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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachael Dexter, Simone Fox Koob, David Estcourt • December 12, 2021 • smh.com.au
The price of ‘freedom’: How anti-lockdown protest leaders make money from the movement
You can buy caps and T-shirts, pseudo-medical COVID treatments, even social media sites and legal advice – it’s all part of the deal when you are marching for freedom.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • December 12, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘A bright new future’: how Australians are helping Canada’s private sponsors give refugees a fresh start
Eight refugees held for years in Australian detention have arrived in Canada under community sponsorship scheme
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
Eight refugees – held by Australia’s offshore immigration regime for more than eight years – have landed in Vancouver and Toronto, sponsored by community groups in Canada and Australia to begin new lives on the other side of the world. theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 12, 2021
Deadline • Denise Petski • December 12, 2021 • deadline.com
Celeste Barber To Headline Australian Dramedy Series ‘Wellmania’ Ordered By Netflix
Australian comedian Celeste Barber is returning to her acting roots, making her debut as the lead in Wellmania, a new comedic drama series which has received an eight-episode order by Netflix. Barb…
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The Guardian • Eleanor de Jong • December 12, 2021 • theguardian.com
Fractious Australia has much to learn from the kindness and purpose of New Zealand politics
The cooperation fostered by Jacinda Ardern is in stark contrast to Australia’s political disunity and dysfunctional federation
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • December 12, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Kingmakers’ flag no deals, tougher action on climate and ICAC in hung Parliament
Four federal crossbench MPs could hold the key to minority government after the next poll. And they’re ready to put Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese on notice.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jack Latimore, Julie Power • December 12, 2021 • smh.com.au
Prominent Aboriginal leader dies in COVID-19 ward
Uncle Max Dulumunmun Harrison had been a “cultural adviser” to the anti-compulsory vaccination Informed Medical Options Party and had spoken at a recent rally in Sydney.
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Jack Latimore@LatimoreJack
Never good to receive this news. The whole thing makes me wild. theage.com.au/national/promi…
December 12, 2021
The Guardian • Kelly Burke • December 12, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘The carved trees have a spirit’: Kamilaroi fight to repatriate sacred 800-year-old trunks
Students from Collarenebri in north-west NSW mount global effort to track down sacred carved trees sawed off in the 1940s
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Andrew Taylor • December 12, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Postcode privilege’: Australia edges towards UK and US levels of inequality
COVID-19 and rising house prices are widening divisions in society, as a survey finds Australians are worried about rising inequality.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • December 12, 2021 • smh.com.au
Stop kidding: the 2024 tax cut will be economically irresponsible
The tax cut, supported by both the federal government and Labor, is now “unfunded”. We’ll be borrowing money to give ourselves a tax cut.
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Ross Gittins@1RossGittins
borrowing more to give high income-earners a big tax cut is neither fair nor smart bit.ly/3oM4hJZ #ausecon #ausbiz #auspol
December 12, 2021
Daily Mail • Sarah Oliver, By Sarah Oliver For The Mail On Sunday • December 12, 2021 • dailymail.co.uk
Julian Assange has a stroke in Belmarsh prison, fiancée reveals
The WikiLeaks publisher, 50, who is being held on remand Belmarsh Prison in London while fighting extradition to America, was left with a drooping right eyelid and signs of neurological damage.
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The Age • Benjamin Preiss • December 12, 2021 • theage.com.au
Hunt’s exit opens up the fight for Flinders
The Liberal Party has lost the advantage of incumbency in Flinders. So, what do voters want from Greg Hunt’s replacement?
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • December 10, 2021 • crikey.com.au
Australia's climate culprits pay little or no tax, new data shows
While many of Australia's biggest companies paid the full 30% company tax rate, fossil fuel companies paid next to nothing.
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
Australia's worst fossil fuel culprits -- Santos, Woodside, Origin, News Corp -- pay basically no tax despite earning tens of billions in revenue and billions in profits crikey.com.au/2021/12/10/aus…
December 12, 2021
The Guardian • Marina Hyde • December 11, 2021 • theguardian.com
What’s the truth about lockdown-busting parties at No 10? Don’t ask Shagatha Christie
The Met already seemed slow to investigate last year’s reported festivities – then the prime minister promised to help out, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Malcolm Farr@farrm51
Talking to someone about the British PM’s evasions of the truth as dealt with below I accidentally referred to “Boris Morrison”. Dr Freud might have an explanation for that slip. twitter.com/MarinaHyde/sta…
December 11, 2021
The Guardian • Stephanie Convery • December 12, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘I was squatting’: why asylum seekers so often struggle to find secure housing
Homelessness or threats of eviction are common, a new report has found, while the insecurity can lead some into coercive sexual relationships
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mirror • Pippa Crerar • December 12, 2021 • mirror.co.uk
Boris Johnson pictured hosting Number 10 Xmas quiz ‘in breach of Covid laws’
Boris Johnson faces more questions over a Downing Street Christmas quiz he hosted while London was under strict Tier 2 "no mixing" restrictions - as staff knocked back Tesco booze
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Pippa Crerar@PippaCrerar
EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson accused of personally breaking Covid laws by hosting a Christmas quiz in No10 last year - and we've got pictures 👀
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
December 12, 2021
ABC News • Emily Shapiro, Max Golembo, Daniel Peck, Mark Osborne, Meredith Deliso • December 12, 2021 • abcnews.go.com
Over 70 feared dead as 22 reported tornadoes rip through South, Midwest
One tornado was potentially on the ground for over 200 miles.
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The Guardian • Editorial • December 11, 2021 • theguardian.com
The Guardian view on the US pursuit of Julian Assange: set him free
Editorial: The attempt to extradite the WikiLeaks founder is an assault on the press freedom that the Biden administration promises to promote
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
The US has proclaimed itself the beacon of democracy in an increasingly authoritarian world. If Mr Biden is serious about protecting the ability of the media to hold governments accountable, he should begin by dropping the charges against Mr Assange theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
December 11, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • The Herald's View • December 12, 2021 • smh.com.au
Pandemic has increased inequality, and governments must take note
The pandemic has forced Australians to see the great divide between the haves and have-nots in our society. And many Australians want change.
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The Guardian • Ann Ding • December 12, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Battery-hen farming of the sea’: sustainable alternatives to eating salmon
There’s good news for salmon lovers hoping to reduce the environmental impact of their food
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ABC News • Josie Taylor, Shannon Schubert • December 12, 2021 • abc.net.au
After 20 years of service, youth justice worker Michele has been declared unfit for the job
It's a facility that's supposed to rehabilitate young men caught breaking the law, but instead, former workers say the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre's hardline approach is causing irreversible physical and mental harm.
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