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The Guardian • Benita Kolovos • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Here to get things done’: Daniel Andrews prepares for battle over paid sick leave
Exclusive: Victoria’s premier reveals why he is gearing up for a showdown with the Coalition government and business over benefits for casual workers
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Benita Kolovos@benitakolovos
“I got fit and well to come back, not to piss off. I’ve got a lot to do,” Victorian premier Daniel Andrews told me during an exclusive interview to mark the launch of Guardian Australia’s new Victorian state news section. theguardian.com/australia-news… @GuardianAus
March 14, 2022
The Guardian • Lenore Taylor • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Guardian Australia is expanding its coverage of the states: here’s why
The states have always played a central role in readers’ lives but never more so than in these years of pandemics and natural disasters
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ABC News • Laura Gartry, Ali Russell, Anne Connolly, Stephanie Zillman, Brendan Esposito • March 14, 2022 • abc.net.au
Chris is one of the few people to escape the Public Trustee system. The ordeal cost him $1 million
When the Public Trustee is given the keys to your life, speaking out publicly is illegal, and it can block you from trying to regain your freedom. Four Corners went to the Supreme Court to reveal the hidden ordeals of those who have escaped the system.
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Anne Connolly@anneconnollyabc
These #publictrustee stories have never been told like this because of gag laws which mean a journalist can be imprisoned for telling them. We tell them on @4corners abc.net.au/news/2022-03-1…
March 14, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • March 14, 2022 • smh.com.au
NSW asked for troops five days before numbers were confirmed via media
The State Emergency Service formally asked for troops to be sent to help deal with floods three times before the federal government responded.
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The Guardian • Josh Taylor • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Emergency chiefs slam Coalition’s ‘fumbling’ response to floods, claiming they were warned of a potential crisis
Group says government was advised late last year of the prospect of massive flooding but did not adequately prepare communities
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The Guardian • Conal Hanna • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Everything you need to know about Guardian Australia’s state news coverage
A team of nine has been appointed to extend our reporting of state politics and issues such as education, health, transport and energy
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
and congratulations to state news editor @conalhanna and assistant editor @mark_schliebs , and the state reporting teams @BenSmee @mmcgowan @benitakolovos @AdesholaOre @tamsinroses @joe_hinchliffe and (from next week) @edengillespie twitter.com/lenoretaylor/s…
March 14, 2022
The Guardian • Anne Davies, Lisa Cox • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Icac queries Barilaro grant to company linked to Angus Taylor’s family
Icac refuses to confirm or deny if it’s investigating, but has asked questions about the $107,000 grant
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Land-clearing destroyed 90,000 hectares of Queensland koala habitat in single year, analysis finds
The Wilderness Society says ‘it’s time to take a good, hard look’ at the state’s beef industry, which is blamed for 80% of clearing
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Financial Times • Demetri Sevastopulo • March 14, 2022 • ft.com
Russia has asked China for military help in Ukraine, US officials say
White House fears move is sign of ever closer ties between Beijing and Moscow
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ABC News • Ali Russell, Anne Connolly, Stephanie Zillman • March 14, 2022 • abc.net.au
Woman found not guilty of stealing from her mum billed $10,000 to help build police case against her
Siham Benz was acquitted of stealing from her dying mother, only to discover a government agency took $10,000 of her inheritance to help build the police case against her.
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Anne Connolly@anneconnollyabc
One of our stories about the #publictrustee on tonight’s ⁦@4corners⁩. abc.net.au/news/2022-03-1…
March 14, 2022
Associated Press • Mstyslav Chernov • March 14, 2022 • apnews.com
Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned. Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance on a stretcher had circled the world, epitomizing the horror of an attack on humanity’s most innocent.
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Katharine Houreld@khoureld
The AP found out what happened to the mothers and babies injured when Russia bombed their hospital. The mother in this picture, whose pelvis was crushed, cried out for medics to kill her to save her child; they both died. apnews.com/article/russia…
March 14, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Smee • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
In Queensland’s food bowl, farmers fear the gas bores from next door
Tension between agriculture and resources is bubbling over as farmers seek urgent clarity on who owns the ground beneath their properties
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Ben Smee@BenSmee
So as promised, today the Guardian has launched expanded coverage of Queensland. Welcome.
We are starting today talking about how coal seam gas is affecting farmers in the Darling Downs
theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 14, 2022
ABC News • March 14, 2022 • abc.net.au
Prime Minister discussed 'cyclones and floods' with BOM last year, experts say government ignored advice
Scott Morrison says he is pleased he spoke with experts from the Bureau of Meteorology last year about summer cyclones and floods. It comes as former emergency service chiefs accused the Morrison government of "bungling" the flood disaster.
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • March 14, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: Oh Lord make us fiscally chaste, but not yet, says Morrison
The Prime Minister’s speech to an AFR summit last week was a classic of having it both ways, of saying one thing and then immediately saying the opposite.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • March 14, 2022 • news.com.au
PM silent on $30-a-tank petrol tax
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is gouging $30 in petrol taxes every time you fill up a petrol tank but has cautioned motorists that slashing the excise won’t stop prices rising, as a result of the war in Ukraine.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
PM under pressure over $30 tax sting when you fill up the tank news.com.au/finance/econom…
March 14, 2022
The Guardian • Robert Reich • March 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Putin and Trump have convinced me: I was wrong about the 21st century
Nationalism is disappearing, democracy is inevitable, nuclear war can’t happen: Ukraine shows old certainties were wrong
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘People think it’s all in the past’: push to reform system taking Aboriginal kids from families
Indigenous children make up 41% of all kids in out-of-home care in NSW, while changes recommended three years ago have been ignored
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ABC News • March 14, 2022 • abc.net.au
I spoke to nearly 50 women who dated narcissistic liars. Here’s what I learnt
After falling for a man she met online whose life was a carefully constructed web of lies, journalist Stephanie Wood meets other women with uncannily similar experiences.
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@IFJGlobal • March 13, 2022 • ifj.org
US reporter Brent Renaud was shot and killed in Ukraine / IFJ
An award-winning US journalist working in Ukraine, Brent Renaud, has been shot dead in Irpin, outside Kyiv, on Sunday 13 March. Ukrainian police said he had been targeted by Russian soldiers. Two other journalists were injured and taken to hospital. It is the first reported death of a foreign journalist covering the war in Ukraine. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) condemn the killing and call for the killers to be brought to justice.
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The Guardian • Adeshola Ore • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Melbourne determined to be ‘a city of yes’ as it seeks to revive flagging cultural scene
Wednesday is the new Friday and late-night gigs are being replaced by pre-dinner, twilight shows as ‘repressed’ Melbourne is set free
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