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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia commits to 2050 net zero emissions plan but with no detail and no modelling
Prime minister Scott Morrison says ‘technology breakthroughs’ will help country meet reductions targets but Labor calls plan a ‘scam’
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Voters will be asked to show identification to vote under Morrison government proposal
Labor spokesperson says party will fiercely oppose any ‘anti-democratic thought bubbles’ in the bill
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn, Jake Morcom, Joe Koning, Miles Herbert, Camilla Hannan, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson, Adam Morton • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia v the climate part 2: Copenhagen
Part two explores how the world blew a chance to agree on climate change action at the moment Australia had decided to act
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • October 26, 2021 • news.com.au
MP’s text blow-up over bizarre video
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce was confronted on the floor of parliament by a “furious” Michael McCormack on Tuesday after his private WhatsApp group messages were leaked to the media.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Exclusive: Nationals at war in leaked WhatsApp messages over ‘Terminator’ @mattjcan shooting a “cop” in spoof climate change video @newscomauHQ news.com.au/technology/env…
October 26, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
We’ve spent a year waiting for this 2050 plan and it’s actually just the status quo with some new speculative graphs
To change course radically, the Coalition would have to admit that for a decade it traded the national interest for a handful of regional Queensland seats
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The Age • Miki Perkins • October 26, 2021 • smh.com.au
Torres Strait leaders sue federal government over climate change
Traditional owners from two low-lying islands in the Torres Strait fear they will become Australia’s first climate change refugees because of the government’s failure to reduce emissions.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Inside Melbourne’s Park hotel, refugees sit and wait for Covid to find them
Detainees confined to their rooms say they feel hopeless and afraid as the virus continues to spread
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
Every aspect of this situation is maddening and unfair.
'Inside the hotel, staff and those detained say the hotel is an “incubator” for the virus.'
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October 26, 2021
The Guardian • Adam Morton, Josh Nicholas, Nick Evershed • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
How does Australia’s response to the climate crisis compare with the rest of the world?
The Morrison government says Australia is doing more than other nations to act on global heating. These interactive graphs tell the full story
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Nick Evershed@NickEvershed
Helpful visual comparison of Australia's lack of ambition on cuts to emissions, including a LULUCF toggle which should be everywhere, all the time theguardian.com/environment/20…
October 26, 2021
The Australian • Paul Kelly • October 25, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Joyce is two-faced. Both lack the conviction PM needs
Barnaby Joyce is now a politician with two identities — as Nationals leader he supports net zero at 2050 but within the party room he opposes it.
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The Guardian • Nino Bucci • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Victoria police reach $11.7m settlement with quadriplegic man allegedly injured by officers
Exclusive: Chris Karadaglis claims he was seriously injured by police who came to his house in response to a noise complaint
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
NSW environmental offsets to be reformed after ‘appalling practices’ revealed, minister says
State environment minister, Matt Kean, has launched internal review after Guardian investigation revealed major problems with offsets schemes
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tim Soutphommasane, Marc Stears • October 26, 2021 • smh.com.au
Now we’ve opened up, let’s never go back to Fortress Australia
As we all enjoy taking the first steps towards living with COVID, it’s time for us as a nation to say “Never again” to a return to Fortress Australia.
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Australian Financial Review • Steven Hamilton • October 26, 2021 • afr.com
A prayer, not a plan, for net zero
A road map without a single new policy leaves us to wonder what exactly has been going on behind closed doors in Canberra amid the 2050 target machinations.
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Steven Hamilton@SHamiltonian
My piece in the @FinancialReview reacting to the government’s “plan” to achieve net-zero by 2050. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised, but we should be infuriated.
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October 26, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Fearful of losing their homelands, islands are taking Australia to court over climate
Torres Strait communities have filed a class action, arguing Australia must cut emissions by 74% by 2030 to save the islands from sea level incursion and inhabitability
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
“This island is me, and I am this island,” Wadhuam Pabai Pabai says of the homeland he’s known all his life.
“I can’t imagine being forced to leave Boigu … there are 65,000 years of wealth and experience here.” ⁦@GuardianAus⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 27, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Karp • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Senators hear Alan Tudge told staff to consult marginal seat MPs despite claims car parks chosen on merit
Estimates told former urban infrastructure minister asked his staff to start organising meetings with marginal seat MPs in September 2018
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • October 26, 2021 • smh.com.au
Coalition support weakened by Nationals’ climate policy disagreement
The Coalition has paid a political price for an extended dispute among the Nationals over whether to commit to net zero emissions by 2050.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Cameron Gooley • October 26, 2021 • smh.com.au
Police cleared after striking teen and leaving cheek ‘torn apart’ during arrest
The independent police watchdog says officers did not commit misconduct after an arrest in Sydney’s west left an Aboriginal teenager in need of surgery last year.
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Cameron Gooley@CameronGooley
An Aboriginal teenager who had his cheek “torn apart” and needed surgery after being arrested should not have been tackled or struck by police, but the five officers involved did not commit misconduct, according to the independent police watchdog. smh.com.au/national/nsw/p…
October 26, 2021
BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • October 26, 2021 • bbc.com
Climate change: Australia pledges net zero emissions by 2050
The target controversially omits new short-term goals and cuts to fossil fuel industries.
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Dr Wesley Morgan@wtmpacific
Analysis from the BBC: "PM said Australia had a plan to lower emissions, but it does not include ending its massive fossil fuel sectors ... The nation will also not set ambitious targets for 2030 - an objective of next month's COP26 global climate summit." bbc.com/news/world-aus…
October 26, 2021
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus, Lisa Cox • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
NSW sought to have Narrabri gas project removed from Scott Morrison’s fast-track approvals list
FoI documents reveal state government feared rapid approval of Santos project would ‘undermine public trust’
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The Guardian • Dan Milmo, David Pegg • October 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Facebook admits site appears hardwired for misinformation, memo reveals
Papers reveal struggle to tackle hate speech and reluctance to censor rightwing US news organisations
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