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The Guardian • Nick Evershed, Amy Remeikis • August 26, 2022 • theguardian.com
Scrapping the stage three tax cuts would save $243bn. How would you spend it?
Tax cuts, or a bullet train, or raising jobseeker to lift hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty? You decide with our interactive guide
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Crikey • Eric Beecher • August 22, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Standing up for the free press: here’s what abuse of media power looks like in Australia
Today Crikey is publishing a series of lengthy legal demands by Lachlan Murdoch's lawyers. Here's why.
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Crikey@crikey_news
Lachlan Murdoch threatened to sue us for publishing public interest journalism.
We believe in media freedom. So today we’re standing up to Murdoch and publishing the legal letters from his lawyer to show you how abuse of media power works in Australia.
crikey.com.au/2022/08/22/lac…
August 22, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jon Faine • August 28, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘I was gobsmacked when he became prime minister’
Former Howard government tourism minister Fran Bailey, who forced out Scott Morrison as head of Tourism Australia, said his prime ministership was “a tragedy for our nation”.
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theage • Eryk Bagshaw,Edward Adeti • August 25, 2022 • smh.com.au
The deadly heist of millions in gold from an Australian mine
In the heat and dirt of northern Ghana, a Chinese company stands accused of a brazen heist that left dozens of locals dead.
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • August 22, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Why I'd write an even stronger story today about Murdoch, Fox and Trump
It's a simple fact that the Murdoch family, via Fox News, helped create the conditions for the January 6 insurrection in the United States. And it's important to say it.
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Crikey@crikey_news
The Murdochs and their media empire pose an existential threat to the US & Australia.
Politics editor @BernardKeane has been threatened with defamation by Lachlan Murdoch for writing an article.
Here's why he'd write an even stronger article next time:
crikey.com.au/2022/08/22/lac…
August 22, 2022
Crikey • Amber Schultz • August 25, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Murdoch inquiry set in motion as Zoe Daniel acts on media concentration
The independent MP could set the ball rolling for the Murdoch media empire to be scrutinised in Parliament.
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Amber Schultz@AmberMaySchultz
BREAKING: @zdaniel will bring a motion for a judicial inquiry into media concentration & truth of material parliament following Lachlan Murdoch's decision to sue @crikey_news. It's all happening
crikey.com.au/2022/08/25/mur…
August 25, 2022
Crikey • Eric Beecher, Peter Fray • August 22, 2022 • crikey.com.au
An open letter to Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairman of News Corporation and executive chairman of Fox Corporation
Lachlan Murdoch has claimed he intends to take court action to resolve a defamation allegation against Crikey. We await your writ.
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ABC News • Stephanie Dalzell • August 25, 2022 • abc.net.au
Natalie's choice: Wait up to two years for surgery to ease debilitating pain or use super to pay for private treatment
Australians raided almost $1.6 billion from their own superannuation accounts to pay for treatments including dental, IVF and elective surgery in the past three years, almost 20 times more than a decade ago.
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The Klaxon • August 23, 2022 • theklaxon.com.au
Hundreds of ex-PM appointments must be “reviewed”: Ombudsman
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has called for a review of hundreds of Prime Minister and Cabinet appointments over concerns key officials have been illegally appointed to multiple jobs.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kishor Napier-Raman, David Estcourt • August 26, 2022 • smh.com.au
Anthony Albanese’s secret Murdoch meeting at News Corp HQ
There was, no doubt, much to discuss in Holt St between the prime minister and News Corp bosses.
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
The Labor government's 3 most powerful people reportedly met with Lachlan Murdoch yesterday.
Voters deserve to know the purpose of the meeting and what was discussed. If the Commonwealth had NSW-style ministerial diary requirements, we'd know.
smh.com.au/national/antho…
August 26, 2022
The Guardian • Adam Morton • August 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Bureaucrats pushed for swift parrot recovery plan to be changed to play down logging threat
Exclusive: Revisions revealed through FOI are more focused on protecting forestry industry than preventing species going extinct, scientists argue
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • August 23, 2022 • news.com.au
‘Severe consequence’ needed for ScoMo
Bombshell legal advice from the nation’s solicitor-general examining Scott Morrison’s secret power grab is “scathing” of the decision to trash time-honoured conventions that ministerial changes are made public.
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • August 23, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Right-wing commentator Avi Yemini denied entry to New Zealand over domestic abuse conviction
Immigration NZ contradicts Yemini's claim his rejection was because of a NZ Herald article labelling him an 'Australian conspiracy commentator'.
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cammyboo AO@cameronwilson
NEW: Avi Yemini claims he was stopped from boarding a flight to New Zealand because he was called a "Australian conspiracy commentator"
Immigration NZ officials told me it's actually because he has a criminal record -- including for assaulting his ex-wife
crikey.com.au/2022/08/23/avi…
August 23, 2022
The New Yorker • Yasmin Rafiei • August 25, 2022 • newyorker.com
When Private Equity Takes Over a Nursing Home
After an investment firm bought St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged, in Richmond, Virginia, the company reduced staff, removed amenities, and set the stage for a deadly outbreak of COVID-19.
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Yasmin Rafiei@YasminRafiei
Just over a year ago, I read a paper which showed that when private equity buys nursing homes, death rates go up 10%. I was a med student at Stanford, but I halted my studies to investigate. Today, that investigation was published in @NewYorker newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
August 25, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • August 28, 2022 • smh.com.au
Ex-minister who ousted Scott Morrison from Tourism Australia says he must leave parliament
Howard-era minister Fran Bailey said Morrison’s prime ministership had been “a tragedy for the Liberal Party and our nation”.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • August 22, 2022 • smh.com.au
Post-election surge in support for Anthony Albanese’s new Labor government
It is not unusual for a new government to enjoy a honeymoon period, but a survey suggests there is more to the increase in support for the Albanese government.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
A nine-point swing to Labor since the election.
A huge boost for Anthony Albanese.
Our first Resolve survey since May:
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
August 22, 2022
ABC News • Josh Robertson, Mark Willacy, Echo Hui, Kyle Taylor • August 22, 2022 • abc.net.au
Revealed: Co-owner of $3.8bn casino development linked to notorious Chinese gangsters
An ABC investigation reveals the links between a company with a major stake in Australia's most expensive casino venture and notorious organised crime figures in Hong Kong and Macau.
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • August 24, 2022 • crikey.com.au
The events of January 6, and the role of Fox and the Murdochs, must be scrutinised
The part played by the Murdochs and Fox News in the events of January 6 2021 is a crucial matter of public interest. Why should that be off limits?
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Australian Financial Review • Jacob Greber • August 22, 2022 • afr.com
Overhaul needed on ministerial rules: GG’s official secretary
The startling concession comes amid questions about why Morrison’s secretive jobs were not captured by an obscure bureaucratic rule known as the “Harradine list”.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michaela Whitbourn • August 23, 2022 • smh.com.au
Lachlan Murdoch launches defamation proceedings against Crikey
The News Corp co-chairman has filed defamation proceedings against Crikey, a day after the online news outlet challenged the billionaire media mogul to sue it.
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