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ABC News • Laura Tingle • January 21, 2023 • abc.net.au
COVID is still wreaking havoc across Australia but when it comes to pandemic politics … crickets
The Albanese government finished 2022 having achieved significant legislative reform. But it is starting 2023 looking like it hasn't really thought through what it has to say about COVID, let alone what it might do about it, writes Laura Tingle.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
This week’s column: COVID "eats your heart, and kills your brain" … well,at least that’s what it seems to do to the body politic abc.net.au/news/2023-01-2… via @ABCaustralia
January 21, 2023
The Saturday Paper • Richard Ackland • January 21, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How Cardinal George Pell seduced News Corp
George Pell spent decades cultivating the Murdoch press, duchessing editors and senior journalists. The impacts of that political manoeuvring are clear in the coverage since his death.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • January 21, 2023 • smh.com.au
Halfway across the Nullarbor, Mad Ted and a busted charger ran us off the road
We’re five days in to a 5000km drive across Australia. It’s scorching hot. The battery on our electric car’s near flat. And we’re being followed.
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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.
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ABC News • Paige Cockburn • January 17, 2023 • abc.net.au
This Sydney renter lived for free — when they came clean about their scheme online, the reaction was savage
As prospective tenants struggle to find rental accommodation, some have been angered to find head tenants who cover their costs through subletting to others are not breaking the law.
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Stilgherrian@stilgherrian
So this story which kinda ran everywhere and triggered lots of angry talkback? Totally made up post by a friend of mine. Not one journalist checked.
“Sydney tenant admits in social media post to paying zero rent by subletting to housemates” (17 Jan) abc.net.au/news/2023-01-1…
January 21, 2023
The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 21, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australians to save $230 on electricity bills next financial year as wholesale prices fall
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the saving is a sign the government’s plan to cap prices is ‘starting to make a difference’.
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The Saturday Paper • Mike Seccombe • January 21, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Perrottet, the pokies lobby and the Nazi uniform
As gambling reform becomes a key battleground in the NSW election, it is clear how powerful the clubs lobby has become in a country with more poker machines than anywhere else in the world.
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Pearls and Irritations • David Armstrong • January 21, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
Japan’s military build-up met with suspicion, alarm: Asian Media Report
In Asian media with week: India leads intellectual charge, Japan military, suspicion and fear, visits to Xinjiang, Indonesia's penal code...
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The Saturday Paper • Chris Wallace • January 21, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Summertime and the leading is easy
If there’s one thing Australians want in January, it’s not to be bothered. The Albanese government is doing its best to oblige. This time last year the Morrison government’s continuing existence interfered with Australians giving themselves over fully to the traditional summer torpor. The Liberals had no clue about what lay ahead. A year ago today, then treasurer Josh
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Axios • Erin Doherty, Andrew Solender • January 18, 2023 • axios.com
Rep. George Santos gets House committee seats despite blowback for major lies on resume
Both Republicans and Democrats have called on Santos to resign.
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The Saturday Paper • Richard Denniss • January 21, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The RBA’s policy guide is wrong
The unemployment rate published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics is an incredibly stable, accurate and reliable indicator of something almost entirely irrelevant. It provides us with 63 years’ worth of raw data on the number of Australians who worked for less than one hour, were actively seeking work and, because they had no caring responsibilities, were available to
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • January 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
Qantas, Origin and other Australian companies urged to check effectiveness of overseas rainforest carbon credits
Calls for businesses to do own due diligence after Guardian revealed more than 90% of rainforest credits from a leading offsets provider were likely worthless
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 21, 2023 • theguardian.com
Albanese needs to be more persuasive on the voice – or Dutton’s wrecking ball could break it
The PM should be better prepared as the opposition leader makes himself the frontman if not for an explicit ‘no’ then at least for sowing doubt
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick O'Malley • January 21, 2023 • smh.com.au
Jacinda Ardern’s empathy won global respect, but not a third term
New Zealand’s prime minister was loved around the world, but eventually Jacinda Ardern’s celebrity started to grate on those at home.
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The New Daily • Genevieve Thorpe • January 20, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
’Not beneficial‘: Andy Murray angered by ballkids treatment
Andy Murray says he would be "snapping" if he was the parent of a ballkid working until 4:05am, when his Thursday night game ended.
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