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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • March 10, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: Coalition had more bullets for ‘undeserving’ poor
Ms Wilson has made a supplementary statement that is as damning of the Coalition and its facilitators as anything the commission has heard.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Michael Pascoe: All indications are that the culture of “undeserving poor” versus “deserving rich” is undiminished in Coalition ranks, nurtured in the echo chambers they inhabit | The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2023/0…
March 10, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 9, 2023 • smh.com.au
Hillsong accused of misusing church funds to pay for private jets, luxury retreats
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has accused the church of using donations to do “shopping that would embarrass a Kardashian” and breaking financial laws.
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Kate McClymont@Kate_McClymont
Hillsong spending is jaw-dropping. Church funds were spent on a 3-day luxury retreat in Cancun, which cost a staggering $150,000, a $6500 Cartier watch for Bobbie Houston, $2500 for Louis Vuitton luggage & $16,000 for custom skateboards. @jamesmassola smh.com.au/politics/feder…
March 10, 2023
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • March 10, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australian Catholic order argues paedophile’s death shields it from abuse claims
Marist Brothers are accused of concealing Francis Cable’s crimes for decades but say they cannot receive a fair trial because they are unable obtain a witness statement from him
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • March 10, 2023 • theguardian.com
NSW to grant coalmines licences for water from Sydney and Illawarra drinking catchments
Perrottet government quietly gazetted rules day before caretaker period commenced for election campaign
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ABC News • Nick Kilvert • March 10, 2023 • abc.net.au
These companies claim to be 'carbon neutral'. But the devil is in the details
Climate Active is a government-backed carbon-neutral certification scheme which claims to offer one of the world's "most rigorous" certification systems. But critics say it's engaging in "greenwashing".
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Australia Institute@TheAusInstitute
Many of Australia's biggest companies are certified 'carbon neutral', including *gas companies*.
Let that sink in.
It's time that the Government stopped facilitating blatant greenwash. It's why we reported Climate Active to the ACCC.
Great read ⤵️
abc.net.au/news/science/2…
March 10, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick O'Malley • March 10, 2023 • smh.com.au
Nationals candidate in crucial seat challenges man-made climate change
Video emerges of Peta Pinson telling a public meeting that NASA has admitted an alternative reason for global warming.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Latika Bourke • March 10, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘We’ve become the party of the landlord’: Tony Barry’s hard truths for the Liberals
The former Liberal strategist will say the party must embark on economic reform on a scale not seen since last century to make housing attainable if it is to be politically viable.
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The Guardian • Michael Sun • March 10, 2023 • theguardian.com
A country drive left us lost in fog and bogged on a remote track. Thank God for the firefighters … and my parents
Staring into the abyss – the bush humming around us – I finally understood how Tim Winton must feel at all times
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin • March 10, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Bullied and undermined’: Thorpe says she quit Greens over treatment by MPs
A month after she quit the Greens, independent Senator Lidia Thorpe says she filed a complaint to the parliament’s workplace support services last year.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kishor Napier-Raman, Noel Towell • March 10, 2023 • smh.com.au
Could Saudi Arabia get its own A-League club?
Rumours in the UK have linked Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to the investors in control of A-League club Melbourne Victory.
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SBS Language • Shirley Glaister, Abdullah Alikhil, Peter Theodosiou • March 10, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Former SBS Pashto journalist Torpekai Amarkhel was on a processing list for Australian asylum when she died
SBS Pashto Executive Producer Abdullah Alikhil says he remains “sad and traumatised” after receiving news that a former contributor to the language service, Torpekai Amarkhel, was among 72 people who perished when their fishing boat sank off Italy’s southern coast.
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Rashida Yosufzai@Rashidajourno
Sad news: A former SBS radio journalist died waiting for her Australian refugee visa to be processed. She was among dozens who drowned in the boat tragedy off Italy’s southern coast, after fleeing Afghanistan sbs.com.au/language/pasht…
March 10, 2023
Vanity Fair • Joe Pompeo • March 10, 2023 • vanityfair.com
Fox-Dominion Case May Star in Lachlan Murdoch's Defamation Suit Down Under
Crikey is closely following the jaw-dropping legal filings trickling out before next month’s Fox-Dominion trial. The Melbourne-based website believes the explosive US case could “quite significantly” bolster its legal defense against Lachlan in Australia.
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Pearls and Irritations • Paul Keating • March 10, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
Capital city newspapers urge nuclear war by Australia against China: God help us
It is exceptionally important that the readers of these two capital city newspapers understand that their editors are urging war with China,
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Greg Callaghan • March 10, 2023 • smh.com.au
She’d been tortured, raped and abducted. Then a legal twist launched a new nightmare
Gloria had made a lucky escape. But because her kidnapper had taken her across a state border, she faced two legal systems – and a long battle for justice.
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Karen Percy@PercyKaren
CW; Competing legal systems in Oz are failing victims of rape, assault & kidnap. Melbourne woman Gloria Anderson speaks out about her brutal ordeal in 2011 in the hopes others might be spared multiple trials in different states for the one crime. 1/2
theage.com.au/national/she-d…
March 10, 2023
The Guardian • Catherine Shoard • March 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
Sharon Stone says she lost custody of her son because of scene in Basic Instinct
Actor says divorce judge asked her young son: ‘Do you know your mother makes sex movies?’
The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright • March 10, 2023 • smh.com.au
Swapping prison time with retail work could save nation $2 billion: think tank
As businesses cry out for workers, the Institute of Public Affairs says getting low-risk prisoners to fill job vacancies could save about $2 billion.
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ABC News • James Glenday • March 10, 2023 • abc.net.au
'Get a decent railway out of what you've got': Expert urges upgrades to 'decayed' Canberra to Sydney train line
The leading expert on fast rail recently examined the slow route, saying modest upgrades could make the journey time comparable to driving.
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The Guardian • Fiona Katauskas • March 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
Lessons from robodebt: never be afraid to speak out
Just don’t expect to be listened to
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The Australian • STEPHEN RICE, SARAH ISON • March 9, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Hillsong ‘committed fraud, evaded tax’: Andrew Wilkie
Hillsong founder Brian Houston and his family went on wild shopping sprees at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York and enjoyed lavish overseas holidays, including a $150,000 three-day trip to Cancun in Mexico while Australia was in lockdown during the pandemic, federal parliament has been told.
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ABC News • Stephanie Borys • March 9, 2023 • abc.net.au
Ditch the childcare activity test and extend single parent payment, task force recommends
A task force set up to provide advice to the federal government on improving gender equality is recommending abolishing the childcare activity test, providing further support to single parents and introducing super on paid parental leave.
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