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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • June 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
As a female former Liberal MP, the party’s groupthink around sexual harassment dismays but does not surprise me | Catherine Cusack
Spending a week in federal parliament on the Brittany Higgins matter defies morality and logic. The Liberals have a woman problem
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The New York Times • Robert D. McFadden • June 17, 2023 • nytimes.com
Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92
Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.
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Michael West • Rod Campbell • June 16, 2023 • michaelwest.com.au
PwC and the Adani mine triple dip. A conflict of interest? Surely not
PwC pulled off a remarkable feat as Adani pushed to open its Carmichael Coal Mine — it got paid by the miner and its government overseer
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Max Uechtritz@plesbilongmi
Astounding ( but not surprising) twitter.com/michaelwestbiz…
June 17, 2023
The Guardian • Paul Karp • June 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
The Coalition’s women problem is writ large in a here-we-go-again moment that returns parliament to its darkest days
Talking up the grossness of politics is a losing strategy, and one that has already backfired for the opposition
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
My Saturday column on the Coalition's woman problem, the terrible decision to attack Labor over Higgins texts, and their incredibly weak position/moral low ground exposed by the allegations against David Van (which he denies). #auspol
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June 17, 2023
ABC News • Laura Tingle • June 17, 2023 • abc.net.au
The Coalition's political attack seems to have backfired, but it's women at the heart of allegations that suffer most
The way both Brittany Higgins's and Lidia Thorpe's complaints of sexual assault erupted reflected their lack of belief that Parliament House, and/or politics, would deal seriously with them, writes Laura Tingle.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • June 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
Hard-right figure Teena McQueen blocked from Liberal Party’s federal executive
Moderates had been calling for McQueen to resign after she said members should rejoice that “lefties” in the party had lost their seats at the last federal election.
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • June 16, 2023 • theguardian.com
Tanya Plibersek approves habitat clearing in Darwin despite risk to endangered bird
Environment minister says redesign would ‘avoid most adverse impacts’ on Gouldian finch, while critics point to Australia’s ‘terrible record on extinctions’
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The Saturday Paper • Tim Moore • June 17, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The Big Four consultants have captured universities
As fallout from the PwC scandal continues, universities emerge as another sector exploited by the largest consultancy firms.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin • June 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
Secrets and lies: If the walls in Parliament House could talk
There are hushed murmurings that exist in the space between rumour and common knowledge, often passed between women as warnings about those to avoid in the building.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Henrietta Cook • June 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
The common breast condition we have been treating wrong
It turns out that the medical advice for treating mastitis is wrong and not based on evidence. Instead of heat, breastfeeding mothers should apply ice.
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The Saturday Paper • Polly Hemming • June 17, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Australia’s greenwash plan to host COP31
Labor announced its desire to host a United Nations climate conference in the lead-up to the 2022 election. Officially called the Conference of the Parties, the UN describes its COPs as “the biggest and most important annual climate-related conferences on the planet”. They bring together nation states to negotiate on how best to tackle climate change and protect those
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • June 17, 2023 • news.com.au
Stoker confided in Cash over alleged grope
Deputy Opposition Senate leader Michaelia Cash has been unmasked as the woman Amanda Stoker confided in when a Liberal senator allegedly “squeezed her bottom” at work.
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ABC News • Virginia Trioli • June 17, 2023 • abc.net.au
Would you encourage your friend to report sexual harassment?
Like many Australian women, after the last few weeks of the appalling politicising of Brittany Higgins' sexual assault allegations, I've spent a lot of time wondering why any woman would ever come forward again with a story of unwanted sexualised behaviour in the halls of Parliament House, writes Virginia Trioli.
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Virginia Trioli@LaTrioli
So ⁦@crikey_news⁩ has pulled and apologised for Guy Rundle’s appalling, nasty piece on Brittany Higgins yesterday. The link has been removed from my column here. ⁦
Would you encourage your friend to report sexual harassment? ⁦@abcnews⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-06-1…
June 17, 2023
The Guardian • Jonathan Barrett • June 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
Shrinkflation: don’t want to upset customers with price rises? Just make your product smaller
A growing list of companies are increasing profits and passing on costs by shrinking their products, meaning customers pay the same amount for less
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Jonathan Barrett@barrett_ink
‘It is a sneaky way to get a price rise’
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June 17, 2023
The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • June 17, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
IKEA and Netflix disgrace overshadows shameful PwC saga
IKEA and Netflix are just two quick examples of the ongoing, massive and very successful tax minimisation industry here.
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The Age • Patrick Hatch • June 17, 2023 • theage.com.au
People with disabilities ‘locked at home’ as brakes slammed on tram accessibility
Work to make Melbourne’s tram network more accessible has ground to a halt, with not a single stop upgraded to meet the needs of people with limited mobility in the past 12 months.
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Al Jazeera • Al Jazeera Staff • June 16, 2023 • aljazeera.com
India court bars airing of Al Jazeera documentary
Media network’s film, India … Who Lit the Fuse?, investigates hate crimes by Hindu nationalist groups against Muslims.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • June 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
Senator David Van resigns from Liberal Party
Writing to Victorian Liberal Party president Greg Mirabella to resign, Van said he was deeply distressed he had not been afforded procedural fairness over misconduct claims.
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Australian Financial Review • Hannah Wootton • June 16, 2023 • afr.com
Retirees tap super for one-off help with soaring living costs, debt
Retirees pulled $14 billion out of the superannuation system last quarter as lump sum withdrawals, almost 21 per cent more than the year before.
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Foreign Affairs Magazine • Daniel Markey • June 16, 2023 • foreignaffairs.com
India as It Is
Washington and New Delhi share interests, not values.
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