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ABC News • Stan Grant • September 18, 2022 • abc.net.au
As my colleagues have worn black in mourning for the Queen, I've wrestled with asphyxiating anger — and I'm not alone
We aren't supposed to talk about these things this week. We aren't supposed to talk about colonisation, empire, violence about Aboriginal sovereignty, not even about the republic, writes Stan Grant.
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The Guardian • Kieran Pender • September 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
Would the campaign to save the Franklin River work today? | Keiran Pender
A new film celebrates the 1980s battle to protect the Tasmanian environment, but now protest rights in Australia are under attack
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Harriet Kater@hat_kat
“Were the blockade to be repeated today, protesters would have faced years, not weeks, in prison”. Exceptional, timely piece from ⁦@KieranPender⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…
September 18, 2022
The Guardian • Benita Kolovos • September 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
From sex activist to progressive trailblazer: Fiona Patten’s remarkable rise to influence
The new wave of teal independents seeking to impact politics could learn a lot from Victoria’s ‘hardest working MP’
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The Saturday Paper • Thomas Keneally • September 17, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
What King Charles means for the republican movement
Delicacy in the republican debate after the death of the Queen shouldn’t delay a Voice to Parliament or the reformation of our flawed constitution.
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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey, Melissa Cunningham • September 18, 2022 • theage.com.au
A uniquely Victorian problem: Inside fight to save the state’s triple-zero service
The story of the breakdown of Victoria’s triple-zero ambulance system is complicated and multi-faceted – ESTA lost its identity as a vital emergency service and the government lost sight of the vital role the agency played.
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Financial Times • John Burn-Murdoch, Financial Times • September 16, 2022 • ft.com
Britain and the US are poor societies with some very rich people
When it comes to average household incomes, the UK may soon need to ask migrant labourers to take a pay cut
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John Burn-Murdoch@jburnmurdoch
NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia ft.com/content/ef2654…
Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people.
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September 17, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Latika Bourke • September 18, 2022 • smh.com.au
Albanese says first meeting with King Charles III was a ‘great honour’ but republic not discussed
The prime minister wants Australia to revisit the republic question in any second term, but says it was not appropriate to raise the topic with the monarch following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • September 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘A bit of a joke’: single mother of four scarred by robodebt scandal ends up with 96 cents compensation
Data shows about 45% of victims will get less than $100 of the $1.8bn settlement and 5% will get less than $10
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Australian Academy of the Humanities • Laura Campbell • September 14, 2022 • humanities.org.au
The Crisis in Care Work – Australian Academy of the Humanities
Suddenly the crisis in care work is at the top of the political agenda. Whether it be nurses’ and early educators’ strikes or the shortage of childcare and kindergarten workers or the exploitation and exhaustion of the aged care and NDIS workforce, care work is all at once attracting public attention. Political leaders and media … The Crisis in Care Work Read More »
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • September 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
Mental health outcomes are worse in the bush, partly because it’s easier to get a gun than get help
People in rural Australia don’t experience higher rates of mental illness than their city counterparts – it’s just more likely to end in tragedy when they do
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The Saturday Paper • Chris Wallace • September 17, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How government can pass the Covid test
National cabinet met virtually this week with the chief medical officer, Paul Kelly, in attendance. Kelly was absent from the previous meeting, on August 31, which cut mandated Covid-19 isolation from seven to five days – a decision not supported by expert health advice. National cabinet’s decision that day, made without the benefit of documentation including the CMO’s views,
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The Guardian • Richard Denniss • September 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Green Wall Street’ in Australia won’t save the planet. Markets value profits, not platypuses
If we’re serious about protecting endangered species, we must protect what’s left of their habitat, not ask the market to set a price for destroying it
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ABC News • Virginia Trioli • September 17, 2022 • abc.net.au
Watching King Charles this week, I know I'm not the only one who thought: 'I've never seen the Queen do that'
I doubt the British public will have much patience with any new monarch who settles a little too luxuriously into the wealthy trappings of the Crown, writes Virginia Trioli.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus, Ben Doherty • September 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
Call for UN torture watchdog to investigate Australia’s handcuffing of asylum seekers en route to medical care
Detainees report feeling humiliated sitting in handcuffs in waiting rooms during medical appointments
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The Saturday Paper • Kieran Pender • September 17, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The High Court’s disturbing ruling on preventive detention
The High Court has upheld a state law that undermines a core guarantee of liberty and will disproportionately punish Indigenous offenders.
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Kieran Pender@KieranPender
In today's @SatPaper, my report on the Garlett decision, upholding the constitutionality of a post-sentence detention regime. @hmcglade told me it 'changes the nature of the justice system as we know it'; WAJA described the underlying law as 'racist' thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime…
September 17, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Charlotte Grieve • September 18, 2022 • smh.com.au
Oozing and maggots: The stories one of Australia’s most celebrated surgeons doesn’t want you to hear
The refugee turned high-profile surgeon has found wealth and fame by helping amputees walk. Many are profoundly grateful, but some rue the day they submitted to his knife. WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS DISTURBING IMAGES.
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The Age • Jon Faine • September 17, 2022 • theage.com.au
‘Gamble responsibly’ message is a cop-out. Regulators must step up
We wouldn’t let the tobacco industry get away with telling people to ‘smoke responsibly’ and dodge responsibility, so why is it acceptable in gaming?
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The Australian • Jenna Clarke • September 16, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
The Brownlow red carpet is finally back
The Oscars of Aussie Rules is upon us again.
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The Age • Rachel Eddie • September 18, 2022 • theage.com.au
Health minister defends holding back independent pandemic reviews
Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas is not expected to make public two independent reviews into COVID-19 rules, such as vaccine mandates, before the election.
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The Age • Najma Sambul • September 18, 2022 • theage.com.au
‘Up the Pies’: Hope and despair on the Sydney-bound bus of promise - and broken dreams
Reporter Najma Sambul was embedded in the inner sanctum, riding the joy, expectation, and devastation on the Collingwood bus to the SCG.
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