[Link] Australia’s big emitters could cut CO2 by 90% by 2050 without offsets, report finds

Read: 20/2/2023 www.theguardian.com

Some of Australia’s largest heavy industrial companies have backed a report that says they could cut direct greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains by more than 90% by 2050, and not have to rely heavily on carbon offsets.

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[Link] Passengers escorted off Qantas flight by police after Sydney airport security breach

Read: 8/9/2022 www.theguardian.com

All passengers on a Qantas flight from Sydney Wednesday evening were escorted off the plane by police to the unscreened area of Melbourne airport, after one passenger managing to bypass screening. Just got off Qantas flight QF487, Sydney to Melbourne.

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[Link] Cleo Smith detective stood down amid misconduct probe

Read: 8/9/2022 www.theguardian.com

The decision to stand down a prominent West Australian homicide detective accused of misconduct does not mean he is guilty, the state’s police chief, Col Blanch, said.

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[Link] How drug smugglers are trying to outsmart border officials at Australian ports

Read: 10/5/2022 www.abc.net.au

International crime syndicates are attempting to smuggle drugs into the country strapped to the hulls of cargo ships to evade detection, police say. Once the ship arrives at the port, scuba divers are standing by to collect the contraband.

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[Link] Men take time from female partners for exercise, Australian study finds

Read: 6/5/2022 www.theguardian.com

Australian men are more likely to take time from their female partners for exercise, which women are not afforded equally in return, research suggests.

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[Link] When confronted by his inaction on the Brereton reforms, Peter Dutton attempts to shoot the messenger

Read: 6/5/2022 www.theguardian.com

Peter Dutton attempted to shoot the messenger on Thursday, branding the Guardian a trashy publication and denying he had ever hung the chief of defence out to dry on the Brereton inquiry reforms.

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[Link] SAS soldier denies colluding with Ben Roberts-Smith on evidence, defamation trial hears

Read: 6/5/2022 www.theguardian.com

A serving SAS soldier has denied in court that emails between him and Ben Roberts-Smith – including marked-up pictures of a compound in Afghanistan – demonstrated they had colluded on their evidence about a mission, during which the newspaper defendants allege two civilians were murdered.

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[Link] Australians unlikely to know cost of scrapped submarines until after election, Peter Dutton says

Read: 18/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Australian voters are unlikely to be told the full cost of scrapping the French submarine deal before the election, with Peter Dutton signalling the negotiations will not be wrapped up until after July.

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[Link] Anne Ruston defends past comments that Medicare ‘is not sustainable’ after PM names her as health minister if re-elected

Read: 18/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Labor says the appointment of Anne Ruston to the health portfolio in a re-elected Coalition government would mean cuts to Medicare, pointing to past comments by the senator that the costs of the health scheme were unsustainable.

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[Link] Industry anger after Defence spends $90 million on second-hand vessel in Canary Islands

Read: 18/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands to purchase a large second-hand vessel for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship to be built in Western Australia.

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[Link] Scott Morrison says he 'misspoke' after incorrectly quoting increase to JobSeeker payment

Read: 18/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

The Prime Minister had been asked about what the Coalition had been doing to ease cost-of-living pressures, particularly for Australians experiencing rental stress. Mr Morrison cited the increase to the JobSeeker rate last year as evidence his government was working to boost support.

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[Link] Former Australian foreign minister features in UK video promoting Britain’s ‘new plan for immigration’

Read: 18/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

The former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer has appeared front-and-centre of a UK Home Office video promoting the British government’s controversial “new plan for immigration” which includes sending asylum seekers to Rwanda.

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[Link] George Christensen announces intention to run for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party

Read: 13/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

Rogue former Coalition MP George Christensen has prompted one of the early shocks of the 2022 election campaign, announcing he will run for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party at the May 21 election.

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[Link] Teen climate activist subjected to sexist and racist abuse amid federal court climate case

Read: 13/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Teenage climate crisis campaigner Anjali Sharma has revealed the torrent of sexist and racist abuse she has received while fronting a legal case against the Morrison government’s approval of a New South Wales coal project.

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[Link] Maya Assad's family has been stateless for generations, but that could soon change

Read: 10/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

For more than a year the engineer and her businessman husband had been jobless, as the economy in the country in which she was born and raised, Lebanon, imploded.

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[Link] New COVID-19 variant has been detected in Australia, here's what we know

Read: 10/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

Deltacron has been described as mixture of the Delta variant, which spread through Australia last year, and the Omicron variant, which led to high case loads across the nation over the Christmas holidays and into this year.

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[Link] Fireproof Australia: who are the radical Extinction Rebellion splinter group?

Read: 10/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

It was the re-election of a Coalition government in May 2019 that altered the trajectory of Sam Noonan’s life and politics.

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[Link] Bush retreat organisers fight to keep 'illegal' parties alive despite threats from council

Read: 3/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

Last weekend, the Mindful Earth Sanctuary was due to hold an event on a property in Karridale, 300km south of Perth, in the Margaret River tourist region.

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[Link] What is Australia's troop carrier the Bushmaster?

Read: 3/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's appeal for Australian-made armoured vehicles has been answered, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirming Bushmasters will be sent to assist the fight against Russian forces. The vehicles are designed for all environments and are blast resistant.

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[Link] Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies he is a ‘liar and a fantasist’

Read: 2/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

A former SAS soldier who testified that Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to stage a mock execution of a comrade during a training drill has defended himself in court against accusations he was a liar and fantasist who was trying to justify his own failures as a soldier.

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[Link] Great Barrier Reef hit with widespread and severe bleaching event

Read: 18/3/2022 www.abc.net.au

The Great Barrier Reef is being hit with a widespread and severe bleaching event, just three days before a United Nations delegation is due to arrive to assess the health of the world heritage area.

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[Link] 'Rumours expanded tenfold': Defamation trial hears a surprising comparison of elite SAS unit

Read: 13/3/2022 www.abc.net.au

But what they share, according to evidence heard in a Sydney court this week, is a propensity for rumours. The surprising analogy was drawn by a Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) witness at the defamation trial of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith against three newspapers.

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[Link] Australia’s Future Fund bans investment in Israeli defence contractor over cluster munitions allegations

Read: 13/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

The Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems has denied producing cluster munitions after two big investment funds banned investment in the company, saying it was involved with the weapons.

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[Link] Witness tells court he killed a Taliban fighter credited to Ben Roberts-Smith in Victoria Cross award

Read: 3/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

A soldier who fought alongside Ben Roberts-Smith at the battle of Tizak where Roberts-Smith won his Victoria Cross has told the federal court he killed one of the Taliban machine gunners credited to Roberts-Smith on his official VC citation.

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[Link] Australia’s Most Expensive Dildo Is On-Sale for $696.69

Read: 3/3/2022 www.vice.com

Yoni Pleasure Palace's Honey Dipper has a big price tag and next-level design, but we've got the details on why it's so special—and a discount code.

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[Link] Man arrested after allegedly throwing keg through restaurant window and punching police

Read: 3/3/2022 www.abc.net.au

Officers turned up to the Original Pancake Kitchen in Gilbert Place about 3am after reports a man had smashed the front window of the restaurant with a keg, causing significant damage. Pieces of glass hit customers inside the restaurant but none of them was injured.

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[Link] Morrison government asks Facebook, Twitter and Google to block Russian state media ‘disinformation’

Read: 3/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has asked Facebook, Twitter, Google and other digital platforms to block content generated by Russian state media to curb “disinformation in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine”.

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[Link] Prime Minister Scott Morrison tests positive to COVID-19

Read: 1/3/2022 www.abc.net.au

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has tested positive to COVID-19. Mr Morrison has released a statement confirming he took a PCR test after developing a fever late today.

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[Link] Former political staffer accused of three counts of rape committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court

Read: 1/3/2022 www.abc.net.au

Alexander Matters, who is aged in his 20s, was sacked from the office of federal Labor MP David Smith after he was arrested on two charges of rape last year. Police began investigating in August when a woman went to police with a complaint about an incident that allegedly occurred in April.

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[Link] Police officer who assaulted teenager spared jall because of own trauma at work

Read: 1/3/2022 www.abc.net.au

Andrew Allan Jaunay was handed a three-month suspended sentence with a year-long good behaviour bond for the 2013 assault of then-17-year-old Matthew Odgers. Jaunay was with other police officers when they stopped and searched Mr Odgers in a Whyalla Stuart street in October of that year.

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[Link] Zachary Rolfe trial: no ‘reasonable’ grounds for shooting Kumanjayi Walker second and third time, court hears

Read: 1/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

Police officer Zachary Rolfe did not have “reasonable” grounds to shoot Kumanjayi Walker a second and third time, and the second and third shots provided no tactical advantage in the attempted arrest of the Aboriginal man, a former Northern Territory police defensive tactics trainer told Rolfe

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[Link] Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith trial objects to questions about alleged murder of Afghan civilian

Read: 1/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

A former SAS soldier has sought to avoid answering questions over allegations he murdered an unarmed Afghan civilian during a raid by Australian troops in 2009, telling the federal court “I object on grounds of self-incrimination”.

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[Link] More than 1,000 Victorian police officers incorrectly sworn in due to 'administrative oversight'

Read: 23/2/2022 www.abc.net.au

The Victorian government is urgently drafting retrospective legislation to address an administrative error which has resulted in more than 1,000 police officers being invalidly sworn in over the past eight years.

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[Link] 'Horrible to think about': Dire warning on spread of fire ants

Read: 16/2/2022 www.abc.net.au

The national fire ant program began in 2017 with a $411 million budget from the Commonwealth, states and territories, but recently admitted it needs more money and time to eradicate the ants.

