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ABC News • Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Dylan Welch • February 17, 2022 • abc.net.au
How top cop Mick Fuller's racehorse co-owner 'Chicken Dave' won a $3m contract with NSW Police
An ABC investigation reveals former NSW top cop Mick Fuller did not declare shares in racehorses with sporting identities and wealthy businessmen, raising concerns he breached anti-corruption rules.
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Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop@seanrubinsztein
Former @nswpolice commissioner Mick Fuller co-owned racehorses with 2 businessmen who became embroiled in criminal investigations or won lucrative police contracts. He didn't declare them, in potential breach of anti-corruption rules abc.net.au/news/2022-02-1… @dylanwelch @abcnews
February 17, 2022
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • February 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Morrison and Dutton are imperilling Australia’s national security to hang on to power
The prime minister and the defence minister are imperilling Australia’s national security as they try to hang on to power
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Will it work is the wrong question to ask about weaponising national security. There’s only one question to ask: is it right? The answer to that is a resounding no. This conduct needs to be called for what it is #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 17, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • February 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Men on high incomes to take lion’s share of Coalition’s $184bn tax cuts, analyses find
Government’s ‘trickle down disaster’ will further entrench inequality between men and women, Greens say
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ABC News • David Speers • February 17, 2022 • abc.net.au
Morrison knows scare campaigns can work — but there's danger lurking
The Prime Minister reckons he's found his path back into the election contest, and not even the boss of ASIO is going to stand in his way. But while scare campaigns can work, there's a danger here, too, writes David Speers.
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Michael Rowland@mjrowland68
.@InsidersABC host @David_Speers says the PM’s attacks on Labor over China risk looking desperate.
‘And worse, he looks willing to play with Australia’s national interest in order to preserve his own political hide.’ #auspol abc.net.au/news/2022-02-1…
February 17, 2022
The Age • Bianca Hall • February 17, 2022 • theage.com.au
Supreme Court judge sexually harassed associates: internal reports
A Victorian Supreme Court judge sexually harassed two young associates over several years, including kissing them and putting his hand between one woman’s thighs in the back seat of a car, two internal reports have found.
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The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani, Tory Shepherd, Tamsin Rose, Luke Henriques-Gomes, Lorena Allam, Josh Butler, Daniel Hurst, Paul Karp, Sarah Martin, Peter Hannam, S… • February 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Minister asked why refugees still stuck in Park hotel if not security risks – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
Eraring - Australia's biggest coal plant - to shut in 2025, 7 years early.
Origin said it was due to “the rapidly changing conditions in the national electricity market, which are increasingly not well suited to traditional baseload power stations”.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 17, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • February 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Morrison gives 10-day ultimatum to NSW Liberals or face federal takeover
It is the first step towards allowing the Prime Minister and the federal party to install preferred candidates and sitting members in key seats ahead of the election.
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ABC News • Kristian Silva • February 17, 2022 • abc.net.au
As temperatures soared to 40C, David slept in the stairwell of his public housing complex to keep cool
With no air conditioning in most apartments, residents in Melbourne's public housing towers are angry the state government is continuing to lock them out of cooled common rooms.
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Monique Hore@moniquehore
Residents in Melbourne's public housing towers - most without air conditioning - have reported sleeping in concrete stairwells and taking four showers a day to keep cool during summer | via @kristian_silva abc.net.au/news/2022-02-1…
February 17, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • February 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Liberal John Alexander ‘would think about’ supporting independent’s federal anti-corruption bill
Outgoing MP says he reserves right to cross the floor if bill is raised again, but attorney general says it will not progress before election
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • February 17, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: How Tony Abbott killed tax reform in Australia
It wasn’t only climate change that Tony Abbott and the Coalition cynically weaponised a decade ago – they did it to tax reform as well, writes Alan Kohler.
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • February 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Land clearing in NSW tripled over past decade, State of the Environment 2021 report reveals
EPA analysis paints grim picture for ecosystems under increasing threat from habitat destruction, invasive species and climate crisis
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news.com.au • February 16, 2022 • news.com.au
Lisa’s touching tribute to George Negus
One of Australia’s best known journalists, George Negus, has dementia.
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
Very sad news
George Negus: Australian TV news legend diagnosed with dementia news.com.au/entertainment/… via @newscomauHQ
February 16, 2022
The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani, Tory Shepherd, Tamsin Rose, Luke Henriques-Gomes, Lorena Allam, Josh Butler, Daniel Hurst, Paul Karp, Sarah Martin, Peter Hannam, S… • February 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Minister asked why refugees still stuck in Park hotel if not security risks – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Dennis Richardson just backed in Mike Burgess and blasted Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton’s weaponisation of national security. Tune in for live updates with ⁦@ToryShepherd⁩ and @mpbowers #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 17, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • February 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
PM safe from challengers before poll but a target for the underminers
Scott Morrison is caught in a pincer movement between the moderates and the conservatives, a portent also of future conflicts in the Liberal Party once his tenure ends.
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan, Sarah Martin • February 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
NSW Liberals told federal intervention is required to prevent constitution breach
Members of the state executive are concerned the move will allow Scott Morrison’s centre right faction to install preferred candidates
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Michael McGowan@mmcgowan
Lawyers at 10 paces inside the NSW Liberals as the standoff over federal preselection continues… w/ ⁦@msmarto⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 17, 2022
The Age • Bianca Hall • February 17, 2022 • theage.com.au
Supreme Court judge who allegedly sexually harassed women named as Peter Vickery
Peter Vickery, QC, has been named as the retired Supreme Court judge who allegedly sexually harassed two young female associates.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick O'Malley • February 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Sweltering mother from Sydney’s west puts son, 3, to sleep in car for the aircon
At times it has been so hot in Gemma McMillan’s home near Penrith that she has bundled up her little boy into the car just for the airconditioning.
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SwelteringCities@SwelteringCity
Western Sydney will average 46 days over 35° each year by 2090 unless we take serious climate action. Rising temperatures are a public health emergency.
We worked with @TheAusInstitute @HannahMelRea on this new report.
smh.com.au/environment/cl…
February 17, 2022
news.com.au • Anton Nilsson • February 17, 2022 • news.com.au
Shock heat warning for Sydney
Western Sydney will swelter through a five-fold increase in extreme heat days increase if carbon emissions aren’t reduced in time, a new report warns.
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ABC News • Stephanie Dalzell • February 17, 2022 • abc.net.au
There's a key risk factor in whether you could die from COVID-19 in Australia — where you were born
There have been almost three times as many COVID-19 deaths in Australia among people born overseas, according to new official figures, in what federal Labor describes as "disturbing and disproportionate".
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Stephanie Dalzell@steph_dalzell
Two years in to this pandemic and if you live here but were born in the Middle East - like much of my family - you are still 10x more likely to die than someone born in Australia. Community leaders say more should have been done to protect diverse communities 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 twitter.com/abcnews/status…
February 17, 2022
The Supreme Court of Victoria • February 17, 2022 • supremecourt.vic.gov.au
Statement from Anne Ferguson Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
In March 2021, the Court was advised of allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination involving a retired judge.
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