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The Guardian • Ben Smee • July 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Is this a real rape?’: female officers detail misogynistic culture within Queensland police
Exclusive: submissions by women to inquiry describe sexist comments and sexual harassment, affecting responses to domestic violence
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Gina Rushton@ginarush
Charming stuff from submissions to an inquiry into culture in the Queensland Police force
theguardian.com/australia-news… via @BenSmee
July 4, 2022
Australian Financial Review • John Kehoe • July 4, 2022 • afr.com
The day RBA boss Philip Lowe nearly died
He had felt tired as he walked offstage at a conference on financial stability in Canada in May 2016. He thought it was jet lag. It wasn’t.
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John Kehoe@Johnkehoe23
In 2016, less than 12 hours after Philip Lowe received a phone call from the then treasurer Scott Morrison appointing him the next governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, he was unconscious, fighting for his life in a Canadian hospital. afr.com/politics/feder…
July 4, 2022
The Guardian • Paul Daley • July 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Unplugging from the mind trap of online noise made me realise tuning out is the only way to truly tune in
Since rediscovering the calm of a quieter state, I’m learning to reconnect and embrace the sounds of my life
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ABC News • Sean Nicholls, Naomi Selvaratnam, Stephanie March • July 4, 2022 • abc.net.au
Liberal insiders speak out about the party's factional 'World War III'
Recriminations over the Coalition's federal election loss have spectacularly boiled over, with senior Liberal Party figures engaging in a vicious blame game.
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • July 4, 2022 • bbc.com
Sydney floods: Tens of thousands told to evacuate
Downpours and floods cause mass evacuations and at least one death in Australia's largest city.
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David Ritter@David_Ritter
"Experts say the flooding emergency has been worsened by climate change"...
A polite way of saying that these disasters have been brought to us by the coal, oil and gas corporations, and the politicians that enable them.
bbc.com/news/world-aus…
July 4, 2022
The Guardian • Cait Kelly • July 3, 2022 • theguardian.com
Taking the plunge in the Yarra: on your first cold-water swim, it’s OK to swear
In the depths of a Melbourne winter, when it’s 4.6C on the bank and 6C in the river, the true believers gather
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Cait Kelly@cait__kelly
The Yarra has a reputation for being absolutely filthy - that swimming in it would be risking disease or death. So last week I took the plunge: theguardian.com/environment/20…
July 3, 2022
The Australian • ROSIE LEWIS • July 3, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Liberal women to push for quotas
Prominent Liberals say the party will be in the electoral wilderness for some time unless they elect more women to parliament, with former defence minister Linda Reynolds now urging her party to consider temporary quotas.
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The Guardian • Ben Smee • July 3, 2022 • theguardian.com
Police failed to adequately investigate deaths of four Indigenous women, former officer says
Exclusive: Submission to state inquiry alleges Queensland police routinely hid domestic violence failures from coroner
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Amy McQuire@amymcquire
Must read from @bensmee “A Qld police whistleblower that detectives did not properly investigate the deaths of at least four First Nations women who had previously been subject to repeated violence by their partners.” theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 3, 2022
The New Daily • Alan Kohler • July 4, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: Australia’s expensive climate change double whammy
Australia’s net-zero commitment has always just been a matter of us doing our part of the global effort.. But that global effort is now in tatters.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • July 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Australia is doing more to help Ukraine than some NATO members
The $100 million in Australian military supplies, including another 34 armoured vehicles, looks small next to the US’ spending but this is deceptive.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
This Kiel Institute data is a reality check on all the rhetoric.
My take here on how Australia is doing more than some others:
smh.com.au/politics/feder… twitter.com/davidlipson/st…
July 4, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Katina Curtis • July 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Making businesses stamp out sexual harassment ‘a no-brainer’ for gender equality
Overhauling laws to tackle workplace sexual harassment is a high priority for the federal government but experts warn many employers are unprepared.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun • July 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Hold on to your skinny jeans, it’s the millennials’ time to shine
Millennials have overtaken boomers as the largest age group in the country. What will that mean for the future of our nation?
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The Guardian • Josh Butler • July 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Safety threats to politicians spark 39 Australian federal police investigations related to election
One set of charges laid and 22 matters still under investigation from police group set up to tackle anything from threats of violence to false information
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Australian Financial Review • Adele Ferguson • July 4, 2022 • afr.com
Medicare fraud, errors are costing $7b a year
Leakage is costing taxpayers as 30 per cent of the total Medicare scheme’s costs due to crime, billing mistakes and an ineffective watchdog. A root-and-branch review is overdue.
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The Monthly • July 1, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
The Monthly July issue
Out now
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The Monthly@THEMONTHLY
In the July issue: Don Watson on the tasks before Anthony Albanese, @GMegalogenis on the demise of Menzies’ Liberals, @TraceySpicer on long COVID, @JennyValentish’s ill-fated foray into steroid use. Plus, @RDNS_TAI, @KieranPender and more. Out now! bit.ly/3QYO2W1
July 4, 2022
minister.industry.gov.au • July 4, 2022 • minister.industry.gov.au
Strong international demand for Australian resources and energy | Ministers for the Department of Industry, Science and Resources
The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is driving continued strong demand for Australian resources and energy as many Western nations move away from Russia to find alternative sources of supply.
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Michael Mazengarb@MichaelM_ACT
Earnings for Australian coal and gas producers more than doubled last year - and the new government celebrates this, just as the old government did, despite consumers carrying the higher costs.
minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/king…
July 4, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Mike Foley • July 3, 2022 • smh.com.au
Sovereign wealth fund needed for clean energy future, Grattan says
Coal and gas earnings must be harnessed to fund the energy revolution, the Grattan Institute says, warning the social fabric could tear if regional economies were not considered in the transition.
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The Australian • DAVID TANNER • July 3, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Wealthy, students led Lib defeats
The 2021 census has laid bare the demographics of the Morrison governments defeat, showing seats with high levels of wealthy voters, university students, stressed mortgage holders and Chinese migrants led the charge against the Coalition.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • July 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘First out and last back’: Australia’s decision not to reopen Kyiv embassy questioned
Britain, the United States, France and Canada all reopened their much larger missions in Kyiv in April and May. Australia’s Ukraine embassy is still in Poland.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Daniella White • July 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Everybody is confused’: Humanities students hit with surprise fee rises
University students say they were shocked to discover they would be charged higher fees halfway through their courses.
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