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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • August 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition used private contractor to collect intelligence on Nauru asylum seekers
Exclusive: asylum seekers in the offshore detention centre who had contact with Australian journalists, lawyers and advocates were closely watched, documents reveal
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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • August 6, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: Private schools win millions in disability funding
Disabled students in public schools are missing out on $600 million a year, because of onerous and unfair funding arrangements.
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
Disabled kids in public schools were UNDERFUNDED $600 million last year despite qualifying for that support. There is currently no plan to fully fund public schools, even out to 2029. But many private schools already above 100% and more to come. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
August 6, 2022
The Guardian • Ramon Antonio Vargas • August 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Alex Jones ordered to pay $45.2m in punitive damages to Sandy Hook family
Combined amount of $49.3m is still below the $150m Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis sought after his Sandy Hook shooting lies
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7NEWS • 7NEWS, Alex Chapman • August 6, 2022 • 7news.com.au
Australian music legend Judith Durham dies aged 79
Judith Durham, the lead singer of The Seekers, has died at the age of 79 after an illustrious career.
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Dr Jenna Price@JennaPrice
Say goodbye, my own true lover, as we sing a lover’s song. 7news.com.au/entertainment/…
August 6, 2022
ABC News • Daniel Ziffer • August 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
I think my house earns more money than I do, and that's a big problem
The Australian dream is said to be owning a house, writes Daniel Ziffer, but what if we expanded it to our children being able to buy a home somewhere near the area where they grew up.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • August 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
In Australia’s welfare sector obligations are ‘mutual’, but profits flow only one way
As vast network of job agencies rakes in hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars, jobseekers face ‘humiliating’ tasks to maintain payments
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
New from me on mutual obligations and the privatised job services system theguardian.com/business/2022/…
August 6, 2022
The Age • Chip Le Grand • August 6, 2022 • theage.com.au
‘Sucked dry’: How a private school fell into financial ruin
Australia’s corporate regulator was warned two years ago the-then Kilmore International School was at risk, with high fees being paid to companies controlled by the school’s founder.
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The Age • Royce Millar, Sumeyya Ilanbey • August 6, 2022 • theage.com.au
Scandals and ‘soft’ corruption: How integrity became a Victorian election issue
It was once a political truism that integrity and transparency are not vote-changers. But with the Andrews government and the opposition both facing controversies, that might have changed.
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ABC News • Rachael Brown • August 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
When we asked about the Saudi sisters found dead in bed, nobody wanted to speak
Two women are found mysteriously dead, with the crime scene offering more questions than answers. Some say their deaths reflect a "silent crisis".
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Julia Baird • August 6, 2022 • smh.com.au
Life, on steroids: Not even my iPhone can recognise my face
What changes when you begin to visibly show signs of medical treatment is the way people respond to you. But really, don’t panic if someone looks odd.
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ABC News • Jason Dasey • August 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
The Seekers singer Judith Durham dead at 79
Durham died in palliative care in Melbourne on Friday night, according to a statement from Universal Music Australia and Musicoast, after suffering complications from chronic lung disease.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Macken • August 6, 2022 • smh.com.au
Sydney private schools go on $100 million buying bonanza
It isn’t just rich listers buying up neighbouring homes to make a larger estate for themselves. Private schools are the most prolific buyers of the post-pandemic property boom.
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The Saturday Paper • Karen Middleton • August 6, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Damaging to democracy’: The secret trial of  Witness J
New details have emerged in the prosecution of Witness J, who was secretly jailed for sharing classified information.
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The Saturday Paper • Brian Toohey • August 6, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Does Australia actually need nuclear submarines?
As experts question the diplomatic, strategic and economic rationale behind Australia’s purchase of nuclear-powered submarines, the gaps in the country’s defensive fleet could be filled by conventional subs.
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ABC Radio National • August 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
Remembering Archie Roach
Vale Archie Roach, the Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung) singer and songwriter, who has died at the age of 66.
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Andrew Ford@Fordwritesmusic
On tonight’s Music Show a remembrance of Archie Roach. He was often a guest on the show and today’s program brings highlights from three of those interviews, two of which included live music @RadioNational abc.net.au/radionational/…
August 6, 2022
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • August 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Great Barrier Reef’s record coral cover is good news but climate threat remains
The world heritage site still has some capacity for recovery but the window is closing fast as the climate continues to warm
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin, James Massola • August 5, 2022 • smh.com.au
Rudd rebukes Abbott for ‘stoking anxiety and fear’ over Voice to parliament
The clashing views of the two former prime ministers give a flavour of the forthcoming rival Yes and No campaigns on a referendum.
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The Saturday Paper • Megan Davis • August 6, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
What happens next for the Voice?
Curiosity and impatience for referendum detail is unsurprising. This is the second decade of the constitutional recognition journey in Australia, and it is Australia’s first referendum since 1999. It is worth pointing out, however, that much of the early mainstream media discussion is consciously or subconsciously mimicking the republic referendum debate.
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ABC News • David Campbell, Ellen McCutchan • August 5, 2022 • abc.net.au
We fact checked Peter Dutton's claim about the cashless debit card. Here's what we found
The Opposition Leader has been talking up the results of a survey on the cashless debit card, but the majority said the program had made life "worse".
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The Australian • Peter van Onselen • August 6, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Ineffectiveness of Liberal moderates led to rise of the teals
As Labor revels in achieving the support it needed to pass its emissions reduction legislation, the Liberal Party needs to engage seriously with why it lost seats to Labor, the Greens and teals.
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