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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • December 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australian house prices will keep rising and it’s truly depressing for those hoping to get into the market
Property prices look set to continue to grow for many more months to come – and certainly at a rate faster than wages
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
Consider that in the 10 years from September 2003 to September 2013, Sydney house prices grew 31% while wages went up 41%, but since then house prices have soared 105% while wages have risen just 18%.
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December 9, 2021
The Age • Stephen Brook • December 9, 2021 • theage.com.au
‘Like taking on Bambi’: The children’s doctor aiming to unseat the Treasurer
Monique Ryan, a neurologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital and political “cleanskin”, says she wants Josh Frydenberg’s federal seat of Kooyong.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Very healthy’: Malcolm Turnbull backs climate-focused independents running in Liberal seats
Former prime minister says disaffected Liberal voters are ‘now getting the opportunity to vote for the sort of candidates that share their values’
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The Guardian • Tess McClure • December 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
New Zealand to ban smoking for next generation in bid to outlaw habit by 2025
Legislation will mean people currently aged 14 and under will never be able to legally purchase tobacco
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • December 9, 2021 • bbc.com
Sanna Marin: Finland's PM sorry for clubbing after Covid contact
Sanna Marin went on a night out on Saturday, hours after her foreign minister had tested positive.
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Neri Zilber@NeriZilber
Finland's Prime Minister is 36 years old, went out clubbing till 4am, left her work phone at home and was therefore unreachable to get a text telling her she needed to quarantine. bbc.com/news/world-eur…
December 9, 2021
The Guardian • Richard Denniss • December 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Comparing the Coalition and Labor’s climate modelling reveals some underlying truths
It’s no surprise the Business Council, the Australian Industry Group and the National Farmers’ Federation are supporting Labor’s position
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
The Coalition’s net-zero modelling captures Scott Morrison’s essence in one giant spreadsheet. Ambitious long run goals, no clear policies to get there, and a devil not so much buried in the detail, but whose existence is simply denied #auspol #climate theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
December 9, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • December 9, 2021 • smh.com.au
Morrison and Albanese rev up for a race to the finish
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has sharpened up his suits as well as strategies, but will it be enough to get him over the line first?
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • December 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton won’t receive full legal costs as defamation case could have been fought in lower court
Federal court judge notes ‘just because a case involves a national figure does not mean it is of national importance’
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • December 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
WestConnex environmental offsets bought on property 400km outside Sydney part-owned by consultant
Emails tabled in NSW parliament reveal consultant on motorway project and ex-government conservation officer hold shares in offset site
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • December 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Dangerous monopoly’: Labor and Greens support judicial inquiry into media diversity and News Corp
Report backs call by Kevin Rudd for inquiry into Murdoch media empire and recommends probe with powers of a royal commission be established
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • December 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Tell us: how has the pandemic made you rethink your life?
We would like to hear from you about the life changes you have made or intend to make as a result of the pandemic
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • December 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
As the Coalition and Labor pretend Australia’s ageing coal plants have a future, the figures don’t add up | Temperature check
When will MPs level with voters in coal communities that the economics of clean energy will mean plants shutting earlier than planned?
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The Age • Paul Sakkal • December 9, 2021 • theage.com.au
New Victorian minister hired Somyurek’s key branch stacker
The man Daniel Andrews hand-picked as his new Aged Care Minister once gave a taxpayer-funded job to one of sacked powerbroker Adem Somyurek’s chief branch stackers.
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ABC News • December 9, 2021 • abc.net.au
Barnaby Joyce, who is fully vaccinated, catches COVID-19
Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce has tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in the United States.
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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 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
Women's Agenda • Georgie Dent • December 9, 2021 • womensagenda.com.au
The motherhood penalty costs the average working woman in Australia $876K over her lifetime
If an average Australian woman had the same workplace participation pattern after having children as an average Swedish woman she would earn an additional $696K over her career & retire with $180K more super.
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • December 9, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: The tragedy of Australian manufacturing
Australian manufacturing has two big problems: High wages, and the refusal of state and federal governments to support them with active procurement.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol, Jacqueline Maley • December 9, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘She knows this can’t go on’: Pressure on Berejiklian to make Warringah call
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian is expected to rule herself out amid mounting pressure to reveal her position.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
This is very funny. They started it? Now they want @GladysB to rule herself out of the rumours they put on front page by yapping about (their) idea in front of television cameras? How utterly bizarre twitter.com/michaelkoziol/…
December 9, 2021
The Shot • December 9, 2021 • theshot.net.au
The marketing of Scott Morrison
And how it works on our brains
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🕯 RonniSalt 🕯@RonniSalt
I wrote some more words - part snark, part informational
Love it if you shared widely with all you know to help understand how the Morrison machine works
I'd also like to acknowledge the help of the brilliant @jommy_tee, who uncovered the secret Flickr.
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December 9, 2021

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