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The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
Government ignores calls from its own experts to lift ‘seriously inadequate’ jobseeker rate
Unemployment benefit rates are at ‘such an inadequate level that they create a barrier to paid work’, committee finds
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Daniel Cash • April 18, 2023 • smh.com.au
I’m Melbourne Grammar’s school captain and I’m gay. The Presbyterian Church would have me sacked
I should not have to pen this opinion piece. Not in modern Australia. But here I am, a student, writing an open letter to a group of adults.
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Max Walden@maxwalden_
Powerful oped by the Melbourne Grammar School Captain: "Jesus did not condemn the adulterers, did not avoid the pariahs, and surely would not deem some more capable of Christian living than others because of the details of their sexuality." smh.com.au/national/i-m-m…
April 18, 2023
ABC News • Emilia Terzon, Alison Xiao • April 18, 2023 • abc.net.au
'Opaque' and 'very wrong': Renters worried about the growing power of rental tech
Australian technology companies that process rental applications for the real estate industry appear to be pulling back their platforms, as consumer backlash grows about the fledgling industry's allegedly "opaque" practices.
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Gareth Hutchens@grhutchens
Inside the 'opaque' property tech sector that helps real estate agents decide who gets a lease in a rental shortage
(by ⁦@EmiliaTerzon⁩ and⁩ ⁦@xiaoalison) abc.net.au/news/2023-04-1…
April 18, 2023
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • April 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
The next El Niño: when is it coming and how strong might this one be for Australia?
After three wet La Niña years, an El Niño now looks likely, which could cut rainfall, raise temperatures and create nightmarish bushfire conditions
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • April 17, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Negative feedback loop
The campaigns for and against the voice are heating up, with the “No” side continuing to sow confusion and doubt
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Michelle Arrow@MichelleArrow1
The ‘No’ campaign’s official slogan – “Don’t know, vote no” – is a great distillation of the right’s political strategy. Not ‘Don’t know? Do the work and find out’, but just rest on your prejudices, don’t grow, don’t learn, don’t change. themonthly.com.au/the-politics/r…
April 18, 2023
The New Daily • Paul Bongiorno • April 18, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Paul Bongiorno: Voice ‘No’ campaign veers off rails in Alice Springs
The leveraging of fear and prejudice for partisan advantage is happening again in the Coalition campaign to destroy the Voice referendum.
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The Guardian • Sarah Aitken • April 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
Like Captain Planet with marsupials: First Dog on the Moon steps on stage
First Dog has to ‘suffer the agonies’ of adapting his book The Carbon Neutral Adventures of the Indefatigable Enviroteens into a play. He and the cast talk about making climate change fun
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Firstdog Onthemoon@firstdogonmoon
look it's in the guardian it must be real! opens this week in hobart!! get your tickets now do it!! theguardian.com/stage/2023/apr…
April 18, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Lisa Visentin • April 18, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘We should be talking about cost of living’: Karen Andrews’ rebuke on the way out
After quitting the Coalition cabinet on Tuesday, the Liberal MP said the party was distracted by the Voice to parliament debate.
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The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Caitlin Cassidy, Miles Herbert, Allison Chan, Joe Koning, Miles Martignoni • April 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
Blowing the whistle on Australia’s 'broken' university system - podcast
Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to higher education reporter Caitlin Cassidy about how cost-cutting, casualisation and ‘ridiculous’ teaching loads are taking their toll
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The Guardian • Paul Karp, Amy Remeikis • April 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
Karen Andrews quits shadow cabinet as Dutton reshuffle promotes Jacinta Price to Indigenous affairs
Opposition home affairs spokesperson to sit on backbench before retiring at next election
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Hartcher • April 18, 2023 • smh.com.au
Penny Wong is not intimidated by China, nor its local cheerleader
Paul Keating was not the main target of Penny Wong’s appearance at the National Press Club on Monday. But she hit him anyway.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor to target ‘unethical practices’ and ‘shoddy therapies’ in expanded NDIS crackdown
Bill Shorten wants to stop participants being treated like ‘cash cows’ as he reveals taskforce had 1,700 tipoffs in a month
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Reuters • April 18, 2023 • reuters.com
Dominion defamation trial against Fox to proceed Tuesday after delay
The $1.6 billion lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox and Fox News will proceed with jury selection resuming Tuesday.
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Anthony Klan@Anthony_Klan
Claims that facing consequences for trashing democracy for cash is somehow a threat to “press freedom” is one of biggest lies. Any entity that actually cared about press freedom wouldn’t spend every day undermining it by ruthlessly abusing its privileges. reuters.com/business/media…
April 18, 2023
ABC News • Ahmed Yussuf • April 18, 2023 • abc.net.au
Commuters in Melbourne's north face biggest train delays in the state
Data from the past year reveals more than 10 per cent of services on Melbourne's Craigieburn line were not on time, while 3 per cent of trains on the Pakenham line were cancelled altogether.
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SBS News • Michelle Elias • April 17, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Twitter labels ABC and SBS as ‘government-funded media', days after BBC spat
The label warns users the account "may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content". Australia's public broadcasters have full independence in editorial content.
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Michelle Elias@michelle_lias
A spokesperson for SBS said the broadcaster was concerned the 'government-funded media' label may give its multilingual and multicultural audience the impression that it is state or government-affiliated when it is editorially independent. @TheFeedSBS
sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/…
April 17, 2023
The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
Jacinta Price’s promotion is a win for the Nationals as Dutton goes all-in on blocking the Indigenous voice
By elevating the voice’s most strident critic the Liberal leader is hardly promoting the good faith referendum debate he promised
The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
Guardian Essential poll: Indigenous voice retains majority support but sees opposition harden
No voters to constitutionally entrenched body remain at 40%, while Coalition leader Peter Dutton sees approval drop to 44%
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The New Daily • James Robertson • April 17, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Deves stages Liberal Party comeback
But depending on what message Liberal voters send it could mean Katherine Deves' time as a serious candidate is in the past.
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ABC Melbourne • Virginia Trioli • April 18, 2023 • abc.net.au
Winner of prestigious photography award admits photo is AI-generated
The artist who won a prestigious competition before revealing his photo was AI-generated and refusing the award says he is hoping to start a conversation of the role of artificial intelligence in art.
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The Washington Post • Dan Stillman • April 18, 2023 • washingtonpost.com
Historic Asia heat breaks hundreds of records, with extremes in Thailand and China
Numerous April heat records were set in China, while Thailand recorded its all-time hottest temperature.
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