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The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Pru Goward among six Liberal-linked appointments by Coalition to Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Concerns sparked of repeat of 2019 when one in five named for government bodies before election called had Liberal or National ties
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • April 4, 2022 • news.com.au
‘Beyond the pale’: PM rocked by new claims
Scott Morrison has been hit with fresh claims he sought to exploit anti-Muslim sentiment, with two witnesses to a shadow cabinet meeting in 2010 insisting there was a “blow up” with Malcolm Turnbull over the issue.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jacqueline Maley • April 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Morrison government behind secrecy clause in payout to Dyson Heydon’s alleged victims
Three of Heydon’s former associates received a payout from the Commonwealth for sexual harassment they suffered, but the government doesn’t want taxpayers to know how much they were paid.
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The Australian • JESS MALCOLM • April 3, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Tree scheme fails to deliver on $38m replanting promise
No trees have been planted under the Morrison governments 37.5m program designed to replant damaged bushfire areas after the Black Summer fires.
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ABC News • Mark Willacy, Josh Robertson, Stephanie March, Kyle Taylor • April 4, 2022 • abc.net.au
The firefight was over, but NZ SAS soldiers say what they saw an Australian do next disturbed them
Secret documents reveal eyewitness accounts from New Zealand soldiers who said an Australian SAS operator brutalised corpses in East Timor in 1999.
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Mark Willacy@markwillacy
He "lost it"...an Australian soldier was accused of kicking corpses in East Timor. What the NZ SAS witnessed shocked them and went much further... abc.net.au/news/2022-04-0… via @ABCaustralia
April 4, 2022
The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Liberal MP accuses Scott Morrison of ‘ruthless bullying’ and scheming at the expense of flood victims
NSW upper house member Catherine Cusack claims prime minister has ruined the Liberal party and says she will not vote for re-election of Coalition government
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • April 4, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: Soaring house prices have changed society for the worse
The disaster of Australian house prices over the past 40 years has not just reshaped the economy but fundamentally transformed society, writes Alan Kohler.
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Alan Kohler@AlanKohler
Today’s @TheNewDailyAu column: in most developed countries, houses have become cheaper relative to income over 40 years, while in Australia the relative price has more than doubled, which has changed the economy and society
thenewdaily.com.au/finance/financ…
April 4, 2022
Crikey • Kishor Napier-Raman • April 4, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Government stacks AAT with Liberal mates days before calling the election
As is apparent tradition, the Coalition has rammed through Liberal appointees to the AAT just before announcing the federal election.
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Kishor@kishor_nr
Days before an election announcement, the Morrison government announced a flurry of appointments to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, many of whom are former Liberal MPs and staffers
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crikey.com.au/2022/04/04/gov…
April 4, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • April 3, 2022 • afr.com
PM starts the election race from well behind: poll
The Morrison government will enter the election campaign lagging Labor by up to 10 percentage points, according to an exclusive new poll, which also shows last week’s federal budget was given a lukewarm reception by voters and may not provide the boost required.
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Jacob Greber@jacobgreber
AFR is doing a series of polls for this years election. The first, based on 2563 people, out today.
Liberals to start from behind after lukewarm budget response: poll afr.com/politics/feder…
April 4, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Kieran Pender • April 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Curbing our freedom: the NSW bill that should never have become law
Aspects of life we take for granted today occurred because ordinary Australians took to the streets. But since Friday, protesting for change in NSW risks criminal sanction.
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The Guardian • Fiona Harvey • April 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Scientists urge end to fossil fuel use as landmark IPCC report readied
Talks stretch past deadline as governments are accused of trying to water down findings
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The Age • Paul Sakkal • April 4, 2022 • theage.com.au
Ombudsman has started probing alleged politicisation of Victoria’s public service
The inquiry follows an Age investigation that found more than 30 senior public servants were formerly advisers to Premier Daniel Andrews or his ministers.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Dana Daniel • April 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Mystery solved over Hansard change to hide budget’s missing $10 drug price cut
Bureaucrats had initially dodged questions over who asked for Hansard to be edited to delete references to a $10 cut to the price of medicines that did not make it into the budget.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • April 3, 2022 • smh.com.au
How Michael Towke’s brutal political takedown came back to bite Scott Morrison
Towke was an unexploded bomb, primed since the savage Liberal preselection contest of 2007 and lit by the speech of Concetta Fierravanti-Wells in the Senate last week.
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The Monthly • Nick Feik • April 4, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
What goes around…
The ugly story of Scott Morrison’s preselection has finally come back to bite him
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ABC News • Andrew Greene • April 4, 2022 • abc.net.au
First Australian armoured vehicles bound for Ukraine painted and ready to go
Four ADF Bushmaster vehicles are hastily repainted and modified so they can be flown to Europe, after a direct public request for them from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Stephen Dziedzic@stephendziedzic
Breaking from my colleagues @AndrewBGreene and @katebanville - four Bushmasters have been hastily repainted, modified and will be transported to Amberley tomorrow. They're expected to be flown to Ukraine within days abc.net.au/news/2022-04-0…
April 4, 2022
The Guardian • Bethan McKernan • April 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
Rape as a weapon: huge scale of sexual violence inflicted in Ukraine emerges
Women and girls have recounted the abuse they have suffered at the hands of Russian soldiers
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The Guardian • Jennifer Rankin, Daniel Boffey • April 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Killing of civilians in Bucha and Kyiv condemned as ‘terrible war crime’
Europe pledges further sanctions against Russia after reports of killing of scores of unarmed Ukrainians
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The Guardian • Adam Adada, David Fanner, Matilda Boseley • April 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Voting 101: how to enrol to vote in the 2022 Australian federal election – video
Have you enrolled to vote yet? Here's how
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • April 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Victoria to restore area five times size of Melbourne with $31m boost to private land conservation
BushBank scheme aims to revegetate parcels of private land to create habitat for endangered wildlife and capture carbon
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