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The Guardian • Ben Smee • December 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Wieambilla shooting: property owner Gareth Train posted regularly on conspiracy website before police killed
Exclusive: The brother of missing man Nathaniel Train had posted about preparing an ark and alleging the Port Arthur attack was a ‘false-flag’ operation
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Hartcher • December 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Australia was always bullied by vested interests, until now
The Albanese government has broken the curse of a nation too timid to stand up to the might of industry. Can Perrottet follow suit with his push against pokies?
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The Guardian • Richard Denniss • December 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Anthony Albanese’s latest plan to subsidise foreign coal and gas companies is just absurd | Richard Dennis
Fossil fuel subsidies are a stupid idea. We aren’t so much decarbonising our economy as turbocharging its carbon intensity
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
We have abandoned economics, climate science & even opinion polling when it comes to identifying options for reform. The only way forward is what the fossil fuel industry tells us to do. Imagine if we’d taken that approach to tobacco #auspol #climate theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
December 14, 2022
ABC News • Rory Callinan, Lucy Stone, Julia André • December 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
Behind the Train family's twisted backstory — a trio of loners who carried out a deadly police shooting
There were many signs something was not right about Gareth Train and his wife Stacey before they joined his brother Nathaniel on a deadly shooting rampage in Queensland's Western Downs. This story contains content that readers may find distressing.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • December 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Hardly anyone is getting off’: despite Labor’s promises, refugees needing urgent medical care remain on Nauru
An Afghan refugee in offshore detention since 2013 has had two doctors’ referrals for overseas treatment, but has not been permitted a ‘medical transfer’ to Australia
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Kon Karapanagiotidis@Kon__K
Must read by @BenDohertyCorro.
An Afghan refugee held since 2013 on Nauru by Australia has been prevented from reuniting with his family who were evacuated from Kabul to Melbourne in 2022, despite needing to be moved off Nauru for urgent medical treatment theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 18, 2022
Crikey • Cam Wilson • December 16, 2022 • crikey.com.au
‘We killed them’: Queensland shooters posted video online after attack
A now-deleted YouTube account shows footage of the Wieambilla shooters foreshadowing violence against police in the lead-up to the attack.
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The Age • Cameron Houston, Chris Vedelago • December 16, 2022 • theage.com.au
The day police crashed the billionaires’ lockdown soiree - and where the guests hid
Video footage obtained by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald shows members of the Pratt family flouted public health orders during lockdown by hosting guests, who then hid from police.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • December 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
Bruce Lehrmann trial: ACT’s top prosecutor complained about Linda Reynolds’ ‘disturbing’ conduct
Former minister has denied attempting to coach defence and rejected allegations she was politically invested in the case’s outcome
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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • December 17, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Morrison and Porter sought robo-debt advice to woo Hanson
Documents tendered in the robo-debt royal commission show how, as treasurer, Scott Morrison intended to use the punitive aspects of the illegal scheme to win more support from Pauline Hanson.
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ABC News • Brett Worthington • December 12, 2022 • abc.net.au
Psychologist rebates halved for mental health patients
Subsidised visits to psychologists, GPs and allied mental health services will be halved within weeks, with the federal government abandoning a program added at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Australian • Jack the Insider • December 14, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Murders a wake-up call on the dangers of sovereign citizen cults
Four young police officers ambushed, two of them shot dead, one wounded, the other, who can only be described as a hero, left in a world of pain and trauma, and a neighbour executed, shot in the back.
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ABC News • Matilda Marozzi, Josie Taylor • December 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
'He just happened to show up': Jane didn't know how a police officer found her, until she got a call from a taskforce
The ABC has spoken to three women who say Victoria Police officers accessed the LEAP database to stalk, harass or pursue relationships with them. Lawyers fear these are not isolated incidents.
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Monique Hore@moniquehore
Three women are planning legal action against Victoria Police, alleging three different officers misused the police database to look up sensitive information about them | EXCLUSIVE via @josietaylor @marozzi_m abc.net.au/news/2022-12-1…
December 15, 2022
The Guardian • Elias Visontay • December 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Sydney-Melbourne railway could be affordably upgraded to slash travel times to six hours, expert says
Exclusive: replacing 250km of steam-age railway with straighter track would allow tilting trains to reduce the trip from 11 hours
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The Guardian • Ben Smee, Nino Bucci • December 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
God and guns: the strict religious upbringing of the Wieambilla shooters
Self-described ‘free evangelical’ Ronald Train, who created his own church based on literal reading of scripture, says sons ‘lost their way’ before Queensland shooting
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The Guardian • Chris McGreal • December 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
Is Dominion’s $1.6bn defamation lawsuit a death blow for Murdoch and Fox News?
The media mogul and Fox Corp are being sued for allegedly broadcasting ‘lies’ about the voting machine company
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • December 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia’s coal exporters made windfall gain of $45bn last year, report estimates
Report by Australia Institute finds a windfall profits tax could collect almost all this money for public use
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The Guardian • Josh Butler, Peter Hannam • December 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
Energy users and ex-ACCC boss praise government for staring down ‘bullies of the gas industry’
Industry argues capping gas at $12 a gigajoule risks future investment but experts say price is top end of range forecast before invasion of Ukraine
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Michael West • December 13, 2022 • michaelwest.com.au
A Royal Commission into Scott Morrison? He sold off the farm, in secret
Scott Morrison approved tens of billions of foreign takeovers upon his secret appointment as Treasurer, risking Australia's national interest
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • December 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Defamation reforms: Australian media may not be liable for Facebook comments in future
Attorneys general give in-principle support to changes including new innocent dissemination defence for intermediaries
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The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • December 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘I went cross-eyed’: Australia’s former deputy PM taken to hospital after drinking entire bowl of kava
Michael McCormack paid a high price for downing, not sipping, the sakau during a Pacific tour, later stating: ‘I was trying to be respectful’
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