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The Sydney Morning Herald • Perry Duffin • May 31, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Coming for you’: Man faces court for allegedly abusing ABC broadcaster Stan Grant
Michael Steven Davis, who says he identifies “as a man from 1990 where your pronouns don’t exist”, has faced a Sydney court.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • May 31, 2023 • smh.com.au
Accountants were boring until the government paid them billions to do its job
Should public services be delivered by the private sector? Based on the PwC scandal, the answer is a resounding no.
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The Guardian • Eden Gillespie • May 31, 2023 • theguardian.com
Two-thirds of children charged with Queensland’s new breach of bail offences are Indigenous
Exclusive: Queensland police data shows six 11-year-old children have also been charged with the offence
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • May 31, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
PRRTy trick
The petroleum resource rent tax changes appear to be one giant sweetheart deal, and we are the losers
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Rachel Withers@rachelrwithers
If Labor does choose to consort with the Coalition on the PRRT, weakening it further in the process, that will be a very sweet deal for the fossil-fuel lobby, which continues to donate significant amounts of money to both major parties.
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May 31, 2023
The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • May 31, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: Waiting for other PwC shoes to drop in Canberra
To mix my metaphors, there is a footlocker of shoes yet to drop from the PricewaterhouseCoopers scandal – and not on PwC.
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The New Daily • May 31, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
'Destroys trust': RBA hired embattled PwC over staff underpayment
Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe has confirmed the central bank has underpaid staff, revealing embattled consultancy PwC was hired to help.
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Frank Bongiorno@fbongiornoanu
A $300,000-$400,000 contract for PwC to help the RBA sort out its underpayment of staff. What a glowing vision we are getting of public administration in Australia at present. thenewdaily.com.au/finance/financ…
May 31, 2023
SBS News • Finn McHugh • May 30, 2023 • sbs.com.au
'Dracula at the blood bank': PwC still has access to Defence Secret Network
Greens senator David Shoebridge has likened PwC advising the government to 'Dracula at the blood bank'.
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David McBride@MurdochCadell
Meanwhile, I’m facing 100 years in prison. My marriage and career were destroyed. For the all the Govt’s admirable heat on this, everyone in the public knows the awful truth: PwC will not only never be charged, they won’t even miss next year’s Aspen trip.
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May 31, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Neil Chenoweth, Edmund Tadros • May 30, 2023 • afr.com
PwC behind 15 schemes to sidestep tax, says ATO
Commissioner Chris Jordan told a parliamentary committee late on Wednesday a handful of firms stood to gain $180 million annually at the expense of Australian taxpayers.
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The Guardian • First Dog on the Moon • May 31, 2023 • theguardian.com
Here is how to survive winter (mainly in Tasmania but also anywhere)
The bureau of meteorology suggests it will be a warmer than usual winter but they don’t have to live in a tent do they
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Firstdog Onthemoon@firstdogonmoon
Winter! Handy hints for surviving the cold especially but not specifically Tasmania. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
May 31, 2023
The Guardian • Paul Karp • May 31, 2023 • theguardian.com
PwC tax leak scandal: Greens senator accuses police of conducting ‘inadequate desktop assessment’
Barbara Pocock’s remarks in Senate estimates come as Australian Taxation Office and AFP blame each other for inaction in 2019
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
A few PwC questions: Bandt on sending it to national anti-corruption commission; and Zoe Daniel on cancelling contracts.
WHY NOT ASK WHY ATO DIDN'T HAVE THE POWER TO INVESTIGATE BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ITSELF
theguardian.com/business/2023/…
May 31, 2023
The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • May 31, 2023 • theguardian.com
Coalition staffers took classified documents after election loss, Labor claims in Senate estimates
Labor’s Anne Urquhart tells estimates Services Australia investigated two staff in Linda Reynolds’ office for transferring data off government network
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SBS News • May 31, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Over 100 migrant and cultural organisations back Yes campaign for Voice referendum
The groups have issued a joint resolution, urging all Australians to work together to vote Yes.
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Daily Mail • Kevin Airs, By Kevin Airs For Daily Mail Australia • May 30, 2023 • dailymail.co.uk
Private school past of 'union' leaders fighting for Aussie battlers
The 'comrades' behind the so-called union fighting for Aussie battlers include ex-private schoolboys from some of the nation's most elite schools.
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Fiona Katauskas@FionaKatauskas
So what? If they're fighting for the poor, good on em. dailymail.co.uk/news/exclusive…
May 31, 2023
ABC News • Mark Doman, Katia Shatoba, Alex Palmer • May 31, 2023 • abc.net.au
A stutter in Earth's icy heartbeat has 'gravely concerned' scientists searching for answers
Antarctica's sea ice is now reforming as the continent moves deeper into the austral winter, but it's currently the smallest it has ever been for this time of year on record. This blip in the Antarctic pulse is the latest in a string of record lows that is being watched carefully by scientists.
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Zack Labe@ZLabe
Levels of #Antarctic sea ice continue way below any other year in our satellite record for the date, yikes...
Again, other visualizations available at zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-…. Or read more about this ongoing extreme event in wired.com/story/antarcti… and abc.net.au/news/2023-05-3…
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The New York Times • Talmon Joseph Smith, Joe Rennison • May 30, 2023 • nytimes.com
Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation
Corporate profits have been bolstered by higher prices even as some of the costs of doing business have fallen in recent months.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael McGowan • May 31, 2023 • smh.com.au
Sydney’s richest suburbs need to be higher, denser to solve housing crisis: productivity commissioner
The NSW productivity commissioner wants Sydneysiders to get used to living in apartments, and has called for increased density in the inner city.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • June 1, 2023 • theguardian.com
Ben Roberts-Smith: the explosive allegations of war crimes at the heart of defamation case
The Victoria Cross recipient claims a series of news stories defamed him but the newspapers defended their reporting as true. As a verdict looms, we look at the key details of the case
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ABC News • Andrew Greene • May 31, 2023 • abc.net.au
War crime allegations prompted warnings from US about cooperation with Australia
Defence chief Angus Campbell reveals the United States military warned that allegations of war crimes may affect future cooperation with Australia.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Hannah Story • May 31, 2023 • smh.com.au
Blackballed for speaking out, this musician tells her story
Deena “Jaguar Jonze” Lynch has spoken out about abuse in the music industry since 2020. But her activism has come at a cost.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • May 31, 2023 • smh.com.au
Fadden byelection kickstarts Labor campaign to raid Coalition seats
Anthony Albanese is seeking to turn the Fadden byelection, triggered by the resignation of Stuart Robert, into a campaign against the Coalition that reaches a broader audience.
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