government keeping even basic details of contract confidential, with website saying only that it relates to research and a ‘workforce taskforce’
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The Guardian • Josh Taylor • July 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
From ‘it’s not a race’ to ‘go for gold’: how Scott Morrison pivoted on Australia’s Covid vaccine rollout
As the Sydney outbreak worsens and jabs in arms lag behind much of the world, the PM’s choice of sporting analogies has shifted
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Josh Taylor@joshgnosis
Morrison this morning tried to argue his "not a race" line was about vaccine approval, but all the times he used it (only in March surprisingly) he was answering questions about the slow rollout. theguardian.com/society/2021/j…
July 29, 2021
The Age • Jonathan Kearsley • July 29, 2021 • smh.com.au
Labor preselects outspoken AstraZeneca critic to run as candidate in Higgins
An infectious diseases expert who has been outspoken against the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine will run in the Melbourne seat against Dr Katie Allen.
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Latika M Bourke@latikambourke
The Australian Labor party has preselected a doctor who wrongly claimed the AstraZeneca vaccine has 'failed in terms of its efficacy.'
Cracking scoop from @jekearsley
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
July 29, 2021
The Guardian • Amanda Meade, Anne Davies • July 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
Alan Jones column ended by Daily Telegraph amid controversial Covid and anti-lockdown commentary
Veteran broadcaster rejects claims he ‘no longer resonates with readers’
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ABC News • Casey Briggs • July 29, 2021 • abc.net.au
This is the percentage of the population which must be vaccinated before we can say goodbye to lockdowns forever
Grattan Institute modelling suggests incentives like a national lottery could help Australia improve its vaccination rate.
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Tom McIlroy@TomMcIlroy
The Grattan Institute has recommend a weekly national $10 million lottery to drive up vaccinations, with ten $1 million prizes between Melbourne Cup and Christmas
abc.net.au/news/2021-07-2… @CaseyBriggs
July 29, 2021
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • July 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
Tax cuts backed by Labor will give men $2 for every $1 women get, Greens modelling shows
Adam Bandt says Labor is ‘gutless’ for supporting stage three cuts and decision is political opportunity for Greens
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • July 29, 2021 • news.com.au
Brittany Higgins delay claim rejected
The Director of Public Prosecutions in the ACT has flatly rejected Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews’ claim that prosecutors are the reason for the delay on the decision whether or not to charge the man at the centre of the Brittany Higgins rape allegations.
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Crikey • Amber Schultz • July 29, 2021 • crikey.com.au
No national stockpile? Australia has 6.8 million vaccine unused doses in storage
The federal government has been reluctant to give Australians detailed data on the vaccine rollout, and still denies it holds a national stockpile.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • July 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘So relieved’: belated Covid support welcomed by welfare recipients in Sydney lockdown
After weeks of resistance, Scott Morrison announced a rise in the disaster payment as well as a top-up for those on welfare payments
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
I spoke to people excluded from the Covid disaster payment this week.
They told me bills were been piling up, some were considering moving back in with their parents, one was eating less.
Another single mum talked of hiding her despair from her kids.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 29, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • July 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
Director of public prosecutions says Brittany Higgins investigation is with AFP, contradicting Karen Andrews
DPP reveals police were given rape allegation advice in June, contradicting claims by police commissioner and home affairs minister that case is with public prosecutor
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • July 28, 2021 • theguardian.com
Beetaloo Basin fracking plan: gas companies linked to tax secrecy havens and Liberal party, inquiry told
One company given grants worth $21m for drilling despite not having Northern Territory environmental approvals, senators hear
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The New York Times • Bennett Cohen, Jerry Greenfield • July 29, 2021 • nytimes.com
Opinion | We’re Ben and Jerry. Men of Ice Cream, Men of Principle.
We support the company's decision to end the sale of its ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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ABC News • Kath Sullivan • July 29, 2021 • abc.net.au
Research shows variable climate cutting farmers' profits
Farm incomes have become more variable with changing climate, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, and it is costing farmers $30,000 a year, every year.
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Kath Sullivan@KathSully
The cost of climate change - @ABARES says farmers have lost $30k per farm, per year because of change in weather over past 20 years. abc.net.au/news/rural/202…
July 29, 2021
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • September 2, 2021 • theguardian.com
NSW and ACT Covid hotspots: list and map of regional NSW and Canberra coronavirus exposure sites
Here are the current coronavirus hotspots and Covid-19 public health exposure sites in regional New South Wales and Canberra, and what to do if you’ve visited them
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Nick Evershed@NickEvershed
A big jump in cases today in NSW to 239 locally acquired, and again a large number of cases with unknown isolation status theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 29, 2021
The Walkley Foundation • admin • July 29, 2021 • walkleys.com
Walkley Foundation announces leadership changes
Louisa Graham will step down as Chief Executive of the Walkley Foundation later this year and Michael Brissenden has been announced as the new Chair of the Walkley Judging Board.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Chip Le Grand • July 28, 2021 • smh.com.au
We’re back: Australia’s big day has nation basking under the Tokyo sun
The Australian team moved beyond the disappointments of London and Rio to equal its most successful single day in Olympic history.
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