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The Guardian • Ben Smee • June 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Like Guantánamo’: the children locked in solitary for weeks at a time in Queensland youth prison
Exclusive: Whistleblowers, judges and youth workers say children are leaving Townsville’s Cleveland youth detention centre scarred, angry and more likely to commit further crime
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Ben Smee@BenSmee
We've launched a series - Written Off - about the experiences of young people in the Queensland youth justice system. twitter.com/BenSmee/status…
June 6, 2023
The Monthly • Rachel Withers • June 6, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
War on woke
The conservative media is choosing to defend a war criminal in order to win a culture war
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
An excellent read. How the idiot NewsCorpse culture warriors take up arms for a war criminal. themonthly.com.au/the-politics/r…
June 7, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Bachelard • June 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
It’s careful, forensic and devastating, but is the Ben Roberts-Smith judgment appeal-proof?
After tipping tens of millions of dollars and a portion of his own credibility into this case, Kerry Stokes might still find that gambling a million or so more on an appeal is a bet he’s willing to take.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
This sets out clearly how the judge weighed up the testimony very carefully — and why any appeal will be a challenge. It’s by @mbachelard
theage.com.au/national/it-s-…
June 6, 2023
The Age • James Massola, David Crowe • June 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
Audit office slams ‘ineffective’ $2 billion Morrison government health funding program
Flagrant breaches of Commonwealth grants rules and unethical behaviour were revealed in the peak audit body’s review of the Coalition scheme.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
$2 billion
Guidelines breached
45 per cent in marginal seats
Just before the 2019 election twitter.com/Politics_SMHAG…
June 6, 2023
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • June 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Ben Roberts-Smith judgment shows few have ever fallen so far
Justice Anthony Besanko’s full verdict describes how Australia’s most decorated soldier lied to save his reputation
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Frank Bongiorno@fbongiornoanu
Next time you happen feeling bad about the slings and arrows, take consolation that no one has ever said this about you: "the applicant has no reputation capable of being further harmed”.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
June 6, 2023
Crikey • Cam Wilson • June 5, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Australian neo-Nazis are thriving on Elon Musk's Twitter
The far right is using a newly welcoming Twitter to hijack and insert itself into mainstream discussions online in an attempt to spread hateful ideas.
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cameron wilson@cameronwilson
NEW: Australia's far-right — including neo-Nazis — have enthusiastically returned to Twitter under Elon Musk.
In many cases, Twitter is directly profiting from their return as they buy Twitter Blue to boost their profile to hijack political debate.
crikey.com.au/2023/06/05/aus…
June 5, 2023
ABC News • Michael Janda, Tom Lowrey • June 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Property analyst warns of 'panicky selling' as RBA pushes interest rates past breaking point
Interest rates climb above 4 per cent for the first time in more than 11 years, as the Reserve Bank moves aggressively to clamp down on inflation.
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Michael Janda@mikejanda
"We can now expect distressed activity to rise based on a new round of forced and panicky selling starting sometime in the second half of this year," warns property analyst @LouiChristopher after the RBA took the cash rate past 4% breaking point abc.net.au/news/2023-06-0… #ausecon
June 6, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey, Andrew Tillett • June 6, 2023 • afr.com
Retired RAAF fighter jets could be sent to Ukraine
Australia, the US and Ukraine are discussing sending 41 Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets to Kyiv, rather than sending them to the scrapheap as planned.
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The Age • Marnie Vinall • June 5, 2023 • theage.com.au
‘Completely targeted’: AFLW players subjected to mounting online abuse
Players are calling for the league to respond to misogynistic, homophobic and transphobic comments the same way it has to racism, as the AFL Integrity Unit deals with multiple cases of targeted online harassment of AFLW stars.
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NITV • June 6, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Zachary Rolfe's mum was a character witness for Ben Roberts-Smith
Deborah Rolfe attested to the good character of the disgraced veteran, who lost his defamation action in relation to allegations of war crimes against three newspapers last week.
