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The Guardian • Ben Smee • December 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Wieambilla shooting: property owner Gareth Train posted regularly on conspiracy website before police killed
Exclusive: The brother of missing man Nathaniel Train had posted about preparing an ark and alleging the Port Arthur attack was a ‘false-flag’ operation
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The Guardian • Ben Smee, Nino Bucci • December 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Six people killed at Queensland property, including two police officers ambushed by shooters
Tactical police shoot dead three suspects after the ‘ruthless, targeted execution’ of two officers and a member of the public
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ABC News • Stephen Dziedzic • December 13, 2022 • abc.net.au
Shah Bibi Kamawee spent years fighting for women's rights in Afghanistan, now she is seeking refuge in Australia
Facing growing risks of Taliban prosecution, a former Afghan senator and women's rights activist calls on Australia to offer her safety.
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Stephen Dziedzic@stephendziedzic
This iv was heart-breaking. I spoke to former Afghan senator + women's rights advocate Shah Bibi Kamawee, now a refugee in Pakistan. She’s wheelchair bound, terrified she’ll be deported back across the border. Her situation isn’t unique, but it’s desperate abc.net.au/news/2022-12-1…
December 13, 2022
Reuters • December 13, 2022 • reuters.com
Column: Australia's gas and coal price cap needs sober debate, not emotion
The Australian government's plans to cap the price of natural gas and thermal coal for domestic consumers has provoked the predictable howls of protest from the industry and warnings of dire consequences.
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The Guardian • Ed Pilkington • December 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Crowd boos Elon Musk after Dave Chappelle says to ‘make some noise’
At a stage appearance Sunday with comedian Dave Chappelle, the audience made their disapproval of the new Twitter owner known
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The Guardian • Nicola Davis • December 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could mean ‘near-limitless energy’
Researchers managed to release more energy than they put in: a positive gain known as ignition
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Environmental Defenders Office • Mhairi McClymont • December 13, 2022 • edo.org.au
EDO statement on recent harsh custodial sentences for climate protesters in Australia
EDO statement on recent harsh custodial sentences for climate protesters in Australia 13th December 2022 The Environmental Defenders Office is deeply concerned by the recent trend in harsh custodial sentences and heavy-handed policing against climate protestors in Australia. In response to a recent 15-month custodial sentence, with a non-parole period of 8 months, the United [...]Read More...
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CounterAct • Counteractive • December 13, 2022 • counteract.org.au
MILLIONS RAISE VOICE FOR JAILED CLIMATE ACTIVISTS & ANTI-PROTEST LAWS
12 December 2022 We were thrilled to play a leading role in coordinating this massive, diverse response in support of climate activists facing unprecedented repression – along with some other ...
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Australian Financial Review • Matthew Cranston • December 13, 2022 • afr.com
FTX’s inner circle had a secret chat group called ‘Wirefraud’
The revelation comes as founders Sam Bankman-Fried and Zixiao “Gary” Wang, engineer Nishad Singh and ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison face a hearing.
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy • December 13, 2022 • afr.com
What is the Voice to parliament and would it (really) change anything?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made support for an Indigenous Voice to parliament one of his major reform promises, but what exactly is it?
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The Guardian • Kelly Burke • December 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Prime Minister’s Literary awards 2022: Nicolas Rothwell and Mark Willacy win major prizes
Rothwell’s second novel collected the fiction prize with Willacy’s follow-up to his 2020 investigation Killing Field winning for non-fiction
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • December 13, 2022 • crikey.com.au
The Twitter Files are becoming Elon Musk’s QAnon
A deep dive into internal documents promised accountability. Instead it's morphed into a conspiracy with the billionaire as the platform's saviour.
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ABC News • December 13, 2022 • abc.net.au
Closer security ties flagged with Vanuatu as Australia wrestles with China's Pacific rise
Australia has cemented closer security ties with Vanuatu as the strategically located Pacific nation assures a visiting bi-partisan delegation led by Foreign Minister Penny Wong that it isn't discussing a similar deal with China.
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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene
Australia and Vanuatu have this morning signed a Bilateral Security Agreement during the bipartisan delegation’s meeting with new Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau abc.net.au/news/2022-12-1…
December 13, 2022
The Guardian • Michael McGowan • December 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco freed from prison while she appeals 15-month jail sentence
Judge rules Coco, jailed for Sydney Harbour Bridge protest, did not represent a risk to the community
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick Toscano • December 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
East coast gas supply pact at risk as price controls loom
An emergency plan to cap gas prices is threatening to shatter a deal between gas exporters and the Albanese government to avert domestic shortfalls.
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Michael West • December 13, 2022 • michaelwest.com.au
A Royal Commission into Scott Morrison? He sold off the farm, in secret
Scott Morrison approved tens of billions of foreign takeovers upon his secret appointment as Treasurer, risking Australia's national interest
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Pearls and Irritations • Jack Waterford • December 13, 2022 • johnmenadue.com
Alleged police sabotage of the Bruce Lehrmann rape prosecution demands proper investigation
The inquiry into alleged police sabotage of the Bruce Lehrmann rape prosecution has the capacity to bring the Australian Federal Police into the biggest crisis of its 43 years, with impacts spreading beyond the contract arrangements by which it delivers policing services to the ACT. It will put into the spotlight questions of its inherent Continue reading »
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ABC Radio National • Max Walden • December 13, 2022 • abc.net.au
Rohingya fleeing once again
Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya have fled Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh since 2017, where they face squalid conditions in refugee camps The UN refugee agency reports a six-fold increase in the number of Rohingya people making sea journeys from Myanmar and Bangladesh in 2022.
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Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • December 12, 2022 • afr.com
Gas giants knew mandatory code was coming: PM, Treasurer
The Albanese government says gas companies were lucky not to have been hit with a super profits tax.
ABC Radio National • December 13, 2022 • abc.net.au
Government taking a bigger role in energy: analyst
2022 has been a wild ride in coal, gas, renewables and other forms of power - so how has this year of energy market chaos changed our world? Energy finance analyst Bruce Robertson and Bloomberg Energy Writer David Fickling joined RN Breakfast to discuss.
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