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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • February 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Guardian Essential poll: majority of Australians continue to support Indigenous voice
With 65% of respondents supporting the change, survey suggests Peter Dutton’s soft no campaign is failing to shift sentiment
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Dan Bourchier@Dan_Bourchier
There is also a very stark generational divide, with 85% of generation Z respondents, 84% of millennials & 62% of generation X respondents being in the yes camp – while 56% of baby boomers in the sample say they will vote no | ⁦⁦@GuardianAus⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 7, 2023
The Guardian • Paul Karp • February 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
David Pocock blasts Albanese government as it reauthorises Nauru offshore immigration detention
Labor also seeks to overturn court decision that forced it to release 100 people from onshore detention despite character concerns
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • February 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Fugitive turned Sydney identity Darko ‘Dougie’ Desic granted permanent visa
The 65-year-old made headlines by handing himself in after 29 years on the run. But supporters are celebrating after he won the right to stay in his adopted homeland
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ABC News • Paul Johnson • February 7, 2023 • abc.net.au
Labor says it can't promise to keep rent down as Q+A sees it under attack over election commitments
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and the government are accused of political grandstanding over their election commitment on refugee visas, during a fiery Q+A.
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Behrouz Boochani@BehrouzBoochani
Labor Party always is in the defensive position in front of Liberal Party. Now you are in government you have support, you have power. What are you afraid of?"
abc.net.au/news/2023-02-0…
February 7, 2023
The Guardian • Fiona Katauskas • February 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Welcome to story hour with the RBA governor
… and still no fairytale ending
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Fiona Katauskas@FionaKatauskas
The Lowe Down- my first cartoon for @GuardianAus ! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
February 7, 2023
The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Mostafa Rachwani • February 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Like the end of days’: shellshocked survivors join hunt for missing in Turkey-Syria earthquake
Amid freezing rain and an unprecedented disaster, survivors dig in the rubble and listen for screams in the hope of reaching trapped loved ones
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Donna Lu@donnadlu
From Idlib, the journalist Mohamad Kazmooz tells the Guardian that his city, scarred by years of war, drought, and widespread hunger, cannot cope with this latest catastrophe. A moving read by @BenDohertyCorro and @Rachwani91: theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…
February 7, 2023
The Guardian • Josh Butler, Benita Kolovos • February 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Greens First Nations advisory group told party it could not say no to voice
Exclusive: advice was taken despite Lidia Thorpe’s objections but Adam Bandt says he still believes a treaty should come first
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ABC News • Nour Haydar • February 7, 2023 • abc.net.au
Behrouz Boochani calls for asylum seeker royal commission, as he stands on ground government swore he'd never touch
In defiance of the former government's vow that he would never set foot on Australia soil, refugee and journalist Behrouz Boochani calls for a royal commission into immigration detention, as he stands in Parliament House.
The Guardian • Josh Butler • February 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Dating apps must share information about threatening behaviour, says Australia’s eSafety watchdog
Rise in online abuse a concern for regulator, who says investigators will be on the lookout for racist behaviour during voice to parliament referendum
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Josh Butler@JoshButler
eSafety Commissioner says investigators are on alert for racist abuse of Indigenous people online during voice to parliament referendum
Also calls on dating apps to share data about “bad actors” using their services, to stop people making fake accounts theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/0…
February 7, 2023
The Guardian • Gabrielle Chan • February 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
The farmers fighting gas projects in NSW are politically savvy, but they face a giant in Santos
The debate over whether land in the Liverpool Plains is used for agriculture or pipelines is uniting generations of families
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The Guardian • Nino Bucci • February 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Fifth Covid vaccine for Australian adults to roll out later this month
Omicron-specific dose will be available for over-18s who have not had a booster or a confirmed coronavirus case in past six months
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ABC News • Dana Morse • February 7, 2023 • abc.net.au
What is 'black sovereignty' and how does it conflict with the Voice?
Senator Lidia Thorpe's decision to quit the Greens to represent "a strong grassroots black sovereign movement" has left some wondering what the movement is and how it differs from a Voice to Parliament.
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • February 7, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Detain the rage
Labor must be forced to reckon with the suffering it is inflicting on refugees
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Pearls and Irritations • Michael Keating • February 7, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
Jim Chalmers' manifesto in favour of values-based capitalism
Jim Chalmers' essay explores the relationship between the state and the private sector, and how that matters for the problems of our time.
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Images • Images Editorial • February 6, 2023 • images.dawn.com
Imran Khan covers up his sexism with more sexism — again
He says he isn't a rape apologist, but his own interviews betray him.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jane Caro • February 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
This throwaway joke at the bakery was just another example of ageism
Older people are not asking for special treatment. Most of us require nothing more from the young than to be treated courteously, kindly and with respect.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith, Tom Rabe • February 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Clubs and pubs oppose mandated date for all NSW pokies to be cashless
Clubs and pubs oppose a mandated final date for all poker machines in NSW to be cashless.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Stephen Mayne • February 7, 2023 • smh.com.au
Cashless by 2028 is great, but this would be even better
Now that gambling reform is an election issue in NSW, policymakers should think big and go for game-changing measures that will forever protect the community from the industry’s predatory profiteers.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
Why do NSW pubs and clubs get perpetual pokies licences when Victorian venues are currently paying up circa $1b for new 20 year licences? More here: smh.com.au/national/nsw/p…
February 7, 2023
The Guardian • Peter Lewis • February 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
By turning his back on bipartisanship, Peter Dutton is poised to lose either way the voice referendum goes
The Liberal leader is wedged between his diminishing heartland of ageing refuseniks and a younger generation keen to walk forward in history
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The Canberra Times • Sally Pryor • February 7, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
New National Portrait Gallery boss outlines her vision for role
It's a good time to be working in Canberra with the new national cultural policy in place.
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