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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • April 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
I’m a Liberal MP and I cannot vote for the re-election of a Scott Morrison government | Catherine Cusack
The prime minister has ruined the party of Robert Menzies, trashing its values and forfeiting the integrity and values of Australia with his scheming
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ABC News • Stephanie Borys • April 5, 2022 • abc.net.au
Questions raised over millions in federal budget funding for charity with no office or staff
The Prime Minister's department insists it carried out "due diligence" before awarding, without a tender process, millions of dollars to a foundation that appears to have no office, website or staff and was established last year.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Liberal MP accuses Scott Morrison of ‘ruthless bullying’ and scheming at the expense of flood victims
NSW upper house member Catherine Cusack claims prime minister has ruined the Liberal party and says she will not vote for re-election of Coalition government
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The Guardian • Fiona Harvey • April 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster
Greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025, say climate scientists in what is in effect their final warning
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The Guardian • Sarah Malik, Ben Doherty • April 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia relied on discredited evidence to detain refugee Sayed Abdellatif for 10 years, court finds
Asio ruled to have relied on evidence obtained under torture in making ‘legally unreasonable’ adverse security assessments against Egyptian national
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
The Australian government knowingly relied on discredited evidence obtained under torture to keep a refugee in detention for a decade, despite being repeatedly told the detention was unjustified and the allegations untrue. theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 9, 2022
The Guardian • Lenore Taylor • April 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
In an election year of disasters, Australians need more than campaign trail soundbites
From fact-checks to pork barrel tracking, editor Lenore Taylor explains why Guardian Australia’s reporting will count
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The Guardian • Josh Butler • April 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
George Christensen spent $20,000 promoting personal website and email list before quitting politics
Labor questions whether Facebook ads encouraging people to ‘keep in touch’ with Christensen were funded by taxpayers
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The Guardian • Nino Bucci • April 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Zachary Rolfe’s ex-fiancee told detectives he spoke of getting paid holiday if he shot someone, court documents show
Police officer denies making comments, which are alleged in an interview and statement released by Northern Territory supreme court
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ABC News • Stephanie Borys • April 8, 2022 • abc.net.au
Governor-General personally lobbied Morrison about leadership program given $18m in funding
The Governor-General personally lobbied the Prime Minister about a leadership program run by a foundation that had not been set up at that point and still has no website, staff or office.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • April 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
For three years the prime minister has schemed and strategised. Can Australians stomach any more?
If the problem with Anthony Albanese is that he’s an unknown quantity, then the problem with Scott Morrison is that we know him all too well
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
The PM says of Albanese that Australians shouldn’t elect a blank page. Well, Morrison was a blank page in 2019, and Australians elected him. The PM says he’ll campaign on his record. Ok then, let’s look at that. Here’s my column #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 9, 2022
The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Pru Goward among six Liberal-linked appointments by Coalition to Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Concerns sparked of repeat of 2019 when one in five named for government bodies before election called had Liberal or National ties
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humanrights.gov.au • April 7, 2022 • humanrights.gov.au
Statement on international accreditation of the Australian Human Rights Commission
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s status as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) has been reviewed by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) – the international standards body.
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ABC News • Stephanie Borys • April 7, 2022 • abc.net.au
Charity director remains tight-lipped about how $18m program will run with no current staff, website or office
A mystery foundation established less than a year ago by a businessman with connections to the royal family has managed to secure more than $18 million in federal funding, but the man behind it is refusing to outline how the program will run or outline when it will launch.
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ABC Politics@politicsabc
#EXCLUSIVE Mystery foundation director boasted Scott Morrison backed $18m program a year before funding was allocated in the budget, reports @StephieBorys ab.co/3JngL20 #auspol
April 7, 2022
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • April 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition accused of sitting on environment report to avoid delivering ‘more bad news’
Calls for report to be released before election so voters know ‘official state’ of environment under Morrison government
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • April 5, 2022 • smh.com.au
Labor vote rises despite broad support for budget ahead of election
Voters have strongly backed the spending in the budget aimed to help households, but support is drifting away from Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
Headline says it all. @smh
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
April 5, 2022
ABC News • Matt Martino • April 6, 2022 • abc.net.au
Fact check: Is Australia beating the US, Japan, NZ, Canada and 'many' European countries on emissions?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia has reduced emissions by around 20 per cent, and that this is a better record than the US, NZ, Canada, Japan and many European countries. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • April 6, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘I believe you’: Michael Towke says federal cabinet minister backs him
The man who has accused Scott Morrison of “racial vilification” in a Liberal Party ballot more than a decade ago says a current cabinet minister believes his account.
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The Guardian • Josh Taylor • April 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian Border Force searched 822 phones in 2021 despite having no power to demand passcodes
Greens digital rights spokesperson says officers should be required to get a warrant before going through travellers’ mobile phones
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • April 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
Senior Liberals fear party warfare could cost key seats
Liberal Party national vice-president Teena McQueen has delivered a withering assessment of the Coalition’s chances in two must-hold seats and other senior Coalition figures warn bitter factional infighting in NSW could backfire at next month’s election.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • April 4, 2022 • news.com.au
‘Beyond the pale’: PM rocked by new claims
Scott Morrison has been hit with fresh claims he sought to exploit anti-Muslim sentiment, with two witnesses to a shadow cabinet meeting in 2010 insisting there was a “blow up” with Malcolm Turnbull over the issue.
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