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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • April 5, 2022 • news.com.au
Leaked texts expose PM’s 7.30 ‘lie’
A second text from former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has slammed the Prime Minister as being more concerned with “petty pointscoring” than human lives at the height of the deadly 2020 bushfires.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Breaking: Texts that prove PM’s “lie” on Gladys Berejiklian’s denial that she called him a “horrible, horrible person” in leaked correspondence @newscomauHQ news.com.au/national/feder…
April 5, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler • April 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
George Christensen spent $20,000 promoting personal website and email list before quitting politics
Labor questions whether Facebook ads encouraging people to ‘keep in touch’ with Christensen were funded by taxpayers
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • April 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition accused of sitting on environment report to avoid delivering ‘more bad news’
Calls for report to be released before election so voters know ‘official state’ of environment under Morrison government
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ABC News • Matt Martino • April 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
Fact check: Is Australia beating the US, Japan, NZ, Canada and 'many' European countries on emissions?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia has reduced emissions by around 20 per cent, and that this is a better record than the US, NZ, Canada, Japan and many European countries. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • April 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Michael Towke claims cabinet minister texted ‘I believe you’ following allegations against Scott Morrison
Towke claims minister messaged ‘do what you feel you need to do’ after he alleged Morrison in 2007 suggested he couldn’t be trusted because he was Lebanese
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Miki Perkins • April 6, 2022 • smh.com.au
Action on environment report card stalls as government slow to release
The co-author of a major environment report card the Morrison government received more than three months ago but is yet to make public says she hopes it will be released soon, so scientists can act on its findings.
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Miki Perkins@perkinsmiki
New from me: I spoke with Professor Emma Johnston, one of the co-chief authors of the State of the Environment report that the federal government is unlikely to release before the election.
theage.com.au/environment/cl…
April 6, 2022
The Age • Josh Gordon • April 6, 2022 • theage.com.au
Labor loses ground but Andrews still preferred premier, poll shows
The latest poll, undertaken exclusively for The Age, shows the political contest in Victoria is narrowing, but Daniel Andrews retains a commanding lead over Matthew Guy as preferred premier.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
Andrews government primary drops 4 per cent while Matthew Guy's Coalition up 2 points @theage #springst
theage.com.au/national/victo…
April 6, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Kate McClymont • April 6, 2022 • smh.com.au
Queen of the con: why the Melissa Caddick mystery captivates me as much as you
The fraudster’s brazen theft of millions from those closest to her has driven me to find answers in a new podcast: Liar, Liar.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
"How much did she take from your extended family?"
"About $10 million."
Just the extracts from this podcast are amazing.
smh.com.au/national/queen…
April 6, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • April 6, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘I believe you’: Michael Towke says federal cabinet minister backs him
The man who has accused Scott Morrison of “racial vilification” in a Liberal Party ballot more than a decade ago says a current cabinet minister believes his account.
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The Canberra Times • Karen Barlow • April 6, 2022 • canberratimes.com.au
New polls show re-election trouble for Seselja
The first published polls covering the ACT senate race show Liberal senator Zed Seselja well short of filling...
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Thompson, Michael Koziol • April 6, 2022 • smh.com.au
Liberal preselection challenger kicked out of party due to court case
A member of the NSW Liberals’ state executive who launched a legal challenge over the preselection process has been kicked out of the party.
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ABC News • Hagar Cohen, Alex McDonald, Raveen Hunjan, Mario Christodoulou • April 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
How Hillsong built its property empire by taking financial control of other churches
Zhenya and Vera Kasevich, who led the congregations of Hillsong Kyiv and Moscow, accuse Brian Houston and Hillsong's general manager of sending threatening emails during a dispute over the transfer of their church and its assets to Hillsong Australia.
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Crikey • Leonardo Puglisi • April 6, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Mr Morrison, Mr Albanese and us: how a 14-year-old journalist and his colleague scored an interview with the PM
The prime minister has stepped up, but the opposition leader stepped back when approached by 6 News Australia's young team.
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Leonardo Puglisi@Leo_Puglisi6
I've written a piece for @crikey_news about how @RomanMackinnon6 & I managed to score an interview with the PM
I also talk about how @AlboMP's team hasn't gotten back to us despite multiple requests
Full interview: TONIGHT at 8pm AEST on @6NewsAU
crikey.com.au/2022/04/06/mr-…
April 6, 2022
The Guardian • Natasha May • April 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Most wild dogs killed across rural Australia are pure dingoes, DNA research says
Researchers say slaughter of wild dogs comes down to matter of wording as some graziers consider how to co-exist with native dingoes
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • April 6, 2022 • smh.com.au
Budget winners and losers: a guide to who’s a Morrison mate and who’s not
Scott Morrison, to my knowledge, has never promised to “govern for all Australians”.
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ABC News • Kath Sullivan • April 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
Albanese hints at permanent residency for foreign workers
Foreign workers could be allowed to live permanently in Australia if Labor wins the upcoming election, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has hinted.
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Newcastle Herald • Ethan Hamilton • April 6, 2022 • newcastleherald.com.au
PM confronted by angry punter at Edgeworth Tavern
In a public confrontation with Scott Morrison, littered with expletives, the man vocalised outrage regarding his pension, among...
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • April 6, 2022 • smh.com.au
Kean names and shames public companies for lacking female leaders
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has taken an extraordinary swipe at ASX-list companies for having too few women on their boards.
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The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • April 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
NSW flood victims missing out on federal relief because of where they live, premier says
Dominic Perrottet says negotiations with federal counterparts have been ‘frustrating’
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ABC Radio National • April 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
Rex Patrick calls for an investigation into lucrative Government appointments
Independent Senator Rex Patrick has asked the Auditor General to investigate the appointment of former coalition MPs and staffers to well paid jobs in agencies. He says that many of the appointees have been given the lucrative jobs, but don't have the necessary skills and legal background to do the work.
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