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ABC News • Stephanie Borys • September 7, 2022 • abc.net.au
Government scraps funding for foundation with links to Governor-General
A mystery foundation established just over a year ago by a businessman with connections to the Governor-General has had its federal funding cancelled.
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The Washington Post • Devlin Barrett, Carol D. Leonnig • September 7, 2022 • washingtonpost.com
Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Some of the documents seized on Aug. 8 detail top-secret U.S. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them.
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Antony (Tony) Walker@tonywalker1
Well, this is serious 👎 washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
September 7, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Laura Chung, Miki Perkins • September 7, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Tragic legacy of extinction’: Australia gets an ‘F’ in biodiversity
Some federal electorates contain more than 200 threatened species and that number is increasing, according to WWF.
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Laura Chung@Laura_R_Chung
Australia is failing to halt the decline of many endangered species, with a new scorecard revealing that in some federal electorates, hundreds of animals and plants are under threat 🐸 smh.com.au/environment/co…
September 7, 2022
The Age • Paul Sakkal • September 7, 2022 • theage.com.au
Andrews government ‘pushed out’ triple-zero chief after funding plea
The former chairman of Victoria’s triple-zero service was pressured to resign after asking the state government for a long-term solution to a funding method he said was fundamentally flawed.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
ESTA chair requested a longterm fix to what he told the Andrews government was the triple-zero agency's "fundamentally flawed" funding model in 2015
He + half his board were forced to resign & replaced largely by Labor linked appointees theage.com.au/national/victo… @theage #springst
September 7, 2022
Brisbane Times • Zach Hope • September 6, 2022 • brisbanetimes.com.au
Origin Energy pleads guilty to releasing contaminated coal seam gas water
The offences, not publicised until questions from Brisbane Times, present another branding challenge for an industry desperate to project an image of environmental wholesomeness.
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Dominic Geiger@Dominicjgeiger
Fracking company @originenergy - which recently announced profits of $407 million - has been fined a mere $60,000 for releasing almost 800,000 litres of contaminated water from its coal seam gas operations in QLD
brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…
September 7, 2022
The Guardian • Sanah Ahsan • September 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health
Society’s understanding of mental health issues locates the problem inside the person - and ignores the politics of their distress, says psychologist Sanah Ahsan
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The Guardian • First Dog on the Moon • September 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
Early childhood educators should be millionaires! Instead they are freaking out because they can’t pay their bills or feed their own kids
We think of childcare as an industry but it is an essential service
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • September 7, 2022 • news.com.au
Dom reignites ScoMo feud with savage sledge
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has delivered a savage sledge on Scott Morrison quipping that he “doesn’t run every ministry.”
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • September 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
PM grills Peter Dutton on location of power plants amid Coalition’s nuclear push
Liberal leader says nuclear is needed to support renewables and tells Minerals Council it will ‘add value’ to uranium resources
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Malcolm Turnbull@TurnbullMalcolm
“Dutton posed the question: “If you don’t like coal and you don’t like gas, unless you believe clean hydrogen is about to be a reality, then what else firms up renewables? And I don’t know the answer to that question beyond nuclear.”” How sadly ignorant. theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 7, 2022
The Guardian • Marina Hyde • September 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
At least Liz Truss’s dull delivery skills will make oncoming crises seem less dramatic
A new PM with the support of less than half her MPs needs to sort out a country facing calamity. What could go wrong, asks Marina Hyde
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • September 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor cancels $18m grant to controversial foundation backed by governor general
David Hurley had discussions with Scott Morrison about leadership program that later received one-off funding before it was operational
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The Australian • RACHEL BAXENDALE • September 6, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Andrews dodging and weaving over triple-0 fiasco
Victorias Inspector-General for Emergency Management has poured cold water on one of Daniel Andrews key excuses for waiting until a Saturday in the middle of the AFL football finals to release a report which revealed 33 Victorians had died after waiting too long for an ambulance.
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Rachel Baxendale@rachelbaxendale
I asked IGEM Tony Pearce about the Premier’s excuse yesterday that the IGEM was “making cha­nges to this report late last week”. Turns out that but for a single “typo” corrected last wk, report is unchanged from when IGEM gave it to gov on Aug 5. theaustralian.com.au/nation/daniel-… #springst
September 7, 2022
The Age • Aisha Dow • September 7, 2022 • theage.com.au
Money, not pandemic, the main cause of Victoria’s triple-zero crisis
The idea that the pandemic is fully responsible for what happened at ESTA ignores the findings of a recent report and interstate comparisons.
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The Australia Institute • Greg Jericho • September 7, 2022 • australiainstitute.org.au
Less of Australia's naitonal income is going to workers than ever before
The latest GDP figures show more than ever before workers are getting less than their fair share
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Centre for Future Work@CntrFutureWork
The share of GDP going to employees has hit a record low - down to 44%!The share going to profits meanwhile rises.... so just what is causing inflation? 🤔
#OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-share…
September 7, 2022
news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • September 7, 2022 • news.com.au
Albo makes $500k selling grim bachelor pad
Anthony Albanese has made a tidy $500,000 profit on the sale of his Canberra apartment as he prepares for life in the Lodge and encourages baby boomers to divest of assets to help first home buyers get into the market.
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Australian Financial Review • John Kehoe • September 7, 2022 • afr.com
June GDP: Cost of living ‘crisis’ is exaggerated
Consumer spending was incredibly strong and real hourly earnings grew in the June quarter, defying the doom and gloom of many pundits.
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The Guardian • Donna Lu • September 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
Out of thin air: new solar-powered invention creates hydrogen fuel from the atmosphere
Researchers say their prototype produces hydrogen with greater than 99% purity and works in air as dry as 4% relative humidity
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • September 7, 2022 • smh.com.au
The radical plan to give Sydney four new arts venues and transform the city’s east
The grand vision represents the biggest cultural reimagining of Sydney since the Opera House opened 50 years ago.
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ABC News • Paige Cockburn • September 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
NSW Labor MP accused of getting 'paralytically drunk' at parliament bar denies trying to drive home
A war of words erupts between two NSW MPs, after one accused the another of getting "paralytically drunk" in the parliament bar, before trying to drive home.
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
Mark Latham is truly a grub, a thoroughly nasty person, the sweepings of the gutter. abc.net.au/news/2022-09-0…
September 7, 2022
The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • September 7, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: $4.5 billion says stop political mates funding Big Sport
There is an unease about the Morrison government gifting $18 million to the Governor-General’s pet charity before it was anything more than an idea.
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