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Sky News Australia • December 3, 2021 • skynews.com.au
Apology from Peta Credlin
Sky News host Peta Credlin has apologised to South Sudanese community members and corrected the record regarding comments on the COVID-19 pandemic, the escalation of new infections in Victoria, and various public health measures.
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amanda meade@meadea
Peta Credlin has made an incredibly detailed and lengthy apology to the South Sudanese community. It's the biggest backdowns I've ever seen.
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December 5, 2021
ABC News • Josh Robertson • December 5, 2021 • abc.net.au
Former soldier and aspiring politician lied about selling porn online while fundraising for veterans charity
Australian Values Party founder Heston Russell lied to the charity about his use of the website OnlyFans and handed over less than a third of the money he claimed to have raised, according to the charity's staff.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • December 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
Is an acceptance that politics is a game feeding a weary cynicism about the whole exercise of democracy? | Ellen Fanning
Cynical politicking is dispiriting and leaves ordinary people out, even when they’re the best placed to reflect on what policies actually mean
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The Guardian • Justine Landis-Hanley • December 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
Sky News host Peta Credlin issues lengthy apology to South Sudanese community over Covid comments
Former chief of staff to Tony Abbott apologises for her ‘errors and the hurt, humiliation and offence caused by the broadcast’ in 2020
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
Labor pledges extra university and Tafe places to help rebuild industries hit by pandemic
Anthony Albanese will unveil skills and higher education commitments worth $1.2bn at a campaign-style rally in Sydney
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • December 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Just sitting there dead’: study finds mass tree losses in NSW after severe drought
Even species ‘superbly adapted’ for Australia’s harsh conditions suffered, with up to 60% of trees dying in some areas
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The Guardian • Nino Bucci • December 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
Political activist Paddy Gibson allegedly threatened by three men who tried to break into his Sydney home
Campaigner called outside by trio on Saturday night before window smashed with Greens MP warning of ‘troubling escalation of political violence’
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ABC News • Annabel Crabb • December 5, 2021 • abc.net.au
Go home, 46th Parliament. You're drunk — and you've missed the point, again
The federal parliament spent its last fortnight generating eye-rolls from all and sundry. For the rest of Australia, it's a spectacle that confirms the institution's shocking disconnect from real life, writes Annabel Crabb.
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Georgie Dent@georgiedent
In which ⁦@annabelcrabb⁩’s frustration (near disdain) with a PM and government more interested in "can-do capitalism" & “don't-do government” than solving real-life problems for Australians - especially women - is palpable. abc.net.au/news/2021-12-0…
December 5, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jacqueline Maley • December 5, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘He voted with Barnaby Joyce every time’: Why GP decided to run in blue-ribbon seat
A letterbox drop by incumbent Liberal Jason Falinski inspired local GP Sophie Scamps to run against him as an independent in the seat of Mackellar.
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The Conversation • Michelle Grattan • December 4, 2021 • theconversation.com
Albanese offers more university places and free TAFE spots
Anthony Albanese on Sunday will unveil its “Future Made in Australia Skills Plan” which will deliver up to 20,000 extra university places and fund 465,000 free TAFE places
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The New York Times • Christina Goldbaum • December 5, 2021 • nytimes.com
Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation
An estimated 22.8 million people — more than half the country’s population — are expected to face potentially life-threatening food insecurity this winter. Many are already on the brink of catastrophe.
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Rashida Yosufzai@Rashidajourno
More children are expected to die in Afghanistan this winter than the total number of civilians killed in the 20-year war
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December 5, 2021
The Guardian • Elias Visontay • December 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
The English teacher and the Nazis: trove of letters in Melbourne reveals network that saved Jews
Frances and Jan Newell painstakingly uncovered their mother’s role in facilitating the escape of Jews and political dissidents from Berlin to Britain
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ABC News • December 4, 2021 • abc.net.au
Thousands rally against Victorian pandemic legislation as more protesters catch COVID
Thousands of protesters calling for Victoria's pandemic legislation to be repealed march through the streets of Melbourne, as a similar demonstration takes place in Perth.
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Stephen Parnis@SParnis
Having treated more than one unvaccinated protester over recent months, I can tell you that their hubris evaporates when they realise they are having trouble breathing. #Covid19Vic #Covid19Aus
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December 5, 2021
The Guardian • Carole Cadwalladr • December 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
Nobel winner: ‘We journalists are the defence line between dictatorship and war’
Next week, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive their Nobel peace prizes. In a rare interview, Muratov says he fears the world is sliding towards fascism
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Josh Robertson@jrojourno
A warning signal to the world - first Nobel prizes for journalists since exposé on Hitler in the ‘30s - “The systems that have been established for democracy and human rights are clearly in danger. Everyone can see it.”
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December 5, 2021
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • December 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
I am a child of domestic violence, and I am breaking my silence | Anonymous
Children are often invisible in coverage of domestic violence, but the trauma trails us our whole lives. This is excruciating to write, but it is time our voices be heard
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Lucy Clark@lucykateclark
‘This piece was excruciatingly difficult to write. Making the decision to publish it was harder still.’ This is such a powerful piece of writing. theguardian.com/society/commen…
December 5, 2021
London Review of Books • Rupert Beale • December 4, 2021 • lrb.co.uk
Rupert Beale · On Omicron · LRB 4 December 2021
Since Delta, every variant from Epsilon to Kappa has been downgraded, with Lambda and Mu still designated as merely '...
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Norman Swan@normanswan
A matter of fact summary. On Omicron lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/…
December 5, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Karp • December 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
Nationals senator Sam McMahon allegedly took several ‘swings’ at party director at Canberra pub
Deputy PM’s office confirms ‘an incident’ at the Nationals Christmas drinks on Thursday evening
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ABC News • Stephanie Dalzell • December 4, 2021 • abc.net.au
Free TAFE and more uni places: Labor's $1.2 billion election promise
Leader Anthony Albanese will outline a plan to create 65,000 new university and TAFE places if Labor wins next year's federal election, with a bold promise of covering the fees of almost half a million TAFE students over the next four years.
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The Guardian • Royce Kurmelovs • December 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
California will name and categorise heatwaves – should Australia follow suit?
Heatwaves kill more people in Australia than all other natural disasters combined, and some experts believe naming them might help reduce deaths
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The Age • Paul Sakkal • December 5, 2021 • theage.com.au
Andrews admits mistakes, but declares Victoria’s pandemic response a ‘triumph’
In a rare and expansive one-on-one interview, the Premier questioned if state Coalition MPs wanted political violence to stem from anti-government protests.
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Rachel Baxendale@rachelbaxendale
Worth noting that this interview with the Labor Community Action Network’s little-known podcast comes after @DanielAndrewsMP’s office refused requests from @theage, @theheraldsun & @australian for interviews to mark 12 months to the next election #springst twitter.com/paulsakkal/sta…
December 5, 2021

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