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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tom Rabe • January 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
Perrottet blasts Carr over pokies legacy after Nazi uniform jibe
Dominic Perrottet has launched an attack on former NSW premier Bob Carr, blaming him for the proliferation of poker machines across Sydney.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
It was Bob Carr's government that allowed virtually every pub in NSW to install 30 pokies with the highest intensity in Australia - a $10 maximum bet. The late Wayne Goss expressed regret for his QLD pokies roll out. Where is Carr's apology & conscience? smh.com.au/national/nsw/p…
January 16, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Paul Sakkal • January 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Silencing dissent by threatening family’: Iran cracks down on family of Australian protester
The arrests and interrogations provide the most emphatic proof yet that the Iranian government is threatening families of prominent voices in the Iranian-Australian diaspora.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
The mother of a leading Iranian-Australian protester has been jailed in Tehran and interrogated about her Australian relatives - the first known example of Iran taking action against relatives of participants in the Australian anti-regime protests
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January 16, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Ashleigh McMillan • January 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘We’re all vulnerable’: One in 10 people will end up with long COVID, new study says
Around half of the people living with long COVID meet the criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome, according to the report.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tom Rabe • January 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
Labor to slash pokie numbers and back a mandatory cashless gaming trial
NSW Labor has vowed to reduce the number of pokies across the state and enforce a mandatory cashless gaming trial on hundreds of machines in pubs and clubs.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
"Minns said a Labor govt would also reduce cash feed-in limits in new machines from $5000 to $500 from July 1."
Yes, but the existing Aristocrat machines can still accept up to $10,000 via the world's biggest note acceptors outside of bank branches.
smh.com.au/national/nsw/l…
January 16, 2023
The Guardian • Stephanie Kirchgaessner • January 15, 2023 • theguardian.com
Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over social media use
Court documents reveal reasons for Awad Al-Qarni’s arrest – even though rulers are major investors in social media platforms
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Craig Foster@Craig_Foster
This is the ‘progressive’ State that sport, engorging itself on Saudi cash, football to golf, from Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to Greg Norman argue has an ‘inspiring vision’ for the future.’
A vision that doesn’t include free speech, evidently. theguardian.com/world/2023/jan…
January 16, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin • January 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Talks out of both sides of his mouth’: Dreyfus wants Dutton to decide on Voice
In his first interview of the year, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said Opposition Leader Peter Dutton must answer two questions in order to be upfront with Australians about his position on the Voice.
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • January 16, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Inflation: How long will we use human misery to control it?
An interest rate increase? On the agenda? Try eight, actually happening. Dr Lowe and his RBA colleagues did get left behind.
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • January 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Painful and invasive racing greyhound breeding technique should be banned, vets say
‘Horrific’ technique which involves removing the uterus is unnecessary and outdated, animal welfare activists say
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol, Lucy Cormack • January 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
Tim Freedman warns Labor could blow up its vote on the pokies
The Whitlams’ frontman, a long-time Labor supporter and anti-pokies advocate, says Chris Minns must commit to a mandatory cashless gaming card.
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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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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
Between 1984 and 1986, while Sleeman was principal, he said he complained so many times to parish and diocesan officials that they described him as “obsessed”.
“Well, wouldn’t you be?” he told the Guardian.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 16, 2023
The Guardian • Stephanie Convery • January 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
I was struggling to write when someone said: ‘You must show up for your art’
Over a Christmas conversation, Stephanie Convery’s brother-in-law shared his invaluable advice: set aside 30 minutes a day to write, or do nothing at all
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Stephanie H Convery@gingerandhoney
There is as much advice about writing as there are writers, and I've heard a lot of it, but the best advice I ever got for making progress on any kind of art – or indeed any project at all – was this theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
January 16, 2023
ABC News • January 15, 2023 • abc.net.au
At least 68 dead in Nepal plane crash, authorities say an Australian was onboard
Emergency crews are combing the hillside site where a Yeti Airlines plane carrying 72 passengers and crew, including one Australian, crashed in central Nepal.
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The Guardian • Stephanie Convery • January 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia’s richest 1% pocketed $150,000 a minute over past decade, Oxfam research finds
Report calls for higher taxes for the super-rich as analysis reveals an Australian wealth tax could raise $29.1bn annually
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The Guardian • Jane Lee, David Marr, Karishma Luthria, Ellen Leabeater, Daniel Semo, Gabrielle Jackson, Christopher Knaus, Henry Belot • January 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
David Marr on the life and legacy of Cardinal George Pell
Jane Lee talks to David Marr about how Pell accumulated and wielded power over his lifetime and how he should be remembered
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Big Technology • Alex Kantrowitz • January 13, 2023 • bigtechnology.com
A Writer Used AI To Plagiarize Me. Now What?
Anyone can use AI to copy, remix, and publish stolen work. The platforms have no good answer for what happens next.
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reddit • January 9, 2023 • reddit.com
r/dataisbeautiful - [OC] The origins of Germany's natural gas
32,173 votes and 1,481 comments so far on Reddit
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tom Decent • January 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
Rennie sacked, Jones to coach Wallabies at World Cup
Eddie Jones says he wants to break Australia’s World Cup drought after signing a five-year deal that will take him through to the 2027 tournament.
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NITV • Karen Michelmore, Tanisha Stanton • January 16, 2023 • sbs.com.au
New hope for a fresh inquest into Mark Haines' mysterious railway death
Gomeroi man Don Craigie hopes a possible fresh inquest may hold the key to a devastating 35-year-old mystery that has shattered his family.
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The Australian • Linda Burney • January 16, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Voice our next historic and proud chapter
There are moments in history when people come together to stand for something important, and a massive wave of goodwill builds that moves us all forward.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • January 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Mark Seymour: Sweet Thing by Van Morrison is the most perfect song of all time
The ‘agonisingly beautiful’ song from 1968’s Astral Weeks inspired the Hunters & Collectors singer to write love songs – and continues to taunt him
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