This is awful news out of Afghanistan - at least 950 dead, according to Taliban officials. That number is likely to increase, people in these villages saying they're looking at "mass graves" under the rubble.
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The NSW govt offered a $500,000 a year trade commissioner job to a senior public servant with a stellar CV, only to rescind the offer and later appoint the former deputy premier John Barilaro theguardian.com/australia-news…





New from me: how Saudi Arabia’s surprise announcement left thousands of potential pilgrims hoping to go perform Hajj shattered.



Some Australians are paying people $150 to stand in a queue for them because the entire passport system has gone to hell. theguardian.com/australia-news…



Read this. Like, really read this.
“If police had treated me like a human being that night, my baby Charlie would be alive today”.
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Zoe "scoops" @zoesam93 continues to uncover the sad unravelling of the JNI, which has done a lot of good and still has huge potential to aid public interest journalism. smh.com.au/business/compa…


My article from March about this is now out from the paywall. Thank you @TamePunk and @abc730 for @RhiannonShine for going hard on this!! abc.net.au/news/2022-06-2… twitter.com/SatPaper/statu…