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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey • November 20, 2022 • theage.com.au
‘Bloody Aboriginal’: Liberal candidate rails against Indigenous people, abortion and climate change
The Liberal Party’s candidate for the outer suburban seat of Narre Warren North says Australia should not recognise First Nations people because “we won this land fair and square”, that waste from nuclear energy should be dumped in “Alice Springs in the middle of nowhere”, and that he would vote to ban abortion, asking “what makes a vagina’s trajectory so special?“.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • November 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
Top News Corp editor departed after lewd comments towards woman
The editor-in-chief of News Corp’s national masthead The Australian left his position at the company after an incident at a conference in California last month.
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The Age • Charlotte Grieve • November 20, 2022 • theage.com.au
Liberal leader Matthew Guy ignored warnings about Renee Heath’s religious views
At least nine senior Liberal party members wrote to Opposition Leader Matthew Guy to warn him about the electoral dangers of Renee Heath. They were dismissed.
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The Guardian • Ben Smee • November 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Queensland police whistleblower goes public to argue commissioner Katarina Carroll should lose her job
Kate Pausina ‘bared her soul’ by revealing the harassment and bullying she suffered to the inquiry into QPS. She wants to see change
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The Guardian • Alex Hern • November 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Polyamory, penthouses and plenty of loans: inside the crazy world of FTX
After the crypto firm collapsed, the executive who handled the Enron debacle was brought in – and said he’d never seen anything like it
The Guardian • Josh Butler, Benita Kolovos • November 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Victorian Labor loses ‘Matthew Guy’ Facebook page after using it for $115,000 worth of attack ads
The party has spent three times more than the Liberals on political advertising on the platform
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/damiancarrington,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/graham-readfearn,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/alan-ev… • November 21, 2022 • theguardian.com
Cop27: EU president says deal is ‘small step towards climate justice’ but warns much more to be done – live
Despite breakthrough on fund for developing nations, Ursula von der Leyen says Cop27 has not delivered on commitment to phase down fossil fuels
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
Things not going well. Seems directionless. Disputes over loss and damage, aiming for only 1.5C heating. EU says it “would rather have no decision than a bad decision”. #COP27 president says there is no consensus. 18 hours into overtime so far.
Live blog:
theguardian.com/environment/li…
November 19, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin • November 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘The key is not to blame yourself’: Burney on navigating grief and taking on her biggest challenge yet
For Indigenous Australians Ministers Linda Burney the referendum to enshrine a First Nations Voice to Parliament in the Constitution will be the pinnacle of her trailblazing career, but behind closed doors she has grappled with immense tragedy.
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Lisa Visentin@LisaVisentin
Linda Burney on navigating grief after her son’s death; and her momentous role steering the Voice to Parliament referendum
My interview with the Minister for Indigenous Australians:
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
November 20, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Andrew Taylor • November 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘We’re going to break our lease’: Glebe residents angry at pub noise
Inner-city residents kept awake by noisy drinkers will receive scant sympathy from local councils, the NSW government and hospitality industry.
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Climate Council • November 20, 2022 • climatecouncil.org.au
Australian leadership will be crucial to future global climate action
Marathon negotiations at COP27 saw hard-won progress on addressing loss and damage but woefully inadequate shared outcomes around phasing out fossil fuels and tackling the causes of the climate crisis.
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Australia still opposes an international agreement to phase out fossil fuels & is subsidising expansion of gas & coal …i can’t fathom how this translates as “After years of blocking blocking progress, Australia was back on the field” #auspol #climate climatecouncil.org.au/resources/aust…
November 20, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • November 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
CSIRO chief’s exit offers Labor rare opportunity to alter direction of Australia’s science agency
New chief executive will have their work cut out for them after what some scientists call ‘painful’ change under Larry Marshall
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CNN • Eric Levenson, Andy Rose • November 20, 2022 • cnn.com
Mass shooting at LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs leaves at least 5 dead, 18 wounded
An armed 22-year-old entered an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, just before midnight Saturday night and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 18 others, before patrons stopped and disarmed him, police said Sunday.
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The Age • Tom Cowie • November 20, 2022 • theage.com.au
The accidental MP and former tennis pro contesting one of Victoria’s tightest seats
The beachside seat is ‘Melbourne’s Florida’, and usually safely in the Liberal column. Labor won it with a $16 outsider last election and is hoping to hold on.
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ABC Radio National • November 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
Four African-Australians in the Socceroos squad
Australia’s African diaspora communities are celebrating the makeup of the Socceroos squad for the World Cup in Qatar, which boasts four players of African heritage. The Socceroos have long represented Australia’s cultural diversity better than national teams in other sporting codes. But there are still barriers to players from migrant backgrounds, from racism to the high cost of participation
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The Guardian • Chris Stokel-Walker • November 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Twitter has ‘50% chance’ of major crash during World Cup, says insider
Social media giant ill-equipped to deal with traffic spikes after cuts imposed by Elon Musk, according to former employee
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Bloomberg • Davey Alba, Jack Gillum, Margi Murphy • November 19, 2022 • bloomberg.com
Twitter Staff Wipeout Under Musk Spurs Concern for Site’s Decay
Twitter Inc.’s mass exodus of employees leaves the platform vulnerable to a broad range of malfunctions. The social network will succumb to a major glitch at some point, technologists predict. It’s just a matter of when.
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • November 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Lisa Wilkinson quits The Project citing ‘relentless, targeted’ media toxicity
Presenter says she is stepping down from hosting Channel Ten show after five years, saying the past six months have taken a toll on her and those close to her
Australian Financial Review • Edmund Tadros, Mark Di Stefano • November 20, 2022 • afr.com
Murdochs’ two top editorial chiefs go in dramatic 48 hours
News Corp’s premium assets The Australian and The Wall Street Journal face new succession intrigue.
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ABC News • Gareth Hutchens • November 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
Increase wages, improve bargaining for workers, and we'll reap the economic benefits?
Australia's industrial relations system is built to solve problems that no longer exist, writes Gareth Hutchens
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ABC News • Mario Christodoulou, Mayeta Clark, Sam Nichols • November 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
A 16-year-old visited Byron Bay on holiday. A night-time encounter with police left him searching for answers
Dylan says he still has questions about what happened to him.
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