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I had been appointed as a justice of the peace for my contributions to the community, but disqualified myself due to changes in career.
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Level Crossing Removal Project (Transport@vic.gov) 

22 June 2015- the guardian/australia/transport policy 

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13 July 2015 ABC News/FVRC
 
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Lateline Interview: Greg Combet 15 July
 
 
17 Feb 2014  the guardian/media/Martin Farrer

23 July 2015  The Age Political News  GST rise on cards..
Federal shadow treasurer Chris Bowen criticised the prospect of a bigger GST take.
"You promised on 33 separate occasions before the last election not to change the GST," Mr Bowen said in public comments directed at the Prime Minister.
"Today you confirmed that you will continue your attack on low & middle-income earners by adding to their cost of living. Add that to a long list of betrayals of the Au people."
24 July 2015 11.24am  The Age/Political News/James Massola
Labor national conference
"On economic policy, Mr Shorten set out a clear contrast over tax policy, arguing Labor would require foreign multinationals to pay more tax rather than asking working Australians to pay more GST."
The Buffett rule was introduced to the Labor conference in Melbourne on Friday.
 
Bibbulmun hike in 2005 and Langi Ghiran walk near Arrarat - Victoria in 2011
American cosmologist Neil deGrasse Tyson joined Q&A panel 
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7 August 2015- Senator Kim Carr
Pyne spends $150,000 to try and get his package up

7 August 2015 13.44AEST the guardian/Ed/Political correspondent/Daniel Hurst
Coalition paying $150,000 to outsource higher education negotiations

7 August 2015-18.50 AEST the guardian/Political correspondent/Daniel Hurst
Brendan Nelson and Harry Jenkins to help lead entitlements review

3 August 2015-19.09 AEST the guardian/politicians' expenses

8 Aug 2015 12.38 AEST the guardian/staff and wires

7 Aug 2015 14.02 AEST the guardian/Datalog

 
2 August 2015 ABC Insiders/Palmer United Party Leader interview/Barrie Cassidy
27 July 2015 3.50pm The Age/Comment/John Hewson

12 July 2015 15.33 AEST the guardian/TURC/Australian Associated Press

3 Jul 6:47am ABC/The Drum/Mike Steketee
Related Content

30 June 2015 11.05 AEST the guardian/Australia/ political donations
Australian Associated Press  
Bill Shorten, the opposition leader backs political donation reform 

30 June 2015 ABC News
Lawyers call for reforms to Australia's political donation laws after reports of mafia links

2 August 2015-19.54 AEST the guardian/Calla Wahlquist
 Bronwyn Bishop resigns as Speaker

2 August 2015-2.44pm The Age Comment/Paul Sheehan
End game: time for Abbott to move his Bishop

2 August 2015 12.56 AEST the guardian/BB/Shalailah Medhora
BB splashed $1,000 on limousines in one day, reports say
1 August 2015 13.07 AEST the guardian/BB/Guardian staff and wires

31 July 2015-3.13pm The Age/Chief political correspondent/Mark Kenny
Who should replace Bronwyn Bishop as Speaker?
29 July 2015-1200am  The Age/Comment/Jonathan Holmes
28 July 2015 Media Release
Palmer and Wilkie to move no confidence motion in the Speaker
 
25 July 2015 - 9.00pm  The Age/National political correspondence
24 July 2015 The Sydney Morning Herald/National political research
19 July 2015 2.50pm The Age/Political Opinion/James Massoia, James Robertson
Updated 19 July 2015 12.40 AEST
18 July 2015 16.30 AEST the guardian/Staff and agencies
   
 

                       The SMH 22 Sep 2014


27 August 2014 the guardian/potical correspondent/Daniel Hurst
Tony Abbbott under pressure over Melbourne travel expenses
17 July 2015 5:28pm The Age Editoral Comment

17 July 2015 17.34 AEST the guardian
16 July 2015 13.38 AEST the guardian/Political correspondent/Daniel Hurst 

16 July 2015 The Age/Political Opinion/Adam Gartrell
 
art & tandberg@The Age
  
15 July 2015 15.08 AEST/Bronwyn Bishop/Shalailah Medhora
                           the guardian
                                              Source: guest on Q&A Twitter June 29
 
