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The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios, Nick Bonyhady • November 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Political interference designed to intimidate’: ABC’s Ita Buttrose lashes government inquiry
ABC chair Ita Buttrose has accused the government of ‘political interference’ over a new inquiry into the ways it and SBS handle public complaints.
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • November 14, 2021 • theguardian.com
ABC chair Ita Buttrose accuses Coalition of ‘political interference’ and ‘intimidation’
Buttrose launches blistering attack after Senate establishes inquiry into ABC’s complaints handling process
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick O'Malley, Bevan Shields • November 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Fragile win’: COP26 Glasgow’s pledge to end coal power weakened in final compromise
A last-minute intervention by India succeeded in watering down the language to “phase down” coal, promoting disappointment and anger from many nations.
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Bevan Shields@BevanShields
#COP26 fails to agree on the need to phase-out coal smh.com.au/world/europe/c…
November 14, 2021
The Guardian • Adam Morton • November 14, 2021 • theguardian.com
Five questions the Morrison government must answer now it has agreed to the Cop26 pact
If Australia wants to stop being seen as a climate ‘wrecker’ it needs to increase its 2030 emissions target, phase down coal power and cut fossil fuel subsidies. Will it?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Cameron Gooley • November 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
The NSW tourism body with no Indigenous staff
None of Destination NSW’s staff has identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in nearly a decade.
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Cameron Gooley@CameronGooley
Exclusive from me: The peak tourism agency, Destination NSW, failed to hire any Indigenous staff members in nearly a decade despite boasting about the success of its Aboriginal cultural tourism programs smh.com.au/politics/nsw/p…
November 14, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Tim Barlass • November 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
Ben Boyd National Park to be renamed over slave trade links
The national park’s new name will reflect local Aboriginal heritage following a review into the colonial landowner Ben Boyd’s background.
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Matt Kean MP@Matt_KeanMP
Ben Boyd was a slave trader who took people from Pacific Islands to work as forced labour. It didn't live up to the standards of that time let alone ours. Working with local indigenous groups, we will rename the National Park. smh.com.au/national/ben-b…
November 14, 2021
The Guardian • Van Badham • November 14, 2021 • theguardian.com
QAnon: how the far-right cult took Australians down a ‘rabbit hole’ of extremism
Conspiracy theories have taken root in Australia, but it doesn’t impact just the converts. For every new believer, there are the friends and family who they’ve shut out
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • November 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
Target Craig Kelly: Independent movement takes on former Liberal
Craig Kelly is facing another challenge to hang onto his seat, with the “We are Hughes” group choosing Linda Seymour to stand against him.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Bevan Shields • November 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
The room where it happened: the dramatic final hours behind the Glasgow Climate Pact
The sausage was being made before our eyes - and the process was not particularly palatable.
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The Age • Paul Sakkal • November 14, 2021 • theage.com.au
Protesters target MP’s home as government weighs up bill changes
The Andrews government is considering substantial amendments to pandemic legislation that has sparked weeks of debate and led to protesters turning up at a key crossbench MP’s home.
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The Guardian • Cait Kelly, Christopher Knaus, Adam Morton, Calla Wahlquist, Amy Remeikis, Amanda Meade, Jennifer King • November 14, 2021 • theguardian.com
Cop26 coal deal sends ‘clear message’ to Coalition – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
Australian context and reactions to #Cop26 outcome here in the blog with @knausc
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November 14, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter FitzSimons • November 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
Forrest can see the wood for the trees
Billionaire Andrew Forrest has become a true evangelist for green energy, particularly using hydrogen. From the COP in Glasgow, he says that burning fossil fuels now, with all that we know, is totally irresponsible.
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Peter FitzSimons@Peter_Fitz
My Sunday column'
Chat with Twiggy Forrest
F.W. De Klerk yarn
Joke of the Week, tks to Shovel.
Quote of the Week: Scott Morrison.
Tweet of the Week: Tks to @RonniSalt
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November 14, 2021
The Guardian • Jennifer King • November 14, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘It sucks’: how parts of NSW’s northern rivers reluctantly got vaccinated
The drive to get the population vaccinated is gathering momentum despite the issue dividing families and straining friendships
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The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani • November 13, 2021 • theguardian.com
Melbourne protests: prop gallows seen as thousands march against Victoria’s Covid powers
Protest, which included signs advocating violence against politicians, came as state recorded 1,221 Covid-19 cases and four deaths
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Kevin Rudd@MrKRudd
Take a bow, Murdoch. Your Sky News & Fox News encouraged mass vaccine hesitancy and quack cures while you were first to get yourself vaccinated. It took massive public pressure to get you to take that crap down, but the anti-science damage is done. Wrecker.theguardian.com/australia-news…
November 14, 2021
The Age • Jon Faine • November 14, 2021 • theage.com.au
Crash-through rather than consult: The Dan Andrews Achilles heel
Instead of talking to crucial stake-holders and experts, the state government has curtailed debate and is trying to ram through pandemic laws that have obvious flaws.
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ABC News • Gareth Hutchens • November 14, 2021 • abc.net.au
How will net zero shape the future? With job gains and losses. It's inevitable
The history of the Holden car company shows how technology and politics shapes the fortunes of workers.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • November 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Bias and hostility’: Chinese embassy lodges complaint about Liberal senator
China’s embassy says Liberal senator James Paterson has displayed “bias and hostility” against its country which would impede exchanges between Canberra and Beijing.
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ABC News • Casey Briggs • November 14, 2021 • abc.net.au
Half the world has received at least one vaccine dose, but that figure hides a darker truth
More booster shots have now been administered in high income countries than the total number of doses given in low income countries since the pandemic began.
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casey briggs@CaseyBriggs
The COVAX scheme aimed to deliver two billion vaccines to developing countries this year. It's well off-target. My latest for ⁦@abcnews⁩ abc.net.au/news/2021-11-1…
November 14, 2021
The Guardian • John Vidal • November 14, 2021 • theguardian.com
It could have been worse, but our leaders failed us at Cop26. That’s the truth of it
Countries who take this crisis seriously must seize the initiative, and make the rest pariahs
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Laura Chung, Nick Bonyhady • November 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
Hunt refuses to commit to 2030 climate target
As the Glasgow summit concluded, Australian experts called on the federal government to deliver more or risk putting the country’s future at risk.
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