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Anti-Sky activists hide behind Twitter

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 24 : 10-Sep-18

There are claims that online activist group Sleeping Giants is using fake Twitter accounts to promote an advertising boycott against Sky News. Sleeping Giants asserts Sky is providing opinionated broadcasting on urban train networks, but Sky is only contracted to supply brief news, weather and sports updates. Sleeping Giant began its campaign against Sky after the broadcasting of an interview with far-right activist Blair Cottrell. Cottrell has a presence on Facebook and Twitter, but Sleeping Giants has not sought to target them.

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SLEEPING GIANTS, SKY NEWS, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, TWITTER INCORPORATED, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

Malcolm Turnbull’s daughter scolds Liberal Party over female representation

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Original article by Sam Clench
news,com.au – Page: Online : 6-Sep-18

Daisy Turnbull Brown agrees with former foreign minister Julie Bishop that it is "unacceptable" that less than 25 per cent of federal Liberal MPs are female. Turnbull Brown, who is the daughter of former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, says it is not just parliament’s "kid/family unfriendly" nature that puts women off wanting to become MPs, but its toxic culture as well. Although not a big fan of the idea of quotas, Turnbull Brown says they may be the only way to boost the number of female federal Liberal MPs.

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Berejiklian fails to sell a message

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Original article by Andrew Clennell
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 10-Sep-18

The New South Wales Liberal government suffered a 30 per cent primary vote swing against it in the Wagga Wagga by-election, held on 8 September. The seat had been held by Daryl Maguire, who resigned over corruption allegations. Latest counting in the seat has independent candidate Joe McGirr with 25.5 per cent of the primary vote, followed by Liberal candidate Julia Ham on 25.3 per cent and Labor on 23.8 per cent. McGirr is expected to win with the help of Labor preferences. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian sought to blame much of the swing against her government on the federal Liberal leadership spill.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Frydenberg mourns death of NEG

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 10-Sep-18

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will ask Cabinet on 10 September to dump the emissions reduction targets contained in the now defunct National Energy Guarantee. Josh Frydenberg says he is disappointed by the NEG’s scrapping, but he denies suggestions it was the cause of Malcolm Turnbull’s demise as Prime Minister. Business groups want the "reliability component" of the NEG to be included in any future energy policy, while Labor climate spokesman Mark Butler accused Morrison of giving in to the Liberal Party’s conservative wing.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP, BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED – ASX BSL, ORORA LIMITED – ASX ORA

Google faces global media revolt

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: Online : 10-Sep-18

News Corp Australia has called for "structural intervention" to curb what it claims is Google’s anti-competitive behaviour. It did so in a submission to an Australian Competition & Consumer Commission inquiry into digital platforms. Such intervention could include having Google broken up, a suggestion that was made by the European parliament’s committee on economic and monetary affairs in April. Google has already been fined billions of dollars by European regulators for anti-competitive behaviour.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, ALPHABET INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED

China trade war threat ratchets up

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Original article by Jacob Greber, Michael Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 13 : 10-Sep-18

The US has already imposed tariffs on $US50 billion worth of Chinese imports, and is believed to finalising duties on an additional $US200 billion ($281 billion) worth of imports in the next few days. Donald Trump hinted to reporters on 7 September that he may impose tariffs on a further $US267 billion worth of Chinese imports. If this threat eventuated, it would effectively mean a tariff on all Chinese imports into the US. Jeffrey Wright from the Eurasia Group says US industry remains divided on Trump’s tariffs stance.

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EURASIA GROUP, UNITED STATES. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

CBS gears for Ten All Access streaming service launch

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Original article by Nick Tabakoff
The Australian – Page: Online : 10-Sep-18

CBS will enter the Australian streaming market in December with the launch of Ten All Access. Its US equivalent CBS All Access costs $US5.99 with advertisements a month, and it is expected that Ten All Access will cost between $6 and $7 a month. Meanwhile, chief content officer Beverley McGarvey says Ten’s plans for 2019 include renewals for "The Bachelor" and "Survivor", while she has denied reports that CBS wanted some of Ten’s news personalities to have voice coaching.

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Business Confidence in August hit by political uncertainty

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 10-Sep-18

Roy Morgan Business Confidence was down 3.4 points (-3%) to 110.2 points in August. However, analysing Business Confidence throughout August shows Consumer Confidence before August 20 was 115.0 points, while it plunged to 99.5 points during the last third of the month beginning the week of the leadership challenge (August 20-31, 2018). In August, Business Confidence remained below its level of a year ago and is now 4.2 points lower than in August 2017 and 6.1 points below its long-term average of 116.3 points. However, despite now falling for four consecutive months, Business Confidence throughout the first eight months of 2018 has averaged 116.6 points – above the long-term average and the highest yearly average since 2014. Businesses remain largely positive in August with a majority of businesses, 50.5% (unchanged) expecting ‘good times’ for the Australian economy over the next five years and nearly half, 47.8%, saying now is a ‘good time to invest in growing the business’.

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Manhunt for intruder after major security break at ABC HQ

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Original article by Stephen Brook
The Australian – Page: Online : 10-Sep-18

Sydney police are investigating a security breach at the ABC’s Ultimo headquarters on 5 September. The intruder was able to enter the building by following an ABC employee through security gates at the rear. He assaulted a female staff member and then gained access to one of the ABC’s radio studios, causing it to have to cancel a live broadcasting and switch to pre-recorded programming. The ABC closed the foyer at its Ultimo building to public access in June 2017, following a risk assessment by the Australian Federal Police and advice from a private security firm.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

Turnbull ally caught in political crossfire

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Original article by John Ferguson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 7-Sep-18

Federal Liberal MP Julia Banks has rejected claims she mistreated party volunteers during the 2016 election campaign for the seat of Chisholm. The allegations were made in a report by a Liberal adviser after the election, with Banks winning the seat from Labor. Banks says the allegations in the leaked report are "false". Banks has recently threatened to quit her seat, claiming she was bullied and intimidated during the recent federal Liberal leadership turmoil that saw Malcolm Turnbull ousted.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY