“The standard by which Labor ought to be measured is not how low their predecessors were prepared to set the bar, but by how well they embrace their own platform at the last election.” Isabelle Reinecke on government transparency #auspol
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Dorothy Sym Choon, born in Unley South Australia. The Sym Choon family is famous in SA, especially Dorothy’s sister Gladys. Dorothy had this photo taken for her exemption to the dictation test, a function of the White Australia Policy c1920.

'If you don't know those things, just shut up and read. Stop talking.'

Please read this, from one of the best columnists in the country, on stopping women being killed by their partners and ex-partners.

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“Meanwhile, as the fine print of the April 17 announcement makes clear, AUKUS is eating the heart out of the defence investment budget, making us weaker rather than stronger in the decades ahead” thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/defence/2… via The Saturday Paper

'An important principle was invoked by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week in defence of the government’s Future Made in Australia industry policy announcement.'

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Chris Wallace Julianne Schultz A good read. Thank you!

It should be COMPULSORY READING for all politicians.

Banned Books is a new short series on#TheBookShow ABC Radio National and it starts today. It looks at why book bans are so popular, starting in America where books about race and racism are being taken off school and public library shelves. abc.net.au/listen/program…

Big news. Archie Moore has won Australia’s first Golden Lion for best national participation at the Venice Biennale, with his work kith and kin, spanning 65,000 years of genealogy.

“We are all one and share a responsibility of care to all living things now and into the future.”

My view: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘Campbell’s intervention raises fundamental questions that the Australian government must now answer…’ - and isn’t.

⁦⁦James Curran⁩ has got a big #Aukus story #AFR .

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@JulianneShultz provides sensitive commentary on an issue that goes to the core of Australia’s identity. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Ministers can no longer deny access to freedom of information documents simply because the responsible minister has left office.

As Isabelle Reinecke asks, what secrets can now be unearthed?
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'The brutal reality is the old models don’t work and tinkering at the edges won’t solve the fundamental problem if we really want the news media to be an adjunct of democracy.' -Julianne Schultz
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Truth-telling is complex.Queensland’s violent past deserves scrutiny – with facts, not finger-pointing theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Incredible stuff. Hard to believe.

Glad to be standing with Rex to support this case Grata Fund with Australia Institute. This is one of those sleeper cases that I love - much bigger implications than first appears… Great piece by Karen Middleton

The new face of politics. Truth trucks telling untruths…Rightwing political group Advance mounts ‘unprecedented’ campaign against Labor in Dunkley theguardian.com/australia-news…

Friday essay: neither a monster or a saint … Sir Samuel Griffith, Queensland’s violent frontier and the rigours of truth-telling theconversation.com/friday-essay-n… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

“There is no evidence to suggest that another journalist was extended the privilege of a private luncheon with Mr Sofronoff...at a restaurant chosen by Mr Sofronoff and booked by Albrechtsen.”

Chris Wallace on ongoing fallout of Bruce Lehrmann's trial: satpa.pe/7OFlQKM