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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Bruce Lehrmann trial aborted with jury discharged after outside material brought into jury room
Court hears juror brought in research paper on sexual assault while considering verdict. Lehrmann pleaded not guilty to raping Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Vince Rugari • October 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Socceroos, Football Australia speak out on Qatar’s human rights record
The Socceroos have become the first FIFA World Cup side to release a collective statement of protest against Qatar’s human rights record.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus, Michael McGowan • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Brittany Higgins referred to police by Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyers for comments after aborted rape trial
Higgins spoke to media after trial of Lehrmann was aborted by judge following discovery that a juror brought outside research into jury room
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The Guardian • Jordyn Beazley • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Federal budget should have raised welfare payments amid cost-of-living crisis, recipients say
Advocates express deep unease about lack of action for people on income support and repeat calls to lift jobseeker rate to $73 a day
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
“I have no clue what I’ll do, I don’t even have the brain space to contemplate it,” she said. “I’m so disappointed.”
Huge disappointment the budget didn't raise income support payments for people struggling with relentless cost-of-living demands.
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October 27, 2022
The Guardian • Adam Morton, Peter Hannam • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Threaten Australian gas companies with export limits to rein in domestic prices, former ACCC boss says
Exclusive: Rod Sims argues federal government needs to be tougher, stating ‘it just needs the threat and I think they will act’
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The Guardian • Melissa Davey • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Unprecedented’: teens as young as 13 calling Quitline for help with their vaping addiction
Exclusive: director of Quit Victoria says new data reveals ‘people are struggling badly’ with addiction to e-cigarettes
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ABC News • Elizabeth Byrne, Markus Mannheim • October 27, 2022 • abc.net.au
Routine tidying unearths juror research that torpedoes Bruce Lehrmann rape trial
The jury in the rape trial of Bruce Lehrmann is discharged, without a verdict, after a juror accessed information that was not presented as evidence in court.
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The Guardian • Sarah Collard • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Cassius Turvey killing: mother of best friend says Indigenous teens were terrified during fatal attack
Emily Farmer’s son was with group of Perth schoolboys when Cassius was allegedly murdered
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The Guardian • Donna Lu • October 26, 2022 • theguardian.com
Fish feed additive banned in EU found in Tasmanian salmon at concerning levels, researchers say
Experts call for tighter regulations as tests find ethoxyquin exceeds maximum limits in Tassal and Petuna salmon
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Fossil fuel companies sponsor Australian sports to the tune of $14m-$18m a year, researchers find
The ‘good news’ is this money could be replaced over time as it represents just 3.5% of sponsorship, expert says
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Conservative commentator Erin Molan digs herself into a hole in defence of coal | Temperature Check
Fossil fuels simply don’t check out when it comes to tackling Australia’s rising energy prices while lowering emissions
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
David McBride will face prosecution after blowing whistle on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan
Lawyers for the former military lawyer withdrew an application for protection after government sought to quash testimony
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The Guardian • Tamsin Rose, Benita Kolovos • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian governments urged to scrap ‘one-in-100-year’ flood standard and update risk maps
Experts say flood mapping needs to be standardised and frequently updated amid crisis in NSW and Victoria
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Thompson • October 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Lehrmann’s barrister refers Higgins’ public statement to court, police
After the jury in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann was discharged over juror misconduct, Brittany Higgins criticised the criminal justice system.
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ABC News • Tracey Holmes • October 27, 2022 • abc.net.au
Socceroos call on Qatar to decriminalise same-sex relationships on eve of World Cup
In a video released less than a month before the World Cup, Socceroos players speak about what they have learned over the years about the human rights situation in Qatar.
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Bar-tailed godwit sets world record with 13,560km continuous flight from Alaska to southern Australia
Satellite tag data suggests five-month-old migratory bird did not stop during voyage which took 11 days and one hour to reach Tasmania
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
A juvenile bar-tailed godwit – known only by its satellite tag number 234684 – has flown 13,560 kilometres from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania without stopping, appearing to set a new world record for marathon bird flights. @readfearn theguardian.com/environment/20…
October 27, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • October 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Indigenous recognition harder to achieve than legalising same-sex marriage: Pearson
Noel Pearson’s 2022 Boyer lecture warns that “if success in the forthcoming referendum is predicated on our popularity as a people, then it is doubtful we will succeed”.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
In a few minutes, when #qanda ends, Noel Pearson from @CapeYorkPart will deliver the first of his Boyer lectures on Recognition. It is the finest piece of writing I have read in a very, very long time and sets out the case for constitutional recognition. theage.com.au/politics/feder…
October 27, 2022
The Guardian • Sian Cain • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter to be celebrated with statue in Fitzroy
A sculpture honouring the late First Nations musicians will be unveiled next year on the streets they knew so well, with support from Victorian government
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ABC Radio National • October 27, 2022 • abc.net.au
A bread-and-butter budget, but where’s the honey?
The Albanese government has handed down it's first budget, which Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called 'a difficult budget, for difficult times'. With rising inflation, growing cost-of-living pressures and electricity costs forecast to increase by 56 per cent in the next two years, what support has the government offered Australians? Guardian Australia's Editor Lenore Taylor joins Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly to unpack Budget 2022.
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The Guardian • Damian Carrington • October 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’
Failure to cut carbon emissions means ‘rapid transformation of societies’ is only option to limit impacts, report says
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