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Finn McHugh@FinnianMchugh
Deborah Rolfe AM, mother of former constable Zachary Rolfe, was one of four people who gave statements vouching for Mr Roberts-Smith's good character in his treatment of women, from @NITV
sbs.com.au/nitv/article/z…
June 6, 2023
ABC News • Richard Willingham • June 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Andrews government defends myki contract amid fierce criticism from Opal card operator
A firm has revealed in a letter to Premier Daniel Andrews that its bid to take over the myki ticketing system was $100 million cheaper than the winning bid.
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Richard Willingham@rwillingham
Unsuccessful Myki bidder Cubic complains to Premier Daniel Andrews about “flawed” tender process #springst @abcmelbourne abc.net.au/news/2023-06-0… via @ABCaustralia
June 6, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jack Latimore • June 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Coalition MPs under fire over misquoting former High Court judges on Voice
MPs including Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor have been asked to apologise for misrepresenting the words of two judges to undermine an enshrined Indigenous Voice.
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Isy Oderberg@yodaberg
Yesterday, my husband, a journalist with @theage, published this story. Tell me... Do WHITE journalists get called "activist journalists" by politicians? This sort of coded language is racist and outrageous. SHAME ON YOU @PeterDutton_MP YOU GRUB. 1/3
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
June 8, 2023
The Guardian • Richard Ackland • June 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Bruce Lehrmann tells his side of the story in a TV interview – so why did he decline to in court?
Had he been cross-examined at the trial, the questions would likely have been more rigorous than those asked on Seven’s Spotlight program
Crikey • Stephen Mayne • June 5, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Kerry Stokes should be held accountable for failing as a guardian of journalism and free speech
It's scandalous that the Seven Network chairman disregarded his role as a custodian of journalism by launching a legal war against a rival.
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Crikey@crikey_news
OPINION | Kerry Stokes used his huge resources to launch an extensive legal war against a rival media company, individual journalists and even former SAS soldiers, writes @MayneReport. His fitness to remain a television licensee should be probed.
crikey.com.au/2023/06/05/ker…
June 5, 2023
Mumbrella • Shannon Molloy • June 6, 2023 • mumbrella.com.au
Victorian Government to cease newspaper advertising within weeks
The Victorian Government will cease virtually all metropolitan print newspaper advertising from next month, in a multi-million-dollar blow to Nine Publishing and News Corp Australia.Premier Daniel Andrews will today confirm the dramatic shift in its paid media strategy, citing a return to pre-pandemic levels of spend and a need to deliver taxpayers better bang for […]
ABC News • Ian Verrender • June 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
The property market rebound could see us heading into uncharted and dangerous territory
There is one issue that stands head and shoulders above the rest as Philip Lowe's greatest threat in the battle to control inflation, writes business editor Ian Verrender.
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The Age • Peter Hartcher • June 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Hawkei armoured cars bound for Ukraine war in Australian support deal
Australia is set to give Ukraine the missile-capable, four-wheel-drive armoured cars that it has been requesting for months.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Mike Foley • June 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Environmentalists take Tanya Plibersek to court over coal mine assessments
The federal environment minister faces her first legal challenge over fossil fuels in a case attempting to force her to factor climate change into coal mine assessments.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Laura Chung • June 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Warmer winter ahead as El Nino chances increase
The likelihood of an El Nino weather event occurring this year has risen to 70 per cent, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • June 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australian abuse survivors fight to stop Catholic church’s ‘new type of cruelty’
Survivors are lobbying to change the law to prevent institutions unfairly using legal stays to stop them taking cases to trial
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Christopher Knaus@knausc
“It is literally like trying to climb Everest with them stepping on your neck." That's how onr survivor describes the legal tactics being used to thwart his claim. Now, amid anxiety over key high court hearing this wk, he and others are fighting for reform theguardian.com/australia-news…
June 6, 2023

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