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ABC News • December 8, 2021 • abc.net.au
Man charged with threatening ABC journalist Mark Willacy and his family
Victoria Police charge a 25-year-old man with making a threat to kill and using a telecommunications device to menace the ABC journalist, who last year won Australian journalism's highest honour for his reporting on alleged war crimes by Australian forces in Afghanistan.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 11, 2021 • theguardian.com
Gladys for Warringah is the latest salvo in Morrison’s war against an integrity commission
In urging the former NSW premier to stand, the PM attacked Icac to serve his immediate political interests. It was insidious
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The Guardian • Nino Bucci • December 6, 2021 • theguardian.com
Peta Credlin’s apology to South Sudanese community result of human rights commission complaint
Complaint related to segment in which the Sky News host incorrectly linked community to a Covid outbreak and an apology made three days later
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The Guardian • Anne Davies • December 7, 2021 • theguardian.com
Legal experts condemn Scott Morrison’s continuing attacks on Icac as ‘disgraceful’ and ‘stupid’
PM doubles down on denigrating NSW corruption watchdog as Liberals push for ex-premier Gladys Berejiklian to contest Warringah
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • December 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Really sad moment’: bogong moth among 124 Australian additions to endangered species list
Ecologists say numbers declined by about 99.5% three years ago, likely due to drought, pesticides and light pollution
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The Guardian • Matilda Boseley • December 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Andrew Laming staffer dresses as Kyle Rittenhouse for delayed Halloween party
Electorate officer Barclay McGain said those who took offence to the costume ‘need to learn to respect the rule of law’
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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 Age • Rachel Eddie • December 7, 2021 • theage.com.au
Mother demands border lockout apology as Ombudsman finds permit system ‘unjust’
The state government has acknowledged thousands of people stranded outside Victoria earlier this year endured a “difficult time”, after the Ombudsman said the scheme led to some of the most questionable decisions she has seen.
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The Age • Nick McKenzie • December 8, 2021 • theage.com.au
Desperate triple-zero calls unanswered as a life ticked away
Victoria’s triple-zero service is supposed to work seamlessly, but when Nick Panagiotopoulos, 47, tried to call an ambulance in October, something went terribly wrong.
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The Conversation • Michelle Grattan • December 6, 2021 • theconversation.com
View from The Hill: Running Berejiklian ahead of ICAC report would send the worst of signals on integrity
There is a push within the Liberal party, backed by Scott Morrison, for former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to run for the seat of Warringah. As the Liberals are desperate to get this seat back from independent Zali Steggall.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • December 6, 2021 • smh.com.au
ICAC not a consideration as Liberals say Berejiklian shifts thinking on federal tilt
Senior Liberals say the pending findings of a corruption inquiry will have no bearing on whether the former NSW premier decides to run federally in Warringah.
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The Atlantic • Barton Gellman • December 6, 2021 • theatlantic.com
Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun
January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election.
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
If you haven't yet, read theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
December 7, 2021
The Guardian • Stephanie Convery, Luke Henriques-Gomes • December 7, 2021 • theguardian.com
Women do 21 hours more unpaid work than men a week, national survey finds
Annual report undertaken before pandemic also shows rise in psychological distress across all demographics
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 7, 2021 • theguardian.com
Tanya Plibersek delivers riposte to Alan Tudge’s campaign against national curriculum
Shadow education minister says supporters of a free and open society ‘stand and fall by our commitment to truth’
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
New: Tanya Plibersek to Alan Tudge: history in liberal democracies is not a buffet where education ministers pick and choose their preferred narratives theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol
December 7, 2021
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • December 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia’s coal-fired power plants likely to shut almost three times faster than expected, report suggests
Latest blueprint by Aemo says grid has already ‘outpaced all expectations’ and anticipates ninefold increase in wind and solar by 2050
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • December 8, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: Attacking ICAC is all about Morrison, not Gladys
The orchestrated multiple “Gladys for Warringah” media moments were about lessening the damage Scott Morrison is suffering from accusations of telling lies.
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox, Jane Lee, Laura Murphy-Oates, Ellen Leabeater, Melanie Tait, Gabrielle Jackson, Camilla Hannan • December 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Are environmental offsets doing more harm than good?
Environment reporter Lisa Cox explains to Jane Lee how Australia’s environmental offsets policy, which was designed to protect Australian wildlife, ended up failing it.
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • December 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australian house prices will keep rising and it’s truly depressing for those hoping to get into the market
Property prices look set to continue to grow for many more months to come – and certainly at a rate faster than wages
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
Consider that in the 10 years from September 2003 to September 2013, Sydney house prices grew 31% while wages went up 41%, but since then house prices have soared 105% while wages have risen just 18%.
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December 9, 2021
The Age • Stephen Brook • December 9, 2021 • theage.com.au
‘Like taking on Bambi’: The children’s doctor aiming to unseat the Treasurer
Monique Ryan, a neurologist at the Royal Children’s Hospital and political “cleanskin”, says she wants Josh Frydenberg’s federal seat of Kooyong.
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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

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