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ABC News • Linton Besser, Ali Russell, Lucy Carter, Patrick Begley, Laura Gartry • May 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
How a politically connected company earned more than $1 billion from the pandemic
Private healthcare company Aspen Medical was given more than $1 billion in government PPE contracts, despite having no experience in large-scale procurement, a Four Corners investigation reveals.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • May 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
ICAC commissioner slams kangaroo court claims as ‘deeply offensive’
One of the commissioners of NSW’s corruption watchdog has slammed critics, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, for labelling the institution a kangaroo court.
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • May 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
CSIRO has become ‘extravagant consulting company’, one of its former top climate scientists says
After cutting ties with the agency, Prof David Karoly is free of its restrictions on commenting on climate policy
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
Points of interest here include what happened when Prof David Karoly posted a comment on a @ConversationEDU piece about research into science suppression in Australia. theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 2, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • May 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Barnaby Joyce appointed Liberal fundraiser to taxpayer-funded role
Ryan Arrold, whose Hume Forum raises funds for Energy Minister Angus Taylor, was made a non-executive director of the Australian Rail Track Corporation.
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • May 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Bushland marked as environmental offset for new Sydney airport bulldozed for car park
The heritage listed and critically endangered Cumberland plain woodland was cleared for a new defence department facility
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Chan • May 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Victorian food-bowl seat up for grabs in three-way fight over water and jobs
Irrigation issues dominate in Coalition-held Nicholls, the nation’s sixth-safest seat, with Liberals, Nationals and an independent all in the running
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Benita Kolovos@benitakolovos
Another great piece from our Anywhere but Canberra series by @gabriellechan on the three-way contest in Nicholls theguardian.com/australia-news… @GuardianAus
May 2, 2022
The Guardian • Gabrielle Chan • May 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Nicholls might be a safe Coalition seat but locals are learning political alternatives deliver attention
Voters have first-hand experience of a state independent MP who is closely aligned to federal candidate Rob Priestly
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ABC News • Linton Besser, Ali Russell, Lucy Carter, Patrick Begley • May 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
Former insider says Greg Hunt's 'close friend' got a medical company government 'access'
The former chairman and co-founder of Aspen Medical tells Four Corners how the company obtained access to senior ranks of the Coalition government before it made more than $1 billion from the pandemic.
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • May 2, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Dreyfus attacks Collaery prosecution: 'an affront to the rule of law'
Mark Dreyfus, who will become attorney-general if Labor wins the election, has savaged the conduct of the trial of Bernard Collaery, and questioned the public interest in its continuation.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • May 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Morrison’s campaign unravels as Labor learns his game
Without an opponent to simplistically position against, Morrison has struggled to define himself.
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The Guardian • Jordyn Beazley • May 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Breaks your heart’: rural kids waiting on critical development services
Natural disasters and the pandemic have compounded the scarcity of support for children in regional Australia, putting them at risk of a cycle of disadvantage
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
Are we cool with this? An estimated 180,000 children in rural NSW are in need of childhood development services that are just not available in their region. A great reported feature by @jordynbeazley + @mpbowers
theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 2, 2022
The Age • Paul Sakkal • May 2, 2022 • theage.com.au
Kooyong contest turns ugly as independent alleges Josh Frydenberg misquoted her mother-in-law
Josh Frydenberg told his election launch that independent Monique Ryan’s mother-in-law told him she would vote for him. Ryan soon hit back.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
Josh Frydenberg's challenger, Monique Ryan, claims the Treasurer misquoted her "frail" mother in law in an attempt to embarrass the teal independent
Meanwhile John Howard, who was meant to launch Frydenberg's campaign, says he'll win comfortably @theage
theage.com.au/national/victo…
May 2, 2022
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • May 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
For parents already living grief, NDIS cuts feel like our kids are being punished for incompetent leadership | Kim Berry
The NDIA has forgotten its purpose to serve the most vulnerable, and it leaves families with an impossible choice
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Dalton • May 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Pool party pride: Politics drowned out at council’s first gender diverse swim night
Swimming isn’t easy as a gender diverse person. On Friday, the community reclaimed the lanes.
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • May 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Mike Cannon-Brookes buys up AGL shares in bid to block energy giant’s demerger
AGL says it’s determined to go ahead with the merger despite the purchase, which has made Cannon-Brookes the company’s largest single shareholder
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The Age • Josh Gordon • May 2, 2022 • theage.com.au
‘Care agenda’: Premier spends on health to help put budget on track for balance
Daniel Andrews is promising pandemic repair including billions of dollars in new health spending at the centre of a budget he says will make no attempt to cut services and will instead grow its way back to balance.
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The Monthly • Nick Feik • May 1, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
Spoiling for victory
The election campaign is no way to decide how to run the country
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Nick Feik@NickFeik
Nine years of Coalition government have had devastating effects on Australian civil society – not that you’d know it from watching the election campaign coverage.
New piece from the new issue of @THEMONTHLY:
themonthly.com.au/issue/2022/may…
May 2, 2022
The Judith Neilson Institute • May 2, 2022 • jninstitute.org
Federal Election '22: Mounting criticism of journalists over election coverage | JNI
Journalists are being heavily criticised for their coverage of the election campaign. But is it entirely their fault?
The Sydney Morning Herald • Broede Carmody, Lisa Visentin, Angus Dalton • May 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
As it happened: Labor officially launches campaign in Perth; Coalition promises to expand health card access for older Australians
Labor leader Anthony Albanese says Australia ‘does not have three more years to waste’, the Coalition wants to expand access to the seniors’ health care card and the contest in the Melbourne seat of Kooyong has turned ugly.
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Michael Koziol@michaelkoziol
Morrison: "If re-elected, we will pursue passage of the Religious Discrimination Bill as stand-alone legislation in the next parliament and will not accept any attempts to make changes to other laws that undermine protections for religious institutions." smh.com.au/national/elect…
May 2, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy, Michael Bleby • May 1, 2022 • afr.com
Calls for Labor to go beyond 10,000 homes in new purchase plan
The property sector and social service organisations all love Labor’s plans to help low- and middle-income Australians into homeownership, calling for even more ambition from Anthony Albanese.
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Tom McIlroy@TomMcIlroy
PM mistaken saying Labor’s plan will see the government benefit from renovations or improvements to houses bought under shared equity plan. Policy has provisions for the owner to benefit alone from major improvements. afr.com/politics/feder…
May 2, 2022

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