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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • February 25, 2023 • theguardian.com
Capping super balances is a logical fight to have in a country that prides itself on equality – but logic isn't the default
If we can’t agree that generous tax concessions provide benefits to people who really don’t need help, while depriving the budget of funds for things we all need, things are really cooked
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The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • February 24, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘An economic fairytale’: Australia’s inflation being driven by company profits and not wages, analysis finds
Australia Institute warns of a ‘profit price spiral’ and calls for shift in RBA and government narrative towards corporations
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • February 23, 2023 • theguardian.com
Too much of superannuation has become a tax dodge that massively favours the rich
Super tax concessions cost as much as the pension, and the biggest benefits flow to those who do not need them
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Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • February 19, 2023 • afr.com
Andrew Forrest, insane in the membrane
The mining billionaire exhibits all the signs of a man hanging onto reality by a very thin thread.
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The Guardian • Anne Davies • February 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Sydney’s growing pains: land rezoning a potential billion-dollar deal for developers after local council sidelined
Exclusive: Why has an area with no public transport, a water shortage and an endangered koala habitat been fast-tracked for rezoning to housing?
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Lisa Cox@_LisaMCox
Documents obtained by Guardian Australia show land at Appin, in sensitive koala habitat 80km south-west of Sydney, is being rezoned to allow for a massive new housing estate, despite departmental advice it was not needed for housing supply until 2036. theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 22, 2023
The Monthly • Nick Feik • March 1, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
The great stock ’n’ coal swindle
Australian climate policy has been reverse-engineered to protect the interests of the fossil-fuel industry
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • February 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Minister said ‘opinion is just an opinion’ when told of robodebt’s legal ‘challenges’, inquiry hears
Top departmental lawyer tells royal commission he verbally briefed Stuart Robert in July 2019 about the legal ‘difficulties’ with the scheme
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
Wrap of a big day at the #robodebtrc:
- Stuart Robert alleged to have said "opinion is just an opinion" when told of legal advice against the scheme
- Kathryn Campbell partly blamed for culture of "fear" in DHS theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 22, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • February 20, 2023 • smh.com.au
Doing better than the previous government is often enough. Not this time
Anthony Albanese’s government is using Liberal failure as a justification to quietly remake the country. But that won’t work for every policy area.
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Great by ⁦@mrseankelly⁩ “criticisms of (Safeguard Mechanism) are both credible & significant. Add to that the list of supportive organisations not exactly famed for their constructive approach on climate like the BCA & ACCI & scepticism rises #auspol smh.com.au/politics/feder…
February 20, 2023
The Guardian • Ben Smee, Eden Gillespie • February 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
Queensland Labor backflips to make breach of bail an offence for children
With youth prisons full, there are fears the new laws will lead to an ‘explosion’ of children in adult watch houses
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • February 20, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Platitudes and false words’: mother of robodebt victim who took own life tells inquiry of government stonewalling
‘It all became very sly. Everyone was lying and covering each other’s backs,’ royal commission hears
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • February 24, 2023 • theguardian.com
Methane from Australian coal and gas could be 60% higher than estimated
Data released by the International Energy Agency leads to renewed calls for more emission cuts and block on new projects
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ABC News • Patricia Karvelas • February 26, 2023 • abc.net.au
Albanese is the first PM to march at Mardi Gras. The lack of opposition shows how far we've come
When Anthony Albanese announced he would be marching at Mardi Gras, the lacklustre opposition showed that, for a group that has historically been marginalised and vilified, the tide is shifting, writes Patricia Karvelas.
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Patricia Karvelas@PatsKarvelas
I wrote this amid all the #worldpride excitement #auspol We've come a long way since the toxic marriage equality debate, but there's still a distanc… abc.net.au/news/2023-02-2…
February 26, 2023
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • February 24, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Just a disgrace’: experts condemn NSW use of public land to offset huge housing expansion
The Perrottet government is being accused of ‘double dipping’ by using land that’s already been put aside for conservation
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The Guardian • Eden Gillespie • February 21, 2023 • theguardian.com
Queensland to override state’s Human Rights Act in bid to make breach of bail an offence for children
Police minister Mark Ryan says the government accepts that its new laws ‘are incompatible with human rights’
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casey briggs@CaseyBriggs
“The government accepts that these provisions are incompatible with human rights.”
“Therefore, in this exceptional case, the [Human Rights Act] is being overridden” theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 21, 2023
The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • February 21, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
February 22: Robo-debt royal commission
For the fourth hearing block of the robo-debt royal commission, follow events live with The Saturday Paper's senior reporter.
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
Robodebt RoCo Hearing Block 4, Day 3 kick off soon. We are going to try something a different at @SatPaper. Live coverage, on the website, free, no emails, all in one place. I'll keep tweeting (less frequently). Keep link open, should update automatically. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2023/02/2…
February 22, 2023
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • February 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘I can’t forget’: frontline worker gives searing indictment of robodebt as architects of scheme due to give evidence
Centrelink employee told the commission she would never forget what staff were ‘forced’ to do to victims of the program
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
“And I know there are many more staff like me, who can’t forget what happened and what we were forced to deliver to customers.” theguardian.com/australia-news…
February 22, 2023
The Guardian • Adam Morton • February 23, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor won’t block new fossil fuel developments. Here are some options for a climate deal
With the Coalition opting out of an adult discussion on climate policy, tough decisions lie ahead for Labor, the Greens and independents on what they are willing to accept
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • February 20, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
RBA defence of interest-rates highlights the truth about inequality
The first thing is that inequality is worsened by the responses to both low inflation and high inflation; it’s a lose/lose.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • February 20, 2023 • news.com.au
‘False’: Bombshell letter after Senator’s death
The late Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching refuted Liberal Minister Linda Reynolds’ claim of an orchestrated Labor plot to exploit Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation for political gain in a letter written before her death.
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RenewEconomy • Ketan Joshi • February 20, 2023 • reneweconomy.com.au
Labor’s Safeguard policy is a mirror image of fossil industry greenwashing
Every trick that features in the climate plans of the planet’s worst emitters features in the Safeguard Mechanism.
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