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The Guardian • Josh Taylor • February 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition awards $520k for NBN upgrade to single business in Barnaby Joyce’s electorate
Fruit and vegetable grower Costa Group’s tomato glasshouse facility in New England the sole beneficiary of planned upgrade
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
👉👉The Morrison government has awarded $520k to install a fibre-to-the-premises NBN to a single business in the electorate of the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, despite having previously argued against taxpayer funded fibre upgrades. theguardian.com/technology/202…
February 24, 2022
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • February 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘A vanity bill’: Bridget Archer condemns fellow government MP’s single-sex sports proposal
Claire Chandler’s Sex Discrimination Act amendment would permit sporting groups to exclude transgender people from single-sex competitions
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • February 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Ben Roberts-Smith told another soldier in Afghanistan ‘I just want to kill’, court hears
Serving officer in Australian Defence Force tells defamation trial Roberts-Smith showed photos of dead insurgents on his iPod
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ABC News • Nate Byrne • February 24, 2022 • abc.net.au
'He's having a stroke': I've had panic attacks on live TV
As I stood there under the studio lights, my heart was racing, I was gasping for breath and sweat was pouring out of every pore as my brain screamed "RUN!", writes Nate Byrne.
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Nate Byrne@SciNate
I had my first ever panic attack on-air on @BreakfastNews. You probably missed it, but I decided to share the moment and my experience because it turned my understanding of anxiety on its head - sometimes it's got nothing to do with your state of mind.
abc.net.au/news/2022-02-2…
February 24, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Jacob Greber • February 24, 2022 • afr.com
New-look Albo: ‘I’m comfortable in the boardrooms as well as the pub’
Anthony Albanese is seeking ‘renewal, not revolution’ and is courting the top end of town.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • February 24, 2022 • smh.com.au
Labor’s Chris Minns becomes preferred NSW premier as Dominic Perrottet suffers poll hit
NSW Labor leader Chris Minns has overtaken Dominic Perrottet as preferred premier, with Labor in its most competitive position in a decade.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • February 23, 2022 • theguardian.com
Campaign sign stoush: Liberal MP asks constituents to dob in people displaying Zoe Daniel material
Council said independent’s signs are allowed under planning provisions but Tim Wilson insists they can’t be erected until election called
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
Yesterday Bayside City Council issued a statement clearing Zoe Daniel election signs, then took the statement DOWN after a complaint from Tim Wilson noted the election doesn't have to be held til 3 September.
NO explanation yet from council about why.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 24, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • February 24, 2022 • smh.com.au
Strain shows as PM seeks to make it clear who is in charge
By attacking Labor over China and trying to impose his way on senior Liberals, Scott Morrison has damaged his own credentials.
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ABC News • Ashleigh Raper • February 24, 2022 • abc.net.au
Government was preparing for rail shutdown last week, documents reveal
Senior NSW government bureaucrats were discussing the potential of a two-week shutdown of NSW's passenger train network as early as last week, documents obtained by the ABC reveal.
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Chris Minns@ChrisMinnsMP
You can read about this unbelievable revelation here: abc.net.au/news/2022-02-2…
February 24, 2022
The Guardian • Sam Jones, Chris Michael, Gloria Oladipo, Maanvi Singh, Samantha Lock, Peter Beaumont, David Batty, Daniel Boffey, Vincent Ni, Angela Giuffrida, Andr… • February 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Markets shaken after Putin announces special military operation – as it happened
Explosions heard after Putin announces operation to ‘demilitarise’ Ukraine. Follow the latest news and updates
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ABC News • Samantha Dick • February 24, 2022 • abc.net.au
Spit hoods are still being used on NT children. The government is resisting calls to ban them
The Northern Territory government is resisting calls to ban the use of spit hoods on children in police custody, as new data shows their use increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bridget Brennan@bridgeyb
"Hospitals and other treatment facilities are the best place for children who are self-harming — not by the use of spit hoods and restraint chairs." abc.net.au/news/2022-02-2…
February 24, 2022
The Guardian • Adam Morton • February 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
A fifth of Australia’s fossil fuel facilities emit more greenhouse gas than originally estimated, report says
Australian Conservation Foundation says blowouts show government’s safeguard mechanism is ‘failing’ to control industrial emissions
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • February 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Real wages in Australia have tanked – and it can’t be hidden by the Coalition’s feeble scare campaigns
If there is one constant in our economic debate, it is that employer groups and the Coalition will continually warn we are about to experience a wages breakout
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Centre for Future Work@CntrFutureWork
The latest wages data show that real wages plunged in 2021. @grogsgamut writes in @GuardianAus that after nearly a decade of stagnant real-wage growth more than just hoping for lower unemployment to fix the problem is needed
theguardian.com/business/grogo…
February 24, 2022
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • February 23, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia imposes sanctions on Russia in response to Ukraine crisis
Prime minister Scott Morrison says Australia ‘always stands up to bullies’ and there ‘must be consequences for Russia’s actions’
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
Last night's news wrap on Australia's first round of sanctions: theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 24, 2022
The New Daily • Alan Kohler • February 24, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: What the AGL takeover bid is all about
Michael Cannon-Brookes has dug an AGL-sized pit in front of Scott Morrison, which the PM seems quite happy to step into over energy transition.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter FitzSimons • February 23, 2022 • smh.com.au
Confected outrage over trans people in sport is headed for implosion
Transgender sport can be a minefield. Join me for a walk ...
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Emma Dawson@DawsonEJ
Outstanding column from @Peter_Fitz posing an excellent question: "Can you point to a sport in Australia that is calling for this legislation? No? Well, if there is not a problem, why are they doing it?" #auspol
smh.com.au/sport/confecte…
February 23, 2022
The Guardian • Nataliya Gumenyuk • February 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
I’m in Kyiv and awake at the darkest hour – as Putin’s bombs rain down
I could not accept the idea of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but here I am as the airstrikes begin and Russia invades us, writes Nataliya Gumenyuk, a Ukrainian journalist specialising in foreign affairs
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • February 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison says closing coal power stations will drive up electricity prices. Is he right?
Bid by Mike Cannon-Brookes to take over AGL drew some strong words from the prime minister, but do his claims stack up?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • February 24, 2022 • smh.com.au
Half-price travel for Sydney commuters as an apology for rail shutdown
The NSW government is under increasing pressure over the network-wide closure, which left thousands of commuters stranded.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Deborah Snow • February 23, 2022 • smh.com.au
The private investigator, the elite soldier and a shattered friendship
For seven years John McLeod ran errands large and small for Ben Roberts-Smith. Until the last errand meant the men never spoke again.

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