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Human Rights Law Centre • June 22, 2023 • hrlc.org.au
Human Rights Law Centre intervenes in landmark whistleblower protections appeal
The Human Rights Law Centre has been granted leave to participate as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in a landmark appeal as part of the ongoing unjust prosecution of whistleblower Richard Boyle.
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Kieran Pender@KieranHRLC
The @humanrightsHRLC has been granted leave to make amicus submissions in @Richard_D_Boyle's landmark whistleblower protections appeal. It is a vitally important test case with significant implications for truth and transparency in this country hrlc.org.au/news/2023/6/22…
June 22, 2023
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • June 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Insiders the only ABC current affairs show to grow broadcast audience as Q+A numbers collapse
Exclusive: Program hosted by David Speers bucks trend of declining audiences for broadcast TV, according to internal documents
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • June 22, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Price control the Allan Fels way – naming and shaming
It’s time to revisit the Fels system of price control.That is – put some resources into price surveillance, and name and shame the gougers.
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Alan Kohler@AlanKohler
Today's @TheNewDailyAu column, in which I review the history of attempts to directly control prices (as opposed to making people unemployed to do it) and suggest a return to the Allan Fels method - naming and shaming.
thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2023/0…
June 22, 2023
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • June 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘We will win’: Tiwi Islanders draw a line in the sand against Santos gas project and ‘white fella rule’
There is hope on the Tiwi Islands after a landmark court case forced company to consult traditional owners
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • June 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Two journalists received legal threats from Bravus after travelling to Carmichael coal site, parliament told
Matthew Abbott says he and another reporter were invited to meet Wangan and Jagalingou cultural custodians at the site where Bravus, formerly Adani, is mining
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Australian Financial Review • Mark Di Stefano • June 22, 2023 • afr.com
The ABC becomes a laughing stock, with some help from the PM
The prime minister rips into the ABC and Paul Keating during the Midwinter Ball.
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Mark Di Stefano@MarkDiStef
The PM digs at the ABC: “No money for a political editor. No money for an arts division. But enough money for The Weekly to have multiple episodes running a segment called, Albo’s Fucking Dogs.
The new funding arrangements seem to be working out well."
afr.com/rear-window/th…
June 22, 2023
Crikey • Bernard Keane • June 22, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Confirmed: new evidence shows tens of millions of carbon credits worthless
Australia's carbon credits system has previously been challenged and given a clean bill of health. New data shows it's rotten to the core.
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The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani • June 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australian politicians bought Nazi artefacts, auction house director claims
Gold Coast auction house sold huge collection including photo album of concentration camps and signed pictures of Hitler ahead of federal ban on display and sale of Nazi symbols
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Australian Financial Review • Mark Di Stefano • June 21, 2023 • afr.com
News Corp plans “The Voice” 24/7
Sky News Australia has been discussing plans for a dedicated TV channel covering the Indigenous Voice referendum.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • June 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Transparency concerns as vast backlog of Australian MP expense claims unlikely to be cleared until mid-2024
Botched system upgrade has created a vast backlog of MP expense claims that will not be cleared for at least 12 months, documents reveal
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Pearls and Irritations • Margaret Reynolds • June 22, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
A subservient defence policy undermines Albanese’s successful first year
Why is our apparently very capable leadership team so timid about questioning the terms and range of preconditions for the AUKUS agreement?
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Michael West • Rex Patrick and Philip Dorling • June 22, 2023 • michaelwest.com.au
Revealed: Peter Costello's Future Fund has $280m punt on the pokies, lotteries and online gambling
An FOI has revealed Peter Costello's Future Fund is betting $280m on shares in pokies, lotteries and online gambling companies
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • June 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Don Dale: the children with profound disability held behind bars in the NT
At least 15 children with a diagnosed disability, including foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, are being held in detention in the Northern Territory
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • June 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Woodside has huge plans to drill for oil and gas – and to meet its climate targets. How does it do it? | Temperature Check
Fossil fuel company ‘aims to thrive through the energy transition by building a low-cost, lower-carbon, profitable, resilient and diversified portfolio’
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • June 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
The climate crisis is this century’s biggest threat. We need a global finance pact that reflects the task ahead | Chris Bowen, Steven Guilbeault and …
As climate change ministers, we urge multilateral banks to come together to help vulnerable nations, who face cascading challenges
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kishor Napier-Raman, Noel Towell • June 22, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Love is love, cat food is cat food’: Scots parents outraged by ‘homophobic, misogynistic’ sermon
Presbyterian clergyman David Maher has angered students, parents and staff at the exclusive private school and triggered an apology from principal Ian Lambert.
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy • June 21, 2023 • afr.com
Why Australia Day is a thorn in the side of the Yes vote
Noel Pearson said the Voice would lose credibility if it pushed trivial issues, as the Coalition demanded Labor explain if the Indigenous advisory body would seek to change the date of the national day.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • June 21, 2023 • smh.com.au
David Crowe wins press gallery ‘Journalist of the Year’ award
The chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, David Crowe, has been recognised for his outstanding public interest reporting.
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ABC Radio National • Patricia Karvelas, Fran Kelly, Lara Heaton, Cathy Van Extel • June 22, 2023 • abc.net.au
‘Historic’ Voice referendum bill passes and Greens delay housing bill
The Greens and the Coalition have teamed up to delay the Albanese Government’s key housing bill. They say they want the government to provide more rental reform, but could the delay be the first step for the PM to trigger a double-dissolution election? And the Indigenous Voice referendum bill has passed Parliament, so what happens next? Dana Morse, ABC Political Reporter joins Patricia Karvelas and David Speers on The Party Room
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The White House • June 21, 2023 • whitehouse.gov
Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Reception
Private ResidenceKentfield, California 4:48 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you, thank you. I’m going home now. (Laughter.) Stephanie and Mark, thanks for welcoming me into your home. And, Gov, I tell you what, we — I tell you what: I — it’s amazing the job you do. I really mean it. And I…
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Latika M Bourke@latikambourke
As disturbing as it worrying to see Biden talking about the China relationship in such a cavalier tone.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
June 22, 2023

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