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ABC News • Megan Mackander • May 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
Poise, grace, professionalism: Remembering Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones is remembered as a warm and kind person with a wicked sense of humour, but perhaps her biggest legacy is the strides she made for women in media and television.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • May 18, 2022 • smh.com.au
Corruption concerns prompt 31 judges to make rare election intervention
A rare alliance of judges has backed the case for a watchdog, warning Australians risk being exposed to the “corrupt exercise of power” if parliament does not act.
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The Australian • BEN PACKHAM • May 19, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Payne’s Pacific push ‘stymied in cabinet’
Cabinets national security committee rejected a push last year by Foreign Minister Marise Payne for Australia to double its Pacific aid funding to counter rising Chinese influence.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Katina Curtis • May 18, 2022 • smh.com.au
Political tribunal appointee in hot water over Frydenberg election sign
An Administrative Appeals Tribunal deputy president has a large Josh Frydenberg poster outside her home, despite the code of conduct requiring members to act impartially in their private conduct.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • The Herald's View • May 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
Why the Morrison government does not deserve another term
The Herald shares Australia’s despondency – particularly at the lack of policy ambition from both sides.
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The Age • The Age's View • May 20, 2022 • theage.com.au
For integrity’s sake, Australia needs a change of government
Labor’s agenda may be modest, but it is hard to discern a serious Coalition platform despite its nine years in power.
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ABC News • Laura Tingle • May 22, 2022 • abc.net.au
This win for Albanese is the most transformative election result you can imagine
It is the end of the Morrison government in an election which — while it might not have resulted in a landslide for Labor — has seen the conservative party decimated and shattered, writes Laura Tingle.
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • May 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
Five housing policies that wouldn’t drive up prices in Australia
If reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax are a bridge too far, how about tackling supply?
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
In 1970 Australia's population was half what it is now, but look at the amount of public housing being built then compared to now
theguardian.com/business/grogo…
May 16, 2022
ABC News • Colin Gourlay, Georgina Piper, Tim Leslie, Cristen Tilley, Matt Liddy • May 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
The Australian election map has been lying to you
We decided to redesign the election map from the ground up — not just for the fun of it, but because it can help us all understand the election a bit better.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Hartcher • May 21, 2022 • smh.com.au
The quiet Australians spoke, and they said ‘enough’
The prime minister was a bulldozer, all right. He bulldozed his party into electoral oblivion.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • May 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
United Australia party and Coalition MPs denounced for ‘totally misleading’ claim about WHO
UAP uses full-page print ads to perpetuate baseless claim about a possible pandemic treaty as calls grow for uniform election media blackout rules
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The Guardian • Editorial • May 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
The Guardian view on the Australian federal election: say no to spin and inaction
Given the Coalition’s policy vacuum, Labor offers the best hope the country will be able to rise to the challenges ahead
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • May 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Monique Ryan to lodge legal challenge after AEC anomaly prevents thousands of Covid-positive Australians voting
Teal independent says she will lodge federal court challenge as AEC admits people who tested positive early this week but didn’t register for postal ballot ‘may not be able to vote’
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ABC News • Dan Conifer • May 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
Millions in JobKeeper went to private schools that grew their surpluses
Most private schools that took JobKeeper increased their income during the first year of the pandemic, including some of Australia's most exclusive schools.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Latika Bourke, Roy Ward, Ashleigh McMillan • May 22, 2022 • smh.com.au
Election 2022 results LIVE: Anthony Albanese to become next Australian prime minister; Scott Morrison concedes defeat; Peter Dutton holds on to Dicks…
On the final day of the election campaign, Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison are both campaigning in Melbourne before returning to Sydney to cast their votes.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tony Wright • May 22, 2022 • smh.com.au
Frydenberg, vanquished, struggles to comprehend the depth of disaster
The outgoing treasurer appears baffled by the political disaster that has consigned him and his party to the wilderness.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • May 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Shane Bazzi wins appeal in defamation case over Peter Dutton tweet
Refugee advocate Shane Bazzi brought the appeal after being ordered by the federal court in November to pay $35,000 in damages to the defence minister
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The Guardian • Josh Nicholas, Nick Evershed, Khaled Al Khawaldeh • May 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
Revealed: how the top issues voters care about are not getting aired in election campaign
Aged care, climate and education have been relatively neglected, according to a comparison of voter priorities with the airtime they’ve received
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Nick Evershed@NickEvershed
People have questioned whether media and politicians are focussing on issues that voters actually care about - so we logged ~ 1,000 questions from interviews, got media coverage data, and used topic analysis across politicians' statements to find out
theguardian.com/news/datablog/…
May 18, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • May 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
Dislike of Morrison remains the dominant factor in this campaign
On one issue Liberal and Labor strategists are agreed: dislike of Morrison remains the dominant factor in the campaign.
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The Saturday Paper • May 21, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Life inside a lie
The government Scott Morrison leads has achieved less in three terms than perhaps any other in Australian history. What it has accomplished has largely made the country worse.
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