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The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • November 4, 2021 • smh.com.au
Labor needs to swing into gear as Prime Minister feels the heat
Labor needs to release its critical policies now Australians are emerging from the COVID cocoon and a federal election looms.
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NITV • Jodan Perry NITV News • November 4, 2021 • sbs.com.au
7 News apologises for wrongly identifying Aboriginal man as suspect in Cleo Smith case
The network published images of a man that has no connection to the child's abduction.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • November 4, 2021 • theguardian.com
Company running cashless debit card scheme in Australia claimed $2m in jobkeeper before rise in revenue
Payments firm Indue says ‘we intend to retain the jobkeeper payments on the basis that Indue met the qualifying criteria’
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ABC News • Kath Sullivan • November 4, 2021 • abc.net.au
Fair Work rules every farm worker on every farm entitled to a minimum rate of pay
In what the union describes as one of the most significant industrial decisions of modern times, the Fair Work Commission rules workers picking fruit on a piece rate must be guaranteed a minimum wage.
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Kath Sullivan@KathSully
Fair Work Commission says farmers must pay a minimum rate to fruit pickers - major win for AWU and end to piece rates.
abc.net.au/news/rural/202…
November 4, 2021
NITV • Lindy Kerin, Jodan Perry NITV News • November 4, 2021 • sbs.com.au
Aboriginal man wrongly named as Cleo Smith abductor plans to sue Seven Network
Nyamal man Terry Flowers was at the hospital with his baby when he was told he had been identified by 7 News as a child abductor. He had a panic attack and was so distressed he needed medical treatment.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • November 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age to hire trainees in newsroom expansion
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age are expanding their newsrooms.
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Eryk Bagshaw@ErykBagshaw
This is great news. The @smh and @theage are hiring ten new cadets. These opportunities only come around once every four years. Apply! It's a wonderful gig. smh.com.au/business/compa…
November 3, 2021
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • November 4, 2021 • theguardian.com
Alan Jones dumped by Sky News Australia amid lacklustre ratings
Former shock jock announced on his Facebook page that Sky management had ‘indicated to me that they will not renew my contract’
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • November 4, 2021 • theguardian.com
Signs of a cooling housing market are too late for those hoping for better affordability
Talk has turned to an interest rate rise but the RBA says that’s still a way off
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
The average home loan in NSW is now $765,000 - around $130,000 more than it was before the pandemic hit
theguardian.com/business/grogo…
November 4, 2021
The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey, Cassandra Morgan • November 4, 2021 • theage.com.au
‘I don’t think he should stand’: Guy repeats call for Tim Smith not to recontest
Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy is standing by his call for Tim Smith not to recontest his seat after the federal Treasurer urged the Kew MP to reflect on his future.
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
“Senior Victorian Liberals have confirmed that Mr Frydenberg is leading a group of federal Coalition MPs, including Michael Sukkar, Greg Hunt and Alan Tudge, backing Mr Smith in defiance of … Matthew Guy’s insistence he has no future in state politics.”
theage.com.au/politics/victo…
November 4, 2021
The Guardian • Donna Lu • November 4, 2021 • theguardian.com
Flu deaths drop dramatically in Australia due to Covid measures with one type possibly eliminated
Research suggests one of the four main types of influenza virus may have been eliminated thanks to pandemic health measures
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Reuters • November 5, 2021 • reuters.com
U.S., Canada among 20 countries to commit to stop financing fossil fuels abroad
The United States, Canada and 18 other countries committed at the COP26 climate summit on Thursday to stop public financing for fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of next year, and steer their spending into clean energy instead.
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • November 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
French drama can’t hide real story from Cop26: Scott Morrison’s promise to do hardly anything
From a six-year-old emissions commitment to Boris Johnson’s non-binding breakthroughs, Australia’s lack of ambition was on full display
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • November 4, 2021 • smh.com.au
Alan Jones exits Sky News Australia
Veteran radio broadcaster Alan Jones is leaving Sky News Australia.
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Peter Ryan@Peter_F_Ryan
Gone in a "Flash". Alan Jones departing Sky News, knocks back offer to be a shock jock on News Corp's new streaming service Flash. Fast running out of platforms? @abcnews smh.com.au/business/compa…
November 4, 2021
The Guardian • Fiona Harvey, Adam Morton, Jonathan Watts • November 4, 2021 • theguardian.com
Cop26 emission pledges could limit global heating to less than 2C
University of Melbourne research suggests India’s plans could make sizeable difference to projections
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InnovationAus • Denham • November 3, 2021 • innovationaus.com
Govt bypassed CSIRO to give $6m net-zero contract to McKinsey
The federal government bypassed the national science agency in outsourcing key modelling work for its net-zero plan to the US-based multinational consulting McKinsey at a cost of more than $6 million. It was revealed at Senate Estimates last week that CSIRO had applied for a tender to conduct modelling work in relation to the Coalition’s...
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Frank Jotzo@frankjotzo
$6m to McKinsey for net zero modelling.
It's right for govt to invest big in analysis to support strategy and decision making.
But think what a university consortium could do for such an amount, leveraging huge capabilities that partly publicly funded.
innovationaus.com/govt-bypassed-…
November 4, 2021
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • November 4, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australian fossil fuel projects given $36.7bn in foreign public financing over a decade
Renewable energy received $3.3bn in the same period between 2010 and 2020 but researchers say that gap has narrowed
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The Australian • Sophie Elsworth • November 4, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Alan Jones to depart Sky News
Broadcaster Alan Jones has announced on Thursday he is departing Sky News Australia.
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Australian Financial Review • Finbar O'Mallon, Tom McIlroy • November 4, 2021 • afr.com
NSW byelections could clash with Scott Morrison’s federal poll
NSW’s electoral body says it’s “sensible” to delay five state byelections until February rather than rush them through this year.
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The Guardian • George Monbiot • November 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Cop26 has to be about keeping fossil fuels in the ground. All else is distraction
The handwaving and complexity obscure a simple truth: nation states must stop funding dirty industries, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
ABC News • Amy Bainbridge, Alison Branley • November 4, 2021 • abc.net.au
Australia was planning to phase out caged eggs by 2036, but one state is threatening to derail that
Australia's long-awaited plan to phase out battery hens may be in doubt because of a so-called "captain's call" by a state minister, documents obtained under FOI laws reveal.
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