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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • May 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition delayed news that electricity prices are set to rise until after federal election
Outgoing energy minister Angus Taylor rejects suggestion delay was political and regulator says it was necessary to include ‘most recent network costs’
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • May 25, 2022 • news.com.au
The one losing MP ScoMo refused to call
Scott Morrison has refused to speak to former Liberal MP Fiona Martin after she lost her seat on Saturday night snubbing her in his round of calls to MPs who were defeated at the election.
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Reuters • May 25, 2022 • reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE China seeks Pacific islands policing, security cooperation - document
China will seek a region-wide deal with almost a dozen Pacific island countries covering policing, security and data communication cooperation when Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosts a meeting in Fiji next week, documents seen by Reuters show.
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Kirsty Needham@KirstyLNeedham
EXCLUSIVE China seeks Pacific-wide policing, security cooperation. Draft communique sent by Beijing to Pacific islands ahead of a foreign ministers meeting has prompted pushback from at least one of the invited nations, a letter leaked to Reuters shows.
reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
May 25, 2022
The Guardian • Joe Hinchliffe • May 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
The Noosa yacht club member who led the hemp party to its best result yet in Queensland
Legalise Cannabis Australia’s Bernie Bradley is competing against Pauline Hanson for the final Senate spot
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steph harmon@stephharmon
Even Bradley concedes he is “quite shocked” at how little reward Palmer got for his campaign splurge of close to $100m. “We ran one radio ad on the Wednesday on an Ipswich FM station and we printed seven shirts.” theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 25, 2022
The Age • Bianca Hall • May 25, 2022 • theage.com.au
Tougher penalties loom for logging protesters
Protesters attempting to prevent or disrupt native forest logging in Victoria would face 12 months’ jail, or $21,000 in fines, under “draconian” laws introduced to state parliament this week.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Julie Szego • May 25, 2022 • smh.com.au
A Liberal Party guided by right-wing commentators is in serious trouble
Hardline Coalition MPs and columnists are pushing a narrative that goes like this: the Morrison government positioned itself as “Labor-lite” and lost as a result.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • May 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Liberals should make superannuation voluntary and childcare free, moderate Andrew Bragg says
NSW senator’s proposed reform agenda also includes increasing climate targets and introducing state income tax, as party reels from election loss
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Meanwhile, Andrew Bragg has some ideas @Paul_Karp #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 25, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Chip Le Grand, James Massola • May 25, 2022 • smh.com.au
Liberals discussed dumping Morrison in Coalition’s final months
Moderate Liberal MPs urged Josh Frydenberg to challenge Scott Morrison but the former deputy leader stayed loyal to the unpopular prime minister.
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ABC News • May 25, 2022 • abc.net.au
Barnaby Joyce's leadership of the Nationals in doubt
David Littleproud's backers say he is the best person to "unite the party" as the Coalition looks to rebuild itself in opposition.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • May 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Tony Burke vows to ‘fix’ parliament as crossbench demands reform
Greens and independent MPs want Dorothy Dixers banned and more input in question time after ‘farce’ of previous term
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • May 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor ran a hyper-local campaign in Western Australia with a separate strategy group and different ads
The plan, hatched after the 2019 election rout, worked and now WA MPs want a larger presence in Anthony Albanese’s cabinet
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ABC News • Samantha Jonscher • May 25, 2022 • abc.net.au
The tap water in this remote Indigenous community is tainted by uranium, but this is legal in the NT
Since 2018, residents in the remote community of Laramba, 200 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs, fork out for bottled water instead because they know the tap water contains triple the recommended levels of uranium.
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Dr Jenna Price@JennaPrice
Jesus fucking Christ. Uranium in the drinking water. abc.net.au/news/2022-05-2…
May 25, 2022
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • May 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Jim Chalmers indicates ‘substantial progress’ on returning Murugappan family to Biloela
Interim home affairs minister to discuss arrangements with PM to grant family visa and permit their return to Queensland town
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The West Australian • The West Australian, Annabel Hennessy • May 25, 2022 • thewest.com.au
How personal heartache inspired WA’s potential sixth Senator
Sitting by her father’s bedside as she watched him battle leukaemia, Fatima Payman’s mind was consumed with thoughts of the sacrifices he had made for his family as a refugee who fled the Taliban.
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Annabel Hennessy@AnnabelHennessy
Fatima Payman is on track to be WA’s newest Senator.
The 27-year-old came to Perth as a refugee when she was 8 after fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan.
If she wins she will be the first Muslim woman who wears a hijab to sit in Federal parliament.
thewest.com.au/politics/how-p…
May 25, 2022
CNN • Zeena Saifi, Eliza Mackintosh, Celine Alkhaldi, Kareem Khadder, Katie Polglase and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Video by Livvy Doherty and Oscar Feathers… • May 25, 2022 • cnn.com
New evidence suggests Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in targeted attack by Israeli forces
Witness testimony and videos obtained by CNN reveal how the veteran Palestinian-American journalist was shot dead in a targeted attack in the West Bank, while she was covering an Israeli raid with a group of other reporters.
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The Australian • TROY BRAMSTON • May 24, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Zealots ousted for assault on super: Keating
Paul Keating says the cultural warriors and zealots in the Liberal Party who tried to put a wrecking ball through superannuation have paid the ultimate price by losing their seats and contributing to the defeat of Scott Morrisons government.
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ABC News • Conor Duffy, John Stewart • May 25, 2022 • abc.net.au
'You're being watched all the time': Investigation reveals how school students were tracked during lockdowns
A global study into the murky world of student data during COVID-19 lockdowns finds more than 4 million Australian school students were at risk of unprecedented tracking and surveillance during remote learning.
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ABC News • Erin Handley • May 25, 2022 • abc.net.au
'I couldn't stop my tears': Australian Uyghurs trawled through this leaked database of photos looking for their loved ones
The source of the files claims to have hacked and downloaded the documents from several police computer servers in China's far-western region of Xinjiang, before decrypting and leaking them.
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Erin Handley@erinahandley
Thank you to those who spoke to me for this story on the Xinjiang Police Files, about the painful search for loved ones among thousands.
As ⁦@SophieHRW⁩ points out, the vast photo cache is reminiscent of the Khmer Rouge’s torture prison, Tuol Sleng. abc.net.au/news/2022-05-2…
May 25, 2022
The Guardian • Kate Lyons • May 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Solomon Islands journalists shut out of China foreign minister visit, raising secrecy concerns
Wang Yi will visit eight countries in 10 days, but media access to his diplomatic push has been severely restricted
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Australian Government Department of Health • May 25, 2022 • health.gov.au
Expanded ATAGI recommendations on winter COVID-19 booster doses for people at increased risk of severe COVID-19
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) have expanded their recommendations on the use of additional (booster) doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
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Anna Vidot@AnnaVidot
You can find more information about who's in this 1.5m group - including the medical conditions that make you eligible for a 4th/winter booster - here:
health.gov.au/news/expanded-… twitter.com/Henry_Belot/st…
May 25, 2022

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