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The Guardian • Lenore Taylor • May 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Guardian Australia launched in a spirit of hope and determination. Ten years later we’re going from strength to strength
Since May 2013 our once-tiny news site has achieved what some thought impossible
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • May 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Starving the unemployed shames us all – and I’ve had a gutful
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who’s always telling us how hard he and his pensioner mother did it, has a moral imperative to ease the burden of the jobless.
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WAtoday • Jesinta Burton • May 3, 2023 • watoday.com.au
WA’s top cop vows to probe police raid on journalist’s home
WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch has vowed to review a raid on the home of a Pilbara journalist after the media union accused authorities of “harassment”.
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Sophie McNeill@Sophiemcneill
Outrageous overreach by @WA_Police
Journalist documenting the relocation of sacred rock art in the Burrup industrial hub has photos seized from her home watoday.com.au/national/weste…
May 3, 2023
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor to scrap Coalition’s ‘punitive’ ParentsNext scheme from next year
Albanese government says mutual obligations under the widely criticised program will end immediately
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
A massive congratulations to @terese_smfa, @ellaNbuckland, all the single mothers who bravely spoke out about their experiences and others who campaigned for years to end ParentsNext theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 5, 2023
The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy, Marni Cordell • May 4, 2023 • theguardian.com
How two reporters exposed Centrelink’s robodebt injustice and gave voice to the victimised | Ten years of Guardian Australia
Christopher Knaus and Luke Henriques-Gomes look back at a Guardian Australia scoop and tell how initial shock gave way to disbelief, frustration and then – finally – vindication
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Helen Davidson@heldavidson
“It was at that point that it dawned on us how huge it was … it was so galling that [we] couldn’t quite believe how [the government was] justifying it.” How @knausc and @lukehgomes covered the Robodebt scandal. By @caitecassidy and @marnicordell theguardian.com/media/2023/may…
May 4, 2023
The Age • James Massola • May 1, 2023 • smh.com.au
Morrison heading towards the exit, eyes UK defence job
Scott Morrison could quit politics in a matter of weeks, with a job in the defence sector in the offing.
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The Guardian • Stephanie Convery • May 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Morrison government spent $20.8bn on consultants and outsourcing public service in final year, audit finds
The equivalent of 54,000 full-time staff were employed by the federal government in 2021-22, or 37% of the actual workforce
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • May 1, 2023 • smh.com.au
We can’t call ourselves a fair country until we fix JobSeeker
If Labor continues to assert it will always seek to help the most vulnerable, then at some point it must do so, or come up with a different description of itself.
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The Guardian • Melissa Davey • May 1, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia to ban non-prescription vapes in biggest smoking reforms in a decade
Quality standards to be introduced on products to tackle youth vaping, including restricting flavours, colours and other ingredients
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The Guardian • Josh Butler • May 4, 2023 • theguardian.com
Commonwealth Indigenous leaders demand apology from the king for effects of colonisation
Exclusive: Aboriginal Olympian Nova Peris says ‘change begins with listening’ as campaigners from 12 countries ask for ‘process of reparatory justice to commence’
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Josh Butler@JoshButler
exclusive: Republic Movement co-chair Nova Peris and senator Lidia Thorpe are among indigenous leaders across the Commonwealth asking King Charles for "apology, reparation, and repatriation of artefacts and remains" ahead of his coronation theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m…
May 4, 2023
Crikey • Cam Wilson • May 5, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Daily Mail reporter who ran a secret racist Twitter account is now an editor there
A Daily Mail staff member complained about Sam Duncan's racist tweets in 2017. The next year, Duncan was promoted.
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cameron wilson@cameronwilson
Last month, @crikey_news reported on a Daily Mail reporter who secretly ran a racist, antisemitic Twitter account.
