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The push for 'researcher entrepreneurs' could be a step backward for gender equity

Scott Morrison recently announced a $2.2 billion Research Commercialisation Action Plan for the next ten years. The plan centres on a competitive grant scheme to promote start-ups and industry partnerships. The prime minister’s message to universities was clear:

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Madonna King: 60 Minutes is not the only ticking clock for Scott Morrison. Can Jenny save him?

Prime ministerial partners are part of the Lodge package, but Jenny Morrison offers a challenge because we don’t know what we’re signing up for.

The New Daily

Letters: It's not about being everyone's best friend

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Andrew Peacock farewelled at state service

A state memorial service for former Liberal leader Andrew Peacock is under way in Melbourne.

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Nothing to show after Scott Morrison’s week of self defeat

But at the death of his first full term as Prime Minister, Mr Morrison was able to combine two signature policy proposals into a singular blunder.

The New Daily

Grattan on Friday: Morrison's religious discrimination package couldn't fly on a wing and a prayer

Scott Morrison made three foolish and arrogant assumptions this week when he embarked on trying to push his controversial religious discrimination legislation through parliament.

The Conversation

It began with a pre-dawn insurrection on religious discrimination and it got worse for Scott Morrison

Clearly someone, or more than someone, wants to cause the prime minister some capital T trouble, but their endgame is entirely unclear

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Fresh leak reveals Scott Morrison rolled in cabinet over plan to win back renegade MPs

PM hoped to persuade Liberals opposed to religious discrimination bill by promising a beefed-up integrity commission

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton has plumbed new and dangerous depths by suggesting China is backing Labor

Did the defence minister not hear the Asio boss warn that stoking community division has ‘the same corrosive impact on our democracy as foreign interference itself’?

The Guardian - AU

Anne Ruston says person behind 'threatening' call to Grace Tame should 'front up and apologise'

In response to Grace Tame saying an investigation was "missing the point", Senator Anne Ruston says the government is still happy to look into the "unacceptable" phone call.

ABC News

Religious discrimination laws in limbo – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s religious discrimination bill passes after marathon all-night sitting

Controversial legislation passes lower house despite Liberal moderates defecting to help add more extensive protections for LGBTQ+ students

The Guardian - AU

Liberal revolt removes all discrimination against gay and transgender children

In a humiliating rebuff to Scott Morrison, a revolt by Liberal backbenchers has struck down the provisions of the sex discrimination act that allow discrimination against gay and transgender children.

The Conversation

PM seeks details of 'threatening' call

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has encouraged Grace Tame to tell his government which agency told her not to say anything "damning" about him.

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Australian sexual abuse survivor Grace Tame says she was ‘threatened’ to not criticise PM

Government has launched an investigation and said Scott Morrison would not have authorised the call

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Grace Tame Says Scott Morrison Completely Misunderstood The Problem Behind That Alleged Call

Grace Tame has slammed PM Scott Morrison for completely misunderstanding the problem with the alleged "threatening" phone call she received.

The Guardian - AU

‘Bring it on’: Scott Morrison goads Labor into election character contest after questions over leaked texts

Prime minister challenged in question time over trustworthiness following leaked messages

The Guardian - AU

Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins: nine key moments from the sellout press club event

The 2021 Australian of the Year and the Liberal staffer who triggered parliament’s #MeToo reckoning did not mince words while putting politicians on notice

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The New Daily

Australia Day Council denies staff made ‘threatening’ phone call to Grace Tame

Grace Tame told the Press Club that receiving the phone call from the government-funded organisation reminded her of being assaulted as a child.

The Guardian - AU

Grace Tame claims she received a ‘threatening’ phone call warning her not to criticise PM

The 2021 Australian of the Year tells press club the intimidating behaviour felt familiar to her as a survivor of grooming and abuse

ABC News

Government investigating 'threatening' phone call to Grace Tame

Women's Safety Minister Anne Ruston says the government is investigating Grace Tame's claim that she received a "threatening" phone call asking her not to say anything controversial about Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Reuters

Abuse campaigner says Australia's prime minister apology not enough

A day after Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised in parliament for the treatment of women who had suffered sexual abuse there, a prominent campaigner said she wanted to see action more than words.

The New Daily

MP’s anti-vaccine offer on religion bill

The government is fighting a losing battle to win crossbench support and shepherd its signature religious discrimination legislation through parliament.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese warns religious discrimination bill could ‘drive us apart’ as Labor pushes for amendments

Opposition confident it can make changes in Senate to neuter controversial statement of belief clause

ABC News

Grace Tame accuses employee of government-funded organisation of 'threatening' phone call to protect Scott Morrison's reputation

Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins both used their speeches at the National Press Club to keep the focus on the need for society and government to take real and meaningful action to keep abuse victims safe, and to support those who choose to come forward.

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