We've had one overwhelmingly consistent piece of feedback to the launch of the latest Background Briefing series, reported by Julia Bergin and hosted by Maddison Connaughton.
Please hurry up and release episode two.
Some helpful reporting from @nickfeik.bsky.social on the Adelaide writers week debacle
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Import link in this story between the struggle to get into the housing market and insecure work (even for workers on ok pay)
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We've just released part one of a really remarkable new series from Background Briefing. Listen, subscribe, and I'd love to hear your feedback.
This Episode One of The Favourite
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I’m sure this point has been made elsewhere but not only did they openly lie about how many recommendations were in the robodebt final report, the one they erased was to reform FOI and now they’re heading in the opposite direction. Surprise is not a feature of my reaction.
Targeting journalists is a war crime.
As colleagues, we remember them.
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Stop killing journalists.
@withmeaa.bsky.social
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The East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation has been the target of an arson attack.
About 20 people were inside the building when a man set the door alight at about 8pm, but investigators said they were able to escape. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Exclusive: Lead scientist on the rock art monitoring project at Murujuga, near Woodside's North West Shelf gas project, goes on record.
Professor Ben Mullins says "there's nothing in our report that suggests that industry and the rock art can't coexist"
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Of the many odd twinges of recognition I had reading this, the oddest was remembering the 2018 brouhaha after Peter Van Onselen defended Paul Murray for suggesting the Second World War was fought against socialism
Really enjoyed this, by Australian writer Alex Wells. It's about Hungary's culture war, and why it might not be as foreign or irrelevant to you as it first seems thebaffler.com/salvos/house...
After everything we have gone through - with all the inappropriate intervention of previous chairs and MDs - this is BEYOND disappointing. ABC journos deserve better: to be allowed do their job without the biases of chairs and MDs undermining our independence. @withmeaa.bsky.social
I spoke to Ealaf Al-Esawie, the Muslim woman assaulted in Melbourne last week. She's still having nightmares about the attack.
Anthony Albanese called the attack "racist, criminal behaviour".
You can hear Ealaf here (and then Sally's full interview with Aftab Malik)
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Death Toll in Gaza Likely 40 Percent Higher Than Reported, Researchers Say www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/h...
Former Australian PM Scott Morrison brought in the New Year at Mar-a-Lago (image via his Facebook page)
Liberal MPs have voted to keep Moira Deeming out of the parliamentary party after a split- decision vote.
Mostly what you'd expect (the business model, social media, defamation laws, AI). But amid that, some interesting positive notes - including much better reporting of domestic violence
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Murdoch and Bolt papped by our Calum Jaspan. What a pic.
TVeeder has the PM reaching out to dingoes doing it tough
As someone who had a baby this year and now holds a mystical reverence for midwives, I'd be quite intrigued to see them become the shadow hand behind the state
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Had a more detailed look at this. The big increases are in health and social assistance (up 86K) and public administration (up 39k). Nearly 70% of the new members in those areas are women. As the ACTU like to say a typical Australian unionist is a woman working in healthcare.
So, I did a bit of a dig through the quarterly emissions update and the projections, and pulled out a few things. Much of this won't surprise those who follow this closely. But all this stuff deserves continued attention. 🧵
1. Our emissions reductions have basically flatlined since 2020.
