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The Guardian • Stephanie Convery • May 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Morrison government spent $20.8bn on consultants and outsourcing public service in final year, audit finds
The equivalent of 54,000 full-time staff were employed by the federal government in 2021-22, or 37% of the actual workforce
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • May 6, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Stop growing 'landlord class' and focus on 'taboo' public housing
That means large-scale investment in public housing to reduce the proportion of people crowding into the failed private rental market.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
"Federal governments have worked to grow the landlord class, ignoring the corollary of growing the renter class. There are now more people renting in Australia than people who own their home outright" thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2023/0…
May 6, 2023
The Guardian • Lorena Allam • May 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘People shook my hand’: the Indigenous man who spoke his mind at Liberal MP’s voice forum
Former NRL player Phil Dotti says he ‘spoke for the Aboriginal people’ when he walked on stage at a public discussion hosted by MP Jenny Ware in Sydney
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The Saturday Paper • May 6, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The lobbyist prime minister
It is almost too perfect. Scott Morrison will leave parliament to become a lobbyist, an oily little stain trailing him out of the office. The irony is that this will be the first time he has represented somebody other than himself. He will finally go to Canberra with a purpose.
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ABC News • Jessica Black • May 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Stuart Robert announces intention to retire from federal politics
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton now faces another by-election just weeks after defeat in the Melbourne seat of Aston.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright, Rachel Clun • May 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
Real wages will outrun inflation next year: Treasurer
Tuesday’s budget will forecast the first growth in real wages since 2021. But the Reserve Bank believes households will continue to suffer, in part due to tax.
The Saturday Paper • Martin McKenzie-Murray • May 6, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The ‘No’ campaign bid to ‘create confusion’
The campaign against the Voice to Parliament is not so much a co-ordinated assault based on solid arguments as an attempt to disrupt and obfuscate.
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The Guardian • Khaled Al Khawaldeh • May 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Castle in the cane fields: exploring Queensland’s most unusual tourist destination
Paronella Park was built by Spanish immigrant José Paronella as a symbol of personal triumph – but most visitors see it as a love story
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The Times • Steven Swinford, Chris Smyth • May 6, 2023 • thetimes.co.uk
Local election results: PM’s worst fears realised as Tories shed 1,000 seats
Rishi Sunak has been warned by ministers that he must “go up a gear” and take more risks after Labour secured the largest lead over the Tories in the local ele
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The Guardian • Daniel Boffey, Nicola Slawson • May 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Police accused of ‘alarming’ attack on protest rights after anti-monarchist leader arrested
Graham Smith, head of Republic, among those detained on coronation route with environmentalists and women’s safety campaigners also held
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ABC News • Ahmed Yussuf • May 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Mako took her children out of a Melbourne primary school because she didn't feel they were culturally safe
More than a dozen African-Australian families who lodged a human rights commission complaint three years ago alleging racism and bullying by staff at a Melbourne school say the school involved is yet to properly acknowledge their experiences.
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The Guardian • Marina Hyde • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
A day for Charles, our mournful monarch: in his pomp but out of his time
It’s everything he had hoped for, just the wrong era. Still, one makes the best of these things, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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The Guardian • Stephen Marche • May 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
God save us all: Britain is about to get the king it deserves
Viewed from Canada, the coronation is especially absurd – and the contradictions of Charles III perfectly suit the moment
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The Age • Chip Le Grand • May 6, 2023 • theage.com.au
How a polite request blew up into a full-blown Liberal crisis
The Liberal Party and suspended MP Moira Deeming were working on a joint statement to avoid another internal party ruction. It was never issued.
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The Shovel • May 6, 2023 • theshovel.com.au
Awkward Scenes as Tim Wilson Insists on Anointing King Charles
The Coronation of King Charles has been marred by controversy after the former member for Goldstein, Tim Wilson, insisted on pouring the holy oil on the Coronation Spoon and using it to anoint the King.
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ABC News • Richard Willingham • May 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Internal strife is threatening the Victorian Liberal Party, and now members are calling for a clean-out
With the party poised to launch another expulsion motion against Deeming, its members say a major cultural shake-up is needed. Victorian political reporter Richard Willingham asks whether this could be the moment the party resets after the chaos.
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The Australian • Ellen Whinnett • May 5, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Legal action to force Albanese government to bring home IS women and kids from Syria
Legal action has begun in a bid to force the Albanese government to repatriate Australian women and children detained for four years in a Syrian detention camp for families linked to Islamic State.
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Sophie McNeill@Sophiemcneill
So disappointing the @AlboMP government have failed to bring the rest of these Australian kids home, and families are now forced to take this step. @hrw stands firmly with them & @savechildrenaus We don’t want to see any more lives lost twitter.com/TinklerMat/sta…
May 6, 2023
SBS News • May 6, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Peter Dutton's about to face a new by-election test with another retiring Liberal MP
A by-election will be triggered in the Queensland seat of Fadden following the retirement of Liberal MP Stuart Robert.
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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey • May 6, 2023 • theage.com.au
Deeming backs down from legal threats as Liberals set date for her expulsion vote
Five Liberal MPs, including former leader Matthew Guy, have put their names to a bid to oust rebel MP Moira Deeming at a meeting on Friday.
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • May 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Moira Deeming facing new expulsion push as she denies threatening to sue Liberal party
Five MPs have given John Pesutto a notice of motion seeking her expulsion, which will go to the party room on Friday
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