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The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • July 13, 2021 • smh.com.au
Niki Savva joins The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald
Award-winning political commentator and author Niki Savva is joining The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as a columnist.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Amanda Meade • July 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
Far-right commentator Katie Hopkins dumped by Big Brother after Australia hotel quarantine claims
Seven terminates contract and British far-right figure expected to leave country after joking about plans to breach quarantine rules
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Australian Financial Review • Aaron Patrick, John Kehoe • July 14, 2021 • afr.com
NSW Treasurer suggested top doctor take pay cut for needless lockdowns
Dr Kerry Chant should consider a salary reduction if she imposed unnecessary lockdowns, Dominic Perrottet said during an earlier outbreak.
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Australian Government Department of Health • July 13, 2021 • health.gov.au
ATAGI statement on use of COVID-19 vaccines in an outbreak setting
A statement from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the use of COVID-19 vaccines in an outbreak setting.
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ABC News • Laura Tingle • July 11, 2021 • abc.net.au
Days before Scott Morrison announced earlier Pfizer vaccine supplies, Kevin Rudd met with the Pfizer chairman
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd contacted Pfizer chairman and chief executive Albert Bourla directly at the end of June to see if anything could be done to expedite the delivery of vaccines to Australia.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
Senior business figures turned to former PM Kevin Rudd to intervene in bringing forward Australia's Pfizer vaccine supply  abc.net.au/news/2021-07-1…
July 11, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • July 13, 2021 • smh.com.au
Rudd claim reveals the call Morrison never made
The vaccine rollout is so far behind other countries that the PM has to account for the decisions he did not make, just as much as the ones he did.
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Australian Financial Review • Julie Hare • July 15, 2021 • afr.com
PM rebuffs Gonski, Hutchinson’s university crisis mission
Scott Morrison’s office rejected a meeting that included heavy hitters Martin Parkinson, Peter Varghese, David Gonski, Belinda Hutchinson and Peter Shergold.
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Tim Stephens@ProfTimStephens
University Chancellors (including Martin Parkinson, Belinda Hutchinson and Peter Varghese) sought a meeting with PM Morrison to discuss the biggest crisis facing the sector in decades. The PM point blank refused to see them. Let that sink in. afr.com/work-and-caree…
July 15, 2021
The Guardian • Luke Harding, Julian Borger, Dan Sabbagh, Sam Cutler • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Kremlin papers appear to show Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House
Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy
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ABC News • Annabel Crabb • July 13, 2021 • abc.net.au
The women who have been the 'first' of their kind — and the men who have tried to stop them
The story of women in Australian parliaments started with a blunder from an inept man with a not-quite-so ingenious plan.
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Annabel Crabb@annabelcrabb
The women who changed Parliament... and the handful of men who had weirdly disproportionate influence in what happened to them. My new piece for on launch day for #MsRepresented, airing 8pm TONIGHT
abc.net.au/news/2021-07-1…
July 13, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Lucy Cormack • July 18, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Open request’: NSW pleads for contact tracing help as Sydney locks down hard
The Commonwealth, South Australian and Western Australian governments all agreed to help but Victoria knocked back the request.
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Michael Koziol@michaelkoziol
Exclusive by @jamesmassola and @LucyCormack: NSW pleaded for help with contact tracing at a meeting on Friday and while some states have agreed, Victoria has declined smh.com.au/politics/nsw/o…
July 18, 2021
The Australian • SIMON BENSON • July 18, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
PM marked down as jab frustration builds
The federal Coalition has slumped to its lowest electoral position this term amid Covid lockdowns in two states and growing community frustration over the vaccine rollout, with voters losing confidence in Scott Morrisons management of the pandemic.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus, Josh Taylor • July 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
Sports rorts: Coalition blocking release of Phil Gaetjens’ secret report, citing cabinet exemption
Multiple applications for the findings to be released through FoI laws are being denied based on confidentiality
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Patrick Keneally@patrickkeneally
The government commissioned a report into sports rorts but *surprise* they won’t release it because it has had cabinet in confidence holy water sprinkled over it theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 18, 2021
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • July 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘I failed but I’m fine’: Tony Armstrong’s road from AFL player to successful broadcaster and swoon-worthy bad news man
Being ‘a little bit fearless’ set the Indigenous former footballer on a path to breakfast TV, comedy and a role as spokesman for his community
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick Bonyhady, Natassia Chrysanthos • July 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
Private school students escape lockdown for campus in regional NSW
Buses left for Scots College’s southern highlands Glengarry residential campus with approval from NSW Health on Wednesday.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
"Several busloads of students left the Bellevue Hill campus, shortly after Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced stay-at-home orders & remote learning for the rest of Greater Sydney would be extended a further two weeks."
Story by @nickbonyhady @natassiazc
smh.com.au/national/nsw/p…
July 14, 2021
ABC News • Daniel Ziffer • July 15, 2021 • abc.net.au
One hour, optional: MP's anti-sexual harassment training revealed
Training to deal with sexual assault, bullying and harassment in Parliament will not happen until September at the earliest, will go for as little as an hour and will be optional for MPs, according to tender documents.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
That'll fix it twitter.com/abcnews/status…
July 15, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Smee, Amy Remeikis • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Queensland LNP candidate Jim Bellos apologises for offensive posts about female journalist
Bellos, a policeman, made the Facebook posts in 2017 in relation to an off-air exchange between two presenters
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The Guardian • Melissa Davey • July 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
Huge study supporting ivermectin as Covid treatment withdrawn over ethical concerns
The preprint endorsing ivermectin as a coronavirus therapy has been widely cited, but independent researchers find glaring discrepancies in the data
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • July 17, 2021 • theguardian.com
ClubsNSW seeks court order to stop pokies whistleblower speaking to media
Exclusive: Gag application comes as the lobby group sues Troy Stolz over his allegations of money laundering through state’s poker machines
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Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • July 12, 2021 • afr.com
Parliament may be postponed due to NSW outbreak
With greater Sydney to be in lockdown for several more weeks at least, the federal government is looking at postponing the next sitting until later in September.
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Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • July 14, 2021 • afr.com
‘Best Speaker in 50 years’ calls it quits
Highly regarded Speaker of the House of Representatives Tony Smith has decided not to contest the next federal election.
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