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The Saturday Paper • Karen Middleton • September 3, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Inside Morrison’s secretive $18m leadership grant
Pressure is mounting to investigate a special grant to fund a leadership program pitched to Scott Morrison by Governor-General David Hurley.
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Bob Carr@bobjcarr
Take it from me: the Governor General’s role in getting $18m from Morrison for a charity without a record, office or program and no competitive bid is set to be the most controversial vice regal indulgence since Kerr’s dismissal of Whitlam. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
September 3, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Dana Daniel • September 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Sutton warns COVID isolation ‘critical’ as Perrottet pushes for it to be scrapped
Victoria’s chief health officer has warned against ending mandatory COVID-19 isolation, but NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet wants it abolished.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
What was the advice from the medical experts on 7 to 5 days?
Where is the transparency about national cabinet?
Important news story from @Dana_Adele
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
September 3, 2022
The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • September 2, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: Some questions about the Governor-General
It’s almost as if there’s fear of a charge of lèse-majesté for further examination of the GG-supported Australian Future Leaders Foundation.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Michael Pascoe: Senate Estimates might not have got the full picture of the relationships between the GG, the GG's official secretary and the man pushing the GG's pet charity | The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2022/0…
September 3, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Adele Ferguson • September 3, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Unchecked for years’: Ministers crack down on cosmetic surgery ‘cowboys’
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler is leading national action to protect Australians from rogue doctors.
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Bevan Shields@BevanShields
Congratulations to @adele_ferguson and everyone involved at @smh and @60Mins for making change happen. And special thanks to the brave whistleblowers smh.com.au/politics/feder… twitter.com/mark_butler_mp…
September 3, 2022
The Guardian • Sisonke Msimang • September 3, 2022 • theguardian.com
Do not pretend celebrity princess Meghan Markle can meaningfully advance the cause of racial justice
It’s difficult to criticise the politics of someone who has been on receiving end of so much racist vitriol, but there isn’t much substance to the Duchess
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Bridie Jabour@bkjabour
🔥🔥🔥 @Sisonkemsimang theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
September 3, 2022
ABC News • Laura Tingle • September 3, 2022 • abc.net.au
We've had a chance to see how Albanese works — and it's a throwback to John Howard
Putting ideas into policy action will be one of the biggest challenges facing a government that has somehow repositioned itself now as a reforming one, writes Laura Tingle.
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The Guardian • Malcolm Farr • September 3, 2022 • theguardian.com
Albanese claims he can’t stop them, but the stage three tax cuts threaten his political legacy
The cuts benefit the wealthy over the strugglers, ploughing fertile ground for conspiracy theorists to accuse MPs of looking after themselves
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The Klaxon • September 3, 2022 • theklaxon.com.au
AAT member paid for two gov't jobs - for over five years
The top public official responsible for penalising medical practitioners who rip-off Medicare was paid for two Federal Government jobs for her entire five-and-a-half-year tenure.
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • September 3, 2022 • bbc.com
Israeli rules say West Bank visitors must declare love interest
New rules for foreigners, including reporting romantic ties with Palestinians, draw criticism.
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ABC News • Virginia Trioli • September 3, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Mary of Seaford' had something to say to Grace Tame
Grace Tame has had to face down any variety of contempt or ignorance, or cowardly denial, and she'll do it as often as she has to, no matter whose skirts you might try to hide behind, writes Virginia Trioli.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe, Shane Wright • September 3, 2022 • smh.com.au
The 30 hours of power that will shape wages for the Albanese age
It was planned and coordinated, but this week’s jobs and skills summit could prove pivotal to the Albanese government’s first term economic and political agenda
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • September 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Increased migration must come with planning and expanded services, councils say
Fairfield mayor says ‘people are suffering’ due to lack of affordable housing in migrant communities as PM pledges $575m investment
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The Onion • ji39f8deollek3 • September 2, 2022 • theonion.com
Ohio 5th Graders Annoyed That Friend Forced To Give Birth Only Talks About Baby Stuff Now
OAKWOOD, OH—Noting how weird she’d been ever since the state of Ohio had required her to carry a child to term, local 5th graders told reporters Thursday that their friend Hannah who was forced to give birth only wanted to talk about baby stuff now. “It’s not like we don’t love her, but ever since she got pregnant and…
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The Strategist • Vicky Xiuzhong Xu • September 3, 2022 • aspistrategist.org.au
UN Uyghur report leaves no room for denial and no excuse for inaction
On 31 August, minutes before the end of her four-year term, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet released a much-anticipated report on abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China. While the report ...
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Vicky Xu / 许秀中@xu_xiuzhong
The UN report on atrocities in Xinjiang was long overdue & lacked strength in areas, but its release is a positive development celebrated by victims, scholars, reporters & advocates who have for years sought to pour sunlight on the issue. Our latest aspistrategist.org.au/un-uyghur-repo… 1/
September 3, 2022
The Age • Jake Niall • September 2, 2022 • theage.com.au
Swans topple Demons to march into home preliminary final
The Sydney Swans have upset Melbourne and the perceived natural order of this already remarkable finals series, overcoming Melbourne, the MCG and a mid-game deficit to march into a home preliminary final at the SCG.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
This is a much better piece: The difference between the sides was most pronounced, not in the contest around the ball, or in the territorial battle – which were both even. It was in Sydney’s more fluid movement of the football into their scoring territory. theage.com.au/sport/afl/clin…
September 3, 2022
The Age • Annika Smethurst, Aisha Dow, Marta Pascual Juanola, Ashleigh McMillan • September 3, 2022 • theage.com.au
33 deaths now linked to Victoria’s triple-zero, ambulance crisis
A long-awaited report found the COVID-19 pandemic had strained the health system and caused answer times to blow out from the five-second target to, in some cases, more than 10 minutes.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
Saturday press conferences - with most political/health reporters off work - tend to be minor announcements like unsafe product warnings, a couple of new trams or a new event
Today - new info about 33 dead Victorians, which was meant to be published during the week
Appalling twitter.com/aishamae/statu…
September 3, 2022
ABC News • Melissa Brown • September 3, 2022 • abc.net.au
Fatal ambulance delays in Victoria grow to 33 as report finds delays with majority of triple-0 calls
Emergency services watchdog says understaffing and failings within triple-0 contributed to the deaths of 33 Victorians.
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Richard Willingham@rwillingham
A damning report into Vic ambulance delays find 33 deaths linked to delays with triple-0 calls
(Cynically released by on a Saturday).
abc.net.au/news/2022-09-0… via @ABCaustralia
September 3, 2022
Illawarra Mercury • Finbar O'Mallon • September 3, 2022 • illawarramercury.com.au
Tennis or pool with the PM, anyone?
How much is it worth to dine with some of the nation's top politicians? No, it's not the...
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David Crowe@CroweDM
Dig deep, says Anthony Albanese, in his message to support the Press Gallery charity auction.
Up for grabs: tennis with the PM, dinner with Penny Wong and Tanya Plibersek. And more.
illawarramercury.com.au/story/7887821/…
September 3, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter FitzSimons • August 31, 2022 • smh.com.au
Her numbers don’t stack up, but Serena is the GOAT
My memory of Serena Williams is of her sweeping all before her. That may be faulty, but in a sport dominated by numbers there is still more to it than raw figures.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Julia Baird • September 3, 2022 • smh.com.au
I was wrong about Meghan, but not about her critics
Love or hate the wayward royals, our collective part in this eternal circus is loathsome.
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