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ABC News • Tim Callanan • April 19, 2023 • abc.net.au
'People's priest' Father Bob Maguire dies aged 88
Father Bob Maguire was the parish priest at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church in South Melbourne for nearly 40 years. He was known for his tireless charity work and for reaching younger audiences through his media appearances.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • April 19, 2023 • smh.com.au
Dutton’s voter approval hits record low as he pushes No vote on Voice
The findings highlight the challenges for the Coalition in rebuilding support while some in his party want to steer the discourse to other areas like housing.
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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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The Guardian • Sam Levine, Kira Lerner • April 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Fox and Dominion settle for $787.5m in defamation lawsuit over US election lies
Agreement reached after the jury was sworn in on Tuesday morning following lengthy delay to start of opening statements
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Dave Earley@earleyedition
In a statement, Fox said the settlement reflects its “continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards” buff.ly/3UJWNWo
April 19, 2023
ABC News • Richard Willingham • April 19, 2023 • abc.net.au
Daniel Andrews labels scathing IBAC report 'educational'
Senior staff in Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews's government interfered and pressured public servants to ensure lucrative contracts were awarded to a key Labor Party ally without competitive tender, the state's anti-corruption watchdog finds.
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Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • April 18, 2023 • afr.com
Jacinta Price takes the Barnaby Joyce route
Well, aren’t things just looking super-promising for the federal opposition?
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • April 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Father Bob Maguire, beloved Melbourne priest, dies aged 88
Maguire, who defiantly and tirelessly advocated for the underdog, brought a legion of new adherents to the Catholic church
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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 New Daily • The New Daily and AAP • April 19, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Dominion and Fox News reach last-minute settlement
Rupert Murdoch's Fox News and Dominion Voting have reached a last-minute settlement just as a major defamation trial was about to begin.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Yep. The Murdochs' Fox, having no defence, settles for a billion. The cost of telling lies for ratings, telling ratbag audiences what they want to hear instead of the truth. Same model employed here.
| The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/news/2023/04/1…
April 19, 2023
The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • April 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Rural Australia and Tasmania to receive almost no benefit from stage-three tax cuts, analysis finds
‘It’s arse about face … giving nothing to the people who are screaming for assistance,’ Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie says
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The Guardian • Fleur Connick • April 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
EPA’s water testing after Menindee fish kill was flawed and insufficient, expert says
NSW environment agency took almost a month to release full results of six water samples taken from Darling-Baaka River five days after event
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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey, Annika Smethurst • April 19, 2023 • theage.com.au
IBAC report finds Andrews’ staff inappropriately pressured bureaucrats over union contract
The anti-corruption commission issued a damning assessment of the centralisation of power under the premier’s watch and the “significant erosion” of ministerial accountability.
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The New York Times • Jeremy W. Peters, Katie Robertson • April 19, 2023 • nytimes.com
Fox News Settles Defamation Suit for $787.5 Million, Dominion Says
Fox News reached a last-minute settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, which accused Fox News of pushing conspiracies that harmed the company.
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Antony (Tony) Walker@tonywalker1
Sound from Delaware sigh of disappointment from reporters anticipating a Murdoch defenestration. Now the bill on top of phone hacking millions, AUD1.2bn for Dominion, another slug from Smartmatic, then reputational damage for the Murdochs. Incalculable 👇 nytimes.com/live/2023/04/1…
April 19, 2023
ABC News • Linton Besser • April 19, 2023 • abc.net.au
Sydney Catholic Schools paid almost $400k to a firm linked to a mysterious Arthur Thorogood. Who is he?
The organisation responsible for Catholic schools in the Sydney Archdiocese paid almost $400,000 to a mysterious recruitment firm whose emails were signed by a man named Arthur Thorogood. An investigation was never able to find him.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Laura Chung • April 19, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Big weight off the shoulders’: Warragamba Dam wall-raising shelved
The controversial proposal is dead after the NSW government decided not to proceed with the project due to huge costs and environmental and heritage concerns.
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • April 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Solar eclipse chasers descend on tiny Western Australian town to experience ‘wonders of the universe’
‘The stunning sight of the sun appearing as a black hole in the sky’ has attracted enthusiasts from across the planet to Exmouth
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
"There will be a shimmering corona, like a halo around the moon, and the stars and planets will become visible. The temperature will drop. Animals will start acting strangely." @ToryShepherd theguardian.com/science/2023/a…
April 19, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • April 19, 2023 • smh.com.au
Dutton’s one-note Voice strategy puts Liberals in a spiral
Peter Dutton’s friends need to be wary of his political judgment because he is gambling the party’s fate on one issue and taking his colleagues with him.
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The Age • Royce Millar, Josh Gordon • April 19, 2023 • theage.com.au
State government weighs new powers to jam in 1 million more homes
Under mounting pressure over housing availability and the cost of Melbourne’s urban sprawl, the Andrews government is working on major planning reforms.
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Royce Millar@MillarRoyce
Housing crisis: Andrews government may cut Victorian councils from planning decisions theage.com.au/national/victo…
April 19, 2023
ABC News • Gareth Hutchens, Georgia Hitch • April 19, 2023 • abc.net.au
Federal government to give in-principle support to RBA review's recommendations
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to release the highly-anticipated review into the Reserve Bank of Australia on Thursday and to announce that the government has given in-principle support to all of its recommended changes.
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The Guardian • Melissa Fisher • April 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
On jobseeker I’m not treading water but drowning. Where’s my lifejacket?
I was hoping for help from the Albanese government in the coming May budget but it stung me to hear there would be none
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melissa@ArtistAffame
Here’s my thoughts on labor’s decision to not raise jobseeker theguardian.com/commentisfree/… thanks to the guardian for giving me a platform ❤️
April 19, 2023

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