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Crikey • Bernard Keane • June 14, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Political games and the exemplary punishment of Brittany Higgins
The campaign to destroy Higgins continues, fuelled by leaked texts and deep anger that she has dared embarrass powerful institutions.
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Sean Kelly@mrseankelly
This is a particularly sharp, necessary column from @BernardKeane today
crikey.com.au/2023/06/14/bri…
June 14, 2023
The Guardian • Paul Karp • June 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
Liberal MPs break ranks to call for inquiry into Brittany Higgins’ leaked text messages
Andrew Bragg and Bridget Archer make call after Network Ten asks AFP to investigate alleged leaking of evidence in Bruce Lehrmann trial
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ABC News • Michael Janda • June 14, 2023 • abc.net.au
How much does your big boss get paid? These figures might give you a fair idea
While a 5.75 per cent increase in award wages attracts widespread criticism, a new report reveals the nation's big business leaders are receiving an average 15 per cent base pay rise.
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The Guardian • Eden Gillespie • June 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia to transport last asylum seekers off Nauru within weeks, refugees say
Exclusive: Three asylum seekers and refugee advocates say government has flagged a 30 June goal
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The Guardian • Jonathan Barrett • June 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australian CEOs pocket 15% pay rises as average worker wages fail to match cost-of-living increases
Governance Institute report finds executive salary increases at some of the largest companies more than double rate of inflation
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • June 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
ABC job cuts: corporation to make as many as 100 roles redundant amid major restructure
Exclusive: redundancies are the first mass job losses at the corporation since 2020
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The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Peter Hannam, Greg Jericho, Miles Herbert, Daniel Semo, Gabrielle Jackson, Miles Martignoni • June 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
Is the RBA pushing Australia into a recession? - podcast
Economics correspondent Peter Hannam explains why interest rates continue to rise and columnist Greg Jericho looks at whether the central bank is killing the economy
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Jane Lee@JaneSYLee
On Full Story today, @lauramoates asks @p_hannam and @GrogsGamut the question on everyone's mind after the 12th interest rate rise in 13 months...Is the RBA pushing Australia into a recession? 🎧theguardian.com/australia-news…
June 14, 2023
The Guardian • Marina Hyde • June 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
Sad, confused, deluded: spare a thought for the friends of Boris Johnson at this difficult time
Things may look dark but his acolytes are determined to go down fighting. And, true to type, he is determined to let them, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick McKenzie • June 14, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Massive blow’: AFP war crimes probe collapses over risk of tainted evidence
A new joint taskforce will investigate Ben Roberts-Smith’s alleged crimes in Afghanistan after a long-running federal police inquiry was abandoned over concerns about admissibility of evidence.
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ABC News • June 14, 2023 • abc.net.au
Support services warn parliament, media that Brittany Higgins is being used as a 'political football'
The conversation in federal parliament before winter break is who knows what about a sexual assault allegation made by former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins in 2021.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri@chantelle_alkh
Support services say there’s questions to be answered about whether a justice system enabled personal text messages to be leaked & used in the public domain, saying it only validates existing concerns from those who fear risks of reporting to authorities.
abc.net.au/news/2023-06-1…
June 14, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Michael Read • June 14, 2023 • afr.com
RBA admits it underpaid 1173 staff
A review by embattled consulting firm PwC found the central bank underpaid almost 1200 staff $1.15 million over seven years.
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Tom McIlroy@TomMcIlroy
RBA ‘genuinely sorry’ for underpaying staff afr.com/policy/economy… @michael_read_ exclusive
June 14, 2023
The Guardian • Khaled Al Khawaldeh • June 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
Hunt for serial crocodile killer in Queensland after second decapitation
Tour operator David White says anonymous caller claimed to have killed 40-year-old Lizzie as well as another reptile in April
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
“I am not a conspiracy theorist or anything, but why does there seem to be cover-ups in the world of crocodiles?” asks croc photographer Tim Hayes. ⁦@khaledkhawa⁩ investigates the mysterious deaths of two saltwater crocs gripping the region. theguardian.com/australia-news…
June 14, 2023
The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • June 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
Buyback offers to reach 1,100 northern NSW homeowners, 500 fewer than hoped by agency boss
NRRC chief executive David Witherdin says 300 offers already made to flood-affected homeowners
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Tamsin Rose@tamsinroses
About 1,100 homeowners in flood-prone northern NSW will be offered buybacks this month, but the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation says a further 500 properties would miss out due to a lack of funds. theguardian.com/australia-news…
June 14, 2023
The Guardian • Paul Karp, Josh Butler • June 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton defends pursuing Labor over whether it ‘conspired to seek political advantage’ over Brittany Higgins’ allegations
Labor senators urged Coalition to consider if probing Katy Gallagher’s relationship with Higgins’ partner, David Sharaz, was ‘ethical’
The Guardian • John Quiggin • June 14, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia’s supermarket duopoly didn’t start the inflation crisis, but it is making it worse
Market concentration is allowing companies to reap record profits while workers and their families struggle to get by
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ABC News • Richard Willingham • June 13, 2023 • abc.net.au
Victorian government accused of attempting to change independent mental health report
Victorians who suffered "gross human rights violations" during mental health treatment against their will should be offered financial redress and a full public apology from the state, a special report commissioned by the Andrews government finds.
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Richard Willingham@rwillingham
A mental health consultant with lived experience says he was threatened & pressured by dept officials to change his report. It exacerbated his own mental illness.
The depart didn’t even bother to respond to the allegations we put to it.
#springst
abc.net.au/news/2023-06-1… twitter.com/simonkatterl/s…
June 14, 2023
The Australian • WILL GLASGOW • June 14, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Paranoid Beijing is still refusing to grant visas to Australian journalists
Why aren’t there any Australian journalists in China right now – and does it matter?
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Will Glasgow@wmdglasgow
Why aren’t there any Australian journalists in China – and does it matter?
Australian journalists working for Australian media aren’t in China because the Chinese government won’t issue us visas.
I should know. Here’s a piece on my latest rejection theaustralian.com.au/commentary/par…
June 14, 2023
ABC News • Katrina Beavan • June 14, 2023 • abc.net.au
Tradie mum turns down dream job after being placed 110th on childcare waitlist
When electrician Erin Bohanna moved to Gladstone with her family she already had work lined up. But after trying to secure day care for her daughter, she realised she would not be able to take the position.
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Brunswick Voice • June 13, 2023 • brunswickvoice.com.au
New fund aims to support local media
Tax-free donations can be made before the end of the financial year.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Angus Thompson • June 14, 2023 • smh.com.au
Lidia Thorpe withdraws claim that senator sexually assaulted her
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe had in parliament accused Victorian Liberal senator David Van of “harassing” and “sexually assaulting” her.
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