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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • July 12, 2022 • bbc.co.uk
Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child
The Olympic star says the name Mohamed Farah was given to him by a stranger who flew him to the UK.
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • July 12, 2022 • bbc.com
SAS unit repeatedly killed Afghan detainees, BBC finds
Internal emails seen by the BBC show top special forces officers were aware of concerns over killings.
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Mark Willacy@markwillacy
British SAS operatives in Afghanistan repeatedly killed detainees and unarmed men in suspicious circumstances, according to a BBC investigation bbc.com/news/uk-620831…
July 12, 2022
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • July 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition allowed emissions from Queensland coalmine to more than double without penalty
Baseline increase for Anglo American’s Grosvenor mine prompts calls for Labor to overhaul safeguard mechanism
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The Atlantic • Ed Yong • July 12, 2022 • theatlantic.com
Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’?
The latest surge is a test of our pandemic priorities.
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • July 12, 2022 • bbc.com
Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child
The Olympic star says the name Mohamed Farah was given to him by a stranger who flew him to the UK.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright, Rachel Clun • July 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
The ‘motherhood penalty’: Women’s wages drop for up to a decade after birth
A Treasury analysis shows Australian mothers earn less than half of their pre-birth wage in the five years after childbirth. That’s worse than for women in the US, UK, Denmark and Sweden.
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Australian Financial Review • Mark Ludlow • July 11, 2022 • afr.com
Nuclear energy too expensive to replace fossil fuels: CSIRO
The latest report from the CSIRO about the cost of energy generation has found that nuclear power won’t be an option in Australia, at least this decade.
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The Guardian • Sean Ingle • July 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
Ash Barty: ‘I didn’t watch this year’s Wimbledon finals. I’ve hit enough tennis balls in my life’
Australian insists she has no regrets about walking away from tennis at the peak of her powers, as she immerses herself in golf
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • July 11, 2022 • smh.com.au
Public servant was told US trade job ‘a present for someone’, Barilaro inquiry hears
The same day Jenny West’s plum US job offer was retracted as it was going to become a political appointment, she also learnt she was being made redundant.
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Wendy Harmer@wendy_harmer
My ability to still be shocked at the merry-go-round of political appointments I hope says more about me than the shady power brokers.
How many times can you say you are "appalled"?
Off to #ICAC
smh.com.au/politics/nsw/p…
July 11, 2022
The Guardian • Melissa Davey • July 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
Vaccines and antivirals not enough to combat Australian Omicron surge, experts warn
Doctors accuse government of ‘mixed messages’ as hospitalisations rise, saying they should be open to more preventive measures
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • July 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
Gareth Evans says conviction of Witness K should be reversed after Bernard Collaery decision
Former attorney general and foreign minister says prosecution of Witness K’s lawyer Collaery, now abandoned, was ‘indefensible’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Eryk Bagshaw • July 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
Australia campaigns to co-host target-setting UN climate summit with the Pacific
Ambitions to host the next major COP climate conference will heap pressure on Labor to raise its climate change ambitions in time for the summit in 2024.
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The New Daily • James Robertson • July 11, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Text message no one has noticed spells big trouble for Dominic Perrottet
This inquiry seems certain to have worse in store for Mr Perrottet, and until he clears up his own role in the saga he will be hostage to its findings.
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • July 12, 2022 • bbc.co.uk
India: How a fake 'IPL' cricket league ran for Russian punters
Police say a gang set up a fake version of the Indian Premier League and fooled Russian gamblers.
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Mike Bird@Birdyword
Police have shut down a fake Indian Premier League built to fool Russian gamblers. Labourers paid to pretend to be pro cricketers, games streamed online, crowd noises downloaded and played over the top. Got to the quarter finals before they were caught.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
July 12, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Carrie Fellner • July 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Total disbelief’: Unnecessary medical test killed Carmel Haynes
A grief-stricken family had to fight tooth and nail to find out what led to the death of Carmel Haynes in hospital during what should have been a straightforward procedure.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sumit Khanna • July 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
Indian police shut down fake IPL - a month after real tournament had ended
The fact the real Indian Premier League had long finished did not ring any alarm bells for Russian gamblers with the fake tournament reaching the quarter-final stage.
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • July 12, 2022 • bbc.com
India: How a fake 'IPL' cricket league ran for Russian punters
Police say a gang set up a fake version of the Indian Premier League and fooled Russian gamblers.
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Australian Financial Review • Amanda Stoker • July 12, 2022 • afr.com
Here’s the real reason the Liberals lost the election
The lesson of the Morrison government’s election defeat is that caving to leftist positions might have changed the subject, but it didn’t win votes, writes this former senator and new The Australian Financial Review columnist.
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Kevin Bonham@kevinbonham
Ex-Senator Amanda Stoker: "In Queensland’s senate contest, I received the highest individual below-the-line support of any candidate, despite not running a [BTL] campaign."
False. She was fifth on BTLs, way behind Hanson, Watt, Allman-Payne and McGrath.
afr.com/politics/feder…
July 12, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Dalton • July 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
Tech giants back Australia’s first solar-powered carbon capture project
The world’s biggest tech companies, including Meta and Google, have backed an Australian-designed carbon-trapping device the size of a two-man tent.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sarah Berry • July 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
I’m a health editor and here’s why I ditched Dry July eight days in
There are lots of benefits to giving up booze, but there are good reasons not to be too hard on yourself too.
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