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[Link] Man wrongly identified as Cleo Smith accused reaches settlement with Seven Network

Read: 16/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

The man wrongly identified as Cleo Smith’s alleged kidnapper by the Seven Network has had a victory in the Western Australia supreme court, after suing the network for defamation.

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[Link] Grill’d co-founder Geoff Bainbridge quits Lark Distilling board over alleged drug use video

Read: 16/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

Melbourne entrepreneur Geoff Bainbridge, a co-founder of Grill’d, has resigned as chief executive of an ASX-listed whiskey distillery after the emergence of video, published in a media outlet, purportedly showing him intoxicated while smoking methamphetamine.

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[Link] Roberts-Smith pressured me to lie about his affair, estranged wife tells court

Read: 14/2/2022 www.smh.com.au

The estranged wife of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has told the Federal Court she discovered her husband was having an affair when his girlfriend turned up at the couple’s Sunshine Coast home with a black eye and told her she had been pregnant with his child.

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[Link] Morrison is caught on his own wedge, as some on his own side abandon controversial bill

Read: 11/2/2022 www.abc.net.au

Most Australians would happily live their lives ignoring the political games that are so often played in the federal parliament.

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[Link] Most Australian teens have viewed harmful content online but parents in the dark

Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

Six in ten teenagers have seen harmful content online, but most parents are unaware what graphic content their children are exposed to on their screens, including drug taking, suicide and violent sexual material.

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[Link] Facebook appeal over Cambridge Analytica data rejected by Australian court as ‘divorced from reality’

Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

Facebook has lost a major battle with the Australian regulator over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, after a court dismissed the social media giant’s claim that it neither conducts business nor collects personal information in the country.

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[Link] Michaelia Cash shelves pledge on federal Icac as Liberal MP urges debate

Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

The government will abandon an election promise to establish a commonwealth integrity commission, with the attorney general, Michaelia Cash indicating there is not enough time to legislate before voters return to the polls.

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[Link] Citipointe churchgoers give standing ovation for under-fire principal

Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

The head of Brisbane’s Citipointe megachurch has told worshippers to lobby MPs about proposed religious freedom and sexual discrimination laws, after the church school’s failed attempt to introduce enrolment contracts with anti-gay and anti-trans provisions.

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[Link] ABC welcomes ‘funding certainty’ as Morrison government responds to media reform paper

Read: 7/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

The Morrison government will restore ABC funding to 2018 levels, when Malcolm Turnbull imposed an $84m indexation pause, with the public broadcaster to be given $3.3bn for the next three years. The communications minister, Paul Fletcher, has also announced SBS will receive $953.

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[Link] Australia’s hard rubbish heroes risk council fines to recycle and re-home their kerbside plunder

Read: 7/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

An abandoned sound system left outside a club. A giant paper elephant 2m long and 1m high. A group of puppets, waiting to be liberated. Annual kerbside cleanup days are, for some, akin to Christmas – a holy time for up-cyclers and “waste warriors” to forage the streets for a speck of gold.

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[Link] Half of $4m Rundle Mall management budget spent on office, salaries

Read: 6/2/2022 indaily.com.au

The review, undertaken by consultant KPMG, found that of the $4.33 million that was spent by Rundle Mall management last financial year, $2.03 million covered administration costs – up from $1.83 million the year before.

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[Link] 'Not allowed': Naomi Osaka ban comes to light after Australian Open

Read: 6/2/2022 au.sports.yahoo.com

Details have emerged after the Australian Open about how Naomi Osaka was banned from wearing a new watch from sponsors TAG Heuer. Osaka teamed up with Tag Heuer just weeks before the Australian Open, designing a limited-edition watch with the Swiss luxury brand.

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[Link] Brisbane Christian school withdraws controversial sexuality contract after community backlash

Read: 3/2/2022 www.abc.net.au

The contract demanded families denounce homosexuality and that students identify by birth gender, or risk being excluded from the school. Citipointe Christian College's contract describes homosexuality as a sin and compares it to bestiality and paedophilia.

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[Link] Ex-soldier charged with wife's murder granted home detention bail

Read: 31/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

WARNING: This story contains content that some people may find distressing. Antony Ogar, 58, is accused of murdering 37-year-old Cherry Gerente Ogar at their Port Hughes home last July.

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[Link] Australia urged to spend more on Covax program amid criticisms of ‘vaccine diplomacy’

Read: 30/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Australia has distributed 18m doses of Covid-19 vaccine to neighbouring countries but is being urged to dedicate money and resources to Covax – the global vaccination mechanism – so that the world’s least-inoculated countries can access vaccines.

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[Link] I live with 28 other men — and my wife. The power of connection changed everything for me

Read: 30/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

COVID has brought to light just how traumatic disconnection can be, especially for young people. Loneliness, after all, has been described as its own sort of epidemic.

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[Link] SA paramedics tell parliamentary inquiry shortages leading to deaths and unnecessary suffering

Read: 30/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

South Australian paramedics say a shortage of crews is leading to deaths and unnecessary suffering.

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[Link] Union takes McDonald's to court, seeks $100 million in back pay

Read: 30/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

Jonathon Washington was 15 when he started working at McDonald's, and like most young workers, said he was not fully aware of his workplace rights. He said McDonald's inconsistently applied break rules in the three years he worked for the company and at times denied him 10 minute breaks.

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[Link] Hillsong founder Brian Houston steps down as leader of church

Read: 30/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Hillsong founder Brian Houston has announced he is stepping down as leader of the church as he defends criminal charges that allege he covered up his father’s child sexual abuse.

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[Link] Australian energy giant Woodside withdraws from Myanmar almost one year after military coup

Read: 27/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

Australian energy giant Woodside has announced it is withdrawing from Myanmar, almost one year after the military seized power in an illegal coup.

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[Link] 'Not fit for purpose': Call to close NT's shipping container cop shops

Read: 27/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

The Northern Territory's police union has renewed calls for the closure of 14 remote police stations – some of them just repurposed shipping containers – which it says have fallen into severe disrepair.

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[Link] AEC preparing to combat Trump-style misinformation in 2022 election

Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Social media companies should commit to taking down unauthorised political material in agreed timeframes to combat misinformation in elections, according to the Australian electoral commissioner, Tom Rogers.

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[Link] Company that retains exclusive rights to make Aboriginal flags says government has ‘misled’ community

Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

The federal government’s announcement that it has “freed” the Aboriginal flag is misleading and has been seriously misinterpreted, according to the company which still holds the exclusive licence to make Aboriginal flags for sale.

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[Link] Police urge caution after man dies in unofficial search for missing police dog

Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

Emergency services were called to help the man at about 7:00pm but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers cut back their search for PD Quizz on Sunday, six days after his disappearance.

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[Link] Cleo Smith's alleged abductor due back in court amid fresh charge of assaulting police officer

Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

The man accused of abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith is due back in court today in the WA town of Carnarvon and will, for the first time, also face a charge of assaulting a police officer.

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[Link] Five arrested after shots fired while cars 'chased each other' in peak-hour Adelaide traffic

Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

Four men and a woman have been arrested over several incidents in Adelaide's north in which shots were fired, including between cars. Firearms including a gel blaster were seized by police, who believe the incidents are linked.

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[Link] ‘It’s really scary’: welfare recipients forced to attend in-person appointments despite Omicron surge

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

A woman with chronic illnesses and an immunocompromised partner and the single mother of a toddler are among those being told they’ll have their benefits cut if they don’t attend face-to-face job agency appointments, despite an unprecedented surge of Covid cases.

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[Link] Australia’s free-to-air channels demand guaranteed prime position on smart TVs

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Australia’s commercial free-to-air TV channels have called on the federal government to introduce legislation guaranteeing them prominence on smart TV home screens, claiming they are becoming “increasingly hard to find” among global streaming rivals such as Netflix.

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[Link] ‘It’s awful to be a medical exception’: the woman who cannot forget

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Every morning since January 2004, Rebecca Sharrock crosses off the date on a calendar in her room. Like many people, the 31-year-old uses it to keep track of time, distinguishing the present day from the ones that came before.

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[Link] ‘He said, I’m in Canada’: the doctor will see you now – but not from Australia

Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Bet Matthews set off on a trip of salvation from Queensland to Victoria last year, to visit her sister and ex-husband who had both been diagnosed with cancer. She was there to assist with whatever they needed, but in the end it was she who needed the help.

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[Link] ANU scientists discover unusually high rate of gene mutation behind kidney disease on the NT's Tiwi Islands

Read: 23/12/2021 www.abc.net.au

But in one day, his whole life changed. Just two days after a check-up, Mr Henry received devastating news from his doctor – his kidneys were shutting down, fast.

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[Link] RBA governor Philip Lowe signals central bank is open to retail digital currencies

Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

Australia’s Reserve Bank has flagged support for a retail form of digital currency, with governor Philip Lowe outlining ways that tokens, rather than regular dollars, might circulate more freely in the economy.

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[Link] Grill’d co-founder Simon Crowe apologises for wearing Native American headdress to party

Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

The co-founder of the multimillion-dollar Grill’d burger chain, Simon Crowe, has apologised for wearing a Native American headdress to an end of year staff costume Christmas party.

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[Link] 'I talk to 20 Australians a day': Meet Frank, his job is to scam you

Read: 8/12/2021 www.abc.net.au

If you answer your phone and Frank* is on the other end of the line, he'll keep you talking for as long as he can. And Frank has already done his homework before calling you in Australia.

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[Link] Sam lives in Tasmania but has to fly to Melbourne to get the ADHD help he needs

Read: 6/12/2021 www.abc.net.au

Tasmania has just one specialist ADHD clinic servicing the whole state and only three psychiatrists that will take ADHD patients. For Mr Mitchell, it meant he resorted to visiting a psychiatrist in Victoria to manage his disorder.

