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The Sydney Morning Herald • John Lyons • October 2, 2021 • smh.com.au
Touchy subject: We must end self-censorship on Israel and Palestine
The Australian media needs to get to a point where the reality of Israel can be discussed without accusations of anti-Semitism being used to block the debate.
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John Lyons@TheLyonsDen
Extract from my new book #DatelineJerusalem. I draw on my 6 yrs in MidEast & scores of interviews with current & former editors & correspondents to look behind the scenes @MonashPub
Touchy subject: We must end self-censorship on Israel and Palestine smh.com.au/national/touch…
October 2, 2021
news.com.au • Shannon Molloy • October 1, 2021 • news.com.au
Don’t feel too sad for Gladys Berejiklian – this disaster is her own fault
ANALYSIS
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
Yes, it’s NewsCorpse. But it’s a very good piece. Cuts through a lot of crap. news.com.au/finance/work/l…
October 1, 2021
Daily Telegraph • Andrew Clennell • October 2, 2021 • dailytelegraph.com.au
Gladys needs to look in the mirror to find someone to blame
For months now Gladys Berejiklian has enacted a series of laws levying heavy punishment for simple acts such as visiting friends or not wearing masks in a bid to get on top of the pandemic.
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Andrew Clennell@aclennell
Andrew Clennell: Gladys Berejiklian brought down by letter of the law | Daily Telegraph dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/a…
October 2, 2021
Brisbane Times • Nick Bonyhady • October 2, 2021 • brisbanetimes.com.au
Queensland LNP health spokeswoman is a member of ‘anti-COVID vax union’
Queensland’s Health Minister said two state opposition MPs with links to the group should be stripped of their shadow ministries.
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ABC News • Laura Tingle • October 2, 2021 • abc.net.au
One politician has fallen this week. Another has a glimmer in his eye
Gladys Berejiklian, the woman touted last year as the one who had "saved Australia", could not save herself this week, writes Laura Tingle.
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Simon Cullen@Simon_Cullen
“The NSW Premier was undone by a system designed to uphold standards of public integrity: a system which her federal counterparts will neither countenance, & in a depressingly increasing number of cases, would be lucky to survive,” writes ⁦@latingle⁩ abc.net.au/news/2021-10-0…
October 2, 2021
ABC News • Jeremy Story Carter • October 2, 2021 • abc.net.au
'It has really taken a dive': How misinformation is changing Facebook community groups
Facebook group admins in regional Australia say misinformation is fracturing previously positive online communities and affecting their towns' sense of togetherness.
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The Guardian • Marina Hyde • October 1, 2021 • theguardian.com
All women know they are prey – and that no one with any authority seems to care
Despite the horrifying levels of violence against women, there is no strategy to end it. Just promises to ‘learn lessons’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Marina Hyde@MarinaHyde
My bit about the Sarah Everard case, women’s fear, and how we police male violence (or don’t ) theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
October 1, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Julia Baird • October 2, 2021 • smh.com.au
Privilege still protects the violent from the consequences of their behaviour
A NSW judge’s decision to not record a conviction against a former Knox boy who punched a woman in the face has triggered howls of protest.
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The Guardian • Melissa Davey • October 2, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Just in time’: how Australian doctors drastically reduced deaths from vaccine-linked blood clots
Australia’s low death rate from the rare syndrome linked to the AstraZeneca shot is in no small part due to a ‘huge collaborative effort’
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Naaman Zhou@naamanzhou
Dr Vivien Chen is the reason there was already a treatment plan for the first person in Australia to develop an AZ blood clot. The government didn't ask her to do it, she took the initiative.
Great story from @MelissaLDavey
theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 2, 2021
The Guardian • Adam Morton • October 2, 2021 • theguardian.com
Coalition approves plan to award carbon credits to CCS fossil fuel projects
Decision follows lobbying by oil and gas company Santos, who have said they would not start a CCS project without access to carbon credit revenue
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Geoffrey Watson • October 1, 2021 • smh.com.au
Protecting public sector integrity is key to Berejiklian’s departure
There is almost certain to be a backlash against ICAC, but to its credit it has decided to investigate.
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ABC News • October 2, 2021 • abc.net.au
Philippine president Duterte announces retirement from politics
The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, has backed out of next year's national election, amid speculation he was clearing the way for his daughter to run to succeed him.
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The Saturday Paper • October 2, 2021 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: Australia's most vulnerable ignored in plan to open up
A rush of government tenders to outsource Covid-19 responses shows who is most at risk as lockdowns end. The 20 per cent who will not be fully vaccinated when states begin to open are not anti-vaxxers but rather the most vulnerable.
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
Just days after third Indigenous person died from Covid-19 in NSW's rural communities, the fed govt awarded a contract by limited tender for a vax campaign targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders due to "extreme urgency or events unforeseen." thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
October 2, 2021
The Age • Benjamin Law • October 1, 2021 • smh.com.au
Virginia Trioli: ‘It’s hard to keep my faith in the political system’
The journalist and broadcaster discusses her concerns with politics, her media commandments, her ideal funeral – and why she views meat-eating as sexy.
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The Australian • YONI BASHAN • October 1, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Unapologetic exit opens possibility of Labor victory
For almost a year, the writing has been on the wall for Gladys Berejiklians leadership. While it might have appeared that her problems with the states corruption watchdog had evaporated during the course of the pandemic, few people familiar with the evidence could have doubted her resignation was inevitable, and perhaps even necessary.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • October 2, 2021 • theguardian.com
If Icac delayed its Berejiklian inquiry it wouldn’t be doing its job | A J Brown
The anti-corruption commission didn’t ‘force’ this moment on the NSW premier. Clipping its wings would be shooting the messenger
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Chip Le Grand • October 2, 2021 • smh.com.au
Freedom, interrupted: Will the liberties we lost to COVID be regained?
Our pandemic response has involved restriction of liberties on a scale never previously imagined. Who has properly considered, much less tried to tally, the cost?
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 2, 2021 • theguardian.com
NSW environment minister urges moderate Liberals to push the party harder on net zero
Matt Kean says Matt Canavan and George Christensen ‘never worry about rocking the boat, so why should progressive, economically rational Liberals not do likewise?’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Hartcher • October 2, 2021 • smh.com.au
Morrison is out of excuses, and time, to act on emissions
Five years ago, South Australia was a laughing stock. Now its commitment to renewables is paying handsome dividends.
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The Canberra Times • Finn McHugh • October 1, 2021 • canberratimes.com.au
Barr lashes Commonwealth's 'disgraceful' national cabinet consultation
Andrew Barr has resumed his attacks on the Commonwealth over its 'disgraceful' approach to national cabinet.
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Rex Patrick@Senator_Patrick
.@ABarrMLA gives a glimpse of how @ScottMorrisonMP's National Cabinet works: papers only shared at 11th hour, PM calls press conf and presents a fait accompli. Then the meeting. For the PM, only the announcement matters. No way to govern a country. #auspol canberratimes.com.au/story/7453313/…
October 2, 2021

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