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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • October 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
ACCC begins ‘greenwashing’ crackdown on companies’ false environmental claims
Boss of competition regulator says scrutiny of climate claims, including over carbon credits, will be an enforcement priority
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
Not a moment too soon..."Ensuring claims are truthful will be an enforcement priority for the ACCC this year, and an enduring one" as international estimates from consumer protection groups put the level of false environmental claims at 40%. @p_hannam theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 11, 2022
The Age • Paul Sakkal • October 11, 2022 • theage.com.au
Liberals’ top lawyer quits over party’s legally ‘risky’ decisions
Legal and compliance director Chandra Lloyd resigned on Monday night after telling the Liberal Party’s Victorian president that she could no longer work under state director Sam McQuestin.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
The Liberal Party’s in-house lawyer has quit, alleging the party's top officials have ignored advice that some of its campaigning might break the law
VEC now probing Liberal mailouts of postal vote applications, which are prohibited
theage.com.au/politics/victo… @theage #springst
October 11, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • October 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
Lidia Thorpe says she ‘will not be campaigning no’ against Indigenous voice to parliament
Tom Calma, who is helping design the voice, says the Greens are unnecessarily adding to confusion over upcoming referendum
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • October 11, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘I will not be campaigning No’: Thorpe rejects campaign against the Voice
Greens senator Lidia Thorpe lobbied Pauline Hanson to help stop constitutional change in a tweet sent in 2017. Today, she rejected the No campaign.
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The Guardian • Van Badham • October 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
Putin, William Shatner and my mum got me thinking about the end of humanity, and it turns out I’m fine with that
My mother epitomises cancer ward optimism – and it shines amid all the world’s ills
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The Guardian • Stephanie Convery • October 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
Prestigious medical journal retracts nine more articles authored by concussion expert Paul McCrory
British Journal of Sports Medicine says investigation ‘revealed a pattern of publication misconduct’ by McCrory, has concerns over 38 other articles
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Stephanie H Convery@gingerandhoney
Nine articles from Paul McCrory have been retracted from the British Journal of Sports Medicine and dozens more have had notices of concern placed above them, after repeated allegations of plagiarism against the neurologist and concussion guru theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct…
October 11, 2022
ABC News • Lara Smit • October 11, 2022 • abc.net.au
Dr Yeoman has long COVID. She says the chief medical officer is downplaying its risk to Australia
Academic Pippa Yeoman is among a number of Australians, including a leading medical specialist, accusing the chief medical officer of downplaying the threat posed by long COVID while justifying the end of national isolation requirements.
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Crikey • Benjamin Clark • October 10, 2022 • crikey.com.au
More than one in six children live in poverty — and both Labor and the Coalition seem fine with that
It's often presented as a complex issue, but child poverty is actually easily solved: give families more money.
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The Australia Institute • Greg Jericho • October 11, 2022 • australiainstitute.org.au
85% of Australians are about to receive a massive tax rise
The end of the Low-Middle Income Tax Offset will deliver a tax increase of up to $1,500 for people earning under $90,000 - a 3% tax rise for someone on $50,000
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
During the election I kept waiting for someone to make a bit of a fuss about the fact that median income earners are about to get a 3% tax rise... but it was a bipartisan policy.
The end of the LMITO is a massive tax rise
australiainstitute.org.au/post/low-and-m…
October 11, 2022
The Guardian • Cait Kelly • October 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
Nearly a fifth of Australia’s Covid vaccine stock binned amid warning of fresh wave of cases
Dwindling demand for booster shots causes concern immunisation gaps leaving country open to new variants
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ABC News • Nadia Daly • October 10, 2022 • abc.net.au
Prison is where Clinton learnt to paint. It’s also where he drew his last breath
Clinton Austin was the second Aboriginal man to die in custody in Victoria in the space of a month. His twin brother is calling for changes to the justice system.
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Australian Financial Review • Euan Black • October 10, 2022 • afr.com
The ‘motherhood penalty’: Becoming a mum slashes earnings by 55pc
Women’s earnings fall by an average of 55 per cent in the first five years of parenthood, new Treasury analysis has shown.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • October 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
Information commissioner spends more than $560,000 in legal fees to defend FOI delays
Former senator Rex Patrick launched federal court action last year over OAIC’s slow freedom of information request review process
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The Guardian • Jim Waterson • October 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
John Cleese to host GB News show as he rails against ‘cancel culture’
Monty Python star says he will talk on TV channel about ‘important information that gets censored’
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Vanuatu Daily Post • Glenda Willie • October 8, 2022 • dailypost.vu
Takuare will not transport ballot boxes: Kalwatman
The Guardian-class Patrol Boat, RVS Takuare will not be used by the Electoral Office to transport the Ballot boxes to remote areas, as normally done, due to defects in the
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Stephen Dziedzic@stephendziedzic
Good: Australia sending two ADF aircraft + two helicopters to collect and deliver ballots for Vanuatu's snap election. Less good: Australian-built Guardian class Patrol Boat we provided Vanuatu just last year cannot transport ballots, because it's busted dailypost.vu/news/takuare-w…
October 11, 2022
The Klaxon • anthonyklan • October 10, 2022 • theklaxon.com.au
Dark web: Optus owner Singtel in second Australian breach
Optus owner Singtel has suffered another serious Australian breach, with data appearing on the dark web after an “unauthorised third party” accessed customer information and the personal records of 1,000 employees.
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ABC Radio National • October 11, 2022 • abc.net.au
Are we seeing the beginnings of NO campaign?
The beginnings of a NO campaign could be taking shape ahead of the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Media reports this morning say Indigenous businessman Warren Mundine has met with Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe and discussed boosting the NO campaign.
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ABC Radio National • October 11, 2022 • abc.net.au
Chalmers: Australia won't be 'spared' another global downturn
Two multinational economic organisations will meet as global forecasts continue to worsen. Treasurer Jim Chalmers says expectations of recessions in some of these big economies have edged over from a "possibility to a probability" recession, and Australia won't be immune from the shocks.
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Manjits | The Future of Tradition • October 10, 2022 • manjits.com.au
Manjits and the Tandoor of Secrets [ Released 20 October 2022 ] | Manjits
Michael Cain talks to all members of the Manjit family, as well as colleagues and friends, revealing a tandoor of secrets that readers will find fascinating
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Financial Times • Peter Schwartzstein, Financial Times • October 10, 2022 • ft.com
Egypt’s climate activists fear consequences of COP27 protest
The government promises to permit dissent, but some environmental groups remain wary
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