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Australian Financial Review • Laura Tingle • October 15, 2021 • afr.com
The most abject failure of leadership in living memory
Prime ministers are supposed to make the case for change and then discipline their governments. Scott Morrison does not fulfil this most basic task.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • October 12, 2021 • theguardian.com
Delta deaths expose Australia’s great disadvantage divide
Experts say the spread of coronavirus among lower socioeconomic communities in NSW and Victoria was ‘utterly predictable’
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
New from me: Nearly 60% of people who have died during the NSW Delta wave lived in the south-western or western Sydney local health districts.
In Melbourne, about a third of Delta wave deaths have been in Hume, one of the city’s most disadvantaged LGAs. theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 12, 2021
Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • October 12, 2021 • afr.com
JobKeeper wasted $40 billion, not $27 billion, but who’s counting?
This is not Treasury’s finest hour.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
Another excellent @mrjoeaston piece on JobKeeper than @JoshFrydenberg will hate. $40 billion is a shameful amount of public money to waste like this (pay): afr.com/rear-window/jo…
October 12, 2021
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • October 13, 2021 • theguardian.com
News Corp’s Andrew Bolt says his company’s climate campaign is ‘rubbish’
Commentator adds voice to backlash against Mission Zero editorial project which has been criticised by some longtime supporters of climate action
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The Age • Nick McKenzie • October 13, 2021 • theage.com.au
Demands for Premier to face IBAC grilling don’t stack up
Some of those calling for Daniel Andrews to be hauled before the anti-corruption commission, including commentators and politicians, have not produced any credible evidence of an abuse of public funds.
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Raf Epstein@Raf_Epstein
Read this - the crystal clear distinction between the 'repeaters' and the 'reporters'
@Ageinvestigates knows what is going on with @ibacVic
Too many others in the media are mere cheer leaders
"Demands for Premier to face IBAC grilling don’t stack up"
theage.com.au/national/victo…
October 14, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • October 11, 2021 • smh.com.au
Blokes and beer: Perrottet’s messaging won’t help get the Coalition re-elected
A line of men drank beers at Premier Dominic Perrottet’s media conference marking NSW’s reopening. There wasn’t a woman in sight.
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The Guardian • Ketan Joshi • October 12, 2021 • theguardian.com
News Corp’s turnaround on climate crisis is a greenwash
The company won’t change until it understands the grave damage it has done with its ugly legacy of denialist reporting
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jennifer Duke, Shane Wright • October 13, 2021 • smh.com.au
A budget reckoning: How the tax system is failing Australians
Top economists, former Treasury officials and ex-politicians are warning that Australia is fast approaching a fiscal nightmare.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Bevan Shields • October 12, 2021 • smh.com.au
Prince Charles urges Scott Morrison to attend climate summit to help avoid global ‘catastrophe’
The future king said it would be a “disaster” if next month’s COP26 summit collapsed, and appeared taken aback when told Morrison still did not know whether he would go.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
Told the Prime Minister was concerned about quarantining for another two weeks upon return to Australia if he attended the COP26 summit, Charles stopped walking, looked at the interviewer and replied: “Is that what he says, is it?”
Story by @BevanShields
smh.com.au/world/europe/p…
October 12, 2021
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • October 14, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia has 200 fewer intensive care beds than at the start of the pandemic
Figures provided to the federal health department show 8% drop in the number of beds, with regional areas worst affected
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • October 14, 2021 • smh.com.au
Speaker who restored respect to the House will leave a gaping hole
When Tony Smith leaves the Speaker’s chair there will be a huge responsibility on future prime ministers to find someone to match him.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
So Morrison’s going to Glasgow. Should we laugh, weep or rage for the lost decade?
After a week of subtle-as-a-meat axe attempts to bring the Nationals around on net zero, a deal might just land
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox, Christopher Knaus • October 11, 2021 • theguardian.com
Empire Energy received $5m tax incentive for fracking gas well in Beetaloo Basin
The tax concession scheme specifically excludes ‘prospecting, exploring or drilling activities’ but the company claims new well is clearly for R&D
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The Age • Nyadol Nyuon • October 13, 2021 • smh.com.au
Anti-vaxxers hide privilege behind language of oppression
It is difficult to have empathy for those who claim they are now an oppressed class because of their decision to not be vaccinated.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Adam Morton • October 14, 2021 • theguardian.com
States put Australia on track to beat 2030 emissions pledge but Morrison may not make it official
Prime minister under pressure to increase country’s 2030 emissions reduction goal but faces challenges from openly hostile Nationals
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Morrison has told colleagues he wants to formally increase Australia’s 2030 target, but with Nationals not locked in on 2050, it’s unclear whether he has the political capital to deliver it #auspol theguardian.com/environment/20…
October 14, 2021
The Guardian • Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Joshua Mcdonald, Kate Lyons • October 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
An impossible choice: when climate change arrives at your door
We often talk about the ‘existential threat’ of climate change to islands in the Pacific. But what does that actually mean?
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Laura Murphy-Oates@lauramoates
Hugely excited to launch 'An Impossible Choice' today on Full Story - a 3 part documentary series about the Pacific Islands, the climate crisis and the impossible choices it forces on those who live there 1/2 theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 15, 2021
ABC News • Laura Tingle • October 16, 2021 • abc.net.au
Premier of Australia: When it comes to international travel, who's actually calling the shots?
A couple of weeks ago Scott Morrison announced he would reopen international borders without mentioning it to the states. He could hardly complain yesterday when NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet returned the favour, writes Laura Tingle.
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MargaretSimons@MargaretSimons
Corker of a column. The federal government has failed to lead on net zero and international borders while Nationals and states muscle in abc.net.au/news/2021-10-1…
October 16, 2021
ABC News • October 12, 2021 • abc.net.au
Are you a young, aspiring journalist?
ABC News welcomes your ideas that explore the issues young people are facing — and possible solutions — as we find a path forward from the challenges of COVID-19.
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Gavin Coote@GavinCoote
Calling all 18-30yo journalism students and recent graduates! @abcnews wants your pitches about how COVID-19 has changed the lives of young Australians. Great opportunity here abc.net.au/news/2021-10-1…
October 12, 2021
The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • October 12, 2021 • theguardian.com
Tiny Victorian town could lose its only post office as operator refuses Covid vaccine
Angela Spedding says Australia Post told her she will have to close Merrigum post office if she does not book in for a jab by the end of the week
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • October 14, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia seeks to overturn landmark ruling preventing deportation of Aboriginal people
The federal government wants to challenge the high court decision in Love and Thoms following the retirement of two supporting judges
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