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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ken Henry • January 22, 2023 • smh.com.au
Dutton presumes to know what voters want on the Voice. They told him at the election
Australians have had enough of contrived political game-playing for self-serving, personal advantage.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
"contrived political game-playing for self-serving, personal advantage" - straight shooting by Ken Henry doesn't miss.
And an excellent example of how a constitutional clause works smh.com.au/politics/feder…
January 22, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • January 22, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Wall-to-wall men’: Liberal candidates on Sydney’s north shore almost all male
The Liberal Party will be represented by men in 10 of 11 seats on Sydney’s north shore at the state election, despite the NSW premier saying he wanted “more women, more diversity”.
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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 Sydney Morning Herald • Margot Saville • January 22, 2023 • smh.com.au
Ryan Gosling stops traffic but the real fall guy goes to prison
When it comes to Harbour Bridge closures, there are different rules for Hollywood actors and climate protesters.
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • January 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Snail rail: why are trams in Australian cities running slower than they were 100 years ago?
Sydney’s light rail network is among the slowest in the country, new analysis shows, and tram lines around the country share similar problems. Can anything be done to speed them up?
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The Guardian • Benjamin Lee • January 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘I hope this triggers outrage’: surprise Brett Kavanaugh documentary premieres at Sundance
Covertly-made Justice, from director Doug Liman, shows to sold-out audience and shines new light on allegations of sexual assault
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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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James Massola@jamesmassola
I drove a @PolestarCars 2 4692km across Australia from Sydney to Perth (approximately London to Baghdad) to see if it was possible in an electric vehicle. Here’s the piece I wrote for the @smh @theage theage.com.au/politics/feder…
January 21, 2023
The Guardian • Mark Townsend • January 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Revealed: scores of child asylum seekers kidnapped from Home Office hotel
Call for inquiry after Observer investigation uncovers scale of trafficking by criminal gangs
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Michael West • Alan Austin • January 21, 2023 • michaelwest.com.au
Murdoch's wailing old white man scribes get Jacinda Ardern dead wrong, again
As the world is thanking Jacinda Ardern profoundly for her 14 years in New Zealand’s parliament, Rupert Murdoch's scribes are wailing again
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Stuff • Alison Mau • January 22, 2023 • stuff.co.nz
Shame on our misogyny: It's no wonder Jacinda Ardern was driven from office
OPINION: Our departing PM has been relentlessly abused, writes Alison Mau. But she can never admit it got to her, because then the trolls have won.
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Australian Financial Review • Neil Chenoweth • January 22, 2023 • afr.com
PwC partner leaked government tax plans to clients
Big four firm used confidential Treasury documents to find loopholes in new BEPS laws and pitch for new business.
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ABC Radio • January 22, 2023 • abc.net.au
You Cannot Cancel Us - Afghan Women Cricketers Stand Firm
Having fled their homeland, the Afghanistan Women's Cricket team is now in Australia trying to revive their dreams. They have been emboldened by support from Cricket Australia, now they are calling on the world governing body, the ICC, to back them also.
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • January 21, 2023 • theguardian.com
South Australian universities to allow use of artificial intelligence in assignments, if disclosed
Flinders University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia adjust policies
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The Saturday Paper • January 21, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The lizard-faced emperor
Fear defines Tony Abbott’s politics: fear of migrants, fear of sex, fear of gay men. He is most comfortable imagining an Australia that does not exist, one untouched by gender equality or the complexities of globalisation. If he were to come back to politics, this is the Australia he would again try to build.
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The Guardian • Andrew Rawnsley • January 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Three years after Brexit, where is the new golden age that they promised us?
Nothing in the prospectus has survived contact with reality
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