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ABC News • Rory Callinan, Lucy Stone, Julia André • December 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
Behind the Train family's twisted backstory — a trio of loners who carried out a deadly police shooting
There were many signs something was not right about Gareth Train and his wife Stacey before they joined his brother Nathaniel on a deadly shooting rampage in Queensland's Western Downs. This story contains content that readers may find distressing.
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ABC News • Matilda Marozzi, Josie Taylor • December 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
'He just happened to show up': Jane didn't know how a police officer found her, until she got a call from a taskforce
The ABC has spoken to three women who say Victoria Police officers accessed the LEAP database to stalk, harass or pursue relationships with them. Lawyers fear these are not isolated incidents.
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Monique Hore@moniquehore
Three women are planning legal action against Victoria Police, alleging three different officers misused the police database to look up sensitive information about them | EXCLUSIVE via @josietaylor @marozzi_m abc.net.au/news/2022-12-1…
December 15, 2022
The Guardian • Elias Visontay • December 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Sydney-Melbourne railway could be affordably upgraded to slash travel times to six hours, expert says
Exclusive: replacing 250km of steam-age railway with straighter track would allow tilting trains to reduce the trip from 11 hours
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The Guardian • Ben Smee, Nino Bucci • December 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
God and guns: the strict religious upbringing of the Wieambilla shooters
Self-described ‘free evangelical’ Ronald Train, who created his own church based on literal reading of scripture, says sons ‘lost their way’ before Queensland shooting
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • December 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia’s coal exporters made windfall gain of $45bn last year, report estimates
Report by Australia Institute finds a windfall profits tax could collect almost all this money for public use
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton’s naked politicking over power prices is as cynical as it is calculating
The opposition leader is determined to reheat the climate wars, via whatever means and whatever the costs to Australia
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Peter Dutton had a fine moment in the parliament today paying tribute to Queensland police slain on the job. But his foray on energy prices is a cynical climate war reboot, pure and simple. A comment on today #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 15, 2022
The Australian • Jack the Insider • December 14, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Murders a wake-up call on the dangers of sovereign citizen cults
Four young police officers ambushed, two of them shot dead, one wounded, the other, who can only be described as a hero, left in a world of pain and trauma, and a neighbour executed, shot in the back.
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • December 15, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
High on their own supply
It has never been more apparent that the Coalition works directly for the gas companies
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ABC News • Marian Faa, Stephen Dziedzic • December 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Taken by surprise': Fiji opposition leader to file complaint after vote app glitch
Fiji's main opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka says he doesn't have faith in the vote count underway after yesterday's general election, and will complain to the Fijian Elections Office.
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/caitlin-cassidy,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amy-remeikis,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/melissa-dave… • December 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Energy bill passes – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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ESPN • Associated Press • December 11, 2022 • espn.com
Wife: Writer Grant Wahl died of aortic aneurysm
The wife of journalist Grant Wahl said Wahl's death last week while covering the World Cup was due to an undetected aortic aneurysm.
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The Guardian • Adam Liaw • December 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
I’m taking my kids overseas these school holidays and they’re going to complain the whole time
One of the most disappointing bait and switches of adulthood is that the summer holidays you used to look forward to as a child are now the stuff of dread
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ABC News • Mary Lloyd • December 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
World-first melanoma vaccine may be 'the penicillin moment' in cancer treatment, researchers say
A world-first melanoma vaccine which personalises treatments for patients may put an end to melanoma as a "death sentence", according to Australian experts.
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • December 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
Sky News Australia host Chris Smith apologises for ‘humiliating’ behaviour at Christmas party
Smith says he is sorry ‘to the women I upset’ as he checks into mental health facility
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City Hub Sydney | Your Local Independent News • Wendy Bacon • December 15, 2022 • cityhubsydney.com.au
Climate activist Violet Coco freed as campaign to repeal anti-protest laws grows
Climate activist Deanne ‘Violet’ Coco was freed on Tuesday after spending 10 days in Silverwater Women's Prison, seven of which were...
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Wendy Bacon@Wendy_Bacon
My report on #VioletCoco release & massive campaign building for repeal of anti protest laws. NSW police seriously wanted to have Coco in jail until March - knowing how tough conditions are, esp since #Covid cityhubsydney.com.au/2022/12/climat…
December 15, 2022
Sky News Australia • Tyrone Clarke • December 15, 2022 • skynews.com.au
Albanese warns gas giants as he flags another major intervention
Fresh off a major victory, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has heralded the government’s “modest intervention” into the energy market but issued a warning to gas companies against continued complaints as he flagged a potential domestic gas reservation policy.
The Guardian • Josh Butler, Peter Hannam • December 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Gas industry attempts to block price caps on fossil fuels shrugged off by Australian government
Crossbenchers express surprise at lack of direct lobbying from resource companies who may have been blindsided by ‘reasonable pricing’ test
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Nikkei Asia • Staff Writer • December 15, 2022 • asia.nikkei.com
Taiwan to surpass Japan in GDP per capita this year: JCER
South Korea to pull ahead in 2023 as weak yen compounds low productivity
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ABC News • Jedda Costa • December 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
A legacy of positivity, love and healing: The man thousands will gather to remember in Melbourne tonight
As thousands of mourners prepare to gather for a state memorial service in Melbourne to honour Uncle Archie Roach, the singer is described as a generous man whose legacy will transcend music.
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy, Michael Read • December 14, 2022 • afr.com
Only 25pc of visas are going to skilled migrants
Cybersecurity and other gaps in Australia’s sovereign capability could be addressed through a less prescriptive immigration system, says the Grattan Institute.

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