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Children in detention: how to make it (the report, not the abuse) go away

From Gillian Triggs to nasty questions in the Senate, you need to do more than just sing “LALALALALALA I can’t hear you!” to manage criticism

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#first dog on the moon #gillian triggs #senate

Fossil free stock indices outperformed benchmarks in US, Australia

The fossil free index in the US had a banner year 2014, beating the S&P 500 by substantial margin, and cleantech indices in Australia also doing well.

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#cleantech

Today’s Essential

Essential Polling, ‘exclusive to The Australian’, shows Labor, unexpectedly, on 51 in Queensland this week.

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#labor #newman #palmer #queensland

The AMA and Medicare: a love-hate relationship

Medicare changes that were due to come into effect this week would have imposed a ten-minute minimum for regular (Level B) GP consultations which currently attract a A$37.05 rebate. Consultations under ten minutes would have attracted a smaller rebate of A$16.95. GPs were faced with a choice: absorb the cuts or pass them on to patients.

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National party warned of electoral backlash over massive NSW coalmine

Farmers, community groups and former independent MP Tony Windsor have warned there will be a significant electoral backlash against the National party if the $1.2bn Shenhua Watermark mine project goes ahead on the so-called “food bowl” of the Liverpool Plains in northern New South Wales. The NSW Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) gave approval on Thursday to Chinese government-owned Shenhua to…

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#barnaby joyce #independent mp #liverpool #national party #new south wales #nsw #tony windsor

Queensland election: Campbell Newman defends leadership style

Campbell Newman has defended his “passionate” style of governing Queensland as evidence of hard work rather than arrogance, while his Labor challenger appealed to voters to end the premier’s “divide-and-conquer mentality”. Newman debated with the opposition leader, Annastacia Palaszczuk, at a Queensland Media Club luncheon in Brisbane on Friday, the day before voters across the state cast their…

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#brisbane #campbell newman #labor #liberal #media #national party #newman #queensland

Another step towards authoritarian rule

In doing so, it’s trashed any lingering hope we might have had that asylum seekers have human rights in the eyes of Australian law, and left some disturbing implications for the future. It’s a shame the Court didn’t take the opportunity to assert a more robust judicial authority to hold the executive arm of government to account.

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#asylum seekers

Newman and Abbott: Parallel lives

As in Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, writes Bob Ellis, the fates of Abbott and Newman may be seen by future historians to have a similarity.

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#abbott #newman

The best moments of the Queensland election 2015

Let’s not beat around the bush. The standout moment of this campaign, in terms of sheer, unadulterated weirdness, is Ray Stevens’s dance. The LNP candidate was confronted by a journalist who had been pursuing him over a controversial sky rail project and, well, things got very weird.

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#gst #lnp #queensland

Abbott’s Bad Week Continues- Labor 56.6% On 2PP LNP Fallen To 43.5%

The bad news just keeps coming for Tony Abbott. The latest Roy Morgan poll shows support for Labor has risen to 56.5% (up 2%) while the Prime Minister’s LNP has fallen to 43.5% (down 2%) on a two-party preferred basis. According to this week’s Morgan Poll If a Federal Election were held now the ALP would win easily The Primary vote for the ALP has risen to 39.5% (up 1%) ahead of the L-NP 37.5%…

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#abbott #alp #labor #lnp #morgan #murdoch #peta credlin #prime minister #rupert murdoch #tony abbott

Tony Abbott’s Love Affair With Oppressive Tyrants

Tony Abbott’s hunt for ‘moderate Muslims’ has led him to embrace mass murderers and a King whose partial to a beheading or 87.

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#abbott #abbott&039;s #hunt #tony abbott #tony abbott&039;s

What The Bookies Say

The bookies are showing Labor ahead or highly competitive in thirty-seven seats, competitive in eight, and ‘others’ certain to win four seats. And the LNP ahead, or way ahead, in forty.

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#labor #lnp #murdoch #newman #parliament

This election let’s focus on what is important: health, the economy and climate change

In uncertain times, the natural desire is for a “strong leader”. Populist messages promising strength and clear direction are deeply appealing. Campbell Newman and his colleagues are counting on Queenslanders buying this message, if the bombardment of messages on “strength” and promises to deliver just what we want is anything to go by. No doubt it is the best advertising our money can buy.

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#Murdoch’s Machiavellian Manoeuvres . . .

After a string of ghoulishly inappropriate tweets it seems the irrepressible Rupert it is at it again. With very own his media empire poised and ready to dedicate swathes of precious air time to his every hashtag, it’s no surprise that the man cant keep his hands off his twitter account.

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Campbell Newman's nuclear lies and Queensland's radioactive future

Campbell Newman’s nuclear lies and Queensland’s radioactive future

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman broke his 2012 election promise and overturned a longstanding ban on uranium mining in Queensland, and is now looking at exporting the radioactive material across the Great Barrier Reef.

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#campbell newman #great barrier reef #newman #nuclear #queensland

Those were the days

Gee plots the developing relationship between the foreign minister and the prime minister’s chief of staff.

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#prime minister

Hunger

Hunger is not an issue of charity it is an issue of justice.

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#agriculture #banks

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