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@abcnews • February 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
Willoughby By-election - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results
Overview of the Willoughby By-election electorate in the New South Wales election 2022
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Antony Green - elections@AntonyGreenElec
From the preference flows released today, Willoughby remains doubt. Who would have thought of these four by-elections that Willoughby would be the close one. This is the result with Federal election implications. #auspol #nswpol abc.net.au/news/elections…
February 15, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Charlotte Grieve • February 15, 2022 • smh.com.au
Ex-Woodside insider rejects gas industry’s ‘clean fuel’, ‘net zero’ claims
A former senior executive at Australian energy giant Woodside has accused the nation’s multibillion dollar gas industry of misleading the public on climate change.
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The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani, Ben Doherty • February 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Government plans to send Hazara asylum seeker back to Afghanistan may face high court challenge
Immigration minister Alex Hawke argued the initial decision to send the asylum seeker back to Afghanistan should be upheld regardless of Taliban rule
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Hugh Riminton@hughriminton
Everything you need to know about the government is contained in this fact: it is arguing in court for the right to send Hazara asylum seekers, one of the most persecuted people on earth, back to the mercies of the Taliban who routinely kill them. theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 15, 2022
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • February 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Asio chief says intelligence is ‘not here to be politicised’ after Dutton accuses Labor
Mike Burgess’ comments come days after defence minister claimed Chinese government had picked Anthony Albanese ‘as their candidate’
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
Without criticising anyone by name, Burgess said he did “recognise that there may be people who choose to misuse [information] - officials or members of parliament or ministers”. @danielhurstbne theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 15, 2022
ABC News • Henry Belot • February 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
Dutton approved grants that didn't meet selection criteria, audit office finds
An audit finds almost 60 per cent of projects funded since 2016 have been in government-held electorates, compared to 27 per cent in solely Labor electorates.
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Justin Stevens@_JustinStevens_
This auditor general review of grants was a direct result of ⁦@FarrellPF⁩’s reporting for @abc730 - see more on 7.30 tonight abc.net.au/news/2022-02-1…
February 15, 2022
7.30 • February 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
Dyson Heydon’s former associate speaks out
Yesterday the Commonwealth settled damages claims with six women who an independent investigation by the High Court found had been sexually harassed by the former Justice Dyson Heydon.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
Meet the extraordinary @alexeggerking and grieve all the splendid women like her who should be lighting up the legal profession right now but for the actions of one man. Dyson Heydon’s former associate speaks out abc.net.au/7.30/dyson-hey…
February 15, 2022
news.com.au • Sam Clench • February 15, 2022 • news.com.au
PM suggests critics are ‘sneering at millions of Australians’
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Here’s a little secret. I asked Karl Stefanovic about ukulele caper and he reckons PM raised it himself it “I’ve been working on my ukulele!,” he offered. Unsolicited. Guys, he wanted to play the ukulele on National Television. There are no accidents. news.com.au/national/polit…
February 15, 2022
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Daniel Hurst, Paul Karp • February 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Do your job’: Morrison urges MPs to point out stark difference between Coalition and Labor
Under-pressure prime minister tells party room ‘you haven’t seen me as focused as I can be yet … I know what the path is’
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
I’ve been doing this job a long time. But I was surprised how direct the PM was in today’s party-room about identifying his immediate political objectives. Ramp up the contrast. I wonder how Australians feel enclosed in this sound stage #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 15, 2022
Australian Financial Review • John Kehoe • February 15, 2022 • afr.com
Liberal MP says people inheriting money ‘aren’t paying tax’
Jason Falinski says workers and business pay ‘punitive’ taxes, but the ‘people who aren’t paying tax are the people inheriting their money.’
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Antony (Tony) Walker@tonywalker1
Liberal MP tries to put tax reform on the agenda, and particularly case of inequitable lightly taxed wealth transfer trust fund babies. Good on him @Johnkehoe23 afr.com/policy/tax-and…
February 15, 2022
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • February 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Stroke of a pen’: Coalition urged to accept Afghan refugees in addition to existing intake
Immigration minister previously announced places for Afghan nationals within existing visa program in move critics call ‘mean and tricky’
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • February 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia tried to use fraud charge to deport otherwise ‘model’ NZ citizen who has lived here for 40 years
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal overrides cancellation of the man’s visa, who posed ‘very low’ risk of reoffending
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The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • February 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
NSW nurses at breaking point as staff at 150 hospitals strike over pay and patient ratios
Thousands rally outside state parliament, expressing fury at ‘unsustainable’ work conditions as pleas for pay rise and more staff ‘ignored’
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The Age • Paul Sakkal • February 15, 2022 • theage.com.au
Talks under way to save historic Carlton pub steeped in Labor history
The Curtin on Lygon Street announced its closure on Monday, prompting sadness from live music fans and labour movement activists
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The Australian • HELEN TRINCA • February 14, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Tame, Higgins ‘changing debate about women’
The uncompromising language and advocacy of people like Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins have shifted the tenor of the debate around women in the workplace, according to Sam Mostyn, president of Chief Executive Women.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott • February 14, 2022 • smh.com.au
Woollahra councillors push to remove anti-racism signs
Liberal councillors say the “racism not welcome” signs have made eastern suburbs residents feel like racists and should be removed.
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy • February 14, 2022 • afr.com
Australia Post executives get bonuses worth more than Cartier watch
Labor says bonuses paid to some executives at the government-owned corporation increased by 22 per cent in a year.
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Tom McIlroy@TomMcIlroy
Australia Post chairman Lucio Di Bartolomeo: "I don't see those as bonuses." twitter.com/TomMcIlroy/sta…
February 15, 2022
The New Daily • Paul Bongiorno • February 15, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Paul Bongiorno: Stopwatch is ticking on Morrison government
Scott Morrison is running out of time and plausible ideas to save his floundering government, with new polling confirming his worst fears.
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The New Daily@TheNewDailyAu
"Scott Morrison assured Karl Stefanovic he has worn out the carpet on his side of the bed praying for Australians during the pandemic. Is it too much for Australians to expect a PM to actually do his job when he gets off his knees?" writes @PaulBongiorno thenewdaily.com.au/news/2022/02/1…
February 15, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • February 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
A pre-election splurge: what lamingtons have to do with tax cuts
The low and middle income tax offset is supposedly at risk of ending but experts are sceptical that the government will dump it
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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
If you read the govt press releases about women benefitting from their tax cuts, read this by @p_hannam: “claims that young people and women – who mostly have lower incomes – are the main beneficiaries don’t withstand scrutiny” theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 15, 2022
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • February 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘They didn’t think help was coming’: a month on from Tonga tsunami – in pictures
When a tsunami and volcanic eruption devastated Tonga, photographer Leki Lao boarded a navy boat to deliver emergency supplies. He witnessed destruction, heartache and fear
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Kate Lyons@MsKateLyons
It’s been a month since the eruption of the volcano in Tonga. Leki Lao wrote and shot this gorgeous picture essay about the immediate aftermath of the disaster.
‘They didn’t think help was coming’: a month on from Tonga tsunami – in pictures
theguardian.com/world/2022/feb…
February 15, 2022
The Guardian • Paul Daley • February 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Bunbury, WA – just one of Australia’s many places named after the killers of Indigenous people
A start has been made in righting some of the egregious wrongs of the nation’s nomenclature, but there’s far to go
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