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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • February 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
My nephew was beautiful and courageous. The love and acceptance of his family was not enough | Stephen Jones
We as parliamentarians have the power to shape that world. What message do we want to send to our kids?
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • February 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Anger after News Corp and Google Australia set up journalism academy at university business school
Academics at University of Melbourne say they were not consulted and move is ‘reflection of antagonism News Corp has for university journalism’
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The Canberra Times • Finn McHugh • February 9, 2022 • canberratimes.com.au
'Alarm bells': Craig Kelly invites 'Russian agent' into Parliament
A rogue MP has invited a "self-declared agent of influence for the Kremlin" into Parliament House during anti-vax protests in Canberra.
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Karen Barlow@KJBar
Exclusive: A far-right Russian nationalist who has described Australia as an “enemy state” was signed into Federal Parliament by UAP leader Craig Kelly, by ⁦@FinnianMchugh⁩ v @canberratimes⁩ #auspol canberratimes.com.au/story/7612407/
February 9, 2022
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • February 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an ‘open book’ for Australia in 2000, tribunal hears
Former foreign affairs department officer says Downer made comment in private conversation years before bugging scandal
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Christopher Knaus@knausc
“You know. There’s not much back there [in Dili] we don’t know. We know what they’re saying about Laurie. They’re an open book to us.” Explosive evidence about private comments purportedly made by Downer in 2000, as Timor Leste moved towards independence theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 9, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • February 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition ‘hiding negligence’ by refusing to release findings of 2021 study into care workforce, union says
Report was to examine needs of care and support workforce for aged, disability, veteran and mental health care
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ABC News • Patricia Karvelas • February 9, 2022 • abc.net.au
Fierce, formidable, fearless: Tame and Higgins stormed the Press Club with a message for Scott Morrison and the nation's leaders
Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins arrived at the Press Club with one message for the Prime Minister and the nation's most powerful leaders: Act now or face the wrath of their generation, writes Patricia Karvelas.
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Patricia Karvelas@PatsKarvelas
I got a spot at the Press Club and burst into words after: Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins are smashing rules and silence – and putting Australia's political leaders on notice - ABC News #auspol abc.net.au/news/2022-02-0…
February 9, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • February 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘We just get nothing’: why Australia’s falling jobless rate isn’t translating into higher pay
The idea wages are set by demand and supply and productivity is ‘bankrupt’. They are determined by power, experts say
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • February 9, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: Here comes the window dressing (Cheers, Biloela family!)
The good news: I’m quietly confident the Biloela family will be “home to Bilo” before the election. The bad news: They should have been there years ago.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Michael Pascoe: The timing of the Biloela family's release is being delayed for political theatre, the staging of a “Liberal moderates acting tough, achieving change” pantomime. | The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2022/0…
February 9, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jewel Topsfield, Madeleine Heffernan • February 9, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘It’s appalling’: For trans student Miles, gender identity should have nothing to do with school
Miles Wade, 16, had a positive experience at his government school when he transitioned. He does not understand how faith-based schools could be allowed to discriminate.
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Daniel Reeders 🏳️‍⚧️@engagedpractx
Well now I have -all- the emotions. theage.com.au/national/it-s-…
February 9, 2022
The Guardian • Richard Denniss • February 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Tax-deductible RATs deliver nothing to the lowest-paid. How very Morrison government
The gap between those with the most and those with the least is driven wider by political choices made by our government
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The Guardian • Teddy Cook • February 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Young trans people around Australia are seeing the news and hearing that they are not worthy of protection
I took 15 years to figure out I didn’t have a problem at all, I was just trans – now the religious discrimination bill sanctions bullying
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • February 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Anthony Albanese warns religious discrimination bill could ‘drive us apart’ as Labor pushes for amendments
Opposition confident it can make changes in Senate to neuter controversial statement of belief clause
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
FULL STORY: Labor to seek protections for LGBTQ+ students but will pass #ReligiousDiscriminationBill in lower house #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 9, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack, Matt O'Sullivan • February 8, 2022 • smh.com.au
Berejiklian oversaw program to issue council grants ‘in the most politically advantageous way’
The state government’s controversial $252 million council grants program lacked integrity and applied no merit-based assessment in awarding 96 per cent of funds to coalition-held seats.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • February 9, 2022 • news.com.au
Brittany Higgins speaks out on Barnaby’s leaked text saga
Barnaby Joyce’s leaked texts describing Scott Morrison as “a liar” have dominated the headlines, but one question remains unanswered: why was he so keen to tell Brittany Higgins that he believed the Prime Minister wasn’t telling the truth?
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Barnaby Joyce “didn’t believe” @ScottMorrisonMP claim his office never knew about alleged rape news.com.au/national/polit…
February 9, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Milne • February 9, 2022 • smh.com.au
Twiggy’s Fortescue plans $10 billion Pilbara wind and solar farm
The first details have emerged of Andrew Forrest’s much-hyped push to turn the iron ore miner green: a vast renewables project in Australia’s north-west.
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The New Daily • Josh Bornstein • February 8, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Australia is suffering a democratic recession – and we can't blame COVID
Australian democracy is in serious trouble and it has nothing to do with the severe pandemic restrictions that we have endured, writes Josh Bornstein.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • February 9, 2022 • smh.com.au
Why Labor is smart to try to change the religious discrimination bill
Labor is aiming for the middle ground on the controversial religious freedom law and the strategy could leave the government with its budget overshadowed by more division.
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay, Tory Shepherd, Paul Karp, Daniel Hurst, Benita Kolovos, Josh Butler, Peter Hannam, Stephanie Convery, Melissa Davey, Michael McGowan,… • February 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Lower house sits late to continue religious discrimination bill debate – as it happened
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
Sharp work by @danielhurstbne. Names do matter in international relations...
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February 9, 2022
The Australian • JACK THE INSIDER • February 9, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Extremists the Canberra freedom convoy must remove
The freedom convoy was ordered to leave the parliamentary lawns around Capital Circle last Thursday. They packed up their gear and moved on. Not away. On.
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The Guardian • Ben Smee • February 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Queensland government faulted for slow response to gas seep and calling Knitting Nannas a ‘risk’
Exclusive: Conservationists claim lack of urgency after water and gas found bubbling ‘uncontrolled’ from former exploration bores
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