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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
Leaked documents reveal scope of tax reform Turnbull and Morrison rejected
Leaked documents reveal fresh details about the broad scope of tax and housing policy changes considered by the Coalition when Scott Morrison was Treasurer and Malcolm Turnbull was Prime Minister.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
Cabinet documents leaked to @smh @theage reveal Treasury suggested to Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison they scale back negative gearing, capital gains tax breaks, raise GST & broaden the base. Instead of doing that they attacked Labor for doing so theage.com.au/politics/feder…
March 20, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Liam Mannix • March 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Desperate, despondent, ignored’: Australian science at crisis point
The Coalition’s decision to veto six research grants was the last straw for a sector that has felt it is under attack and saddled with an unfair funding system.
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • March 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Flood-affected Lismore residents with nowhere to go return to homes deemed uninhabitable
Exclusive: Multiple families who evacuated during the NSW floods left with no choice but to move back home in recent days
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Elias Visontay@EliasVisontay
Exclusive: Lismore residents whose houses were deemed uninhabitable have had no choice but to move back in, sleeping on swags in mouldy rooms without electricity, as they are unable to find safe accommodation three weeks after floods devastated the town theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 20, 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 • 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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Ben Eltham@beneltham
Remember when the Morrison government promised aged care workers a $800 bonus? You'll be shocked to hear that they haven't followed through theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 20, 2022
Daily Mail • Demeter Stamell, By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia • March 17, 2022 • dailymail.co.uk
Lisa Wilkinson sips on a margarita as she dines alone in Melbourne
Lisa Wilkinson cut a lonely figure when she dined out at Spoonbill Restaurant and Bar at The Olsen hotel in Melbourne on Wednesday.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
Australia to send weapons, humanitarian aid and 70,000 tonnes of coal to Ukraine
Australia will send a second round of aid to Ukraine as it attempts to fight back the Russian invaders. Weapons, humanitarian support and coal to keep power stations running are part of the assistance.
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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • March 19, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Morrison failed to act on flood relief ‘handshake’
As blame-shifting continues over the slow response to the floods in northern NSW, Scott Morrison has gone quiet on a support package agreed to with the state’s premier.
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The New York Times • Maureen Dowd • March 20, 2022 • nytimes.com
Opinion | While Putin Shrinks, Zelensky Soars
Tiny, tiny Trump and cruel fool Putin.
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Antony (Tony) Walker@tonywalker1
Let's not forget not long ago Australian political leaders were fawning over Mr Trump, likewise Australian business figures were paying homage, and shamefully sections of the media joined the chorus. It was disgusting then, it's worse in hindsight @nytimes nytimes.com/2022/03/19/opi…
March 20, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Megan Gorrey • March 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘We are sorry’: Hillsong apologises for Brian Houston conduct breach
Hillsong’s interim global pastor Phil Dooley told a Sunday service Mr Houston’s conduct was of “serious concern” and he had breached the church’s code of conduct.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Caitlin Fitzsimmons • March 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
NDIS plan budgets down 4 per cent as government denies cost cutting
Disability providers and NDIS participants have been raising the alarm about cost-cutting for months.
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@abcnews • March 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
Gibson - SA Electorate, Candidates, Results
Overview of the Gibson electorate in the South Australia election 2022
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Antony Green - elections@AntonyGreenElec
The southern Adelaide seat of Gibson has been added to the haul of Labor gains from the Liberal Party. #saparli #savotes #auspol abc.net.au/news/elections…
March 20, 2022
The Guardian • Nino Bucci • March 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Zachary Rolfe was allegedly violent during arrests of four Aboriginal males before Kumanjayi Walker shooting
Lifting of suppression orders reveals Northern Territory police officer also alleged to have falsified reports after three of the incidents
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ABC News • Isabel Dayman • March 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
Who is South Australia's new Premier Peter Malinauskas?
Votes have been counted and South Australia has a new premier. But who is Peter Malinauskas and what kind of leader will he be?
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • March 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Failing Eliza: ‘ultimately, she was a child who came to her own rescue’
All the systems that should support the vulnerable failed Eliza as a child. In this extract from a Quarterly Essay about the mental health system, one woman’s story paints a broader picture
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Grattan Institute • March 20, 2022 • grattan.edu.au
Roundabouts, overpasses, and carparks: Hauling the federal government back to its proper role in transport projects
Pork-barrelling wastes money, is unfair, and could be dramatically curtailed if the federal government stuck to its job of providing funding only for nationally significant transport projects.
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Peter Martin@1petermartin
This graph: grattan.edu.au/report/roundab… #auspol #ausecon
March 20, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
Albanese digs in on refusing Kitching inquiry as ALP sets up complaints panel
Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese has doubled down on his refusal to call an inquiry into the alleged bullying of Kimberley Kitching, ahead of her funeral on Monday.
Michael West Media • https://www.facebook.com/michaelwest.journo/ • March 20, 2022 • michaelwest.com.au
ABC should expose News Corp's agendas, not Labor's "Mean Girls"
The ABC had a choice this week: amplify Murdoch’s toxic “Mean Girls” coverage, or publish the truth about Rupert Murdoch's political agendas
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The New York Times • John Ismay • March 19, 2022 • nytimes.com
Ukraine Is Wrecking Russian Tanks With a Gift From Britain
The NLAW antitank missile weighs about half as much as an American-made Javelin, costs far less and can be easily discarded after use.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Latika Bourke • March 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘He’s not crazy at all’: Stalin’s biographer says Putin is channelling tsars and dictators
Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore says Putin is threatening Russians with Stalinist purges while aspiring to an 18th century empire.
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