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[Link] Operation Ironside nets 18 more suspects as police seize guns and drugs

Read: 2/12/2021 www.abc.net.au

Another 18 men have been arrested in South Australia as part of ongoing Operation Ironside investigations, including two who have been charged with false imprisonment.

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[Link] Ivermectin could save rare Australian sea lion from deadly parasite

Read: 2/12/2021 www.abc.net.au

Ivermectin has gained notoriety as an unproven prophylactic and therapy for COVID-19, but it has traditionally been used in human and veterinary medicine for parasitic infections. Hookworm contributes to up to 40 per cent of sea lion pup deaths.

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[Link] Exploitation complaints almost nil: Coles

Read: 2/12/2021 7news.com.au

Supermarket giant Coles says the rate of work exploitation complaints in its supply chain has dropped to almost zero over the past year.

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[Link] PM disappointed government senator reportedly growled at Jacqui Lambie

Read: 1/12/2021 www.abc.net.au

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young and Labor leader in the Senate Penny Wong both raised points of order, saying a government senator was growling during Senator Lambie's question.

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[Link] Defence allowed to vet evidence presented to inquiry into bushfire accidentally sparked by its own helicopter

Read: 30/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Department of Defence will be allowed to vet evidence presented to a coronial inquiry into the ACT's Orroral Valley bushfire, ahead of formal court hearings in July next year.

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[Link] 'He has been significantly punished': Prison escape lands man in solitary confinement for a year, court hears

Read: 30/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Jason Gregory Burdon has pleaded guilty to escaping from the maximum security prison's kitchen area in December last year, using items of clothing as a rope to climb out of a metal louvre window.

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[Link] Russell Broadbent quits committee after leak of Christian Porter donation report

Read: 30/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Liberal MP Russell Broadbent has announced he will resign as chair of the privileges committee and has called for an investigation into an alleged breach of confidentiality revealing its deliberations on Christian Porter.

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[Link] Westpac admits to charging 11,000 dead customers, ASIC sues for 'widespread' breaches

Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched six court cases against Westpac for alleged, widespread compliance failures that affected thousands of deceased consumers.

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[Link] Have you asked for an Airbnb refund during COVID? Ross was refused one – and then told to break lockdown

Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

So when they booked a night at a Victorian country home for a getaway with friends, the Melbourne-based couple didn't pay too much attention to their Airbnb host's cancellation policy.

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[Link] Australian deployment to Solomon Islands caught in political cross-fire engulfing Honiara

Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The deployment of officers from Australia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji to help quell violent protests that have rocked the capital of Honiara has proved controversial.

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[Link] WA Police officers who refuse vaccine will be stood down on full pay, union says

Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The WA Police Union says about 20 officers are likely to be stood down for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before Wednesday's deadline, but they could continue to receive full pay for months.

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[Link] High-profile Liberal woman quits party to run as independent after alleging ‘inappropriate’ behaviour

Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

A high-profile NSW Liberal woman is quitting to run as an independent at the next federal election, partly to protest the handling of an internal complaint in which she alleged “inappropriate” behaviour by some senior men within the party and government.

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[Link] Man charged over string of historical sexual assaults in inner-west Sydney

Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

More than 15 years after “the inner-west rapist” terrified Sydney, attacking women in their own homes, a DNA breakthrough has led to a man being charged. NSW police arrested a 51-year-old man at dawn in Panania, in Sydney’s south on Monday and charged him with four historical sexual assaults.

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[Link] Australia’s Future Fund invested in weapons manufacturers that have sold arms to Myanmar military

Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, has invested in a Chinese state-controlled weapons manufacturer that has sold combat aircraft to the Myanmar military, which is accused of crimes against humanity.

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[Link] The ‘backbone’ of regional Australia under strain as volunteer groups suffer pandemic burnout

Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The cumulative effect of natural disasters and the Covid-19 pandemic has increased fatigue and stress among volunteers in regional Australia, making it harder for them to provide essential support within the community, a study has found.

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[Link] The COVID-19 pandemic positives for Australians living with disabilities

Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The pandemic has brought with it different challenges for everyone. But for some Australians with a disability, it's been a chance to find joy, independence and new passions.

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[Link] Beware the humble mango — it can leave its nasty mark

Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The humble mango. It's delicious, it's nutritious, and it grows in abundance in Australia. It could also land you in hospital.

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[Link] Plans unveiled for largest road infrastructure project in SA's history

Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The South Australian Government has released the final design of the state's biggest infrastructure project for community feedback. The plans show the northern section of the Torrens to Darlington road project, from the River Torrens to Anzac Highway, for the first time.

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[Link] The Pacific is in danger of becoming a semi-narco region

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Four years ago I stood in front of a top level security conference and warned that we have just a few years to get on top of the problem of drugs being trafficked through the Pacific region or it could turn into a semi-narco region, controlled by criminal syndicates.

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[Link] Should politicians like Peter Dutton suck up Twitter’s hot-gives and -takes or pursue vindication?

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

You’ve got to wonder how Peter Dutton, one of the most wealthy and overstretched members of federal parliament, fathoms up the wherewithal to sue for defamation an unemployed, crowdfunded refugee advocate who called him something nasty on Twitter. Busy? You bet you are.

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[Link] Omicron 'may already be here in Australia'. Experts say there's more we can do to stop COVID

Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Just weeks after Australia declared it was opening its borders to the world, some restrictions have been reimposed in response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, first detected in South Africa.

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[Link] NSW public school teachers to strike for first time in a decade as sector faces ‘perfect storm’

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

New South Wales public teachers will strike for the first time in more than a decade in response to a “statewide staffing crisis” caused by stagnating wages and an escalating workload.

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[Link] Australian TV reporter Matt Doran gives lengthy on-air apology after he ‘insulted’ Adele

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Australian TV reporter Matt Doran has made a lengthy, unreserved apology to Adele for failing to listen to her new album before an exclusive interview with the singer, calling the bungle a “terrible mistake”.

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[Link] Police officer who reported off-duty colleague for taking a gun to a school guilty of public mischief

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

A Sydney highway patrol officer has been found guilty of public mischief after anonymously reporting an off-duty colleague was at a primary school with a gun.

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[Link] ‘Keep the bastards honest’: former Australian Democrats leader joins high-profile group backing independents

Read: 27/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

As Scott Morrison comes to the end of a ragged parliamentary week, the organisation bankrolling independents challenging Liberal incumbents in their urban heartland has amassed an election war chest of more than $4m, and bolstered its advisory body.

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[Link] Amnesty UK accused of ‘spreading false information’ about Northern Territory Covid outbreak

Read: 26/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Amnesty UK has been accused of “spreading false information” about the Northern Territory’s Covid outbreak in an extraordinary joint statement from the territory’s peak Aboriginal health organisation and Amnesty’s own Australian operation.

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[Link] NSW laws criminalising secret recordings of animal cruelty ‘too great a burden on speech’, high court hears

Read: 26/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Laws criminalising the use of secretly recorded vision of animal cruelty and abuse are posing “too great a burden on speech”, animal rights activists have told the high court.

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[Link] SA Health tells hospitals to take in patients quickly to avoid ramping in 'gaslighting' move

Read: 26/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

SA Health has issued a direction ordering the state's hospitals to ensure no ambulance transfers exceed one hour. The health system has been dealing with an ongoing ramping crisis with some patients spending five hours in the back of an ambulance earlier this week.

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[Link] Alleged mini meth lab and firearms discovered in PNG hotel, but Australian manager won't face drug charges

Read: 25/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Papua New Guinea police say outdated drug laws have left them unable to lay drug charges against the Australian manager of a Port Moresby hotel where an alleged clandestine meth lab and illegal firearms were discovered.

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[Link] Shares in Australian-listed buy-now-pay-later companies plummet by up to 96%

Read: 25/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Shares in Australian-listed buy-now-pay-later companies have plunged by an average of about 80% compared to peak prices within the past year, driven down by swelling losses and lower-than-expected consumer interest in the product.

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[Link] Australian cryptocurrency investors can’t be trusted to keep transaction records themselves, the ATO says

Read: 24/11/2021 www.businessinsider.com.au

As first-time investors continue their rush on cryptocurrencies, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) says it can no longer rely on taxpayers to navigate the complex world of income tax, capital gains, and blockchain record keeping on their own.

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[Link] Court blocks bid to release secret Ben Roberts-Smith report

Read: 23/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Age, Federal Capital Press and Fairfax Media, which reported serious allegations against him, including multiple unlawful killings in Afghanistan, which he denies.

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[Link] 'Implausible' that father tripped and fell on daughter while sweeping floor

Read: 23/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

An Adelaide man has been found guilty of recklessly causing harm to his newborn baby by violently shaking her. WARNING: This story contains graphic content that readers may find distressing.

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[Link] The deadly new risk Afghan women face: It starts with a strange phone call and can end with murder

Read: 22/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Her body was found riddled with bullets alongside three other women who had also been killed. Ms Ayoubi is a journalist and activist who left Afghanistan over concerns for her own safety.

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[Link] Adele Reportedly Denies Ch7 Access To Footage Of Interview It Paid $1M For After Journo’s Snub

Read: 22/11/2021 www.pedestrian.tv

Oopsie, ballad queen Adele (via Sony) has reportedly denied Channel Seven access to footage of an interview it paid $1M for after their reporter admitted to the artist he hadn’t heard of the very album he was flown to London to interview her about.

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[Link] 'Inheriting my father's enemies': The pros and cons of having a famous parent

Read: 21/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

When Georgina Downer walked into a pub just outside of Adelaide in 2018, she was ready for the rough and tumble of a campaign event. Ms Downer was running as the Liberal candidate in the Mayo by-election and thought she was across all the issues that mattered to her potential constituents.

