[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] 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] 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] CIA Funding Arm Gave Encrypted App Wickr $1.6 Million

Read: 12/10/2021 www.vice.com

In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit investment firm started by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), recently poured more than $1.6 million into encrypted messaging platform Wickr, according to public disclosure records reviewed by Motherboard. The $1.

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