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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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Patricia Karvelas@PatsKarvelas
A powerful piece by my colleague Stan Grant.
Indigenous Australia can't be expected to shut up. Our sorry business is without end abc.net.au/news/2022-09-1…
September 18, 2022
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • September 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Almost half of jobseeker recipients unable to work full-time due to sickness or disability
Latest Department of Social Services figures highlight the difficulties facing those who do not qualify for disability support – despite health problems
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • September 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia is pushing to host a Cop meeting – if successful it would be forced to ramp up climate action
Winning the 2024 climate talks could pressure Australia to rejoin the Green Climate Fund, increase its 2035 emissions target, and ditch new coal and gas developments
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
Today's column is about Australia's bid to host Cop29 in 2 years (or another one soon after) - how it works and what it would mean. It could be a very substantial deal. theguardian.com/environment/co…
September 19, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Mike Foley • September 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Water scheme beloved by the Nationals would pump $20 billion down the drain
A costing of John Bradfield’s nation-building vision to irrigate Australia’s interior shows the scheme can’t turn a profit even if farmers get water for free.
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Mick Foley@micksfoley
CSIRO has published the first comprehensive assessment of the Bradfield scheme and no matter how you run the numbers the continental-scale scheme is an economic dud
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
September 19, 2022
The Guardian • Eden Gillespie • September 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Sorrow turns to anger over ‘disgusting’ Australian visa cancellation for New Zealand-born father
Three weeks after Leroy Meki took his own life, home affairs revealed it had cancelled his visa nine months earlier
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Eden Gillespie@edengillespie
Thread: I contacted Home Affairs asking about Leroy Meki who killed himself in Aug after waiting 2yrs for a decision on his visa cancellation.
His lawyer & family were shocked to learn the frmr minister cancelled his visa 9 mnths ago & no one told them theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 19, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler, Daniel Hurst • September 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Near persistent’ natural disasters placing intense pressure on Australian defence force
Defence department told incoming Labor government more cost-effective ways were needed to respond to climate emergencies
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The Guardian • Jeff Sparrow • September 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
As resistance grows to the fossil fuel regime, laws are springing up everywhere to suppress climate activists
Along with subsidising big polluters, governments are setting in place repressive anti-protest laws to protect them
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Roger Vaughan • September 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Terrifying’ magpies ruffle feathers of elite cyclists at world road titles
There have been reports of competitors at the UCI World Road Championships in Wollongong having close magpie encounters during swooping season.
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ABC News • Sabra Lane • September 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
That not a single politician knew about abuse at this youth detention centre is beyond belief
Why shouldn't the public know whether their elected leaders were told about abuses at Tasmania's only juvenile detention centre? That not a single politician knew about the abuse at Ashley is beyond belief, writes Sabra Lane.
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Sabra Lane@SabraLane
From me: Nine ministers had oversight of the Ashley Youth Detention Centre, but all of them were absent from the abuse inquiry abc.net.au/news/2022-09-1… via @ABCaustralia
September 19, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Butler, Graham Readfearn • September 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Origin Energy to quit Beetaloo gas project but green groups warn environmental threat remains
Sale will come at a loss but distance company from both environmental controversy and Russian oligarch
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • September 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
Reserve Bank of Australia’s rate hikes raise risk of recession
The Reserve Bank’s plan to get inflation down quickly involves allowing a transfer of many billions from the pockets of households to the profits of big business.
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Ross Gittins@1RossGittins
How the bill for fixing inflation is being palmed off on the punters bit.ly/3DAtHSS #ausecon #ausbiz #auspol
September 19, 2022
Crikey • Cam Wilson • September 19, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Meet the young, vaccine-sceptical, Greens-hating face of Sky News' TikTok
News Corp's television network hopes to repeat its success on Facebook and YouTube with opinion videos for international, reactionary audiences.
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cammyboo KC@cameronwilson
NEW: The face of Sky News's TikTok:
- questioned booster shots + said she won't get them
- said LGBT people want "superiority", not equality
- said there's no gender pay gap
- called Senator Mehreen Faruqi "dumb" for saying the Queen led a racist empire
crikey.com.au/2022/09/19/sky…
September 19, 2022
The Guardian • Adeshola Ore • September 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Backlash grows over decision to scrap Victorian hospital’s Indigenous name in favour of Queen Elizabeth II
Daniel Andrews defends plan to change name of Maroondah hospital from Woiwurrung word that celebrates the natural environment
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Crikey • Gina Rushton, Cam Wilson • September 19, 2022 • crikey.com.au
The editors of News Corp’s new youth title have the hardest job in journalism
The Oz has the difficult task of trying to bridge the political and ideological divide between its conservative readership and younger readers.
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Gina Rushton@ginarush
How do you attract young readers to a publication that has spent decades editorialising against the political and cultural interests of many young people? On the unenviable task facing editors at News Corp's new youth title from me & @cameronwilson today
crikey.com.au/2022/09/19/new…
September 19, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack, Alexandra Smith, Sarah Keoghan • September 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
Top bureaucrat sacked after John Barilaro trade job scandal
Department boss Amy Brown will receive 38 weeks’ pay after her employment was terminated by the government following her involvement in appointing John Barilaro to a plum post in New York.
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan • September 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Public servant Amy Brown sacked over hiring process that led to John Barilaro’s New York trade role
Former head of Investment NSW set to receive 12 months’ salary after being terminated from high-profile job
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • September 19, 2022 • news.com.au
‘Revolting’: Senator slams Harry, Meghan
Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes has described Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as “awful, revolting, revolting people” in an extraordinary spray on the eve of the Queen’s funeral.
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Primer • Anna Saunders • September 17, 2022 • primer.com.au
Inside The Secret Support Group For Wives Of Abusive Police Officers
In Australia there is a secret support group for the wives and partners of abusive police officers. Jess Hill meets the woman running it
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • September 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Free carbon credits could threaten Australia’s emission reduction targets, Labor’s advisors warn
RepuTex says safeguard mechanism could hand free credits to big industrial polluters and lock in fossil fuel production
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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

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