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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • August 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘What game is he playing?’: Lachlan Murdoch, Trump’s election lies and the legal fight against a small Australian website
Observers say a showdown between the minnow and the monolith has been looking ‘increasingly inevitable’
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
Rupert Murdoch, so the aphorism goes, doesn’t sue.
But his eldest son, it appears, is cut from different cloth.
theguardian.com/media/2022/aug…
August 27, 2022
The Saturday Paper • Karen Middleton • August 27, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Scott Morrison, the naked emperor
As questions ricochet around Scott Morrison’s secret ministerial powers, a rhetorical one hovers above: Why is anyone surprised?
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Paul Bongiorno@PaulBongiorno
A searing indictment of Morrison and his conniving cabinet, ministry and party. Self interest -power and prestige- was put ahead of everything: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/14513/VE…
August 27, 2022
The Guardian • Malcolm Farr • August 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Should Australian companies make millions out of people’s unemployment misery?
Next week’s jobs summit seems like an opportune time to raise questions around the lucrative employment industry
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • August 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Albanese outlines plan for nature restoration market prompting calls for more urgent action
Biodiversity certificates scheme for private landowners gets mixed reception as issues with likened carbon credits system linger
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ABC News • Kelly Fuller • August 26, 2022 • abc.net.au
NSW Women's Safety Minister questioned over 'disgraceful' failure to fund trauma recovery centre
Illawarra domestic violence campaigners say they've been left shocked and confounded by the NSW government's reason for not providing funding to a proposed centre for victim-survivors of domestic violence.
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kelly fuller@kelfuller
Women's advocate and @IWHCwomenhealth Executive Director @sally_stevensxn and Greens MP @AbigailBoydMLC say they are astonished at the reason @natwardmlc provided for NSW Govt decision not to fund @wtrcillawarra abc.net.au/news/2022-08-2… #nswpol #auspol
August 26, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michaela Whitbourn, Zoe Samios • August 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Murdoch v Crikey: How a mere 804 words became a test case that could run into the millions
At first, the online publisher took a conciliatory approach towards Lachlan Murdoch, the scion of a media empire, but in August the worm turned.
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The Guardian • Bridie Jabour • August 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Pandemic life changes haven’t just meant moving and quitting, there’s also been spontaneous tattoos and silly parties
Almost all of us have been fundamentally changed by the past few years
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Bridie Jabour@bkjabour
There’s moving cities and quitting jobs, but what about the smaller ways we have all been changed by the past few years? I wrote about mindset changes and being a psycho wife theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
August 27, 2022
The Saturday Paper • Kieran Pender • August 27, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The Deliveroo case that could change Australia’s gig economy
A two-year legal battle between a food delivery driver and the delivery company failed to find in favour of the worker, but may still be the catalyst for major industrial relations reform.
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Kieran Pender@KieranPender
For @SatPaper, I spoke with IR Minister @Tony_Burke about the gig economy and law reform. He told me: 'We want the technology of gig work – but 21st-century technology shouldn’t come with 19th-century working conditions.' thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy/2…
August 27, 2022
The Australian • JOHN FERGUSON • August 26, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
The Daniel Andrews era to live on: Newspoll
Daniel Andrews has defied unrest over some of the worlds toughest Covid-19 restrictions and is on track to win a third term for Labor in the Victorian election as Liberal leader Matthew Guys personal ratings slump to record lows three months from polling day.
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The Age • Annika Smethurst, Sumeyya Ilanbey • August 26, 2022 • theage.com.au
Shadow of drink-drive MP lingers over battle for Kew, as teals name candidate
The Liberal Party goes into this year’s election diminished in the electorate of Kew, haunted by the ghost of their once-powerful headkicker Tim Smith and a movement that has swept the country.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick Bryant • August 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘It’s a terrible syndrome’: What’s with our love of international ‘starchitects’?
With rare exceptions, Australia still prefers to use architects based overseas for local public projects. Globalisation at work, or cultural cringe on a grand scale?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Deborah Snow • August 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Labor saviour: Does Chris Minns have what it takes to be premier?
The telegenic state opposition leader is relatively untested, but hopes are rising in Labor ranks of a victory next March.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • August 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
First refugee families welcomed to Australia under new community sponsorship program
Shadi Al Daoud says chance for family to restart their lives on NSW Central Coast with support of local church is a dream come true
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bellingcat • Christo Grozev • August 26, 2022 • bellingcat.com
Socialite, Widow, Jeweller, Spy: How a GRU Agent Charmed Her Way Into NATO Circles in Italy
A Russian spy with an unconventional Peruvian backstory, and a chaotic private life, managed to befriend and engage numerous staff and officers at a NATO base in Italy, a Bellingcat investigation has found.
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The Guardian • Richard Ackland • August 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Lachlan Murdoch vs Crikey may turn out to be a misconceived adventure in reputation repair
The defamation case could produce hitherto unknown information about the operations of Fox News that, at the least, prove embarrassing
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • August 26, 2022 • theguardian.com
Does an inquiry into Morrison’s secret ministries risk taking focus off more pressing issues?
Albanese may be setting up a standoff over whether the former PM will cooperate but the greatest pitfall for Labor could be distraction
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Miki Perkins • August 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Baa for the course: The golf club that shares a fairway with sheep
Forget birdies and eagles, on the Eastern Sward Golf Club in Melbourne’s south-east, it’s sheep, goats and the odd alpaca that stand out.
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ABC News • Erin Handley • August 27, 2022 • abc.net.au
After rescuing his wife and child from China's Xinjiang, Sadam welcomes a new baby boy
Beijing's policies against Uyghur Muslims kept Sadam separated from his wife Nadila and young child for years. Now they are settling into life in Australia and the couple has welcomed a new baby boy.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott • August 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘We need to be a porcupine’: Marles says Australia must project lethal force
Australia must fortify itself with enough lethal weaponry to deter an attack from a hostile rival, Defence Minister Richard Marles has warned.
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • August 27, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Australia’s problem gambling capital is looking for more pokies
You may suspect the last thing a socially-challenged town like Alice Springs needs is more gambling machines, but that’s just what is proposing.
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