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The Guardian • Josh Butler • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Teena McQueen ‘spits in the face’ of Liberals by hailing defeat of ‘lefties’, Tim Wilson says
Fellow moderate Simon Birmingham calls on the party vice-president to resign as anger mounts over her comments at CPAC
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The Guardian • Richard Denniss • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Jim Chalmers has a unique chance to remake Australia – or to squander $243bn on the rich
Australia is one of the richest countries in the world but decades of tax cuts have trained us to feel poor
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
JimChalmers has a once-in-a-century chance to spend a 1/4 of a trillion on nation building without going into a cent of debt.Or he can keep the stage 3 tax cuts. Australia is a rich country & if we ditch these cuts we’ll feel like it #auspol #revenuesummit theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 6, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Smee, Eden Gillespie • October 6, 2022 • theguardian.com
Queensland police inquiry hears allegations of recruits being taught racism, officers being raped
State’s police commissioner reveals she too suffered sexual assault and harassment early in her career
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Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • October 4, 2022 • afr.com
God saved Essendon from Andrew Thorburn
The appointment of the former NAB CEO to run the Essendon Football Club landed like a turd in the punch bowl.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Ellen Leabeater, Camilla Hannan, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson • October 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Introducing Ben Roberts-Smith v the media
Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, is suing three newspapers for defamation over articles he says falsely accuse him of war crimes
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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
So excited to launch the preview of our new podcast series on the defamation trial of the century. Blows my mind how good it is. Huge shout out to @BenDohertyCorro and @EllenLeabeater for months of hard work.
Introducing Ben Roberts-Smith v the media theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 8, 2022
The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • October 3, 2022 • theguardian.com
Majority of Australians back sound economic management over keeping promised tax cuts, survey suggests
Almost half of those polled support axing stage three cuts while one quarter thought they should be kept
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Nick Feik@NickFeik
Only 22% support the stage 3 tax cuts theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 3, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Osman Faruqi • October 7, 2022 • smh.com.au
Ita Buttrose has revealed she doesn’t understand the ABC’s biggest problem
With a simple statement on Friday morning, Buttrose showed how little she understands about the broadcaster’s programming slate, its trajectory and its growing disconnect from younger Australians.
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Scott Mitchell@s_mitchell
He doesn't miss.
The idea of not even acknowledging this is a challenge is insane, when the audience data makes it clear this is probably the biggest single issue the broadcaster has to grapple with.
smh.com.au/culture/tv-and…
October 7, 2022
ABC News • Louise Milligan, Ali Russell, Charlotte King, Andy Burns • October 3, 2022 • abc.net.au
Kaila has a job and says she's applied for 100 rental properties. She is now homeless
Regional areas used to be places where people with low- to middle-income jobs like hospitality, retail, nursing or aged care could reasonably expect to find a home. Four Corners takes a first-hand look at the housing crisis that is forcing workers into cars and motels.
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Kate Colvin@ColvinKate
The dire shortage of affordable rentals is a disastrous social problem driving increased #homelessness and #rentstress. It's also an economic crisis exacerbating the skills shortages of essential workers like Kaila. @Milliganreports #BuildSocialHousing abc.net.au/news/2022-10-0…
October 3, 2022
The Guardian • Nick Evershed, Josh Nicholas, Adam Morton • October 3, 2022 • theguardian.com
Tracking Australia’s progress on the climate crisis and the consequences of global heating
What is Australia’s contribution to the climate emergency, and how successfully is it acting to address it?
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ABC News • Michael Slezak, Marty Smiley, Nick Sas • October 4, 2022 • abc.net.au
Once a decade Lake Eyre comes alive. But scientists say the gas industry's final push is putting it all at risk
The gas industry has been mining Australia's Lake Eyre Basin for decades, but possible future extraction techniques like fracking could devastate its fragile ecosystem.
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Michael Slezak@MikeySlezak
The Lake Eyre Basin is the last big free-flowing desert river system in the world.
