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ABC News • Paul Farrell • October 3, 2021 • abc.net.au
How an obscure shooting association grant brought down Berejiklian
Situated on the outskirts of the regional town of Wagga Wagga, just behind a truck rental lot, is a hulking clubhouse and convention centre that has unexpectedly ended the career of one of the most powerful political leaders in Australia.
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Paul Farrell@FarrellPF
A lot of hot takes on Gladys Berejeklian and ICAC right now. Here’s some facts about how and why an obscure shooting association grant has become a centrepiece of the ICAC investigation into the Premier, and what we may see at the public hearings
abc.net.au/news/2021-10-0…
October 3, 2021
The Guardian • Michael McGowan • October 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
NRL grand final a tale of Sydney’s stark geographic and class divide
Souths may represent rugby league’s blue collar past but it is the Panthers who better embody it in 2021
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Megan Gorrey, Tom Rabe • October 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
Gladys Berejiklian resignation: Legal expert backs ICAC after criticism over timing of Berejiklian probe
A leading law expert has backed the NSW ICAC after criticism from NSW Liberals following Gladys Berejiklian’s resignation.
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The Age • Jenny Noyes, Roy Ward • October 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
As it happened Australia news: Perrottet tipped to become NSW Premier; Victoria records 1220 new COVID-19 cases; NSW reports 667 local infections
NSW could have a new Premier with Dominic Perrottet tipped to take the job after the shock resignation of Gladys Berejiklian on Friday.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith, Lucy Cormack, Tom Rabe • October 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
Deal struck for Dominic Perrottet to become premier, Stuart Ayres his deputy
Dominic Perrottet is expected to announce his intention to run for the Liberal leadership.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tom Rabe, Katina Curtis • October 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
Andrew Constance resigns from NSW Parliament for federal tilt
NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance has resigned from state politics and will nominate for preselection for the federal seat of Gilmore.
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The Age • Rachael Dexter • October 3, 2021 • theage.com.au
Leon Stingas won’t be there to pick the veggies he planted just weeks ago
The Greek migrant grandfather, 78, had resisted his son’s encouragement to get vaccinated against COVID-19. His son, Bill, wants the loss to be a lesson to other families.
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The Guardian • Jock Serong • October 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Priced out’: how Covid’s work-from-home boom is squeezing small towns
In Port Fairy, the town’s two primary schools are at capacity and long-term rentals and homes for sale are scarce
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter FitzSimons • October 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘I had no idea I was such a ham’: Looking back on ‘Donald Trump’s train-crash interview’
Australian journalist Jonathan Swan swears his stunned expressions during his Emmy-winning tussle with the former president weren’t staged.
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The Age • James Massola • October 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘I don’t see how we can be separate’: Shorten backs mandatory jabs for MPs
Former Labor leader Bill Shorten questions how the government can mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for nurses and aged care workers but not for themselves.
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ABC News • Yara Murray-Atfield • October 3, 2021 • abc.net.au
COVID-19 patients 'begging' for vaccines before being put on life support, Melbourne nurses say
Two senior nurses say patients with COVID-19 are arriving at hospital unvaccinated and requesting a shot once it's too late.
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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
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • October 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Well on the nose’: is Christian Porter beyond redemption in his WA seat of Pearce?
The rape allegation against the ex-attorney general, which he strenuously denies, will haunt his campaign at the next election, but supporters aren’t writing him off
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jacqueline Maley • October 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
We may feel for Berejiklian, but she is responsible for her own choices
Love is blind, sure, but we are all accountable for the choices we make when caught in its throes.
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The Age • Paul Sakkal, Scott Spits • October 3, 2021 • theage.com.au
No jab, no play mandate may sink Djokovic’s grand slam dream
Tennis chiefs resisted a looming vaccine mandate for the Australian Open, fearing it could deter vaccine-hesitant champion Novak Djokovic in his pursuit of a record-breaking 21st grand slam title.
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The Guardian • Richard Jolly • October 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘It is like drink-driving’: Jürgen Klopp says anti-vaxxers endanger others
Jürgen Klopp said ‘we have 99% vaccinated’ at Liverpool and those who refuse Covid vaccinations are to blame if others catch the disease from them
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Pearls and Irritations • Barry Jones • September 29, 2021 • johnmenadue.com
The democratic crisis: Whatever happened to courage, principle, commitment, accountability?
Australian democracy is under serious threat, and neither of the major parties have any vision beyond the next election. Only an active citizenry can prevent us sliding towards authoritarian or populist democracy. Democracy faces its greatest existential crisis since the 1930s. Hitler used democratic forms to come to power in Germany but rejected the democratic Continue reading »
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The New York Times • Yan Zhuang • October 1, 2021 • nytimes.com
Why Diversity Seems Easier Said Than Done in Politics
Minority members say they need to work twice as hard in a political system with “two sets of rules.”
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Tim Soutphommasane@timsout
What’s with the lack of cultural diversity in Australian politics? I shared some thoughts with @yanzhuang25 in the NY Times — she previews her article in the most recent Australia Letter nytimes.com/2021/10/01/wor…
October 3, 2021
ABC News • Ahmed Yussuf • October 3, 2021 • abc.net.au
Nadifa is the first Somali writer to be short-listed for the Booker Prize. She doesn't want to be the last
Almost two decades ago, when Somali-British author Nadifa Mohamed was interning for a film company in London, she didn't realise a discovery that would change her life was just around the corner.
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy • October 3, 2021 • afr.com
‘Haven’t seen a thing’: McKenzie remains net zero roadblock
Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce are yet to share any details of a plan to commit to net zero carbon emissions by 2050
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