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Paid access to politicians

ELECTIONS
The former chairman and co-founder of Aspen Medical has revealed how the company obtained access to senior ranks of the Coalition government by participating in political fundraising and appointing a former Liberal cabinet minister to its board. The company has earned $1.6 billion over the past two years, the bulk...
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US can seize Russian oligarch’s $436m superyacht: Fiji court

ELECTIONS
A Fiji court has ruled that the United States can seize a Russian-owned superyacht, 21 days after the luxury vessel Amadea arrived in the Pacific island nation and was detained by police. US authorities assert that the Amadea is ultimately owned by Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, who has been sanctioned...
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ScoMo: Australia could become an unrecognisable “public autocracy” if a national ICAC with teeth was established

ECONOMY
By Emma Elsworthy, Worm editorAustralia could become an unrecognisable “public autocracy” if a national ICAC with teeth was established — according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, that is. The PM told the SMH that the watchdog shouldn’t look at pork-barrelling in marginal seats, but rather focus on criminal activity, declaring...
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RBA Governor Philip Lowe is hiking interest rates. Worst case, it’ll mean an extra $600 per month on a $500,000 mortgage

ECONOMY
The bank expects worse inflation to come, warning that it sees “headline inflation of around 6% and underlying inflation of around 4.75%; by mid 2024, headline and underlying inflation are forecast to have moderated to around 3%”.     Isaac Gross, Monash University Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has announced he will lift...
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Taylor’s obsession with failing, inflationary coal will help kill off AGL split

ELECTIONS
By Bernard Keane Crikey Politics Editor Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor have spent the past three and a half years trying to chain Australia to an unreliable and uneconomic source of power that now threatens to send family electricity bills skyrocketing — but ironically may also help Mike Cannon-Brookes in his...
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Voice from The Heart

BIASED HISTORY
The Uluru Statement from the Heart outlines the path forward for recognising Indigenous Australians in the nation's constitution. It was endorsed with a standing ovation by a gathering of 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders on May 26, 2017, following a four-day First Nations National Constitutional Convention held at...
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‘Time is now’: Australia-wide campaign for referendum

FUA AWARDS
By Natassia Chrysanthos A new campaign will tell Australians that the time has come to decide if they want to recognise the nation’s first people in the Constitution as it calls on the country to support its first referendum since 1999. The landmark call to action – backed by campaign veterans,...
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Disater Fund

ECONOMY
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has posted flyers to constituents of his marginal seat spruiking the success of a controversial online fundraiser he launched after the Brisbane floods. Dutton’s methods raised questions among transparency and charity experts, also sparking action from a fundraising regulator, before the GoFundMe effort closed with almost...
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Labor to charge electric vehicle take-up

ELECTRIC VEHICLES
A Labor government will build more electric vehicle charging stations and establish a Driving the Nation Fund if elected in May. Leader Anthony Albanese told the party’s official campaign launch Labor will close the gaps in Australia’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure. “That means you’ll be able to drive an electric vehicle across...
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Cracks emerge in Russian elite as tycoons start to bemoan invasion

BUSINESS
In the two months since Russia invaded Ukraine, the silence — and even acquiescence — of the Russian elite has started to fray. Even as opinion polls report overwhelming public support for the military campaign, amid pervasive state propaganda and new laws outlawing criticism of the war, cracks are starting...
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