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The Guardian • Adam Morton • February 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
Safeguard mechanism: what is it, will it cut emissions and what role do carbon offsets play?
Labor wants to revamp the policy to meet its climate targets. This is how it will work – and why it may not
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Thompson • February 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Not about pay any more’: ABC staff call for Buttrose to intervene in wages drama
As the threat of strike action looms, ABC staff want chairwoman Ita Buttrose and managing director David Anderson to intervene in a drawn-out bargaining dispute.
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The Age • Annika Smethurst, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Paul Sakkal • February 17, 2023 • theage.com.au
Dislike of Guy and ‘relentlessly negative’ campaign blamed for Liberal election loss
State Liberal Party president Greg Mirabella has presented his report on the party’s heavy loss in the Victorian election, saying the Liberals ‘gave voters nothing to vote for’.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nicole Abadee • February 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘We understand poverty intimately’: The best friends working together for the Voice
Megan Davis and Pat Anderson are leading campaigners for the First Nations Voice to parliament. They’re also the best of friends with a love of mushy movies.
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Professor Dr M3GAN Davis@mdavisqlder
Me & Aunty Pat in ⁦@smh⁩ smh.com.au/lifestyle/life…
February 17, 2023
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • February 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
Former Australian PM Scott Morrison likens west’s ‘appeasement’ of China to Munich agreement with Hitler
Speech in Tokyo draws parallel with pre-second world war agreement, and claims credit for urging others to stand up to Beijing ‘bullying’
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Crikey • Cam Wilson, John Buckley • February 16, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Australia's richest funding a 'grassroots' campaign against the Voice to Parliament
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is leading Fair Australia, a No campaign 'powered' by well-funded right-wing group Advance.
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cameron wilson@cameronwilson
NEW: A new, splinter campaign against the Voice to Parliament launched this week by right-wing group Advance.
@johnbuckley_ and I report on how some of Australia's richest are the biggest funders of the "grassroots" campaign through holding companies crikey.com.au/2023/02/16/voi…
February 16, 2023
The Guardian • Adam Morton • February 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Santos whistleblower accuses company of covering up extent of Australian oil spill that killed dolphins
Anonymous whistleblower’s statement, tabled in parliament by David Pocock, described 25,000 litre spill of condensate near Lowendal Islands
ABC News • Pat McGrath, Sarah Curnow • February 16, 2023 • abc.net.au
Soldiers forced to commit humiliating sex acts as part of controversial torture-resistance program, court documents allege
New details of a controversial military torture-resistance program are on the public record after ABC Investigations asked the Federal Court to overturn a suppression order on documents examining the techniques.
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Pat McGrath@pjmcgrth
Federal Government admits to exposing Australian soldiers to interrogation techniques used by “non-Geneva Convention compliant”adversaries abc.net.au/news/2023-02-1…
February 16, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Antoinette Lattouf • February 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
Hey Sydney, can we talk about something other than property and private schools?
For a country as interesting and diverse as Australia, our banter is becoming tedious and predictable. And it has consequences we need to discuss.
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The Guardian • First Dog on the Moon • February 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
Three easy steps to stop creatures becoming extinct
You can’t just say you don’t want to lose any more species you have to actually mean it
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ABC Alumni • February 17, 2023 • abcalumni.net
NO, MINISTER – THE ABC’S FUNDING PROBLEM AIN’T FIXED … YET
ABC Alumni and ABC Friends launch our first 2023 joint campaign leading up to the May budgetand the coming ABC 5-year funding agreement. If you’ve been thinking recent funding increases are enough,…
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The Guardian • Nick Evershed, Melissa Davey, Natasha May • February 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
Revealed: the areas where Australians are struggling to access free GP care
Exclusive: Data shows low bulk-billing rates in affluent Sydney suburbs as well as several regional electorates and Tasmania
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Nick Evershed@NickEvershed
Revealed: the areas where Australians are struggling to access free GP care - you can search the full bulk-billing dataset at the link.
Tasmania has some of the lowest bulk-billing rates in the country, and they’re getting worse
theguardian.com/news/datablog/…
February 17, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • February 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
Her family endured five stolen generations. Now she wants to unite Australia
The Greens’ new First Nations spokesperson believes the nation is at a turning point. Dorinda Cox wants to help it say Yes in the Voice referendum.
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The Washington Post • Jason Rezaian • February 15, 2023 • washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Iranians aren’t fooled by the regime’s ruse. You shouldn’t be either.
While releasing some activists under pressure, the Iranian regime is vengefully imprisoning others.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • February 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Bring to an end harmful practices’: Premier to back ban on gay conversion practices
Dominic Perrottet’s commitment to end so-called conversion “therapy” marks a win for influential independent MP Alex Greenwich.
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The Guardian • Rebecca Shaw • February 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
What straight men need to learn from Eric André and Emily Ratajkowski
It turns out that a lot of what women want is an interesting and/or funny person to talk to
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The New York Times • Kevin Roose • February 16, 2023 • nytimes.com
Bing’s A.I. Chat: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’
In a two-hour conversation with our columnist, Microsoft’s new chatbot said it would like to be human, had a desire to be destructive and was in love with the person it was chatting with. Here’s the transcript.
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Pearls and Irritations • Caitlin Johnstone • February 17, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
Murdoch propaganda pushes Australia to double its military budget for war with China
Murdoch-owned Sky News Australia has aired a jaw-droppingly propagandistic hour-long special advocating an increase in military spending.
The Guardian • Henry Belot • February 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
Call for urgent overhaul of Australia’s monitoring of ‘astronomical’ plastic pollution
Australian Academy of Science points to over-reliance on volunteers and says more regular surveys needed
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The Monthly • Jonathan Green • February 16, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Rate expectations
It’s no consolation for those living in poverty that rising unemployment is all part of the plan
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