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The Guardian • Paul Karp • February 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition’s religious discrimination bill passes after marathon all-night sitting
Controversial legislation passes lower house despite Liberal moderates defecting to help add more extensive protections for LGBTQ+ students
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The Australian • Peter van Onselen • February 10, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
No deal: cabinet kills PM’s trade-off
Scott Morrison has been rolled by his own cabinet, despite telling members he was putting his leadership on the line in a bid to secure safe passage of his religious discrimination bill.
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Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • February 10, 2022 • afr.com
Josh Frydenberg sustains full-body gravel rash
Frydenberg’s complete lack of political judgment has been exposed for all to see.
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Sally McManus@sallymcmanus
I can't beleive I just read the most extraordinary take-down of Josh Frydenberg ever...in the Financial Review afr.com/rear-window/jo…
February 10, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • February 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Coalition pushing for inquiry instead of pushing through religious laws
Contentious religious discrimination laws will be put on hold while the federal government pushes for a Senate inquiry into how they would affect transgender students.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin, Latika Bourke • February 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Liberals rebel to protect trans students as Religious Discrimination Bill passes lower house
In a blow to the government, five Liberals voted with Labor and crossbenchers to abolish the right of religious schools to discriminate against gay and transgender students.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • February 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton has plumbed new and dangerous depths by suggesting China is backing Labor
Did the defence minister not hear the Asio boss warn that stoking community division has ‘the same corrosive impact on our democracy as foreign interference itself’?
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The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani, Nick Evershed • February 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Incredible imbalance’: NSW Covid fines during Delta higher in disadvantaged suburbs
Postcodes with larger Indigenous and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations bore the brunt of public health policing last year
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
Lots going on today but this story is both wild and utterly predictable: Small towns with high Indigenous populations and western Sydney suburbs bore the brunt of Covid fines during Delta outbreak last year.
by @Rachwani91 and @NickEvershed
theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 10, 2022
ABC News • Jake Evans • February 10, 2022 • abc.net.au
Government shelves religious freedom bill indefinitely, leaving election promise hanging in uncertainty
The government shelves its religious discrimination bill indefinitely in the wake of a bruising defeat inside parliament.
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ABC News • Andrew Greene • February 10, 2022 • abc.net.au
Russian agent suspected of foreign interference in Australian election
A wealthy figure in Australia linked to Russian spy agencies and President Vladimir Putin's regime has emerged as the likely mystery "puppeteer" caught in a recent ASIO operation that thwarted an overseas attempt to interfere with a local election.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Incredible areas - PM spent entire question time calling ⁦@AlboMP⁩ a stooge for China. Now ⁦⁦@AndrewBGreene⁩ reporting ASIO warning was re the Russians abc.net.au/news/2022-02-1…
February 10, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Latika Bourke • February 9, 2022 • smh.com.au
Paddy Quilter-Jones: ‘I am the high-heel-wearing, handbag-carrying son’
The 14-year-old son of Labor frontbencher Stephen Jones says he gave his father permission to talk about him in Parliament to encourage LGBTQI kids who don’t enjoy the support of their families.
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Stephen Jones MP@StephenJonesMP
This is my boy Paddy. Today Parliament sent a power message that we love you just the way you are. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
February 10, 2022
The Guardian • Adam Morton • February 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Gas-fired power falls to lowest level since 2005 as Coalition pushes ahead with its ‘gas-fired recovery’
Renewable energy provided 31.4% of electricity within the national market covering the eastern states and South Australia in 2021
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • February 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
It began with a pre-dawn insurrection on religious discrimination and it got worse for Scott Morrison
Clearly someone, or more than someone, wants to cause the prime minister some capital T trouble, but their endgame is entirely unclear
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ABC News • Nassim Khadem • February 10, 2022 • abc.net.au
'A significant blow to the government's agenda': Proxy advice regulation defeated in the Senate
The Senate overturns Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's regulations on proxy advisers – the people who advise big investors including superannuation funds about how to vote on issues impacting the re-election of company directors.
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Nassim Khadem@NassimKhadem
Proxy advice law which sparked fears it would reduce investor activism defeated in the Senate abc.net.au/news/2022-02-1… @ABCaustralia @abcnews @JoshFrydenberg @Senator_Patrick @StephenJonesMP @ALeighMP @NickMcKim @ACSI_ESG @OMgovernance @cpaaustralia @AICDirectors
February 10, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • February 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Scuttling the religion package shows where priorities lay all along
The Religious Discrimination Bill has been sacrificed to protect the power to discriminate enjoyed by religious schools.
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Emma Dawson@DawsonEJ
“…the bottom line is that once changes were made to protect LGBTQI children, Christian lobby groups didn’t want it and neither did the government.”
Great piece by ⁦@michaelkoziol⁩ #auspol smh.com.au/politics/feder…
February 10, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Hannah Wootton, Ronald Mizen • February 10, 2022 • afr.com
PM clarifies apology to Brittany Higgins after legal concerns
The PM said his apology to Brittany Higgins was not directed to her alleged rape after criminal silks warned his comments imperilled a fair trial of the matter.
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • February 10, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Fake, international Facebook accounts behind the Convoy to Canberra protests
Facebook accounts with photos of non-existent people are proliferating to supposedly support the Convoy to Canberra protest.
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CAMERON WILSON@cameronwilson
NEW: I found that fake and international Facebook accounts behind many of the groups used to promote & organise the Convoy to Canberra protest.
One, which claims to be from Ottawa, appears to be a fake person using an AI generated face.
crikey.com.au/2022/02/10/fak…
February 10, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • February 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Barnaby the barnacle proving difficult to remove
Appearances of Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce will become increasingly rare as the PM distances himself from one of his biggest liabilities.
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • February 10, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: Aged care needs compulsory national insurance
It’s obvious that aged care is underfunded. Elderly residents will see it displayed in crisp khaki next week when soldiers show up to call the bingo.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
A fabulous @AlanKohler column on aged care in @TheNewDailyAu - the only point he doesn't make is that the industry has been greatly stressed by record low interest rates because much of its revenue comes from interest on accommodation bonds: thenewdaily.com.au/finance/financ…
February 10, 2022
The Conversation • Michelle Grattan • February 10, 2022 • theconversation.com
Liberal revolt removes all discrimination against gay and transgender children
In a humiliation rebuff to Scott Morrison, a revolt by Liberal backbenchers has struck down the provisions of the sex discrimination legislation that allow discrimination against gay and transgender children.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tony Wright • February 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
A last-minute rush job three years in the making
Scott Morrison promised three years ago to legislate against religious discrimination. It became a last-minute rush job, and a failure of team unity.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
Day wdn't be complete without @tonyowright casting his eye over events: "The decision by 5 govt MPs, just months before a very tight election, to stand together to defy their PM’s request they put the team first, is extremely unusual and thus significant."
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
February 10, 2022

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