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The Australian • SIMON BENSON • February 27, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Labor ahead as both leaders lift approval
Labor has preserved its commanding electoral lead over the Coalition with fewer than 90 days before the federal election, despite small gains for the Liberal-Nationals and a jump in approval for both Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese.
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ABC News • Georgia Hitch, Stephen Dziedzic • February 27, 2022 • abc.net.au
Australia to help send weapons to Ukraine via NATO
Australia will pour money into a Western-led effort to help arm Ukrainian soldiers trying to repel the Russian invasion as the conflict intensifies.
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The Guardian • Jonathan Freedland • February 26, 2022 • theguardian.com
We’re appalled by Putin now, but be clear: the west gave him the green light
He has hardly kept his worldview secret – and now Ukraine is paying the price for western leaders who looked the other way, says Guardian. columnist Jonathan Freedland
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The Guardian • Conal Hanna • February 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
South-east Queensland floods: what has happened and which areas could be hit next?
Six people have died in Queensland, with 1,400 Brisbane homes and 500 Gympie homes estimated to have been impacted by flood waters, and more rain to come
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The Washington Post • Colby Itkowitz, David Weigel, Isaac Stanley-Becker • February 27, 2022 • washingtonpost.com
Trump defends praise of Putin, makes strongest hint yet of a run for president in 2024
This is the latest in a string of thinly veiled hints about his political plans, but Trump has stopped short of officially declaring his candidacy.
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Kevin Rudd@MrKRudd
Donald Trump is a traitor to the West. Murdoch was Trump’s biggest backer. And Murdoch’s Fox Television backs Putin too. What rancid treachery. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
February 27, 2022
Reuters • February 27, 2022 • reuters.com
Ukraine establishing foreign legion for volunteers from abroad - President
Ukraine is establishing a foreign "international" legion for volunteers from abroad, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday.
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The Guardian • Helen Davidson, Miranda Bryant, Harry Taylor, Jem Bartholomew, Samantha Lock, Adam Gabbatt, Shaun Walker, Kate Connolly, Ruth Michaelson, Peter Beaum… • February 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Liz Truss says ‘nowhere left to hide’ for Putin allies – as it happened
Pipeline in Kharkiv and oil terminal in Vasylkiv believed hit as US, UK and EU move to exclude ‘selected’ banks from global payments system
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The New York Times • Carl Zimmer, Benjamin Mueller • February 27, 2022 • nytimes.com
New Research Points to Wuhan Market as Pandemic Origin
Two new studies say the virus was present in animals at the Huanan seafood market in 2019.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sue Williams • February 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
A tale of two dwellings: Why more Sydneysiders are buying second homes
A slew of Sydneysiders are now dividing their time between two home bases; a city pad and a home in the country or on the coast.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Timna Jacks • February 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Inside a long COVID clinic, a chronic condition is revealed
Why some people recover from long COVID at three, six or 24 months after infection, or don’t get long COVID at all, remains largely unexplained.
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Prof. Peter Doherty@ProfPCDoherty
I've been following this for a while, and the article is a good summary. It's not yet clear how many will be afflicted here, or how Omicron will figure in the scenario. Inside a long COVID clinic, a chronic condition is revealed theage.com.au/national/insid…
February 27, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Dana Daniel • February 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Hopes ‘raised and dashed’ in aged care response
On the first anniversary of the royal commission into aged care, its commissioner says not enough has been done to stop the suffering in a system in crisis.
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
This piece, on the implementation of the aged care royal commission recommendations, by Nine newspapers' @Dana_Adele is outstanding. Thorough, detailed and based on expertise. Go read it if you haven't yet smh.com.au/politics/feder…
February 27, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Eryk Bagshaw • February 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Untangling the story of Singapore’s ‘litter’ killing and the Australian IT worker who did it
It started with an empty $40 bottle of wine Andrew Gosling found in a rubbish chute and a bad day. It ended with a man dead and two families devastated.
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The Guardian • Nick Cohen • February 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Putin has used British rich man’s law to avoid scrutiny, at a crippling cost to us all
The price of justice in the UK has helped the Russian super-rich stay fixtures in our culture
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Financial Times • Max Seddon • February 26, 2022 • ft.com
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s resentful leader, takes the world to war
Pent-up anger with the west and a fixation on Ukraine make him more aggressive and unpredictable than ever
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The Guardian • Donna Lu • February 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Rain records: how long will NSW and Queensland’s wet and humid weather last?
Floods have claimed lives and Sydney is experiencing its wettest summer in decades amid La Niña and climate change. Is this the new normal?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Laura Chung • February 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Threatened bilbies and bandicoots flourish far away from cats and foxes
Feral-free enclosures set among the rolling sand dunes and green sea of shrubs in far north-west NSW let bandicoots and bilbies roam without fear of introduced predators.
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The Guardian • Martin Pengelly • February 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Tucker Carlson condemned for Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Rwanda’ comments
Fox News anchor accused of presenting ‘perfect distillation of white supremacy’ in rant against supreme court nominee
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • February 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Foxtel cuts broadcast of Kremlin-backed RT channel in Australia
Station formerly known as Russia Today claims forces are trying to ‘liberate’ land from Ukraine
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • February 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Ukraine battles Russian troop surge as West sends weapons, cuts off Russian banks
Residents reported a Russian strike on a building 30km from the centre of the capital, while video footage showed tanks heading down a main thoroughfare.
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The Guardian • Martin Pengelly • February 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coronavirus came from Wuhan market and not Chinese lab, twin studies say
Two major studies released by scientists but yet to be published in journals say virus did not emerge from Wuhan Institute of Virology
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