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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • September 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
The stage three tax cuts are a pile of garbage, and everybody knows it
Anthony Albanese could learn a thing or two from Bob Hawke, who walked back tax cuts promised ahead of the 1983 election
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ABC News • Bec Symons, Charlotte King, Andy Burns • September 1, 2022 • abc.net.au
Victorian Liberal Party members slam 'infiltration' by hardline Pentecostal groups
A Pentecostal church group in Gippsland is accused of branch-stacking to 'infiltrate' local Liberal Party branches and gain influence over the party's internal direction.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • September 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Tyrant winter is dead, long live summer! (That’s right, I’m skipping spring this year) | Jack Vening
We’ve survived the most wretched season in years. Now everything will be beautiful once more
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Jack Vening@jack_vening
They took out the cruellest things I said about England but left enough to make my feelings clear
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
September 1, 2022
ABC News • Andrew Greene, Stephen Dziedzic • September 1, 2022 • abc.net.au
'A new start': French President Emmanuel Macron looks to heal wounds with Australia by visiting this year
The ABC has learnt officials have begun preparing for a visit scheduled to occur after Mr Macron and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese join world leaders at the G20 summit in Bali.
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Australian Financial Review • Hannah Wootton • August 31, 2022 • afr.com
Sam Mostyn to chair government Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce
The appointment comes as the Albanese government faces growing pressure to move faster on policy changes to ramp up women’s workforce participation.
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sam mostyn@sammostyn
“The formation of this taskforce delivers on our commitment to make sure that women & their economic security are front & centre of government thinking.” @SenKatyG
@sammostyn to chair government Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce afr.com/politics/feder… #JobsSummit #auspol
September 1, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Mike Foley • September 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Green Wall Street’: Plibersek launches money-for-nature scheme
The first major environment policy proposal from the federal government would allow companies to buy and sell credits in natural habitats.
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Miki Perkins@perkinsmiki
Spicy quotes from environmentalists about this "nature credits" scheme
“It’s not new, it’s not novel. It’s been around as long as nature conservation and for every economist pushing it there are as many ticket-clippers, spivs and chancers.'
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
September 1, 2022
The Guardian • Adam Morton, Sarah Martin • September 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Burning native forest wood waste for electricity shouldn’t be classed as renewable energy, Senate report suggests
Climate bill inquiry says government should consider establishing a transition authority for coal and gas workers
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
Did you know national emissions data for the year to March came out yesterday and they went up? Seems a thing.
There's quite a bit in this story - with @msmarto
theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 1, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Chris Wallace • September 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Extinction looms for dinosaurs as women take charge
Australia emerged from the manosphere after the May election into a different world altogether.
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Chris Wallace😷@c_s_wallace
Me on women leaders to the fore, the pre-#JobsSummit manoeuvres of @sallymcmanus @JAWestacott @MicheleONeilAU @boyd_alexi et al being an excellent case in point.
‘Extinction looms for dinosaurs as women take charge’ smh.com.au/national/extin… #auspol
September 1, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Billie Eder, Michael Koziol • September 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Turnbull slams ‘fascism’ after protesters shout him out of university speech
The former prime minister was escorted to his car by police following a protest at Sydney University, where he was due to talk to law students.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Josh Bornstein, Alison Pennington • September 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Employees, not business, are wrapped in red tape and it’s killed wage growth
Profits have never been higher and the share of the economic pie paid to workers has never been lower.
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Josh Bornstein@JoshBBornstein
Businesses like Qantas have restructured their operations to avoid bargaining with workers in favour of unilaterally setting the price of labour. The result: wage stagnation & record profits. The system is badly skewed against healthy wage growth. smh.com.au/national/emplo…
September 1, 2022
Human Rights Watch • September 1, 2022 • hrw.org
China: New UN Report Alleges Crimes Against Humanity
A groundbreaking United Nations report published on August 31, 2022, says the Chinese government has committed abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities in the Xinjiang region.
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • September 1, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Greens look to kill Voice — and hand Labor a potent weapon against them
The Greens, who regard an Indigenous Voice to Parliament as an afterthought, have hardened their opposition to a referendum.
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ABC News • Michael Slezak • September 1, 2022 • abc.net.au
Could Australia become the 'Green Wall Street' of the world? The government thinks this scheme will help
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek tells a G20 meeting that Australia hopes to create its own "Green Wall Street", where businesses from around the world can come to invest in environmental action. So what does this mean, and what could go wrong?
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • September 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Women left behind again’: Nationals’ choice of federal director angers female candidates
Selection of Lincoln Folo disappoints some after David Littleproud indicated he wanted more women to put their hands up for leadership positions
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • September 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor shows no intention of installing dedicated privacy commissioner, former senator says
Current information commissioner performing dual role as privacy head despite office’s heavy workload on high-profile cases and data breaches
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The University of Melbourne • Jennifer Ervin and Dr Tania King, University of Melbourne • September 1, 2022 • pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
Women are doing too much and it’s hurting their mental health
Women still do most of the unpaid work at home while also working. A first-of-its-kind University of Melbourne review finds it’s hurting their mental health.
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The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Luke Henriques-Gomes, Karishma Luthria, Jane Lee, Joe Koning, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson, Molly Glassey • September 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Why are jobseekers sent to body language courses as job agencies profit?
Jobseekers are being forced to travel hundreds of kilometres, miss work and complete training courses they don’t need to qualify for unemployment benefits. Luke Henriques-Gomes explains to Laura Murphy-Oates why some problems persist under the revamped Workforce Australia program
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
Full Story pod is looking at some of the problems with employment services today theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 1, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Kishor Napier-Raman, Noel Towell • September 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Monarchists draft Eric Abetz to fight rising republican tide
The constitutional monarchists are really pulling in the big guns
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Kishor@kishor_nr
Former News Limited chief executive Kim Williams has donated $1000 to Crikey's legal defence against Lachlan Murdoch's lawsuit. Today's column with @noeltowell
smh.com.au/national/monar…
September 1, 2022
NPR • Ari Shapiro, Gabe O'Connor, Christopher Intagliata • August 31, 2022 • npr.org
Former Australian Prime Minister blames Fox News for America's polarized politics
Why are American politics so polarized now? NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull about why he blames Rupert Murdoch, the former CEO of Fox News.
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • September 1, 2022 • bbc.com
Uyghurs: China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang - UN
China urged the UN not to release the report - Beijing called it a "farce" arranged by the West.
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