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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • April 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Appallingly unethical’: why Australian universities are at breaking point
Exclusive: Cost-cutting, casualisation and ‘ridiculous’ teaching loads are taking a toll on tertiary institutions – and some academics are fighting back
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
Julian Leeser resigns from shadow cabinet over Liberals’ voice stance
Shadow attorney general quits frontbench less than a week after Peter Dutton announced Liberals would oppose Indigenous voice to parliament
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The Australian • Rosie Lewis, Rhiannon Down • April 11, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Julian Leeser to quit over Liberals’ Indigenous voice to parliament position
Julian Leeser has resigned from shadow cabinet and has vowed to campaign Yes ahead of the Indigenous voice referendum, after the Liberal Party opposed a national voice enshrined in the Constitution.
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Kate Chaney@ChaneyforCurtin
Party members who prioritise the national interest over their political careers must be commended. Well done ⁦@JulianLeeser⁩ #auspol @yes23au #yes23 #historyiscalling theaustralian.com.au/nation/julian-…
April 11, 2023
ABC News • Brett Worthington • April 11, 2023 • abc.net.au
Dutton insists Leeser's Voice position 'at odds with the overwhelming majority' of Liberals
Julian Leeser, who was the shadow attorney-general and held the Indigenous Australians portfolio, resigned from the Liberal frontbench this morning over his support for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
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Bridget Archer MP@BridgetArcherMP
Much respect for ⁦⁦@JulianLeeser⁩ - courage and integrity #yes #auspol abc.net.au/news/2023-04-1…
April 11, 2023
The Guardian • Cait Kelly • April 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
Essential workers unable to afford to rent alone almost anywhere in Australia, report shows
Aged care workers in capital cities would have to spend 77% of their pay on housing to pay the average rent of $572 a week
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ben Saul • April 10, 2023 • smh.com.au
The Voice is not revolutionary or threatening. Only its opponents say it is
The sheer modesty of the Voice suggests just how antiquated the Coalition’s position is on Indigenous rights. It also suggests how far there is to travel towards full reconciliation.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin, Paul Sakkal, Natassia Chrysanthos, Angus Thompson • April 11, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘I believe the time for the Voice has come’: Leeser resigns from opposition frontbench
Julian Leeser, the Coalition’s most senior pro-Voice figure, will move to the backbench to campaign in favour of the referendum.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Perry Duffin • April 11, 2023 • smh.com.au
Hiding in the Russian consulate for months, ‘Aussie Cossack’ demands a prisoner swap
Australia’s most loyal Moscow propagandist is locked inside Sydney’s Russian consulate, calling for Putin’s most loathed force to save him from his own country.
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Australian Financial Review • Mark Di Stefano, Jessica Sier • April 11, 2023 • afr.com
MilkRun to close doors, all staff made redundant
MilkRun, the rapid local delivery service, will close and make its staff redundant, bringing an abrupt end to a company which raised one of the biggest early-stage funding rounds in Australian venture capital history.
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The New Daily • April 11, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Senior Liberal quits over Voice opposition
Shadow attorney-general Julian Leeser has quit the Coalition frontbench over its decision to oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
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The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • April 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia’s richest captured 93% of economic growth between 2009 financial crisis and Covid, paper shows
Wealthiest 10% captured growth in company profits while most Australians watched their real wages shrink, Australia Institute finds
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Crikey • Thomas Mayo • April 11, 2023 • crikey.com.au
The Voice is a chance for Australia to glimpse a better future
Australians believe in fairness and want the best for this country. But we are going to need a lot of help to realise it.
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
This from Thomas Mayo is a great read, says it all.
@crikey_news crikey.com.au/2023/04/11/tho…
April 11, 2023
The Guardian • Anne Davies • April 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
Menindee fish kill may have been partly caused by release of ‘black’ and clean water by authorities, researchers claim
Exclusive: Satellite analysis shows toxic blackwater flowed into the Darling-Baaka River via the Wetherell outlet two days before the deaths
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The Canberra Times • Dominic Giannini • April 11, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
Economic benefit going to rich 'inequality on steroids'
A disparity between how much of the economic benefits the vast majority of Australians get compared to the...
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Australia Institute@TheAusInstitute
“A new report shows 90 per cent of Australians received just seven per cent of the benefits of real economic growth over a decade from 2009.”
canberratimes.com.au/story/8154004/…
April 11, 2023
The Guardian • Jane Lee, Miles Herbert, Daniel Semo, Karishma Luthria, Camilla Hannan, Joe Koning, Miles Martignoni, Allison Chan • April 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
Thomas Mayo on why Peter Dutton is wrong about the voice - podcast
Jane Lee talks to Thomas Mayo, a Kaurareg and Kalkalgal Erubamle author and director of Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition, on why he thinks Dutton is wrong about the voice.
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Jane Lee@JaneSYLee
"This represents to me a very practical change that will finally start to close the gap. And that means everything to my family and to my community, because it is real lives that we're talking about, not just statistics." @thomasmayo23 on Full Story today: theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 11, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Andrew Tillett • April 11, 2023 • afr.com
Defence budget in the firing line to pay for new weapons
Maintenance and operating budgets for warships and other military platforms already in service are being squeezed to free up billions of dollars.
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SBS News • Finn McHugh • April 11, 2023 • sbs.com.au
'Conscience and freedom': Julian Leeser quits Liberal frontbench to campaign for Voice Yes vote
The Liberals' Indigenous Australians spokesperson has sensationally quit, just days after the party declared its opposition to the Voice to Parliament.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • April 4, 2023 • smh.com.au
Angus Dalton
Angus Dalton is a science reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tony Wright • April 11, 2023 • smh.com.au
Dutton loses his party’s voice on Indigenous Australians. Awkward.
Peter Dutton appointed Julian Leeser as the parliamentary Liberal Party’s leading expert on law and Indigenous Australia. Now Leeser is quitting those jobs.
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WTLV • Anne Schindler • April 7, 2023 • firstcoastnews.com
Two road raging dads shot each other's children, only one is charged
The Nassau County road rage incident was described as a “cat and mouse” game that ended with two girls in the hospital. Only one shooter was charged.
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