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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 • 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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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • January 12, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Deeply ashamed’: Perrottet wore Nazi costume to his 21st birthday
Premier Dominic Perrottet has revealed he wore a Nazi costume to his 21st birthday, apologising for what he described as a grave and terrible mistake.
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ABC News • Joshua Boscaini, Dana Morse • January 12, 2023 • abc.net.au
'Deeply embarrassing': Australia's global human rights credibility undermined by domestic record, HRW says
Human Rights Watch highlights more Indigenous Australians died in custody last year than in 2021, and that new laws targeting climate protesters resulted in harsher penalties against activists.
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The New Daily • Lucie Morris-Marr • January 11, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Anger mounts among child abuse advocates as Pell cast as ‘saint’
In death, as it has been for much of his life, it’s clear former Catholic power player George Pell will be trailed by a cloud of scandal.
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ABC News • Louise Milligan • January 12, 2023 • abc.net.au
A survivor wrote to me after Pell's death. They won't be dancing on the Cardinal's grave
Catholic child sexual abuse survivor Julie Stewart wrote to me just after hearing the news about the sudden death of Cardinal George Pell. For hundreds like her, it was a triggering day, writes Louise Milligan.
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Louise Milligan@Milliganreports
“All I wanted was to matter.” Here is a piece I wrote about George Pell’s death after a survivor, Julie Stewart, described to me so movingly her feelings when she got the news. “All I wanted was to matter.”
abc.net.au/news/2023-01-1…
January 12, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack, Alexandra Smith • January 12, 2023 • smh.com.au
Perrottet’s leadership in turmoil after Nazi uniform revelation
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet made the stunning revelation after a conversation with Transport Minister David Elliott on Tuesday night.
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mostafa-rachwani-,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/emily-wind,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-hurst… • January 12, 2023 • theguardian.com
PM signs security treaty ‘commitment’ with PNG – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • January 12, 2023 • smh.com.au
Gambling whistleblower to take on Labor’s Chris Minns at state election
Anti-pokies independent Troy Stolz is mounting a challenge in the marginal seat of Kogarah, saying the NSW Labor leader “is in the pocket of pubs and clubs”.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
It has only been up for 3 hours but already there's been a deluge of comments backing ClubsNSW money laundering whistleblower @TroyStolz in his brave independent run against @ChrisMinnsMP in marginal Kogarah. Why won't Minns tackle pokies money laundering? smh.com.au/politics/nsw/g…
January 12, 2023
Crikey • Michael Bradley • January 12, 2023 • crikey.com.au
There are enough facts to judge George Pell on what he was — and what he was not
We should respect the High Court's decision to acquit the dead cardinal on appeal. But that doesn't mean we need to respect the man himself.
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The Age • Cameron Houston, Chris Vedelago, James Massola • January 12, 2023 • theage.com.au
The PM, the premier and a billionaire’s private helicopter: What Albanese did at the weekend
The prime minister arrived in Lindsay Fox’s private helicopter for a barbecue at the billionaire’s mansion before he flew to the flood zone in Western Australia on Saturday.
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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 • Calla Wahlquist • January 12, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australian Veterinary Association strengthens policy against the use of whips on horses
The updated policy states that whips ‘must not be used to influence the result of a competitive event’
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • January 12, 2023 • theguardian.com
In justice’s blind spot: my dogged fight against Revenue NSW to preserve a clean driving record
When I was pinged for a nonsensical red light offence and fined $469, it wasn’t about the money, it was about the principle. Well, and the money
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Elias Visontay@EliasVisontay
Last year, I got my first ever traffic fine. Then began my seven-month legal battle full of rage, character limits and government bureaucracy. In the end I got my revenge on Revenue NSW theguardian.com/law/2023/jan/1…
January 12, 2023
Pearls and Irritations • Alison Broinowski • January 12, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
Australia's 'optimal pathway' on AUKUS
US Senators warn President Biden that the US can’t meet its own submarine needs, let alone Australia’s. Just in time.
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan, Tamsin Rose • January 12, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Ashamed’: NSW premier Dominic Perrottet reveals he wore a Nazi uniform at his 21st birthday
Perrottet spoke at an extraordinary press conference to apologise for wearing ‘deeply hurtful’ outfit
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy • January 11, 2023 • afr.com
Albanese to deliver historic address to PNG parliament
Mr Albanese will become the first foreign head of government to address PNG’s national parliament.
Committee to Protect Journalists • Erik Crouch • January 12, 2023 • cpj.org
CPJ, RSF send letter expressing concern over Twitter policies
The Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders send a joint letter to Twitter expressing concern over recent developments at the social media company.
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Committee to Protect Journalists • Sarah Spicer • January 12, 2023 • cpj.org
Iranian journalists face long prison terms, lashes, and harsh restrictions over protest coverage
Washington, D.C., January 11, 2023 – Iranian authorities must drop all charges filed against journalists in retaliation for their coverage of protests in the country and stop handing down harsh prison sentences to members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. Iranian authorities have arrested at least 88 journalists since September 2022,...
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VICE • Jamie Tahsin • January 12, 2023 • vice.com
‘I Love Raping You’: What Andrew Tate Told Woman Who Accused Him of Rape
Exclusive: VICE World News has obtained WhatsApp messages and voicenotes sent by Andrew Tate to a woman who accused him of a 2013 rape. She said police told her they believed her account, but authorities declined to prosecute.
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