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[Link] Terror detectives charge Melbourne man with inciting protesters to make explosives

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Terror detectives have charged a Melbourne man with inciting protesters to make explosives, as police continue to investigate threats against Victorian MPs who supported the state's controversial pandemic legislation.

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[Link] This is what we know about William Tyrrell case

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

For seven years, the case of the missing boy dressed in a Spider-Man costume has confounded the state's top detectives. Three-year-old William Tyrrell appeared to have vanished without a trace from his foster grandmother's house at Kendall on the NSW Mid-North Coast.

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[Link] Darwin shooter left without lawyers after sacking expert legal team

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Confessed killer Benjamin Hoffmann could be left to represent himself when he is sentenced over the killing of four men in 2019, after his high-profile legal team withdrew their services.

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[Link] Move to make Christmas Day a public holiday in SA passes Lower House but unlikely to proceed

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

South Australia's Lower House of parliament has passed legislation to make Christmas Day a public holiday, but with a major amendment that could scuttle any chance of the bill passing into law.

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[Link] ‘We got it wrong’: SA Health boss concedes failures on border exemptions

Read: 17/11/2021 indaily.com.au

Appearing before state parliament’s budget and finance committee this morning, SA Health CEO Dr Chris McGowan conceded SA Health was not initially prepared for the volume of South Australians wanting to come home.

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[Link] In modern Australia, why must caring for your family come second to your work duties?

Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Caring is harder than work. Let’s stop pretending otherwise. The hardest thing about work is organising how to do it around caring commitments.

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[Link] Australian taxpayers funding $59m in government ads in run-up to 2022 election

Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Taxpayers are paying at least $59m for major government advertising campaigns to run in the lead-up to the 2022 election.

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[Link] Morrison considering tax cut extension that could deliver $1000 extra to millions

Read: 15/11/2021 www.9news.com.au

Millions of Australians could be $1000 better off as the Morrison Government considers extending tax cuts. The Low and Middle Income Tax Offset provides a maximum benefit of $1080 to those who earn between $48,001 and $90,000.

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[Link] Australian governments urged to set a date to ban cigarette retail sales

Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Governments must set a date for banning the sale of cigarettes through retailers including supermarkets, and find new ways of boosting revenue without relying on tobacco excise taxes, leading public health researchers say.

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[Link] ABC chair Ita Buttrose accuses Coalition of ‘political interference’ and ‘intimidation’

Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The ABC chair, Ita Buttrose, has accused the Morrison government of political interference and attempting to intimidate the public broadcaster after the Senate established an inquiry into the ABC’s complaints handling process.

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[Link] Clearview AI ordered to delete all facial recognition data belonging to Australians

Read: 14/11/2021 www.theverge.com

Controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI has been ordered to destroy all images and facial templates belonging to individuals living in Australia by the country’s national privacy regulator.

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[Link] Thick blue line: Victoria builds the country’s biggest police force

Read: 14/11/2021 www.theage.com.au

Victoria has become one of the most heavily policed states in Australia after a two decade-long law and order rivalry between the ALP and Coalition helped build the country’s largest law enforcement organisation.

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[Link] Australia’s only working carbon capture and storage project fails to meet target

Read: 14/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Australia’s only working carbon capture and storage project in Western Australia has failed to meet its target to lock away greenhouse gases from a major gas processing plant.

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[Link] Twiggy Stardust: the man who sold, er saved, the world

Read: 14/11/2021 www.afr.com

David Bowie concealed one last alter-ego: an iron ore magnate and global warming messiah simply known as Andrew.

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[Link] SA Ambulance Service patients' personal information stolen

Read: 11/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The SA Ambulance Service says the personal details of 28,000 patients have been stolen but there is no indication they have been misused. The patient records are linked to about 32,000 ambulance call-outs between 2000 and 2003.

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[Link] Doctors say Flight Centre should ‘pull its head in’ after legal threat to WA borders

Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Medical professionals have lashed out at Flight Centre’s threat to launch legal action against the Western Australian government’s ongoing border restrictions, calling on the company to “pull its head in”.

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[Link] More than 60% of people visiting Melbourne vaccination hub did not have Medicare card

Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

More than 60% of people who visited a Melbourne vaccination centre targeting those facing disadvantage did not have a Medicare card, while about 5% were probably homeless, figures show.

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[Link] Scott Morrison’s approval rating at lowest point since aftermath of black summer bushfires

Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Voter approval of Scott Morrison is at its lowest level since before the outbreak of the pandemic, while the government’s handling of international relations has taken a hit over the past month, the latest Guardian Essential poll suggests.

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[Link] SA Police investigate how COVID-positive woman who sparked NT lockdown entered state

Read: 8/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

SA Police is investigating if a woman who tested positive for COVID-19 and sparked the Northern Territory's lockdown had the relevant travel permits into South Australia from Victoria.

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[Link] War on viruses over for Victoria's sentinel chickens after decades of bloody service

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

For almost 50 years, flocks of sentinel chickens along the Murray River have formed the front line of defence against mosquito-borne viruses.

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[Link] The weight of a nation's relief hangs heavily on Cleo and her family

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The one anxiously peering from the gate as your child freewheels away on their bike, just as they should. You remind yourself of the entire days you spent as a child away from your home, so far from your parents' view.

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[Link] Farmers 'cautiously joyous' after Queensland food bowl is deemed no place for 'big, dirty coal mine'

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Resources Minister Scott Stewart has delivered a preliminary review that says coal exploration north of Bundaberg is not in the public interest. It comes after the company Fox Resources applied for a mineral development licence (MDL) between Moore Park Beach and Avondale.

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[Link] Adelaide father-of-three Joshua Luke Matheson handed five-year jail term over $500k tax fraud

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

An Adelaide man who made up employers and income to defraud the Australian Tax Office out of half a million dollars has been jailed for five years. Joshua Luke Matheson, 34, was found guilty by a jury of dishonestly obtaining and attempting to dishonestly obtain a financial advantage by deception.

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[Link] Tasmania shooting: two men dead and woman in hospital

Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Two men have died and a woman is in hospital after suffering gunshot wounds at a Tasmanian house with two children inside. Police were called to a property on William Street in Devonport after reports of shots fired about 1am on Saturday.

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[Link] The plan to tighten Australia’s voter ID laws is just a clumsy uptake of US culture wars

Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

It resembles many initiatives of the Morrison government, and most of the ideas which have emerged from Australian conservatism more broadly in the past decade or more, in that it is opportunistic, unoriginal, and so unnecessary as to be baffling.

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[Link] Remote WA town steamrolled by media attention as Cleo Smith rescued

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

For a sleepy beach town of 5,000 people, it was three weeks in the eye of a storm. The visceral shock of a vulnerable little girl just disappearing in the night resonated around the world.

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[Link] 'I didn't sleep last night': Residents devastated by compulsory acquisition of homes for North-South Corridor

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The state government has sent letters to locals north of ANZAC Highway and up to the River Torrens who will be affected by the last instalment of the North-South Corridor project. We offer tailored front pages for local audiences in each state and territory.

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[Link] ‘You may bring shame to your family’: Australia launches campaign to stop seasonal farm workers absconding

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has launched an aggressive campaign to prevent Pacific Islander farm workers from fleeing their jobs as new figures reveal more than 1,000 seasonal pickers absconded in the past year.

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[Link] Cracks in food system driven by year-round hunger for fresh produce begin to show

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

As you consider your Christmas table – a bowl of cherries, a plump roasted bird and the cream on your pudding, you may spare a thought for the way the food gets to your table. Because three things this week signal cracks in our food production systems.

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[Link] Police try to identify flare-wielding protesters

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Police are trying to identify three people involved in the setting off of flares at an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne on Saturday.

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[Link] Alleged stalker arrested and charged over sexual assaults

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

SA Police have arrested a 35-year-old man and charged him with seven counts of stalking as well as rape and unlawful sexual intercourse. It is alleged the crimes occurred across the Adelaide metro area and that, on most occasions, he approached and met victims through online platforms.

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[Link] Adelaide emergency doctor withdraws legal challenge against mandatory vaccinations

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

An Adelaide emergency doctor who sought to challenge the state's vaccine mandate for healthcare workers has withdrawn his legal challenge in the Adelaide Magistrates Court.

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[Link] Uber drivers tell Senate inquiry of abuse, false complaints and suspensions during Covid

Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Uber drivers in Sydney and Melbourne have been temporarily suspended from the service for asking customers to wear face masks in their cars, a Senate committee has been told.

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[Link] Australia's largest bank is getting into cryptocurrency. Here's why its competitors aren't

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

After one major Australian bank this week announced it'll give customers the option of trading crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, on its existing banking app, you might have expected others to follow. However, they have told the ABC they will not at this stage.

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[Link] Australia puts fossil fuel company front and centre at Cop26

Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has been criticised for prominently hosting a fossil fuel company at its pavilion at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow.

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[Link] US oil giants top list of lobby offenders holding back climate action

Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

ExxonMobil and Chevron are the world’s most obstructive organisations when it comes to governments setting climate policies, according to research into the “prolific and highly sophisticated” lobbying ploys used by the fossil fuel industry.

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[Link] 7 News apologises for wrongly identifying Aboriginal man as suspect in Cleo Smith case

Read: 4/11/2021 www.sbs.com.au

Seven News has apologised for identifying an Aboriginal man as the 36-year-old suspect that was arrested by WA police over the Cleo Smith abduction. The network published a number of photographs of the man on Wednesday along with his name.

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[Link] ‘Nine Eyes’? Bill Would Look at Adding Four Countries to Intel-Sharing Pact

Read: 4/11/2021 www.defenseone.com

The United States’ “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing pact is a World War II relic that needs updating to better keep tabs on China, the chairman of a key house subcommittee on intelligence told Defense One.  Arizona Democrat Rep.

