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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack, Tom Rabe, Alexandra Smith • February 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Barilaro sounded out prospects to become new boss of ClubsNSW
Former deputy premier John Barilaro approached the chairman of ClubsNSW to back him in a bid to become the new boss of the embattled lobby group.
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Dr Sophie Scamps MP@SophieScamps
This revolving door of politician to lobbyist is so dodgy and has to stop.
I’ll soon be introducing my ‘Ending Jobs for Mates’ Bill -
Lobbying reforms are next on the agenda
#auspol #integrity smh.com.au/politics/nsw/b…
February 3, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Anne Hyland • February 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Scott Morrison’s decision to stop controversial NSW gas field to be overturned
A gas field off the NSW coastline, which runs past the state’s pristine beaches, popular tourist destinations, and some of the country’s most expensive residential real estate, is back on the agenda ahead of the NSW state election.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • February 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Superannuation tax breaks will cost budget $52bn, almost matching Australia’s age pension
New analysis calls for major changes including restrictions on concessions as the country risks having ‘two classes of state-funded retirees’
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • February 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Albanese says voice referendum will go ahead even if political dissent presents risk of failure
Exclusive: Prime minister says there are many obstacles but it is an important opportunity for First Nations recognition that should not be wasted
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • February 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Relatively common’: WA’s lost-and-found radioactive capsule not the only missing material around
The tiny capsule that fell out of a Perth-bound truck captured the world’s attention, but experts say hundreds of radioactive sources go missing each year
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Patrick Keneally@patrickkeneally
There are annual occurrences of radioactive sources being lost, stolen, or found. There was one incident in 2020, six in 2019, another one in 2018, four in 2017 and a whopping 15 in 2016. Story by ⁦@ToryShepherd⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…
February 3, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • February 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Shrill critics of Chalmers’ essay are missing the point
The Treasurer’s essay is being painted as a repudiation of the free market and a wholesale rejection of “supply-side” economics, when it is no such thing.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
Shrill critics miss the point in the over-heated response to Jim Chalmer’s essay.
Column today:
theage.com.au/national/shril…
February 3, 2023
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • February 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
Christian Porter tells inquiry ‘someone’ in department assured him robodebt was legal but ‘I can’t recall who’
Former social services minister and attorney general also says he accepts some responsibility for the scandal
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Chris Vedelago, Marta Pascual Juanola • February 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Coles, Woolworths ordered to dump tonnes of REDcycle soft plastics in landfill
The NSW environment watchdog has issued the supermarket giants with “clean-up” orders to remove more than 5200 tonnes of plastic waste stockpiled in warehouses.
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Jackson, Lenore Taylor, Patrick Keneally, Miles Herbert, Camilla Hannan • February 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Is Chalmers’ essay capitalist or communist? In defence of nuance – with Lenore Taylor
In this episode of Full Story, Gabrielle Jackson talks to Guardian Australia’s editor-in-chief, Lenore Taylor, and live news editor, Patrick Keneally, about the need for nuance
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
In defence of nuance - a discussion with some recent examples 👀 with @patrickkeneally and @gabriellecj theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 3, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack, Tom Rabe • February 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Explain bushfire grants or I’ll refer your office to ICAC, Minns tells Barilaro
NSW Labor leader Chris Minns says he will give John Barilaro 24 hours to answer questions about why his office intervened in a $100m bushfire recovery program, or he will refer the matter to the corruption watchdog.
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ABC News • Declan Bowring • February 3, 2023 • abc.net.au
Sydney's worst bus stops top Sweltering Cities heatwave danger list
Sydney's most exposed and poorly considered bus stops are being called out as commuters face sweltering summer temperatures.
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The Australian • Alan Howe, Tom Switzer • February 2, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Diplomat Richard Woolcott was trusted by both sides of politics
Richard Arthur Woolcott. Diplomat.Born Sydney, June 11, 1927. Died Canberra, February 2, aged 95.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin, David Crowe, Paul Sakkal • February 2, 2023 • smh.com.au
Indigenous Australians to be formally recognised in Voice proposal
A meeting between Peter Dutton and the government’s senior Indigenous referendum advisory group failed to address the opposition leader’s concerns.
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ABC News • Tom Lowrey • February 3, 2023 • abc.net.au
PEP-11 project revived after Labor refuses to defend Scott Morrison's secret ministry action
Former prime minister Scott Morrison's decision to reject a controversial offshore gas exploration licence off the New South Wales coast is set to be overturned.
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • February 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Why a cosmetic nurse became a media magnet over the Alice Springs unrest | The Weekly Beast
Cosmetic nurse’s finer biographical details glossed over by commercial media. Plus: ABC not granted camera access to George Pell’s funeral
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Overland literary journal • Nick Riemer • February 2, 2023 • overland.org.au
Deadly word games: universities and defining antisemitism
In a few weeks, Vice-Chancellors will be discussing a request by a group of federal politicians to endorse the latest weapon in Zionists’ longstanding bid to suppress criticism of Israeli apartheid on campus—the highly controversial definition of antisemitism produced by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Their decision will constitute a watershed moment for universities’ already somewhat threatened credibility as centres of independent analysis and truth-telling.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jim Malo, Tawar Razaghi • February 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Pretty bleak for tenants’: Rental vacancy rate at record low
The rental market is becoming even more difficult for tenants to navigate, prompting calls for better protections.
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The Canberra Times • Jenna Price • February 3, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
A classic case of democracy at work
What we need now is more hands on deck to deliver our democracy.
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The Age • Noel Towell, Kishor Napier-Raman • February 3, 2023 • theage.com.au
Dutton sets the dirt unit onto Rugg versus Ryan
The federal opposition leader has called for “more scrutiny” of independent MP Monique Ryan’s past. But we’ve heard this before.
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Australian Financial Review • Laura Tingle • February 3, 2023 • afr.com
The cover-up culture that created robo-debt must also go
Officials who didn’t want to hear bad news, and ministers who wanted to manage the news, are the heart of this story.
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