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The Guardian • Michael McGowan • January 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
NSW government was warned Omicron could lead to more hospitalisations days before restrictions lifted
Exclusive: Briefing note from health officials raised concerns vaccines could be less effective and there would be increased risks of reinfection with new Covid variant
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • January 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
Open justice v secrecy: what is the case against Witness K lawyer Bernard Collaery all about?
The protracted, convoluted prosecution is critically important at a time when so many whistleblowers are under threat
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Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • January 31, 2022 • afr.com
Labor reversal over gas-fired power in the Hunter
Federal Labor has reversed its opposition to the taxpayer-funded construction of a gas-fired power station in NSW’s Hunter Valley.
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • January 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian regulator finds large-scale emissions misreporting by coalminer Peabody
US giant agrees to hire auditors after calculation errors, poor record-keeping and inconsistent data collection discovered
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Australian Financial Review • Michael Roddan • January 31, 2022 • afr.com
The untold story of the COVID-19 commission
A hard look at the National COVID-19 Co-ordination Commission shows the Morrison government gained, and lost, a vital line to industry that helped keep the economy running when supply chain strains were most severe.
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Ben Potter@OBenPotter
Good story from ⁦@MichaelRoddan — how Andrew Liveris’ gas fired recovery distracted the national CoVID commission (and the PM) from the main game …. ⁩ The untold story of the COVID-19 commission afr.com/news/politics/…
January 31, 2022
Crikey • Bernard Keane • January 31, 2022 • crikey.com.au
The blood of dead seniors is spilling over the hands of Morrison, Hunt and Colbeck
Hundreds of aged care residents are dead, and the federal government's lethal negligence is completely to blame.
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
With hundreds of COVID deaths in aged care in January alone, there is blood on the hands of Colbeck, Hunt and Morrison crikey.com.au/2022/01/31/age…
January 31, 2022
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • January 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
Top defence official was to report ‘good progress’ on French submarine project weeks before axing
Documents obtained under FoI show defence leadership given positive advice about Attack-class submarine progress
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
New from me: Australia’s most senior defence official promised to inform the Morrison govt of “good progress” on the now-dumped French submarine project, after receiving advice that the proposed next phase of work was “affordable and acceptable”. #FOI docs theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 31, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Ben Butler • January 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia’s Future Fund has invested over $90m in weapons manufacturer Raytheon
FoI requests reveal sovereign wealth fund also has investments in arms companies linked to Myanmar military
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abc.net.au • January 31, 2022 • abc.net.au
ABC News Daily
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Samantha Hawley@samanthahawley
And we’re off! Very excited to be part of the ABC’s new daily podcast. abc.net.au/radio/programs…
January 31, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • January 31, 2022 • smh.com.au
Flipping the script on elections
An uncertain election race means voters may yet get to experience something rare in Australian politics: a contest of ideas.
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Sean Kelly@mrseankelly
This week I wrote about the danger of journalists assuming an election is sewn up, and the way it can affect campaign coverage. Given this morning’s Newspoll, it’s more topical than I expected.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
January 31, 2022
The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • January 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
Women three times more likely to be abused if in pandemic-induced financial stress
Australian researchers find ‘clear evidence’ linking economic stressors to onset and escalation of abuse by partners
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Australian Financial Review • Andrew Forrest • January 30, 2022 • afr.com
Let’s not pretend brown hydrogen is exporting green energy to the world
Peddling hydrogen made from brown coal – the dirtiest of all coals – as ‘clean’ is a cringe-inducing backwards shuffle into the dark ages.
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Richie Merzian@RichieMerzian
Brown hydrogen is dirty
Green hydrogen is clean
As much as the federal government wants to call brown clean, it isn't
Buying offsets doesn't make it better.
Great to see Twiggy from @FortescueFuture calling out the marketing spin #auspol
afr.com/policy/energy-…
January 31, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • January 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
Aged care workers to get bonus payments as Morrison government tries to claw back support
Prime minister announces bonuses of up to $800 for more than 230,000 staff but union says ‘trinkets are not required when diamonds are needed’
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The Australian • SIMON BENSON • January 30, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Alarm bells ring as Coalition, PM drop in Newspoll
Popular support for the federal Coalition has slumped to the lowest levels since the 2018 Liberal leadership spill, with Scott Morrisons approval ratings also tumbling as the government prepares to face an election in less than four months.
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
that's.... not 41% and 43% on a pie chart twitter.com/australian/sta…
January 30, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • January 31, 2022 • smh.com.au
Political donations: $1.2 billion over 22 years, and ‘associated entities’ dominate
The property industry led the list of business sectors donating to both parties, giving $37.4 million to Labor and $53.1 million to the Coalition, but a new study concludes that too many other donations are being hidden.
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ABC News • Jess Davis • January 31, 2022 • abc.net.au
Australia could lose up to 300,000 fossil fuel jobs. So what can be done?
New modelling predicts up to 300,000 jobs could be lost as our export trading partners decarbonise, so what can be done?
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • January 31, 2022 • news.com.au
Albo under fire over $17k travel allowance
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has refused to ban MPs from claiming a $291-a-night allowance to stay in their own apartment in Canberra if elected, a practice that has allowed scores of MPs to pay off their mortgages.
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The Guardian • Royce Kurmelovs • January 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
New electric vehicle sales triple in Australia with Tesla outstripping other makers
US company’s Model 3 makes up almost two-thirds of electric cars sold in Australia in 2021, as EV market share grows to 2.39%
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The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani, Carly Earl • January 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘A fresh start’: Bankstown roars back to life to usher in year of the tiger
Lunar new year celebrations bring a chance for people to reconnect and to look beyond the Covid pandemic
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The Guardian • Holly Williams • January 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
Why assume it’s a problem if a woman is child-free at thirty? Maybe she prefers it that way
There are countless reasons why women delay motherhood but, as a new report indicates, at least there’s no longer the pressure to conform
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