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The Age • Nick McKenzie, Clay Lucas • November 18, 2021 • theage.com.au
Far-right protester charged by counter-terror police amid talk of killing Daniel Andrews
Some neo-Nazi figures are seeking not only to attend rallies, but to organise, recruit and radicalise other protesters.
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • November 18, 2021 • crikey.com.au
TikTok users offered $300 to produce anti-ScoMo content for Labor campaign
A US-based influencer marketing agency is making the PM-related proposal "to help shift the political discourse on TikTok".
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • November 18, 2021 • smh.com.au
PM employs risky strategy to win the votes of disaffected Australians
Promising to remove government from their lives will appeal to some voters, but Morrison must be careful not to alienate those in the middle.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
Niki Savva: It is bizarre for the Prime Minister to disagree with mandating vaccinations, then try to reap the reward from its benefits, then insist journalists covering his events must carry proof of vaccination to access venues with restrictions. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
November 18, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Chris Wallace • November 18, 2021 • smh.com.au
It’s still a man’s word in this nation’s media
It is shocking to read a report, in 2021, that exposes the poor representation of women in Australia’s media - whether they are the writers, the commentators or the subjects of stories.
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Chris Wallace@c_s_wallace
‘If you don’t have a map, you don’t know where you’re going, and if you don’t keep your eye on the map all the time, you won’t get there.’ Me on why women still haven’t got a fair share of media action in Australia. smh.com.au/national/it-s-… #auspol 1/
November 18, 2021
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn, Adam Morton, Katharine Murphy, Ellen Leabeater, Joe Koning, Daniel Semo, Bethany Atkinson-Quinton, Karishma Luthria • November 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia v the climate part 6: Glasgow
Cop26 was supposed to be the world’s ‘best, last chance’ to get global heating under control. How did Australia act?
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Laura Murphy-Oates@lauramoates
As the dust settles post Glasgow, @adamlmorton @readfearn @murpharoo are on Full Story stepping through the speeches, the surprising turnout from fossil fuel execs, Australia's lacklustre showing & most importantly - what is actually in the Cop26 pact theguardian.com/australia-news…
November 18, 2021
The Guardian • Royce Kurmelovs • November 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
Green hydrogen beats blue on emissions and financial cost, Australian study finds
Greenhouse gas emissions from hydrogen produced using fossil fuels such as natural gas are ‘substantial’, researchers say
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Royce Kurmelovs@RoyceRk2
The Australian government may be betting on blue hydrogen to get to net zero, but new research finds hydrogen from fossil fuels and CCS is more expensive, more risky and emits more.
My report in The Guardian this morning: theguardian.com/australia-news…
November 18, 2021
The Conversation • Jack Feehan, Vasso Apostolopoulos • November 18, 2021 • theconversation.com
No, vaccinated people are not 'just as infectious' as unvaccinated people if they get COVID
A vaccinated person is less likely to get COVID, is less contagious, and is contagious for a shorter time.
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • November 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
Does Angus Taylor’s projection of a 35% 2030 emissions cut really ‘support the Paris agreement’?
If the world followed Australia on emissions reduction, the planet would heat by about 3C, one expert warns
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • November 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison accused of Trump-like remarks on Victoria protests
Labor frontbencher Ed Husic says he is ‘alarmed’ by the prime minister’s empathy with community frustrations at a time of rising extremism
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • November 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia’s universities converting as little as 1% of casual staff to permanent despite labour law change
Six months after Fair Work Act amendments, union says the move to permanent roles remains ‘abysmal across the sector’
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Paul Karp • November 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
Michaelia Cash says no child should be suspended or expelled under religious discrimination laws
Exclusive: Attorney general asks law reform commission to help ensure children are not discriminated against in faith-based schools
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The Guardian • Anne Davies, Elias Visontay • November 17, 2021 • theguardian.com
Dark roofs to be banned in NSW, planning minister says
A light coloured roof could reduce temperatures inside the home by up to 10C during a heatwave, UNSW research shows
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Good on the NSW Libs for using mandates to change behaviour & reduce energy use. Its a tried &true strategy. We used it for asbestos, smoking indoors, seatbelts & gun control…just waiting for Morrison to distance himself ‘on principle’ #auspol #climate theguardian.com/australia-news…
November 18, 2021
The New Daily • Alan Kohler • November 18, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: Farmers and business want to import cheaper workers
Scott Morrison’s can-do capitalists can’t really do wage rises, not for the past decade anyway. Now they’re demanding to bring back their imported 'slaves'.
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • November 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
No, wages are not about to explode – they are struggling to keep up with Australia’s inflation
Weak real wages growth puts any arguments that there is some kind of wages boom to rest
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ABC News • Andrew Greene • November 18, 2021 • abc.net.au
COVID-inspired extremism isn't new for Australian intelligence agencies
The recent ugly scenes in Melbourne have been shocking, but for intelligence agencies who monitor various security threats to the country, they are neither surprising nor unexpected.
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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene
Placing labels on those considered to be "ideological extremists" at recent protests is no longer a simple task. As one senior intelligence official puts it, "yes, right-wing extremists are attending and are involved in the protests – but it is wider” abc.net.au/news/2021-11-1…
November 18, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Karp • November 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
Brittany Higgins rape charge: Bruce Lehrmann to stand trial in June
Tentative date set for defendant who denies one count of sexual intercourse without consent
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jenny Noyes • November 18, 2021 • smh.com.au
Former soldier willing to testify against Ben Roberts-Smith, court hears
The ex-soldier, known as ‘person 56’, was a member of Mr Roberts-Smith’s patrol in 2012.
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The Age • Paul Sakkal, Rachel Eddie • November 16, 2021 • theage.com.au
Liberal MPs join protest at which fringe element promotes violence
Four state Liberal MPs encouraged a large and sometimes angry group of protesters at Parliament House despite colleagues warning it had the potential to harm perceptions of the Coalition among mainstream voters.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
One in five state Liberal MPs have either addressed or attended protests that have featured nooses and death threats, prompting one Liberal MP to warn their colleagues against "playing footsies" with extremists @theage
theage.com.au/politics/victo…
November 16, 2021
The Monthly • Rachel Withers • November 18, 2021 • themonthly.com.au
Mob whistling
With his depressingly predictable response, Morrison stands with the extremists
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Paul Bongiorno@PaulBongiorno
Rachel,nails it: themonthly.com.au/the-politics/r…
November 18, 2021
ABC Radio • November 18, 2021 • abc.net.au
Private security could soon guard secretive base
One of the country's most secretive and military facilities could soon be guarded by private security, rather than Australian Federal Police.
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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene
Defence has scrapped a proposal to employ private security personnel instead of AFP Protective Service Officers at the Harold E Holt Naval Communication Station in WA telling @abcnews "the AFP will continue to provide an armed security response" abc.net.au/radio/programs…
November 18, 2021

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