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Morning mail: huge CEO pay rises, Faruqi considers Hanson complaint, Morrison ministries letters revealed

Thursday: the CEOs of Australia’s top 20 companies got an average 17% pay rise this year. Plus: why a ‘wobbly moon’ may have killed Australian trees

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New generation of outback Queenslanders excited for future of Australia's toughest industries

The recent jobs summit painted a picture of Australian industries as more understaffed and over-stretched than ever, particularly in rural areas. But these young people say there is a bright future ahead.

ABC News

Australian jobless rate lifts to 3.5pct

The jobless rate grew to 3.5 per cent in August, lifting from the record low 3.4 per cent figure in July.

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Media coverage of Queen Elizabeth's death began well, but quickly descended into farce

In Australia, as in Britain and the United States, professional mass media are part of the Establishment. This status even has its own name: the fourth estate. So at times like the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the pressure to conform to political and social expectations is intense.

The Conversation

Imagining COVID is 'like the flu' is cutting thousands of lives short. It's time to wake up

It is difficult to understand the ease with which we have accepted a major proportion of the Australian population getting infected with COVID in just a matter of months. Many have been infected multiple times, potentially exposing them to long COVID and other problems we are only beginning to understand.…

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Bravery, insight and simmering fury: Australian female correspondents on speaking truth to power

A confession: I am an academic and a journalist, but the name at the top of an article means little to me – whether my own, or anyone else’s. It never has. I am always far more interested in elegantly rendered content. Whether it’s written by a man or a…

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Starlink, Amazon and others are racing to fill the sky with bigger satellites to deliver mobile coverage everywhere on Earth

Elon Musk’s space tech company SpaceX is rapidly advancing towards its goal of establishing Starlink – a massive satellite network capable of providing high-speed broadband internet across the world.

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What caused the world's largest die-off of mangroves? A wobble in the Moon's orbit is partly to blame

Over the summer of 2015, 40 million mangroves died of thirst. This vast die-off – the world’s largest ever recorded – killed off rich mangrove forests along fully 1,000 kilometres of coastline on Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria.

The Conversation

How Queen Elizabeth II made horseracing the sport of queens

A life-long lover of horses, the Queen oversaw one of the sport's most famous stables and won some of the world's most famous races.

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Socceroos striker Mitch Duke knows the Qatar World Cup is his chance to prove himself to Australian football

He's fought doubt and criticism his entire career. Now, at 31, the Socceroos striker is fighting to prove himself ahead of his first — and possibly last — World Cup.

ABC News

Moon wobble may have played a role in mangrove dieback, study suggests

Changes in mangrove cover across Australia are driven by tidal shifts caused by the wobble of the Moon, a study suggests.

ABC News

Branching out to biomass for NSW electricity isn't the right decision

It is not possible to grow trees as quickly as they will be burned.

Newcastle Herald

‘Wobbly’ moon probable cause of mass tree deaths in Australia, scientists say

Analysis of satellite imaging shows correlation between fluctuation in mangrove canopy cover and lunar nodal cycle

The Guardian - AU

Global fund proposed for climate disasters

Australia and others would help poorer countries pay the damage bill for climate-fuelled disasters under a proposed global funding arrangement.

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Early super access delayed return to work

Letting people dip into their super during the pandemic delayed their return to work and did not help them secure a higher-paying job, research reveals.

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Aust ute, SUV sales stall emission efforts

Increased sales of SUVs and utes are tempering Australia's overall improvement in reducing carbon emissions, the National Transport Commission says.

The Guardian - AU

Total lightweight: Australians quick to pick up new flat-pack wine bottles

Backpack friendly, energy-efficient wine bottles are proving a hit with Australian consumers, but premium producers aren’t fully sold on PET packaging

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A year on from Aukus, doubts grow about its future as China muscles up

While some progress has been made, analysts fear China is leaping ahead in capabilities and the defence department doesn’t sense the urgency

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CEOs of Australia’s top 20 companies given nine times the pay rise of full-time workers

Australia Institute urges 60% income tax on earnings above $1m a year

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Australia is funding just one-tenth of its fair share of global climate action, study finds

Wealthy high-polluting countries to face growing calls from poorer nations to help cover cost of extreme weather and sea level rises

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Australians believe life is improving after lockdowns and are more confident in government, survey finds

Younger people in particular feel more positive about their lives, latest Covid Impact Monitoring study shows

The Guardian - AU

High-density development and better rent assistance key to addressing Australia’s housing crisis, economist says

Brendan Coates warns person’s future wealth is increasingly driven by ‘who their parents were rather than their talent’

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Yes, Australian house prices are dropping, but from staggering heights

It would take a bubble bursting to even get back to the level of housing affordability we saw in June 2020

Wales Online

What time is Australia v New Zealand on TV and why is it on a Thursday?

The Wallabies v All Blacks Bledisloe Cup match is being played in the middle of the week for the first time in 30 years

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Australian teenage sensation Garang Kuol's meteoric rise profiled amid Newcastle links

Kuol could become the youngest Australian international since Harry Kewell in 1996.

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