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ABC News • Gareth Hutchens • February 12, 2023 • abc.net.au
Is there a better way to kill inflation than raising interest rates?
Instead of raising interest rates to kill spending, there are more creative ways to manage inflation, writes Gareth Hutchens.
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SBS News • Rashida Yousfzai • February 12, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Thousands of refugees on temporary visas to be allowed to stay after Labor fulfils election promise
The Albanese government has announced 19,000 people on temporary visas will be allowed to apply for permanent visas from Monday.
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Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • February 12, 2023 • afr.com
RBA cancels second Barrenjoey briefing
Chatter in the fixed income market is at DEFCON 1 following Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe’s lunch on Thursday at the investment bank.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Jessica Hromas • February 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
Sahar won a scholarship to study law at uni – but then the Australian government stepped in
When the refugee reached 18 and left high school, her right to earn a degree was suddenly withdrawn
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
This is an act of sheer bureaucratic bastardry. Vicious, amoral, unprincipled, cruel. You’d expect it from the Morrison/Dutton rabble, but not from the @AlboMP Labor government. We should be better than this, much better.
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February 11, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick Bryant • February 11, 2023 • smh.com.au
Spare us the gotcha questions: my plea to fellow journalists on the Voice
The nature of the Voice referendum poses a special challenge. A shortage of detail is anathema to journalists, but they should remember: we are not the story.
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ABC News • Nour Haydar • February 12, 2023 • abc.net.au
'No longer in limbo': Thousands of refugees to be granted permanent visas
From Monday, around 19,000 refugees who arrived in Australia before Operation Sovereign Borders started in 2013 will be able to apply to transition to a permanent Resolution of Status visa as Labor moves to enact its pre-election commitment.
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Nour Haydar@NourHaydar
Full story here abc.net.au/news/2023-02-1… twitter.com/nourhaydar/sta…
February 12, 2023
The Guardian • Lorena Allam • February 12, 2023 • theguardian.com
Linda Burney warns MPs who walked out on apology not to ‘repeat the mistake’ with the voice
Those like Peter Dutton who regret boycotting the stolen generations apology should grasp opportunity offered by the Uluru statement, minister says
Sky News Australia • February 12, 2023 • skynews.com.au
PM launched secret probe into dual cyber hacks
Anthony Albanese commissioned a secret probe in the wake of the devastating Optus and Medibank cyber hacks that saw the details of millions of Australians compromised.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter FitzSimons • February 12, 2023 • smh.com.au
Kim Beazley: I remember being nervous before Tony Abbott’s first meeting with Obama
Some say Kim Beazley, a historian by trade, is the best PM we never had. But the affable West Australian is more focused on his new job as chair of the Australian War Memorial than he is about his own political past, or his time as ambassador to the US.
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ABC News • February 12, 2023 • abc.net.au
Victoria's Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says it could be forced to close within weeks
One of Victoria's biggest charities, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says it's at risk of going under after public donations fell by 45 per cent over the past year.
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The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • February 12, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Promise-a-thon’: NSW parties warned tough election talk on domestic violence not enough
Advocates welcome attention on the issue during the campaign but say long-term commitments are what’s needed
Australian Financial Review • Michael Read • February 12, 2023 • afr.com
Lowe to face grilling on interest rates
The appearances will likely overshadow January’s labour force data on Thursday, which economists expect will show employment gains of 20,000 in the month.
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • February 11, 2023 • smh.com.au
Cashless gaming imperative, more trials ‘nonsense’, says Bob Carr’s treasurer
NSW’s longest-serving treasurer Michael Egan said it was disappointing NSW Labor was following rather than leading on the issue of pokies reform.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jewel Topsfield • February 10, 2023 • smh.com.au
Reflections of a dying man of letters, food and rock ‘n’ roll
Until a shock diagnosis late last year, Peter Anthony was one of the custodians of The Age’s barometer of public opinion: the letters to the editor.
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The Saturday Paper • Robert Drewe • February 11, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Rio Tinto's radioactive capsule
The recent loss – and recovery – of a radioactive capsule in Western Australia’s vast landscape is just another chapter in the state’s history of nuclear misadventure.
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