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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • January 28, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Pandora’s box’: Real conspiracy behind robo-debt
Fresh evidence to the royal commission shows how departments actively avoided legal precedents to keep robo-debt running for years.
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • January 23, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
The Liberal Party – a retirement village for male baby boomers
The Liberal Party is not only seen as having no answer, it’s seen as part of the problem, writes Alan Kohler.
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Alan Kohler@AlanKohler
My @TheNewDailyAu column today, in which I examine the Liberal party's problem with young people, and conclude that it has become a retirement village for male baby boomers. This is a problem for Aust democracy, not just the party.
thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2023/0…
January 23, 2023
The Guardian • Adeshola Ore • January 24, 2023 • theguardian.com
Immigration detainee not given new food because maggots ‘just on the vegetables’, report finds
Advocates say ombudsman’s findings lay bare ‘inhumane’ treatment in Australia’s detention centres
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Noel Pearson • January 26, 2023 • smh.com.au
A failed Voice referendum will kill hopes of reconciliation for good
Do not make our First Peoples pay for the failure of politicians to collaborate constructively on this sensible proposal.
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The Guardian • Lenore Taylor • January 27, 2023 • theguardian.com
In the clamour and confusion around the Indigenous voice, the media has a special responsibility
The debate is complex and long overdue, but the least we must do is present the arguments with clarity and in good faith
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The Monthly • Richard Denniss • February 1, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Nothing to see here
It’s a new year and COVID remains a major public health crisis – so why isn’t the government talking about it?
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Christopher Knaus • January 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
Operator accused of ‘gross negligence’ wins $420m contract to manage Australia’s offshore processing on Nauru
Scandal-plagued US firm MTC will be responsible for ‘garrison and welfare’ of around 70 asylum seekers on Pacific island
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • January 23, 2023 • smh.com.au
Dutton isn’t looking for details, he’s looking for a fight
Asking for more details always sounds reasonable. But it is important to ask whether, for someone who has doubts about the Voice, any particular detail would make a difference.
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Sean Kelly@mrseankelly
For Dutton – as for Turnbull and Morrison before him – it seems Indigenous affairs remains, above all else, an opportunity to gain political advantage.
This week's column
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
January 23, 2023
The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 26, 2023 • theguardian.com
Why a voice to parliament won’t impact First Nations sovereignty as Lidia Thorpe fears
The senator is demanding Labor ‘be clear about our sovereignty’. Experts explain why the two issues are entirely separate
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • January 27, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Not going to chuck the towel in’: Voice champion Pat Anderson undaunted by criticism at Invasion Day rallies
The Uluru Dialogue, which Anderson co-chairs, will release research showing 80 per cent of First Nations people want the Voice despite the fierce criticism.
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David Sligar@DavidSligar
Ipsos: 80% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people support the Voice to Parliament.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
January 27, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith, Lucy Carroll • January 28, 2023 • smh.com.au
War of words erupts between Opus Dei schools and the ABC
NSW’s education authority is investigating Sydney schools linked to Opus Dei after allegations the schools deviated from the state curriculum.
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Louise Milligan@Milliganreports
No “war of words” at our end. Just investigative journalism, without fear or favour. As this article says, it highlighted issues so serious that ahead of our program, Education Standards Authority’s investigating the schools. Watch @4corners Purity Monday. smh.com.au/national/nsw/w…
January 28, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Neil Chenoweth • January 22, 2023 • afr.com
PwC partner leaked government tax plans to clients
The former head of international tax for PwC Australia, Peter Collins, has been deregistered by the Tax Practitioners Board for dishonesty and for sharing confidential government briefings with PwC partners and clients.
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Rex Patrick@MrRexPatrick
On one hand they take $330M in consulting fees from taxpayers, while on the other hand they profit from advising clients how to avoid contributing to the tax base. But with 246K in donations to major political parties, there’s nothing to see here. #auspol afr.com/companies/fina…
January 23, 2023
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • January 23, 2023 • theguardian.com
Age pensioner felt ‘sheer terror’ at receiving robodebt letter demanding $65,000, inquiry told
Woman says she feared she could lose her home when Centrelink letter ‘turned my life upside down’, before debt was reduced to $120 then refunded
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The Guardian • Eden Gillespie • January 23, 2023 • theguardian.com
Stranded at sea: amateur female sailors speak of sexual abuse by captains they met online
Crew websites urged to do more to protect victims, who set off seeking adventure only to be trapped onboard with a predator
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Kieran Pender@KieranPender
Really important reporting from @edengillespie theguardian.com/society/2023/j…
January 23, 2023
The Guardian • Marcus Stewart • January 25, 2023 • theguardian.com
Why I can’t attend an Invasion Day rally that seeks to hijack an Indigenous voice to parliament
To the tens of thousands of allies set to fill the streets and stand in solidarity with our people, I hope you answer the call by voting yes
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The Guardian • Sarah Collard • January 25, 2023 • theguardian.com
Indigenous elders welcome Alice Springs alcohol curbs but plead for more help
Measures announced by Anthony Albanese seen as a good first step but politicians urged to follow up with aid for ‘neglected’ remote communities
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Laura Murphy-Oates@lauramoates
“If [Albanese] looks properly he will see that the current crisis...arises from the chronic & systemic neglect of our remote communities over many decades. He will see things that should shame our nation" @Sarah_Collard_
speaks to elders in NT 👇 theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 25, 2023
ABC News • Samantha Jonscher, Jacqueline Breen • January 26, 2023 • abc.net.au
'Get out of our way': Alice Springs grandmothers demand Voice to Parliament following PM's visit
A group of First Nations' grandmothers has told the Invasion Day rally in Alice Springs they support the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, calling on policy-makers to "get out of our way and ask us what we want."
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • January 27, 2023 • smh.com.au
Why is the government spending billions for others to do its job?
Australian taxpayers have been dudded by the PwC tax scandal, with the firm collecting at least $300 million a year in consulting work for federal departments.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Pat Sheil • January 25, 2023 • smh.com.au
The true corporate horror story that’s scarier than Stephen King
Never heard of international consulting company McKinsey? Well, unless you’re rich and gullible that’s just the way they like it.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • January 29, 2023 • theguardian.com
Voice to parliament no campaign to push for recognition of migrants as well as Indigenous people
Warren Mundine says no campaign will propose a new referendum on an acknowledgment in the preamble of the constitution
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
#breaking In addition to proposing Indigenous recognition in the preamble of the constitution INSTEAD OF the voice, the no campaign is ALSO calling to add migrants in a bid to win CALD voters over to no. #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 29, 2023

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