But will it be lost in the gas industry’s last dash for cash? abc.net.au/news/2022-10-0…
October 4, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler • October 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Conservative Liberals embrace at Cpac to celebrate the electoral defeat of ‘lefties’ within the party
Teena McQueen tells conference ‘the good thing about the federal election is a lot of those lefties are gone’ while Amanda Stoker asks conservatives to ‘speak up’
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
A shift on stage-three tax cuts would move the first Albanese budget from B for boring to B for big | Kathrine Murphy
Labor understands any broken promise will be weaponised by its political foes. But an economic storm is brewing and it’s time to change tack
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
The ineptitude of Liz Truss has just given Anthony Albanese a useful precedent to move on our own tax cuts for high income earners if he wants to hedge against a downturn by rebuilding Australia’s fiscal buffers. Here’s a column on stage three 👇 #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 4, 2022
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • October 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton suing me for defamation almost ruined me and it could happen to anyone | Shane Bazzi
The case took a huge toll on my health, but a politician using defamation law to stifle public opinion is a worry for all of us
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Paul Kidd@paulkidd
“It is an extraordinary experience to be sued for defamation by someone who has built his political career off being a political head kicker…” ⁦@shanebazzi⁩ writes powerfully of the awful effect Dutton’s defamation action had on him. theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 8, 2022
The Guardian • Rafqa Touma • October 3, 2022 • theguardian.com
Terrifying flood ordeal turns into frustrating NDIS battle for NSW woman
Asphyxia says protracted process left her without her wheelchair for months after it was damaged in floods
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Rafqa Touma@At_Raf_
“I oscillate between feeling so stressed and defeated and drained by their treatment of me … and determination that I won’t let them walk over me like this.”
Asphyxia shared with me her battle with NDIS. Here is her story:
theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 3, 2022
Crikey • Cam Wilson • October 7, 2022 • crikey.com.au
One Nation, Australian Christian Lobby listed as hate groups: report
A global anti-hate think tank has included One Nation, the Australian Christian in its new list of Australian hate and extremist groups.
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Reserve Bank of Australia • October 4, 2022 • rba.gov.au
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision | Media Releases
At its meeting today, the Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 2.60 per cent.
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The Guardian • Ben Smee • October 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Unspeakable trauma’: police in Queensland and NSW failed to investigate alleged gang rape of 14-year-old girl, records show
Exclusive: A senior officer told Karen Iles they believed her statement, including names, photos, maps and diary excerpts, had been destroyed
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Ben Smee@BenSmee
Police in Queensland and New South Wales failed to investigate a series of alleged sexual assaults against a 14-year-old girl, lost key documents related to the case, and later told the alleged victim that her formal statement had been “destroyed” theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 4, 2022
ABC News • Michael Slezak • October 7, 2022 • abc.net.au
Questions over detection of illegal logging in Victoria, says auditor-general
Victoria's logging regulator is failing to fully use its powers, and cannot assure the public it is reducing the risk of illegal logging, a Victorian Auditor General's Office report finds.
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The Saturday Paper • Kieran Pender • October 8, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The High Court’s newest justice, Jayne Jagot
Jayne Jagot’s meteoric rise to the High Court delivers the first majority-female bench in history and a fresh, compassionate perspective.
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Kieran Pender@KieranPender
In today’s @SatPaper, me on the rise of Jayne Jagot - a historic appointment to the High Court - featuring this cracking headline by @notthatECB thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime…
October 8, 2022
The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • October 7, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Treasury warned against Stage Three tax cuts
In 2018, when Scott Morrison announced his tax-cut package, Treasury laid out in black and white the grounds for scrapping Stage Three
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Michael Pascoe: Treasury tells why it would be irresponsible governance, not smart politics, to keep a promise made back when unicorns danced over rainbows and the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus and Easter Bunny were all regularly seen in the public bar. thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/…
October 8, 2022

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