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The Sydney Morning Herald • May 9, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Institution’ Ross Gittins marks 50th federal budget for the Herald
Economics editor Ross Gittins has recorded another milestone and, in his own words: “I’ve got more things I’m bursting to say than I’ve ever had.”
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • May 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia budget 2023: six graphs that explain this one-off surplus
From the one-time surplus to the budget’s impact on inflation, here’s what you need to know
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
$20 a week extra for Jobseeker? Let's just say it isn't really making things all that easier
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May 9, 2023
The Guardian • Nino Bucci • May 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
Detective who investigated Bruce Lehrmann rape allegations said he would resign if accused found guilty, inquiry hears
Senior police officer said he thought Lehrmann was innocent of raping Brittany Higgins, barrister Steven Whybrow claims
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Nino Bucci@ninobucci
Police gave Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer notes from meetings his accuser Brittany Higgins had with a rape crisis counsellor in a move that shocked a prosecutor and made him question whether an officer was deliberately derailing the case, an inquiry has heard.
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May 9, 2023
The New Yorker • J. R. Moehringer • May 8, 2023 • newyorker.com
Notes from Prince Harry’s Ghostwriter
Collaborating on his memoir, “Spare,” meant spending hours together on Zoom, meeting his inner circle, and gaining a new perspective on the tabloids.
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Chris Wallace😷@c_s_wallace
Fabulous from @JRMoehringer @NewYorker.
#memoir #ghosts #ghostwriting #writing #thewritinglife #PrinceHarry newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
May 9, 2023
The Age • David Crowe • May 8, 2023 • smh.com.au
More than ego at stake in contest over who owns this year’s surplus
The treasurer had a quick response on Monday morning when told of the claim by shadow treasurer Angus Taylor that anyone could deliver a surplus this year.
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Shane Wright@swrighteconomy
There have been 19 treasurers since 1970 (modern budgeting kicks in). These are those to have delivered surpluses - Bury, Snedden, (Frank) Crean, Howard, Keating, Costello. Chalmers seeking to join a small club ... Here @CroweDM explains its importance...smh.com.au/politics/feder…
May 9, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • May 8, 2023 • afr.com
How low will Alan Joyce go?
His incredibly petty act actually bears out what we’ve been saying all along about the corrosion of his leadership.
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • May 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australian airline passengers could soon receive compensation for delays and cancellations
Advocates for a compensation scheme claim Australia lags behind the rest of the world
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The Guardian • Ben Smee • May 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
Rockhampton mob ringleader was head of ‘patriots’ group that posted anti-Islam content
Torin O’Brien led a far-right group that was deregistered as an incorporated association in 2015
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Eden Gillespie@edengillespie
The Rockhampton incident has been painted as the "the community at breaking point", "an anti-crime rally" and "protest".
In reality, it was a vigilante event led by the former head of far-right group. Police say the mob acted on incorrect information posted online. twitter.com/edengillespie/…
May 9, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott • May 9, 2023 • smh.com.au
Caroline Kennedy meets Assange supporters, fuelling breakthrough hopes
The meeting comes at a pivotal moment, with US President Joe Biden to make his first presidential visit to Australia later this month.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • May 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
Federal budget 2023: Jim Chalmers delivers surprise $5bn Medicare boost and cost-of-living help for Australians ‘under the pump’
Treasurer aims to strike a ‘methodical balance’ to see people through the hard times while setting the country up for a better future
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • May 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor could and should have gone stronger on the petroleum resource rent tax | Rod Sims
PRRT changes announced ahead of the budget will raise $7bn over 10 years – but modest measures I suggested last year would have bought in triple that
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • May 9, 2023 • news.com.au
Dirty little secret hidden in the budget
It’s the dirty little secret buried in the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s media blitz over cost of living relief in the budget.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Budget’s dirty little secret - $14 billion in cost of living relief dwarfed by annual cost of stage 3 tax cuts which will deliver workers on $200,000 a $9,000 tax cut - twice the windfall offered to single mums on welfare news.com.au/finance/econom…
May 9, 2023
The Guardian • Fiona Katauskas • May 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
Fiona Katauskas takes on the 2023 federal budget – in pictures
From Jim’s budget repairs to the big carrot, the Guardian Australia cartoonist gives her verdict on Labor’s first full budget
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Fiona Katauskas@FionaKatauskas
I have entirely run out of brain juice theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 9, 2023
Human Rights Watch • May 9, 2023 • hrw.org
Myanmar: Enhanced Blast Strike Likely War Crime
The Myanmar military used a “thermobaric” munition for an attack on an opposition building in Sagaing Region on April 11, 2023, that killed more than 160 people, including children.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • May 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
Melbourne public housing tower residents offered $5m payout over Covid lockdown
The Victorian government has settled a class action from residents who say they were wrongly detained during the pandemic
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The Age • Rachael Dexter • May 9, 2023 • theage.com.au
Vape retailers fear ban on e-cigarettes will send their businesses up in smoke
At least 58 dedicated vape businesses operate across Greater Melbourne. Some of those business owners say their livelihoods will be ruined by the new laws, which could leave them holding thousands of dollars worth of suddenly illegal stock.
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • May 8, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor’s changes to gas tax will deliver little if any extra revenue, analysts say
Greens label move as ‘less than the bare minimum’ while Monique Ryan says Australia remains a ‘global laggard’ on taxing industry
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The Shovel • May 9, 2023 • theshovel.com.au
Scott Morrison Spotted Trying To Sell Old ‘Back in Black' Mugs Out of Car Boot
I’m a marketing man. Couldn’t give a stuff whether it’s Labor or Liberal who's delivered the surplus. If there’s a buck in it for me, I’m there"
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • May 9, 2023 • smh.com.au
Huge boost to Medicare drives budget’s cost-of-living measures
A spending splurge will cost $24 billion over five years across more than a dozen initiatives despite the government’s rhetoric about the need for restraint.
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Pearls and Irritations • Brian Toohey • May 9, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
Very bad advice: $368b nuclear submarines and the Federal budget
RBA's rate rise - adding to cost of living pressures and chances of a recession: hard to justify $368bn cost of AUKUS nuclear submarines.
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