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ABC News • August 29, 2022 • abc.net.au
Man 'deeply embarrassed' for threatening to kill journalist's wife in expletive-filled voicemail
Thomas Rickard left a message threatening to kill the wife of ABC journalist Mark Willacy after he uncovered war crimes allegations.
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • August 29, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor is sending mixed messages on energy – and some of it sounds like climate denial
The release of vast new areas along the Australian coast for oil and gas exploration is undermining proclamations about creating a cleaner economy
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
Today's column is on Labor's mixed messages on climate.
theguardian.com/environment/co…
August 29, 2022
news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • August 29, 2022 • news.com.au
Taxpayers pick up tab for ScoMo’s Japan trip
Scott and Jenny Morrison’s “privately funded” trip to Tokyo will cost taxpayers thousands of dollars because a team of AFP close personal protection officers travelled with the couple to Japan.
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Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • August 28, 2022 • afr.com
Alan Joyce, the man who wasn’t there
The Qantas CEO is just another monopolist, staying at the front of the field and slowing his competitors down.
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Jack Norton@JackNorton8064
‘The Qantas Group had 37,000 employees when Joyce was appointed CEO in 2008. In March 2020, there were 29,400 staff…and today there is 21,600. It is nothing less than sublime irony that Joyce would blame unions for causing a lot of Qantas employees to lose their jobs.’ twitter.com/markdistef/sta…
August 28, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • George Brandis • August 29, 2022 • smh.com.au
Dutton may never be PM but, so far, he’s hardly put a foot wrong
History tells us that Peter Dutton is unlikely to ever become prime minister, but the former cop is strategic, not ideological; a pragmatist, not a zealot. And as Malcolm Turnbull realised too late, he is cold-bloodedly ruthless.
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Mirage News • August 26, 2022 • miragenews.com
Historic meeting of NT Land Councils held on Gurindji country
The four NT Land Councils held a historic meeting on Gurindji country, on Thursday, 25 August 2022. Magnify Executive Council Members discussed a
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Thomas Mayor@tommayor11
Att: @Greens. 🤷🏾‍♂️
“The combined [land councils] Executives passed a resolution supporting implementation of the Uluṟu Statment from the Heart in full & changing the Australian Constitution to enshrine a Voice to Parliament within this term of Government.”
miragenews.com/historic-meeti… twitter.com/senatorthorpe/…
August 29, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Ben Cubby, Natassia Chrysanthos • August 29, 2022 • smh.com.au
Rome’s arches have stood for 2000 years. But in Sydney’s Italian Forum, they’re crumbling
A long-running turf war between some commercial operators, residents, and an Italian-Australian charity has left Leichhardt’s Italian Forum at its lowest ebb after decades of decline.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Angus Thompson • August 29, 2022 • smh.com.au
Industry-wide bargaining could close gender pay gap: Workplace relations minister
The Albanese government is examining the union movement’s proposal for industry-wide bargaining as a tool to help close the gender pay gap.
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The Canberra Times • Doug Dingwall, Sarah Basford Canales • August 29, 2022 • canberratimes.com.au
Trying to answer an important APS question: what does Martin want?
Bursting the bureaucracy bubble.
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Dan Jervis-Bardy@D_JervisBardy
The @canberratimes has launched a new public service gossip column [it'll be more than gossip].
Have a read of the first offering👇 canberratimes.com.au/story/7873976/…
August 29, 2022
ABC News • Daniel Ziffer • August 29, 2022 • abc.net.au
GDP is how we measure everything. Governments are waking up to the fact that it leaves out most of what we value
Kate Fawcett and her community lived through a devastating bushfire that killed 27 people, destroyed scores of homes and changed lives. So why does the economy count that as a good thing?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kishor Napier-Raman, Liam Mannix • August 29, 2022 • smh.com.au
Turnbull, Rudd help fund Crikey’s defence against Lachlan Murdoch lawsuit
The former prime ministers both dropped $5000 for Crikey’s legal defence.
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ABC News • John Lyons • August 29, 2022 • abc.net.au
For all China's muscle-flexing and the US's rhetoric, there's another fierce battle occurring completely out of sight
The escalating rhetoric and posturing between China and the United States is concealing a crucial defence contest deep within the oceans — one Australia has a stake in, writes John Lyons.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Laura Chung • August 29, 2022 • smh.com.au
US pilots killed in plane crash unaware of terrible fire conditions
The report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau into the Black Summer crash of 2020 criticised the NSW Rural Fire Service and said other pilots had declined to fly in the area.
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Laura Chung@Laura_R_Chung
Three American firefighters whose aircraft crashed while they were fighting the Black Summer bushfires were not given the appropriate information about the difficult conditions and were without aerial supervision, the aviation watchdog has found smh.com.au/environment/we…
August 29, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • August 29, 2022 • theguardian.com
Jobseeker should rise to $70 a day to ‘lift people out of poverty’ and back into work, Acoss says
Peak body will lobby government to make full employment the ‘core goal’ in bid reduce social harms of joblessness
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ABC • August 29, 2022 • abc.net.au
Paul Barry on Trump's big lie, the Murdochs and Crikey
Taking on the might of the Murdoch family in court is no small feat, but the small Australian commentary website, Crikey, is doing just that. Lachlan Murdoch is suing the platform for defamation, after it alleged links between his family and the January 6 Capitol riot in the US, which the Murdochs deny. Today, the host of Media Watch on ABC TV, Paul Barry, on why it will be a test case for Australia's defamation laws you’ll want a front row seat for. Featured: Paul Barry, host, Media Watch, ABC TV
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The Canberra Times • Sarah Basford Canales • August 29, 2022 • canberratimes.com.au
Parliament House crackdown on public servants' social media
The tough new social media policy has DPS staff concerned their work is being hampered.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
Social media crackdown. Department of Parliamentary Services staff are now banned from posting online without permission. But a spokesperson says they’re still allowed to participate in online debate. Not sure how that works…via ⁦@sbasfordcanales⁩ canberratimes.com.au/story/7877807/…
August 29, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Hannah Wootton • August 29, 2022 • afr.com
The $25b reasons Teals say women can solve the jobs crisis
Influential independent MPs say there is a slew of reforms the jobs summit can consider to improve women’s workforce participation and ease the skills shortage.
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Emma Dawson@DawsonEJ
I’m thrilled that the undervaluing of women’s work in the foundational care economy is such a focus of this week’s jobs and skills summit - and very pleased to be attending and, hopefully, making a contribution to this critical policy discussion. #auspol afr.com/policy/economy…
August 29, 2022
The Guardian • Benita Kolovos • August 29, 2022 • theguardian.com
Victoria paying more than $1m a day to keep unsentenced prisoners in jail
Despite steep rise in number of prisoners on remand, Andrews government hasn’t reviewed bail reforms
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Liam Mannix • August 26, 2022 • smh.com.au
Hope, hype or madness? Inside the ‘crazy money’ bid to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction
A scientist and a tech genius want to bring back the thylacine. They have “crazy money”. But scientists have tried this before - and last time it ended in acrimony and allegations of sabotage.
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Crikey • Amber Schultz • August 29, 2022 • crikey.com.au
'Press freedom isn’t being served': Peter Greste speaks to Crikey on the need for media law reform
Peter Greste, director of the Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom, speaks to Crikey about how Australia’s democracy is being failed.
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