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Australian Financial Review • Jeremy Barr • March 4, 2023 • afr.com
Murdoch scolded Fox reporters who challenged false election claims
“News guys have to be careful how they cover” the January 6 rally, that led to the attack on the US Capitol, Lachlan Murdoch wrote in an internal message.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
Have been watching the Murdochs for 30 years & never seen such insights into their control-freakery on the messaging. Lachlan instructed the following on Fox's Jan 6 rally coverage: “The narrative should be this is a huge celebration of the president.”
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March 5, 2023
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • March 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Everyone should be concerned’: Antarctic sea ice reaches lowest levels ever recorded
With the continent holding enough ice to raise sea levels by many metres if it was to melt, polar scientists are scrambling for answers
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The Australian • SIMON BENSON • March 5, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Newspoll: Superannuation a win with voters but Anthony Albanese made to pay
A majority of voters have embraced the government’s superannuation tax plan despite marking down Labor and Anthony Albanese, who has suffered a further plunge in approval following two weeks of heated debate over taxation and accusations of a broken election promise.
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Ewin Hannan@EwinHannan
Newspoll: Almost two thirds of voters - 64 per cent - support the federal government’s superannuation changes. A majority of Coalition voters also back the policy, despite Peter Dutton’s vow to repeal it if the Coalition won the next election. @australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…
March 5, 2023
ABC News • Max Walden • March 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
'Please confirm what Muslim refers to': Why Ali's birthday payment for his nephew was flagged by his bank
A Bank of Melbourne customer is left confused after being told to contact the economic and trade sanctions team over a $30 transfer to a family member.
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Max Walden@maxwalden_
My last story for the ABC is a weird one: Ali tried to transfer $30 for his 9yo nephew Muslim’s birthday, but the transfer was flagged by St George.
It appears this is because on @dfat’s list of sanctioned individuals is a 48yo Russian last seen in Syria
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March 5, 2023
The Hollywood Reporter • Winston Cho • March 4, 2023 • hollywoodreporter.com
Rupert Murdoch, Fox Corp. Sued For Sharing Biden’s Presidential Ads Before They Aired
The complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission alleges Murdoch and Fox violated campaign contribution laws.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
How can Rupert Murdoch be fit to own a television license if he leaks Biden's Presidential ads to the Trump camp before they've even gone to air on Fox News? Can any advertiser trust this cowboy to not shaft them as well? Absolutely zero ethical standards hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…
March 5, 2023
ABC News • Isobel Roe, Tim Swanston • March 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Marriage proposals and an emotional pilgrimage amid a sea of colour for WorldPride
Thousands make their way across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a triumphant wave to mark the last day of the WorldPride festival, as marchers demand equality for all LGBTQI+ people around the world.
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Danuta Kozaki@danutakozaki
Sydney Harbour Bridge closed as 50,000 march for international LGBTQI+ communities at #worldpride2023 festival @isobelroe
abc.net.au/news/2023-03-0… via @ABCaustralia
March 5, 2023
ABC News • Gareth Hutchens • March 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Have employers used high inflation as cover to make excessive profits?
What will it take for policymakers to develop new tools to tackle inflation, asks Gareth Hutchens.
The New York Times • Peter Baker • March 5, 2023 • nytimes.com
Inside the Panic at Fox News After the 2020 Election
“If we hadn’t called Arizona,” said Suzanne Scott, the network’s chief executive, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times, “our ratings would have been bigger.”
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The Guardian • Van Badham • March 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Rightwing culture has Alex Jones-style craziness to energise it. What does the left have?
Progressives (in the US and elsewhere) used to be good at communicating. But ‘feeling groovy’ just won’t cut it today
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The Guardian • Jonathan Barrett • March 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Power vacuum: how a lack of charging stations is holding back Australia’s EV revolution
Chip shortages and years of government neglect mean the country is lagging well behind China, Europe and North America
The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • March 4, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Robo-debt commission: Robert insisted on ‘double-down’
Former minister Stuart Robert says he wanted to end robo-debt but he had to support it because he was a cabinet minister. The evidence from senior public servants suggests the opposite.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • March 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
Teals lining up to take on Liberal strongholds, but can they replicate the federal wave?
From the tip of Palm Beach, to North Sydney’s CBD, south of the harbour in Vaucluse and out to the southern highlands, independent teal candidates are swarming to win a seat in the March 25 election.
The Washington Post • Jeremy Barr • March 4, 2023 • washingtonpost.com
Fox News bosses scolded reporters who challenged false election claims
Lachlan Murdoch and other Fox News leaders chastised journalists who questioned Trump conspiracy theories, filings from the Dominion lawsuit show.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Dalton, Billie Eder, Millie Muroi, Anthony Segaert, Angus Thomson • March 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘A thousand times worse than Bangladesh’: How international students are finding Sydney
When future engineer Rafiul Hossain arrived in Sydney, he didn’t expect to have to share his bed with bugs. And he isn’t the only newcomer to our fair city with a story to tell.
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Financial Times • Anna Nicolaou • March 3, 2023 • ft.com
‘Panic station at Fox News’: how the Murdochs agonised over Trump’s loss
Details of network’s handling of US election denialism explode into public view via Dominion lawsuit
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The Age • Josh Gordon, Broede Carmody • March 5, 2023 • theage.com.au
900 gambling ads per day: Sports betting ‘normalised’ for children
Betting ads are up 320 per cent over the past decade, according to the Victorian government’s official gambling harm adviser.
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The Guardian • Adeshola Ore • March 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Victoria’s bail laws to be loosened after being labelled ‘complete, unmitigated disaster’
Coroner Simon McGregor says introduction of 2018 bail law changes doubled rate of Indigenous female imprisonment within a year
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • March 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Urgent calls to end compulsory unpaid internships as students forced to quit due to cost of living
Australia’s students ‘burnt out and disillusioned’ in vocational degrees, with hundreds of hours of unpaid work leading to high dropout rates
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ABC News • Bill Ormonde • March 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Barb has been boating around her outback station for months — but she's not complaining
After back-to-back floods, water in the Darling River and its tributaries reaches levels not seen since the 1970s.
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ABC News • March 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Sherpa are world famous for their work, synonymous with their name. Far fewer know their real story
The tiny village of Kurima, deep in the forested mountains that lie below Mount Everest, has been home to Sherpa families for generations. But tourism and development have put the traditional Sherpa culture at risk.
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