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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rob Harris • March 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Kimberley Kitching: Farewell to a patriot and a friend
“Patriot” has been used to describe the late senator – a lover of language (she spoke six), she would be keen to explain the origin of the word – and her work shows she was just that.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Stuart Robert says ‘dud teachers’ not an issue in Australia’s independent schools
Acting education minister says teacher training needs overhaul as ‘bottom 10%’ are ‘dragging the chain’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • March 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Blame-shifting and stunts won’t win Morrison an election
When Scott Morrison came under fire over his handling of the flood crisis, there was one person who did not come out swinging.
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Associated Press • Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka • March 16, 2022 • apnews.com
'Why? Why? Why?' Ukraine's Mariupol descends into despair
In the more than two weeks since Russia’s war began, two AP journalists have been the only international media present in Mariupol, chronicling its fall into chaos and despair.
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The Guardian • Lorena Allam • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia’s history of massacres should be no surprise, but many have to be dragged to the truth
The massacre map is not for Aboriginal people. We already know what happened – and need justice to follow
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright • March 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
States get bonus GST billions but taxpayers prop up WA again
Scott Morrison’s deal with WA means taxpayers will have to take on an extra $10 billion in debt to cover a political fix he created as treasurer.
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Shane Wright@swrighteconomy
One great deal - the GST deal to keep WA happy is going to cost all taxpayers (including West Australians) more than $10b in extra debt, plus the interest bill on that. While also paying more GST as inflation picks up ... smh.com.au/politics/feder…
March 17, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Morrison government yet to release 2019 report on vulnerability of Australia’s fuel supplies
Concerns findings could stay secret for 20 years if Coalition loses election, while earlier report shows inadequate fuel storage
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Lot of show and not a lot of go’: aged care workers struggling to get Morrison government’s $800 bonus
Cash-strapped industry is being asked to initially fund the scheme, with no guarantee of reimbursement from an ‘overly bureaucratic and slow process’
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ABC News • Andrew Probyn • March 17, 2022 • abc.net.au
Kimberley Kitching disclosed allegations Labor colleagues bullied her months before her death
Labor senator Kimberley Kitching told a parliament-employed workplace trainer she was being bullied by Senate Labor colleagues, according to multiple ALP sources.
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Is Australia really beating other countries at cutting emissions?
Scott Morrison has to be very selective with the data to make a favourable global comparison
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The Guardian • Stephanie Convery • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘It reached 38 degrees’: rental properties across Australia routinely exceeding safe temperatures, study reveals
Warnings come as extreme heat kills more people than all other natural disasters in Australia combined
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Adam Morton, Lisa Cox • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Barnaby Joyce tags $500m for Queensland dam despite lack of environmental approvals
Environment groups say Urannah Dam project could destroy rare freshwater turtle habitat while feasibility studies suggest dam is not viable
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Bit of fine print worth looking at closely when it comes to the big central Queensland dam news theguardian.com/australia-news… – with @adamlmorton and @_LisaMCox #auspol
March 17, 2022
ABC News • Elizabeth Byrne • March 16, 2022 • abc.net.au
Evidence so secret that even Bernard Collaery can't know what it is will be used against him in court
Top-secret evidence will be allowed to be called by the Commonwealth in the conspiracy trial of Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery.
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Nick Feik@NickFeik
Evidence that Collaery himself cannot see/hear will be used against him in his trial.
Whoever is involved in this decision and ok with it should resign in shame. This is not normal.
abc.net.au/news/2022-03-1…
March 16, 2022
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Most of Australia’s threatened species not monitored by government, audit finds
Conservation groups say ‘incredibly concerning’ report shows Coalition is failing to protect endangered wildlife
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian home prices rose a record 24% last year. That’s insane
In most capital cites housing affordability is about 25% worse than it was just 18 months ago
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
20 years of housing affordability
theguardian.com/business/grogo…
March 17, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Butler, Daniel Hurst • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Putin-linked Russian oligarchs with Australian assets escape Morrison government sanctions
Transparency advocates ‘can’t make sense’ of decision to exclude resource industry figures from sanctions
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The Guardian • Benita Kolovos • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Threatened duck species killed as extended Victorian hunting season begins
Victoria’s longest hunting season since 2018 is under way, despite bans on the practice elsewhereGet our free news app; get our morning email briefing
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Great Barrier Reef hit by sixth mass bleaching event, leading coral scientist says
Prof Terry Hughes says he believes bleaching is under way as the Australian government conducts monitoring flights over 2,300km reef
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Australian Financial Review • David Marin-Guzman • March 17, 2022 • afr.com
Skinny dipping professor wins job back
A senior academic at the Australian National University was unfairly fired for swimming nude with a student and kissing her in a ‘fully consensual’ encounter, according to the workplace tribunal.
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ABC News • Melissa Clarke • March 17, 2022 • abc.net.au
PM's campaigning in Perth blamed for hold-up on further NSW flood assistance
The NSW government is pointing the finger at Prime Minister Scott Morrison over the delay of a further round of flood disaster assistance expected to be announced yesterday.
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