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The Age • Chloe Booker • July 17, 2022 • theage.com.au
Victorians have gambled – and lost – $66 billion on pokies in 30 years
Ian Correia says he has contributed at least $1 million to the $66 billion Victorians have blown on the pokies in the 30 years since they arrived in the state.
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The Age@theage
Victorians have lost $66 billion in the 30 years since electronic slot machines were introduced in the state. |EXCLUSIVE theage.com.au/national/victo…
July 17, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Kristine Ziwica • July 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Fed up with the chore wars, grumpy women are now politically dangerous
The federal government has been warned: the importance of domestic democracy in underpinning gender equality is one issue that most people agree on. Lack of action could be dangerous.
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Kristine Ziwica@KZiwica
Little known fact: women are five times as grumpy about domestic inequality now than they were before the pandemic. And after the May election, we all know grumpy women can be politically dangerous. Me in ⁦@smh⁩ ⁦@theage⁩ today smh.com.au/environment/cl…
July 17, 2022
The Guardian • Joe Hinchliffe • July 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Storm drains and car parks become a cold reality for victims of Queensland’s social housing crisis
More than 30,000 households are on a waiting list, with many spending months and years living in limbo
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Bridie Jabour@bkjabour
A mother of a 1yo sleeping rough in car parks and storm drains - this is the housing crisis in a very wealthy country, appalling theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 17, 2022
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • July 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Sixty-three-year-old jobseeker forced to make 250km round trip to keep welfare benefits
Woman from Yorketown in South Australia has been referred to a job agency in Kadina under new Workforce Australia program
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
More on Workforce Australia and mutual obligations theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 17, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter FitzSimons • July 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Reason, religion and tax: should churches still be considered charities?
Politician Fiona Patten of the Reason Party, Reverend Michael Jensen and federal charities minister Andrew Leigh discuss whether religions should lose their tax-exempt status.
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Peter FitzSimons@Peter_Fitz
My column.
Fitz: "Reverend Jensen, do you believe that a woman made out of a rib took an apple from a talking snake, and that’s where all the trouble started?"
Rev Jensen: "Well, I’m not an idiot!"
Should churches still be considered charities? smh.com.au/national/reaso…
July 17, 2022
The Age • Rachel Eddie • July 17, 2022 • theage.com.au
Emissions reduction target for opposition ‘serious about climate change’
Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said he would legislate a 50 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030 if elected in November.
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The Guardian • Robert Booth, Peter Walker, Gwyn Topham • July 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
England braces for 40C temperatures as experts warn thousands could die
Level 4 heat alert announced for next week means ‘illness and death may occur among the fit and healthy’
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Wolfgang Knorr@w_knorr
"We can expect this to keep happening until we reduce global greenhouse gas emission to net zero". No my dear Guardian, we can expect this to GET WORSE until we reach globel net zero, when it will stay at much worse then now. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…
July 17, 2022
Michael West • July 17, 2022 • michaelwest.com.au
Robbing Australia: profits soar for gas giants, royalties and tax languish
Foreign gas giants Shell, Chevron, Exxon are enjoying an explosion in revenue while paying virtually no income tax and very little royalties
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💧Michael West@MichaelWestBiz
While our chattering classes fixate over paltry spending items like Covid leave, foreign gas majors are ramping up their multi-billion-dollar heist
#whatsthescam #insiders #ieefa
michaelwest.com.au/robbing-austra…
July 17, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Carroll • July 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Major overhaul’: One-fifth of selective school places to go to disadvantaged students
The change to admissions, which will come into effect for 2023 enrolments, is one of the biggest overhauls to ever hit public school selective streams.
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Journalist Under Investigation After Reporting on Abuse Case • Sirwan Kajjo • July 14, 2022 • voanews.com
Journalist Under Investigation After Reporting on Abuse Case
East Timor journalist accused of breaching judicial security over interviews with girls subjected to virginity tests during abuse court case
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The Saturday Paper • Kieran Pender • July 16, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Labor set to shake up the High Court
With two new appointments to the High Court pending, a controversial case over the constitutional status of Indigenous Australians, and a federal judicial conduct commission in the wings, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has a packed legal agenda.
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Kieran Pender@KieranPender
My latest reporting for @SatPaper. Who will replace Keane J on the High Court in October? Will the AG withdraw the controversial Montgomery case (seeking to overturn the landmark Love case)? What's this about a federal judicial conduct commission? thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
July 16, 2022
The Guardian • Nino Bucci • July 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian government wrongly cancelled citizenship of man on death row in Iraq, family claim
Ahmad Merhi, who travelled from Sydney to Syria, says he is now stateless as he awaits hanging
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Financial Times • July 16, 2022 • ft.com
I earn £10.71 an hour. Here’s what the cost of living crisis has been like
With inflation hitting a 40-year high in the UK, I decided to start tracking my spending
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ABC News • July 17, 2022 • abc.net.au
A heatwave across Europe that sparked the UK's first 'red' warning is expected to get worse
A heatwave gripping Europe that has already caused deaths and serious wildfires appears set to get even worse. Here's what you need to know.
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Riverfront Times • Ryan Krull • July 13, 2022 • riverfronttimes.com
Pregnant Women Can't Get Divorced in Missouri
The state's divorce law has come under more scrutiny since the overturning of Roe v. Wade
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tom Decent, Georgina Robinson • July 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Wild night as Jones fires up at ‘traitor’ sledges, man climbs onto SCG roof
On a night where England coach Eddie Jones swore at Wallabies fans, another supporter was charged by police for climbing on top of the O’Reilly Stand at the SCG.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Latika Bourke • July 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Netflix might have saved the royals, says Andrew Hastie
The monarchist, opposition frontbencher says he will argue the case against change if Labor presses ahead with a second referendum on Australia becoming a republic.
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Peter FitzSimons@Peter_Fitz
Andrew Hastie: "“I’m a monarchist . . . I see the benefits of our system, if we were ever going to change it I would want a good reason to do so.”
Can we start, Mr Hastie, with the sheer absurdity of having a foreigner as our Head of State?
@AusRepublic
theage.com.au/world/europe/n…
July 17, 2022
Forbes • Rebecca Ann Hughes • July 16, 2022 • forbes.com
Italy’s Water Crisis Sees Archeological Remains Emerge From Drought-Stricken Rivers
Water levels are so low that archeological treasures, until now submerged, are being revealed.
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The Canberra Times • Callum Godde • July 17, 2022 • canberratimes.com.au
Vic coalition to legislate emissions goal
The Victorian coalition is promising to legislate an emissions reduction target of 50 per cent by 2030, if...
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The Guardian • Sam Jones • July 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Forest fires rage across Europe as heatwave sends temperatures soaring
Civil defence authorities battle blazes that have forced evacuation of thousands of people across continent
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