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ABC News • Neryssa Azlan • May 28, 2023 • abc.net.au
I work on Q+A's social media and I see racist abuse every day. You might be shocked by who's writing it
I work as the social media producer for Q+A and have seen the things some of you write about Stan Grant. If you knew what your relatives and close friends are saying behind the comfort of their screen, you would be horrified, writes Neryssa Azlan.
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Neryssa Azlan@neryssaazlan
I decided to share my experience as the social media producer for @QandA
After Stan’s departure, I’ve seen a lot of finger-pointing by individuals and media organisations. I wrote this article as a reminder of how we could all be complicit.
abc.net.au/news/2023-05-2…
May 28, 2023
WAtoday • Anthony Galloway • May 28, 2023 • smh.com.au
Anti-Voice accounts on Twitter ‘abusive with impunity’ by using false identities
Racial abuse is occurring on both sides but there is overwhelmingly more hate speech in tweets supporting the No side, analysis shows.
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Sally McManus@sallymcmanus
Here's the proof an enormous number of accounts were created at once to abuse #Yes23 supporters. They do not have a local feel & have similar lines. I think it is clear someone has paid for them. Who benefits? I hope people keep investigating watoday.com.au/politics/feder…
May 28, 2023
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • May 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
More than 40,000 hectares of nationally vital koala habitat marked for potential logging in NSW
Analysis shows area includes 9,000 hectares where there was already active logging as pressure grows on government to end practice
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The Guardian • Van Badham • May 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
Why the bimbocore aesthetic is the path to weaponising the social performance of the ageing woman
Women have found a way to channel a flagrant, public up-yours to the culture of gender policing that grows more dangerous by the day
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The Guardian • Donna Lu • May 26, 2023 • theguardian.com
Slowing ocean current caused by melting Antarctic ice could have drastic climate impact, study says
The Southern Ocean overturning circulation has ebbed 30% since the 90s, CSIRO scientist claims, leading to higher sea levels and changing weather
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The Guardian • Peter Walker • May 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labour confirms plans to block all new North Sea oil and gas projects
Party says details of how UK can become ‘world leader’ in green energy transition will be announced soon
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Sophie McNeill@Sophiemcneill
Fantastic news from the UK!
Labour has confirmed it will block all new domestic oil & gas developments if it wins power, proposing instead to invest heavily in renewable sources
See, it can be done @AlboMP! #NoNewFossilFuels @hrw
theguardian.com/politics/2023/…
May 28, 2023
The Age • Rachael Dexter • May 27, 2023 • theage.com.au
Why aren’t these suburbs flush with dunnies? Tracking Melbourne’s public toilet deserts
Public toilet access is not uniform across Melbourne. We reveal which municipalities have the best and worst coverage of public toilets for their residents and visitors.
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The Age • Rob Sharp, Najma Sambul • May 29, 2023 • theage.com.au
‘One very big, violent shake’: Melbourne rattled by pre-midnight earthquake
Parts of Melbourne have been rattled by a short, but relatively powerful earth tremor.
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The Guardian • Joan E Greve • May 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
Biden and McCarthy reach ‘in principle’ deal to raise debt ceiling days before US default
Agreement will reportedly raise debt limit for two years, but deal still needs approval from a divided US congress
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MR Online • Editor • May 28, 2023 • mronline.org
Manufactured crisis over U.S. debt ceiling sets stage for bipartisan assault on Social Security and Medicare
All of the social gains made by the working class in the course of more than a century of struggle must be wiped out to pay for the drive by the American ruling class to remove, by force of arms, Russia and China as obstacles to US hegemony, even if it means triggering a nuclear war.
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • May 27, 2023 • theguardian.com
Toondah Harbour: should a wetland home to endangered birds become $1.3bn worth of shops, high-rises and a marina?
A Queensland controversy has been building for eight years and will soon be in the hands of Tanya Plibersek
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The Saturday Paper • Daniel James • May 27, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Stan Grant and the anti-Voice trolls
Late last week the seemingly impossible happened. Stan Grant, a veteran Wiradjuri journalist, with a 40-year career spanning commercial news outlets at home and abroad before his arrival at the ABC, announced he was taking a break. During his time at the national broadcaster, Grant had quickly become much sought after for his expertise on local and international affairs, and
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RonniSalt@RonniSalt
A powerful, deeply moving piece by the always brilliant @MrDTJames
Daniel is one of the best writers of his generation.
This is a must read for every Australian.
#VoteYes #TheVoice #StanGrant
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May 27, 2023
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • May 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘I just have you’: the rural Australians helping Afghan asylum seekers find refuge
A musician living in Wal Wal, population 27, in the Wimmera is offering hope to a displaced family of six from Afghanistan
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