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The Guardian • Rick Morton • August 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Smoking was costing me $1,000 a month by the end. But that’s not why I quit
I needed to pay the mortgage for my mother’s home. But even with that incentive, I couldn’t quit until my mental health was sorted
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
Well, I've gone and done it now. I've written about becoming a non-smoker. There really is no going back now. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
August 24, 2022
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • August 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Biggest seismic testing for oil and gas at odds with Australia’s net zero push, activists say
Environmentalists condemn ‘outrageous’ testing plans in Otway Basin off coast of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia
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The Guardian • Van Badham • August 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Finland’s PM is a young woman in power. Her partying is the total opposite of disgrace
Sanna Marin is a symbol of feminist achievement that closet cultural-Putinists are fighting to contain
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The Guardian • Nino Bucci • August 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian court rules family of deceased choirboy can sue Catholic church
The Victorian court’s decision had been sought before a civil case brought against Cardinal George Pell and the church could proceed
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Louise Milligan@Milliganreports
This is important. A Victorian judge has found legislation overruling the Ellis Defence means that families of alleged victims can sue the Catholic Church, not just complainants. Meaning the family of a deceased choirboy can now sue George Pell.
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August 24, 2022
The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • August 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian government launches offshore petroleum exploration permits for 47,000 sq km of ocean
Resources minister says exploration ‘central to alleviating future domestic gas shortfalls’ but Greens slam ‘mockery’ of climate target
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Crikey • Amber Schultz, Julia Bergin • August 24, 2022 • crikey.com.au
'This case will have global importance': Malcolm Turnbull leads the charge against Murdoch's decision to sue Crikey
Political figures warn about the Murdochs' power in Australia, voicing their support for a royal commission and for Crikey.
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Australian Financial Review • Mark Di Stefano • August 24, 2022 • afr.com
Murdoch court action set to be first major test of defamation changes
Lachlan Murdoch’s decision to sue news website Crikey may be the first major test of changes to Australia’s defamation laws that seek to protect public interest journalism.
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Mark Di Stefano@MarkDiStef
Malcolm Turnbull goes very hard this morning: "Very few people have defamed more people than the Murdochs over the years... They’re always bleating about freedom of speech and how the defamation laws are too harsh, and they stifle free speech.”
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August 24, 2022
Crikey • Bernard Keane • August 22, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Why I'd write an even stronger story today about Murdoch, Fox and Trump
It's a simple fact that the Murdoch family, via Fox News, helped create the conditions for the January 6 insurrection in the United States. And it's important to say it.
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
The Murdochs and their media empire pose an existential threat to the US & Australia.
I've been threatened with defamation by Lachlan Murdoch for writing an article.
Here's why I'd write an even stronger article next time
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August 23, 2022
Crikey • Bernard Keane • August 24, 2022 • crikey.com.au
The events of January 6, and the role of Fox and the Murdochs, must be scrutinised
The part played by the Murdochs and Fox News in the events of January 6 2021 is a crucial matter of public interest. Why should that be off limits?
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • August 24, 2022 • crikey.com.au
It’s not just the US: Fox News fuels conspiracy and hate in Australia too
Fox News has validated Australia's fringe and conspiracy figures by repeating their own views back to them.
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Crikey@crikey_news
More evidence is being unearthed showing the role Fox News played in the Jan 6 insurrection. But the network's influence doesn't stop at US borders.
@cameronwilson reports on how Fox content has fuelled conspiracy & fringe communities here in Australia.
crikey.com.au/2022/08/24/fox…
August 24, 2022
ABC News • Heath Parkes-Hupton, Jamie McKinnell • August 23, 2022 • abc.net.au
Lachlan Murdoch sues Crikey for defamation over article about January 6 riots
The News Corp and Fox chairman launches proceedings in the Federal Court after Crikey challenged him to sue the publisher this week.
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • August 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Lachlan Murdoch accuses Australian news site Crikey of using legal threat to attract subscriptions
Lawyers for Murdoch say an ad in the New York Times sought to ‘humiliate’ the Fox Corporation chief executive
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • August 23, 2022 • theguardian.com
Lachlan Murdoch files defamation action against Australian independent news outlet Crikey
Claim lodged by co-chairman of News Corp names news website, politics editor Bernard Keane and editor-in-chief Peter Fray as respondents
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Tim Soutphommasane@timsout
For years News Corp campaigned to repeal racial hatred protections in the Racial Discrimination Act (and failed). Because of “free speech”. Now, its co-chair sues Crikey for defamation. Of course, when it’s racial vilification, it’s just “hurt feelings” theguardian.com/media/2022/aug…
August 23, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • August 24, 2022 • smh.com.au
New disclosure test for Anthony Albanese on national cabinet
A bid to find out more about the Prime Minister’s meetings with state premiers is likely to be appealed to a federal tribunal in the hope it will order the release of documents such as agendas and notes.
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • August 23, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Right-wing commentator Avi Yemini denied entry to New Zealand over domestic abuse conviction
Immigration NZ contradicts Yemini's claim his rejection was because of a NZ Herald article labelling him an 'Australian conspiracy commentator'.
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cammyboo AO@cameronwilson
NEW: Avi Yemini claims he was stopped from boarding a flight to New Zealand because he was called a "Australian conspiracy commentator"
Immigration NZ officials told me it's actually because he has a criminal record -- including for assaulting his ex-wife
crikey.com.au/2022/08/23/avi…
August 23, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • August 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
RBA urges business to act now on climate threats or face potential legal action
Reserve Bank Australia says households may struggle to repay debts as asset prices will probably become more volatile
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Crikey • Peter Fray, Eric Beecher • August 24, 2022 • crikey.com.au
A statement: 'We stand by our reporting and we welcome Lachlan Murdoch's writ.'
Lachlan Murdoch has filed a defamation suit against Crikey. We look forward to testing what honest public debate means in Australia.
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • August 24, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Australia's right wing conference says it's being held at Luna Park. The venue says that's not true.
The organisers of conservative Coachella have yet to address the issue in the media, but sent out an email today about "CPAC BEING ATTACKED BY CANCEL CULTURE".
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cammyboo AO@cameronwilson
NEW: Australia's right wing conference CPAC said they're having their event at the Luna Park in Sydney.
The only problem? Luna Park say that's not the case and that they're trying to get them to remove the venue's branding from the CPAC website crikey.com.au/2022/08/24/cpa…
August 24, 2022
Pearls and Irritations • David Solomon • August 24, 2022 • johnmenadue.com
Moves began in 2018 for Morrison's secret government
Scott Morrison and/or his officials prepared the way for the Prime Minister or a Minister to secretly administer a government department in August 2018, just four days after Morrison took power after disposing of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Many months before the 2019 federal election and a year before the beginning of the Covid crisis, Continue reading »
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The Age • Paul Sakkal • August 24, 2022 • theage.com.au
Labor refuses to confirm rail loop cost as opposition warns against signing contracts
Transport Minister Jacinta Allan was asked five times during a press conference about the cost of the first two stages of the Suburban Rail Loop and how a cost-benefit analysis could be conducted without a total cost estimate. She would only confirm a figure for the first stage.
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