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The Saturday Paper • Marcia Langton • January 7, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Fighting for a Voice
It is eight months since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used his victory speech to promise his government would implement in full the Uluru Statement from the Heart. What has transpired since is less the dialogue he hoped for and more two separate monologues. In one monologue, advocates for the Voice, myself included, set out a vision for a reconciled Australia in which First
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • January 15, 2023 • theguardian.com
A school principal gave up everything to blow the whistle on a paedophile priest. George Pell hung up on him
Graeme Sleeman resigned in disgust after complaining about Father Peter Searson in the 1980s and suspects he was then blacklisted
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The Saturday Paper • Louise Milligan • January 14, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The child abuse cases for which George Pell was never tried
Cardinal George Pell died this week in Rome having been acquitted by the High Court on child sexual abuse charges but without ever facing court over multiple other allegations.
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Louise Milligan@Milliganreports
My piece in @SatPaper. Will leave the description to @ErikOJensen: “It is an important story - a thoughtful and meticulous response to the hyperbole that has appeared elsewhere since his death.” As for the men described in it, families left behind, I just hope they’re doing okay. twitter.com/satpaper/statu…
January 14, 2023
The Guardian • David Marr • January 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
George Pell flew higher than any Australian priest but he chose career over the safety of children
The cardinal was smart and determined. His failure to uncover some of the worst cases of child sexual abuse by priests blights his reputation
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ABC News • Laura Tingle • January 21, 2023 • abc.net.au
COVID is still wreaking havoc across Australia but when it comes to pandemic politics … crickets
The Albanese government finished 2022 having achieved significant legislative reform. But it is starting 2023 looking like it hasn't really thought through what it has to say about COVID, let alone what it might do about it, writes Laura Tingle.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
This week’s column: COVID "eats your heart, and kills your brain" … well,at least that’s what it seems to do to the body politic abc.net.au/news/2023-01-2… via @ABCaustralia
January 21, 2023
The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • January 28, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Pandora’s box’: Real conspiracy behind robo-debt
Fresh evidence to the royal commission shows how departments actively avoided legal precedents to keep robo-debt running for years.
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The Guardian • Joseph Earp • January 30, 2023 • theguardian.com
My mentor John Hughes taught me how to write. Then he plagiarised my work
In 2022, the acclaimed Australian author was found to have plagiarised whole sentences from Leo Tolstoy and F Scott Fitzgerald. When a former student discovered he was among those greats, his reaction was complicated
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etcetc@crop221
I’ve known John Hughes since I was 11. Last year, I was made aware that he had plagiarised me. That’s the top line of this story, but if you want to know more about its complexities, I wrote about it here. theguardian.com/books/commenti…
January 30, 2023
The New Daily • Alan Kohler • January 23, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
The Liberal Party – a retirement village for male baby boomers
The Liberal Party is not only seen as having no answer, it’s seen as part of the problem, writes Alan Kohler.
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Alan Kohler@AlanKohler
My @TheNewDailyAu column today, in which I examine the Liberal party's problem with young people, and conclude that it has become a retirement village for male baby boomers. This is a problem for Aust democracy, not just the party.
thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2023/0…
January 23, 2023
Nervous Laughter • Rick Morton • January 29, 2023 • rickmorton.substack.com
Nobody Expects The Vanished Inquisition
on perception, reality and revenge
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
back at work and back on my bullshit: the robodebt royal commission is the biggest Australian story in decades (but I would say that, wouldn't I) rickmorton.substack.com/p/nobody-expec…
January 29, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • January 30, 2023 • smh.com.au
Laura Tingle to run for ABC board as government prepares shake-up
In an email to staff at 7:30, Tingle said she was running independently to ensure she could represent the views of all staff.
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ABC News • Roxanne Fitzgerald • January 11, 2023 • abc.net.au
In this remote region, hundreds of hectares of land have been cleared — some without a permit
There's global demand for cotton and big profits to be made for farmers — but the growing industry is putting one of the last tropical savannas and untouched river networks in the world under threat.
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abc730@abc730
Tonight on 7.30: Images suggest land being cleared for cotton farming before permits granted. #abc730 @roxannefitzgrld @Hannah_Meagher abc.net.au/news/2023-01-1…
January 11, 2023
The Guardian • Greg Jericho • January 12, 2023 • theguardian.com
A new ‘build your own budget’ tool reveals just how bad the stage-three tax cuts are
Parliamentary Budget Office tool shows how government could deliver tax cuts and also help those in much more need than people earning over $200,000
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The Guardian • Adeshola Ore • January 24, 2023 • theguardian.com
Immigration detainee not given new food because maggots ‘just on the vegetables’, report finds
Advocates say ombudsman’s findings lay bare ‘inhumane’ treatment in Australia’s detention centres
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Noel Pearson • January 26, 2023 • smh.com.au
A failed Voice referendum will kill hopes of reconciliation for good
Do not make our First Peoples pay for the failure of politicians to collaborate constructively on this sensible proposal.
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The Guardian • Lenore Taylor • January 27, 2023 • theguardian.com
In the clamour and confusion around the Indigenous voice, the media has a special responsibility
The debate is complex and long overdue, but the least we must do is present the arguments with clarity and in good faith
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The Monthly • Richard Denniss • February 1, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Nothing to see here
It’s a new year and COVID remains a major public health crisis – so why isn’t the government talking about it?
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Christopher Knaus • January 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
Operator accused of ‘gross negligence’ wins $420m contract to manage Australia’s offshore processing on Nauru
Scandal-plagued US firm MTC will be responsible for ‘garrison and welfare’ of around 70 asylum seekers on Pacific island
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Bharat Sundaresan • January 2, 2023 • smh.com.au
If you think racism has gone away, think again: My experience at Australian cricket venues
If you are one of those who thinks racism has gone away in Australia, then just listen: It never did. If you look a certain way in Australia, you end up copping it on a daily basis.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus, Ben Doherty • January 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
US prison operator running Nauru regime accused of fraud and ‘pandemic profiteering’ in Texas
Exclusive: Australian government extended deal with Management and Training Corporation after allegations, which the company strongly denies, were aired
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • January 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
As long as Australia fails to transition away from fossil fuels, its climate policy is meaningless | Richard Denniss
The Chubb review talks optimistically about ‘carbon credits’, but we wouldn’t need so many if we weren’t building so many new sources of pollution
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