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The Guardian • Lorena Allam • April 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Yunupingu, Yolŋu leader and campaigner for Indigenous rights, dies aged 74
Elder spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of his people, from the Yirrkala bark petitions of 1963 to the voice to parliament
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The Age • David Estcourt • April 3, 2023 • theage.com.au
Former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer found guilty of rape
The jury found Leifer guilty of 18 rape and sexual assault charges, and not guilty of nine, despite never being told she had fled to Israel in 2008.
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The Age@theage
Breaking: Malka Leifer, the ex-principal of a Melbourne Jewish school, has been found guilty of sexually abusing two students, including six charges of rape. theage.com.au/national/victo…
April 3, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jack Latimore • April 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘A giant of the nation’: Indigenous leader Yunupingu dies, aged 74
Senior Yolngu lore man and Gumatj clan leader Yunupingu has died after a long illness. The keeper of songlines was one of the most influential Indigenous leaders of the past century.
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The Canberra Times • Karen Barlow • April 2, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
'Off life support': National Library's Trove platform receives $33m budget lifeline
Ministers Katy Gallagher and Tony Burke have declared Trove's funding uncertainty has been ended "once and for all".
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Frank Bongiorno@fbongiornoanu
This is very good news for Trove. Let's hope for more of the same for other cultural and arts infrastructure on budget night in May. canberratimes.com.au/story/8143191/…
April 3, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott, Linda Morris • April 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Funding pledge saves National Library’s Trove from closure threat
Described by Arts Minister Tony Burke as “Australia’s digital memory”, Trove had been facing the threat of closure because of looming budget cuts.
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The Australian • SIMON BENSON • April 3, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Anthony Albanese signs off on TikTok ban on government devices
Anthony Albanese has signed off on a government-wide ban on the use of social media app TikTok following a review by the Department of Home Affairs into the security risks of the Chinese-owned platform.
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Pearls and Irritations • Fred Chaney • April 3, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
The reality that supports the recognition of the Voice
Indigenous Australians share citizenship with all of us with distinctive rights. This and other realities support recognition and the Voice.
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Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue
We can be proud to have the world’s oldest living cultures. Our constitution should recognise this and the need for us to hear their voices as both a practical matter and a recognition of reality. Fred Chaney 👇
#auspol #referendum #TheVoice
johnmenadue.com/the-reality-th…
April 3, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Amber Schultz • April 2, 2023 • smh.com.au
What does an ex-soldier’s charge mean for whistleblowers?
A soldier accused of war crime will face trial only after the man who helped expose crimes by ADF personnel faces court.
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • April 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Super tax breaks costing $45bn a year are ‘inheritance schemes’ for Australia’s rich, new report says
The Grattan Institute report recommends 10 changes to superannuation taxation that could save the budget billions a year
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The Age • Tony Barry • April 3, 2023 • theage.com.au
Lessons for Dutton: Play on the fringes, get fringe political results
Liberal voters are now asset owners and those over the age of 50. We’ve lost the tertiary-educated, migrant families, professional women, renters and those under 50.
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Brisbane Times • Zach Hope • April 2, 2023 • brisbanetimes.com.au
Youth offender numbers down in Qld’s crime ‘flash points’
The number of juvenile offenders has been falling in the large council areas held up as flash points in Queensland’s supposedly deepening youth crime “crisis”.
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ABC News • Hagar Cohen, Alex McDonald, Nick Wiggins • April 3, 2023 • abc.net.au
He ran the Paralympics for 15 years, now he's ready to talk about the cheating
Former athletes and officials tell Four Corners the system of Paralympic classification is flawed and easily manipulated.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tony Wright • April 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Yunupingu’s hope for a Treaty: ‘Pass it on, pass it on’
Thirty-five years ago, the late Yunupingu handed Bob Hawke a bark painting known as the Barunga Statement. Hawke promised a treaty. It remains unmet.
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ABC News • Georgia Roberts • April 3, 2023 • abc.net.au
Trove secures funding as federal government comes to rescue of National Library of Australia's digitised archive
Funding for the country's largest digitised archive has been announced, after months of the National Library of Australia calling for more financial support.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright, Rachel Clun • April 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Nation faces shortfall of 106,000 homes as prices, demand climb
A new report paints a bleak picture for renters and forecasts shortage of 106,000 homes across the country by 2027.
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Nervous Laughter • Rick Morton • April 2, 2023 • rickmorton.substack.com
Aston La Vista
on tudges and grudges and rhetorical fudges
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The Guardian • Amy Remeikis, Benita Kolovos • April 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Dutton’s leadership safe for now, Liberals say, despite calls for change of direction after historic loss in Aston
Malcolm Turnbull says the party’s future rests on its ability to move back to the centre
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick Toscano, Mike Foley • April 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Australia’s boom in coal, gas exports ‘headed for $120b collapse’
Federal government trade data reveals the value of Australia’s coal and gas exports could be halved in just five years, and predicts booming commodity prices have likely passed their peaks.
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The Telegraph • Joe Wallen • April 2, 2023 • telegraph.co.uk
British self-styled 'danger tourist' captured by Taliban secret police
Youtube star Miles Routledge, 21 - who visits 'most dangerous places on Earth for fun' - among three UK nationals being held in Kabul
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • April 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
ABC prepares for redundancies as wage deal looms
From job cuts to a reduction in local news, change is afoot at Australia’s national broadcaster.
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