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ABC News • Megan Mackander • May 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
Poise, grace, professionalism: Remembering Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones is remembered as a warm and kind person with a wicked sense of humour, but perhaps her biggest legacy is the strides she made for women in media and television.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • The Herald's View • May 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
Why the Morrison government does not deserve another term
The Herald shares Australia’s despondency – particularly at the lack of policy ambition from both sides.
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The Age • The Age's View • May 20, 2022 • theage.com.au
For integrity’s sake, Australia needs a change of government
Labor’s agenda may be modest, but it is hard to discern a serious Coalition platform despite its nine years in power.
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ABC News • Colin Gourlay, Georgina Piper, Tim Leslie, Cristen Tilley, Matt Liddy • May 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
The Australian election map has been lying to you
We decided to redesign the election map from the ground up — not just for the fun of it, but because it can help us all understand the election a bit better.
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ABC News • Dan Conifer • May 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
Millions in JobKeeper went to private schools that grew their surpluses
Most private schools that took JobKeeper increased their income during the first year of the pandemic, including some of Australia's most exclusive schools.
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The Australian • BEN PACKHAM • May 19, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Payne’s Pacific push ‘stymied in cabinet’
Cabinets national security committee rejected a push last year by Foreign Minister Marise Payne for Australia to double its Pacific aid funding to counter rising Chinese influence.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Georgina Mitchell • May 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
Craig McLachlan to pay costs after dropping defamation case against Herald, ABC
On Friday, shortly before 11 women were due to begin giving evidence that McLachlan had harassed them, the actor abruptly dropped the case.
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Bevan Shields@BevanShields
This result is vindication of both McLachlan's victims and the Herald's public interest journalism.
And a particular shoutout to the incredible to @Kate_McClymont
smh.com.au/national/nsw/c…
May 20, 2022
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • May 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor to set up independent environmental protection agency and restore ‘trust and confidence’
Proposed EPA to collect data on the plight of the country’s wildlife as Labor commits to global biodiversity targets
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • May 20, 2022 • bbc.com
Australia election: Why is Australia's parliament so white?
Australia is a multicultural country, but critics say those representing the country don't reflect this.
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Frances Mao@francesmao
As part of the BBC's #AusVotes22 coverage, I looked at the lack of representation in Canberra. Regardless of the results tomorrow, Australia's parliament will still be overwhelmingly, disproportionately white. bbc.com/news/world-aus…
May 20, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • May 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Who will win? The seats Labor and the Coalition need for victory in Australia’s 2022 federal election
The magic number for majority government is 76 lower house seats. Here are the possible scenarios in the Australian election
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott • May 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘They’re scared’: Will ‘parachute’ backlash cost Kristina Keneally?
What should have been an easy victory for Kristina Keneally has turned into one of the election’s most competitive, personal and dirty battles.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • May 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Cabinet committee blocked plan to double Australia’s support to Pacific, election-eve leak reveals
‘Extraordinary’ revelation about national security decision shows the government is ‘falling apart’, Labor says
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
Hat tip to @bennpackham for the scoop on Payne's Pacific proposal blocked by NSC.
Here's the @GuardianAus news wrap including independent confirmation of some of the details of the rejected package: theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 20, 2022
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • May 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia’s greenhouse pollution from coal higher per person than any other developed country, data shows
Despite the growth of renewable energy, Australia’s per capita coal emissions of 4.04 tonnes of CO2 a year is nearly four times the global average
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • May 20, 2022 • news.com.au
Secret polling tips next Australia’s PM
EXCLUSIVE
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Exclusive: Labor polling tips majority Anthony Albanese win as dissatisfaction with PM hits high news.com.au/national/feder… via @newscomauHQ
May 20, 2022
The Guardian • Elias Visontay • May 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
United Australia Party may have more backing than polls suggest, with voters too embarrassed to voice support, analysis shows
Hour-long TV ads on commercial networks aired before media blackout as part of fringe party’s projected $70m 2022 federal election campaign spend
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Jackson, Lenore Taylor, Mike Ticher, Miles Herbert, Camilla Hannan, Miles Martignoni • May 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Has Scott Morrison forfeited the right to another term? – with Lenore Taylor
In this episode of Full Story, Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher about the Guardian view on the election and the challenges ahead
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • May 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
United Australia party and Coalition MPs denounced for ‘totally misleading’ claim about WHO
UAP uses full-page print ads to perpetuate baseless claim about a possible pandemic treaty as calls grow for uniform election media blackout rules
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Chan • May 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Watch the margins: competitive market forces have come to Australia’s rural electorates
Community-based independents, regional migration and the magic of electoral marginality have the capacity to make sitting MPs work harder for every vote
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
A closer look at the 2022 federal election campaign provides proof of slow but changing trends in rural electorates. My final take on the election for rural Australia. theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 20, 2022
The New Daily • Julia Banks • May 20, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Julia Banks: We can't take another three years of same old, same old
Rather than having to “stick it out” with the same leadership for another three years, our nation needs to breathe a sigh of relief.
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Julia Banks@juliahbanks
My pre Election Day column
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#auspol thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/…
May 20, 2022
The Australian • Editorial • May 20, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Choosing a leader for the challenges of tomorrow
Australians of voting age have no choice come Saturday. Collectively, voters are required to exercise their democratic responsibility to choose between the only two parties capable of commanding the numbers in the House of Representatives to form a government. There are no other options. Australians must decide whether the Liberal-National Coalition led by Scott Morrison or the Labor Party led by Anthony Albanese will sit on the government benches for the next three years. This is a considerable responsibility, all too often treated as a burden. Nevertheless, Australians rarely get this decis…
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Kishor@kishor_nr
It’s pre-election editorial day. Unsurprisingly @australian endorses the Morrison government:
theaustralian.com.au/commentary/edi…
May 20, 2022

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