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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • January 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Young women like Grace Tame weren’t socialised to shut up when authority figures speak – and it feels like progress
Australians like to think of ourselves as rebels but culturally we love rules, and aren’t always kind to rule-breakers
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Aged care minister Richard Colbeck went to Ashes Test on same day he declined to appear at Covid committee
Colbeck had cited urgent work fighting Omicron, but has now registered he was attending Hobart cricket match
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ABC News • Stephen Dziedzic, Echo Hui • January 24, 2022 • abc.net.au
Chinese businessman says he only bought PM's WeChat account because he 'has a lot of followers'
The Chinese businessman who has taken over Scott Morrison's WeChat account insists the transaction had nothing to do with politics.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • January 25, 2022 • news.com.au
Inside the glamorous world of Australia’s instant rapid antigen test millionaires
Australia’s insatiable demand for rapid antigen tests is turning importers into instant millionaires, with one company that operates out of a two-bedroom apartment in Elizabeth Bay securing a $26 million contract with the Department of Health.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
NEW: The company that sealed a $26 million deal with the Morrison Government for rapid Covid tests. news.com.au/world/coronavi…
January 25, 2022
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • January 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia records its worst ever score on anti-corruption index after decline to match Hungary’s
Transparency International says poor performance due largely to failure to establish federal anti-corruption commission
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • January 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Gina Rinehart and former News Ltd chief John Hartigan receive 2022 Australia Day honours
Mining magnate’s appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia likely to spark controversy
news.com.au • Duncan Murray • January 25, 2022 • news.com.au
Street medic Young Australian for 2022
Dr Daniel Nour has been named the 2022 Young Australian of the Year for his selfless work creating mobile homeless medical service, Street Side Medics.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jack Latimore • January 25, 2022 • smh.com.au
Tent Embassy a potent celebration of Aboriginal protest
The Tent Embassy was set up 50 years ago this week in response to a provocative Australia Day speech by the then Prime Minister, and remains just as relevant today.
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Marie Claire • Alex Bruce-Smith • January 25, 2022 • marieclaire.com.au
Grace Tame Doesn't Owe Scott Morrison A Smile
That's not how this works.
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Alex Bruce-Smith@alexbrucesmith
you ever see a take so bad you stay back late to write a rebuttal piece? anyway marieclaire.com.au/grace-tame-smi…
January 25, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin, Scott Spits • January 25, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Luckiest guy in this country’: Dylan Alcott is Australian of the Year
Paralympic champion and tennis golden grand slam winner Dylan Alcott is the 2022 Australian of the Year.
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • January 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
If you’re a younger worker in Australia, don’t be fooled on tax cuts
The Coalition’s stage one cuts may have helped you but stage three will be massively directed towards high income earners
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ITV News • Paul Brand • January 25, 2022 • itv.com
Boris Johnson had birthday bash during lockdown, ITV News understands
It's alleged that the prime minister's wife, Carrie Johnson, helped organise a surprise get-together for him on the afternoon of 19 June just after 2pm. | ITV National News
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The Australian • MAX MADDISON • January 25, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Aged care wait times blow out
Waiting times to enter commonwealth-funded aged care facilities have blown out by more than 400 per cent over the past decade, while fewer than a third of National Disability Insurance Scheme participants are happy with their level of independence.
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The Australian • YONI BASHAN • January 25, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Hazzard reprimanded following Covid meeting row
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet was forced to discipline Brad Hazzard after the Health Minister engaged in a humiliating verbal attack on a senior female colleague during a cabinet discussion about Covid-19 restrictions.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jacqueline Maley • January 25, 2022 • smh.com.au
History has shown activists and revolutionaries tend to prioritise messages over manners
Grace Tame refused to smile at a pre-Australia Day event at The Lodge on Tuesday, and barely acknowledged the PM, and when asked to pose for a snap, she gave Scott Morrison the most awe-inspiring side-eye a political photographer could ever hope to capture.
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The New Daily • Paul Bongiorno • January 25, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Paul Bongiorno: Australians deserve better than best govt money can buy
There is something grossly obscene when a billionaire can boast he is already running the most expensive political campaign in Australian history.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • January 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor promises $440m to help students and teachers manage challenges of pandemic
Anthony Albanese says Coalition is ‘slackest government in living memory’ and that if elected, Labor will be a ‘force for good’
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ABC Alumni • January 25, 2022 • abcalumni.net
Welcome to 2022
Around the world, growing government hostility is threatening independent media who do their job, ask tough questions, and hold the powerful to account. Here Alan Sunderland explains why the recent…
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Quentin Dempster@QuentinDempster
Public broadcasting is under hostile attack world wide. @asunderland analysis here: 👇👇Welcome to 2022 abcalumni.net/2022/01/25/wel…
January 25, 2022
The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • January 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
NSW prisons urged to use emergency release powers as Covid cases surge
More than 1,000 prisoners and correctional officers infected in past month despite efforts to slow spread through jails
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ABC News • Jake Evans • January 24, 2022 • abc.net.au
Government pays $20m for copyright to Aboriginal flag
The artist who designed the Aboriginal flag, a national symbol of Aboriginal Australia, agrees to transfer copyright to the Commonwealth for it to be used "unaltered, proudly and without restriction".
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