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ABC News • James Purtill, Joanna Lauder • August 30, 2022 • abc.net.au
At the height of the bushfires, Emily sent an explosive reply-all email. Then she walked out of News Corp
Emily Townsend very publicly quit her job at News Corp over its bushfire and climate change reporting. She thought she was burning her bridges. Then the messages arrived.
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • September 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
The stage three tax cuts are a pile of garbage, and everybody knows it
Anthony Albanese could learn a thing or two from Bob Hawke, who walked back tax cuts promised ahead of the 1983 election
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The Guardian • Paul Karp, Josh Butler • August 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
Home advantage: federal politicians’ hefty property portfolios revealed in register of interests
In addition to residences and investments, dozens of MPs own homes in Canberra for which they can claim a $299 a night travel allowance
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ABC News • Bec Symons, Charlotte King, Andy Burns • September 1, 2022 • abc.net.au
Victorian Liberal Party members slam 'infiltration' by hardline Pentecostal groups
A Pentecostal church group in Gippsland is accused of branch-stacking to 'infiltrate' local Liberal Party branches and gain influence over the party's internal direction.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
Centrelink seizes $13,000 of jobseeker’s compensation after work for the dole injury
Mick Smart says ‘catastrophic’ back injury destroyed his life as he now battles to receive a disability support pension
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
They sent him to work for the dole, then they swiped his compensation when he got permanently injured. theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol #workforceaustralia
August 30, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
Stage-three tax cuts: richest 1% of Australians will save as much as poorest 65% combined, analysis shows
Adam Bandt says changes will ‘turbocharge’ inequality as parliamentary budget office analysis finds men will benefit the most
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ABC News • August 29, 2022 • abc.net.au
Man 'deeply embarrassed' for threatening to kill journalist's wife in expletive-filled voicemail
Thomas Rickard left a message threatening to kill the wife of ABC journalist Mark Willacy after he uncovered war crimes allegations.
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • August 29, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor is sending mixed messages on energy – and some of it sounds like climate denial
The release of vast new areas along the Australian coast for oil and gas exploration is undermining proclamations about creating a cleaner economy
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
Today's column is on Labor's mixed messages on climate.
theguardian.com/environment/co…
August 29, 2022
The Saturday Paper • Karen Middleton • September 3, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Inside Morrison’s secretive $18m leadership grant
Pressure is mounting to investigate a special grant to fund a leadership program pitched to Scott Morrison by Governor-General David Hurley.
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Bob Carr@bobjcarr
Take it from me: the Governor General’s role in getting $18m from Morrison for a charity without a record, office or program and no competitive bid is set to be the most controversial vice regal indulgence since Kerr’s dismissal of Whitlam. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
September 3, 2022
news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • August 29, 2022 • news.com.au
Taxpayers pick up tab for ScoMo’s Japan trip
Scott and Jenny Morrison’s “privately funded” trip to Tokyo will cost taxpayers thousands of dollars because a team of AFP close personal protection officers travelled with the couple to Japan.
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Utterly damning’ review finds offsets scheme fails to protect NSW environment
Conservationists label report ‘utterly damning’ as opposition and crossbench MPs call for overhaul of state’s biodiversity market
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Lisa Cox@_LisaMCox
This NSW auditor general's report is damning and backs up my extensive reporting on biodiversity offsets. Hope others follow it up as it's really important, including in the context of federal plans to create a biodiversity market. theguardian.com/environment/20…
August 30, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Mike Foley • September 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Green Wall Street’: Plibersek launches money-for-nature scheme
The first major environment policy proposal from the federal government would allow companies to buy and sell credits in natural habitats.
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Miki Perkins@perkinsmiki
Spicy quotes from environmentalists about this "nature credits" scheme
“It’s not new, it’s not novel. It’s been around as long as nature conservation and for every economist pushing it there are as many ticket-clippers, spivs and chancers.'
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
September 1, 2022
The Guardian • Damian Carrington • August 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
Major sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’
Loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27cm regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists discover
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • September 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
Tyrant winter is dead, long live summer! (That’s right, I’m skipping spring this year) | Jack Vening
We’ve survived the most wretched season in years. Now everything will be beautiful once more
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Jack Vening@jack_vening
They took out the cruellest things I said about England but left enough to make my feelings clear
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
September 1, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Billie Eder, Michael Koziol • September 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Turnbull slams ‘fascism’ after protesters shout him out of university speech
The former prime minister was escorted to his car by police following a protest at Sydney University, where he was due to talk to law students.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sarah McPhee • August 30, 2022 • smh.com.au
Chris Dawson found guilty of murdering Lynette Dawson in 1982
The judge delivered his verdict in Dawson’s high-profile case on Tuesday, convicting the 74-year-old former Sydney teacher and Newtown Jets player of murder.
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The Guardian • Benita Kolovos, Melissa Davey • August 31, 2022 • theguardian.com
Rural Victorian town left without bulk-billing doctor after clinic closes doors
Thousands of patients in Mildura region in state’s north-west are unable to access medical records or GP care
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ABC News • Andrew Greene, Stephen Dziedzic • September 1, 2022 • abc.net.au
'A new start': French President Emmanuel Macron looks to heal wounds with Australia by visiting this year
The ABC has learnt officials have begun preparing for a visit scheduled to occur after Mr Macron and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese join world leaders at the G20 summit in Bali.
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Australian Financial Review • Hannah Wootton • August 31, 2022 • afr.com
Sam Mostyn to chair government Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce
The appointment comes as the Albanese government faces growing pressure to move faster on policy changes to ramp up women’s workforce participation.
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sam mostyn@sammostyn
“The formation of this taskforce delivers on our commitment to make sure that women & their economic security are front & centre of government thinking.” @SenKatyG
@sammostyn to chair government Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce afr.com/politics/feder… #JobsSummit #auspol
September 1, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Josh Bornstein, Alison Pennington • September 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Employees, not business, are wrapped in red tape and it’s killed wage growth
Profits have never been higher and the share of the economic pie paid to workers has never been lower.
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Josh Bornstein@JoshBBornstein
Businesses like Qantas have restructured their operations to avoid bargaining with workers in favour of unilaterally setting the price of labour. The result: wage stagnation & record profits. The system is badly skewed against healthy wage growth. smh.com.au/national/emplo…
September 1, 2022

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