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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened species and habitats in one of its final acts
‘On what sort of planet does the commonwealth think they don’t need a recovery plan for a Tasmanian devil’, asks Wilderness Society
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Chris Barrett • June 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘We didn’t know there was an election’: Sri Lankan men reveal desperate boat journey
The dozen young men intercepted by Border Force on election day fled Sri Lanka hoping Australia would let them in.
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Kishor@kishor_nr
"An election in Australia was the last thing on their minds.
'How could we predict the day? We just wanted to save our lives and get to shore,' said father-of-two Pathmanathan"
smh.com.au/world/asia/we-…
June 2, 2022
The Guardian • Moira Donegan • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
The Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial was an orgy of misogyny
The backlash to #Me Too has long been under way. But this feels like a tipping point
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Morrison government failed to show cashless debit card scheme works, auditor general says
Scathing report finds Department of Social Services has not demonstrated the program is meeting objectives
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ABC News • Nour Haydar • June 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Not gonna lie I was pretty nervous': First Muslim ministers on their history-making moment
Labor MP Ed Husic said he "felt the weight of the moment" to be one of the first two Muslim ministers to be sworn into Federal Parliament.
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Nour Haydar@NourHaydar
I spoke to Ed Husic, Anne Aly and Hajeh Maha Abdo (who gifted the Qur’an used at the swearing in) to document this moment in Australian history.
“When you swear on the Qur’an, you're swearing on representing the whole of creation,” Hajeh Maha told me.
abc.net.au/news/2022-06-0…
June 2, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Paul Strangio • June 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Morally reckless, politically foolhardy. Who was counselling Morrison?
Scott Morrison became so omnipotent in his government that he grew beyond reality checks.
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘World of pain’: warnings of gas shortages amid soaring power prices add to Australia’s energy woes
Market operator warns of possible shortfall of gas supplies on Thursday in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania amid cold snap
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Can Australian gas help the world navigate the climate crisis? Or is it just more hot air? | Temperature Check
The path to net zero is plagued by claims that LNG is less dirty than coal, but there is practically no evidence to back them up
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The Guardian • Josh Butler • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
New minister for republic says ‘twilight’ of Queen’s reign chance ‘to discuss what comes next for Australia’
Assistant minister Matt Thistlethwaite says ‘why wouldn’t we appoint an Australian as our pinnacle position?’
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Sky News Australia • David Wu • June 2, 2022 • skynews.com.au
'That concerns me': Detained Australian-Chinese journalist's partner breaks silence
The partner of Chinese-born Australian journalist Cheng Lei has raised concerns about the suspension of consular visits and the decline of her health in detention.
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian businesses benefited from rising prices. Workers? Not so much
Strong GDP figures and growth is disguising what’s really happening: a shift to an economy where workers get less and less of their fair share
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
A couple graphs that tell us how the economy is structured
theguardian.com/business/grogo…
June 2, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Senior SAS officer contradicts previous witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial
Person 81, the troop commander during event central to the trial, says he was not informed of any insurgents killed at the time
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
The most senior SAS officer called to give evidence by Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation trial has contradicted another of Roberts-Smith’s key witnesses over the death of a man during a 2009 raid on an Afghan compound. theguardian.com/australia-news…
June 2, 2022
Crikey • Cam Wilson • June 2, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Peter Dutton is banking on importing US classroom culture wars to Australia
In one of his first interviews as Liberal leader, Dutton said he wants to make the "extremism" of teachers a major political issue.
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • June 2, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: We all lose when monopolists prosper
The role of government is to correct the tendency towards monopoly and inequality through regulation, but they have been falling down on the job.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michaela Whitbourn • June 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Dozens of witnesses, $25 million and 98 days later, Roberts-Smith defamation trial nears its end
It is among the most protracted, complex and costly defamation trials ever conducted in Australia. Ben Roberts-Smith’s trial is now entering its final stages.
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘We stand as equals’: Anthony Albanese asserts Labor’s republican agenda in speech marking Queen’s platinum jubilee
Prime minister says while Australia holds Queen Elizabeth in the highest regard, the bond between the UK and Australia has changed
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The New Daily • June 2, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Russia accuses of USA of 'adding fuel to fire' with powerful weapons
Russia says US plans to supply Ukraine with its most powerful rocket systems yet is "adding fuel to the fire deliberately" and could draw America into the
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Paul Bongiorno@PaulBongiorno
Russia accuses of US of ‘adding fuel to the fire’ with most powerful weapons for Ukraine | The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/news/2022/06/0…
putin is angling for WWIII. How long can the US refrain from intervention in this murderous invasion of Ukraine?
June 2, 2022
The Guardian • Joe Hinchliffe • June 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Legal logjam: bid to build Australia’s finest public toilet dubbed ‘Cistern Chapel’ runs into trouble
Creative differences emerge between small-town organisers and passionate Hungarian artist who brought their dream to life
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • June 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Pork-barrelling ‘a hair’s breadth away’ from direct bribery, ICAC to be told
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption will hold a special public forum on the legal status of pork-barrelling.
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The West Australian • The West Australian, Peter Law • June 2, 2022 • thewest.com.au
Government gives green light for Scarborough gas project
Australia’s new Resources Minister Madeleine King has confirmed the Albanese Government’s support for WA’s $16.5 billion offshore Scarborough gas project to proceed.
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Scott Ludlam@Scottludlam
same fight, different faces. this is what #StateCapture looks like thewest.com.au/business/energ…
June 2, 2022

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