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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey, Ashleigh McMillan • October 31, 2021 • theage.com.au
Move to oust Liberal Tim Smith from electorate after drink-driving crash
Victoria Police say emergency services were called to reports a car had collided with another vehicle on Power Street, Hawthorn, before crashing into a fence just before 9pm on Saturday.
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • October 30, 2021 • theguardian.com
UK’s top climate adviser launches scathing attack on Australia on eve of Cop26
Lord Deben says there is ‘no indication’ Scott Morrison has a plan to deliver the net zero commitment ‘we’ve squeezed out of him’
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • October 31, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia has trashed the Paris agreement and exposed itself as the worst kind of climate hypocrite | Thom Woodroofe
The Morrison government has shown that it quite simply does not do what it says on the world stage
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The Guardian • Stephanie Convery • October 31, 2021 • theguardian.com
Hotspot in a cold climate: the Melbourne library that transformed lockdown for struggling families
How a librarian’s trip to the car park planted the seed for a project to help people who can’t afford wifi
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
Great story by @gingerandhoney theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 31, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • October 31, 2021 • smh.com.au
Two-thirds of voters back federal corruption watchdog with stronger powers
The majority of Australian voters want a federal corruption watchdog with stronger powers than the body proposed by the Morrison government.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • October 31, 2021 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton did not explain how deporting NZ man was in his children’s best interest, court told
Shayne Paul Montgomery’s lawyers point to ‘bland’ understatement from ex home affairs minister that one child would be ‘negatively affected’
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 31, 2021 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison contradicts Biden’s comments on whether French were informed about Aukus
Australian prime minister defends move to ditch French submarine contract as ‘the right decision’ at G20 in Rome
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter FitzSimons • October 31, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Incredibly frustrating’: Why Mike Cannon-Brookes is finding it hard to be a proud Australian
Silly climate debates and the federal government’s behaviour on the world stage is getting on the goat of one of the nation’s richest men.
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ABC News • Michael Slezak • October 31, 2021 • abc.net.au
Here's why COP26 is getting so much attention
On our current trajectory, we will heat the world by 1.5C in less than a decade, the United Nation's climate change panel has found. And if we don't act now, cooling the world will be increasingly hard.
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Michael Slezak@MikeySlezak
Our best chance to stop global warming is approaching. Here's what it means if it fails abc.net.au/news/2021-10-3…
October 31, 2021
ABC News • Andrew Probyn, Matthew Doran • October 31, 2021 • abc.net.au
Morrison on the defensive over French subs deal, after brief tête-à-tête with Macron
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and French President Emmanuel Macron cross paths for the first time since Australia tore up its $90 billion submarine contract with French shipbuilder Naval Group.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright • October 26, 2021 • smh.com.au
Taxes, rabbits and blank pages – no costed plan to net zero yet
Taxes will pay for the government’s plan to cut emissions. But the plan is short on detail and relies on magic boxes to deliver key elements.
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Shane Wright@swrighteconomy
Just a reminder ... if a govt is spending, it's taxes ... #insiders smh.com.au/politics/feder…
October 31, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • November 1, 2021 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison uses final G20 remarks to defend climate policy ahead of Cop26
PM says Australia has cut emissions by ‘more than most of the countries sitting around this table’
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
"Australia’s prime minister will also push back at coordinated global efforts to phase out fossil fuels."
- by @murpharoo
theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 31, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Paul Karp • October 31, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia’s net zero plan could cost far more than the $20bn allocated, Angus Taylor suggests
Energy minister refuses to detail full cost of reaching 2050 target as Cop26 summit looms
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
Despite the cost of at least $20bn, or up to $60bn implied by his answer, Taylor claimed that “taxpayers are not paying anything, we are not raising taxes”. ⁦@murpharoo⁩ ⁦@Paul_Karp⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 31, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jenna Price • October 31, 2021 • smh.com.au
Gladys Berejiklian’s ‘love circle’ was new to me, but it’s the way politics works
When it comes to pork barrelling, personal connection pays off.
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The Age • Laura Chung • October 31, 2021 • smh.com.au
When Tishiko went home, she found exposed burial sites and empty fishing grounds. Now she’s going to Glasgow
As well as juggling school, university and other commitments, young Australians are also trying to tackle a bigger challenge: climate change.
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The Guardian • Jaryd Clifford • October 31, 2021 • theguardian.com
No one should ever have the power to choose when discrimination is OK
People with disabilities shouldn’t have to be exceptional in order to be accepted, writes Paralympian Jaryd Clifford
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Kieran Pender@KieranPender
Important piece in @GuardianAus today by Australia's Paralympic hero @JarydClifford: 'any declaration of equality serves merely as a glimpse of how things should be for all people with disabilities – not just Paralympians.' theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct…
October 31, 2021
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • October 30, 2021 • theguardian.com
Gladys Berejiklian’s Icac performance has horrified federal Liberals – but only for exposing ‘normal’ political practice | Hugh Riminton
The former NSW premier’s plight has only reinforced federal distaste for a properly functioning national integrity commission
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Hugh Riminton@hughriminton
#Gladys #Berejiklian , #ICAC and the casual corruption of our times. My piece for the ⁦@GuardianAus⁩ 👇 theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 30, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 31, 2021 • theguardian.com
When Morrison met Macron: tension in the air as G20 leaders gather for ‘family photo’
Asked by reporters what he said to the French president in Rome, Scott Morrison replies: ‘I said G’day’
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The Age • Henry Cooke • October 31, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Critical we pull our weight’: Ardern commits NZ to halve emissions by 2030
Two-thirds of the reduction could come from purchasing offshore climate offsets or other global reductions New Zealand purchases, rather than a domestic cut.
ABC News • Gareth Hutchens • October 31, 2021 • abc.net.au
Meet the millions of people who aren't employed, who aren't considered 'unemployed'
These are the reasons why hundreds of thousands of people who want to work, don't actively look for work.
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