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ABC News • Ellen Fanning • April 1, 2023 • abc.net.au
Jordan is among the most vulnerable in our society but she doesn't have the same rights as other Australian children
Jordan is 16. She's homeless, disabled and has been in the care of the state since she was four. Jordan has also spent 94 days in detention while on remand. Her case is another example of what advocates say is wrong with Queensland's youth justice system.
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Ellen Fanning:Journo@ellenmfanning
Homeless, disabled, Jordan was held in youth detention for 3 months without being convicted.
The ABC asked Qld’s AG if she was confident solitary confinement of children is lawful. We got no answer. @latingle⁩ ⁦@JaneCaro⁩ ⁦@SquigglyRick⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-04-0…
April 1, 2023
The Age • Annika Smethurst, Anthony Galloway, Melissa Cunningham • April 1, 2023 • theage.com.au
Labor secures historic upset in Aston, ‘worst byelection result in 100 years’ for Liberals
Liberal candidate Roshena Campbell has called Labor’s Mary Doyle to concede in Aston – the first time in a century that a sitting government has won a seat from the opposition in a byelection since 1920.
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The Saturday Paper • April 1, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Voice of a coward
Tony Abbott has now made his slithering, onion-skinned contribution to the “No” case for the Voice to Parliament. It is useful in as much as it synthesises the 12 key arguments against the Voice.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • The Herald's View • March 31, 2023 • smh.com.au
Mark Latham is not fit to remain in parliament
In his long history of abuse, Mark Latham’s latest attack is beyond the pale and dishonours parliament and the people of NSW.
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The Saturday Paper • Jon Kudelka • April 1, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Jon Kudelka cartoon, April 1, 2023
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The Twindenberg@jonkudelka
Today’s @SatPaper cartoon thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/cartoo…
April 1, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • April 1, 2023 • afr.com
Liberals suffer morale-crushing loss in Aston
Peter Dutton has promised to listen to voters after the Liberal Party suffered a morale-crushing loss to Labor in the seat of Aston, becoming the first Opposition to lose a seat to the government in a federal byelection in 103 years.
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ABC News • Andi Yu • April 1, 2023 • abc.net.au
Labor's Mary Doyle snatches formerly safe Liberal seat of Aston in historic by-election win
Labor has claimed victory in the federal seat of Aston, the first time in more than a century that a government has won a seat from the opposition at a by-election.
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The Saturday Paper • Paddy Manning • April 1, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How News Corp is framing the ‘No’ case
News Corp has become the unofficial mouthpiece of the ‘No’ campaign against the Voice to Parliament, although its editors say they are just reporting both sides.
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ABC News • Steve Cannane, Jacqueline Howard • April 1, 2023 • abc.net.au
Australia's new high commissioner to UK will visit Julian Assange in prison
Stephen Smith reveals he will be the first Australian High Commissioner to visit Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in prison, as he sits down with the ABC upon commencing his new role in London.
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The Australian • John Ferguson, Angelica Snowden • April 1, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Liberals suffer humiliating loss in Aston by-election
Welcome to The Weekend Australian's live coverage of the day's political events and major headlines.
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The Guardian • Nino Bucci • March 31, 2023 • theguardian.com
Man claiming to be off-duty NSW police officer allegedly chased and hit Aboriginal boy with ute
Elijah Stevens’ father fears this additional trauma, on top of his son losing his grandmother, Tanya Day – who died in custody in 2017 – will send his son back to therapy
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@abcnews • April 1, 2023 • abc.net.au
Aston By-election 2023 Results
Overview of the Aston electorate in the Aston by-election 2023
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Antony Green - elections@AntonyGreenElec
Projected first preferences by party calculated using 10 of 37 counting centres
ALP 40.3%, LIB 39.4%, GRN 9.8%,
Full results at bit.ly/3Kj0gaJ #auspol
April 1, 2023
news.com.au • Joe Hildebrand • March 31, 2023 • news.com.au
90s failure that could haunt Australia again
COMMENT
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 1, 2023 • theguardian.com
Wipeout beckons for Liberals after Aston byelection and the problem is not just Peter Dutton
The historic loss for the Liberal party also represents an opportunity to alter course on key issues such as the Indigenous voice and climate policy
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The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • April 1, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Vile’ Mark Latham tweet could be grounds for vilification complaint under NSW law, experts say
Comment has been widely condemned, but constitutional law expert says sacking is unlikely
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The Monthly • Bri Lee • April 1, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Debt-à-porter
The Sydney-based fashion label Ellery collapsed in 2019, leaving creditors owed millions, so why is the brand, now in Paris, still feted as an Australian success story?
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Bridie Jabour@bkjabour
When Ellery "collapsed" its famous designer got to continue onwards& upwards while unsecured creditors - factory makers in Sydney with English as a second language were left with the financial fallout. Great reporting from @bri_lee_writer themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/apr…
April 1, 2023
The New York Times • Kashmir Hill, Ryan Mac • April 1, 2023 • nytimes.com
‘Thousands of Dollars for Something I Didn’t Do’
Because of a bad facial recognition match and other hidden technology, Randal Reid spent nearly a week in jail, falsely accused of stealing purses in a state he said he had never even visited.
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mostafa-rachwani-,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amy-remeikis,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nino-bucci • April 1, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor claims Aston win, throwing Dutton’s Liberal leadership into question – as it happened
Labor’s Mary Doyle has two-party preferred swing of at least 6% in the count on Saturday evening. This blog is now closed
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Amy Remeikis@AmyRemeikis
The Liberals are facing a generational shift they are either ill-quipped to deal with or wilfully ignoring. Either way, it's not just a Victorian thing - theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 1, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 31, 2023 • smh.com.au
Aston byelection seen as Dutton’s make-or-break moment
Few political pundits expect the Liberals to lose the Melbourne heartland seat this Saturday, but some in the party are quietly canvassing the unthinkable.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
I wrote a piece on Friday for @smh @theage about what could happen if the Liberal Party lost Aston. Several MPs said deputy leader Sussan Ley had been taking soundings. theage.com.au/politics/feder…
April 1, 2023
ABC News • Laura Tingle • April 1, 2023 • abc.net.au
Maybe Australia needs another 'banana republic' moment to reset our gun-shy budget politics
Never has there been more need to change the political conversation about policy than there has been about federal budgets just now, writes Laura Tingle.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
This week's column: With Australia facing unprecedented economic challenges, we need a courageous reset in our federal budget discussion abc.net.au/news/2023-04-0… via @ABCaustralia
April 1, 2023

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