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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • March 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
Robodebt: five years of lies, mistakes and failures that caused a $1.8bn scandal
The royal commission ended on Friday, having heard shocking testimony from officials and politicians, and heart-rending accounts of the impact of the botched scheme
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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • March 11, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Robo-debt final week: ‘It served them right, did it?’
In its last week of hearings, the robo-debt royal commission has found the moment when the scheme became an expression of unchecked political desire.
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
Final word on Robodebt, for now. Ministers demanded fealty and got it. They argued that poor people never did anything for the country and then sought to burnish their already fraudulent money management credentials off the misery of those same poor people thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-crime…
March 11, 2023
ABC News • Jessica Riga • March 8, 2023 • abc.net.au
Lisa Millar addresses 'disgusting' social media commentary live on News Breakfast
News Breakfast host Lisa Millar addresses the "obnoxious commentary" and media coverage she has received in recent days, but says "the response over that rubbish gives me hope".
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan • March 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
NSW police drop claim that protest involving Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco blocked ambulance
Magistrate hearing case against two co-accused questioned why officers say ‘no ambulance was obstructed’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • March 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Australia seems incapable of change, but one thing gives me hope
Australia has created a small-target strategy for itself: one in which any serious reform is undermined, political debate is infantilised and the trivial is catastrophised.
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Sean Kelly@mrseankelly
About last week: has there been a more perfect demonstration of the hopelessly petty place to which Australian politics has descended?
Latest column from me
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
March 6, 2023
Sky News Australia • Olivia Caisley • March 8, 2023 • skynews.com.au
RBA Governor given heavily-discounted mortgage from the bank in 1997
Sky News Australia can reveal Reserve Bank Governor Dr Philip Lowe enjoyed an extraordinary mortgage perk on top of his generous salary – which is now more than $1 million a year.
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Olivia Caisley@livcaisley
Exclusive: RBA Governor Phil Lowe obtained a half-price home loan - from the Reserve Bank to purchase his 5-bedroom property in Sydney's eastern suburbs in 1997. There are 11 current/former RBA employees still benefitting from the scheme. @SkyNewsAust skynews.com.au/australia-news…
March 8, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 9, 2023 • smh.com.au
Hillsong accused of misusing church funds to pay for private jets, luxury retreats
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has accused the church of using donations to do ‘shopping that would embarrass a Kardashian’ and breaking financial laws.
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The Guardian • Helena Horton • March 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of ‘rightwing backlash’
Exclusive: Decision to make episode about natural destruction available only on iPlayer angers programme-makers
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The Guardian • Jim Waterson • March 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
Match of the Day to air without presenter or pundits after Gary Lineker’s suspension
BBC commentators also refusing to appear after corporation takes its highest-paid presenter off air over impartiality concerns
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Craig Foster@Craig_Foster
The problem is not that ⁦@GaryLineker⁩ challenged the demonisation of asylum seekers and the normalisation of the language of dehumanisation that has always preceded and legitimised hate and exclusion, but that too few have. theguardian.com/football/2023/…
March 11, 2023
ABC News • Adam Holmes • March 11, 2023 • abc.net.au
Newspaper caught out over fake letter about trans change room incident at pool
The letter, published in a major city newspaper, describes how a man had started to undress in front of children in the female change rooms at a busy aquatic centre and was forcibly removed by another patron. The trouble is, the incident did not happen.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jacqueline Maley • March 12, 2023 • smh.com.au
Albanese talks proudly of his single mum. Time to put his money where his mouth is
The PM should use the budget to give security to our most vulnerable cohort: single mothers. It’s not only about redressing poverty. It makes economic sense.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Hartcher, Matthew Knott • March 7, 2023 • smh.com.au
Australia faces the threat of war with China within three years – and we’re not ready
Are we prepared for full-scale conflict? Our panel of national security experts says no.
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Geoff Kitney@4mambo
SMH goes all Daily Telegraph! I can't think of a single editor I worked under at Fairfax for over 40 years who would have run this in this way. This is alarmist, Murdoch-style , click-bait journalism. twitter.com/tonywalker1/st…
March 7, 2023
The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • March 10, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: Coalition had more bullets for ‘undeserving’ poor
Ms Wilson has made a supplementary statement that is as damning of the Coalition and its facilitators as anything the commission has heard.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Michael Pascoe: All indications are that the culture of “undeserving poor” versus “deserving rich” is undiminished in Coalition ranks, nurtured in the echo chambers they inhabit | The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2023/0…
March 10, 2023
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • March 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Refugees held offshore plead with Australia to be moved, saying ‘every day is suffering’
Home affairs department’s submission to inquiry is the only one opposing Greens senator’s bill calling for refugee evacuation to Australia
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
Refugees held in offshore processing by Australia have appealed directly to the government to get them off the islands where they have been held for a decade. theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 7, 2023
ABC News • Kath Sullivan • March 8, 2023 • abc.net.au
Agriculture department in dire straits as 'festering' finance problem reaches a head
A federal government department responsible for protecting Australia's "way of life" is on the cusp of requiring a financial bailout, as it falls hundreds of millions of dollars into the red.
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • March 8, 2023 • theguardian.com
Happy International Women’s Day! Unfortunately you still earn $1m less than men
In 95% of all occupations men are paid more than women. The tyranny of the gender pay gap even carries on into retirement
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
#IWD2023
When men earn more in 87% of occupation in which women make up more than 60% of the workforce it's clear the issue is not just male-dominated industries etc pay more
theguardian.com/business/grogo…
March 8, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Anne Summers • March 8, 2023 • smh.com.au
We must stop wilfully condemning single mothers to a life of poverty
While our tax rules subsidise obscene accumulations of wealth through superannuation, unemployed single mums and their children are forced to live on a pittance.
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Reuters • March 9, 2023 • reuters.com
Exclusive: Australia expected to buy up to 5 Virginia class submarines as part of AUKUS
AUKUS is expected to be its biggest defense project and offers the prospect of jobs in all three countries. In the early 2030's, Australia would buy 3 Virginia class submarines with the option to buy two more.
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The Guardian • Vanessa Thorpe, Michael Savage, Toby Helm • March 12, 2023 • theguardian.com
Lineker row threatens to topple BBC chiefs and hit Tory asylum plans
Broadcaster forced to slash TV coverage, while BBC chair and director general face calls to resign over crisis
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • March 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia condemned for indefinitely ‘locking up’ Iranian political dissident
Several family members of Mr A, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab community, killed by security forces during Iranian uprising
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
“It is two-faced for the Australian government to condemn the Iranian government for its violent oppression of Iranian protesters... while it is locking up Iranian protesters in Australia’s immigration prisons at the same time." @HumanRights4A theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 6, 2023

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