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The Guardian • Josh Butler • October 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Revealed: BoM rebranding and logo cost $220,000 as Plibersek shoots down weather bureau’s name change
Environment minister says Australians free to call it whatever they want after Bureau of Meteorology updates name
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Josh Butler@JoshButler
more on the Bureau Formerly Known As BOM - the rebrand cost $220k, as environment minister Tanya Plibersek says "Australians will make up their own minds about what they call it"
theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 19, 2022
ABC News • Mary Lloyd • October 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
African Australian students are being subjected to the n-word and discrimination in schools
A survey of school students with African heritage shows many experience racism at school, much of it perpetrated by teachers or school staff.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick Bonyhady, Colin Kruger • October 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
Medibank hackers threaten to release stolen health data in ransom demand”
The hackers claim they will email Medibank’s most prominent 1000 customers and say they have information on health diagnoses.
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Jeremy Kirk@Jeremy_Kirk
Holy moly. @nickbonyhady obtained the ransom note sent to @medibank. Unless @medibank pays, the group is threatening to email 1,000 people their own health information, including politicians, LGBT activists, actors. Group says they have 200GB of data.
smh.com.au/technology/med…
October 19, 2022
The Guardian • Anne Davies • October 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Out-of-control train carriage ran 1.5km through Sydney Metro tunnel in one of several safety incidents
Exclusive: Whistleblower says pressure to meet deadlines has led to a culture of trying to avoid delay at all costs, including those caused by safety concerns
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The Age • Hamish Hastie • October 19, 2022 • theage.com.au
Dockers legends and fans urge club to dump Woodside as major sponsor
In an open letter to the Dockers board and club president Dale Alcock, they said fossil fuel sponsorship was no longer appropriate in an age of climate change.
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Sophie McNeill@Sophiemcneill
Dockers legend & fans urge club to dump Woodside as major sponsor
“We should not allow our club’s good name to be used by a corporation to enhance its reputation when its core activities are so clearly threatening our planet" @freodockers @WoodsideEnergy
theage.com.au/sport/afl/dock…
October 19, 2022
ABC News • Michael Janda • October 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
Norway's government is expecting to raise $208 billion from oil and gas, Australia expects $14 billion. Should LNG exporters pay more tax?
A tax on the windfall profits generated by Australia's gas export industry due to soaring energy prices could raise more than $20 billion in a year, a new report from the Australia Institute argues.
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • October 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘We’ve done what we can’: Echuca bands together as Victorian town braces for record flood
The community has pitched in to sandbag the town, which lies at the junction of three rivers
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
Echuca has been under evacuation warnings since Sunday, and things are about to get worse: 2 rain fronts forecast to hit the region over the next seven days, bringing more water into already sodden catchments. Great reporting from @caitecassidy @mpbowers theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 19, 2022
The Guardian • Melissa Davey • October 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Canberra ketamine’: new recreational drug discovered at Australian pill-testing service
‘As far as we’re aware, this is the first detection of a new drug by a drug-checking service anywhere in the world,’ says professor
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
Drug testers find a "ketamine-like substance", dubbed ‘CanKet’ as in Canberra ketamine.
Don't want to hear any more shit about roundabouts, this is our brand now.
theguardian.com/society/2022/o…
October 19, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Ben Saul • October 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
Policy shift on Israel’s capital legally and historically warranted
The Albanese government’s sensible decision not to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is consistent with international law and global consensus.
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Prof Ben Saul@profbensaul
My piece in the SMH on why Australia's rejection of Jerusalem as Israel's capital brings it back into line with international law & global consensus, and abandons the Coalition's provocative, partisan & destabilising recognition of Israel's illegal claim smh.com.au/world/middle-e…
October 19, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Ellen Leabeater, Miles Herbert, Camilla Hannan, Allison Chan, Joey Watson, Ryan Pemberton, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson, Mellany … • October 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Ben Roberts-Smith v the media, part one: reputation
Who is Ben Roberts-Smith and how did he earn the military’s highest honour, the Victoria Cross?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Dr Nick Coatsworth • October 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
Don’t protest too loudly, doctors - we do have a Medicare crisis
Fraud is a concern but the real threat to Medicare is the insidious billing of perfectly legal but low-value care. As a profession, we need to own it - and fix it.
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The Guardian • Kieran Pender • October 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Reckoning beckons as athlete voices grow louder over sportswashing sponsors
It may prove to be a blip from business as usual but recent resistance in Australian sport has been encouraging
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Kieran Pender@KieranPender
2022 has been, as I write for @GuardianAus, an apogee for sportswashing. Now there seems to be somewhat of a reckoning in Aus - just as we hurtle towards the world cup of sportswashing: literally, the men’s World Cup in Qatar. Interesting & important times theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct…
October 19, 2022
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Adam Morton • October 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Rewiring the nation’: Albanese and Andrews governments to jointly fund renewable energy zones
$1.5bn agreement includes plan to fast-track regulatory processes to support ‘rapid’ development of Victoria’s offshore wind industry
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • October 19, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: Albo does a Joshy on infrastructure
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday trotted out the good ol’ “billions of dollars for infrastructure” fairy floss.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Seems that after years of watching coalition Treasurers lie about infrastructure, Albo couldn't resist the temptation to guild the lily himself - and, predictably, everyone fell for it.
But is $1.5 billion of Sunday's swho really for Beetaloo frackers? thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2022/1…
October 19, 2022
ABC Melbourne • Sammy J • October 19, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Always the BOM to me': Sammy J sings an ode to the Bureau of Meteorology
'Acts like a Bureau but always the BOM to me'
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • October 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘You can’t help but help’: year 12 students forgo VCE study to fortify Echuca’s town hall against floods
Daniel Andrews says Victoria’s education authorities will make derived exam scores available for students affected by flooding
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The Guardian • Jeff Sparrow • October 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
If you don’t like climate activists staging art gallery protests, organise something better
It’s far better to speak too loud than to remain silent. With the environmental catastrophe accelerating day by day, activism has never been more important
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The Guardian • Severin Carrell, Jim Waterson • October 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
BBC prepares secret scripts for possible use in winter blackouts
Exclusive: Scripts set out how corporation will reassure public in event of major power loss
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Julie Power • October 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘A symbol of wealth’: Architects give their verdict on Crown’s Barangaroo tower
At 275 metres, One Barangaroo is Sydney’s tallest building, but architects find it hard to see its beauty.
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • October 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Tim Winton urges Fremantle Dockers to drop Woodside Energy sponsorship
Group of fans including former WA premier Carmen Lawrence say having fossil fuel company as major sponsor is ‘no longer appropriate’
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