9 July 2015 ABC News
Labor leader told the royal commission that he put worker's interests first
 
9 July 2015 the guardian/Katharine Murphy 
Related Content
      
8 July 2015 ABC News/political reporter Anna Henderson
Bill Shorten gets party support for handling of royal commission
  
8 July 2015 ABC 7.30
The trade union royal commission is "political" and meant to attack unions, claims ALP MP and former national secretary Gary Gray. 
                                                    the guardian
3 July 2015 The Age/Breaking Politics/Chris Hammer/Online political editor
Union royal commission to "smear political opponents": says Labor's Amanda Rishworth  

3 July 2015 19.11 AEST the guardian/Daniel Hurst Political correspondent
Sydney siege letter: Senate inquiry into false claims made to parliament in May
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Updated 22 july 2015  
Updated 14 July 2015 18.19 AEST the guardian/Bridie Jabour
1 July 2015 13.41 AEST the guardian/defamation law/Richard Ackland
"When it comes to the costs of the case, it's probably a lot worse for the "successful" plaintiff (Joe Hockey v Fairfax) 
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23 June 2015- the guardian/australia/Julia Gillard exclusive
how the bullying, biased press hurts Australia
 
23 June 2015- the guardian/australia/Political editor/Lenore Taylor
Julia Gillard exclusive interview: the timid ABC is rewarding Tony Abbott

9, 16, 23 June 2015, ABC/Sarah Ferguson/Writer/Presenter 
The Killing Season Episode One, Episode Two, Episode Three 

10 October 2014 AnneSummers/Opinion
Julia Gillard's memoir
24 September 2014 the guardian/Katharine Murphy, deputy political editor
Julia Gillard's memoir
 
23 September 2014- Channel Nine/Ray Martin
Julia Gillard Interview

18 Aug, 2014 AustralianPolitics.Com
The Good Fight, Memoirs of The Rudd-Gillard Years by Treasurer Wayne Swan
24 July, 2014 AustralianPolitics.Com
Julia in conversation with Anne Summer (L)
Greg Combet says Julia Gillard offered to stand aside for him
Combet's memoirs, The Fights of My Life. 

30 September, 2013- ABC

10 Oct, 2012- tenNEWS
Julia Gillard's misogyny speech 

Lifeline/facts & information
Forms and Effects of Abuse and Violence
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7 August 2015 Abbott lifts ban on frontbenchers appearing on Q&A program  


6 August 2015 ABC board's decision to move QandA to news division.
ABC board's statement

2 August 2015 9.00pm The Age/Comment/Ranald Macdonald
 

  
                                             Source: #auspol
17 Feb 2014  the guardian/media/Martin Farrer
12 July 2015 the guardian/Q&A/ Oliver Milman
 

 

   
 https://twitter.com/hashtag/IStandWithQandA?src=hash 
10 July 2015 12.08PM The Age Victoria News/Tammy Mills
Former policeman charged with illegal access to internal database

10 July 2015 ABC News/Benjamin Sveen and Will Ockenden
Updated Hacking Team: Australian Gov agencies negotiating with notorious surveillance company, leaked emails show
                                       Photo: the guardian
Internal Hacking Team emails reveal more links to Aus gov, police & intelligence age

9 July 2015 13.45 AEST the guardian/Q&A review/Amanda Meade
Updated 
  
Abbott on Q&A while in opposition (L).  Real TA (R)
Related content: US comedy show of PM-T and a more serious reading source
 
7 July 2015 the guardian/Shalailah Medhora
Social cohesion at risk from counter-terrorism rhetoric, race commissioner says

3 July 2015 ABC News/polical reporter Peta Donald
Related Content
Rpt from gov: Q&A checked Zaky Mallah's background; but missed tweet. 
                                                  Source: guest on qanda/twitter jun 29
1 July 2015 the guardian/australia/Q&A/Amanda Meade
ABC give Q&A executive producer Peter McEvoy a formal warning and appoint two veteran TV journalists to review Q&A

30 June 2015 07.34 AEST the guardian/Q&A/Amanda Meade
Related Content
  
29 June 2015 ABC 
Updated on Media Watch and Q&A - with an explainer of the show's structure & content 
by host Tony Jones

26 June 2015  ABC News/managing director Mark Scott
ABC in defence of PM's question "whose side" and the "firestorm" by the News Ltd
                                                           Mark Scott's speech
25 June 2015 21.01 AEST the guardian/media/ABC/Amanda Meade and Daniel Hurst
Managing director Mark Scott fires back defending ABC's independence

25 June 2015  ABC Lateline/Emma Alberici
Jonathan Holmes and Gerard Henderson debated on the state of free speech in Australia and the role of the ABC now and into the future 

25 June 2015 14.21 AEST the guardian/Political correspondent/Daniel Hurst 
Tony Abbott says "heads should roll" at ABC after rebroadcast  of Q&A

25 June 2015 ABC News/Fact Check/
Fact File: What role does the court play in stripping citizenship from terrorists and foreign fighters?

