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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe, Katina Curtis • October 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
Nationals accept net zero target by 2050
After a week of negotiations, Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce told Prime Minister Scott Morrison of the outcome shortly after a meeting of the Nationals party room ended on Sunday.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
We've updated this story after getting it out there at 5.45. One thing:
Joyce said the outcome was an agreement on the "process" toward net zero.
Morrison said it was "in-principle support for the commitment" to reach net zero.
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October 24, 2021
The Age • James Massola • October 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
Nationals MPs’ group chat explodes over climate
Leaked messages reveal Nationals MPs believe the Prime Minister’s office is leaking against them.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • October 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
NSW treasurer Matt Kean says federal Nationals ‘can resign from the ministry’ if they don’t back net zero
Kean also took a swipe at MPs supporting nuclear power, saying they are ‘chasing a unicorn’
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The Age • Caitlin Fitzsimmons • October 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Astroturfing’: Experts say fracking website is fake grassroots campaign
A website purporting to represent people from the Northern Territory who support fracking was registered by a former Liberal staffer in Sydney.
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The Guardian • Royce Kurmelovs • October 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
A 7m wall has gone up on a Sydney beach: are we destroying public space to save private property?
Beachfront residents back the Collaroy wall but other locals worry the beach will disappear for longer periods as climate change increasingly drives coastal erosion
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Katharine Murphy • October 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Nationals agree to net zero target by 2050 despite Barnaby Joyce’s opposition
Agreement is conditional on cabinet submission reflecting negotiations between Scott Morrison and Joyce, who refused to reveal if he supported the target
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Australian Financial Review • Cassandra Goldie • October 24, 2021 • afr.com
We need to fix poverty and stop blaming the stereotyped poor
Responding to Pru Goward’s opinion piece last week, the head of ACOSS warns against looking at the symptoms of poverty rather than the real lack of opportunity that lies behind it.
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Cassandra Goldie🌈@cassandragoldie
Ppl deserve better than offensive, nasty stereotypes. If you want to know how to end poverty in one of wealthiest countries in world, read our response today to shocking piece in AFR last wk #raisetherateforgood #buildsocialhousing @_EverybodysHome
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October 24, 2021
ABC News • Stephanie Borys • October 24, 2021 • abc.net.au
Nationals provide in-principle support for net zero 2050 target
Barnaby Joyce confirms the majority of Nationals members have given in-principle support to back a target of net zero emissions by 2050, ending a years-long standoff within the Coalition on climate change policy.
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Never before have so many, met for so long, to decide so little…an agreement to have a process to have a plan to move forward…but not before 2030…got it 🙄 #auspol #climate #insiders abc.net.au/news/2021-10-2…
October 24, 2021
The Australian • SIMON BENSON • October 24, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Coalition support plunges as Glasgow beckons
The Coalition has slumped to its lowest level of support in three years as Scott Morrison prepares to attend the Glasgow climate change summit armed with a commitment to meet a 2050 net-zero emissions reduction target.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • October 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia wants deeper energy ties to help Taiwan decarbonise, amid China tensions
Trade minister Dan Tehan sees ‘real opportunities’ to help Taiwan, as he hopes relationship with China has not become permanently adversarial
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
The Australian government says it wants to help Taiwan decarbonise its economy, flagging this as the next area of cooperation with the democratically ruled island, amid ongoing tensions with China. #auspol #insiders theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 24, 2021
The Australian • GIDEON HAIGH • October 22, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
No gratitude, no pride, no relief: just quiet seething
For the past 18 months, I have been taking the same walk through the same Melbourne suburban streets in the same direction at roughly the same time every day.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • October 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Incredibly worried’: end of Covid disaster payment looms for many still out of work
At 80% vaccination the support will be gone. Some will be hit hard, particularly if Australia’s economy doesn’t bounce back strongly
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Coalition avoids meltdown over emissions target – but at what price?
Scott Morrison will be relieved the Nationals have limped across the line on net zero by 2050
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • October 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
Christian Lobby boasts religious freedom laws will include ‘Folau clause’
Australian Christian Lobby boss Martyn Iles said the Religious Discrimination Bill will include the controversial clause.
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Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • October 24, 2021 • afr.com
PM, Nationals agree to historic net zero deal
Barnaby Joyce’s party has backed Scott Morrison’s plan to achieve net zero by 2050 after the Prime Minister assured he would take it to Glasgow regardless.
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Peter Hannam@p_hannam
This looks suss:
These include changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act related to land management, enabling farmers, for example, “to grow production areas and still have the capacity to protect the environment”. afr.com/news/politics/…
October 24, 2021
The Wall Street Journal • Newley Purnell, Jeff Horwitz • October 24, 2021 • wsj.com
Facebook Services Are Used to Spread Religious Hatred in India, Internal Documents Show
Company researchers identified calls to violence that coincided with the 2020 riots in Delhi that left 53 dead.
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The Conversation • Michelle Grattan • October 24, 2021 • theconversation.com
Nationals win extra cabinet position as they sign up to net zero deal
Nationals agree to net-zero and win extra cabinet spot in the negotiations
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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey • October 24, 2021 • theage.com.au
Officials concerned for asylum seekers’ safety amid growing COVID-19 cluster at Park Hotel
Three more asylum seekers tested positive to the coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the outbreak tally to 20.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • October 24, 2021 • news.com.au
Nationals back net zero by 2050
Cracks are emerging in Barnaby Joyce’s “deal” to deliver net zero by 2050 for the Prime Minister with some Nationals MPs confirming they won’t support it.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jacqueline Maley • October 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
A blind trust? Certainly, the government is keeping voters blind as to Porter’s secret donors
Trust in government, meanwhile, is taking a battering - and Christian Porter’s Liberal colleagues know it.
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