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The Saturday Paper • Louise Milligan • January 14, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The child abuse cases for which George Pell was never tried
Cardinal George Pell died this week in Rome having been acquitted by the High Court on child sexual abuse charges but without ever facing court over multiple other allegations.
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Louise Milligan@Milliganreports
My piece in @SatPaper. Will leave the description to @ErikOJensen: “It is an important story - a thoughtful and meticulous response to the hyperbole that has appeared elsewhere since his death.” As for the men described in it, families left behind, I just hope they’re doing okay. twitter.com/satpaper/statu…
January 14, 2023
The Guardian • David Marr • January 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
George Pell flew higher than any Australian priest but he chose career over the safety of children
The cardinal was smart and determined. His failure to uncover some of the worst cases of child sexual abuse by priests blights his reputation
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ABC News • Roxanne Fitzgerald • January 11, 2023 • abc.net.au
In this remote region, hundreds of hectares of land have been cleared — some without a permit
There's global demand for cotton and big profits to be made for farmers — but the growing industry is putting one of the last tropical savannas and untouched river networks in the world under threat.
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abc730@abc730
Tonight on 7.30: Images suggest land being cleared for cotton farming before permits granted. #abc730 @roxannefitzgrld @Hannah_Meagher abc.net.au/news/2023-01-1…
January 11, 2023
The Guardian • Greg Jericho • January 12, 2023 • theguardian.com
A new ‘build your own budget’ tool reveals just how bad the stage-three tax cuts are
Parliamentary Budget Office tool shows how government could deliver tax cuts and also help those in much more need than people earning over $200,000
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • January 15, 2023 • theguardian.com
A school principal gave up everything to blow the whistle on a paedophile priest. George Pell hung up on him
Graeme Sleeman resigned in disgust after complaining about Father Peter Searson in the 1980s and suspects he was then blacklisted
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The Saturday Paper • Marcia Langton • January 7, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Fighting for a Voice
It is eight months since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese used his victory speech to promise his government would implement in full the Uluru Statement from the Heart. What has transpired since is less the dialogue he hoped for and more two separate monologues. In one monologue, advocates for the Voice, myself included, set out a vision for a reconciled Australia in which First
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Professor Dr Megan Davis@mdavisqlder
This essay on the constitutional Voice is one of the best things I've read in a long time. Clever, thoughtful, factual by one of our greatest thinkers Professor Marcia Langton. @SatPaper⁩ thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/…
January 7, 2023
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • January 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
As long as Australia fails to transition away from fossil fuels, its climate policy is meaningless | Richard Denniss
The Chubb review talks optimistically about ‘carbon credits’, but we wouldn’t need so many if we weren’t building so many new sources of pollution
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • January 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
The Australian’s youth title the Oz folds less than a year after launch
Helmed by a team of young female journalists, the site went live in April last year in a bid to reach a different audience
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Estcourt, Georgina Mitchell • January 11, 2023 • smh.com.au
Cardinal George Pell dies, aged 81, after complications from hip surgery
The Vatican plans to hold a Requiem Mass to commemorate Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most prominent Catholic cleric and a staunch defender of Christian conservatism, who died in Rome at the age of 81 from heart complications arising from hip replacement surgery.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • January 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘He didn’t even look me in the eye’: one survivor on how George Pell chose the church over children
Abused by a priest as an altar boy, then re-traumatised when he tried to sue the Catholic church, John Ellis is in a unique position to assess the cardinal’s character
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick Bonyhady, Zoe Samios • January 11, 2023 • smh.com.au
Twitter begins to axe remaining Australian staff
Elon Musk’s latest round of cuts leave the company without anyone local to answer questions or deal with issues such as a recent spate of outages.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Osman Faruqi • January 13, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘They’ll pick the white guy’: Usman Khawaja on race and smashing cricket’s inner sanctum
Usman Khawaja is one of Australia’s top cricketers, but for most of his youth he refused to support the team he’s now a member of.
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • January 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
George Pell saw climate science as a dangerous religious dogma – in the end his hardline stance held the church back
Cardinal’s scepticism provided cover for the likes of Tony Abbott, who were able to justify denialism by invoking religious beliefs
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • January 11, 2023 • theguardian.com
Cardinal George Pell dies aged 81 in Rome
Australian cardinal dies of heart complications following hip surgery, church figures say
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The Australian • Tess Livingstone • January 11, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Cardinal George Pell dies, aged 81
Australian Cardinal George Pell, 81, has died in Rome.
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The Australian@australian
BREAKING: Cardinal George Pell has died after complications from a hip replacement surgery, the Vatican says. bit.ly/3k5MbD4
January 11, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Angela Macdonald-Smith, Brad Thompson • January 11, 2023 • afr.com
Billionaire bust-up burns Sun Cable project
A dramatic business falling out between billionaires Andrew Forrest and Mike Cannon-Brookes has resulted in the collapse of the company behind a $35 billion solar power export project.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • January 12, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Deeply ashamed’: Perrottet wore Nazi costume to his 21st birthday
Premier Dominic Perrottet has revealed he wore a Nazi costume to his 21st birthday, apologising for what he described as a grave and terrible mistake.
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ABC News • Joshua Boscaini, Dana Morse • January 12, 2023 • abc.net.au
'Deeply embarrassing': Australia's global human rights credibility undermined by domestic record, HRW says
Human Rights Watch highlights more Indigenous Australians died in custody last year than in 2021, and that new laws targeting climate protesters resulted in harsher penalties against activists.
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The Guardian • Oliver Milman • January 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s
Oil company drove some of the leading science of the era only to publicly dismiss global heating
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Michael West • January 13, 2023 • michaelwest.com.au
Dominic Perrottet's Nazi uniform brings tears to the pokies lobby ... tears of joy
Dominic Perrottet's Nazi uniform prank is good news for ClubsNSW. The NSW Premier had held firm on a cashless gaming card
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