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Inside Story • Administrator • September 29, 2022 • insidestory.org.au
Exclusive: Economists protest at Mathias Cormann’s reorientation of the OECD
Michael Jacobs reports
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • October 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘I will not’: how Julia Gillard’s words of white-hot anger reverberated around the world
Ten years on from the misogyny speech, Katharine Murphy reflects on how it was framed at the time – and what has been gained since
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Almost a decade ago, I reported @JuliaGillard’s misogyny speech live. Here’s what I’ve learned in the ensuing years. Thanks to @lucykateclark for this edit of a longer book chapter theguardian.com/world/2022/sep…
October 1, 2022
The Guardian • Brigid Delaney • September 30, 2022 • theguardian.com
It is the great paradox of being human: we change but we stay the same
Is the older me just a watered-down version of the younger me? There is something eternal in us all – a thing that doesn’t age or calcify
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
The last @GuardianAus column from @BrigidWD "for a while at least" as she moves to new things - we wish her well but we are hoping🤞she'll be back sometime -
I was a chaos merchant who fell into sewers. I wonder: do we ever change? | Brigid Delaney theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
September 30, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Harriet Alexander • October 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
James Packer hits out at ClubsNSW’s ‘ruthless unethical behaviour’
Legal action against a dying man is damaging the entire clubs industry, the former casino mogul says.
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Dylan Welch@dylanwelch
“Every Liberal Party leader since Barry O’Farrell in 2010 has signed a memorandum of understanding with ClubsNSW … pledging not to add new taxes or more regulatory controls for the term of their government. Labor has made similar commitments.” smh.com.au/national/nsw/j…
October 1, 2022
The Saturday Paper • Mike Seccombe • October 1, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: IPA has lost all funding from ASX 100
Although it still enjoys support from the Murdoch family and Gina Rinehart, the Institute of Public Affairs has fallen to its lowest point in history.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • October 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia to launch rescue mission for women and children trapped in Syrian detention camps
Exclusive: More than 20 Australian women and more than 40 children related to Islamic State combatants held in al-Hawl And Roj camps
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Miki Perkins, Mike Foley • September 28, 2022 • smh.com.au
AGL expected to close Loy Yang power station a decade early
The likely early closure of two major coal-fired power plants in Victoria and NSW signals the rapidly decreasing economic viability of Australia’s ageing and polluting coal fleet.
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The Guardian • Joey Watson, Christopher Knaus • September 26, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian soldier alleges torture survival course involved simulated child rape and left him with PTSD
The defence force’s alleged handling of the training course prompted a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission
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Christopher Knaus@knausc
A secretive torture training program has caused debilitating trauma to some soldiers by forcing them into shocking acts of humiliation, including simulated child rape, whistleblower says. Great working with v talented @joeyhwatson on this story. theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 26, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin • September 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Leaked email reveals Greens staffer ‘scared and in shock’ after Lidia Thorpe’s ‘truly awful’ outburst
In the email, the senator’s former chief of staff apologised to Aboriginal elders for a meeting in June 2021, describing Thorpe’s conduct as “appalling”.
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Lisa Visentin@LisaVisentin
Exclusive: Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe’s former chief-of-staff was left was scared and appalled by her behaviour in a meeting with two Indigenous leaders at Parliament House last year.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
September 27, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Federal community grants audit uncovers millions of dollars in projects now facing axe
More than 100 community development projects could be cut as government pledges to go through budget ‘line by line’ to find savings
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
Federal community grants audit uncovers millions in projects now facing axe - including $25m to a resources company 70% owned by a Cayman Island investment fund and $1.3m for the Noosa Golf Club car park (club charges yearly fee of $1,242.50) theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 27, 2022
The Guardian • Anne Davies • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian food is grown with dangerous chemicals banned in other countries
Australia has a global reputation as a source of clean food. In fact, the country has some of the most lax regulation of pesticide use in the western world
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ABC News • Patricia Karvelas • October 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
A new chapter for Australia's dark past had a quiet beginning in Canberra this week
The Australian War Memorial's promise to provide a "broader, deeper" depiction of the frontier wars comes after years of advocacy by First Nations leaders — and is the beginning of a new national chapter, writes Patricia Karvelas.
