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Dutton is now releasing more details on the opposition’s “coal to nuclear” power plans, which he argues can deliver cheaper electricity and new jobs in regions where ageing coal generators will be forced to close. So far, the plans bear a striking resemblance to a policy Trevor St Baker and SMR Nuclear Technology have been advocating for several years, in evidence and submissions to federal and state parliamentary committees, in think tanks and in energy forums. More in The Monthly #auspol > https://loom.ly/naRjxIo

There was much fanfare in late 2018 when Australia passed world-leading legislation to help law enforcement and spy agencies break encryption. As communications increasingly moved into platforms that are end-to-end encrypted, including Signal, WhatsApp and Meta’s other apps including Messenger, authorities were losing track of criminals and spies who were “going dark”. Paul Karp for The Guardian #auspol > https://loom.ly/knnrgrU

Strange but true. A reporter from the state-owned broadcaster in Australia was booted out by India, purportedly the biggest democracy in the world, and the Murdoch media in Australia has ignored it in toto. The fact that the ABC’s Avani Dias had been forced to leave the subcontinent was reported in The Age, a newspaper that belongs to Nine Entertainment, on April 23. Dias is of Sri Lankan origin. She was denied a visa after her program Sikhs, Spies and Murder: Investigating India’s alleged hit on foreign soil was aired on the ABC ‘s weekly Foreign Correspondent slot on March 21. More in Pearls & Irritations #auspol > https://loom.ly/A3QqssY

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s ‘Made in Australia’ policy could be bad, good or great for Australia, depending on how it is implemented. Rex Patrick looks at the great model for Michael West Media #auspol > https://loom.ly/rJD5330

A landmark legal settlement has once again focused our attention on the dangers of “forever chemicals”. This class of chemicals, technically known as per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are widely used to make nonstick or waterproof products. The problem is, the chemicals move easily around the environment, pollute groundwater and rivers, are often carcinogenic – and they don’t degrade. More in The Conversation #auspol > https://loom.ly/cRleef0

I suppose we should be grateful the Reserve Bank doesn’t pay much attention to the monthly inflation data, only the quarterly, so our emotions don’t get jerked around every four weeks, just every three months. But most of all we should be grateful to them for not blindly following other central banks and hard-line economists to a 5 per cent policy rate. Instead, they held back, trying to keep the misery to a minimum while still getting inflation down. Alan Kohler for The New Daily #auspol > https://loom.ly/mNYTkP4

Wealthy private schools are receiving a government assistance payment for students with disabilities up to six times higher than that received in the public system. A Guardian Australia investigation has uncovered a vast disparity in the funding flowing to high-needs students, as mainstream schools struggle to support the one million students in Australia now reporting a disability. More in The Guardian #auspol > https://loom.ly/-qKasTc

Inspired by anti-fascist organizing in the 1940s, a group of progressive Jewish activists have formed the Jewish Council of Australia. Its goal is to challenge the hegemony of right-wing, Zionist groups that claim to speak for all Jewish Australians. More in The Jacobin #auspol > https://loom.ly/4va7GcE

Almost every first-term government gets a second chance, but could the current Labor government be an exception? With so many voters feeling the cost-of-living crisis, and the government facing a slump in the polls, evidence is starting to pile up that Labor will struggle to retain majority government. Listen to the 7am Podcast #auspol > https://loom.ly/8r6y6kA