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[Link] NSW premier orders grants review as it’s revealed $20m school solar program went mostly to Coalition seats

Read: 3/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet ordered a review of grants funding in the state at the same time it was revealed more than 90% of schools selected as part of a $20m pilot to fund solar power systems were in Coalition-held seats.

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[Link] 'Sovereign citizen' posts video after failing to appear in court on firearms offences

Read: 2/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Solange Goodes, 42, was arrested at her farm in Sandy Creek earlier this year, after police allege she threatened them when they came to the property to check if registered guns were properly secured.

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[Link] French officials vent fury over Australian leak of Macron text message

Read: 2/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Elysée officials have expressed fury at the Australian prime minister Scott Morrison’s decision to leak a private text message from the French president, Emmanuel Macron, as the diplomatic rift between the two countries deepened.

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[Link] Two-thirds of Australians think government more interested in protecting itself than women – poll

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Two in three respondents in the latest Essential poll believe the government has shown more interest in protecting its political interests than the interests of women who have made rape and sexual assault allegations.

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[Link] Red Spice Road owners publish open letter about unpaid former staff

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theage.com.au

The owners of popular city restaurant Red Spice Road, which planned to reopen without contacting or paying the staff it sacked in May, have released an open letter claiming there had been a terrible misunderstanding.

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[Link] Even tent sites could soon be out of reach as the rental crisis deepens

Read: 31/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The region is bracing for an influx of visitors as intrastate travel bans lift from November 1. Rental vacancies are already at record lows and many long-term locals have been priced out of the market.

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[Link] Supply chains threatened as vaccine deadline looms for freight workers entering the NT

Read: 31/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

From groceries and hardware to cattle and clothes, freight workers play a crucial role in keeping the Northern Territory open for business. But the NT government's vaccine deadline for the industry is fast approaching.

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[Link] 'Taken a long time to arrive, but it generally hits the mark': code of conduct tabled in South Australian parliament

Read: 31/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Members of the South Australian parliament will officially be banned from harassing staff and other MPs under a long-awaited code of conduct tabled today. The draft code covers five areas, including: conflicts of interest, gifts, public resources, confidentiality, and standards of behaviour.

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[Link] Federal police confiscate largest ever haul of ill-gotten cryptocurrency

Read: 31/10/2021 www.smh.com.au

The federal government has netted its largest ever haul of ill-gotten cryptocurrency and will redistribute the $1.2 million to law enforcement and community safety programs.

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[Link] Australia also wants Google to unbundle search from Android

Read: 31/10/2021 arstechnica.com

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the latest government regulatory body to take issue with how Google does business.

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[Link] Australians to be able to travel to the UK, US, Italy, Greece and more without having to quarantine

Read: 28/10/2021 www.9news.com.au

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has provided a list of countries in which Australians can travel to without having to spend time in mandatory isolation.

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[Link] The restoration project giving oyster shells a new life

Read: 27/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Discarded oyster shells from restaurants, usually destined for landfill, are being recycled to create shellfish reefs in Queensland's Moreton Bay. It is the biggest community-driven reef restoration in Australia.

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[Link] 'I'd never heard Abigail call me mum': The rare genetic disorder that almost exclusively affects girls

Read: 27/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Imagine feeling as though you are bursting at the seams with the desire to say something important, but are unable to speak. That has been daily life for Abigail Lishomwa. The six-year-old cannot call out to her parents, ask her teachers questions or greet other children at the playground.

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[Link] How the nation’s newest billionaire built a software giant

Read: 27/10/2021 www.afr.com

Tony Walls, the founder of software company Objective Corp, has quietly added $20 million a week to his wealth pile over the past five months.

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[Link] Techies demand top dollar as skills shortages bite

Read: 27/10/2021 www.afr.com

Australian tech companies are turning down new business because soaring pay rates being charged by workers with in-demand skills are making projects unprofitable, instead turning to training and other non-financial strategies to try to lure and retain staff.

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[Link] China’s infant formula golden days are gone, says Bega

Read: 26/10/2021 www.afr.com

Bega Cheese chairman Barry Irvin has warned that infant formula markets in China are unlikely to recover to pre-COVID-19 levels, but on a brighter note, said the company gained a bargain in last year’s acquisition of the Lion portfolio of milk and flavoured milk brands.

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[Link] George Christensen says AFP letter falsely accuses him of ‘serious crime’

Read: 23/10/2021 www.smh.com.au

Nationals MP George Christensen claims a letter from the federal police to Minister Peter Dutton about a probe into the MP’s frequent travel to the Philippines contains information that “falsely accuse me of a serious crime”.

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[Link] Queensland Police Service employees lose legal bid against mandatory COVID jab

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The full bench of Queensland's Industrial Relation Commission (QIRC) rejected submissions that Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll had no power to mandate compulsory vaccinations, did not consult staff and infringed upon workers' rights.

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[Link] Tennant Creek Aboriginal leaders say $80m aid package prompted by toddler's rape is being misdirected

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

John Fitz Jakamarra and the other members of Tennant Creek's Apurtu traditional owner group feel the Central Australian town is descending into chaos.

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[Link] Facebook whistleblower tells politicians to 'team up' with US to regulate social media, or be ignored

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Frances Haugen quit Facebook earlier this year and told a congressional hearing in October that Facebook's products were harming children and fuelling polarisation in the United States.

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[Link] Closer ties with Indonesia army the focus of joint military training in Top End

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Battling heatwave conditions and pandemic precautions, about 300 Australian and Indonesian soldiers are conducting their largest ever annual joint combat training across defence bases in the Top End.

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[Link] Government blocks bid to investigate Christian Porter over legal fee donation

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Coalition has blocked a bid to have former attorney-general Christian Porter investigated over his financial disclosures, despite the Speaker of the House having argued there was a case for further scrutiny.

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[Link] British defence chief reveals new AUKUS security pact could expand to include other allies

Read: 22/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The UK's departing Chief of the Defence Staff has signalled the new trilateral AUKUS security pact with the United States and Australia could be expanded to include other allies such as Japan.

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[Link] 10,000 tickets confirmed for Melbourne Cup, but only 500 available to the public

Read: 22/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Organisers have confirmed crowds will be back at the Melbourne Cup for the first time since 2019, with 10,000 allowed at Flemington, including 500 members of the general public.

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[Link] Federation 'ill-equipped' to deal with 21st-century challenges as Australia grows 'vulnerable'

Read: 21/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

More than 250 stakeholders are behind a report, as part of the National Resilience Project (NRP), that makes recommendations on topics including energy security, climate change responses, global and regional security risks, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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[Link] Truck driver accused of spitting on and assaulting police at border checkpoint refused bail

Read: 21/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Brendan J Moore, 57, faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with assaulting a police officer and another worker, and resisting police.

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[Link] What's happening in SA's parliament and why could it spell trouble for the Attorney-General?

Read: 21/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Deliberations begin today into an inquiry that will probe into the conduct of the state's Attorney-General and Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman. It's one of the unfolding consequences of the party defection of Liberal backbench MP Dan Cregan, and the government's reduced numbers in parliament.

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[Link] Father and Son Gunned Down in Broad Daylight in ‘Gangland’ Shooting

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

Eighteen-year-old Salim Hamze was already dead by the time authorities arrived at the scene on Thursday morning, following multiple reports of what sounded like gunshots in an otherwise quiet western Sydney street. His father, Toufik, was slumped over in the utility truck beside him.

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[Link] Extinction Rebellion protesters glued to road in Adelaide's CBD call for climate change action

Read: 20/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Extinction Rebellion protesters have glued their hands and feet to the road in the heart of Adelaide's CBD, demanding immediate political action on climate change. Traffic is being disrupted by the gathering, some of whom have chained themselves to one another and to prams.

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[Link] $25bn in Coalition grants made through closed process with no competitors, report finds

Read: 20/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Almost half of $60.2bn in federal government grants awarded over the past four years has not gone through a competitive open tender process, a new report on federal grant spending has found. The auditor general has published an “information report” on the $60.

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[Link] Icac documents: Mike Baird staffer questioned why Berejiklian wanted to spend $5.5m in ‘safe seat’ of Wagga Wagga

Read: 20/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

One of former New South Wales premier Mike Baird’s top staff members questioned why then-treasurer Gladys Berejiklian wanted to spend $5.

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[Link] Community groups in some states rehoming more greyhounds than industry programs, report suggests

Read: 20/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Industry-led programs to rehome retired greyhounds helped just 2,000 dogs across Australia last year and were outperformed in the two biggest racing states by community-run services operating on threadbare resources, a new report claims.

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[Link] Massage parlour operators who threatened to kill families of underpaid staff breached workplace laws, court finds

Read: 20/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Federal Court has found the former operators of a Canberra massage business breached workplace laws by underpaying their staff and threatening to have their families in the Philippines killed if they complained.

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[Link] Indonesia and Malaysia 'worried' AUKUS will start a regional arms race with China

Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Malaysia and Indonesia have said they share strong reservations over Australia's decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, even though nuclear weapons were not part of the plan.

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[Link] How quirky, 'bogan' NFT art is helping rebuild koala numbers

Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Rhys Dale has been fascinated by the sporadic peaks and troughs in the value of cryptocurrency since he started investing in 2017.

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[Link] A homeless man who died after being severely burned is being remembered as a gentle soul

Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Aged in his 50s, Daniel Tommerup was cooking a steak outside Milton Hall on Frederick Street in Launceston's CBD when his clothes caught alight. He suffered burns to his lower body and was flown for treatment to the Royal Hobart Hospital, where he later died.

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[Link] Ethical fashion report collars Australian brands over environment and workers’ rights

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Major Australian department store chain Myer is disputing its poor grading in an ethical fashion assessment which found the company is falling short when it comes to reducing its environmental impact and ensuring its supply chains are free of modern-day slavery.

