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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • December 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Keating told the truth’: Stan Grant, Larissa Behrendt and more remember the Redfern speech 30 years on
Keating was the first Australian prime minister to acknowledge the damage done by invasion, dispossession and assimilation policies. Those who were there remember its impact
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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • December 10, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How bureaucrats kept robo-debt alive
In the week before Scott Morrison gives evidence to the robo-debt royal commission, extraordinary details have emerged about how the public service shaped the ombudsman’s supposedly independent advice on the scheme.
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
"catastrophic, multisystem failure within the Australian Public Service, which designed, incubated, sold and then covered for a program with a fatal flaw so obvious that every Centrelink front-line worker... knew it." On the week's Robodebt hearings:
thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Malcolm Knox • December 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Our middle-class bubble made robo-debt disgrace possible
The Canberra bubble conceived an unthinkable attack on vulnerable Australians and left the dirty work to robots, then too many of us missed the human element.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • December 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
The Australian government had multiple chances to press ‘stop’ on robodebt – but didn’t
Legal advisers said again and again that the automated debt recovery scheme was unlawful. New evidence shows how the objections were overcome
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
Melanie Klieve got a robodebt in the same month officials got yet more advice saying robodebt was unlawful.
Centrelink started taking money out of her payments. She was forced to sell her belongings and turn to charity.
Horrific. theguardian.com/australia-news…
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott • December 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Wong unleashes sanctions regime for first time, targeting Iran and Russia
The head of Iran’s notoriously brutal morality police and Russian intelligence operatives accused of poisoning Alexei Navalny are on the list.
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The Guardian • Joe Hinchliffe, Michael McGowan • December 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Violet Coco is not alone: the climate activists facing jail
As protesters use more provocative tactics, state governments are responding with heavy-handed laws to stop them
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jane Cadzow • December 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
We need to talk about Greg Norman
The golfer has become an increasingly divisive figure on greens around the globe. Has the one-time Aussie hero changed – or do we just know him better now?
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • December 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia’s mountain mist frog declared extinct as red list reveals scale of biodiversity crisis
Experts describe it as a ‘beautiful endemic rainforest species’, one of several that have not been seen for decades
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The Guardian • Nels Abbey • December 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
A white lens sees Harry and Meghan as villains – through a Black one, they’ve done Britain a favour
The Sussexes’ marriage offered the UK a golden opportunity. Reaction to their Netflix series shows it hasn’t been taken, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Penny Wong • December 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Penny Wong: Why I’m imposing sanctions on human rights abusers
I’m often asked what more we can do to protect human rights. It’s a tough question with no simple answer, but today I’m sending a strong message.
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The Saturday Paper • Polly Hemming • December 10, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Why a biodiversity environment market doesn’t work
Market-based measures have demonstrably failed to solve problems in our public services, from health care to utilities. So why does the government think that putting a price on critically endangered wildlife habitats can help save them?
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The Guardian • Fleur Connick • December 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Well below livable standards’: basic needs not being met one year on from northern NSW floods
Accommodation, power and service connections remain a challenge, local volunteer says
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
Nearly a year on from the flood event that devastated the Northern Rivers region of NSW, community organisations say people’s basic needs are still not being met – and the area’s problems are becoming more complex. @ConnickFleur theguardian.com/australia-news…
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ABC News • Samantha Lewis • December 10, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Palestine has been the winner': The other political protest happening in Qatar
As Morocco's players celebrated their historic World Cup win over Spain, they used their platform to draw attention to a nation that is not even competing.
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Los Angeles Times • Kevin Baxter • December 10, 2022 • latimes.com
Grant Wahl, prominent soccer writer, dies after collapsing in World Cup press box
Grant Wahl, a soccer writer who covered U.S. soccer in the past for Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports, died after collapsing while covering a World Cup match.
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ABC News • Hellena Souisa, Erwin Renaldi, Toby Mann • December 8, 2022 • abc.net.au
Indonesia's new criminal code could pose a threat to people outside the bedroom
While international attention has fallen on the ban on extramarital sex, others are concerned Indonesia's new criminal code could be used to silence government critics and civil liberties.
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The Saturday Paper • Karen Middleton • December 10, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: Inquiry likely into Lehrmann prosecution
The ACT government is considering an independent inquiry into the Bruce Lehrmann case. At the same time, a letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions alleges political and police interference in the matter.
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Australian Financial Review • John Kehoe, Ronald Mizen • December 8, 2022 • afr.com
RBA strayed from internal advice on 2024 interest rate guidance
A review of the Reserve Bank has uncovered that governor Philip Lowe strayed from previous internal advice warning about calendar-based interest rate guidance.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Hartcher • December 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Women kick goals for Labor while Liberals languish on the bench
Three of Anthony Albanese’s cabinet ministers announced world-leading policies this week. All three were women.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
Energy makes the headlines, but reset on diplomacy is Albanese’s real power play
The government has lowered domestic tensions, enabling it to adopt a more grown-up foreign policy that can improve ties with Washington and Beijing
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • December 10, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Echoes of 'sports rorts' as NSW rolls out the pork barrel
Dominic Perrottet last year pledged “to support in principle” putting an end to pork-barrelling. The latest numbers put pay to that claim
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