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ABC News • Bridget Brennan, Suzanne Dredge, Stephanie Zillman, Nick Wiggins, Laura Gartry, Georgina Piper, Simon Elvery, Colin Gourlay • October 24, 2022 • abc.net.au
'There's just silence': She fought to stop violence against women. Why didn't her murder start a movement?
First Nations women are being murdered at up to 12 times the national average. But a Four Corners investigation reveals we will likely never know the true scale of how many First Nations women have been lost.
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Bridget Brennan@bridgeyb
How Many More? @4corners has established hundreds of cases of black women murdered, missing or killed in suspicious circumstances over just two decades abc.net.au/news/2022-10-2…
October 24, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • October 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
US prison operator begins $750,000-a-day contract for Nauru offshore regime
Previously accused of ‘gross negligence’, MTC will be paid $47.3m to oversee detention of 111 refugees and asylum seekers for two months
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ken Boston • October 24, 2022 • smh.com.au
Cranbrook’s pool was no good for water polo, so the taxpayer helped fund a new one
The hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars flowing from government coffers to wealthy, high-fee independent schools must be urgently redirected to those with genuine educational need.
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ABC News • Bridget Brennan, Stephanie Zillman, Suzanne Dredge • October 24, 2022 • abc.net.au
An unspeakable crime in plain sight: The tragic story of Constance Watcho
A shocking discovery in inner-city Brisbane confirmed a family's worst fears yet four years later, Constance Watcho's death is simply listed as "suspicious" and her family is no closer to getting answers.
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Bridget Brennan@bridgeyb
These beautiful people, just teenagers when their mum Constance went missing, share their story on @4corners tonight. Michael says: "I just miss her. I'll never give up on her and I know that she's with me everywhere I go." 💜 abc.net.au/news/2022-10-2…
October 24, 2022
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • October 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Law governing Bureau of Meteorology must change to reflect climate crisis, says former chief
Exclusive: Rob Vertessy says there was a ‘baked-in cautiousness’ in the bureau about discussing climate change under the Coalition
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • October 24, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Deficit and debt are about politics, not economics
Chalmers' budget has no surpluses, only deficit and debt. His “big national conversation” needs to be about why that’s OK.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor’s ‘rorts and waste’ audit to deliver $10bn in savings to federal budget
Government will also shuffle funds and axe Coalition projects to free up $11bn for their own policy priorities
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The Guardian • Rowena Mason • October 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Boris Johnson says he will not stand in Tory leadership contest
Move means Rishi Sunak looks almost certain to be PM
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The Guardian • Josh Butler • October 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor suggested Shaquille O’Neal praise Cathy Freeman when promoting voice to parliament
Exclusive: Linda Burney’s office suggested basketballer might mention ‘amazing hospitality’ of Indigenous Australians in August press conference
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Josh Butler@JoshButler
the government suggested Shaquille O'Neal could praise Cathy Freeman & Patty Mills, as well as talk up the "amazing hospitality" of Indigenous Australians, during his famous presser with PM Albanese on the Voice to Parliament - new FOI documents show theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 24, 2022
The National Interest • Niamatullah Ibrahimi • October 24, 2022 • nationalinterest.org
America Can’t Turn Away From the Hazara Genocide
The failure of past international efforts in Afghanistan must not become a justification for inaction today.
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Sitarah Mohammadi ستاره محمدی@sitarah_m
⁦⁦@NadiaMuradBasee⁩, a survivor of the Yazidi genocide in 2014 & 2015 urges the int’l community to act under @UN Genocide Convention to stop the growing atrocities against Hazaras.
A great piece by Dr ⁦@IbrahimiNiamat.⁩
#StopHazaraGenocide nationalinterest.org/feature/americ…
October 24, 2022
The Monthly • Rachel Withers • October 24, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
Offside
Since when is condemning genocide considered a “woke” issue?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kishor Napier-Raman, Noel Towell • October 24, 2022 • smh.com.au
Craig Foster leads Republic Movement vote as committee backs progressives
Former Liberal MP Jason Falinski lost out to a teal challenger once again.
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Peter FitzSimons@Peter_Fitz
Craig Foster tops Republic Movement vote as committee renews with impressive additions. Nova Peris, Adam Spencer, Marina Go, Byron Fay, Tarang Chawla, Tiffany O’Keefe, Anthony Lay, Vic Alhadeff…
smh.com.au/national/craig…
October 24, 2022
ABC News • Jack Hislop • October 24, 2022 • abc.net.au
CSIRO accused of failing to disclose gas links to 'troubling' climate change information
The information sheets included a recently-deleted statement that methane "may play a role" in climate change, which independent Senator David Pocock says is "straight out of the fossil fuel industry misinformation guide".
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Mark Ogge@MarkOgge
Understand GISERA isn’t just funded by the gas industry, it is the gas industry!
It is an “alliance” of APLNG, Shell, Santos, Origin and CSIRO, but habitually represents itself as “CSIRO”
Also has gas execs on all research committees
abc.net.au/news/2022-10-2… via @ABCaustralia
October 24, 2022
The Age • Josh Gordon • October 24, 2022 • theage.com.au
Gallagher claims ‘detailed business case’ supports Suburban Rail Loop spending
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher is insisting Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop rigorously stacks up with a “very positive” cost-benefit ratio.
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Rohan Leppert@RohanLeppert
Incredible that the Cth Govt is just running with Vic Govt's deceit now. On no planet does the SRL have a "very positive" BCR. But what's $2.2bn between friends. theage.com.au/national/victo…
October 24, 2022
The Guardian • Cait Kelly • October 23, 2022 • theguardian.com
Beers and bangers help pass the time as Echuca waits for flood waters to peak
Amid the devastation and anxiety of waiting for the river to rise, residents of northern Victorian town try to keep things normal – sort of
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Eureka Report • Alan Kohler • October 24, 2022 • eurekareport.com.au
What to Expect From the Budget
On Talking Finance today: the budget, inflation and interest rates, spending and the outlook and then some more on the budget as well as what's happening to US and UK bonds. Find out more at Eureka Report.
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • October 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
CSIRO aims to ‘accelerate commercialism’ in new strategy as staff decry scientific diversion
Exclusive: government body denies ‘business-over-science’ approach but failed to inform federal minister of change in focus
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • October 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian government to restore powers to strip citizenship from terrorism suspects
New laws to strip citizenship from dual citizens suspected of terrorism are likely to pass parliament after Coalition indicated support
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Latika Bourke • October 24, 2022 • smh.com.au
Boris Johnson pulls out, Rishi Sunak poised to become Britain’s next prime minister
Rishi Sunak said any government he led would be focused on integrity, professionalism and accountability.
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/caitlin-cassidy,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amy-remeikis,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/josh-taylor,… • October 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
PM says ‘family-friendly’ budget will tackle cost of living pressure – as it happened
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
#breaking Lidia Thorpe to refer herself to Senate privileges committee for possibly investigation into her previously undisclosed relationship with former bikie leader Dean Martin. #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 24, 2022

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