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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • August 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘It felt insulting’: welfare recipients sent to body language courses as job agencies profit
Providers in the welfare-to-work system are making lucrative earnings by enrolling clients into their own taxpayer-funded programs
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
I've been digging into the courses job agencies are making jobseekers do.
The courses are often run by the same company, and can be used to bolster their bottom line.
This is called "Understanding Body Language" and it is quite something!
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August 1, 2022
The Monthly • Josh Bornstein • August 1, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
What’s gone wrong at the ABC
Years of government attacks over funding and balance have left the national broadcaster in desperate need of repair
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The Monthly@THEMONTHLY
“The ABC Overton window has shrunk to reduce the presence of strong left-wing commentary. A climate-change denialist is more likely to appear on an ABC discussion panel than a trade unionist.” @JoshBBornstein on the “creeping depression” infecting the ABC. bit.ly/3vsuGiW
August 1, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • August 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Child poverty: A problem Labor can and must solve
The Albanese government could act today to change their lives, and has so far chosen not to. Nor do we have much indication yet that it will do so any time soon.
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • August 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
ABC appoints former Coalition media adviser Fiona Cameron as ombudsman
Public broadcaster says newly-created independent position will help maintain audience trust and confidence
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • August 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
The inflation fix: Protect profits, and hit workers and consumers
The primary source of the huge price rises we’ve seen is quite different to what we’re used to. It’s blockages in the supply of goods, caused by a perfect storm of global problems: the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and even climate change.
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Liam Byrne@Liamj47
Terrific by @1RossGittins. The debate over inflation isn't a neutral one about 'economics' broadly defined - it is fundamentally a difference of social interest and the distribution of social power. theage.com.au/business/the-e…
August 1, 2022
The Guardian • Adam Morton • August 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor’s climate bill is mostly symbolic - the big questions are about what comes next
In the first of a new weekly column, Guardian Australia’s environment editor argues the Albanese government will be judged on what it actually achieves to tackle climate change
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
Have started a new weekly column on climate and environment issues. First one here.
Labor's climate bill matters but reality is there's hardly anything in it and the big decisions are all ahead. The potentially very big shift last week was in the US.
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August 1, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Thomas Mayor • August 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
As the PM spoke at Garma, I had tears in my eyes
Critics of the Voice movement say it is just virtue signalling and unhelpful to “real” Aboriginal people and their communities. They are wrong.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • The Herald's View • August 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
For the sake of NSW, Stuart Ayres must resign
The fiasco over the appointment of former deputy premier John Barilaro to a $500,000-a-year New York trade job has preoccupied NSW politics for long enough.
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ABC News • Ariel Bogle • August 1, 2022 • abc.net.au
Why Greg can't use encrypted apps and must open his phone for police at any time
One phone, no encrypted apps, and sharing passwords with police: These are some of the technology-focused bail conditions faced by Blockade Australia climate protesters.
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Ariel Bogle@arielbogle
In June I heard about the strict tech bail conditions for Blockade Aus activists - no encrypted apps, needing to share passwords with police etc - that I’d mostly heard in organised crime cases. So I wanted to know what it’s like to actually live with them abc.net.au/news/science/2…
August 1, 2022
The Guardian • Jo Chandler • August 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Enough is enough’: the fight to elect women to Papua New Guinea’s men-only parliament
In nearly 50 years, PNG has elected just seven female MPs. Money, culture and corruption are all working against the women trying to address the problem
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kishor Napier-Raman, Charlotte Grieve • August 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
James Packer’s $250,000 gift to free Julian Assange
James Packer is the latest high-profile voice to call for Assange’s release.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Natassia Chrysanthos, Lucy Cormack • August 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Documents reveal selection report edited to make Barilaro first choice for trade job
Damning new documents reveal John Barilaro did not attract the highest interview score among final candidates and was suggested for the “talent pool” rather than the coveted position when a selection panel drafted its report on March 25.
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The Guardian • Anne Davies • August 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Pork-barrelling can constitute corrupt conduct and could lead to criminal charges, Icac says
NSW anti-corruption watchdog calls for strict guidelines for government grants in new report
The Guardian • Paul Karp • August 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia holding immigration detainees for average of almost two years, freedom of information request reveals
At end of April there were 1,414 people in Australia’s detention centres, 61% due to visa cancellations
ABC News • David Chau • August 1, 2022 • abc.net.au
Australian house prices fall at 'fastest rate' since 2008 financial crisis
House prices in Australia are dropping at their fastest since the global financial crisis — and market conditions are "likely to worsen" as interest rates continue to rise, according to property analytics firm CoreLogic.
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Dan Ziffer@danziffer
House prices are falling.. yes.
*But*
..they've gone up so much so fast that even a 15 per cent drop in national housing values, would "take prices back to where they were in about April 2021" according to CoreLogic.
Great read from @ChauDave #auspol abc.net.au/news/2022-08-0…
August 1, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin • August 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Parliament to host de facto euthanasia debate with territory rights bill
A number of Labor MPs are expected to use a conscience vote to reject a bill to allow the ACT and NT to debate legalising voluntary assisted dying.
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CNN • Eric Cheung, Kylie Atwood, Alex Rogers and Kevin Liptak, CNN • August 1, 2022 • cnn.com
Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, Taiwanese and US officials say
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan as part of her tour of Asia, according to a senior Taiwanese government official and a US official, despite warnings from Biden administration officials, who are worried about China's response to such a high-profile visit.
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William Yang@WilliamYang120
Breaking: @CNN confirmed that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit #Taiwan during her Asia tour, according Taiwanese and US officials. edition.cnn.com/2022/08/01/pol…
August 1, 2022
The Guardian • Elle Hardy • July 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
Spiritual union: why Gulf migrants are turning to evangelical Christianity
Pentecostalism is quietly thriving, with pastors saying churches are helping low-paid workers in crisis
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The Guardian • Josh Butler • August 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Immunity over use of restraints in Australian aged care may breach torture conventions, lawyers say
Advocates say proposed laws are an ‘extraordinary overreach’ but minister says they are needed for safety
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • August 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia facing ‘alarming’ gas shortfall in 2023 as ACCC urges producers to keep supplies onshore
Treasurer concerned after watchdog report warns of ‘substantial risk’ to nation’s energy security
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