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ABC News • December 8, 2021 • abc.net.au
Man charged with threatening ABC journalist Mark Willacy and his family
Victoria Police charge a 25-year-old man with making a threat to kill and using a telecommunications device to menace the ABC journalist, who last year won Australian journalism's highest honour for his reporting on alleged war crimes by Australian forces in Afghanistan.
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The Guardian • Matilda Boseley • December 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Andrew Laming staffer dresses as Kyle Rittenhouse for delayed Halloween party
Electorate officer Barclay McGain said those who took offence to the costume ‘need to learn to respect the rule of law’
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The Age • Nick McKenzie • December 8, 2021 • theage.com.au
Desperate triple-zero calls unanswered as a life ticked away
Victoria’s triple-zero service is supposed to work seamlessly, but when Nick Panagiotopoulos, 47, tried to call an ambulance in October, something went terribly wrong.
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • December 8, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: Attacking ICAC is all about Morrison, not Gladys
The orchestrated multiple “Gladys for Warringah” media moments were about lessening the damage Scott Morrison is suffering from accusations of telling lies.
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox, Jane Lee, Laura Murphy-Oates, Ellen Leabeater, Melanie Tait, Gabrielle Jackson, Camilla Hannan • December 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Are environmental offsets doing more harm than good?
Environment reporter Lisa Cox explains to Jane Lee how Australia’s environmental offsets policy, which was designed to protect Australian wildlife, ended up failing it.
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ABC News • December 8, 2021 • abc.net.au
Two years after a protected species was found in remote bushland, the patch of land was listed for logging
When 19 greater gliders were found in 2018, environmentalists thought their patch of forest would be protected. They are baffled by what has happened since, and fear the area will soon be logged.
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Michael Slezak@MikeySlezak
VicForests planning to log area where 19 threatened greater gliders were recorded two years ago. Regulator says it meets the criteria for protection, but hasn’t protected it. Story by @EliseK53 abc.net.au/news/2021-12-0… via @ABCaustralia
December 8, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Smee • December 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
NSW police seek to auction off car of convicted anti-coal activist under Proceeds of Crime Act
Blockade Australia says 26-year-old climate activist had been living in the car when she was arrested in Newcastle
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The Atlantic • Barton Gellman • December 6, 2021 • theatlantic.com
Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun
January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election.
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
If you haven't yet, read theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
December 7, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 7, 2021 • theguardian.com
Tanya Plibersek delivers riposte to Alan Tudge’s campaign against national curriculum
Shadow education minister says supporters of a free and open society ‘stand and fall by our commitment to truth’
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
New: Tanya Plibersek to Alan Tudge: history in liberal democracies is not a buffet where education ministers pick and choose their preferred narratives theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol
December 7, 2021
ABC News • Stephen Dziedzic, Brett Worthington • December 8, 2021 • abc.net.au
Australia joins diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
Australia will join a formal boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, though the nation's athletes will still be allowed to attend and compete.
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ABC News • Andrew Probyn • December 8, 2021 • abc.net.au
PM's attempt to convince Gladys Berejiklian to switch to federal politics poised to fail
Multiple sources close to the former NSW premier have told the ABC Gladys Berejiklian is very unlikely to contest Tony Abbott's old seat of Warringah, despite the concerted efforts of the Prime Minister and Treasurer.
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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene
"Multiple Liberal sources have told the ABC that electorates with strong Chinese communities are at risk of being lost. These include the Sydney seats of Banks, Bennelong and Reid, and the eastern Melbourne seat of Chisholm" via @andrewprobyn
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December 8, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • December 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Iraqis who helped ADF fight Islamic State say they have been abandoned by Australia
Exclusive: Dozens of Iraqis say they have had no response from the Australian government for more than a year
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The Australian • YONI BASHAN • December 7, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Battle lines drawn to defy PM’s intervention
NSW Liberal officials have engaged ICAC barrister Scott Robertson to defend them against the possibility of a federal intervention by Scott Morrison to install preferred candidates into a swath of crucial battleground electorates.
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The Advertiser • Samantha Maiden • December 8, 2021 • adelaidenow.com.au
‘Woman who saved Australia’ can’t save Morrison’s bacon
She was once hailed as the “woman who saved Australia”.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
“Last days in the bunker” stuff. How one Liberal frontbencher described PM’s failed overtures towards ⁦@GladysB⁩ adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/s…
December 8, 2021
Australian Financial Review • John Kehoe • December 8, 2021 • afr.com
Tax Boomer wealth more, and younger workers less
Workers will pay a larger share of tax to subsidise wealthy Baby Boomers unless the nation gets serious about shaking up who pays tax and at what stage of their lives.
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RenewEconomy • Michael Mazengarb • December 8, 2021 • reneweconomy.com.au
Doubts raised over emissions cuts at Santos CCS project receiving government subsidies
Questions raised around claimed emissions reductions at massive Morrison government backed CCS project, that may increase fossil fuel use.
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The New Daily • Zac Crellin • December 7, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Once again, George Christensen won’t face any consequences
Queensland MP George Christensen caused a great controversy by appearing on InfoWars, but the government was hesitant to call him out over it.
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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey • December 8, 2021 • theage.com.au
Ex-ministers Kairouz and Scott face scrutiny over grant funding
Auditors will examine the grants issued in the gaming and multicultural affairs portfolios under the tenures of two under-pressure MPs.
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Sumeyya Ilanbey@sumeyyailanbey
The Andrews government has ordered a review into gambling and multicultural affairs grants awarded under the tenure of fallen ministers Marlene Kairouz and Robin Scott following allegations that public funds were misused for factional purposes #springst
theage.com.au/politics/victo…
December 8, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Helen Davidson, Vincent Ni • December 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
China accuses Australia of ‘posturing’ over diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics
Scott Morrison says athletes will compete in next year’s Games because sport and politics should not mix
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Thanush Selvarasa • December 7, 2021 • smh.com.au
After a year of freedom, why are my brothers still inside?
I came out of immigration detention in January after eight years. But my friends left behind continue to suffer.
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