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[Link] Northern Territory chief minister and US senator Ted Cruz in Twitter spat over Covid vaccines

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Northern Territory chief minister, Michael Gunner, has hit back at US senator Ted Cruz who criticised the Northern Territory’s vaccine policy, telling the firebrand Texan conservative “you know nothing about us”.

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[Link] Facebook says Craig Kelly’s content on United Australia Party page OK after banning MP

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Facebook says the United Australia Party’s page does not violate the social media giant’s community standards despite carrying prominent content from Craig Kelly, whose accounts have been banned for breaching the social media company’s misinformation policy.

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[Link] Ben Roberts-Smith’s backers at Seven commissioned secret report into war crime allegations, court hears

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Ben Roberts-Smith’s TV station backers commissioned a secret report into war crimes allegations made against him by newspapers, the federal court has heard.

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[Link] Queensland MP's son charged over child exploitation material

Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The son of a Queensland politician has been denied bail after being charged with possessing child exploitation material while on probation. Daniel Knuth, 24, is the son of Shane Knuth, the Katter's Australian Party state member for Hill.

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[Link] Endometriosis forces Wiggles performer Emma to pull out of upcoming shows

Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Popular children's group The Wiggles will be without its yellow performer Emma for its upcoming shows around the country, as she undergoes surgery to manage symptoms of chronic endometriosis. In a statement, Emma Watkins, 28, said she would be admitted to hospital on Tuesday.

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[Link] Climate change is a national security issue, but not in the way Scott Morrison imagines

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Scott Morrison describes climate change as a national security issue. He’s right – but not in the way he imagines. If global heating exacerbates conflict, conflict also exacerbates heating, in a dialectic that fundamentally links decarbonisation to the struggle for peace.

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[Link] Historic Drug Bust Found 450 Kilograms of Heroin Among Ceramic Tiles

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

The heroin, which was believed to be worth at least $140 million, was hidden among ceramic tiles that were being transported in an industrial shipping container addressed to a Melbourne business, border officers confirmed on Saturday.

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[Link] Why are millions of unemployed people excluded from our monthly 'unemployment' data?

Read: 17/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Do you scratch your head when you hear the government talking about the unemployment rate? Currently, the unemployment rate is just 4.6 per cent.

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[Link] ‘It needs more work’: Liberal MPs call for tougher federal integrity commission

Read: 17/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

A growing number of Liberal MPs are pushing for the government to toughen up its proposed federal integrity commission, amid criticism from the crossbench and experts that the draft bill is too weak.

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[Link] Organised crime going undetected, says AFP, as Australian hits US ‘most wanted’ list

Read: 17/10/2021 www.smh.com.au

A top security official has warned that 90 per cent of Australia’s organised crime groups are operating with relative impunity, as police say employees of the Australian arm of Dubai’s government air services company have been used to infiltrate Sydney airport and smuggle drugs.

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[Link] Cops Tell Biker Gangs to Wear Makeup as Harsh New Laws Ban Face Tattoos

Read: 15/10/2021 www.vice.com

Members of outlaw motorcycle gangs in Western Australia have been advised to hide face tattoos under make-up and plasters, as the state rolls out harsh laws banning people from showing off “prohibited” patches and insignias.

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[Link] Australia seeks to overturn landmark ruling preventing deportation of Aboriginal people

Read: 14/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

The federal government is seeking to overturn a landmark high court decision that deemed Aboriginal Australians cannot be aliens and cannot be deported.

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[Link] Australia's top whistleblowers on strike

Read: 14/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

A-Leagues referees say they are currently without contracts for the A-League Men and Women seasons and have made themselves unavailable for upcoming trial matches and FFA Cup games.

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[Link] The vegan tax: Australians pay up to double for plant-based processed products

Read: 14/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Despite their growing ubiquity in Australian supermarkets, vegan products are still notably more expensive than their meat-based counterparts, according to new research by consumer advocacy group Choice.

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[Link] Woman charged under new Queensland laws for allegedly failing to report child sex abuse

Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Redbank Plains woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, fronted Ipswich Magistrates Court this week over the charge – three months after the laws took effect.

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[Link] First person sentenced in SA after Operation Ironside arrests to spend two years behind bars

Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The first person in South Australia to be sentenced as part of Operation Ironside will spend at least two years in prison for transporting millions of dollars' worth of methamphetamine earlier this year.

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[Link] Natasha was told she was being manipulative. But she had a misunderstood disorder

Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Natasha Swingler has lived with complex mental illness from a young age. It would take some time until she would learn of her diagnosis — borderline personality disorder, or BPD.

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[Link] Canberra woman who was shot in neck 'will never forgive' man responsible

Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Michael Paul Forrest, 29, shot the woman at 8am in November 2019 as she sat in her car on Dominion Circuit in Forrest, in Canberra's inner south. The injured woman managed to escape, driving into Manuka Oval where security called an ambulance.

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[Link] ‘Cult’ Leader’s Widow Accused of Grooming Girls for Him to Abuse

Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com

The leader of what police have described as a “cult” has been accused of grooming young girls to be sexually abused by her husband. Jan Hamilton and her late husband Ken Dyers co-founded Australian personal development group Kenja Communications in 1982.

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[Link] Treasury confirms it knew government was paying out billions in JobKeeper to firms that 'may not need support'

Read: 12/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Treasury says $27 billion in JobKeeper payments went to businesses whose turnover either increased or did not decline as much as required, but has dismissed calls to introduce a clawback mechanism and defended the scheme's design.

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[Link] Man spared jail after assaulting attendant on flight from Melbourne to Adelaide

Read: 12/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Timothy Kenneth Hawkes, 29, was flying from Melbourne to Adelaide in May after South Australian authorities announced the state's border was closing to Victoria due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

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[Link] Elderly driver hit with hammer in 'disgraceful' attack while giving a lift to stranger

Read: 12/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

South Australian police are investigating an assault in which an elderly driver was hit in the head with a hammer while he gave a lift to another man, who then stole his car.

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[Link] Australia expresses ‘sorrow’ after Afghan army deserter Hekmatullah, who killed three ADF soldiers, set free

Read: 11/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has expressed “sorrow” after a former Afghan soldier convicted of murdering three Australian soldiers in Afghanistan was released from custody in Qatar.

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[Link] Advocates say it's 'safer than smoking', but researchers find 'suite' of harmful chemicals in vaping products

Read: 11/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

They are flavoured, colourful and popular with teenagers, but new Australian research is discovering mounting evidence that vapes are also unsafe to use.

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[Link] Police investigate after car set alight in driveway of Mount Gambier home

Read: 10/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Police are investigating a suspicious car fire at Mount Gambier overnight, in what appears to be a targeted attack on a woman who tested positive to COVID-19 earlier this week.

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[Link] Public servants 'no longer mandated' to report misconduct following controversial ICAC curtailment

Read: 9/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Public servants have been told they no longer have a mandatory requirement to report misconduct and maladministration in their workplaces, as new laws that govern South Australia's anti-corruption watchdog come into force.

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[Link] Police officer who fined Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sri regularly criticised him on Facebook

Read: 9/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Queensland police service says it will conduct a “full review” into a fine issued to prominent Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sri, after it emerged the police officer involved had regularly criticised Sri in social media posts.

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[Link] Incredible find on 173km/hr P-plater’s phone

Read: 9/10/2021 www.news.com.au

The young tradie was spotted speeding in a white Toyota HiLux on the M1 Motorway near Berowra in northern Sydney at 5.40pm on Monday. The 19-year-old P-plater driver was travelling 173km/hr in a 110km/hr zone.

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[Link] ‘Not above the law’: warning for Australia’s Department of Social Services over threat to ignore tribunal

Read: 7/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Department of Social Services has been warned it is “not above the law” after a tribunal heard government officials threatened to ignore an order to reinstate a man’s jobseeker payments.

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[Link] Police officer's stalker possessed explosives in 'misguided' belief they were valuable, court told

Read: 6/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Oswald Bruggemans, 65, has pleaded guilty to stalking a police officer at Victor Harbor in February.

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[Link] Australia to stop processing asylum seekers in PNG

Read: 6/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

After that, PNG will assume full responsibility for refugees and asylum seekers in the country.

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[Link] 'Tell them I'm delusional': Accused gunman's instructions prior to alleged murders

Read: 6/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Mihalis Makrylos said Mr Hoffmann came to his house in Darwin's northern suburbs, woke him up him around 2:00am and asked him to go with him to Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH).

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[Link] Queensland police refuse to remove traditional owners occupying Adani’s coalmine site

Read: 5/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Queensland police have told a group of First Nations people occupying the site of Adani’s Carmichael coalmine for the past five weeks that they have no intention of removing them from the area “at this time”.

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[Link] ‘Save Australia’ protest erupts in New York

Read: 5/10/2021 www.news.com.au

Australia became the surprising focal point of an American anti vaccine mandate protest march for teachers in New York City overnight, with hundreds of demonstrators chanting “Save Australia” and some waving Aussie flags.

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[Link] Queensland police officer who leaked domestic abuse victim’s address resigns

Read: 4/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

A Queensland police officer who leaked the address of a domestic abuse victim to her violent former partner has resigned, more than five years after first admitting to hacking into a confidential police database.

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[Link] ‘The only way’: Australians stranded in New Zealand charter private jets to get home

Read: 28/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Australians desperate to get home from New Zealand are going to extreme lengths to do so, forking out tens of thousands of dollars to charter private jets.

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[Link] ‘They’re going to meet their Waterloo’: grandma wins remarkable legal battle against developer

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

When Tracey Anne Higgins squared off against a wealthy retirement village operator trying to use squatter’s rights to claim ownership of her family’s land, she knew one thing for certain. She wasn’t wrong.

