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Electricity prices surge on coal price rises and outages

Consumers facing big power bill increases says regulator

Newcastle Herald · Apr 29, 2022

Here's how disinformation could disrupt the Australian election

Disinformation and foreign interference constitute a grave threat to Western democracies, particularly during elections.

The Conversation · Apr 29, 2022

No, Mr Morrison – the safeguard mechanism is not a 'sneaky carbon tax'

Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week claimed Labor was planning a “sneaky carbon tax” should it win power, and Nationals senator Matt Canavan declared the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 was “dead”.

The Conversation · Apr 29, 2022

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Solomons didn't raise issue over AUKUS: PM

Scott Morrison has hit back at criticism from the Solomon Islands prime minister over a lack of consultation on the AUKUS security pact.

AAP · Apr 29, 2022

Climate crisis – not China – is biggest threat to Pacific, say former leaders

Pacific Elders Voice group says military tension ‘created by China and the US and its allies’ are secondary to rising seas and catastrophic cyclones

The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2022

Clive Palmer's promise to cap mortgage rates at 3% would make it much harder to get a home loan

Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party continues to make waves in the federal election campaign, most recently with advertisements on massive billboards pledging a “maximum 3% interest rate on all home loans for five years”. But does this promise stack up?

The Conversation · Apr 29, 2022

There’s Now A BA.4 Subvariant In Aus ‘Cos This Election Campaign Wasn’t Giving Me Enough Anxiety

The first case of BA.4 in Australia has been reported by NSW health authorities and experts warn it could lead to high COVID reinfections.

Pedestrian.tv · Apr 29, 2022

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A 20 Y.O Told Q+A She Fears For Her Future & Panellists Said To Study Harder Or Join Parliament

Turns out we're just not looking for opportunities hard enough!

Pedestrian.tv · Apr 28, 2022

Wombats living with sarcoptic mange in Kangaroo Valley respond well to treatment

While car strikes remain a major threat to wombat numbers, a skin infection introduced to Australia by animals belonging to European settlers is still killing them.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Coalition confirms $218m for new energy and cement projects at Whyalla, South Australia's north

The federal government has chosen Port Bonython, near Whyalla, as the site of a so-called "hydrogen hub", also promising money will be directed to solar and carbon capture technologies as well as cement projects in the safe Liberal seat of Grey.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

A footy legend said 'heart issues and Bell's palsy has gone through the roof since the boosters'. Is he correct?

Despite what AFL legend Matthew Lloyd has claimed, there is no evidence to suggest heart issues "have gone through the roof" as a result of COVID-19 vaccines.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Newcastle well position in Australia's effort in global hydrogen push

Taxpayers fund global hydrogen push

Newcastle Herald · Apr 28, 2022

'Public service journalism has to deliver for the audience': Sarah Ferguson to replace Leigh Sales as host of 7.30

Award-winning investigative journalist Sarah Ferguson on the importance of public service journalism as the ABC announces she will take over hosting 7.30 in July.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Morning mail: Labor message on Morrison resonates with voters, Kyiv hit by strikes amid UN visit, best food photography

Friday: A new poll shows which party’s slogans are cutting through to the public, with Labor coming out on top. Plus: Get set for more wet weather

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022

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ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Cost of living $250 cash payment starts to arrive, but will it change votes at federal election?

Cash payments are hitting the bank accounts of 6 million Australians, but recipients say it's a "drop in the ocean" as living costs spike.

AAP · Apr 28, 2022

Downer slams Payne call on UK commissioner

Alexander Downer has criticised Marise Payne for letting the UK high commissioner's posting fall vacant during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

The Conversation · Apr 28, 2022

Friday essay: hunger, dust-storms, war – how I defied the odds as a South Sudanese child refugee

My name is Akuch Kuol Anyieth. I am South Sudanese by birth, Kenyan by migration and life experience, and Australian by migration and citizenship.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Top Australian diplomat Lachlan Strahan absent for five months ahead of Chinese security deal. He was stuck in Canberra with a broken back

Beijing signing a security pact with the Solomon Islands appears to have caught Australia off guard. Now a contributing factor to the diplomatic blindsiding has been revealed — and it's more mundane than you would think.

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The Conversation · Apr 28, 2022

Peter Dutton says Australia should prepare for war. So how likely is a military conflict with China?

We are fated, whether we like it or not, to live in interesting times, having entered, as one prominent observer puts it a “decade of living dangerously”.

The Conversation · Apr 28, 2022

Fail: our report card on the government's handling of Australia's extinction crisis

Australia is losing more biodiversity than any other developed nation. Already this year the charismatic and once abundant gang gang cockatoo has been added to our national threatened species list, the koala has been listed as endangered and the Great Barrier Reef suffered another mass bleaching event.

The Conversation · Apr 28, 2022

More affordable housing with less homelessness is possible – if only Australia would learn from Nordic nations

Housing is expensive in Australia. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Higher quality, more affordable housing is a matter of policy choice.

The Conversation · Apr 28, 2022

A new type of insurance pays out as soon as extreme weather hits – and we could try it in Australia

The floods that devastated parts of southeast Australia last month revealed, yet again, this nation’s growing insurance problem. Assessment of the damage was agonisingly slow, and rising premiums meant many victims were completely uninsured.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Chisholm is one of the most marginal seats in the country, but many in the Chinese community remain undecided

With almost one in five people in the electorate of Chisholm having Chinese ancestry, that subset of the community could have a big say in who wins the seat. However, the "Chinese community" covers a broad range of experiences and views, and three weeks out from election day, many are…

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

Q+A guest describing ‘constant state' of fear questions politicians over challenges facing young Australians

Appearing on Q+A, the Minister for Employment says that, despite the rise in cost of living and the housing affordability crisis, Australia is still a land of "enormous opportunity" for young people.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2022

'Things would be very different:' How the French almost colonised Australia

If it wasn't for a series of events in Britain, France and at sea, Australia could have a very different history.

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