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Australian democracy is at risk. If we want to save it, we must all play a part

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The Guardian's Katharine Murphy asks Sports rorts. Unlawful robodebts. More than $80m in election donations. Is this the governance we want? According to the Australian Electoral Commission, Clive Palmer spent $83.3m on the 2019 election. The returns – only made available this month (12 months after the election) – also revealed other big...
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‘Bushfire brandalism’: Australian artists replace bus shelter ads with political posters

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“Bushfire Brandalism” Pedestrians in some suburbs of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane would have walked straight past activist artists (vandals, some critics might call them) removing advertising from bus shelters and inserting artwork protesting the Morrison government and its handling of Australia’s bushfire crisis.On Thursday 30 January, pedestrians in some suburbs...
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Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?

CORONAVIRUS
Corona-virus Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE     Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf? C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW and Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, UNSW The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of...
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Corona virus COVID 19 – Live worldwide cases of corona-virus infections

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Roughly 50 million people are under quarantine in China. Thousands of travelers are being screened at airports every day. Armies of disease detectives are knocking on doors around the world in hopes of halting the new coronavirus in its tracks. Despite all the colossal efforts to contain the virus, scientists...
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Morrison’s Sports grant review is a joke

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Why we need strong ethical standards for ministers – and better ways of enforcing them Prime Minister Scott Morrison has asked his department to probe whether Bridget McKenzie was in breach of ministerial standards in her handling of the sports grants program. Mick Tsikas/AAP Howard Whitton, University of Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison...
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The Devil and Scott Morrison

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What do we know about the prime minister’s Pentecostalism? By James Boyce In his first major speech as prime minister, Scott Morrison pointed to his heart and told Australians that “I’ve come to talk to you today about what’s in here”. Striding the Albury stage, calling for people to love each...
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The Pitfalls of Outsourcing Public Welfare & Healthcare

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When it comes to rooting out wasteful spending in federal entitlement programs, attention has long focused on preventing beneficiaries from gaming the system.   A new Stanford study identifies a fresh cause for concern: the for-profit companies that the U.S. government increasingly tasks with providing benefits to Americans who are often...
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Leadership drought reaps its harvest

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Leadership drought reaps its harvest As John Hewson wrote, The global world of politics is beginning to embrace the digital newsroom adage: Wrong, but not for long! Political leaders shoot from the hip under some perceived pressure to state an ill-considered position for short-term political advantage, only to change their...
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Viewpoint: What’s in half a degree of climate change?

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Viewpoint: What's in half a degree of climate change? Our dual needs to save the planet and power our modern lives have thrown a spotlight on the way we produce and use energy. Bombarded by often contradictory information about energy consumption and the urgency of our climate change goals, people are demanding...
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Lobbyists, Influencers and self interest. Welcome to Scott Morrison’s informed world

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'Brutal': Marcia Langton, early backer of welfare card, savages its roll out One of the few Indigenous community leaders who backed the cashless welfare card in its infancy has changed her mind, accusing the government of running a "brutal" program that has become little more than a "big stick to...
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