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The Guardian • Lenore Taylor • January 27, 2023 • theguardian.com
In the clamour and confusion around the Indigenous voice, the media has a special responsibility
The debate is complex and long overdue, but the least we must do is present the arguments with clarity and in good faith
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • January 27, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Not going to chuck the towel in’: Voice champion Pat Anderson undaunted by criticism at Invasion Day rallies
The Uluru Dialogue, which Anderson co-chairs, will release research showing 80 per cent of First Nations people want the Voice despite the fierce criticism.
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David Sligar@DavidSligar
Ipsos: 80% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people support the Voice to Parliament.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
January 27, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • January 27, 2023 • smh.com.au
Why is the government spending billions for others to do its job?
Australian taxpayers have been dudded by the PwC tax scandal, with the firm collecting at least $300 million a year in consulting work for federal departments.
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FijiTimes • Meri Radinibaravi • January 26, 2023 • fijitimes.com
PM terminates MOU
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says there is no need for Chinese state security personnel to continue working in the Fiji Police Force. He was referring to a memorandum of understanding between the Fiji Police Force and China’s Ministry of Public Security inked in 2011 which resulted in Fijian police officers undergoing training in China and […]
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Claire Chu 朱懷安@ClaireJChu
This is the first time I’ve seen a country’s leader so publicly revoke an existing Chinese security agreement.
“Our system of democracy and justice systems are different so we will go back to those that have similar systems with us” - Fiji PM Rabuka
fijitimes.com/pm-terminates-…
January 27, 2023
The Guardian • Henry Belot, Christopher Knaus • January 27, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor flags law reforms to stop cases involving national security being cloaked in secrecy
Bernard Collaery welcomes proposed changes as attorney general recognises importance of open justice and public interest
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Kieran Pender@KieranHRLC
Attorney-General @MarkDreyfusKCMP has accepted the recommendations of the National Security Legislation Monitor's review into the Witness J secret trial. As I told @GuardianAus, this is an important first step in better balancing secrecy and transparency theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 27, 2023
ABC News • Samantha Jonscher, Jacqueline Breen • January 26, 2023 • abc.net.au
'Get out of our way': Alice Springs grandmothers demand Voice to Parliament following PM's visit
A group of First Nations' grandmothers has told the Invasion Day rally in Alice Springs they support the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, calling on policy-makers to "get out of our way and ask us what we want."
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 26, 2023 • theguardian.com
Why a voice to parliament won’t affect First Nations sovereignty as Lidia Thorpe fears
The senator is demanding Labor ‘be clear about our sovereignty’. Experts explain why the two issues are entirely separate
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 27, 2023 • theguardian.com
Lidia Thorpe joined anti-voice Coalition senators to push for inquiry into Indigenous bodies
Exclusive: the Greens senator blames an ‘administrative error’ for the move in November before being forced to withdraw by Adam Bandt
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thedailyblog.co.nz • Martyn Bradbury • January 27, 2023 • thedailyblog.co.nz
‘My hate is pure and not misogynistic’ – how the right wing Trolls are defending their toxicity | The Daily Blog
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Anna Fifield@annafifield
Jacinda Ardern and her preschool daughter went to a cafe with a friend. Then two people walked in "and started screaming at Jacinda and Neve telling them how they intended to hurt and kill Neve and Jacinda."
thedailyblog.co.nz/2023/01/27/my-…
January 27, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Kate Aubusson • January 27, 2023 • smh.com.au
Mentally ill patients held in solitary confinement for more than double the maximum target time
One Sydney hospital kept patients isolated for an average of 24 hours and 25 minutes over a three-month period, new data on seclusion and restraint shows.
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The Guardian • Lorena Allam • January 27, 2023 • theguardian.com
Grog bans return: what is going on in Alice Springs and how did we get here?
Locals say the rise in social unrest and violence is the result of years of punitive policies and neglect in housing, health and welfare
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Laura Murphy-Oates@lauramoates
If you want to understand how decades of federal and territory government policy fed into the current situation in Alice Springs, this explainer from Lorena Allam, Guardian Australia's Indigenous affairs editor is a great starting point
theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 27, 2023
Patch • Jacqueline Sweet • January 27, 2023 • patch.com
George Santos Posted 'Deeply Offensive' Comment About Hitler, Jews
Screenshots from over a decade reviewed by Patch show Rep. George Santos has what the ADL called a "deeply offensive" social media history.
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Pearls and Irritations • Roy Green and Dr Phillip Toner • January 27, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
Reforming the productivity commission
As Treasurer Jim Chalmers ponders the future of Australia’s Productivity Commission, calls for its reform or even abolition grow louder.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Julia Baird • January 21, 2023 • smh.com.au
Politicians become celebrities for a reason. ‘Jacindamania’ was no different
Her empathy and kindness served as a dramatic foil to some of the more narcissistic, truth-twisting male leaders who have strutted the world stage.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • January 26, 2023 • smh.com.au
Northern beaches battle heats up as mayor enters election race
Mayor Michael Regan will stand as an independent candidate for the state seat of Wakehurst, held by the Liberals for more than three decades.
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The Guardian • George Monbiot • January 26, 2023 • theguardian.com
We are all playing Covid roulette. Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you
As rich people plough money into ventilation to protect themselves, those with long Covid are treated as an embarrassment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/natasha-may,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/henry-belot,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jordyn-beazley,ht… • January 27, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia news live: Linda Reynolds sends formal defamation complaint to Brittany Higgins’s partner; radioactive capsule missing in WA
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Waleed Aly • January 27, 2023 • smh.com.au
The biggest threat to the Voice is the tenor of today’s politics
Ours is now a politics of perpetual deconstruction in which majorities only seem to gather around disaffection, with very few exceptions.
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Slate • Mark O’Connell • January 27, 2023 • slate.com
The Banshees of Inisherin’s Writer-Director Has Made a Career of “Irishness.” It’s All a Load of Blarney.
Does Martin McDonagh understand Ireland at all?
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ABC News • January 27, 2023 • abc.net.au
Ukrainian ambassador calls for Novak Djokovic's father to be banned from Australian Open over Russian flag incident
Footage shows Novak Djokovic's father at the Australian Open standing with a group displaying a Russian flag superimposed with Vladimir Putin's face.
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