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The Sydney Morning Herald • Osman Faruqi • October 7, 2022 • smh.com.au
Ita Buttrose has revealed she doesn’t understand the ABC’s biggest problem
With a simple statement on Friday morning, Buttrose showed how little she understands about the broadcaster’s programming slate, its trajectory and its growing disconnect from younger Australians.
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Scott Mitchell@s_mitchell
He doesn't miss.
The idea of not even acknowledging this is a challenge is insane, when the audience data makes it clear this is probably the biggest single issue the broadcaster has to grapple with.
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October 7, 2022
ABC News • Michael Slezak • October 7, 2022 • abc.net.au
Questions over detection of illegal logging in Victoria, says auditor-general
Victoria's logging regulator is failing to fully use its powers, and cannot assure the public it is reducing the risk of illegal logging, a Victorian Auditor General's Office report finds.
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ABC News • Sophie Scott • October 7, 2022 • abc.net.au
Alcohol was my security blanket. This is what happened when I gave up
I started drinking at 16 and grew up in a family where social drinking was a regular practice. So, it was a challenge when doctors told me I had to give it up, writes national medical reporter Sophie Scott.
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan • October 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
NSW government document changed to make impacts of raising Warragamba Dam wall ‘less definite’
Review finds consultants were directed to make changes so impacts on biodiversity ‘would be indirect’
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • October 7, 2022 • crikey.com.au
One Nation, Australian Christian Lobby listed as hate groups: report
A global anti-hate think tank has included One Nation, the Australian Christian in its new list of Australian hate and extremist groups.
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Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • October 6, 2022 • afr.com
A familiar, dirty old smell has returned to politics
Labor’s argument for curbing the stage three tax cuts has some merit, but it should have, and could have, been made before the election.
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Women's Agenda • Kristine Ziwica • October 7, 2022 • womensagenda.com.au
Without meaningful intervention, the number of older homeless women will double
Women’s homelessness is set to surge. More than 15,000 older women face homelessness by 2031. We need new solutions.
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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
The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • October 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
NSW councils call for funding boost for rain-related repairs or they will ‘start closing roads’
Local government body says mayors are ‘really struggling’ with effect of extreme weather and need help from federal and state governments
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ABC News • Andrew Greene • October 7, 2022 • abc.net.au
Australian Army chief warns Vladimir Putin's nuclear threat must be taken 'very seriously'
Australia’s new chief of army warns the prospect of nuclear war in Europe must be taken “very seriously” with the world now entering a strategic era different to the past 80 years.
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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene
“We live in an era of strategic competition where the great powers are nuclear-armed is something that we need to understand, because it is different to the strategic environment we've been living in for the past 80 years” - ⁦@ChiefAusArmy⁩ abc.net.au/news/2022-10-0…
October 7, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Michael Read, Tom McIlroy • October 7, 2022 • afr.com
Who gets what from stage three tax cuts and why (in four charts)
Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese have let a conversation about the future of the legislated cuts run. Is Labor about to break an election promise and slug the nation’s top wage earners?
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The Guardian • Steven Donziger • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
The most terrifying case of all is about to be heard by the US supreme court
If the court upholds the rogue ‘Independent State Legislature’ theory, it would put the US squarely on the path to authoritarianism
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The Age • Annika Smethurst • October 7, 2022 • theage.com.au
Government inertia on voting reform hands parties total control
After eight years in office, there hasn’t been any attempt to ensure that the election result will better represent the will of the people, not preference whisperers and party insiders.
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ABC Radio National • October 7, 2022 • abc.net.au
Return Ticket returns… and we've got questions
Return Ticket is back with a new season… and we've got questions about travel. Like what the odds of getting married by an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas? Does bread make Paris or does Paris make bread? Why is Kuala Lumpur so rubbery? What's making Venice drown? And is Tasmania really that terrible? To find the answers to these questions and more, come with us on little journeys of the mind to destinations familiar and obscure. First episode out on October 14.
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jonathan green@GreenJ
Can I ask a respectful and rare favour? PLEASE subscribe to this new podcast season.
Join me being sensibly silly in far-off places.
Warning: this season contains traces of @firstdogonmoon and @jonkudelka
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October 7, 2022
Crikey • Stephen Mayne • October 6, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Rupert Murdoch paid more than $33 million from family-controlled companies, figures show
With two executive chairman roles to his name at News Corp and Fox Corp, 91-year-old Rupert took home a tidy sum.
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The Age • Paul Sakkal • October 7, 2022 • theage.com.au
Liberal campaign beset by threats to quit, surprise announcements and lack of cash
The party is trying to unseat Daniel Andrews, but insiders say it is beset by a multimillion-dollar shortfall in funds and internal disputes over tactics and policy.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
Victorian Liberal campaign boss threatened to quit as election campaign was about to begin over a feud with Matthew Guy’s chief of staff
Party struggling with a lack volunteers/and a multimillion-dollar shortfall in funds from the Cormack Foundation theage.com.au/politics/victo…
October 7, 2022
Crikey • Bernard Keane • October 7, 2022 • crikey.com.au
When News Corp runs a gambling company, who will be the watchdog?
A gambling company owned by a media company is a toxic combination of industries that have shown how effective they can be at capturing politicians.
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • October 7, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Will the press gallery ever write about inland rail properly?
Infrastructure Minister Catherine King has announced a review of the inland rail project. No review is needed: it's a $20 billion subsidy to coal miners that should be shut immediately.
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The Age • Jewel Topsfield, Rachael Dexter • October 7, 2022 • theage.com.au
Will the political will to end rough sleeping be sustained beyond the pandemic?
COVID-19 was seen as an opportunity to end the cycle of homelessness but there is concern for the future, with increasing numbers of rough sleepers back on the streets.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • October 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
Brittany Higgins feared information about alleged rape could flow to Peter Dutton, court hears
Higgins tells court she shared audio files before deleting them from her phone because she was worried about what the police might do with the contents
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