Your afternoon Briefing: Folau furore: ‘Moral arbiters crossing the line’

Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories.

Hello readers. As the Israel Folau fallout continues Australian corporates have been accused of “crossing the line”. Meanwhile, Christopher Pyne has resurfaced with a new job.

 

Folau furore

Australian corporates had “really crossed the line” in the Israel Folau furore, shunning people for their religious beliefs while playing the “moral arbiter of socially acceptable thinking”, according to Jeremy Sammut, a senior researc­h fellow with the Centre for Independent Studies.

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What Pyne did next

Former defence minister Christopher Pyne has joined the payroll of big four consulting firm EY to beef-up its opportunity to win business amid a $200 billion government investment program.

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Microcosm of debate decline

As Craig Chung’s inside perspective on Clover Moore’s declaration of a climate emergency shows, we have lost the knack for respectful and robust debate. writes Chris Kenny.

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Setka’s wife outs herself

After a judge slammed John Setka as “misogynistic’, his wife Emma Walters stood on the steps of the court and revealed “I’m the woman at the centre of this”.

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Three kids die in fire tragedy

Firefighters and neighbours were beaten back by flames as they tried to save a family from a house fire in the NSW Hunter Valley that left three children dead and a town devastated.

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‘ Democracy on line’

Australia’s most powerful media executives have urged the Morrison Government to overhaul laws relating to national security and the issuing of warrants as well as changes to Freedom of Information to further protect journalists and whistleblowers from police investigations and prosecutions.

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