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The Guardian • Nick Evershed, Josh Taylor • March 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
AI can fool voice recognition used to verify identity by Centrelink and Australian tax office
Exclusive: Voiceprint program used by millions of Australians to access data held by government agencies shown to have a serious security flaw
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The New Daily • James Robertson • March 16, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Morrison's legacy lives on as second secret MP named
The story of Scott Morrison’s secret assumption of the powers to run much of the Australian government continues to surprise.
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Simon Rosenberg@simon_rosenberg
Journalists need to stop referring to Morrison's behaviour as merely "secrecy".
He was deliberately undermining democratic conventions. And compulsively lying about his behaviour. #auspol
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March 17, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘God help future generations’: Peter Garrett unloads on AUKUS
The former Labor cabinet minister and Midnight Oil frontman delivered a withering critique of Australia’s decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Jackson, Lenore Taylor, Mike Ticher, Miles Herbert, Camilla Hannan • March 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
Aukus is here to stay, is it worth the risk? – with Lenore Taylor
Gabrielle Jackson talks to Guardian Australia’s editor-in-chief, Lenore Taylor, and head of news, Mike Ticher, about the need for scrutiny of the Aukus agreement
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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
Today on Full Story, I'm talking to @lenoretaylor and @mikewsc1 about the question marks still hanging over the Aukus deal - theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 17, 2023
ABC Radio National • March 17, 2023 • abc.net.au
'I'd rather we funded many other things': Doug Cameron on AUKUS
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating called the $368billion dollar AUKUS nuclear submarine deal the 'worst international decision' by a Labor government in more than 100 years this week.
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RN Breakfast@RNBreakfast
Former Labor Senator @DougCameron51 says that the Labor rank and file are uncomfortable about the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal.
He agrees with Former PM Paul Keating's assessment of the minimal risk of China invading Australia,
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March 17, 2023
The Wire • Gideon Haigh • March 16, 2023 • thewire.in
Watching Cricket – Now a Vehicle for the Political Elite – at the Narendra Modi Stadium
Heartily abused online and even criticised by a former Australian PM for his views on the political show put up at the Ahmedabad stadium in early March, a celebrated sports journalist pens a special piece for 'The Wire', recounting his experience.
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Antony (Tony) Walker@tonywalker1
Kudos Gideon Haigh for taking long handle to the ridiculous Modi/Albanese propaganda exercise in Gujurat, speaking of 'shills' @WIRED m.thewire.in/article/sport/… via @thewire_in
March 17, 2023
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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Paul Barry@TheRealPBarry
Blistering attack on the $368 billion subs deal by former diplomat / security specialist David Livingstone. IF, and I say IF he's right the deal is crazy.
"We’ve bet everything on subs that will be obsolete by the time they arrive" smh.com.au/politics/feder…
March 17, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Peter Varghese • March 16, 2023 • afr.com
The balance sheet of the nuclear subs deal
The real test of sovereignty is whether you can defend yourself and credibly deter an attack on your territory. Is that what the nuclear submarines deliver?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • March 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
Sad, isolated Paul Keating’s bile will divide his party
The former prime minister broke with the current prime minister in a way that sends a cyclone through the Australian Labor Party.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
Does anyone seriously think Penny Wong is a dud minister?
If Paul Keating’s judgement on that can be so off, who can be sure of his judgement on submarines?
Column:
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March 17, 2023
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • March 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
We shall fight them on our pages: Nine newspapers invoke Churchill to defend their Red Alert series | The Weekly Beast
Newspapers’ leadership angrily rejects criticism of China series with insiders saying their efforts were similar to ‘Churchill taking on the Nazis’. Plus: the end of the shock jock?
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The Australia Institute • Greg Jericho • March 16, 2023 • australiainstitute.org.au
We don't need more gas, we already have more than enough - it is just that it is being exported
We don't need more gas, we already have more than enough - it is just that it is mostly being exported
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Australia Institute@TheAusInstitute
The latest report from AEMO would have you believe that we're about to run out of gas. But as
@markogge & @pollyjhemming write we have more than enough. Not only is our demand for gas falling, but almost all of our gas is heading overseas. #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/ignore-th…
March 17, 2023
BBC Sport • March 17, 2023 • bbc.co.uk
Fifa drops Saudi sponsorship for Women's World Cup
Fifa drops plans for Saudi Arabia to sponsor the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, president Gianni Infantino confirms.
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Australian Financial Review • Sam Roggeveen • March 17, 2023 • afr.com
The big AUKUS question that Albanese has yet to answer
Paul Keating is insouciant about China’s muscle and dismissive of Taiwan’s democracy. But he has changed the national debate about the submarine deal.
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The Guardian • Rafqa Touma • March 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
Shop around and turn off appliances: ways to beat Australia’s energy price hikes
Looking for the best deal and saving energy around the home can help keep power bills under control
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • March 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
Aukus nuclear submarine deal will be ‘too big to fail’, Richard Marles says
Australia’s defence minister plays down concerns multi-decade plan could be vulnerable to political changes in the US and UK
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ABC Radio National • Phillip Adams, Taryn Priadko • March 15, 2023 • abc.net.au
Who is Tanya Plibersek?
Elected to federal parliament aged just 28, Tanya Plibersek has lived almost half her life in the public eye and is now the longest-serving woman in Australia's House of Representatives. But how much do we know about what drives her, what she values and what we can expect from her next? Guest: Margaret Simons, academic, journalist and author of Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • March 16, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Keating sinks das boot
The former PM’s comments on China have created awkward questions for Labor and the press gallery
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The Atlantic • Katherine J. Wu • March 17, 2023 • theatlantic.com
The Strongest Evidence Yet That an Animal Started the Pandemic
A new analysis of genetic samples from China appears to link the pandemic’s origin to raccoon dogs.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Andrew Webster • March 16, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘There is a stigma against our Indigenous people’: The special qualities of Jason Demetriou
The South Sydney coach was the right man to replace Wayne Bennett - and the man Latrell Mitchell needs right now.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Harriet Alexander • March 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Sleeper issue’: Online gambling more addictive than pokies
NSW Greens want to regulate online gambling by banning advertising and loot boxes and introducing a federal gambling regulator.
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