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The Guardian • Joey Watson, Christopher Knaus, Laura Murphy-Oates, Ellen Leabeater, Daniel Semo, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson, Molly Glassey • September 26, 2022 • theguardian.com
Inside Australia’s secretive torture survival course for elite soldiers
Reporter Joey Watson speaks to soldiers, their families and Senator Jacqui Lambie about a secretive torture survival course for elite soldiers that was the subject of a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission
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Joey Watson@joeyhwatson
My podcast debut for @GuardianAus is an investigation into the Australian Defence Force's torture resistance course. An elite program has become a "macabre sideshow" involving disturbing sexual humiliation, and abuse, severely traumatising some vets. bit.ly/3SADrRl
September 26, 2022
The Guardian • Eden Gillespie • September 28, 2022 • theguardian.com
First Nations children account for 84% of Queensland youth detainees put in solitary confinement
Figures show nearly 26,000 ‘separations’ of Indigenous children in a year as advocates call for ban of ‘shameful’ practice
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news.com.au • Rohan Smith • September 26, 2022 • news.com.au
‘Don’t give a f***’: Harvey rips pollies
There’s some laughter from Australian billionaire Gerry Harvey when he suggests that China’s one-party led dictatorship is a model Australia should aspire to if it wants to get things done.
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ABC News • Norman Hermant, Penny Timms, Katherine Gregory • September 30, 2022 • abc.net.au
As Australia moves on with COVID, thousands of deaths are happening 'out of sight and out of mind'
Early in the pandemic, the prevalence of COVID-19 in aged care was seen as a national tragedy. But two years on, the number of deaths has jumped exponentially — and some worry we've started looking the other way.
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Prof Brendan Crabb AC@CrabbBrendan
There's a lot at stake, thousands of lives & widespread long-term disability. There's no magic shield for the most vulnerable as this piece demonstrates. We all have to play our part to reduce the amount of virus in the community. Iso is crucial to this.
abc.net.au/news/2022-09-3… twitter.com/mjrowland68/st…
September 30, 2022
ABC News • Henry Belot • September 29, 2022 • abc.net.au
Antarctic expeditioners complain of 'predatory', widespread sexual harassment as minister, division urge change
A review reveals disturbing reports of a widespread culture of sexual harassment at Australian Antarctic stations, including women being too afraid to disclose their periods for fear of retribution.
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Henry Belot@Henry_Belot
Some shocking allegations of 'predatory' and 'widespread' sexual harassment on Antarctic bases have been revealed, along with homophobia and pornography on walls.
Tanya Plibersek says she's gobsmacked and extremely concerned, demanding cultural change.
abc.net.au/news/2022-09-2…
September 29, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Paul Sakkal • October 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Going out on a high’: FitzSimons steps down as republic’s figurehead
Amid renewed debate about the British monarch’s role as Australia’s head of state, former rugby player announces his time as chair of Australian Republican Movement is up.
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Peter FitzSimons@Peter_Fitz
My news. Thank you all, it's been an honour, and a pleasure.
@AusRepublic
‘Going out on a high’: After seven years in the role, FitzSimons won't stand in this month's election for Chair of the ARM smh.com.au/national/going…
October 1, 2022
The Age • Patrick Hatch • October 1, 2022 • theage.com.au
Bridge to nowhere: Government loses big in punt on untried technology
Victorian government wasted at least $20m on a joint venture, run by the chief executive of the state’s rail authority, selling bridge safety monitors that did not work as they should.
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mat_dunckley@mat_dunckley
Said would cost $50m, spent $20m, committed $80m - produced exactly nothing
CEO gone and nobody saying where or why or for how long
This business does not look like a good governance case study
theage.com.au/national/victo…
October 1, 2022
The Guardian • Greg Jericho • September 26, 2022 • theguardian.com
Statistics prove Roger Federer’s class, but his love for his opponents shows his greatness
Both Federer and his career-long rival Nadal crying demonstrates that they have not lost their humanity to the lust for victory
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
In which I reflect on @rogerfederer and @RafaelNadal and nice guys winning
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
September 26, 2022

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