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The West Australian • April 6, 2023 • thewest.com.au
WA MPs react as Ken Wyatt quits Liberal Party over Voice
UPDATE: WA MPs have spoken out after Ken Wyatt, the first Aboriginal person to hold the Federal Indigenous Australians portfolio, quit the Liberal Party over its stance on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
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Katina Curtis@katinacurtis
Exclusive: Ken Wyatt has resigned from the Liberal Party after its federal MPs vowed to campaign against the Voice to Parliament thewest.com.au/news/indigenou…
April 6, 2023
World Today - ABC Radio • Sally Sara • April 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Mr Chaney says the decision is a sell out. - ABC Radio
Mr Chaney says the decision is a sell out.
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Kate Chaney@ChaneyforCurtin
My Uncle Fred Chaney on the Libs decision to oppose the Voice. Winning back seats like mine will be very hard without a change in direction. #auspol #UluruStatement
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April 6, 2023
ABC Radio National • April 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
'A Judas betrayal': Noel Pearson criticises Liberal opposition to Voice
The Liberal party has finally settled on a 'no' position on the Indigenous voice referendum. Noel Pearson says it's a "great betrayal" of the country, and a "sad day" for Australia that there won't be bi-partisan support for an "important national enterprise".
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
Isn't it amazing how Tony Abbott manages to inspire the best oratory in Australian politics. Just listened to Noel Pearson again with @PatsKarvelas on @RNBreakfast just now. It's right up there with @JuliaGillard and the famous misogyny speech: abc.net.au/radionational/…
April 6, 2023
National Indigenous Times • Giovanni Torre • April 6, 2023 • nit.com.au
Ken Wyatt resigns from Liberal Party over Dutton's opposition to Indigenous Voice
Former Liberal Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, announced his resignation from the Liberal Party on Thursday in response to t...
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ABC News • Jane Norman, Nathan Morris • April 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Previous government ignored advice, let Inland Rail cost blow out to an 'astonishing' $31b
Australia needs an inland rail, but a new report finds advice was ignored, the board does not have the "skills required", and there has been an "astonishing" cost blow-out to $31.4 billion.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Sums up Barnaby's contribution to public life: all over the place, unplanned, undermanaged, half-arsed, regional boondoggle with the biggest cost blowout since the NBN was botched
abc.net.au/news/2023-04-0…
April 6, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Paul Sakkal, Angus Thompson • April 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘The decision was tough’: Former Indigenous minister Ken Wyatt quits Liberals in Voice protest
The resignation of the senior Liberal figure underscored anxieties within the party over the way Peter Dutton’s alternative model was bulldozed through, though few broke ranks in public.
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The Guardian • Chris Moran • April 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
ChatGPT is making up fake Guardian articles. Here’s how we’re responding
The risks inherent in the technology, plus the speed of its take-up, demonstrate why it’s so vital that we keep track of it, writes the Guardian’s head of editorial innovation, Chris Moran
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Dave Earley@earleyedition
Excellent, from the incomparable @chrismoranuk, and why @Guardian has been at the forefront of digital journalism for almost 30yrs.
Wondering "why we haven’t yet announced a new format or product built on generative AI"? Because… buff.ly/3zF4RxX
April 6, 2023
ABC News • April 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Former MP Ken Wyatt quits Liberals after party decides not to back Voice
The former Indigenous Australians minister, who lost his seat at the last election, quits the Liberal Party over its decision to formally oppose the government's plan to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the Constitution.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton’s bid to tank the Indigenous voice is breathtaking – and locks him in as Abbott 2.0
The opposition leader’s decision shows he is unable to even approximate national leadership
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ProPublica • April 6, 2023 • propublica.org
Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge.
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Jesse Eisinger@eisingerj
NEW BLOCKBUSTER: Private jet travel. Superyacht Island-hopping. Stays at a private resort.
For decades, Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury gifts from a billionaire.
Appears he broke the law.
@js_kaplan & @JustinElliott:
propublica.org/article/claren…
April 6, 2023
The Guardian • Lorena Allam • April 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Dutton’s voice stance doesn’t protect ‘grassroots’ Indigenous people. The no campaign is already scaring them
The opposition leader says he wants a civil referendum debate, but these political games are having real-world consequences
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • April 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
Dutton’s No on the Voice a blend of dubious claims and genuine doubts
This fateful decision pits Dutton against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in a contest that will test their powers of persuasion and decide their political fortunes.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
Do not dismiss this Dutton campaign.
It’s a classic American move: fuelling fears of elite power in the capital.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
April 5, 2023
The Australian • Rosie Lewis, Tricia Rivera • April 6, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Wyatt exit deals Libs crushing blow on voice
Welcome to The Australian's rolling coverage of news from Canberra and around the nation. Live coverage has now ended, recap the day's key events below:
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • April 6, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
The gravedigger
It’s time to call Peter Dutton out for the soulless wrecker that he is
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The Guardian • Benita Kolovos • April 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Like we’re being punished’: family told to move 100km to Melbourne for public housing or lose crisis accommodation
Mother of two says she has little choice but to live in a property described by a Liberal MP as ‘an embarrassment to the state’
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Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • April 5, 2023 • afr.com
Liberals peddle the same snake oil as republican debate
The Voice to parliament is in danger of becoming a proxy political war between Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese.
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ABC News • Jake Evans • April 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Dutton accused of 'Judas betrayal' by Indigenous leader over Voice opposition
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson likens the Liberal leader Peter Dutton to "an undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru", after the federal Liberal Party rejects the proposed Voice to Parliament.
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Australian Financial Review • Michael Read • April 6, 2023 • afr.com
Record immigration, nowhere to live. Welcome to Australia’s rent crisis
A growing population, subdued construction and government inaction means people who don’t own their home should brace for more rent rises. How bad will it get?
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Pearls and Irritations • Mack Williams • April 6, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
The 'Senior Advisor and Principal Author' of our Defence Strategic Review is a Director of the United States Studies Centre
Serious questions must be asked about conflicts of interest among Australian government advisors in AUKUS and the Defence Strategic Review.
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ABC News • Sarah Ferguson • April 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Marcia Langton accuses Peter Dutton of 'lying' over Voice to Parliament
A senior member of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Working Group has slammed the Liberal Party's decision to oppose a referendum on the Voice as "deceitful".
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