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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey • June 2, 2023 • theage.com.au
Democracy has withered on Andrews’ watch. I know because I watched it happen
I messaged a long-serving former Labor MP to ask what the theme of this column should be and what would best encapsulate my three years covering state politics. “The death of accountability in politics,” they immediately responded.
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POLITICO • Graham Lanktree • June 1, 2023 • politico.eu
How Boris Johnson sold out Britain’s farmers over dinner with the Australian PM
As the UK-Australia trade deal comes into force, those close to the negotiations reflect on their dramatic — and farcical — climax.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
Quite an extraordinary story on how Scott Morrison bested Boris Johnson on beef tariffs (amongst other things) in the FTA over a dinner of wine and lamb, complete with a Machiavellian appearance by George Brandis as UK officials looked on horrified politico.eu/article/boris-…
June 2, 2023
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • June 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
US air force denies running simulation in which AI drone ‘killed’ operator
Denial follows colonel saying drone used ‘highly unexpected strategies to achieve its goal’ in virtual test
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@gingergorman@GingerGorman
Everything is fine.
US military drone controlled by AI killed its operator during simulated test theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j…
Ping @TraceySpicer
June 2, 2023
The Guardian • Shadi Khan Saif • June 1, 2023 • theguardian.com
Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes in my country – his targets are the forgotten victims of Australia's Afghan war
The judge in Roberts-Smith’s defamation case found he committed murder. Will Australia remember the names of those Afghans whose deaths sat at the centre of testimony?
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Rashida Yosufzai@Rashidajourno
"Sadly, Afghans would probably not believe people spoke up on their behalf through fearless journalism in Australia. I wish they could get to see the regard for human dignity these individuals and journalists have shown" @Ageinvestigates theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
June 2, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matt Collins • June 1, 2023 • smh.com.au
Ben Roberts-Smith took the fight to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald – it was a disastrous miscalculation
The Age and the Herald have won the libel case of the century. These were always stories that deserved to be told. It should not have required one of the most expensive trials in the nation’s history to establish that.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick McKenzie • June 2, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘You machine-gunned that guy’: A witness tells his truth of day he will never forget
Dean Tilley thought he would die in the mud during a firefight in Afghanistan. Instead, he saw another man murdered. Telling his story would bring its own dangers.
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The Washington Post • Richard Sima • June 1, 2023 • washingtonpost.com
A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry.
New research suggests that a subset of patients with psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia may actually have autoimmune disease that attacks the brain.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • June 1, 2023 • theguardian.com
The man who wasn’t there: Ben Roberts-Smith misses his day of reckoning
On the day a judge ruled the Victoria Cross winner had lost his defamation case and been proven to be a war criminal, Roberts-Smith didn’t turn up to court
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ABC News • Ellen Fanning • June 2, 2023 • abc.net.au
'Tortured and raped': The darker horrors of a WWII massacre revealed
Vivian Bullwinkel was the sole survivor of a wartime massacre, but the full extent of the horrors she experienced is only now being told.
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SBS News • Finn McHugh • June 2, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Channel 7, War Memorial 'considering' displays
The Australian War Memorial is considering amending displays related to Ben Roberts-Smith, who has resigned from his job at Channel Seven.
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The Guardian • Hugh Riminton • June 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
Why the Ben Roberts-Smith verdict is not a complete victory for journalism
Nine could still face a bill into seven figures, experts say, amid concerns that fear of expensive legal action could discourage future investigations
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Crikey • Maeve McGregor • June 2, 2023 • crikey.com.au
How Ben Roberts-Smith's disgrace could inspire a national reckoning
There's no doubt the decorated war criminal deserves our ire, but so too does our nationalistic Anzac mythology.
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • June 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
Ben Roberts-Smith resigns from Seven after losing defamation fight against Nine
Seven’s chief executive thanked Roberts-Smith for his commitment to network and wished former soldier ‘all the best’
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • June 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor criticised for apparent ‘backtrack’ on stronger LGBTQ+ legal protections
Draft changes to party’s platform replace commitment to strengthen laws with ‘almost meaningless’ clause to ‘develop policy’, advocates say
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
Labor criticised for backtracking on LGBTIQ rights. Consultation draft for new national platform proposes to take out commitment in anti-vilification laws. #auspol
theguardian.com/australia-news…
June 2, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Samantha Hutchinson • June 1, 2023 • afr.com
Is Mosman full? The Sydney suburb growing at just 0.2pc a year
Planners and economists say Sydney’s inner and middle-ring suburbs need to do more of the heavy lifting boosting the city’s housing supply.
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Crikey • Guy Rundle • June 2, 2023 • crikey.com.au
The ABC at its worst is vastly better than its competitors. Time to defend it without apology
Management need to stop the racial guilt trip and state the obvious: public broadcasting strives to represent Australia, while the commercial networks manufacture Anglo whiteness.
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Australian Financial Review • Neil Chenoweth, Edmund Tadros • June 2, 2023 • afr.com
‘The dog that didn’t bark’: Where was the ATO in the PwC mess?
In a virtuoso performance before the economics committee, Tax Office chiefs blamed everyone else for what appears a disturbingly ineffective investigation.
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Neil Chenoweth@NeilChenoweth
If PwC tax leaks was a Sherlock Holmes case, it might be titled, The Dog That Didn’t Bark in the Night. Why did it take nearly six years to break the silence? w/. @edmundtadros afr.com/companies/prof…
June 2, 2023
The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Miles Herbert, Allison Chan, Camilla Hannan, Miles Martignoni • June 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
Part six: judgment day
Ben Doherty reports from court on the judge’s ruling and what it means for public interest journalism
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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
Latest instalment of Ben Roberts-Smith v the media: part six, judgment day. We'll have another episode once we have absorbed the full reasons behind the judgment. Stay tuned theguardian.com/news/audio/202…
June 2, 2023
CNN • Hilary Whiteman • June 1, 2023 • cnn.com
Australia's most decorated soldier loses multiple defamation claims against media who accused him of war crimes
Australia’s most decorated soldier lost a multi-million dollar defamation case against three newspapers who accused him of committing war crimes in Afghanistan – including the murder of unarmed prisoners – as a judge ruled their reports met the standards of truth.
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Monica@AttardMon
Good to see international media covering the hugely significant win by @smh in the Ben Roberts Smith defo case. BBC bbc.com/news/world-aus… and CNN edition.cnn.com/2023/06/01/aus…
June 1, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Max Mason • June 1, 2023 • afr.com
Dismissed: War criminal, murderer, bully loses defamation case
Decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was complicit in the unlawful killing of four unarmed prisoners in Afghanistan, a Federal Court judge has found.
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