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The Guardian • Jason Burke • December 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies aged 90
The Nobel laureate, often described as South Africa’s moral conscience, died on Boxing Day in Cape Town
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, giant in fight against apartheid South Africa, dies at 90 theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
December 26, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Mark Humphries • December 26, 2021 • smh.com.au
For a few short days, we experienced the awesome power of personal responsibility
At the Sydney Aquarium, the only other person I could see wearing a mask was cleaning the shark tank.
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Australian Financial Review • Julie Hare • December 26, 2021 • afr.com
Politicisation of research grants ‘beggars belief’
The government has blocked funding for research into understanding modern-day China and school students’ mass mobilisation around climate change.
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The New Yorker • Zadie Smith • December 25, 2021 • newyorker.com
Joan Didion and the Opposite of Magical Thinking
You didn’t have to agree with her, but you had to submit to her sentences.
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Benjamin Law 羅旭能@mrbenjaminlaw
Worth reading: Zadie Smith, on Joan Didion, in the New Yorker.
newyorker.com/culture/postsc…
December 26, 2021
BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • December 27, 2021 • bbc.co.uk
Desmond Tutu: South Africa anti-apartheid hero dies aged 90
Tributes are paid to Archbishop Tutu, the Nobel peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa.
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ABC News • December 26, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Lockdown in all but name': Venues close, events scrapped, staff out of work as Omicron slays the season
Sudden voluntary closures of pubs and clubs are leaving hospitality workers without the festive pay they were relying on, with no current government support because it didn't mandate the lockdown.
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ABC Radio National • December 22, 2021 • abc.net.au
Is it time to declare Archbishop Desmond Tutu a living saint?
Is it time to declare Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a leader of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, a living saint?
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Alan Kohler@AlanKohler
Terrific programme here by Andrew West on the Religion and Ethics Report about Desmond Tutu just a few days ago abclisten.page.link/48y23gKVcmCZFR…
December 26, 2021
ABC News • December 26, 2021 • abc.net.au
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African anti-apartheid activist and Nobel Peace laureate, dies aged 90
Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against white minority rule, has died at an aged home in Cape Town, according to a statement on behalf of the Tutu family.
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ABC News • Daniel Keane, Tom Fedorowytsch • December 26, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Disaster after disaster': SA government under fire as state again sets new COVID caseload record
As South Australia sets another daily record, with 774 new COVID-19 cases, the SA government announces new restrictions for hospitality venues, gyms and home gatherings.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Thompson, Lucy Carroll, Toby Crockford • December 26, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Everyone in Australia will get Omicron’: NSW records 6394 new COVID-19 cases, 458 patients in hospital amid booster boost
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is calling on people entering high-risk environments such as household visits to get rapid antigen tests instead of PCR tests to lessen the strain on the health system.
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ABC News • Andrew Greene • December 26, 2021 • abc.net.au
'PM_Scomo' joins TikTok despite previous criticism of controversial Chinese-owned platform
He's been an accidental star of TikTok for months and now Scott Morrison is on the controversial Chinese-owned social media platform, uploading a selfie video with family pet dog Buddy for his debut message.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Carroll • December 25, 2021 • smh.com.au
COVID-19 outbreaks sweep across more than 100 aged care facilities
It is the nation’s highest number of active aged care outbreaks reported this year, and almost double the figure recorded last week.
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Michael West Media • Alison Battison • December 25, 2021 • michaelwest.com.au
Room at the Inn: yet Australia's asylum seekers face another Christmas in lockdown
Even those fleeing the Taliban, asylum seekers who helped our war effort in Afghanistan, face indefinite detention for another year
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CNN • Todd Leopold, Larry Madowo and Jessie Yeung, CNN • December 26, 2021 • cnn.com
Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the struggle to end apartheid in his native South Africa, has died. He was 90.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • December 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Don’t dance, sing or do stunts’: how Julian Hill became the most popular Australian politician on TikTok
The 1.8m likes on his videos are proof that ‘politics doesn’t have to be boring’, the Labor MP says
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