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The Sydney Morning Herald • Fred Chaney • May 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
I was deputy leader of the Liberals. The party I served has lost its way
The Liberal Party is held hostage by its extremes. There is no capacity to reform from within. The system needs to be changed by us, the electorate.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • May 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
LNP Senate candidate believes Bill Gates was behind COVID and MMR vaccine causes autism
Nicole Tobin, who is on the LNP’s Senate ticket in Queensland, also claimed there was a conspiracy about the reporting of COVID deaths in Australia.
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan, Joe Hinchliffe • May 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
One Nation running candidates in states where they don’t live, as emails reveal scramble to fill seats
When Rob Sinclair tried to nominate for the party in his local electorate it pleaded with him to run in other states
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Crikey • Christopher Warren • May 4, 2022 • crikey.com.au
News Corp mastheads are not doing journalism. Why pretend otherwise?
Treating the company seriously as a news organisation hurts Australia's fact-based news media. It's time to stop.
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
THIS from Chris Warren:
"Treating News Corp seriously is hurting the fact-based news media, particularly the ABC. It pays the price in its own credibility every time it provides space to the News tabloids and The Australian as legitimate media voices."
crikey.com.au/2022/05/04/new…
May 4, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott, Alexandra Smith, Tom Rabe • May 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Public autocracy’: Morrison warns of integrity commission risks
The Prime Minister warned Australia could become an unrecognisable “public autocracy” if an anti-corruption body is given too much power.
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news.com.au • James Weir • May 4, 2022 • news.com.au
‘Butt of the joke’: PM’s desperate 24 hours
Interest rate hikes threw up one of the biggest challenges Prime Minister Scott Morrison has faced on the campaign trail but it was something else that kicked off what was perhaps his toughest 24 hours: a mouthy mum.
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
17 days to go
news.com.au/national/feder…
May 4, 2022
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • May 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Seven’s election debate to air after Big Brother as prime minister snubs ABC
The federal director of the Liberal party, Andrew Hirst, rejected the national broadcaster’s offer earlier this week without giving an explanation
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Nature Publishing Group UK • May 3, 2022 • nature.com
Australia must abolish law that allows politicians to veto research grants
The upcoming Australian election is an opportunity for researchers to press all parties to reinstate the independence of research funding.
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The Guardian • Josh Butler • May 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
In Hunter, where coal is king, a Labor heartland seat faces a strong Coalition challenge
The ALP has held the NSW electorate at every election since 1910. But with seismic changes under way, the valley’s miners are eyeing the future with unease
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ABC News • Ariel Bogle, Kevin Nguyen, Dunja Karagic • May 4, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Outrageous': One Nation's invisible candidate sparks anger and confusion in key election battleground
Candidates at this stage of the federal election are keen to be seen and heard. But One Nation's pick for the electorate of Hughes, Narelle Seymour, has remained an enigma for the constituents in the southern Sydney seat.
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The Guardian • Van Badham • May 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
As Khloé Kardashian appears to know, there’s an existential terror to beauty
What does it say that you can prettify to such levels and still be made paranoid about how you look?
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Australian Financial Review • John Kehoe • May 4, 2022 • afr.com
Young Australians have been betrayed by both parties
Former RBA governor Ian Macfarlane nailed it this week when he identified the real economic and social problem fuelled by policymakers over the past decade or so.
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RammityCap@RammityCap
@Johnkehoe23 is a must read on these issues, reflects the perspective of younger generations who's voices often get lost in today's politics afr.com/policy/economy…
May 4, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • May 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Liberals demand investigation into Smart Energy Council over political advocacy
Andrew Bragg said the SEC, which has Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes a Court on its board, had “concerning links to political operatives”.
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ABC Alumni • May 4, 2022 • abcalumni.net
Alumni Statement: LEADERS’ DEBATES – 2022 ELECTION
The ABC has invited both major party leaders to a nationally televised election debate. But regrettably this invitation has been declined by the Prime Minister in favour of two commercial free-to-a…
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Jonathan Holmes@jonaholmes48
ScoMo won’t debate on the ABC, and Albo goes along with it. The network that covers federal politics more thoroughly than other free-to-airs, and much more fairly than Sky, cold-shouldered. A disgrace, says @abcalumni abcalumni.net/2022/05/04/alu…
May 4, 2022
The Guardian • Calla Wahlquist • May 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
One-size-fits-all model of accessible housing ‘a disaster’ for Australians with disability
Appropriate housing for people with disabilities remains expensive and difficult to find
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Noah Nicholas • May 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
One Nation candidate investigated over alleged threat to ‘dismember’ sisters
Walter Stragan is under police investigation over alleged threats to two sisters who removed his campaign poster from an apartment building in Thornbury.
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ABC News • Eliza Borrello, Jade Toomey • May 4, 2022 • abc.net.au
Could this dam create the 'most expensive water' in Australia?
Barnaby Joyce's plan to spend $5.4 billion building the Hells Gates Dam dwarfs almost any pledge made during the election campaign. So is the dam, which aims to create an agricultural powerhouse in north Queensland, even viable?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • May 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Start your (Sunday) jackhammers: NSW pursues extended construction hours
Planning Minister Anthony Roberts told developers he was looking at ways to permanently allow weekend construction.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ruth Pollard and David Fickling • May 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Boiled alive: how India’s record heatwaves test the limits of survival
Just 12 per cent of India’s 1.4 billion citizens have access to airconditioning as temperatures soar into the 40s.
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Laura Chung@Laura_R_Chung
The city feels like it is on fire. The heat comes off the road in blistering waves, and the water that flows from the cold tap is too hot to touch. Daytime temperatures have hit 44 degrees and often do not fall below 30 at night smh.com.au/world/asia/ind…
May 4, 2022
The Klaxon • May 4, 2022 • theklaxon.com.au
Charities cop caught in “secrecy” lie
Australia’s charities regulator has falsely claimed legislative “secrecy provisions” are preventing it from commenting on the legality of political advertisements featuring charity bosses spruiking Josh Frydenberg.
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Anthony Klan@Anthony_Klan
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨Charities regulator ACNC - run by a former anti-charity crusader and "IPA" exec - has been caught out lying about being unable to comment on the legality of Frydenberg's charity CEO ads. Claims to be gagged by "secrecy provisions". This a lie👇theklaxon.com.au/home/charities…
May 4, 2022

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