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ABC News • James Purtill, Joanna Lauder • August 30, 2022 • abc.net.au
At the height of the bushfires, Emily sent an explosive reply-all email. Then she walked out of News Corp
Emily Townsend very publicly quit her job at News Corp over its bushfire and climate change reporting. She thought she was burning her bridges. Then the messages arrived.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
Centrelink seizes $13,000 of jobseeker’s compensation after work for the dole injury
Mick Smart says ‘catastrophic’ back injury destroyed his life as he now battles to receive a disability support pension
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
They sent him to work for the dole, then they swiped his compensation when he got permanently injured. theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol #workforceaustralia
August 30, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
Stage-three tax cuts: richest 1% of Australians will save as much as poorest 65% combined, analysis shows
Adam Bandt says changes will ‘turbocharge’ inequality as parliamentary budget office analysis finds men will benefit the most
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Utterly damning’ review finds offsets scheme fails to protect NSW environment
Conservationists label report ‘utterly damning’ as opposition and crossbench MPs call for overhaul of state’s biodiversity market
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Lisa Cox@_LisaMCox
This NSW auditor general's report is damning and backs up my extensive reporting on biodiversity offsets. Hope others follow it up as it's really important, including in the context of federal plans to create a biodiversity market. theguardian.com/environment/20…
August 30, 2022
The Guardian • Damian Carrington • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
Major sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’
Loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27cm regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists discover
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sarah McPhee • August 30, 2022 • smh.com.au
Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering Lynette Dawson in 1982
The judge delivered his verdict in Dawson’s high-profile case on Tuesday, convicting the 74-year-old former Sydney teacher and Newtown Jets player of murder.
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The Guardian • Kristine Ziwica • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
We cannot squander this moment. Australia must tackle the structural issues behind women’s inequality
The post-pandemic lessons of care feminism seem to have sunk in, but if we do not seize the moment now, we may waste a historic opportunity
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ABC News • Natalie Whiting, Stephen Dziedzic • August 30, 2022 • abc.net.au
Papua New Guinea reveals it wants to negotiate a new security treaty with Australia
Australia and Papua New Guinea have strong security links, and while the two countries have never signed a formal treaty, the fact one is being considered may signal a desire to build a deeper defence relationship as China entrenches its power in the Pacific.
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Stephen Dziedzic@stephendziedzic
Breaking- the new PNG Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko tells @Nat_Whiting he and Penny Wong discussed a possible Australia - Papua New Guinea security treaty, which could potentially also draw in NZ. Wong stressing they're "very very early" discussions abc.net.au/news/2022-08-3…
August 30, 2022
Crikey • Bernard Keane • August 30, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Like it or not, Fox News plays a key role in Australia's foreign and defence policy
Fox News continues to peddle conspiracy theories in support of Donald Trump and its damaging impact on US democracy will affect Australia too.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • August 29, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Change from within’: Climate independent MP defends fossil fuel shares
Teal independent and MP for North Sydney Kylea Tink says she purchased “small shareholdings” in two fossil fuel companies to understand them better.
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💧simon holmes à court@simonahac
fwiw, i know many climate concerned people who keep a *small* parcel of shares in problematic companies so they can vote & speak at AGMs.
the tactic has been used to great effect in recent years.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
August 30, 2022
Honi Soit • August 29, 2022 • honisoit.com
VC splurged thousands of University money on exclusive OxBridge and Australian boys’ clubs
Former Vice-Chancellor (VC) Michael Spence expensed $133,525.46 over two years against the University, and spent thousands on a personal membership to the exclusive Oxford and Cambridge club.
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The Guardian • Nino Bucci • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette in Sydney 40 years ago
Supreme court verdict in case that was the subject of popular Teacher’s Pet podcast will be appealed, Dawson’s lawyer says
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
Increasing paid parental leave to 52 weeks would give billion-dollar boost to economy, unions say
In the lead-up to Labor’s jobs and skills summit, unions have also called for payments to match actual wages and the inclusion of superannuation
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Australian Financial Review • Julie Hare • August 30, 2022 • afr.com
Research council overdue for overhaul, says Clare
The Australian Research Council has come in for its fair share of criticism and education minister Jason Clare wants the issues resolved.
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Prof. Nerilie Abram@ClimateNerilie
“When Brian Schmidt, the vice chancellor of ANU, tells you the research he did that won him the Nobel Prize wouldn’t qualify under the current test, you know you have to make some changes.”
Education Minister Jason Clare says ARC overdue for overhaul afr.com/policy/health-…
August 30, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler • August 29, 2022 • theguardian.com
Anthony Albanese says he will ‘stand by’ stage three tax cuts as Liberal MP joins calls to scrap them
PM commits to keeping cuts but stops short of ironclad guarantee that there will be no tweaks
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JohnQuiggin@JohnQuiggin
Is anyone defending the view that the Stage 3 tax cuts are good policy? Anyone? Bueller? theguardian.com/australia-news…
August 30, 2022
ABC News • Ellen McCutchan • August 30, 2022 • abc.net.au
Sussan Ley says no one in the world is making an electric ute. Is that correct?
Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley told Sky News no one in the world is making an electric ute. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
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The Australian • Claire Harvey • August 30, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Hedley Thomas on Dawson: ‘I think he’s pathetic’
Hedley Thomas thinks Chris Dawson is pathetic.
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Women's Agenda • Angela Priestley • August 30, 2022 • womensagenda.com.au
Reduce gender inequality at work and gain an extra $111 billion. The plan to make it happen
There are $111 billion reasons to reduce the gender pay gap and women's workforce participation gap. We all win.
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sam mostyn@sammostyn
“There may be no greater measure to boost national productivity & economic growth than delivering respect and equity for women at work.” @MicheleONeilAU Reduce gender inequality at work & gain an extra $111 billion #jobsSummit #auspol #genderequality womensagenda.com.au/latest/reduce-…
August 30, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jordan Baker • August 30, 2022 • smh.com.au
Apple, Facebook, Microsoft forced to come clean on child abuse material
Tech giant Apple reported just 160 instances of abuse material across almost 2 billion devices last year amid a bitter debate over whether child safety trumps privacy.
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • August 30, 2022 • bbc.com
Pakistan floods: One third of country is under water - minister
More than 1,130 have died in devastating floods triggered by the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade.
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Dan Ilic 🚠@danilic
We're currently at +1.1°C warming.
Paris commitments want to stop at +1.5°
@AustralianLabor reckons +2°C is a nice compromise.
bbc.com/news/world-eur…
August 30, 2022

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