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[Link] Domestic violence services still waiting on ‘landmark’ federal funding months after it was promised

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Promised domestic violence funding to help combat a rise in demand for services during the pandemic is yet to be released more than four months after it was announced by the federal government with fanfare.

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[Link] ACT accuses Scott Morrison’s office of extensive media backgrounding on national cabinet

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Andrew Barr has questioned the need for a federal bill protecting national cabinet secrecy and accused the prime minister’s office of extensive briefing of media about its deliberations.

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[Link] Police bungle cost ‘14 years of potential progress’ in Maria James’ murder, Melbourne inquest hears

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Police errors regarding the storage and examination of evidence hampered the investigation into the unsolved murder of Maria James in Melbourne, with one bungle costing “14 years of potential progress”, an inquest has been told.

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[Link] Retirement village owner uses squatters’ rights in court bid to claim Sydney property

Read: 22/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

The operator of a private retirement village attempted to stop a woman taking possession of her deceased grandparents’ land on the fringes of Sydney, claiming it as their own using squatters’ rights.

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[Link] 'My husband would still be alive': Widow of SA Police officer claims ICAC delays contributed to husband's suicide

Read: 22/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

The wife of a senior South Australian police officer who took his own life during an investigation by the state's anti-corruption watchdog has criticised the organisation and its processes. Doug Barr spent 43 years in the force and was involved with the investigation into the Salt Creek kidnapping.

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[Link] Queensland police superintendent 'disappointed' by allegations officer snuck daughter over NSW border

Read: 22/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

An internal investigation has since begun into the incident and the officer has been stood down from official duties in the road policing unit in the Brisbane suburb of Boondall. The man's 20-year-old daughter was issued with a $4,135 fine last Wednesday and has been placed in hotel quarantine.

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[Link] Peter Dutton to be sole witness in defamation case against refugee activist

Read: 22/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

The defence minister Peter Dutton intends to take the stand in his defamation trial against a refugee activist that begins next month.

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[Link] Two week shutdown of construction industry expected following violent Melbourne protests

Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Victorian government is expected to forcibly shutdown all construction sites across the state in response to violent protests outside the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union's Melbourne office today.

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[Link] Arrest warrant issued for man charged over house parties during SA lockdown

Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

An Adelaide court has issued a warrant for a man accused of holding multiple house parties during South Australia's last COVID-19 lockdown. Bitanya Sibeko failed to appear for a hearing on his charge of failing to comply with a health directive.

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[Link] Man jailed for terrifying, humiliating knifepoint attack on partner

Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

Darryl Nugget has been jailed for four years over the March 2020 attack, in which he repeatedly threatened to kill the woman while holding a knife to her throat in front of several children.

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[Link] Emaciated animals removed from property where horse graveyard found, court told

Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

RSPCA inspectors first attended the property at Warrak near Ararat in January 2016 following a complaint from a member of the public about the animals' condition.

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[Link] Age photographer pepper-sprayed at anti-lockdown protest

Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

The conduct of some Victoria Police is being investigated after a newspaper photographer was pepper sprayed and video was published online showing a woman being pushed to the ground and sprayed by an officer at a violent anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne at the weekend.

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[Link] SA teacher cries as she apologises for grooming high school student for sex

Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

Renee Underwood, 34, fronted the District Court today charged with making a child amenable to sexual activity after earlier pleading guilty to the crime. The victim was an aspiring male medical student who was groomed between July and August last year.

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[Link] 'A declaration of war': Farming groups call out 'parasitic' alternative-meat labelling

Read: 19/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

The third public hearing of an Australian parliamentary inquiry into the definitions of meat and other animal products has seen strong views expressed from vegans, animal activists, and farming advocates.

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[Link] Australia tries to calm diplomatic bust-up with France over submarine deal

Read: 19/9/2021 www.9news.com.au

The Federal Government has responded to France's decision to recall its ambassadors to Australia and the US.

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[Link] France recalls ambassadors to US and Australia after Aukus pact

Read: 19/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

France has recalled its ambassadors to the the US and Australia for consultations sparked by the “exceptional seriousness” of Canberra’s surprise decision to cancel an order for French-built submarines and its security pact with Washington and London.

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[Link] Delivery driver who called worker 'juicy' threatened to sue her after she made complaint

Read: 16/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

Frayne Higgins was hoping to overturn a decision by Tasmania's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal last year, which found he had sexually harassed a female retail employee and ordered him to pay her $45,000.

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[Link] With just two ways to flee Afghanistan, this is what it's like at one exit

Read: 16/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

As Rohulla Sediqi and his wife and son emerged from a tunnel and squinted into the sun, they felt the tension slightly lift from their shoulders for the first time in a month.

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[Link] Didar is losing his sight, so relies on the customers in his shop for their honesty

Read: 14/9/2021 www.sbs.com.au

He was among 40 people at sea for 12 days before the boat broke down and began to sink. The area where Didar lives has a growing multicultural community and he says some customers drive from more than 100 kilometres away to buy hard to find ingredients in his shop.

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[Link] Men arrested after alleged two-day crime spree stretching from Gold Coast to Townsville

Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

Two men who allegedly went on went on a two-day crime spree from the Gold Coast to north Queensland have been remanded in custody. The men were arrested separately on Monday after allegedly committing a string of violent offences around Coomera, Mackay and Townsville.

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[Link] Three charged for allegedly trying to shoot drugs into SA prison by bow and arrow

Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

Three people have been arrested for allegedly trying to use a bow and arrow to shoot drugs into the Port Augusta Prison. Late yesterday afternoon, police were called when three people were seen in a car acting suspiciously behind the jail.

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[Link] Robotic dog employed to roam Adelaide streets in search of damaged power lines

Read: 8/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

You may remember the Boston Dynamics’ “agile mobile robot” from such moments as dancing with Grimes, or policing social distancing in Singapore. Nasa is also training him to explore caves on Mars.

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[Link] South Australians, including a couple in their 60s, arrested after entering the state without a permit

Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au

Six people, including a couple from Kangaroo Island and another pair who crossed fields to enter the state from Victoria, have been arrested and charged after separate breaches of South Australia's COVID-19 restrictions.

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[Link] 'She was in a lot of pain': Call for ban on flavoured vapes popular with young Australians

Read: 7/9/2021 www.9news.com.au

Lung Foundation Australia wants action on the sale of vapes, also known as e-cigarettes, which are largely unregulated but, with colourful packaging and fruity flavours, mostly aimed at young people.

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[Link] NSW business slams Australia Post’s parcel pause after $60k spend on express fees

Read: 6/9/2021 www.news.com.au

A NSW business has slammed Australia Post over a sudden announcement to pause their parcel post collection service after shelling out nearly $60,000 for express post and claiming some parcels took up to 13 days to arrive.

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[Link] One of the World’s Most Wanted Pedophiles Has Been Arrested

Read: 6/9/2021 www.vice.com

One of the world’s most wanted pedophiles, who abused dozens of children between the ages of two and 16, has been captured and jailed for close to 50 years after Australian authorities tracked him down to a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Malaysia.

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[Link] Scott Morrison granted Covid lockdown exemption to visit Sydney for Father’s Day weekend

Read: 6/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Scott Morrison travelled to Sydney over the Father’s Day weekend and returned to Canberra on Monday after receiving an exemption from ACT Health.

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[Link] Services Australia defends use of Excel in rectifying robo-debt errors

Read: 2/9/2021 www.zdnet.com

The remarks were made on Friday during a hearing held by the Community Affairs References Committee as part of its ongoing probe of Centrelink's compliance program.

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[Link] Man who stabbed nurse at Adelaide hospital to spend another 10 months in mental health facility

Read: 27/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Trent Jason Miller was arrested in June 2019, and charged with causing serious harm to the Lyell McEwin Hospital nurse. He was found not guilty of harm, due to mental incompetence, earlier this year.

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[Link] PayPal will no longer charge late fees for buy now, pay later purchases

Read: 26/8/2021 www.engadget.com

Soon, you'll no longer get hit with additional charges if you miss a PayPal installment for a previous purchase.

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[Link] Adelaide man charged with extra offences after counter-terrorism investigation

Read: 26/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

An Adelaide man has been charged with additional offences as a result of a joint counter-terrorism investigation. The 33-year-old man was arrested in April and charged with three offences over the alleged possession of an explosive device.

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[Link] 'It was theirs': Landholder gives property to traditional owners

Read: 26/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

As a result, Ms Carter has been welcomed into the Nukunu nation's family and was called Aunty by the elders. About 30 people attended a hand-back ceremony recently where Aunty Zarna officially signed the property over to the NWT.

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[Link] Costco 'caught out' by COVID, regrets decision to open new store

Read: 26/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Boolaroo warehouse at Lake Macquarie was set to open tomorrow after eight months of preparation, but is now at the centre of a COVID cluster.

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[Link] Zip plunges into the red as global expansion costs bite

Read: 25/8/2021 www.afr.com

Key Points Revenue ($m) 403.2, up 150.4% from year-earlier 161.0 Pre-tax loss($m) -718.3 compared with year-earlier 20.6 Net loss ($m) -652.5 compared with year-earlier -19.9 No dividend declared.

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[Link] China moves to protect personal data form misuse by tech companies

Read: 25/8/2021 the-pen.co

There is considerable interest in efforts by the Chinese government to impose greater control over major private enterprises operating in the country. Critics see this as an attack of freedom to do business. Supporters see it as a justified crackdown on corporate greed.

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[Link] Nazis and incels are using Gotye and MGMT to evade TikTok's auto-moderators, report finds

Read: 25/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

While it's hardly surprising fringe groups have used social media platforms to post hateful material, experts say TikTok has birthed creative ways to distribute the content and avoid auto-takedowns.