24 June 2015 11.09PM The Age Comment/Jonathan Holmes
Former presenter of the ABC's Media Watch program:
Has anybody actually looked at what Zaky Mallah stands for?

24 June 2015 The Sydney Morning Herald/Comment/Sam de Brito
Related Content

24 June 2015 17.24 AEST the guardian/media/Staff and agencies
Peter Greste says Q&A with Zaky Mallah "didn't cross the line"
Peter Greste (L). The host of The Project, Waleed Aly & Zaky Mallah (R) 
24 June 2015 3.00pm Independent Australia/Martin Hirst
Zaky Mallah and the bluster and BS from Abbott and his Newscorp drones 

24 June 2015 14.54 AEST the guardian/opinion/
Australian security and counter-terrorism/Richard Ackland
Related Case of Zaky Mallah questioning proposed changes to citizenship laws

23 June, 2015 the guardian/opinion/Q&A/
Related Case, who faced terrorism charge in 2005; but, he was not convicted in court hearing.  Its unclear about the plea bargain to making death threat & kidnapping against Asio officers, that happened about a decade ago (Jonathan Holmes, Gerard Henderson debate on ABC lateline 25 June)
Zaky Mallah: I stand by what I said on Q&A. Australia needs to hear it
  
After Zaky Mallah's question, the audience applauded; but, then.. 
Below is the question and answer from journo Minister for Foreign Affairs

ZAKY MALLAH: As the first man in Australia to be charged with terrorism under the harsh Liberal Howard Government in 2003, I was subject to solitary confinement, a 22-hour lockdown, dressed in most times in an orange overall and treated like a convicted terrorist while under the presumption of innocence. I had done and said some stupid things, including threatening to kidnap and kill, but in 2005 I was acquitted of those terrorism charges. Question to the panel, what would have happened if my case had been decided by the Minister himself and not the courts?

STEVE CIOBO: But I'm happy to look you straight in the eye and say that I’d be pleased to be part of a government that would say that you're out of the country, as far as I'm concerned.

— ABC TV, Q&A, 22nd June, 2015

19 June, 2015- the guardian/australia/Australian security and counter-terrorism/
Lenore Taylor Political editor
Shadow attorney general Mark Dreyfus accuses PM of "dishonest" and "disgraceful" misrepresentation

18 June, 2015- 8.18pm The Age/Federal Politics News
Re: Terrorism law and Australian citizenship stripped without a criminal trial and conviction

16 June 2015 The Age/Federal Politics/Judith Ireland
"Crossed the line": Former Speaker, Anna Burke hits out at Bronwyn Bishop over Q&A appearance

15 June 2015 ABC's Q&A
the guardian/australia
Gillian Triggs on Magna Carta: Alice Tay lecture in law & human rights - in full

8 June 2015 the guardian/Political correspondent
Amanda Vanstone says she despaired at her party's proposal to strip citizenship

8 June 2015 the guardian/Daniel Hurst
Opposition defends Gillian Triggs and Supporters say the human rights commission president is doing her job effectively and the government is behaving inappropriately

7 June 2015 the guardian/Daniel Hurst
Peter Dutton says Gillian Triggs should consider resigning as human rights chief

6 June 2015 the guardian/Gillian Triggs/Political correspondent/Daniel Hurst
Human rights commissioner slams "scores of laws" threatening fundamental freedoms
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1 July 2015 10.31 The Age Victoria/News
Victoria's first female Governor

1 June 2015- Age/news
Victoria's first female premier, Joan Kirner 1938-2015

30 May 2015- the guardian/australia edition/media- Alan Rusbridger
"Farewell, readers" Alan Rusbridger on leaving the Guardian after 20 years of 
work and contribution 

21 March 2015- the guardian/australia edition/media- Guardian staff
Newly-appointed Katharine Viner, the first woman editor-in-chief of the Guardian in its 194-year history 

22 June, 2014 Daily Life/Robyn Doreian
Anne Summers on the men in her life 
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31 July 2015-7.13pm The Age/National
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30 June 2015 ABC News/Anti-Discrimination laws
Tasmanian man who distributed anti-gay pamphlets ordered to apologise 

27 June 2015 the guardian/world/US
Supreme court legalises same-sex marriage across the US
14 June 2015 The Sydney Morning Herald/National
Melbourne marriage equality rally
13 June 2015 ABCnews
Marriage equality movement 'unstoppable": Senator Penny Wong

Updated 29 May 2015, The Age/political news
"Two people" marriage bill: Shorten

Friday 22 May 2015, the guardian
Irland Vote Yes

Wednesday 20 May 2015, the guardian/gay marriage/datablog
Vote Yes Rally for Marriage Equality
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ABCnews Melbourne, Vic- Victorian budget 2015: Key points
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18 August 2015 the guardian/Opinion/Van Badham
After the appearance at TURC, Bill Shorten has united the ALP and deserves to lead the party to victory.

