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David Penberthy is a columnist with The Advertiser and Sunday Mail, and also co-hosts the FIVEaa Breakfast show. He’s a former editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Mail and news.com.au.

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CFMEU lawyer Peter Russell posing on his Facebook page. Source: Facebook

Labor’s cosy deal with CFMEU

The Victorian CFMEU is getting bang for its buck from a $125,000 donation, with the union’s own lawyer landing a key government board seat.

David Penberthy

EXCLUSIVEIndigenous

Senator elect Kerrynne Liddle, her views about the Uluru Statement.Thursday 14 July 2022. Pic Roy VanDerVegt

Rushed voice ‘not the priority’: Indigenous MP

SA’s first federal indigenous MP has come out against the voice, saying the plan lacks detail and is being rushed to meet an arbitrary deadline.

David Penberthy

Calendars, contactsInternet

TikTok knows even more than we thought

There are concerns Beijing is harvesting “unnecessary” amounts of personal data from the app.

David Penberthy

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Calls to ban TikTok over links to Beijing

A report warns the Chinese-owned social media platform harvests personal data that could be used by Beijing for spying and cyber hacking.

David Penberthy

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Election donation ties ALP to union

South Australian Labor’s claims to have severed ties with the John Setka-led Victorian CFMEU have been torpedoed by revelations of a $125,000 donation.

David Penberthy

Dream matchNation

Henry Young is a 98 year old tennis player pictured at Adelaides Memorial drive grass courts.Henry Young who was going to nominate for world's oldest tennis player in the Guinness Book of Records, but he doesn't want to pip the current title holder who is also 98, Ukrainian Leonid Stanislavski, out of solidarity for the people of Ukraine. Instead he has sent him a video message challenging him to a game and for the match to be used as a fundraiser for victims of the war.Wednesday 07 April 2022 Pic Roy VanDerVegt

Baseline battlers in challenge to help frontline warriors

Ukrainian tennis player Leonid Stanislavskyi has accepted a challenge by Adelaide’s Henry Young for the two 98-year-olds to square off in a fundraising ‘Clash of the Centurions’.

David Penberthy

EXCLUSIVENation

Setka’s cross-border power grab

John Setka-led Victorian branch of CFMEU to take formal control of South Australian branch in major expansion of the militant union leader’s national influence.

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Family crisisNation

Scottish Family Facing Deportation.The Green family (Mark, Kelly and their teenage daughter Rebecca) who came to Adelaide from Scotland a decade ago searching for a better life and a future for their daughter. With pets labradoodle, Maisie 5 and rabbit Marmaduke 10 have an uncertain future.TheyÃve got skills needed here. TheyÃre of good character, with people vouching for them. Now, through circumstances not of their doing, all their visa options have run out. TheyÃve spent more than $150,000 trying to start their life here. Now theyÃve been told by the Immigration Minister they have to pack up and go back to Scotland by early August and start all over again.Thursday June 23 2022. Pic Roy VanDerVegt

Clock ticking on desperate family’s stay

In the middle of a nationwide skill shortage, electrician Mark Green is the exact kind of bloke Australia needs – but he is to be deported back to Scotland in August.

David Penberthy

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 19, 2022. Newly elected SA Liberal leader David Speirs poses for a photo after the Liberal Party leadership Ballet at Parliament house in Adelaide. Picture: POOL via NCA NewsWire / David Mariuz

Era of factional old warriors ‘over’ as leader resets state Libs

After decades of factional brawling and personality disputes, new South Australian Liberal Leader David Speirs says the party is undergoing “a great reset” and must clean out “old warriors” who are tied to the past.

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McLaren Vale winemaker Bec Hardy at Pertaringa wines. Wineries are beating the Chinese tariffs by increasing sales to other countries.Friday June 17 2022. Pic Roy VanDerVegt

Hardy survivors tap into auspicious opportunities

Winemaker Bec Hardy and husband Richard Dolan have proved themselves perfectly positioned to counter Beijing’s war on the Australian wine industry.

David Penberthy

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