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UN Refugee Summit NY: Turnbull breaks the commitments we have given

Anna Talbot and Greg Barns from the Australian Lawyers Alliance report on the UN Refugee Summit in New York and why the Turnbull Government's current [...] 
Anna TalbotGreg Barns@annactalbot
Kathy Jackson in court: You're so vain

Despite facing 70 fraud and deception charges, the Liberal's former poster girl, Kathy Jackson, strutted, posed and rolled her eyes for the press outside a [...] 
Peter Wicks@madwixxyKathy Jackson
The uncooperative university Co-op: Now corporatised

The national University Bookshop Co-operative has been surreptitiously corporatised at the expense of students. Duncan Wallace, Jesse Paris-Jourdan [...] 
Farragothe Co-opUniversity Bookshop Co-operative
Breaking news: Marriage has very little to do with religion (and vice versa)!

If the plebiscite goes ahead, the media should stop distorting the role of religion with its "false balance". This has led to the unwarranted amplifica [...] 
Timothy Jonesmarriage equalityplebiscite
Tax dodger BHP's secret tax haven, sham directors — courtesy of shadowy Citco!

Walkley-award investigative journalist, Michael West, turns the spotlight on shadowy tax avoidance goliaths like Citco and Intertrust and discovers Citco [...] 
Michael West@MichaelWestBizBHP
#BringThemHere — but then what?

Bill Burrhouse says #BringThemHere is not a plan but a three word slogan, as he outlines a proposal of how we could go about bringing asylum seekers into [...] 
Bill Burrhouse@giddyupbill#BringThemHere
Trade Union Royal Commission's road to nowhere

Six months after Dyson Heydon's findings, there's no iceberg or tip, only one conviction and mounting bills to show from the Royal Commission into Trade [...] 
John Quiggin@johnquigginDyson Heydon
Australia’s Indigenous children are incarcerated at the world’s highest rate

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are sentenced and incarcerated at the world's highest rate ahead of the mother of all gaolers – the USA [...] 
Gerry Georgatos@GerryGeorgatosdetention centres
Revealed: CBA's secret deal with Storm victims' lawyer

No wonder we need a banks royal commission. Michael West tracks down the secret deal between CBA and Stewart Levitt, class action lawyer for Storm Financial [...] 
Michael West@MichaelWestBizCommonwealth Bank
George Brandis, show us your chits!

It's time for George Brandis to open up and whip his diary out, says contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence. 
George BrandisMark DreyfusBrandis diary

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