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The Guardian • Brian Schmidt • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Research in Australia's universities should be driven by curiosity, not commerce
My field of astroparticle physics created the technology behind wifi and the internet. Such spillovers are the backbone of innovation
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NITV • Karen Michelmore, Keira Jenkins • October 24, 2022 • sbs.com.au
Noongar schoolboy killed in violent Perth assault
A man has appeared in the Midland Magistrates Court charged with murder following a senseless attack on a 15-year-old boy.
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Benjamin Law 羅旭能@mrbenjaminlaw
Year 9 student Cassius Turvey died after he and friends were allegedly attacked after school by white men armed with weapons, shouting racist abuse.
Absolutely fucked that a racist murder of a kid can happen in broad daylight in suburban Australia.
sbs.com.au/nitv/the-point…
October 25, 2022
ABC News • Laura Tingle • October 25, 2022 • abc.net.au
A car crash is coming — and Australia is not equipped to handle it
The budget paints a grim picture of the economy in the 12 months ahead as it will be experienced by most households, with less certainty about job prospects, big increases in energy costs, and inflation eating into incomes, writes Laura Tingle.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Albanese budget scraps ‘risky’ Coalition plan to underwrite new power generation
Exclusive: Scheme had been criticised as a ‘slush fund’ that could have cost billions and pushed up power prices
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Mark Dreyfus refuses to say when Labor added high bar for public hearings to anti-corruption bill
Attorney general accused of using public interest immunity ‘improperly’ and adding exceptional circumstances test as ‘political decision’
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amy-remeikis,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/tory-shepherd,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/josh-taylor,ht… • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor hints at more controls on energy sector – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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The Age • Annika Smethurst, Paul Sakkal • October 24, 2022 • theage.com.au
Dutton to avoid Victoria as Guy and colleagues scrub ‘Liberal’ branding
The Victorian Liberal Party is facing its third election with both its state and federal divisions struggling, and the polarising Peter Dutton is not planning to campaign in the state.
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Michael Rowland@mjrowland68
.@theage reports @PeterDutton_MP will avoid the Victorian election campaign and some senior Liberals are scrubbing party branding from campaign material. #auspol #springst
theage.com.au/politics/victo…
October 25, 2022
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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Dr David Zyngier@dzyngier
I have a fundamental objection to such schools – which enjoy charitable taxation status, have massive investments, raise millions in donations, pick & choose which students they accept & charge fees approaching the minimum wage – receiving public funding. smh.com.au/national/cranb…
October 24, 2022
The Guardian • Anne Davies • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
ABC given $83.7m to reverse Coalition’s funding cuts but little help for arts in 2022 budget
Australian federal budget provides $500,000 for feasibility study into the expansion of Double J to FM frequencies
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The Guardian • Nick Evershed, Amy Remeikis • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
You be the treasurer: scrap the stage-three tax cuts, spend money, or pay down the federal budget deficit
Tax cuts for high-income earners, build a bullet train, add dental to Medicare or build more social housing? You decide with our interactive guide
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
This is a budget of no surprises – designed to be sober, to build trust in the hope of better things to come
Labor’s 2022 budget is about a new government starting as it means to continue, then crossing its fingers and hoping continuing like that is actually possible
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
A budget where the core strategy is no surprises. Do what you said you would do, stay out of the RBA's way, and start the conversation about how to afford the government Australians want. Here's my budget commentary theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol
October 25, 2022
ABC News • Emilia Terzon • October 25, 2022 • abc.net.au
Medibank reveals customer data breach much wider than originally thought in 'distressing development'
Up to four million current Medibank customers may have had their data stolen, along with countless past customers. Distressingly, the data of children linked to their parents' accounts may have also been impacted.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Federal budget 2022: Jim Chalmers heralds budget of ‘restraint’ while warning of risks ahead for households
Treasurer flags need for tax reform to put economy on more sustainable path and further intervention in energy sector amid soaring prices
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Colin Kruger, Anthony Galloway, Nick Bonyhady • October 25, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘The damage here is potentially irreparable’: Scale of Medibank hack worsens
The government has activated emergency provisions designed for the pandemic as part of an escalation of its response to the Medibank hack.
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Nick Bonyhady@nickbonyhady
Medibank has confirmed data on all its 4 million customers looks to have been exposed in the hack, not just ahm and international student businesses as it initially said.
smh.com.au/business/compa… @ColinJKruger
October 25, 2022
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian farmers have no defences left against ‘extraordinary’ weather events that have become all too common | Pete Mailler
As our leaders feign shock at its severity, the weather continues to undermine even best management practice on the land
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Russia and China must ‘get on side with conservation’, US tells Antarctic commission meeting in Hobart
US assistant secretary of state says two countries have stopped creation of new protected areas in Antarctica ‘for too long’
The Australia Institute • Jake Wishart • October 24, 2022 • australiainstitute.org.au
Majority Agree with Banning Fossil Fuel Sponsorship in Sport: Research Polling
New polling reveals the majority of Australians (53%) support a ban on fossil fuel companies sponsoring national sporting teams, with only 32% opposed. The polling also shows three in five Australians (60%) agree fossil fuel sponsorship ‘is the new cigarette advertising’. Key Points: Three in five Australians (60%) agree that fossil fuel sponsorship is the new cigarette sponsorship, more than double
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Ketan Joshi@KetanJ0
Great new @TheAusInstitute survey on fossil fuel company sponsorships. There's far more support for getting destructive, dangerous industries out of sport than you might think:
australiainstitute.org.au/post/majority-…
October 25, 2022
The Guardian • Greg Jericho • October 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Six graphs that explain the 2022 federal budget: rosy views mugged by reality
Australian treasurer Jim Chalmers’ main economic message is enjoy today because tomorrow is going to be tough
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ABC News • Georgia Hitch, Nicholas McElroy • October 25, 2022 • abc.net.au
Find out if you're a winner or loser in the latest federal budget
It's the second federal budget of the year, but this time Treasurer Jim Chalmers is delivering Labor's first in close to a decade. Here's where it plans to spend its money and where it wants to rein things in.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Harriet Alexander • October 25, 2022 • smh.com.au
Targeted clubs named in axed money laundering probe
Connections between club employees and suspected criminals were among the findings of an investigation into money laundering.
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