Turns out he still works there. He was even promoted to editor after a staff member complained to HR about his racist tweets in 2017.
crikey.com.au/2023/05/05/dai…
May 5, 2023
ABC News • Gareth Hutchens • May 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Rent seekers are profiting big time and it's hurting Australian living standards, top economist says
Pointing to big changes that have greatly affected Australia's capacity to deliver rising standards of living, top economist Ross Garnaut calls for a major policy overhaul.
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Gareth Hutchens@grhutchens
RBA's rate hikes creating inflation, Ross Garnaut says, calling for radical overhaul of economic policy
He also says the Reserve Bank has been "speaking power to truth" when it comes to profits
abc.net.au/news/2023-05-0…
May 5, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios, Amelia McGuire • May 7, 2023 • smh.com.au
Qantas’ Financial Review boycott: Cuts copies from lounges, in-flight Wi-Fi
Qantas has removed The Australian Financial Review from its in-flight Wi-Fi and no longer provides copies of the newspaper in its Chairman’s Lounge despite a commercial agreement with Nine to do so.
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Joe Aston@mrjoeaston
It is quite an honour to join @adele_ferguson in the Alan Joyce tantrum hall of fame smh.com.au/business/compa… via @zoesam93 @ameliamcguiree
May 7, 2023
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • May 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Climate scientists first laughed at a ‘bizarre’ campaign against the BoM – then came the harassment
Former Bureau of Meteorology staff say claims they deliberately manipulated data to make warming seem worse are being fed by a ‘fever swamp’ of climate denial
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The Guardian • Henry Belot • May 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Is that satire?’: Outrage as Peter V’landys describes NRL as ‘wagering content’
Australian rugby league boss saying ‘quiet part out loud’ in quest to generate revenue from US betting market, anti-gambling advocate says
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • May 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Orange is the new hack: 891 more lobbyists gain inside access to Parliament House
Some crossbenchers are so frustrated with visits from lobbyists with orange all-access passes that they lock their doors. David Pocock wants to know who is signing them up.
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The New York Times • Jeremy W. Peters, Michael S. Schmidt, Jim Rutenberg • May 3, 2023 • nytimes.com
Carlson’s Text That Alarmed Fox Leaders: ‘It’s Not How White Men Fight’
The discovery of the text message contributed to a chain of events that ultimately led to Tucker Carlson’s firing.
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Mark Di Stefano@MarkDiStef
The NYT has an unredacted text Tucker Carlson wrote about a violent white mob to a producer which alarmed Fox executives nytimes.com/2023/05/02/bus…
May 3, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Neil Chenoweth, Edmund Tadros • May 3, 2023 • afr.com
‘For your eyes only’: How PwC leaks helped global clients dodge tax
Previously secret emails show PwC charged $2.5 million in fees to advise 14 clients how to sidestep new tax avoidance laws in 2016, relying on confidential information.
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Antony (Tony) Walker@tonywalker1
If you are outraged about the rapaciousness of the 'big four' consulting firms, suggest you read 'When McKinsey Comes to Town'. These 'consultancies' are a modern version of the East India Company, pillaging governments and bureaucracies across the world at taxpayer expense 😑 twitter.com/FinancialRevie…
May 3, 2023
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • May 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Northern Territory clears way for fracking to begin in Beetaloo Basin
Environmental groups and scientists say move will have an unacceptable impact on the climate and have called for ban
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David Pocock@DavidPocock
Emissions from the Beetaloo basin is the same as 140 years of all of Australia’s domestic flights 🤯
Infuriating to see climate scientists warnings disregarded by governments as they priorities fossil fuel expansion ahead of our future.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 3, 2023
The Guardian • Josh Butler • May 1, 2023 • theguardian.com
Hundreds of ‘press release’ infrastructure projects across Australia risk the axe under new 90-day review
Infrastructure minister Catherine King says review will focus on previous Coalition government commitments
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
If you have a regional "press release" project near you that you are worried may not go ahead, or that you think should not go ahead, let us know. Hundreds of projects in $120bn infrastructure investment program will be reviewed for value+significance
theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 1, 2023

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