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ABC News • Matthew Doran • October 20, 2021 • abc.net.au
Government blocks bid to investigate Christian Porter over legal fee donation
The Coalition blocks a bid to have former attorney-general Christian Porter investigated over his financial disclosures, despite the Speaker of the House having argued there was a case for further scrutiny.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Pru Goward’s comments on Australia’s underclass play on disproven and harmful myths | Liz Allen
I’ve been through mental illness, homelessness, and poverty. The labels used by Goward aren’t new to me
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Emma Dawson@DawsonEJ
Please read this excellent response to the putrid piece in the AFR by my wonderful friend ⁦@DrDemography⁩. Liz, you are amazing and I love you. #auspol theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
October 20, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun • October 20, 2021 • smh.com.au
Does it hurt? Will it make you sick? Why can’t it be a tablet?
Children told us what they wanted to know about the COVID-19 vaccine ... and we asked an expert for answers.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
So proud of this. @rachelclun has done an excellent job of writing a piece for 5 to 11 year olds about the COVID vaccine. It deals with their concerns and questions including 'Can my dog get it?' and 'If I get the vaccine can I see my grandparents?'.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
October 20, 2021
Crikey • Kishor Napier-Raman • October 20, 2021 • crikey.com.au
Revealed: nearly a quarter of federal Nats own mining shares
The parliamentary register of interest reveals five of the 21 Nationals in government have more than a mere philosophical interest in the resources sector.
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Kishor@kishor_nr
Five of the Nationals' 21 MPs and Senators own shares in mining companies.
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crikey.com.au/2021/10/20/hol…
October 20, 2021
The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Katharine Murphy • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Lack of support for emissions reduction target will ‘punish farmers’, NFF tells Nationals
Party’s final proposal on net zero expected to go to cabinet and joint party room early next week
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
“We could easily be subject to changes in tariffs, to carbon border adjustment mechanisms, to all sorts of different initiatives that other countries may apply if Australia does not put in place a target, NFF tells Nats ⁦@msmarto⁩ ⁦@murpharoo⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…
October 20, 2021
The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Ellen Leabeater, Allison Chan, Miles Herbert, Camilla Hannan, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
The escape of the Afghanistan women’s football team
Audio producer Ellen Leabeater speaks to the global team of activists, lawyers, politicians and footballers who banded together to evacuate the athletes and bring them to Australia
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Pru Goward AFR column on ‘underclass’ condemned as disturbing and abusive
The former Liberal minister’s opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review shows ‘contempt’ for lower socio-economic Australians, advocates say
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Mike Baird ‘incredulous’ Gladys Berejiklian had secret relationship and says it should have been disclosed, Icac hears
Watchdog separately told ex-NSW premier’s adviser wrote that Gladys Berejiklian put proposed $5.5m grant back on agenda of expenditure committee after ‘Daryl fired up’
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Overlooked’: 14,000 invertebrate species lost habitat in Black Summer bushfires, study finds
Scientists say the animals are vital to ecosystem and true number affected is probably far higher
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Lisa Cox@_LisaMCox
Australia’s invertebrates get overlooked but they are really important. The official post-fire analysis of the 2019-20 fires finds more than 14,000 species lost habitat, at least one is likely extinct, and the number listed as threatened should double theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 20, 2021
The Guardian • Alyx Gorman, Steph Harmon, Michael Sun, Miles Herbert, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Succession, #sponcon and Flex Mami
In Guardian Australia’s new weekly podcast, Alyx Gorman, Steph Harmon and Michael Sun tackle the infinite scroll of the internet – and bring you the best of their tabs
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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
In exciting news for podcast addicts, we have launched Saved for Later, hosted by the fab @stephharmon @AlyxG and @mlchaelsun - where they read the internet so we don't have to. SUBSCRIBE IMMEDIATELY for your weekly mood lifter. It is so much fun theguardian.com/culture/audio/…
October 20, 2021
The Guardian • Clive Hamilton • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
The Nationals’ climate position has become symbolic posturing and no longer represents Australian farmers
The party line of the bush ‘footing the bill’ for the nation’s emissions reduction is a false narrative
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Australian Financial Review • Pru Goward • October 19, 2021 • afr.com
Why you shouldn’t underestimate the underclass
They are damaged, lacking in trust and discipline, and highly self-interested. But they are still a force that Australia needs to properly harness.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Bevan Shields • October 20, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Absolutely come’: Billionaire ‘Twiggy’ Forrest calls on Xi Jinping to attend climate summit
Australia’s richest man also accused politicians of perpetrating a “cruel” hoax on voters by resisting the clean energy transformation.
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The Age • Dr Nick Coatsworth, Catherine Bennett • October 20, 2021 • theage.com.au
Victorians want to know why the state’s not opening up as quickly as NSW
There seems to be an underlying concern over the powerful effect of vaccination on transmission and hospitalisation.
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Brisbane Times • Zach Hope • October 20, 2021 • brisbanetimes.com.au
‘Weak-kneed and jelly-bellied’: Nats’ life at the Queensland coalface is getting complicated
From his vantage point atop Australia’s largest coal reserves, small business owner John Hallam believes the Coalition climate confab in Canberra is looking more like concession than fight.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
“Don’t give me a pipe dream, give me f---ing answers.”
Zach Hope goes to Nationals territory to hear from voters on net zero.
brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…
October 20, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • October 20, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Sometimes you gotta say WTF’: Gun club grant economically unsound, says Baird adviser
A corruption inquiry has heard then-treasurer Gladys Berejiklian put a controversial funding proposal back on the government agenda after her then-boyfriend Daryl Maguire “fired up” upon learning of its removal.
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
NSW could face ‘vicious cycle of spending and debt’ linked to climate crisis and interest payments
State’s finances face gathering threats, including potential stranded assets in coal exports, analysts warn
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick O'Malley, Miki Perkins • October 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘A joke if it wasn’t so serious’: Australia lags developed countries on climate action
No Australian federal government “policies or discourses” were found to help manage a wind-down of fossil fuel production.
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news.com.au • James Hall • October 19, 2021 • news.com.au
Regional grants given to cities: report
Damning new analysis from the auditor-general has revealed more than half of the federal government grants for regional development were given to projects in major cities.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Helen Davidson • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Huang Xiangmo: alleged agent of Chinese influence exiled from Australia now on Hong Kong electoral body
Pro-Beijing billionaire property developer vows loyal ‘patriots’ will run the city

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