Breaking: IBAC won a last-minute gag order to preventing @theage publishing details of a previously unreported corruption probe
Stories involving IBAC are in the public interest ahead of the Victorian election, said Age acting editor Michael Bachelard
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Latest from the Indigenous affairs team.
“If something happens in one pocket of Australia, it trickles all the way through and everyone feels that pain.” ⁦@Williams__Carly⁩ ⁦@kirstiewellauerabc.net.au/news/2022-11-0…


We learned today that no only DSS did get external legal advice saying robodebt was unlawful, in general, it was common to discard advice that was not favourable - according to one witness. Royal commissioner Catherine Holmes was “appalled” theguardian.com/australia-news…

The Australian government is retiring the “gambling responsibly” tagline on ads, and whoever has come up with the new ones, particularly “chances are you’re about to lose” deserves an award abc.net.au/news/2022-11-0…

The Victorian govt could save more than $88m, still build the new houses it needs to, and avoid traumatising residents forced to leave their homes, by refurbishing a Melb public housing estate instead of demolishing it, a study has found. New from me today theguardian.com/australia-news…








"Australia has a long history of bad faith actors who have pushed nuclear energy as a delaying tactic to prevent action on climate change and moving to renewable energy". On the Full Story podcast @adamlmorton breaks down Peter Dutton's shift to nuclear
theguardian.com/australia-news…


About bloody time. Incredible how long these companies have been able to gaslight the consumer, ie: stay in control, gamble responsibly. Tagline should say: house always wins. ⁦@JoshButler#auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…

Yesterday the RBA talked tough about slowing wage growth but not the soaring profits that are driving inflation.
Rising wages have not caused the current inflation & yet slower wage rises are always viewed as the cure.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-the-pa…


I've made a rare podcast appearance.
Thanks to @samanthahawley and her team. There's some great historical audio used in this podcast.
How the great Australian dream became a nightmare abc.net.au/radio/programs…