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The Age • Nick McKenzie • January 20, 2023 • theage.com.au
War crimes investigators narrow focus to three key targets, including Roberts-Smith
The ramping up of investigations comes as former special forces soldiers and their supporters have mounted an online campaign to smear those they suspect of co-operating with investigators.
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The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Megan Davis, Allison Chan, Camilla Hannan, Gabrielle Jackson • January 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
The details on the Indigenous voice to parliament with Megan Davis
Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Prof Megan Davis about the road to the referendum
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ABC News • Isobel Roe • January 20, 2023 • abc.net.au
Sydney family torn apart after migration agent failed to lodge visa application
Bexley resident Mohamed Barghachoun moved from Lebanon to marry his long-term partner, who paid more than $1,500 to a migration agent to help him apply for a visa.
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The Guardian • Adeshola Ore • January 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia risks UN human rights blacklisting as states fail to meet prison obligations
Deadline to meet anti-torture treaty obligations is Friday, but governments have yet to install watchdogs
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia’s media regulator to get new powers to crack down on online misinformation
Government says Acma will be able to impose a compulsory code of conduct against disinformation on digital platforms
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ABC News • Patrick Begley • January 20, 2023 • abc.net.au
Tony Abbott advising controversial conservative lobby group Advance Australia
Former prime minister Tony Abbott is among a group of advisers to a conservative lobby group that last month was found to have published false information about the Voice to Parliament proposal in Facebook ads.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Jack Latimore • January 20, 2023 • smh.com.au
Raising Indigenous voices on a Voice to parliament
What do First Nations people think about the proposed Indigenous Voice to parliament? We spoke to dozens of Indigenous people from all walks of life to hear their voices.
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Caitlin Fitzsimmons 🧜‍♀️@niltiac
This was months in the making with my colleague Jack Latimore (Birpai man and Indigenous affairs journalist at @TheAge). It involved a unique collaboration with @FNMediaAust to hear from Indigenous people around the nation. I'm proud to be part of it.
theage.com.au/national/raisi…
January 20, 2023
The Guardian • Josh Butler • January 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
Doctors warn Australia risks being ‘odd one out’ if it resists sugar tax on soft drinks
Exclusive: Peak medical body claims Australia could collect $814m annually through a sugar tax, which it says 85 other countries have already implemented
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ABC News • Mia Knight • January 20, 2023 • abc.net.au
Monster 25cm, 2.7kg toad like a 'football with legs'
Ranger Kylee Gray says she was so shocked to discover a 2.7 kilogram "Toadzilla" next to a hiking trail in North Queensland she thought it was a practical joke.
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Siobhan Heanue@siobhanheanue
Good morning from North Queensland where there are 2.7kg cane toads now. abc.net.au/news/2023-01-2…
January 20, 2023
The Gauntlet • Julia Doubleday • January 20, 2023 • thegauntlet.substack.com
Billionaires at Davos don't think COVID is a cold
A few weeks ago, the New York Times called mask-wearers "the last holdouts". This week, the world's richest people went to great lengths to protect themselves from COVID
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Maggie Haberman and Michael C. Bender • January 20, 2023 • smh.com.au
Heralding a tectonic shift, evangelical leaders are giving up on Trump
Donald Trump has lashed out at church leaders he spent years courting, accusing them of “disloyalty” and blaming them for Republicans’ losses at the midterms.
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The Guardian • Kelly Burke • January 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
Frederick McCubbin’s descendants back protesters who defaced artwork
Great-granddaughter says artist would have loved the attention after his painting was spray-painted at the Art Gallery of WA
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Australian Financial Review • Michael Read • January 20, 2023 • afr.com
How wealthy are you compared to everyone else (in eight charts)?
Does an income over $180,000 make you rich? That is one of the key questions posed in the debate around the future of stage three tax cuts.
ABC News • January 20, 2023 • abc.net.au
Are private schools worth the price tag?
Your postcode – rather than whether you go to a public or private school – is more likely to determine your academic success.
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The Guardian • Helen Davidson • January 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
Xi’s authority dented by sudden Covid U-turn but iron grip on power is undimmed
Analysts say Xi has consolidated power so successfully that he is in effect the Communist party. With no opposition, it doesn’t matter if he makes mistakes
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • January 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
Michael Clarke and Karl Stefanovic clash proves tabloid gold as Daily Mail chastises Nine and ABC | The Weekly Beast
Mail accuses Nine and ABC of ‘radio silence’ over fracas. Plus: conservative media attacks Jacinda Ardern
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The Guardian • Editorial • January 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
The Guardian view on Jacinda Ardern’s departure: knowing when to quit
Editorial: Many will regret the New Zealand prime minister’s resignation, but it sets an important example, just as her time in office did
The Sydney Morning Herald • Ben Cubby, Lucy Cormack • January 20, 2023 • smh.com.au
Minns says Asfour’s decision to charge ratepayers for clothing, items ‘not acceptable’
The embattled Canterbury-Bankstown mayor has pulled out as the Labor candidate for the NSW upper house, with a spokesman citing the impact on his family of recent media coverage as the reason for his decision.
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The Klaxon • January 19, 2023 • theklaxon.com.au
ICAC "delay" shields NSW Premier
Dominic Perrottet’s ties to one of the decade’s biggest political scandals likely remain hidden from voters until after March election.
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Australian Financial Review • Ronald Mizen • January 19, 2023 • afr.com
Jacqui Lambie threatens Senate action to see PM’s diary
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could be forced to hand over his official diary if the independent pushes through action in the Senate.
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