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Is Labor treating the CFMEU as it did Qantas or PwC?

Is it a WTF situation or whataboutism to even ask?

Crikey

A comprehensive tally of the eye-watering amount of cash you’ve given Qantas

Just how much public money has the flailing national carrier received in the past few years?

Crikey

Man jailed over dozens of dodgy JobKeeper claims

A man will spend more than two years behind bars after trying to scam nearly $500,000 from Australian taxpayers through dozens of dodgy JobKeeper claims.

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We all know about JobKeeper, which helped Australians keep their jobs in a global crisis. So how about HomeKeeper?

Bipartisan support for temporary extra government spending to preserve businesses and jobs through JobKeeper was one of the few positive outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Conversation

Gerry Harvey, Or The Demon Possessing Him, Reckons Raising Prices Will Beat Inflation

Gerry Harvey, the co-founder of Harvey Norman, publicly shared that he believes businesses should continue raising prices. What a tool.

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63 MPs call on US to free Assange

Sixty-three MPs and senators have written a strong letter calling on the US to stop persecuting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and warning of ‘a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia’ if he is extradited from the UK, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton wants to stop Canberra becoming a ‘boom market’…

Crikey

‘Workers put through hell’: Qantas loses High Court appeal over sacking of 1,700 staff

As one pilot remarked, ‘Pity Joyce wasn’t here to face the fire that he caused. Hopefully some more heads will roll’.

Crikey

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‘It’s the BoM. It always was the BoM, and it always will be the BoM’

The Bureau of Meteorology isn’t weathering the storm over its rebranding too well, in the opinion of Crikey readers. Qantas isn’t impressing either.

Crikey

Report into COVID-19 response asserts 'mistakes were made'

A new review has found disadvantaged and vulnerable people were impacted heavily by Australia's response to COVID-19.

ABC News

Australia's COVID response was 'overreach' and worsened existing inequalities, according to independent review

Australia’s response to COVID-19 exacerbated existing inequalities within the society, according to an independent review, which urges that “overreach” be avoided in dealing with future such crises.

The Conversation

Qantas soars back into profit but keeps its millions in JobKeeper. That seem right?

The airline admits that government support has been important for its recovery, but its appreciation doesn’t extend to paying taxpayers back.

Crikey

South Australian Catholic schools defend receiving tens of millions in JobKeeper funding

Figures show Catholic schools in South Australia received more than 60 per cent of all JobKeeper paid to schools in the state.

ABC News

Childcare worker strike could be Australia's largest amid 'skyrocketing' education demands

Childcare workers across Australia are planning to walk off the job today, saying increasing demands and wages barely above the minimum have them at breaking point.

ABC News

Locum doctor fee rises lead charity to withdraw financial support in five NSW towns

It now costs almost $4,000 a day for a locum doctor in parts of NSW. Five towns will now have to foot this bill alone after Rural and Remote Medical Services announced it is withdrawing financial support.

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Afterpay's founders Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar are Australia's highest-paid CEOs

Afterpay's co-CEOs and founders Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar are Australia's highest-paid executives, collecting a combined $264.2 million – together they earn more than 2,800 times the full-time average wage.

ABC News

Hundreds of millions of dollars in JobKeeper went to a group of private schools that grew their surpluses to almost $1 billion

Most private schools that took JobKeeper increased their income during the first year of the pandemic, including some of Australia's most exclusive schools.

Crikey

Coalition loves showering public companies with taxpayers’ money. How does that sit with budget repair?

From lavish federal grant-giving to misspent millions in JobKeeper, the government seems more spendthrift than scrupulous.

ABC News

Australia's insolvency drought might end with an unwanted flood

As the pandemic roared in during early 2020, rapid and astonishing shifts were made to prop up an economy sledgehammered by lockdowns, restrictions and fear.

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Following the leaders

Good morning, early birds. Education minister Alan Tudge would be returned to his job and to cabinet if Scott Morrison is reelected, and Western Australia has recorded 17,033 new COVID-19 cases overnight. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

Crikey

Albanese supporting real wages could be the most important policy in this election

The way the Coalition and businesses tell it, workers should never get a pay rise because the time is never quite right. After a decade of stagnation, Anthony Albanese seems to have decided to end the farce.

Crikey

Josh Frydenberg’s next job — premier of Victoria?

After a hammering by independent Kooyong candidate Monique Ryan, could the treasurer be quietly preparing to ‘do a Campbell Newman’?

ABC News

Regional newspaper publishers ask for government support as paper costs surge

The country's largest regional news publisher is participating in a campaign for an immediate cash injection to compensate for a sudden surge in the cost of printing newspapers.

The Conversation

Bungled vaccine rollout, welcome financial support – here's what Aussies thought of Morrison's COVID response

Before calling the election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed in a promotional video his government had done a good job of handling the COVID crisis over the past two years.

ABC News

Sydney News: Police appeal for witnesses to violent city brawl

MORNING BRIEFING: Police are appealing for witnesses to a Sydney street brawl while a young man "fights for life" in hospital with critical head injuries.

The Conversation

Pandemic pain remains as Australia’s economic recovery leaves the poor behind

“Our recovery leads the world,” treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Australia on budget night last week. “We have overcome the biggest economic shock since the Great Depression.”

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