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The Guardian • Margaret Simons • March 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Pretentious’, ‘hyperbolic’ and ‘irresponsible’: what was behind Nine newspapers’ Red Alert series?
Experts have questioned whether the Sydney Morning Herald and Age’s alarming series was inspired by an attempt to undermine the stabilisation of Australia’s relationship with China
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright • March 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
Australians drained $38 billion of their super in the pandemic. Here’s what they spent it on
The first study of the superannuation withdrawal scheme used during the pandemic reveals the breakdown of who tapped funds and where the money went.
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Shane Wright@swrighteconomy
How 2.6m people spent for today without a thought for tomorrow ... Exclusive on the superannuation withdrawal policy and how it has affected parts of the country .. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
March 16, 2023
SBS News • Finn McHugh • March 16, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Albanese government accused of abandoning visa processing for people in Afghanistan
The Albanese government has been accused of "wiping its hands of the Afghan problem".
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Rashida Yosufzai@Rashidajourno
Major news: The federal government says it will refuse visa applications for scores of people stuck inside Afghanistan, unless they are considered "priority". Via @FinnianMchugh sbs.com.au/news/article/a…
March 16, 2023
The Guardian • Anne Davies • March 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Matt Kean exploring a move to federal politics if Coalition loses NSW election, sources say
Figures close to Liberal treasurer say the high-profile moderate has floated the idea
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Tamsin Rose@tamsinroses
The New South Wales treasurer, Liberal Matt Kean, is said to be considering a move to Canberra if the Perrottet government suffers a defeat on Saturday week in the state election. #nswpol #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 16, 2023
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • March 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Gas shortages possible during bouts of extreme weather over next four years, Aemo warns
Customers could face supply gaps if cold weather coincides with low levels of renewable energy generation
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Just as the Irish were exporting food during their famine, Australians are being told in advance that we will continue to be the world’s largest exporter of LNG even if Australian power plants experience a ‘shortage’…pathetic #auspol #climate theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 16, 2023
The Guardian • Josh Butler • March 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison ally appointed to administer home affairs without minister’s knowledge
Ben Morton’s previously unknown appointment by governor general David Hurley revealed in documents published under FOI laws
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Patrick Keneally@patrickkeneally
You get a secret ministry! And you get a secret ministry! And I get five secret ministries! theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 15, 2023
the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rafqa-touma,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/natasha-may,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/peter-hannam,http… • March 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Myer to close flagship Brisbane store – as it happened
This blog is now closed.
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Sophie McNeill@Sophiemcneill
Good on @SenatorWong for calling out Keating's atrocious brushing aside of China's treatment of the Uyghurs & for her words of support to the Australian Uyghur community #Xinjiang theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 16, 2023
The Guardian • First Dog on the Moon • March 10, 2023 • theguardian.com
Try these handy and fun money saving tips for the whole family
If you only ever eat turnips you won’t have any friends so you can avoid the expense of going out to have fun
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Firstdog Onthemoon@firstdogonmoon
hey cartoon fans what are your handy tips for saving money in these difficult times. things like pinching ideas from other people for your own cartoons theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
March 16, 2023
Australian Financial Review • John Kehoe, Hannah Wootton • March 16, 2023 • afr.com
Tax system ‘fails every test’, says Ken Henry
The federal-state tax system undermines economic growth and fairness to younger people, says the former Treasury boss, lamenting the lack of ‘big bang’ tax reform.
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Mark Di Stefano@MarkDiStef
go off ken henry afr.com/policy/tax-and…
March 16, 2023
The Age • Patrick Elligett • March 15, 2023 • theage.com.au
There’s criticism, and then there’s Keating
We aren’t averse to criticism here at The Age, but that does not mean we must silently endure condemnation from a former PM who hasn’t had an official security briefing in decades, or a TV host who won’t pick up the phone.
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The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • March 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Paul Keating has ‘diminished’ himself with scathing attack on Aukus submarine deal, Albanese says
Malcolm Turnbull has also questioned deal amid UK economy’s ‘existential problems’
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The Age • Cameron Houston • March 16, 2023 • theage.com.au
Policeman who leaked Dani Laidley images accused of possessing corpse photos
An officer kept his job after leaking photos of former AFL coach Dani Laidley. He now faces another disciplinary hearing over allegations he received images of dead people.
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The Australian • MAX MADDISON • March 16, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Bill Burst: NSW Liberal candidate praised horse cure for Covid
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has tacitly backed the Liberal Party’s candidate for Maroubra in Sydney’s east who used social media to promote an unproven drug used on horses as a cure for Covid-19 and deny the existence of climate change, labelling it the “biggest fraud committed”.
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • March 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Sure, prices have fallen, but we have a decade of absurd growth to undo to make housing affordable
Let’s not start suggesting millennials are flush with opportunity to buy a home – little will change until wages rise faster than prices
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Livingstone • March 15, 2023 • smh.com.au
We’ve bet everything on subs that will be obsolete by the time they arrive
Submarines are useful in war because of their stealth. But soon, much cheaper technology will readily detect them. So why are we spending billions on them?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Bevan Shields • March 15, 2023 • smh.com.au
We are not above criticism but these attacks go too far
I feel compelled to respond to two unfair and uninformed attacks against Peter Hartcher and Matthew Knott.
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The Australia Institute • Luciana Lawe Davies • March 16, 2023 • australiainstitute.org.au
Australia is a rich country making sub-par decisions
When former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg learned of Scott Morrison’s secret plan to spend a quarter of trillion dollars on nuclear submarines that, just two years earlier, the navy said they didn’t need, he said:
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Australia Institute@TheAusInstitute
If Australia abandoned Scott Morrison’s Stage 3 tax cuts and fossil fuel subsidies we could have both the submarines we don’t need and the climate action and care sector reforms we do need.
Democracies are about choices.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/australia…
March 16, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott, James Massola • March 15, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Wilfully blind’: Labor MPs blast Paul Keating over China, AUKUS
The MPs accused Paul Keating of being out of touch on China and launching gratuitous attacks on Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
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ABC News • Olivia Willis • March 16, 2023 • abc.net.au
Junior doctors say they're burnt out and underpaid. Now they're taking legal action
A string of class actions against health services in Victoria, NSW and the ACT is underway over the alleged underpayment of junior doctors.
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Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • March 15, 2023 • afr.com
PwC boss Tom Seymour’s big fail on tax leak
PwC are experts at minimisation, so there’s no irony when they also prefer this as their PR strategy.
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Joe Aston@mrjoeaston
PwC doesn’t have a perception issue, it has a reality issue. The perception finally matches the reality and the mirage that PwC is an ethical organisation has evaporated. joeas.tn/3Tld2Z9
March 15, 2023

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