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The Age • Annika Smethurst, Paul Sakkal • August 2, 2022 • theage.com.au
Guy’s chief of staff asked wealthy Liberal donor for payments
The Age has obtained a contract, sent to the private email of Opposition Leader Matthew Guy, proposing payments to the private business of his chief of staff.
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The Age • Paul Sakkal, Annika Smethurst • August 2, 2022 • theage.com.au
Matthew Guy’s chief of staff resigns after revelations he asked a wealthy Liberal donor for payments
Matthew Guy’s chief of staff Mitch Catlin has resigned following revelations he asked a wealthy Liberal Party donor to make more than $100,000 in payments to his private marketing business, in addition to his taxpayer-funded salary.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway, Jonathan Kearsley, Rob Harris • August 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
AFP warned George Christensen’s Philippines ‘activities’ put him at risk of compromise
After a three-year fight, the AFP has finally released a key letter it sent to the former Coalition government about the then-MP’s activities in Southeast Asia.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • August 2, 2022 • news.com.au
Liberals warned not to be climate change ‘weirdos’
Liberal leader Peter Dutton wants Australia to go nuclear, and has dismissed the government’s legislation to enshrine a 43 per cent reduction target by 2030 in law as “a stunt”.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
At the last party room meeting, MPs were briefed by Liberal strategist and 2022 campaign director Andrew Hirst
“The research says that 67 per cent of voters think the Liberal Party are weirdos on climate change,’’ a Liberal MP told news.com.au news.com.au/technology/env…
August 2, 2022
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • August 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Tony Burke flags parliamentary inquiry to consider overhaul of Workforce Australia jobs program
Labor supported $1.5bn-a-year program implemented by Coalition but employment minister says some aspects require ‘scrutiny and oversight’
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The Age • Jack Latimore • August 2, 2022 • theage.com.au
A knife, a harness and the ‘power stance’: Eddie Betts reveals ‘cult-like’ training camp
A pre-season training camp for the Adelaide Crows left the AFL champion feeling ‘shattered’, and he says his complaints led to him being dropped from the club’s leadership group. He tells the story in a new autobiography.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Lisa Visentin • August 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Wyatt finds Voice on Indigenous referendum
The former Liberal minister for Indigenous Australians is backing a constitutionally enshrined Voice to parliament, saying “if we don’t give Aboriginal people a Voice, nothing will change”.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Katharine Murphy • August 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton rejects push by moderate Liberals to change position on climate legislation
Opposition leader tells shadow cabinet voting against bill does not mean it opposes targets, while Greens yet to reach consensus
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Dana Daniel • August 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Operation COVID Shield ends as vaccination booster rates stall
The Albanese government has quietly wound up the Operation COVID Shield vaccination program, despite millions of Australians being overdue for their boosters.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • August 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Indigenous voice to parliament: how will the constitution change and what will Australians be asked to vote on?
The idea of recognising Indigenous Australians in the constitution has gone through many iterations. Here’s what the government is proposing
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • August 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton has reached into the weeds of the climate wars and pulled out nuclear energy. It’s beyond ludicrous
The Coalition could’ve progressed a domestic industry in its nine years in power, but it didn’t
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
How about we talk about nuclear? Ok, sure. Let’s hang a lantern over this absolute, utter, bollocks theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol
August 2, 2022
The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • August 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Murray-Darling Basin Plan ‘cannot achieve’ environmental water savings target, report finds
Findings will increase calls for voluntary buybacks, which could provide the water quickly but would require legislation
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Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • August 1, 2022 • afr.com
Revealed: John Barilaro’s application letter for New York trade job
The former NSW deputy premier’s diplomacy skills are so rare that nobody’s ever seen them.
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Insider • Rosie Bradbury, Majd Al-Waheidi • August 1, 2022 • businessinsider.com
A factory line of terrors: TikTok's African content moderators complain they were treated like robots, reviewing videos of suicide and animal cruelty…
TikTok's Morocco-based moderators complain of severe psychological distress. They say they were offered little help to protect their mental health.
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rosie bradbury@_RosieBradbury
NEW: TikTok is massively expanding its fleet of content moderators in Morocco. Paid $1.60 an hour, thousands of workers sift through unspeakably graphic footage so it doesn't get to your 'For You' page
@majd_ai and I spent 4 months investigating ⤵️
businessinsider.com/tiktoks-africa…
August 1, 2022
ABC News • James Glenday • August 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
Government to block billions in potential superannuation that may be owed to public servants
Billions of dollars in superannuation payments that may be owed to public servants will be retrospectively blocked by the federal government, as a court considers whether the government will have to pay up.
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ABC Radio National • August 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
Calls for immediate pay rise for early childhood educators
Early childhood education is one of the big ticket items for the Albanese government, who have promised to lift the maximum childcare subsidy rate. But experts query who will educate the kids given staff vacancies are at an all-time high with more than six thousand positions unfilled.
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sam mostyn@sammostyn
Strong advocacy on behalf of early childhood educators & carers by ⁦@JayWeatherill⁩ 👏👏👏
⁦@ThriveByFiveAu⁩ #auspol #ecec #childcare #genderequality ⁦@georgiedent⁩ ⁦⁦@the_parenthood⁩ ⁦@spage_ECA⁩ ⁦@helengibbo⁩ abclisten.page.link/KTfWYxMY6HWFDa…
August 2, 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia • August 2, 2022 • rba.gov.au
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision | Media Releases
At its meeting today, the Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 1.85 per cent.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Sarah Martin • August 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Warren Entsch may support Labor’s climate target if he can be shown it’s not a ‘brain fart’
Liberal MP says he is open-minded on bill but doesn’t want it to become an ‘impost on the community’ amid high inflation
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The New Daily • Paul Bongiorno • August 2, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Paul Bongiorno: Righting wrongs puts Voice referendum in the box seat
Earlier prime ministers have heralded false dawns promising First Nations people they would receive the recognition and respect so long denied them.
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skynews • July 29, 2022 • skynews.com.au
Zelensky ‘not all he’s portrayed as’ by Western media: Bernardi
Sky News host Cory Bernardi says “everything we are told” about the Russia-Ukraine conflict should be taken “with a huge dose of salt”. “I think the President of the Ukraine is not all that he’s portrayed as by the Western media,” Mr Bernardi said.
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Geoff Winestock@GeoffWinestock
Late to this but why is Cory Bernardi on Sky attacking Ukraine and talking like a Kremlin stooge and why is Sky allowing it? skynews.com.au/opinion/zelens…
August 2, 2022

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