Budget Reply Speech 2015

21 May, 2015 - 3.46pm from The Age/federal political news
ABC bias on budget reply by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten
 
21 May, 2015- 11.16am (The Age/federal political)
Who is supporting who in the Senate 

21 May, 2015- 10.52 (The Age/federal political) 
Views on Bill Shorten
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25 July 2015 9.41pm The Age/Technology/Hannah Francis
Labor to rethink support for data retention
4 June 2015- ABCnews/Lateline
Video: Interview: Glenn Greenwald, American lawyer, journalist and author who first published reports on Edward Snowden leaks flagging more revelations on Australian mass surveillance

26 May 2015 11.13, the guardian/opinion/Freedom of speech by Richard Ackland
Mass surveillance makes us subjects of the state. That's chilling

26 May 2015 09.01 AEST, the guardian/tech/hacking by Alex Hern
Legal experts call for greater scrutiny of surveillance laws

22 May 2015- 9:21am, The Age/tech news 
Australia leading in hacking mobile phones document revealed
 
9 May 2015, 3:30pm from ABC/news/lateline

4 May, 2015 from The Age/comment by Ross Coulthart

22 April, 2015 from The Age/comment by Jonathan Holmes

26 Mar 2015, 8:19pm from ABCnews Melbourne, Vic
Data retention laws (Political Correspondent)

Privacy Awareness Week (Commissioner for Privacy & Data Protection)
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Tuesday 26 May 2015- the guardian/australia ed/media
ABC investigates technical problems that disrupted Monday night TV shows

5 May 2015, the guardian
Telstra breached privacy law by refusing to give customer his metadata

8 March 2015 8.00 AEDT the guardian/opinion/computing/John Naughton
Don't trust your phone, don't trust your laptop: Edward Snowden
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22 April 2015, 01.00 AEST from the guardian/tech
Social network, Twitter and abuse crackdown 

Lifeline/facts & information
Forms and Effects of Abuse and Violence
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31 July 2015 2.27pm The Age/Qld News
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11 June 2015 The Age Victoria/News/State Political Report/Benjamin Preiss

20 May 2015- News related to cattle being killed cruelly.  Say NO to Animal cruelty.
My former neighbour's cat & dog 
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15 July 2015 ABC Lateline/Interview: Greg Combet
 
13 July 2015 The Age/Political Opinion/Heath Aston, Nicole Hasham
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3 July 2015 ABC news/Environmental Issues/The Drum
BP agrees to settle claims over the 2010 oil spill
30 June 2015 ABC iview/Documentary
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2 June, 2015 -16:30:40 VOV5 Radio 
The Voice of Vietnam Overseas Service
Photo exhibition on Vietnam's sea & islands held in Russia

East Sea (South China Sea) Studies

e-book Author: Vu Hai Dang
Marine Protected Areas Network in the South China Sea
21 July 2010- the guardian/Jonathan Watts, Asia environment correspondent
5 June 2015-  the guardian/world/Reuters
Vietnam launches "sovereignty" cruise to South China Sea islands

Updated 31 May 2015- The Japan Times/Opinion

30 May 2015 23.00 AEST the guardian/world/US
John McCain urges US to provide more defensive weapons to Vietnam

28 May 2015- ABCnews by national security & defence reporter Andrew Greene
US and Australia express concerns with Beijing's military build-up

Updated 22 May 2015 by The Age/World 

27 April 2015- the guardian/world
southeast Asian nations leaders concern about ..

21 Jun 2014- ABCnews Melbourne, Vic
Dispute in the South China Sea by South-East Asia correspondent

20 Jun 2014- ABCnews/7.30 report
Video: On the frontline in the South China Sea: A diary by South-East Asia correspondent Samantha Hawley
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10 June 2015 VOV5/English
Letter Box 

29 Apri 2015 ABCnews by Kathleen Calderwood
Photographer remembers Vietnam War