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[Link] New law passes giving AFP more power to infiltrate online criminal networks

Read: 25/8/2021 www.news.com.au

Police will have greater powers to infiltrate the dark web to crack down on paedophiles and criminals after a new law passed giving them amped-up surveillance capabilities online.

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[Link] Man faces court over alleged kidnapping of children from Blackburn North

Read: 25/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Jiangang Ji is facing charges including kidnapping, aggravated burglary, armed robbery, false imprisonment, assault and theft of a motor vehicle.

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[Link] NSW man who escaped SA hotel quarantine to go to pub sentenced to 14 days in prison

Read: 25/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Paul McElhinney, 33, pleaded guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court to failing to comply with a COVID-19 direction. McElhinney, who lives in Sydney, was quarantining at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Adelaide's CBD after returning from his father's funeral in Scotland.

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[Link] Silk Road member Peter Nash avoids further US prison time

Read: 25/8/2021 www.smh.com.au

New York: An Australian man who moderated the discussion forums on the underground drug website Silk Road was sentenced to time served on Tuesday after already being in custody for 17 months.

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[Link] How a now-defunct site on the dark web led police to the biggest cryptocurrency seizure in Australia

Read: 24/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

They were “quite unremarkable in every way”, police said, living normal lives in the community having never before come to the attention of authorities.

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[Link] Australian businesses stop reporting ransomware attacks over exfiltration doubts

Read: 24/8/2021 www.itnews.com.au

Australian businesses are incorrectly relying on what they think is a loophole in notifiable data breach laws to avoid reporting ransomware infections.

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[Link] Stuck in limbo: investors blame Asic for $200m loss, but no one will hear their claim

Read: 23/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

i Investors seeking $200m in compensation from the corporate regulator over the collapse of a retirement village group say they are trapped in a catch-22 situation because no one in government will consider their claim.

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[Link] Operating as a company or a sole trader, how much choice do you have?

Read: 23/8/2021 www.smh.com.au

When a business is started there are many decisions to make. These include the type of business structure to use, whether to register for GST, and what is the best way to maximise tax deductions.

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[Link] NSW police apologise for sending email with sensitive information to wrong person

Read: 23/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

When a sensitive email from New South Wales police landed in Richard McDonald’s inbox earlier this month, he could scarcely believe the irony.

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[Link] Fears of neo-Nazis in military ranks after ex-soldier’s passport cancelled

Read: 22/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

The first neo-Nazi to have his passport cancelled on national security grounds is a former Australian soldier, raising fears the Australian Defence Force is at risk of infiltration by extremists.

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[Link] Statement of Concern: Police use of projectile weapons

Read: 22/8/2021 melbactivistlegal.org.au

Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS) expresses concern regarding use of projectile weapons at Melbourne protest on 21 August 2021.

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[Link] Brunswick’s Good Karma Network shuts amid claims of ‘toxic positivity’, racism

Read: 22/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

It began as a place online where you could share excess lemons with your neighbours, pass on clothes your kids had outgrown or lend someone a power tool: a utopian vision of an online community sharing gifts and advice.

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[Link] From kickboxing to Adolf Hitler: the neo-Nazi plan to recruit angry young men

Read: 22/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

An unprecedented look inside Australia’s radical fringe shows their deep links to violent international groups, and what they’ll do if they are banned.

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[Link] ‘Ridiculous’: Police warn protesters ahead of anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne

Read: 22/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

Police have warned people attending an anti-lockdown march in Melbourne on Saturday that they will take strong action to deter breaches of lockdown restrictions. Thousands were expected to join the protest, which organisers said would begin at 12pm in the CBD.

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[Link] Sleeping man dragged from car by masked attackers and assaulted in Adelaide's north

Read: 22/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Police said the man was asleep in his green VY Commodore on Jessie Road at Paralowie in Adelaide's north when he was dragged from his car and assaulted by the masked attackers about 4:30am. The two men then allegedly stole the car and sped off.

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[Link] Woman stands trial accused of deceiving company of millions of dollars to benefit customer — but prosecutors 'can't say' why

Read: 22/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

An Adelaide Court has heard prosecutors don't know why a former Adelaide Brighton Cement manager allegedly deceived her company of millions of dollars to benefit one of its biggest customers.

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[Link] 'Disgusted and intimidated': Eliza didn't expect a trip to the footy to turn out like this

Read: 22/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Eliza Andersen says she is tired of the sexism and misogyny within the football community after being verbally abused at an Adelaide AFL match at the weekend.

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[Link] Wealthy people calling for a tougher lockdown got what they wanted, at no cost to them

Read: 22/8/2021 www.smh.com.au

I live in a local government area “of concern”. The news from Friday’s press conference ricocheted around my community like a bullet. There were tears, disbelief, anger.

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[Link] Labor demands Uber shape up or shut down

Read: 22/8/2021 www.smh.com.au

Labor has questioned whether transport giant Uber should be allowed to keep operating in NSW after the industry regulator revealed a systematic failure by the company to report safety problems, check drivers were doing mandatory training and stop them clocking up to 17-hour stints on the road.

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[Link] Australian military rescue mission to Afghanistan launched

Read: 18/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

An urgent and dangerous Defence Force mission to evacuate Australians and Afghans from Kabul’s besieged international airport has begun, with an RAAF transport aircraft flying out of the capital this morning.

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[Link] Man who allegedly escaped hotel quarantine and went to SA pub arrested

Read: 18/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

An investigation has found flaws in South Australia's medi-hotel security protocols, which allowed an international arrival to leave hotel quarantine for eight hours and attend a nearby pub and fast food outlet last week.

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[Link] NSW police fine 600 people on first day of Covid crackdown blitz

Read: 18/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

New South Wales police issued nearly 600 infringement notices to people flouting tough new health orders on the first day of a three-week crackdown designed to get the state’s escalating Covid crisis under control.

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[Link] Live: Virus has breached St George hospital cancer ward, NSW Health confirms

Read: 17/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

NSW Health authorities have confirmed that several patients and staff members from St George Hospital's oncology ward have tested positive to coronavirus.

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[Link] Pressure on Queensland police to sack officer who leaked address of domestic violence victim

Read: 17/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Queensland police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, is “carefully considering” whether to take further disciplinary action against an officer who leaked the address of a domestic violence victim.

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[Link] Students, holiday visas putting pressure on wages: RBA

Read: 17/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

The Reserve Bank’s own economics research department identified students, holiday makers and the partners of people brought into the country on skilled migrant visas as reasons for Australia’s sluggish wages growth ahead of the coronavirus pandemic.

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[Link] Supreme court rejects Victorian anti-lockdown protester’s legal challenge

Read: 17/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

A legal challenge to Covid-19 stay-at-home orders brought by a woman who protested against Victoria’s second wave lockdown has been dismissed.

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[Link] Coalition accused of being too slow to organise evacuation mission to Afghanistan

Read: 17/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has been accused of waiting far too long to organise a military evacuation mission to Afghanistan, as it sends 250 defence force personnel to the region in a last-ditch bid to help people flee the Taliban.

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[Link] Tesla’s Megapack Battery Burned For Days In Grid Storage Fire

Read: 15/8/2021 hackaday.com

Lithium rechargeable batteries have been heralded for their high-density energy storage, enabling all manner of technologies to come to fruition. From drones to practical electric cars to large-scale grid storage, the applications are endless.

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[Link] Being made redundant has turned me into a better dad

Read: 15/8/2021 www.sbs.com.au

In early March, I took a redundancy from my paid work. The whole process happened suddenly, and I experienced mixed emotions dealing with its effect on my life. On one level, I felt like absolute crap, feeling rejected with a palpable sense of professional defeat.

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[Link] With few forms delivered, many residents in this remote community knew nothing about the census

Read: 15/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Local worker shortages and COVID restrictions preventing fly-in census staff have been blamed for forms not reaching many people in Western Australia's north.

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[Link] Einstein was ‘wrong’, not your science teacher

Read: 15/8/2021 theconversation.com

“Your teacher was wrong!” It’s a phrase many a high school or university student has heard. As practising and former science teachers, we have been challenged with this accusation before.

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[Link] Adelaide public transport complaints reach record level as commuters return to system

Read: 14/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

The number of complaints per 100,000 journeys on Adelaide's public transport system has risen again with passenger numbers increasing as people return to the city's buses, trains and trams. The rate of complaints — 16.

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[Link] Home and Away's Mat Stevenson adopts trans daughter’s best friend

Read: 14/8/2021 au.lifestyle.yahoo.com

Former Home And Away star Mat Stevenson has adopted his transgender daughter, Grace Hyland's best friend, Belle Bambi. In a video shared to Grace's TikTok account, she shows her dad - who is known for playing Adam Cameron on the soap during the 1990s - holding up a signed adoption certificate.

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[Link] 'We don't deserve to be treated like this': Sydney nurse speaks out about alleged assault at COVID testing clinic

Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

The female healthcare worker told police she was working at the Dundas testing clinic on Monday when she was approached by an unknown man who was not wearing a mask. It is alleged the man began filming the 31-year-old worker on his mobile phone before verbally abusing her about vaccinations.

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[Link] Police arrest dozens of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne's CBD

Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Victorian police arrested dozens of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne's CBD last night. Officers appeared to outnumber a handful of protesters who came into the city's centre to protest hours after Premier Daniel Andrews announced a seven-day extension to the city's lockdown.

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[Link] Aunty Joyce has spent decades standing up for her regional community — her latest fight is more personal

Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

At 94, Joyce Williams has defied the odds. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the images and names of Indigenous people who have died.

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[Link] Crown royal commission hears chief financial officer knew of money laundering 'red flag' but can't remember response

Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

The man in charge of the finances of Crown's two Australian casinos was warned of multiple suspicious transactions which could indicate money laundering — but can not remember taking any action.

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[Link] Leader of micro-nation found guilty of lighting fires

Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au