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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • July 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Dfat bungle delayed visas for former Afghan embassy employees at risk from Taliban
Exclusive: Freedom-of-information investigation reveals error in urgent submission to then minister Marise Payne
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
Exclusive: How a file number bungle by an Australian government department caused a four-week delay in progressing visas for some Afghan citizens at risk of retribution from the Taliban as the group swept to power in Afghanistan. #FOI investigation #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 2, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jordan Baker • July 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Private school funding exposes the nation’s lack of heart
Last decade, government funding boosts to private schools outstripped those to public schools. What does that say about our values?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Meg Watson • July 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Suffocatingly safe’: Where are all the young Australian comedians on TV?
Wil Anderson was just 27 when he started hosting The Glass House on the ABC. But he says that these days TV audiences are missing out on seeing the best new talent.
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • July 1, 2022 • crikey.com.au
The US Supreme Court, like Trump, goes beyond neoliberalism to nihilism
Donald Trump's stacking of the US Supreme Court has delivered not just state capture but a triumph of his project to wreck the capacity of government to deliver change.
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
Deeply damaging white male rage and resentment has been stoked for decades by Fox News. Trump merely exploited it -- but he also institutionalised it in the US Supreme Court, where it will dominate for decades
crikey.com.au/2022/07/01/us-…
July 2, 2022
The Saturday Paper • Mike Seccombe • July 2, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Reserve Bank: ‘If you know about monetary policy, you’re disqualified’
As a review is set to begin into the Reserve Bank of Australia, questions are being asked about its opaque operations and the absence of qualifications on its board.
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The Age • Rachel Eddie • July 2, 2022 • theage.com.au
‘Jane would light up the room’: Victorian MP Jane Garrett dies, aged 49
Former minister Jane Garrett has died from cancer, aged 49. A family statement said her breast cancer recently returned after some time in remission. The Victorian Government has offered a state funeral.
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • July 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Shop around, switch things off and seal the gaps: a renter’s guide to energy efficiency
For renters, who can’t make big changes such as solar installations, there are still lots of ways to reduce your energy bill and stay warm
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Caitlin Cassidy@caitecassidy
I had an energy assessor visit my share house, featuring my dog’s first appearance in the Guardian. The verdict? Ditch cheap heaters theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 2, 2022
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • July 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
As Labor enacts its emissions reduction target, will the climate truce survive?
War can easily resume once the honeymoon ends and Chris Bowen begins turning election promises into regulations
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The Columbus Dispatch • Shari Rudavsky and Rachel Fradette • July 2, 2022 • dispatch.com
As Ohio restricts abortions, 10-year-old girl travels to Indiana for procedure
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it's left some in Ohio to travel outside the state for an abortion. Among them is a 10-year-old girl.
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ABC News • Stephen Dziedzic, Andrew Greene • July 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
UN nuclear watchdog boss to scrutinise Australia's submarine plans
International Atomic Energy Agency's Rafael Grossi will travel to Australia to ensure the country's nuclear submarine program does not pose any nuclear proliferation or safety risks.
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The Saturday Paper • Chris Wallace • July 2, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
A world away from Morrison
The de-ScoMofication of Australia on the world stage took a leap forward this week as the Albanese government consolidated its international relations edge over an enfeebled opposition in a series of high-level meetings in Europe. In just over a month, the competitive advantage the Coalition held over Labor with regards to foreign, defence and security policy has completely
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The Canberra Times • Karen Barlow • July 2, 2022 • canberratimes.com.au
Reworking the house: Inside the post-Jenkins parliamentary world
There has been little glamour and a lot of toxicity in supporting democracy on the hill.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • George Megalogenis • July 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Root-and-branch renewal as Australia makes migrant-majority history
Australia has become the first migrant-majority English-speaking nation. From city to city, what that means is different. So where does Australia go from here?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tara Kenny • July 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
No one is safe from Melbourne’s brutally honest and fearless meme-makers
According to the people behind Melbourne’s most popular meme accounts, “everything deserves to be roasted, especially bourgeois bohemia!”
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The Canberra Times • Finbar O'Mallon • July 2, 2022 • canberratimes.com.au
Watchdog wants NSW police powers reined in
Anti-terrorism powers available to NSW Police should be wound back because they aren't able to use them correctly,...
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Finbar O'Mallon@finbaromallon
Absolutely mind boggling stuff in the latest anti-terror powers review from the NSW police watchdog
canberratimes.com.au/story/7804301/…
July 2, 2022
The Saturday Paper • Claire Connelly • July 2, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Profits up, wages down in today’s Australia
As Australia attempts to control inflation, it is ignoring the impacts of monopoly ownership and price gouging.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sarah Holland-Batt • July 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
The powerful lesson I learned watching my father die
Despite his 20-year trajectory with Parkinson’s, dementia and aged care, it wasn’t until those final days that I became fully aware of the meaning of life and its inevitable ending.
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The Age • Paul Sakkal, Annika Smethurst • July 2, 2022 • theage.com.au
Teals eye Guy’s seat, but Liberals back independents in Andrews’ backyard
The Age has learnt the Victorian Liberal Party has for 18 months been training prominent locals to run as independents in some Labor-held seats.
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott, Pallavi Singhal • July 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Sydney’s south-west told to evacuate as ADF, helicopters ready for flood rescues
As rain pounded the state, the federal government said it was providing NSW with 100 troops and two helicopters capable of conducting night-time rescues.
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Hugh Riminton@hughriminton
#BREAKING: Evacuations underway in SW Sydney as Warragamba Dam overspills. If you get an evacuation notice from the mobile number +61 444 444 444 it’s the real thing. #sydneyfloods
smh.com.au/national/nsw/d…
July 2, 2022
Financial Times • Simon Kuper, Financial Times • June 30, 2022 • ft.com
Why the Tories don’t care about the future
An ageing electorate has all but killed off the very notion of transformative change
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