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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • February 4, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
FW: URGENT: Tudge leaked personal data to cow welfare critics
As more terrible details emerge in the robo-debt royal commission, a case is being built of misfeasance in public office.
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ABC News • Laura Tingle • February 4, 2023 • abc.net.au
The Robodebt royal commission is revealing a staggering picture of public service debasement over decades
The government involved in this dreadful Robodebt episode may be gone. How you change the bureaucratic culture that allowed it to happen must be one of the biggest questions arising from the royal commission, writes Laura Tingle.
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The Guardian • Joseph Earp • January 30, 2023 • theguardian.com
My mentor John Hughes taught me how to write. Then he plagiarised my work
In 2022, the acclaimed Australian author was found to have plagiarised whole sentences from Leo Tolstoy and F Scott Fitzgerald. When a former student discovered he was among those greats, his reaction was complicated
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etcetc@crop221
I’ve known John Hughes since I was 11. Last year, I was made aware that he had plagiarised me. That’s the top line of this story, but if you want to know more about its complexities, I wrote about it here. theguardian.com/books/commenti…
January 30, 2023
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • February 4, 2023 • theguardian.com
Fury over Chalmers’ essay is a reminder to Labor: change won’t get an easy ride
The government has an enormous agenda this year but the reaction to the treasurer’s ideas signals the obstacles it faces
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
I’ve spent a chunk of the week laughing at the hysteria that followed ⁦@JEChalmers⁩ essay. Really ridiculous. But it is a reminder for a government that’s enjoyed a honeymoon - change is hard. Here’s the column #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 4, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • January 30, 2023 • smh.com.au
Laura Tingle to run for ABC board as government prepares shake-up
In an email to staff at 7:30, Tingle said she was running independently to ensure she could represent the views of all staff.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • January 31, 2023 • theguardian.com
Alan Tudge’s adviser placed stories in ‘friendly media’ to ‘shut down’ robodebt scandal, royal commission told
Rachelle Miller tells inquiry the then human services minister was ‘very firm’ a media storm over the Centrelink debt recovery scheme needed to be shut down
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The Guardian • Josh Butler • January 30, 2023 • theguardian.com
Voice to parliament: migrant and refugee groups reject ‘divisive’ no campaign proposal for constitutional recognition
Chair of body representing culturally diverse communities says Warren Mundine’s push for ‘symbolic’ recognition is a ‘red herring’
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ABC News • Ciara Jones • January 31, 2023 • abc.net.au
'Shut this story down': Government released Robodebt victims' personal details to deter them from speaking out
Rachelle Miller told the commission that in response to growing criticism the government adopted a counter-narrative strategy in the "more friendly media" such as the tabloids.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • February 1, 2023 • smh.com.au
An apology to my grandkids for not fighting in the war of our times
Do politicians think we will all be dead before the next generation fully realises the hell we’ve left them?
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Australia Institute@TheAusInstitute
Important column today from @1RossGittins on climate & the ‘Safeguard mechanism’:
“I genuinely think the next generation will not forgive us for what we have done to them & the world they will have to live in smh.com.au/business/the-e…
February 1, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Laura Tingle • February 3, 2023 • afr.com
The cover-up culture that created robo-debt must also go
Officials who didn’t want to hear bad news, and ministers who wanted to manage the news, are the heart of this story.
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ABC News • Louise Milligan, Mary Fallon, Stephanie Zillman, Nick Wiggins • January 30, 2023 • abc.net.au
Students at Sydney private school taught sex before marriage makes you ‘dirty and unusable’
Dozens of students from private schools in Sydney that are affiliated with the Opus Dei movement have spoken out about disturbing teachings within the schools.
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Louise Milligan@Milliganreports
Feature on tonight’s @4corners. Students at Opus Dei-aligned school told pornography causes holes in your brain, discouraged from getting cervical cancer vaccine bc will make them promiscuous. @Dom_Perrottet has referred to Education Standards Authority.
abc.net.au/news/2023-01-3…
January 30, 2023
The Guardian • Nick Evershed, Andy Ball, Josh Nicholas • January 30, 2023 • theguardian.com
How immigration changed Australia – an interactive journey through history
This interactive graphic illustrates how immigration policies and historical events – from the first world war to the Covid-19 pandemic – have changed the make-up of Australia since federation
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Nick Evershed@NickEvershed
Here's 120 years of Australian immigration history condensed into 1 minute - and check out the link for the full interactive graphic with has much more detail theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 30, 2023
Nervous Laughter • Rick Morton • January 29, 2023 • rickmorton.substack.com
Nobody Expects The Vanished Inquisition
on perception, reality and revenge
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
back at work and back on my bullshit: the robodebt royal commission is the biggest Australian story in decades (but I would say that, wouldn't I) rickmorton.substack.com/p/nobody-expec…
January 29, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jenna Price • January 31, 2023 • smh.com.au
Why we should defund private schools and examine their values
I once believed you should choose the right school for your own child. Instead, we should be fighting for a school system insisting on equity, not entrenching privilege.
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Australian Financial Review • Jacob Greber • January 31, 2023 • afr.com
Business dismay at Coalition climate policy retreat
Companies want bipartisan support for Labor’s benchmark emissions reduction plan, warning of policy chaos, rising power prices and increased operating costs.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith, Lucy Cormack • February 2, 2023 • smh.com.au
Barilaro’s office steered bushfire recovery funds away from Labor-held seats: audit office
The former deputy premier John Barilaro’s office intervened to stop Labor-held electorates from receiving fast-tracked bushfire funding, a scathing new audit has revealed.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Paul Sakkal, Lisa Visentin • February 4, 2023 • smh.com.au
Thorpe demanded Indigenous community deals only with her
Thorpe’s campaign against the Voice referendum comes as the Greens ready to announce their own position on the referendum early next week.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has demanded none of her fellow Greens MPs, including another Indigenous senator, meet with Indigenous community members about the Voice, insisting only she was allowed to do so
Party set to announce Voice position next week
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
February 4, 2023
The Guardian • Fleur Connick • February 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Grown men were sobbing’: the story of a refugee family who survived war and pirates to build a life in country NSW
Coonamble, seven hours north-west of Sydney, embraced the Do family, and in return, Deanne and Minh fed them for the next 35 years
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Fleur Connick@ConnickFleur
It was so special to be able to share the Do family’s heartwarming and powerful story of how they fled Vietnam in 1975 and built a new life in my hometown of Coonamble ❤️
theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 5, 2023
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • January 31, 2023 • theguardian.com
Will Steffen, ‘courageous’ climate scientist, dies in Canberra aged 75
Steffen remembered as a ‘truly leading thinker’ and someone who influenced scientific agenda and governments worldwide
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack, Tom Rabe • January 31, 2023 • smh.com.au
ClubsNSW boss accuses Perrottet of being motivated by ‘Catholic gut’ in poker machine crusade
The comments by Josh Landis risk deepening the dispute between ClubsNSW and the NSW premier ahead of the March election.
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