[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] ‘Prices going up’: competition watchdog tells governments to limit asset sales as public loses trust

Read: 30/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

Competition watchdog Rod Sims has called for curbs on state and federal government privatisations, saying the public has lost trust after seeing prices rise following asset sell-offs.

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