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. #auspol > 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.

Paul Karp for The Guardian #auspol > 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.

More in Pearls & Irritations #auspol > 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 > loom.ly/rJD5330

This class of chemicals, known as 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 #auspol > 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.

Alan Kohler for The New Daily #auspol > 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.

More in The Guardian #auspol > loom.ly/-qKasTc

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

Almost every first-term govt gets a 2nd chance, but could the current Labor govt be an exception? With voters feeling the cost-of-living crisis, & the govt facing a poll slump, evidence is piling up Labor will struggle to retain majority govt #auspol > loom.ly/8r6y6kA

Back every word of my friend and colleague, the fierce Bridget Brennan - particularly on the responsibility of all journalists, reporters and presenters. #insiders

Australia’s immigration patterns and demographics have undergone a huge change across the previous decades, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Parker McKenzie for The New Daily #auspol > loom.ly/BrO_ZKI

Australia’s inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and it’s now less than half of what it was back in late 2022.

The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in the March quarter #auspol > loom.ly/jHXrEhU

An internal report that Defence tried to keep secret highlights the high risks involved in growing a civilian workforce to maintain naval nuclear reactors for AUKUS submarines.

Rex Patrick reports for Michael West Media #auspol > loom.ly/MWjVSpw

The UN called for an international investigation into mass graves discovered at two Gaza hospitals that Israeli forces recently assailed & destroyed, further imperilling the enclave’s barely functioning healthcare system.

Pearls & Irritations #auspol > loom.ly/hpoFLKQ

Renewable energy developers are following tracks laid by the gas industry in the Western Downs – but they’re also making the same mistakes.

Aston Brown for The Guardian #auspol > loom.ly/6dM4Y7o

When Aust’s eSafety commissioner issued takedown orders to some of the world’s biggest tech companies at the beginning of this week, the commissioner probably didn’t realise it would put us on the frontline of a global battle over the internet #auspol > loom.ly/GKRPKCw

Another Anzac Day.

Just as it has been for the last 11 decades, many emotions will resonate – reverence, respect and remembrance.

Rage.

Peter Fitzsimons for The SMH #auspol > loom.ly/cETXjqw

Do Aust courts have the right to decide what foreign citizens, located OS, view online on a foreign-owned platform?

Anyone answering “yes” should perhaps also ask whether they are happy for China, Russia, Iran to determine what Austs can see #auspol > loom.ly/pKF5WbQ

Tragic. Harrowing. Unforgivable. These are some of the strongest words to describe the devastating suicide of a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy in Western Australia last week. But despite their potency, they still fall short.

More in Crikey #auspol > loom.ly/71fzUzY

Women are not safe in their own homes, whether that home is an apartment, house or farm.

But then women are not safe outside of their home either.

Angela Priestley for Women's Agenda #auspol #enoughisenough > loom.ly/gm0wqzQ