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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • March 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Kimberley Kitching’s death and its aftermath are another glimpse into the routine brutality of Australian politics
This is fundamentally a story about contemporary politics. It isn’t pretty, because the arena can be hostile to humans
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ABC News • Virginia Trioli • March 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
What they really mean when they call grown women 'mean girls'
The pressure Kimberley Kitching was under before her tragic death has blown open a nasty battle within the Labor Party that has been a festering political reality for years. Yet it is profoundly disappointing that it is playing out in archaic and sexist language that still finds its origin in representations of witches, harpies and shrews, writes Virginia Trioli.
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ABC News • Laura Tingle • March 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
The real question hanging over Kimberley Kitching's death is not who's responsible, but what the aftermath says about the Labor party
The realpolitik questions about Kitching's death aren't about whether the Labor party killed her or not, but what they reveal about the way Albanese and his team run the party, and how they manage the politics of this dreadful situation, writes Laura Tingle.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
This week’s column: a death is to be grieved. But it’s political fallout has to be assessed abc.net.au/news/2022-03-1…
March 19, 2022
The Saturday Paper • Richard Denniss • March 19, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Scott Morrison’s economic lies
Scott Morrison lies about the economy all the time. He can’t help himself. He tells big lies about transitioning away from fossil fuels and small lies about the role of his office in the way grants are directed to marginal seats. He tells strategic lies about the union movement engaging in “a campaign of extortion” to prevent medical supplies making it to Australia and he
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
"Sadly, the dominant role of economics in Australia today is not to help voters make big choices but to tell them they have none" - today's must read, @RDNS_TAI thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/… via @SatPaper
March 19, 2022
The Guardian • Stephanie Convery • March 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
How Australia’s skyrocketing cost of living is pushing people into poverty
Even those on full-time incomes are struggling, while things are even tougher for people on government support payments
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick O'Malley, Laura Chung • March 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
The failures that left Australians facing floods alone began years ago
Sometime before dawn on Monday, February 27, Aiden Ricketts’ neighbours began to cry for help.
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The Washington Post • Jason Samenow, Kasha Patel • March 19, 2022 • washingtonpost.com
It’s 70 degrees warmer than normal in eastern Antarctica. Scientists are flabbergasted.
"This event is completely unprecedented and upended our expectations about the Antarctic climate system," one expert said.
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Joelle Gergis@joellegergis
Temperature records are being smashed in Antarctica, the Great Barrier Reef is bleaching — yet again — as eastern Australia still mops up from catastrophic floods. Fossil fuels are cooking our planet. washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/0…
March 19, 2022
ABC News • Daniel Mercer • March 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Unaffordable' petrol, $7 coffees and ruined holiday plans: Welcome to the world of record fuel prices
Industry groups are warning that consumers already battling surging costs are set to face more pain as the price of everything from food and flights to the weekend drive soars.
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The Guardian • Kieran Pender • March 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘It’s the vibe’: 25 years on, how The Castle became an Australian classic
The low-budget comedy has been quoted in the high court, made Bonnie Doon synonymous with ‘serenity’ and carved itself a unique space in the national imagination
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Kieran Pender@KieranPender
'It’s the constitution, it’s Mabo, it’s justice, it’s law, it’s the vibe.' 25 years ago, iconic Australian film The Castle was released. For @GuardianAus, I look at the film's cultural resonance, legal legacy and subtle political message theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/…
March 19, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • March 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
South Australia election: Labor wins government as Liberal premier Steven Marshall concedes
Peter Malinauskas to become state’s 47th premier as Liberal government deserted by voters after just one term
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
This is the first election an incumbent government has lost in Australia in the time of the pandemic. ⁦@msmarto⁩ with tonight’s news 👇 theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 19, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
Marshall’s election defeat a concern for Morrison, and premiers
Steven Marshall’s defeat is a warning to Premiers and Prime Ministers - living with COVID means that voters are willing to change governments.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
First incumbent in Australia to lose an election since COVID-19.
Wave hits just when Scott Morrison is trying to stay above water.
@jamesmassola here:
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
March 19, 2022
The Guardian • Nino Bucci • March 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
Zachary Rolfe lied about violent 2018 arrest, Northern Territory judge found
Suppression orders made in police officer’s trial have been lifted, revealing details about a previous case in which he was accused of giving unreliable evidence
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Amy McQuire@amymcquire
Amazing isn't it how Mr Walker's past history is deemed important, so important as to be shared across The Oz to undermine Rolfe's culpability, while Rolfe's history is suppressed - who was the one on trial for murder?!! theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 19, 2022
The Guardian • Joanna Walters • March 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Russian foreign minister praises Fox News coverage of war in Ukraine
Sergei Lavrov says only Fox is presenting an ‘alternative point of view’ rather than ‘information terrorism’
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ABC News • Stacey Pestrin, Sara Garcia • March 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
Labor pulls off stunning election victory in SA, ousting Liberals after one term
Peter Malinauskas will become South Australia's new premier, after Labor pulls off a stunning election victory.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘What do we say to people? They still need help’: Bushfire first responder service at risk
A free trauma service for first responders to bushfires, floods and other disasters has been told its $4 million funding won’t be renewed.
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The Age • March 18, 2022 • theage.com.au
The Age scoops up 12 gongs at Melbourne Press Club’s Quill Awards
The Age dominated the awards night, picking up more Quills than any other media outlet in one of its best hauls in 10 years.
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The Guardian • Natasha May • March 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘I needed ice like I needed air’: meth use is still rampant in regional Australia
Study finds methamphetamine the most consumed illicit drug nationwide – and the problem is worse outside the cities
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Mick Ryan • March 18, 2022 • smh.com.au
Putin needs a revised theory of victory that excludes the capture of Kyiv
Seizing Kyiv is now probably beyond the Russian forces. Putin may have to shift the goal posts in Ukraine.
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Major General (just retired!) Mick Ryan@WarintheFuture
Russia's President needs a story line that preserves his Presidency, relaxes sanctions on his country & gives the appearance that Ukraine bore some success for Russia. In lieu of my normal longer thread, one based on my analysis in today’s @smh | 1/12 smh.com.au/national/putin…
March 19, 2022
BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • March 19, 2022 • bbc.com
Ukraine war: Putin has redrawn the world - but not the way he wanted
Because of his miscalculations, there's a new iron curtain at the Russian leader’s door - writes Allan Little
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • March 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Josh Frydenberg open to intervening in insurance market as climate change pushes up premiums
Treasurer says he’s conscious premiums too high for many people in disaster prone areas, but says more work needed on a proposal to extend reinsurance scheme
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Also in a pre-budget interview ⁦@JoshFrydenberg⁩ says he’s open to looking more at affordability of insurance premiums given increasing extreme weather events. But the issue needs closer examination than just extending the reinsurance pool #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 19, 2022

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