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Unclear who sent the letters, but senders seemed to use tactics allegedly used by the Chinese & Hong Kong governments “to paint a target on the backs of those they don’t like & let everyone know they can harass & intimidate those the govt perceives as enemies” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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The architect of global Magnitsky sanctions – which punish human rights abusers and corrupt officials – has warned Peter Dutton’s desire to bring back a controversial “golden ticket” visa scheme would be “a big mistake”

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Exclusive: ‘Disgusting’ antisemitic tactics used to threaten exiled Hong Kong man in Adelaide, Jewish group says

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Exclusive: Fake pamphlets falsely accusing a former Hong Kong politician and Australian resident, Ted Hui, of being an pro-Israel lawyer willing to “wage war” against Islamic terrorism were allegedly mailed to mosques in Adelaide in an apparent attempt to intimidate him and undermine social cohesion

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Exclusive: A small number of Melbourne residents have received anonymous letters purporting to offer a police bounty of $203,000 if they inform on Kevin Yam, an Australian citizen and pro-democracy activist wanted for alleged national security crimes in Hong Kong.

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“I don’t see a world in which we revise any package”... I’m sad in as much as I think it is a great opportunity”.

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Anthony Albanese has cancelled an “intimate” and “exclusive” fundraising dinner capped at just 10 people in Sydney amid controversy over Peter Dutton’s attendance at a lavish party in the city prior to the onset of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

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Officials have warned the Western Australian Labor government that work to build wind and solar farms for the state’s main electricity grid has stalled under its leadership, a leaked document shows. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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The AFL has admitted its integrity system for online gambling is seriously deficient and struggles to identity whether players, coaches and staff are using inside information to manipulate betting markets, in breach of their contracts.

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As the federal government declines to restrict betting ads, the AFL is seeking a bigger share of gambling losses. Not all bookmakers are impressed. Reminder: The AFL gets a percentage of money lost on its games. The cut is higher for multi-bets, which have a higher fail rate.

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Streaming giant Paramount+ splashed ads for an offshore gambling company known for bikini-clad croupiers during an A-League match last week, in a potential breach of advertising rules. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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I thought governments were supposed to make moral judgments so 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Disturbing report. Good comments from Curtin MP Kate Chaney.

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Jonas Eckstein pulled a Torah scroll from a fire-bombed synagogue in Bratislava during the Holocaust. Almost 80 years years later, his son had to pull the same scroll from a charred synagogue in Melbourne.

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Several federal politicians have urged Sportsbet to “immediately” pull its ads from the social media app Snapchat after Guardian Australia reported that they can be viewed by children.

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#EXCLUSIVE: Sportsbet Snapchat filters allow children to see gambling ads and direct 18+ users to open a gambling account

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Gambling ads from Sportsbet can reach children on Snapchat through special promotional filters despite the platform attempting to restrict access, Guardian Australia can reveal.

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In 2024, I would have thought this sort of technical capability should be held within the federal government. But they say they don’t have the “technical capacity” so outsource it to management consultants.

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The consultancy firm McKinsey was paid $1.6m over 11 weeks to “inform” and “guide” Australian energy and climate policy, despite its work for the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies.

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Too young to be on social media but old enough to lock up for life… www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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‘Still have their baby teeth’: Queensland children as young as 10 to face life sentences for murder under new laws

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University of Sydney senate has backed a new “civility rule” requiring speakers to “make the meaning of contested words and phrases clear to the audience” and maintain its strict ban on protests in buildings, prompting accusations it's curbing freedom of speech. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Michelle Rowland’s office has apologised to multiple people harmed by the gambling industry after delaying long-awaited advertising reforms, admitting government action has taken “longer than hoped”.

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Fascinating from @henrybelot.bsky.social in @australia.theguardian.com : "Some within the gambling industry admit they too have played a role in creating these syndicates, citing intense competition between bookmakers that has fuelled a booming $50bn industry." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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A gambling syndicate has purchased ID docs for $1000 and then hoodwinked major banks and bookies. They’ve created multiple bank and gambling accounts in other names, undetected until now. Cash deposited into ATMs has then been run through at least eight bookies. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Leaked confidential report shows the NSW government's independent panel on gambling reform thinks anonymous pokies use should continue until 2028, with current trading hours.

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More than 5,000 people have lodged complaints with a financial watchdog about how the 10 largest superannuation funds have handled death and group insurance claims over four years.

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Your ID for $400: warnings issued after Australian gambling syndicates offer money for documents

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Your ID for $400. Would you send a pro gambler your passport, bank details, drivers licence and a selfie so they can punt in your name?

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This is all quite nice, isn’t it. How long until we ruin it?

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“This is not accurate, it is immoral, and advertising like this needs to be addressed before the industry is permanently scarred by these cowboys.”

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I’ve never smelt the rotting decay of a corpse, but I’m told it would smell something like the slightly phallic endangered flower on display at Geelong’s botanic gardens.

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Exclusive: Warren Mundine launched an expletive-riddled spray after KPMG rejected his $10,000 speaker’s fee

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More than a million gambling ads aired on free-to-air television and radio in just 12 months, with the media watchdog estimating $238m was splashed on campaigns to lure people into betting.

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‘Project Kookaburra’: PwC Australia recommended the firm be broken up to avoid conflicts of interest and address concerns about declining audit quality in 2018, but was blocked by the global executive

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Australia’s Antarctic division did not have internal budgets and overspent $42m in one year before being forced to cancel or defer dozens of crucial climate science projects, including studies of record-low sea ice.

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Australian government ignored warning from 2018 that its $528m ship was too big to fit under Hobart bridge, senate inquiry told

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Exclusive: Dozens of climate projects in Antarctica are set to be cut due to a budget crunch. They include studies of sea ice - which is at a record low - and melting ice shelves. No scientists will observe penguin populations that are in rapid decline.

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“What this demonstrates is that the system itself is so dysfunctional … that it is no longer possible, even in theory, to uphold the public good.”

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PwC admits to another conflict of interest breach. It happened in 2018 and is separate to the existing scandal over confidential tax policy information that triggered a crisis for the firm

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A former KPMG partner turned whistleblower has urged the federal government to consider a royal commission into the consulting industry and to formally ban firms that breach legal and ethical standards.

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