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ABC News • Patricia Karvelas • February 26, 2023 • abc.net.au
Albanese is the first PM to march at Mardi Gras. The lack of opposition shows how far we've come
When Anthony Albanese announced he would be marching at Mardi Gras, the lacklustre opposition showed that, for a group that has historically been marginalised and vilified, the tide is shifting, writes Patricia Karvelas.
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Patricia Karvelas@PatsKarvelas
I wrote this amid all the #worldpride excitement #auspol We've come a long way since the toxic marriage equality debate, but there's still a distanc… abc.net.au/news/2023-02-2…
February 26, 2023
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • February 25, 2023 • theguardian.com
Capping super balances is a logical fight to have in a country that prides itself on equality – but logic isn't the default
If we can’t agree that generous tax concessions provide benefits to people who really don’t need help, while depriving the budget of funds for things we all need, things are really cooked
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The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani, Josh Butler • February 26, 2023 • theguardian.com
NSW police says Lidia Thorpe will not be charged for blocking its Mardi Gras float
Social media video shows senator laying in front of police float, temporarily blocking Saturday night parade
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Josh Taylor@joshgnosis
David Littleproud being one of the four MPs who voted against marriage equality in the House of Reps makes me kind of think he's not the best authority on what should or should not be in Mardi Gras.
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February 26, 2023
The Age • Josh Gordon • February 26, 2023 • theage.com.au
Councils plead for action to stem soaring pokie losses
Grappling with record pokie losses, councils are demanding the Andrews government introduce cashless gaming machines and other tough rules to stem the billions of dollars being gambled away.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • February 26, 2023 • theguardian.com
Clinical psychologist warns Daniel Duggan’s detention conditions ‘extreme and ‘inhumane’ as wife launches UN complaint
Former US marine’s segregated, maximum security imprisonment is unjustified, wife says
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SBS News • February 26, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Australian professor Bryce Barker and colleagues released from captivity in Papua new Guinea
An Australian-based professor and other hostages taken captive in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea have been freed.
ABC News • Felicity James • February 26, 2023 • abc.net.au
'It's not morning sickness': Tamara wants more people to know about this pregnancy illness
Imagine having an intense gastro-like illness for months on end, while also being pregnant. That's how women describe the pregnancy illness hyperemesis gravidarum, also known as HG.
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The Guardian • David Marr • February 26, 2023 • theguardian.com
Catholic schools hang on for dear life to the shame of homosexuality
When the WorldPride celebrations are over, the push to discriminate against gay teachers and kids will continue
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The Australian • NOEL PEARSON, SHIREEN MORRIS • February 25, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Indigenous voice conservatives eat their own words
Exhibit one underscoring the importance of the constitutional voice to the parliament and the executive government is the destruction of the more than 43,000-year-old heritage of Juukan Gorge by Rio Tinto on May 24, 2020. Not even conservative parliamentarians George Christensen and Dean Smith could contain their outrage at this offence against Australian heritage when they wrote their report on the subsequent parliamentary inquiry.
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The Age • Jewel Topsfield • February 25, 2023 • theage.com.au
Blinded by the lights: How can we escape from the pokies zone?
A pokies addiction put Carolyn Crawford in jail at the age of 64. She is convinced that cashless cards with a spending limit would have kept her from stealing more than $400,000.
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The Guardian • Anne Davies • February 26, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘It will be a disaster’: mayor’s dire warning over developer-led housing outside Sydney
Agreement to provide infrastructure ‘at no cost to government’ in Wilton has resulted in muddled roads, blocks sold with no sewerage service – and it’s set to get worse
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ABC News • Brett Worthington • February 26, 2023 • abc.net.au
Labor defends potential super changes that Coalition says would break election commitments
A bitter war of words is continuing between the federal government and the opposition as Labor continues to float winding back tax breaks on the nation's highest superannuation balances.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nigel Gladstone, Ben Cubby • February 26, 2023 • smh.com.au
Pubs and clubs target data and surveillance in race to win pokie profits
In the battle for profits, clubs are investing in number plate, CCTV and player recognition and crowd counting in the hunt for what has been dubbed “untapped gold” from pokie machines.
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The Australian • MAX MADDISON • February 26, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Dominic Perrottet far from done as Liberals play catch-up in NSW election: Newspoll
The NSW government has halved Labor’s lead in the polls one month out from the state election, with Dominic Perrottet defying internal challenges to extend his lead as preferred premier over Opposition Leader Chris Minns.
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