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The Guardian • Josh Butler • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Teena McQueen ‘spits in the face’ of Liberals by hailing defeat of ‘lefties’, Tim Wilson says
Fellow moderate Simon Birmingham calls on the party vice-president to resign as anger mounts over her comments at CPAC
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The Guardian • Ben Smee, Eden Gillespie • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Queensland police inquiry hears allegations of recruits being taught racism, officers being raped
State’s police commissioner reveals she too suffered sexual assault and harassment early in her career
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • October 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
Bernard Collaery likens his prosecution by Australia to a ‘Moscow show trial’
Witness K’s lawyer gives first speech since case against him was dropped, argues for reform of the National Security Information Act
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Christopher Knaus@knausc
'Something is wrong with the rule of law in Australia': Bernard Collaery likens his prosecution to a ‘Moscow show trial’. ICYMI, Collaery delivered an excoriating speech last night, saying he and Witness K were pursued to hide Australia's 'dirty linen' theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 6, 2022
The Guardian • Richard Denniss • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Jim Chalmers has a unique chance to remake Australia – or to squander $243bn on the rich
Australia is one of the richest countries in the world but decades of tax cuts have trained us to feel poor
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
JimChalmers has a once-in-a-century chance to spend a 1/4 of a trillion on nation building without going into a cent of debt.Or he can keep the stage 3 tax cuts. Australia is a rich country & if we ditch these cuts we’ll feel like it #auspol #revenuesummit theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 6, 2022
Crikey • Bernard Keane • October 5, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Where was Andrew Thorburn's Christian faith when he was NAB's CEO?
If Essendon's now former CEO is so concerned about the importance of personal religious faith in public life, it's strange the bank he ran committed so many crimes against its customers.
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
If his Christian faith is so important to Andrew Thorburn, where was it when the bank he ran stole over $1.2 billion from Australians, including dead people?
You don't get to invoke your faith but then pick and choose the bits you like
crikey.com.au/2022/10/05/and…
October 6, 2022
The Daily Beast • Roger Sollenberger • October 6, 2022 • thedailybeast.com
She Had an Abortion With Herschel Walker. She Also Had a Child With Him.
Herschel Walker has claimed he has no idea who this woman could be. Here’s why that’s surprising.
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Matt Fuller@MEPFuller
Herschel Walker says he has no idea who this woman is who claims she had an abortion at his urging.
We can now reveal, with her permission, that the woman is actually the mother of one of his children. She has a lot to say:
thedailybeast.com/she-had-an-abo…
October 6, 2022
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
The old men and the CPAC: conservatives regaled with tired tales of climate misinformation | Temperature Check
The Australian conference supposedly devoted to ‘bold action’ from the right spent much of its time pouring scorn on any form of climate action
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Graham Readfearn@readfearn
Remember the journal article claiming no evidence of a climate emergency in extreme weather records? It was covered uncritically on p1 of The Aus. Anyway, the publishers have launched an investigation. This and more in this weeks column.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
October 6, 2022
The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey, Paul Sakkal • October 6, 2022 • theage.com.au
WorkSafe probing Victorian Liberal HQ over online bullying claims
A ‘psychosocial inspector’ will inspect the Victorian Liberal Party’s head office after complaints were made about a website that has spread defamatory allegations.
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • October 6, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: A global epidemic of bad thinking
Bad thinking is different to stupidity or ignorance, but is a sort of rampant confirmation bias, where countervailing evidence is ignored.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • October 5, 2022 • smh.com.au
Text messages describe ‘Third World’ conditions in Sydney hospital emergency room
A “disillusioned” doctor painted an unflattering picture of the state’s healthcare system at a parliamentary inquiry into ambulance ramping at hospitals.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Hamish Hastie • October 6, 2022 • smh.com.au
Funeral director picked up date discrepancy on Kevin Reid’s death certificate
WA’s coroner is deciding whether to investigate the death of Kevin Reid after allegations emerged he was put in a body bag and transported to the morgue while still alive.
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Patricia Karvelas@PatsKarvelas
‘The eyes were open’: Man was alive when put in body bag and sent to morgue, doctor claims smh.com.au/national/docto…
October 6, 2022
Brisbane Times • Cloe Read • October 6, 2022 • brisbanetimes.com.au
Top cop reveals ‘sexual predator’ policeman attacked her on first day of training
An emotional Katarina Carroll was told she didn’t have to go into detail as she recounted her own treatment as a younger woman at the hands of male staff.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor attacked by former RBA governor Bernie Fraser for sticking to ‘dodgy’ stage-three tax cuts
Fraser says Albanese government should repeal stage three as the tax cuts are ‘even more unfair’ due to falling real wages
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy • October 6, 2022 • afr.com
Rod Sims on why Australia is ready for higher taxes
Australia has ‘maxed out’ personal income tax and should reintroduce carbon and mining taxes to fix the federal budget, the former competition watchdog chairman says.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Sarah Martin • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Liberal moderate Bridget Archer says Labor right to be questioning stage-three tax cuts
Archer tells Albanese government ‘it’s OK to change your mind’ as debate continues within ALP about future of Coalition tax package
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Ukraine president urges world not to give in to Russia’s ‘nuclear blackmail’ during Australian address
Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls on leaders to back next week’s UN vote condemning Russia’s purported annexation of four regions
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ben Pobjie • October 5, 2022 • smh.com.au
Social media is in crisis and needs regulation: Todd Sampson
The Gruen star and former adman has examined the negative impact of the internet and says we’re on the cusp of a global crisis.
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Jim Malo@thejimmalo
dude who just got roasted on social media for hanging out with nazis says what
theage.com.au/culture/tv-and…
October 6, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Occupations facing skills shortages in Australia almost doubled in past year
Of the 20 largest employing occupations, more than half are having difficulties finding workers
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The Australia Institute • Greg Jericho • October 6, 2022 • australiainstitute.org.au
Stage 3 tax cuts only help the wealthy
If you wanted to address bracket creep, the Stage 3 tax cuts would be the worst way to do it.
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Centre for Future Work@CntrFutureWork
Suggestions that the Stage 3 tax cuts are needed to correct bracket creep ignore that they really only do this for the very highest income earners. For the vast majority of tax payers, the Stage 3 cuts do bugger all.
#OffTheCharts @GrogsGamut
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-stage…
October 6, 2022
ABC News • Kamin Gock, Sian Johnson • October 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
Parents say 'gentle, sensitive' toddler who died after being rushed to ICU deserved better
Less than a month ago, Zayne died in hospital at 23 months of age. His parents say their concerns about the toddler's condition were dismissed by medical staff and they believe his care at Monash Children's Hospital was lacking.
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