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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened species and habitats in one of its final acts
‘On what sort of planet does the commonwealth think they don’t need a recovery plan for a Tasmanian devil’, asks Wilderness Society
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Chris Barrett • June 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘We didn’t know there was an election’: Sri Lankan men reveal desperate boat journey
The dozen young men intercepted by Border Force on election day fled Sri Lanka hoping Australia would let them in.
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Kishor@kishor_nr
"An election in Australia was the last thing on their minds.
'How could we predict the day? We just wanted to save our lives and get to shore,' said father-of-two Pathmanathan"
smh.com.au/world/asia/we-…
June 2, 2022
The Monthly • Lech Blaine • May 26, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
Teal and loathing: On the campaign trail
The seismic shift that saw voters around the country turn on the Coalition and deliver a Labor victory
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Lech Blaine@lechblaine
themonthly.com.au/issue/2022/may… It’s an honour to do a cover story for @THEMONTHLY I hit the road during the 2022 election campaign. Strap yourself in: it stars a few loose units
May 30, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Tom Rabe • June 3, 2022 • smh.com.au
Pork-barrelling at an ‘industrial scale’ in NSW, ICAC forum told
A Berejiklian government grants scheme that resulted in millions of dollars flowing mostly to Coalition electorates has been described by the head of the NSW corruption watchdog as blatant, politically motivated pork-barrelling.
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ABC News • Jedda Costa, Bridget Brennan • May 31, 2022 • abc.net.au
There's a 'black wave' of women coming into the parliament, and it could be a game changer
As Australians begin to make way for a new "teal wave" of independent female politicians, many First Nations communities across Australia are waiting to see what a new "black wave" of Indigenous MPs and senators will mean for the nation.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • May 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
Guardian Essential poll suggests two-thirds of Australians think expanded crossbench a positive
Survey also shows support for constitutionally enshrined voice to parliament and treaty with First Nations peoples is rising
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • June 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Scientists discover ‘biggest plant on Earth’ off Western Australian coast
Genetic testing has determined a single 4,500-year-old seagrass may have spread over 200 sq km of underwater seafloor – about 20,000 football fields
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Mike Ticher@mikewsc1
Shout out to this single plant which has quietly colonised 200 sq km of the seafloor without anyone noticing until now. theguardian.com/environment/20…
June 1, 2022
The Guardian • Adam Morton • June 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor will cut EV taxes and try to legislate 2030 emissions target, Chris Bowen says
New climate minister says calls to raise Labor’s emissions target are ‘odd’ and asks Greens and independents to ‘respect our mandate across the country’
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The Guardian • Moira Donegan • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
The Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial was an orgy of misogyny
The backlash to #Me Too has long been under way. But this feels like a tipping point
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • June 3, 2022 • theguardian.com
Crossbenchers urge new attorney general to end prosecution of Bernard Collaery
Greens and independents back calls for Mark Dreyfuss to withdraw commonwealth consent to all charges in Timor-Leste bugging case
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Christopher Knaus@knausc
Crossbenchers inc Rex Patrick, David Pocock, Rebekha Sharkie, Zoe Daniel and the Greens are privately and publicly urging the new government to immediately withdraw consent for the prosecution of Bernard Collaery, previously given by AG Christian Porter. theguardian.com/australia-news…
June 3, 2022
The Saturday Paper • Karen Middleton • June 4, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: Dutton blocked Indigenous names at bases
As Peter Dutton addresses his decision to boycott the apology, it can be revealed he shut down reconciliation initiatives while serving as Defence minister.
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The Saturday Paper@SatPaper
Exclusive: After becoming defence minister, Peter Dutton intervened to cancel an Australian Defence Force plan to give Australian military bases dual English and Indigenous names. @KarenMMiddleton reports #AusPol #SatPaper satpa.pe/dutto88659b
June 4, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • May 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
AGL dumps demerger plan, yielding to Mike Cannon-Brookes
Company’s chairman and chief executive to resign, along with two other board members
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nino-bucci,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/caitlin-cassidy,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-hurst,h… • May 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
PM says ministry has more women than any other in history – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
Chalmers tells @Kieran_Gilbert he hopes the Coalition respects ALP's electoral mandate on climate: "I hope so but, to be blunt about it, I think Peter Dutton is just a different kind of bulldozer. He’s a different bulldozer with a different coat of paint." theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 31, 2022
The Canberra Times • Karen Barlow • June 4, 2022 • canberratimes.com.au
Albanese reveals if he'll live at The Lodge, says Canberrans 'ignored' by last govt
Anthony Albanese has vowed to give more attention to Canberra, where he will live in contrast to the...
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Karen Barlow@KJBar
Exclusive: PM Albanese plans to lead the country from The Lodge in Canberra as part of his efforts to restore the city’s status as the national capital. Standards to lift when Parliament returns, more questions for the crossbench v ⁦@canberratimes⁩ canberratimes.com.au/story/7766463/
June 4, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Smee • June 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Biloela prepares to party as Murugappan family returns home
A thousand extra people are expected to attend the Queensland festival that will serve as family’s unofficial homecoming
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ABC News • Kelly Fuller, Tim Fernandez • May 31, 2022 • abc.net.au
Labor wins seat of Gilmore, no more lower house seats in doubt
The ABC projects that Labor has won the seat of Gilmore in New South Wales, taking the government to 77 seats in the House of Representatives.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • June 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Morrison government failed to show cashless debit card scheme works, auditor general says
Scathing report finds Department of Social Services has not demonstrated the program is meeting objectives
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ABC News • Nour Haydar • June 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Not gonna lie I was pretty nervous': First Muslim ministers on their history-making moment
Labor MP Ed Husic said he "felt the weight of the moment" to be one of the first two Muslim ministers to be sworn into Federal Parliament.
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Nour Haydar@NourHaydar
I spoke to Ed Husic, Anne Aly and Hajeh Maha Abdo (who gifted the Qur’an used at the swearing in) to document this moment in Australian history.
“When you swear on the Qur’an, you're swearing on representing the whole of creation,” Hajeh Maha told me.
abc.net.au/news/2022-06-0…
June 2, 2022
ABC News • Michael Janda • June 3, 2022 • abc.net.au
Real wages are falling as profits surge and it's 'not an accident of economic conditions'
This week's National Accounts show the economy growing solidly. But the growth is mainly benefiting businesses, especially mining businesses, while workers' wages fall further behind.
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Michael Janda@mikejanda
Nine graphs that show how far workers are falling behind in their share of Australia's economic growth, and some reasons why: abc.net.au/news/2022-06-0… #auspol #ausecon #GDP with excellent input from @GrogsGamut @IFM_Economist and @cherellemurpfry
June 3, 2022
ABC News • May 30, 2022 • abc.net.au
Pacific nations walk away from region-wide trade and security deal with China
Pacific Island countries agree not to sign a region-wide trade and security deal with China as Foreign Minister Penny Wong pledges to build a "stronger Pacific family" through security and defence by bringing "new energy" to the region.
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Stephen Dziedzic@stephendziedzic
China shelves the sweeping regional pact it was trying to convince Pacific Island nations to sign. China's Ambassador to Fiji says some Pacific nations had "specific concerns" about the proposal and Beijing will now to try to build "consensus" abc.net.au/news/2022-05-3…
May 30, 2022

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