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The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
At least three senior Liberals pushed back against Indigenous voice opposition in shadow cabinet meeting
Exclusive: Simon Birmingham, Marise Payne and Paul Fletcher spoke out against plan as Julian Leeser proposed allowing MPs a free say
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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
The Guardian • Josh Butler • April 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton and the voice: what the Liberal party has got wrong about Indigenous recognition
We unpack and factcheck some of the key reasons the opposition leader has given for saying no to the voice
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • April 7, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Peter Dutton might want to ask himself about his legacy
There will be no resurrection for Peter Dutton’s party and no legacy worth remembering, whatever the outcome of the referendum.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
The conservative hard-to-looney right controlling Queensland’s LNP and, thus, the federal Liberal Party since the election, was never going to back the Voice. It was only a matter of what weasel words they would come up with as their excuse.
thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/04/0…
April 7, 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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Sally McManus@sallymcmanus
Because NewsLtd complained about ⁦@PatsKarvelas⁩ interview I listened - wow, what an historic interview! Noel Pearson has a poets insight. The Undertaker trying to the dig a hole the size of Uluṟu will haunt Dutton. We are hope, future & friendship abc.net.au/radionational/…
April 7, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • April 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
The Voice will crack the Liberal Party. Wyatt’s exit proves it
The smallest fracture in the most polished marble can easily turn into a gaping crack. All it takes is pressure.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • April 6, 2023 • news.com.au
ombshell Higgins revelation sparks probe
Australia’s national anti-corruption watchdog has launched a probe into whether police “attempted to pervert the course of justice” by forwarding protected information about Brittany Higgins to the defence team during the aborted rape trial and pressuring her not to proceed with the matter.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jacqueline Maley • April 7, 2023 • smh.com.au
AFP investigated for perverting course of justice in Lehrmann rape case
A national watchdog is examining whether “AFP members attempted to pervert the course of justice by pressuring Ms Brittany Higgins not to proceed with the matter”.
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ABC News • April 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Indigenous communities say Peter Dutton is taking their Voice comments out of context
As the Liberal Party announced its position on a Voice to Parliament this week, First Nations communities across remote Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory feel their voices have been taken out of context.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • April 7, 2023 • smh.com.au
Coalition silent after ‘most homophobic comment in NSW politics’ by Latham
Independent MP Alex Greenwich said he was shocked the Coalition had not yet publicly denounced Mark Latham’s highly offensive homophobic slur.
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • April 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Value of Australian lithium exports tipped to match thermal coal in five years
Revenue from mining key metal used in EV batteries to triple by 2027-28 while thermal coal exports set to fall by more than 70%
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SBS News • Jessica Bahr, Finn McHugh, Anna Henderson • April 6, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Former Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt quits Liberal Party over its Voice stance
The first Aboriginal person to hold the Indigenous Australians portfolio has quit the Liberal Party over its opposition to the Voice. It comes as Indigenous leader Noel Pearson said the party will "bring the country to shame".
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Associated Press • Isabella O'malley • April 7, 2023 • apnews.com
Methane big part of 'alarming' rise in planet-warming gases
Rising methane levels in the atmosphere last year again played a big part in an overall increase in the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported figures this week and called overall emissions “alarming.” Carbon dioxide gets more attention for causing climate change than methane. But methane is particularly concerning because it is much more potent than carbon dioxide, although it doesn't last as long in the atmosphere. Methane's rise in 2022 was its fourth-sharpest increase since NOAA began systematic measurements in 1983. Methan…
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The Age • April 6, 2023 • theage.com.au
Bruce Petty: a life in cartoons
Bruce Petty - Australian cartoonist, film-maker, artist and satirist - passed away peacefully this morning at the age of 93
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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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The Age • Max Walden • April 7, 2023 • theage.com.au
Cancel culture: Why comedy is an extreme sport in India
Under the current government, comics risk jail time for offending the wrong people.
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The Washington Post • Emily Rauhala • April 7, 2023 • washingtonpost.com
How progressive Denmark became the face of the anti-migration left
Danish authorities are threatening settled refugees with deportation and pushing for overseas processing centers. It may be a sign of what's to come in Europe.
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SBS News • Madeleine Wedesweiler • April 7, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Pauline Hanson criticised over 'repugnant' video about disability scheme
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is facing criticism over a video calling the National Disability Insurance Scheme a "scam" and a "rort".
The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Thompson • April 7, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘It’s not my role to go out there’: The Liberal MPs who won’t campaign on Voice referendum
Warren Entsch, representing the Far North Queensland seat of Leichhardt, says it’s not up to him to tell Australians which way to vote in the referendum.
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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

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