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Australian Government Department of Health • July 24, 2021 • health.gov.au
ATAGI Statement, Response to NSW COVID-19 outbreak 24th July 2021
A statement from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) in response to the NSW COVID-19 outbreak.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
NEW ATAGI advice on AZ: All individuals aged 18 years and above in greater Sydney, including adults under 60 years of age, should strongly consider getting vaccinated with any available vaccine including COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca bit.ly/3iLkRp0
July 24, 2021
The Age • David Crowe, Shane Wright • July 22, 2021 • smh.com.au
Former judge labels $660 million car park fund ‘corruption’
A leading former Victorian Supreme Court judge says the Commuter Car Park fund meets “any appropriate definition of corruption”.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
"On any appropriate definition of corruption, this is an instance of it."
-- former Supreme Court judge David Harper on the commuter car park scheme.
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
July 22, 2021
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • July 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Coalition believes it has numbers to stop Great Barrier Reef being listed as ‘in danger’
Exclusive: Diplomatic email suggests whirlwind lobbying trip by Sussan Ley has won over at least nine of 21 members on World Heritage Committee
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kate McClymont • July 19, 2021 • smh.com.au
Eddie Obeid, Ian Macdonald and Moses Obeid found guilty over rigged tender
Former Labor minister Eddie Obeid set to return to prison after guilty finding over his role in a rigged tender which delivered his family $30 million windfall.
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The Guardian • Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Paul Lewis, David Pegg, Sam Cutler, Nina Lakhani, Michael Safi • July 19, 2021 • theguardian.com
Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon
Spyware sold to authoritarian regimes used to target activists, politicians and journalists, data suggests
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Edward Snowden@Snowden
Stop what you're doing and read this. This leak is going to be the story of the year: (LINK: theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…)
July 19, 2021
humanrights.gov.au • November 30, 2021 • humanrights.gov.au
Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces | Australian Human Rights Commission
The Australian Human Rights Commission launched Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces on 30 November 2021.
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Jacqueline Maley@JacquelineMaley
Got a story about harassment or abuse in Parliament? Know someone who has? Here is where you can submit your story to Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins' Independent Review into Parliamentary Workplaces.
Please RT as widely as possible:
humanrights.gov.au/CPWReview
July 21, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Christopher Knaus • July 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Liberal party donor’s revenue from uncontested contracts for offshore processing rises to $1.5bn
Canstruct has been awarded another ‘limited tender’ contract from the government, but company says it follows ‘all commonwealth procurement guidelines’
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • July 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Morrison offers microaggression and deflection, when all we want is an apology – and a solution
The ‘it’s not a race’ vaccine mantra has been discarded, but the prime minister is still running around in circles trying to evade responsibility
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • July 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Mathias Cormann’s flights to win OECD job cost Australia $11,000 a day
Exclusive: Cost of former finance minister’s month crisscrossing Europe and South America in RAAF jet revealed
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
Mathias Cormann’s flights aboard a Royal Australian Air Force special purpose aircraft over the course of 34 days cost a total of $380,000, @GuardianAus can reveal after analysing the defence department’s quietly released flight records. #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 20, 2021
ABC News • Andrew Probyn • July 20, 2021 • abc.net.au
Less than a month after abandoning its Kabul post, Australia considering future return to Afghanistan
The ABC has been told the government is considering re-establishing a presence in Afghanistan to monitor the resurgence of the Taliban.
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Andrew Probyn@andrewprobyn
EXCLUSIVE:
Australia looking to head back to Afghanistan
abc.net.au/news/2021-07-2…
July 20, 2021
ABC News • Dan Conifer • July 22, 2021 • abc.net.au
$4.6b in JobKeeper went to businesses that increased their turnover at the height of the pandemic last year
Billions of dollars in JobKeeper payments went to businesses that increased their turnover between April and June last year, 7.30 can reveal.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Paul Karp • July 19, 2021 • theguardian.com
Car park scandal: same staffer from prime minister’s office was involved in sports rorts
Government officials can’t say how many car spaces funded by the project which Labor describes as ‘professional rorting’
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
This really should be a gigantic scandal theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 19, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Dr Nick Coatsworth • July 23, 2021 • smh.com.au
Unqualified and dishonest: the ‘experts’ who undermined confidence in AstraZeneca will cost Australians’ lives
A section of the medical and scientific commentariat has peddled extreme risk aversion to Australia’s detriment. The most egregious examples have amounted to anti-AstraZenecism. It’s not academic freedom. It’s academic dishonesty - and it will cost lives.
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The Guardian • Ben Jenkins • July 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
All the trains in my son’s train podcast ranked by how much I hate them
Living in lockdown with small children means distracting them with the same thing, over and over again, until you – like Ben Jenkins – are driven insane
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steph harmon@stephharmon
fairly self-explanatory piece here from @bencjenkins theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
July 23, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Fergus Hunter, Laura Chung • July 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
Former federal MP Craig Thomson embroiled in new fraud investigation
The Central Coast home of the former MP was searched by police as part of an investigation into alleged fraud against the federal government.
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KIIS 1011 Melbourne • Bree Gashparac • July 21, 2021 • kiis1011.com.au
Jase Demands Apology From PM Scott Morrison After "Nightmare" Vaccine Rollout
Every Australian has been affected by the last 18 months differently and the public has started to become frustrated over the slow rollout of the vaccine. Prime Minister Scott Morrison joined Jase & PJ on Wednesday to discuss the Federal Government’s support for Victorians during the current lockdown. Jase took the opportunity to air his […]
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
"You know what, can you just say sorry?" .. kiis1011.com.au/lifestyle/jase… #auspol
July 21, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Karp • July 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
Morrison has finally embraced ‘informed consent’ for AstraZeneca. What took him so long to take Atagi’s advice?
Despite government rhetoric, Atagi had always advised that adults wanting to be vaccinated could choose either vaccine
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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
Bravo ⁦@Paul_Karp:⁩ ‘The nuances of the advice were lost – perhaps because Morrison and the health minister, Greg Hunt, fronted a press conference just 15 minutes after they received it’ theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 22, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Karp • July 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Angus Taylor and Josh Frydenberg’s offices chose sites for commuter car parks
MPs nominated projects for the $660m fund in what was ‘an exercise in politics’, Labor says
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Patrick Keneally@patrickkeneally
Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 21, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • July 20, 2021 • smh.com.au
Voters mark down Morrison, Joyce’s popularity extraordinarily low
Voters have revealed their frustration with the Prime Minister in a new survey after weeks of argument over the vaccine rollout and new virus outbreaks.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
"It's all about COVID." Voters mark down Scott Morrison and government in latest @smh @theage survey.
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
July 20, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • July 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Voter confidence in Scott Morrison’s ability to manage a crisis dives as three-quarters say he plays politics
An increasing number also believe he shirks responsibility and is out of touch with ordinary people, poll suggests
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