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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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Professor Dr Megan Davis@mdavisqlder
This essay on the constitutional Voice is one of the best things I've read in a long time. Clever, thoughtful, factual by one of our greatest thinkers Professor Marcia Langton. @SatPaper⁩ thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/…
January 7, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Carroll, Christopher Harris • January 8, 2023 • smh.com.au
Sydney private school fees eclipse $45,000 after parents hit by hikes
Independent schools across the city are raising fees for 2023, with Kambala and SCEGGS Darlinghurst set to charge parents more than $45,000 for year 12.
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Jane Caro@JaneCaro
Every single year without fail this story runs. The public subsidy of private supply (eg private schools)is inflationary unless you cap the fees. Forget how unjust it is. It is a monumental waste of public money. smh.com.au/national/nsw/s…
January 8, 2023
The Guardian • Harry Saddler • January 8, 2023 • theguardian.com
Vanishing bird: the mystery of the ‘near-mythical’ Australian painted-snipe
Sightings are so rare that no one has recorded the call of these elusive waders but a mission has begun to finally learn where they go when they disappear
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SBS News • January 8, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Journalists arrested over viral video of South Sudan's president appearing to urinate on himself
South Sudan's National Security Service is investigating the reporters over a video that showed the country's leader with a wet mark on his trouser leg during a ceremony.
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The Guardian • Thomas Keneally • January 8, 2023 • theguardian.com
Thomas Keneally: ‘At North Head I hear the song of the dead and relish my place in the human stream’
Walking along the ancient Sydney coastline, the author ponders whether there may be not only a joie de vivre, but also a joie de mort
The Canberra Times • Blair Williams • January 8, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
COVID hegemony, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the virus
We have seen the normalisation of widespread infection despite the costs.
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ABC News • Casey Briggs • January 7, 2023 • abc.net.au
Australian governments have kept much of their COVID research secret. Why?
COVID heralded a great era of cooperation, with researchers collaborating across institutions and borders. That work couldn't have been done if all the research was being locked up by governments — but in Australia, they're doing just that, writes Casey Briggs.
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casey briggs@CaseyBriggs
Why on earth are Australian governments keeping COVID research and modelling secret? One of our leading forecasters says there’s a “culture of secrecy around data that is damaging to our public discourse”.
My latest for @abcnews: abc.net.au/news/2023-01-0…
January 7, 2023
CNN • Artemis Moshtaghian, Sahar Akbarzai, Tara Subramaniam, Jomana Karadsheh, Niamh Kennedy • January 7, 2023 • cnn.com
Iran executes karate champion and volunteer children's coach amid crackdown on protests
The executions on Saturday of two young men in Iran, one a karate champion, the other a volunteer children's coach, in connection with nationwide protests have sparked outrage around the world.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright, James Massola • January 8, 2023 • smh.com.au
A tale of two party reviews: only Labor took insights to heart - and won
Reviews of the 2019 and 2022 elections by the Labor and Liberal parties reveal very different lessons have been learnt, that could affect the result of the next poll.
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APDR • Kym Bergmann • January 8, 2023 • asiapacificdefencereporter.com
Australia’s contribution to AUKUS should be a next generation conventional submarine
As prospects are diminishing that Australia will be able to receive a nuclear-powered submarine before the 2050s, policy makers are faced with two choices: do nothing, or fast track something that will add significantly to the undersea warfare capabilities of the three AUKUS partners.
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The Guardian • Josh Butler • January 8, 2023 • theguardian.com
Albanese accuses Dutton of engaging in ‘culture war stunts’ over Indigenous voice
Opposition leader has demanded more detail, saying lack of clear information will condemn referendum to failure and damage reconciliation efforts
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