News update for Thurs 18 April 2024
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Labor’s deportation bill could affect 375 children born in Australia, advocates warn - the Guardian
Asylum seeker advocates have warned that 375 Australian-born children could face orders to cooperate with their removal from the country under Labor’s deportation bill – because they’ve had protection claims denied under the controversial fast-track method.
Also read > The High Court is hearing another high-stakes immigration case. Can people be forced to assist in their own deportation? - The Conversation
The Great Housing Disaster: How to fix it - 7am Podcast
A solution to the housing crisis is one of the most sought-after ideas in Australia. Political careers, fortunes and the fate of a generation will rest on how we respond to the increasingly dire housing market, which means there are countless solutions to this crisis being debated throughout the country.
Listen to more in the 7am Podcast
Also read > Fixing Australia’s housing affordability crisis: Vacancy taxes could be the start - New Politics
Electoral shadows - Inside Story
One-term federal governments in Australia are rare. The most recent — led by Labor’s James Scullin in 1931 — was one of the many victims (political and otherwise) of the Great Depression. That’s the good news for Anthony Albanese. Closer to the present day, though, Labor was forced into minority status after the Rudd–Gillard–Rudd government’s first term in 2010. The prime minister, a key player in that era, would be keen to avoid that fate too.
Also read > Independents targeting Labor voters - Pearls and Irritations
The emerging spectre of American fragility: A reckoning - Pearls and Irritations
The United States, having learnt nothing from the 20th Century, is, quite characteristically, spoiling for a fight with one of the great success stories of our time, China, on the basis of nothing more than a doltishly unfounded fear of this success and an ever so faintly emerging spectre of American fragility. A Fragility across not only its military and political power, but, as well, across its bellicose and tottering brand of democracy.
Read more in Pearls & Irritations
Also listen to > The first U.S. president to face a criminal trial - The Daily Aus Podcast
Eve of destruction. Can war in the Middle East be avoided? - Micheal West Media
As Iran retaliates, Israel contemplates its response. Cool heads and calm reflection are needed as the Middle East spirals towards full-scale war.
Cartoon by First Dog on the Moon for The Guardian
TODAY’S BREAKING NEWS: See all the breaking news of the day through The Guardian here - and through 6 News here
Australia’s long-sought stronger environmental laws just got indefinitely deferred. It’s back to business as usual - The Conversation
We’ve long known Australia’s main environmental protection laws aren’t doing their job, and we know Australians want better laws. Labor was elected promising to fix them.But yesterday, the government walked back its commitments, deferring the necessary reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act indefinitely in the face of pressure from the state Labor government in Western Australia and the mining and resources industries.
Also read >
Global coral bleaching caused by global warming demands a global response - The Conversation
Fossil Fuel’s war on protest - Aust Independent Media Network
As 190,000 households wait for social housing, application numbers are only increasing - The Guardian
In December there were about 60,000 applications for social housing in Victoria and 57,000 in New South Wales. Queensland had more than 22,000 applications and Western Australia more than 19,000. Smaller states and territories including the Northern Territory, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory had more than 5,000, 4,000 and 3,000 applications respectively. In March South Australia had more than 15,000 social housing applications.
Some comments about the case involving Bruce Lehrmann and Channel 10 - The Future of Everything
The relief felt that Lehrmann had been found guilty of rape was no doubt heightened by the fact that such verdicts are rare. As well, Justice Michael Lee’s summation was exhaustive and gave voice to arguments generally ignored. Nonetheless, the verdict needs to be contextualised against the backdrop of a system that routinely traumatises women after the trauma of the initial crime.
Read more from Tim Dunlop for The Future of Everything
Sydney church stabbing: how an alleged attack reignited tensions – The Guardian’s Full Story podcast
At about 7pm on Monday night, a teenager wearing a black hoodie walked up to a bishop conducting a service in an Orthodox church in western Sydney and allegedly stabbed him repeatedly.
Police have labelled it an act of terrorism, and community leaders are calling for calm. Reporter Mostafa Rachwani tells Nour Haydar why emotions are running high in the Assyrian Christian and Muslim communities
Listen to more for The Guardian's Full Story podcast
Also watch > Who is Mar Mari Emmanuel? The Sydney bishop stabbed on livestream – video - The Guardian
Leave the hat Linda - The Politics
To borrow a phrase from Justice Michael Lee, Senator Linda Reynolds is going back for her hat. The outgoing Liberal senator has made it clear that she will be continuing her defamation case against rape victim Brittany Higgins and her partner David Sharaz over social media posts, while also suggesting she has been vindicated by Bruce Lehrmann’s failed one.
Read more from Rachel Withers for The Politics
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‘Conspicuous consumption’ is escalating climate change. Here’s what must change - Women’s Agenda
Australia rises to second in world budget management rankings, IMF data shows - The Guardian
Funding Australia’s renewable transition isn’t ‘picking winners’ – it’s securing our future - The Guardian
Olympics 2032: Can Brisbane come out a winner? - John Quiggin’s blog
How Justice Michael Lee untangled the Higgins-Lehrmann ‘omnishambles’ - The Guardian
REVEALED: THE PENTAGON’S INFILTRATION OF AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES - Declassified Australia
Accessing the NDIS in prison and after being released - Denham Sadler for The Justice Map
Seven has no point now, except as a symbol of everything rotten in the media - Crikey
Australia’s new defence strategy is big on ideas, but lacks one key ingredient: well-trained soldiers - The Conversation
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TODAY’S BREAKING NEWS: See all the breaking news of the day through The Guardian here - and through 6 News here