Henry Belot
Reporter at The Guardian
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2 days ago |
theguardian.com | Caitlin Cassidy |Henry Belot
The Albanese government has been urged to end an “outrageous” and “cruel joke” that incentivises donations to Australia’s richest private schools in return for a tax deduction. But the peak body for independent schools says the criticism is overblown and that tax-deductibility is “essential” to build campus infrastructure, with 95% of capital expenditure funded through parent contributions, fundraising, loans and philanthropy.
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3 days ago |
theguardian.com | Henry Belot |Caitlin Cassidy
A $50m pledge to “revolutionise endometriosis research” by a family with links to a poker machine giant has divided academics and public health experts, who believe universities should distance themselves from the gambling industry. But other university staff cite a “moral obligation” to immediately use the money to ease the suffering of roughly 1 million Australian women living with endometriosis, rather than wait for “perfect funding sources”.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Henry Belot |Benita Kolovos
As his party room imploded last year, plagued by infighting and a looming defamation trial, John Pesutto placed a blank sheet of butcher’s paper in front of his colleagues. In the dying days of his tenure as opposition leader, Pesutto asked MPs what should have been simple questions to answer: What are our values? What do we stand for? His attempt to unify a deeply divided party failed spectacularly. Almost a year later, there is no consensus answer to those questions.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Henry Belot |Benita Kolovos
The Victorian Liberal party will provide a $1.5m loan to former leader John Pesutto to ensure he can pay Moira Deeming’s legal fees and avoid bankruptcy. The loan was debated by the 19-member administrative committee on Thursday night and ultimately endorsed after a secret ballot, which was proposed to limit any factional retribution within a deeply divided party.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Henry Belot
The New South Wales premier has been accused of “misrepresenting” advice from an independent panel on poker machine reform by flagging he may “walk away from cashless gambling altogether”. The criticism from charity and advocate groups came as one Labor backbencher warned his western Sydney electorate had “felt the brunt of gambling-related harm for too long” and urged the state government to introduce further crackdowns.
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