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The Guardian • Patrick Greenfield • January 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows
Investigation into Verra carbon standard finds most are ‘phantom credits’ and may worsen global heating
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The Guardian • Tess McClure • January 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Jacinda Ardern resigns as prime minister of New Zealand
Labour leader to stand down no later than 7 February, saying she ‘no longer had enough in the tank’ to do the job
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • January 19, 2023 • smh.com.au
Patrick Elligett appointed editor of The Age
The Age has promoted its news director to lead the masthead.
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The Age@theage
#BREAKING: The Age has appointed Patrick Elligett as its new editor. “It is an incredible honour to be entrusted with the leadership of such a significant institution,” he says. theage.com.au/business/compa…
January 19, 2023
The Guardian • Ben Smee • January 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Terry Irving spent 1,671 days in jail for a crime he didn’t commit – and 25 more years seeking justice
Australia is the world’s only democracy that fails to offer statutory legal remedy for those wrongfully imprisoned
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AAPNews • January 19, 2023 • aapnews.com.au
Ardern standing down as New Zealand PM
Jacinda Ardern has announced her shock resignation as New Zealand Prime Minister, while also calling an election on October 14.
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Australian Associated Press (AAP)@AAPNewswire
#Breaking | New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced her retirement from politics within the next month.
"I know what this job takes. And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice," Ms Ardern said.
Via @benmackey
aapnews.com.au/a/AEmLWIlB
January 19, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott • January 19, 2023 • smh.com.au
Jacinda Ardern lifted New Zealand’s global status to unprecedented heights
In an era dominated by conservative machismo, Ardern stood apart as a striking alternative: young, female and unashamedly progressive.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott • January 19, 2023 • smh.com.au
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern to resign
An emotional Ardern revealed she wouldn’t have the energy for a new term after the next election.
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • January 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
I was quick to ignore parental guidance, but when dad told me to take cheese off my car I should have listened
It was the youth hoodlums who threw a slice of cheese on Elias Vistonay’s car. What happened next, though, was pretty much his own fault
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Time • Billy Perrigo • January 18, 2023 • time.com
Exclusive: The $2 Per Hour Workers Who Made ChatGPT Safer
A TIME investigation reveals the difficult conditions faced by the workers who made ChatGPT possible
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Billy Perrigo@billyperrigo
🚨Exclusive: OpenAI used outsourced Kenyan workers earning less than $2 per hour to make ChatGPT less toxic, my investigation found
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January 18, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jenna Price • January 19, 2023 • smh.com.au
Low-rent behaviour by greedy landlords is feeding the rental crisis
Tenants’ rights are being sacrificed to subsidise cash castles for the wealthy. There are now simply too many distressing cases for our collective good conscience.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott • January 19, 2023 • smh.com.au
Pressure on Marise Payne to retire from Senate
The former foreign affairs minister has kept a low profile since the May election, rarely appearing in the media or speaking in parliament.
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Crikey • Cam Wilson, Anton Nilsson • January 19, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Nick Adam's MAGA transformation doesn't surprise his ex-Sydney council colleagues
Nick Adams' former council colleagues say there's a throughline from his antics back then to his new 'alpha male' American conservative persona.
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • January 18, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Bad faith
It’s time for the right to admit they do not support an Indigenous voice to parliament
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Rachel Withers@rachelrwithers
It’s obvious what the right is doing here: they do not want to see the voice succeed. What is unclear is how long they plan to keep up the charade, claiming to be in favour of “constitutional recognition”, while doing all they can to undermine its chances.
themonthly.com.au/the-politics/r…
January 18, 2023
The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia to consider European-style right to be forgotten privacy laws
Attorney general promises ‘whole range’ of modernisations of the Privacy Act to follow new customer data protection laws
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Interview transcript published by PM’s office omitted wrong answer on Indigenous voice legal advice
Attorney general has clarified solicitor general is being consulted on voice to parliament after Anthony Albanese said otherwise
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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey • January 19, 2023 • theage.com.au
Victorian Labor called out over lack of cultural diversity
Senior party figures say it must lead the way in ensuring Victoria’s parliament looks “more like our neighbourhoods rather than Ramsay Street”.
The Guardian • Greg Jericho • January 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
The Reserve Bank of Australia should hold off on raising rates again next month. Here’s why
Allowing time for the impact to flow through would be sensible. Inflation is falling, it’s just not yet visible in official figures
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The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Ben Smee, Ellen Leabeater, Joe Koning • January 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Five years in jail and 25 seeking justice: the malicious prosecution of Terry Irving
Terry Irving was wrongfully arrested for robbing a Queensland bank in 1993, spending 1,671 days in jail. He would spend a lot longer locked in a legal battle with the state
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The Guardian • Larry Elliott • January 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
UN head accuses fossil fuel firms of business models ‘inconsistent with human survival’
Criticism at Davos for big companies that, ‘like the tobacco industry’, ride roughshod over their own science
The Guardian • Van Badham • January 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Jacinda Ardern’s graceful departure is the personification of modern democratic ideals
The New Zealand prime minister’s bold and resolute leadership neutralised hoary stereotypes that insisted female power is soft or weak
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