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National cabinet to discuss Medicare, hospital funding; robo-debt inquiry continues

As regular readers of this blog will know, national cabinet is meeting at 9am in Canberra. State and territory leaders are due to start arriving in the next little while and we’ll be sure to bring you any comments they make before the meeting. In the meantime, the Grattan Institute’s Professor Stephen Duckett – a …

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Why companies shouldn’t air their dirty social issue washing in public

“It’s great that the corporations are adopting this but let’s remember where the real credit goes,” Rhodes says. “The heroes are the citizens who make change from the ground up.” Corporate support for climate change, the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements have been embraced, but some companies have been called out for hypocrisy. Nike …

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Pressure mounting on David Warner to make retirement call, cricket news 2022

Pressure is mounting on David Warner to make a decision about his Test future following this week’s underwhelming performance at the Gabba, with former Australian all-rounder Simon O’Donnell calling on the veteran opener to retire from the five-day format. Warner registered scores of 0 and 3 during the series opener against South Africa in Brisbane, …

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Charges from domestic incident dropped against former Charlie Crist campaign manager Austin Durrer

The charges against former Charlie Crist Campaign Manager Austin Durrer were dismissed last week in Dorchester County, Maryland Circuit Court, records show. Durrer exited the Crist campaign in October, just one day after being arrested as a result of a domestic dispute. Both he and his significant other, Jackie Whisman, were charged with second-degree assault …

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Energy grid chief warns of looming electricity supply shortfall

It highlighted a trend of construction delays and lack of progress on crucial transmission line projects, including HumeLink in NSW to connect the Snowy 2.0 hydropower project to the grid and VNI West in Victoria to link the state’s renewable energy zones to consumers. Loading Westerman said major transmission projects including HumeLine and VNI West …

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House values tumble and could drop faster as rates set to rise

CoreLogic’s head of research, Tim Lawless, said the sharp rises in values through the pandemic were being rapidly unwound. “It doesn’t look like it’s going to slow down any time soon. It’s not just the lift in interest rates but also the impact of inflation, so the fall is probably going to accelerate,” he said. …

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