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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] 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] 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] Chinese Censorship in Overdrive After Tennis Star Accuses Ex-Top Leader of Sexual Assault

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

Peng Shuai, a former Wimbledon doubles champion, alleged on Tuesday night she was coerced into having sex with ex-Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli three years ago. The claims, which have not been corroborated, were posted on her verified account on the microblogging site Weibo.

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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] $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] ‘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] Latin American democracy is in poor but surprisingly stable health

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

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[Link] America Has Slightly Reduced Its Nuclear Arsenal

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

The Biden administration revealed how many nukes America has on Tuesday, abandoning a Trump-era policy of nuclear secrecy. Between its active and stored nukes, the U.S. is sitting on 3,750 world-ending weapons as of the last official count in September 2020.

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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] Grieving family of man who died after getting COVID at Liverpool Hospital want more transparency

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

The grieving family of an 80-year-old man who is among five deaths linked to a COVID-19 cluster at a hospital in south-west Sydney, say they have a right to know what's going on at the facility.

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