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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • January 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Young women like Grace Tame weren’t socialised to shut up when authority figures speak – and it feels like progress
Australians like to think of ourselves as rebels but culturally we love rules, and aren’t always kind to rule-breakers
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • January 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Nauru offshore regime to cost Australian taxpayers nearly $220m over next six months
Brisbane firm Canstruct International awarded eighth contract extension to provide ‘garrison and welfare services’ on the island
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The Monthly • Martin McKenzie-Murray • January 28, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
Grace notes
Grace Tame’s sexual abuse as a child, also experienced by the author, makes policing her manners misguided at best
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • January 28, 2022 • news.com.au
$37,000 bill for MP to leave Vic lockdown
Liberal frontbencher Tim Wilson claimed $37,494 from taxpayers in travel allowance after leaving Melbourne’s brutal lockdown for 95 nights over 2021.
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The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • January 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Women’s anger is not dissipating – and politics as usual won’t solve it
Women asked their leaders to listen. They were told, repeatedly, to listen to how much they were not being listened to
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Amy Remeikis@AmyRemeikis
For those interested, here’s an edited chapter from my essay -On Reckoning It’s available from ⁦@HachetteAus⁩. Incredibly grateful for the kind words, pre orders and support ❤️ theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 24, 2022
The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • January 26, 2022 • theguardian.com
On The Project my rage bubbled to the surface. That’s what happens when women are no longer willing to make nice
As Grace Tame knows, orders to smile and be polite are just orders to stay quiet
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • January 24, 2022 • news.com.au
Leaked RAT messages put heat on PM
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison raged at rapid antigen test suppliers to “tell the truth” and stop claiming the government was stealing their stock on Friday, at least one furious retailer realised vital evidence that could explode those denials was on his mobile phone.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Exclusive: Leaked WhatsApp correspondence between a retailer and a major importer of rapid antigen tests reveals one importer confessed in early January that he was “sorry” but capacity was now being redirected to big government orders news.com.au/national/polit… via @newscomauHQ
January 24, 2022
ABC News • Laura Tingle • January 29, 2022 • abc.net.au
After the world's most awkward photo-op, Morrison is being haunted by a string of other unfortunate images
The events this week which have leapt out of the Prime Minister's calendar all come with the sound effects of someone smacking into unfortunate reminders of the recent past, writes Laura Tingle.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 25, 2022 • theguardian.com
Aged care minister Richard Colbeck went to Ashes Test on same day he declined to appear at Covid committee
Colbeck had cited urgent work fighting Omicron, but has now registered he was attending Hobart cricket match
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • January 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Word salad of nonsense’: scientists denounce Jordan Peterson’s comments on climate models
Speaking on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Peterson claimed the climate was too complex to be modelled accurately, which was quickly shot down by scientists
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NZ Herald • Charlotte Bellis • January 29, 2022 • nzherald.co.nz
Exclusive: Pregnant TV reporter Charlotte Bellis' full, open letter on MIQ - 'NZ said you're not welcome'
'When the Taliban offers you a safe haven, you know your situation is messed up.'
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Mike Bowers • January 29, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor’s lone wolf: Anthony Albanese embarks on the fight of his life
Is Albanese ready to be prime minister? And, if he is, can he win? On the road with the stubborn, headstrong and sentimental Labor leader
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The Guardian • Lorena Allam • January 26, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Fifty years of resistance’: Aboriginal Tent Embassy began with an umbrella and became a symbol of sovereignty
1972 was the first time many saw First Nations people confront the establishment. Now elders say it’s a legacy for future generations
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
On 26 January 1972, a police officer asked a young Aboriginal man how long they were staying outside parliament.
“Until we get land rights,” he said.
Commissioner Gibson apparently laughed and said, “that might be a long time”. By Lorena Allam. theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 26, 2022
The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy, Matilda Boseley, Emma Kemp, Luke Henriques-Gomes, Melissa Davey, Ben Doherty, Paul Karp, Michael McGowan, Calla Wahlquist, Christoph… • January 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia records 58 Covid deaths; Hunt says ‘hoarding’ affecting rapid test shortage – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Barnaby Joyce: Well, people aren’t dying.
Patricia Karvelas: People are dying. People are dying every day.
Barnaby Joyce: Sorry, sorry sorry. Yes, you are correct, I shouldn’t have said that.
theguardian.com/australia-news… via @MatildaBoseley #auspol
January 24, 2022
ABC News • Stephen Dziedzic, Echo Hui • January 24, 2022 • abc.net.au
Chinese businessman says he only bought PM's WeChat account because he 'has a lot of followers'
The Chinese businessman who has taken over Scott Morrison's WeChat account insists the transaction had nothing to do with politics.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • January 29, 2022 • theguardian.com
Prime minister, as a refugee I have done everything Australia has asked. Nine years on, why am I still in detention? | Mehdi
I came to this country at fifteen looking for help. How does keeping me locked up help to heal the trauma I have experienced?
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • January 25, 2022 • news.com.au
Inside the glamorous world of Australia’s instant rapid antigen test millionaires
Australia’s insatiable demand for rapid antigen tests is turning importers into instant millionaires, with one company that operates out of a two-bedroom apartment in Elizabeth Bay securing a $26 million contract with the Department of Health.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
NEW: The company that sealed a $26 million deal with the Morrison Government for rapid Covid tests. news.com.au/world/coronavi…
January 25, 2022
news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • January 27, 2022 • news.com.au
Pharmacists sound alarm over ‘free’ RATs
Pharmacists have sounded the alarm over the Prime Minister’s “free” rapid antigen test program, revealing the $10 rebate doesn’t even cover the wholesale cost of the tests and won’t be refunded for weeks.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Keep in mind these tests were selling for $5 per unit wholesale in December. So taxpayers now paying $10 per rest to chemists plus $4 “handling fee” per transaction. So $24.30 for a pack of two for tests govt could have paid $10 for wholesale and just handed out for free.? twitter.com/samanthamaiden…
January 28, 2022
The Guardian • Anne Davies • January 24, 2022 • theguardian.com
Fury at backroom deal to usher former Young Liberal into federal seat of Hughes
Plan to avoid NSW preselection to parachute candidates such as Alex Dore into seat held by Craig Kelly shows ‘we are no better’ than Labor, some members say
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The Australian • SIMON BENSON • January 30, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Alarm bells ring as Coalition, PM drop in Newspoll
Popular support for the federal Coalition has slumped to the lowest levels since the 2018 Liberal leadership spill, with Scott Morrisons approval ratings also tumbling as the government prepares to face an election in less than four months.
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
that's.... not 41% and 43% on a pie chart twitter.com/australian/sta…
January 30, 2022

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