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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Covid-positive nurses are working in NSW hospitals due to severe staffing shortages
Exclusive: Infected nurses recalled from isolation in breach of state health protocols ‘working with healthy staff and non-Covid patients’
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • January 3, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: The Great Golf Rort where Labor seats need not apply
The Morrison government has handed out tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to golf clubs in Coalition seats, writes Michael Pascoe.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Michael Pascoe: Fore! Morrison has given $22.3 million to golf clubs over the past four years.
Magically, only 2.2 per cent of that money has gone to Labor seats.
Yes, more rorting, more corruption.
| The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/finance/financ…
January 4, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Andrew Tillett • January 3, 2022 • afr.com
Morrison’s penny-pinching on COVID tests doesn’t add up
A rapid antigen test costs just $15 at the shops, yet taxpayers are now paying $85 for PCR tests at private companies and $42.50 for state-run tests.
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Andrew Tillett@andrewtillett
Prediction: RATs will be free for all within a week or two.
afr.com/politics/feder…
January 4, 2022
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
With Sydney hospitals in freefall, I’ve been forced to make an impossible decision about my sick, elderly dad | Anonymous
When my father fell ill on New Year’s Eve, we had two choices: admit him into an understaffed hospital riven with Covid or try to keep him alive at home
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
A powerful piece - and one that will be relatable to people who are medically vulnerable or who love someone who is.
Situations to keep in mind when the next smug young commentator suggests the pandemic is a doddle at this point. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
January 4, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Michael McGowan • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Morrison government warned about lack of rapid antigen tests in September, AMA claims
Australian Medical Association told health department the country needed to ensure it had enough tests and a clear strategy to transition
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The Sydney Morning Herald • The Herald's View • January 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Rapid antigen test chaos casts doubt on Morrison’s competence
The federal government has made a mess of managing the availability and affordability of rapid antigen tests. Like its “vaccine stroll-out”, the current debacle casts a serious shadow over its competency.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Michael McGowan • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Doherty Institute boss says rapid antigen tests should be free in Australia
Prof Sharon Lewin argues if Coalition is relying on RATs ‘they really have to be widely accessible’
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The Guardian • Kerryn Phelps • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘A shambolic mess’: the only example Australia is giving the world now is how not to manage Covid
We thought the government would develop a Covid strategy for post-lockdown life. Instead, they have chosen to ‘let it rip’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Broede Carmody, Sarah McPhee • January 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
As it happened: Hopes rapid test shortage will soon ease as NSW records 23,131 cases of COVID-19, two deaths; Victoria reports 14,020 cases, two deat…
Melbourne and Sydney’s emergency departments are under pressure from COVID-19, pharmacists expect the availability of rapid antigen tests to increase in the coming weeks and almost 40 per cent of eligible Australians are yet to receive their booster shot.
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Rachel Clun@rachelclun
So far today, positive test rates have ranged from 23% (Vic), to nearly 34% (Tas). It means there are far more than the current 37.853 cases confirmed today. smh.com.au/national/austr…
January 4, 2022
The Guardian • Kelly Burke • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Sydney festival boycott: more than 20 acts withdraw over Israeli funding
Festival board issues new statement as protest against it grows, with program thrown into chaos two days before opening night
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news.com.au • Riah Matthews • January 4, 2022 • news.com.au
Move shows PM is completely out of touch
OPINION
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Professor Adrian Esterman@profesterman
I have to agree with everything written here.
Cost of rapid antigen tests shows Scott Morrison is out of touch news.com.au/lifestyle/heal… via @newscomauHQ
January 4, 2022
The Australian • SIMON BENSON • January 4, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
PM pushes cash handouts for Covid tests
Low-income earners, welfare recipients and pensioners will be given direct cash payments to buy up to five rapid antigen tests through the same mechanism as Covid disaster payments under a proposal Scott Morrison will take to national cabinet.
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Rachel Baxendale@rachelbaxendale
They *could* just supply the tests to those groups directly, but that sounds a bit too much efficient use of taxpayers’ money 🤷‍♀️ twitter.com/rachelbaxendal…
January 4, 2022
The Guardian • Laurence H Tribe • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
The risk of a coup in the next US election is greater now than it ever was under Trump
Republicans are busy undermining the next election. But giving up on democracy isn’t an option. We must fight back, and here’s how
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The New Daily • Sezen Bakan • January 3, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
‘Disgraceful’: Government resists calls for free rapid antigen tests
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has found himself in hot water over his stance against providing free rapid antigen tests (RATs).
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes, Cait Kelly, Tory Shepherd, Michael McGowan, Elissa Blake, Ben Smee, Peter Hannam, Ben Butler, Lane Sainty, Elias Visontay • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Record 47,738 cases nationwide; ACCC to ‘name and shame’ on RAT prices – as it happened
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
Australia Covid news live update: millions more Australians eligible for boosters; Morrison warned about rapid test shortage months ago theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 4, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • January 3, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘People will die’: doctors warn Covid surge is filling up NSW hospitals
Urgent routine treatment is being cancelled, with capacity closer to limit than officials admit, medics say
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Good Food • Dani Valent • January 4, 2022 • goodfood.com.au
'More painful than lockdown': Australia's hospitality industry left reeling from latest COVID wave
With staff in isolation or awaiting test results, many restaurants across the country have been forced to reduce their hours or, worse, close their doors as they ride out the effects of the latest COVID variant.
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Abul Rizvi@RizviAbul
Funny how lots of sick workers & sick customers is just as bad for business as lockdowns as well as being a disaster for the health system. Did the ‘let it rip’ crew consider this? goodfood.com.au/eat-out/news/m…
January 4, 2022
ABC News • Roxanne Fitzgerald • January 4, 2022 • abc.net.au
Girl, 3, found 'alive and well' after family reported her missing from Darwin beach since New Year's Eve
After an extensive search that triggered the Territory’s first amber alert, NT Police have found a three-year-old girl who was last seen near a popular Darwin beach on New Year's Eve.
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The Guardian • Ann Ding • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘No worries’: how America came to banish Australia’s go-to phrase
US university puts Australianism in the linguistic naughty corner, but is it all a cultural misunderstanding?
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STAT • Helen Branswell • January 3, 2022 • statnews.com
A WHO official weighs in on Covid, vaccines, and mistakes that were made
"The biggest collective failing has been that we've underestimated this microbe," the WHO's Mike Ryan says of SARS-CoV-2.
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Deborah Snow@DeborahSnow
"the virus doesn’t have a brain. It’s just, from an evolutionary point of view, exploiting opportunities. And we seem to have consistently and persistently given it the opportunity". Great interview with WHO expert bit.ly/3pPVozN
January 4, 2022

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