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The Guardian • Adam Morton, Graham Readfearn • July 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
State of the environment: shocking report shows how Australia’s land and wildlife are being destroyed
List of threatened species grows as ecosystems show signs of collapse due to climate crisis and habitat loss
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Mike Foley • July 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Crumbling rapidly’: Australia’s environment scorecard’s out – and it’s dire
Australia has lost more mammals than any other continent and the latest report card says things will get worse faster without urgent intervention.
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ABC News • Michael Slezak • July 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
Labor will repair environment after 'decade of government inaction', Tanya Plibersek promises
Climate change, mining, pollution, invasive species and habitat loss are outlined in the five-yearly report that has been released, with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek laying the blame squarely at the feet of the previous government.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Gee, I wonder why Sussan Ley (deputy leader of the Liberal Party) was hiding this...
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July 19, 2022
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • July 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Dreaming of sunlight’: federal court to hear refugee’s claim of unlawful imprisonment in Melbourne hotel detention
Mostafa Azimitabar was held in immigration detention for 15 months in Melbourne’s Park and Mantra hotels
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Moz (Mostafa Azimitabar)@AzimiMoz
This is the first step for justice.
End the brutality.
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July 19, 2022
The Guardian • Paul Karp • July 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz calls for windfall profits tax in Australia
Tax is a ‘no-brainer’ after companies’ huge profits during Covid but corporate influence makes it ‘politically difficult’, Stiglitz says
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The Guardian • Joe Hinchliffe • July 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
More than 1,000ha of koala habitat would be cleared for proposed Queensland coalmine
Campaigners warn of ‘disturbing trend’ of proposed mines falling just below the threshold requiring environmental impact statement
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The Guardian • Cait Kelly • July 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Health workers paint dire picture of Australia’s hospital systems as more than 8,500 staff isolate
Effects of Covid surge and staff shortages reach regional centres, putting pressure on local clinics
The Guardian • Fiona Harvey • July 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis, warns UN chief
António Guterres tells governments ‘half of humanity is in danger zone’, as countries battle extreme heat
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The New Daily • James Robertson • July 18, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Conspiracy questions follow Scott Morrison's Sunday sermon
A sermon by Scott Morrison have revived questions about whether he flirts with the same brand of conspiracy theories favoured by Donald Trump.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tawar Razaghi • July 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
The house prices that are still rising: How inflation is blowing out building costs
The cost of building a new house is rising as almost every category of building material becomes more expensive.
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Rachel Clun@rachelclun
Really good look here at why new home builds or renovation costs are going through the roof across the country from @TawarRazaghi: smh.com.au/property/news/…
July 19, 2022
ABC Radio National • July 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
Legal challenge against hotel detention
A two-day hearing in the Victorian Federal Court is challenging the legality of the Australian Government's use of hotels as Alternative Places of Detention. The hotels have been used to detain Mostafa Azimitabar and hundreds of other refugees and asylum seekers and the hearing will argue that was unlawful under the Migration Act.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • July 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Why I am suing the Australian government over my hotel detention after being brought from Manus Island | Mostafa Azimitabar
Medevac was supposed to give us access to medicine and healthcare but forced our bodies into small hotel rooms that we could not escape
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The Age • Michael Gleeson • July 19, 2022 • theage.com.au
‘They won’t be rewarded’: AFL issues warning to clubs, players on high contact
The AFL has issued a warning to clubs, saying any player who ducks or shrugs into tackles will not win head-high free kicks and all players should stop using their heads to draw frees.
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Angus Livingston@anguslivingston
[calls SEN] so Joel Selwood makes an entire career off it but as soon as a Collingwood player gets hit in the head a few times to kick a few goals the AFL steps in, okay sure
theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-…
July 19, 2022
The Age • Josh Gordon • July 18, 2022 • theage.com.au
Victoria facing gas shortage triggered by price cap
Australia is facing a fresh gas supply crisis, with gas levels at a Victorian plant at dangerous lows driven by soaring east-coast demand.
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The West Australian • July 19, 2022 • thewest.com.au
‘Why consequences for missing gender targets are crucial’
Companies that have consequences for not hitting gender equality targets are “best in class”, the president of Chief Executive Women says, and corporate Australia no longer has excuses to delay action.
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Adrian Lowe@AdrianLowe
Gender equity targets without consequence won’t lead to change, @CEWAus Chief Executive Women president @sammostyn says thewest.com.au/business/workp…
July 19, 2022
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn, Josh Butler • July 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Tanya Plibersek pledges new environment laws to end years of ‘wilful neglect’ by Coalition
Minister says legislation will go before parliament next year and confirms bid to protect 30% of land by 2030 as she launches State of the Environment report
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Mike Foley • July 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
After a decade in the wilderness, Labor still lost on the environment
The Albanese government has emerged from a near decade in opposition without a plan to tackle the slow train wreck that is Australia’s extinction crisis.
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Yahoo • Stephen Koukoulas • July 19, 2022 • au.finance.yahoo.com
OPINION: Morrison's irresponsible tax cuts must be abolished
When the Morrison government announced sweeping tax cuts in 2019, the budget was in very different shape. It would be a mistake for the Albanese Government to keep them.
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The Age • Marta Pascual Juanola • July 18, 2022 • theage.com.au
Victoria Police payout for Age photographer pepper-sprayed at protest
Luis Ascui was sprayed directly in the eyes while photographing a rally in September last year even though he’d identified himself as a media representative.
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin • July 18, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Don’t trust in governments’: Scott Morrison delivers Pentecostal church sermon
In a sermon to former tennis champion Margaret Court’s Pentecostal congregation, the former prime minister told churchgoers to trust in God, not the government or the UN.
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
‘The oil, the ointment of God…”
Smirko reveals the full nutter that lies within.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
July 18, 2022

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