Thursday, July 8, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

ABC News • Ahmed Yussuf, Max Walden • July 8, 2021 • abc.net.au
Victoria is the only state in Australia to be collecting ethnicity data as part of the vaccination rollout
Experts say collecting data about diverse communities is key to fighting COVID-19 and a successful vaccination rollout, but Australia's strategy for doing so is patchy.
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The Guardian • Josephine Tovey • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Young Australians don’t need a Covid ‘wake-up call’. We need to be vaccinated
The dangerous complacency that threatens Australia is coming from politicians who have bungled the vaccine rollout
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Call for Nationals to reinvestigate sexual harassment allegation against Barnaby Joyce
Revelation concerning figure who oversaw initial inquiry means new probe is needed, says friend of Joyce’s accuser
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Major Australian aged care provider reveals just 15% of staff vaccinated as sector demands changes to rollout
Exclusive: RSL LifeCare pleads with federal government to send vaccination teams into nursing homes to give Covid jab to staff
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus, Lisa Cox • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Coalition granted $21m to Liberal party donor to frack Beetaloo Basin
Environmental groups criticise grant to Empire Energy, which had lobbied ministers for information on funding, as a ‘brazen misuse of taxpayer funds’
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ABC News • Casey Briggs • July 8, 2021 • abc.net.au
Sydney's outbreak is morphing to look more like Melbourne at its worst
The race is on to nip increasing numbers of cases in Western Sydney in the bud, with failure to do so likely to prolong this outbreak, writes Casey Briggs.
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The Guardian • Naaman Zhou • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
More than 80% of Australians mistakenly believe Chinese investors are driving up house prices
In survey 82% of respondents blame buyers from China despite data showing record-low foreign investment
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Human Rights Law Centre • July 8, 2021 • hrlc.org.au
Australian government ignores key recommendations from major UN human rights review
The Australian government has been criticised for failing to accept critical recommendations from a major UN review into its human rights record.
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Simon Henderson@simjhenderson
BREAKING: The #Australian government has decided to reject recommendations from 30 countries to #RaiseTheAge of criminal responsibility, to stop prosecuting and jailing kids as young as 10.
A shameful response on the global stage @UN_HRC #AusUPR hrlc.org.au/news/2021/7/6/…
July 8, 2021
The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Ellen Leabeater, Gabrielle Jackson, Miles Martignoni, Joe Koning, Donna Lu • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
The injecting centre that saved Lisa’s life
Science writer Donna Lu explores how these centres work and Lisa reveals how one, and the people inside it, saved her life
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jacqueline Maley • July 8, 2021 • smh.com.au
Federal Circuit Court judge found to have harassed two young women
A Parramatta-based judge of the Federal Circuit Court sexually harassed two young women, according to a court inquiry that was initiated after one of the victims sought legal advice.
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The West Australian • The West Australian, Josh Zimmerman • July 7, 2021 • thewest.com.au
McGowan warns of permanent hard border with NSW
Mark McGowan has warned of a permanent hard border with NSW if the State fails to ‘crush and kill’ COVID-19.
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Tom Rabe@Rabe9
more very normal stuff from WA thewest.com.au/news/coronavir…
July 8, 2021
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australian government must protect young people from climate crisis harm, court declares
Environment minister has 28 days to appeal historic ruling that carbon emissions from coalmine should not cause young people ‘personal injury or death’
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Morrison government rejects call to phase out coal power ahead of UN session on Australia’s human rights record
The Marshall Islands’ climate request is one of 55 human rights-related recommendations Australia has rejected
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • July 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Guardian Australia’s book club: join Norman Swan on health, freedom, and the idea of ‘normal’
One of Australia’s most well-known health broadcasters, Norman Swan will join Lucy Clark – and you – to discuss his new book, So You Think You Know What’s Good For You? plus health, stress, nutrition, and the whole wellness thing
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SBS • July 7, 2021 • sbs.com.au
Indonesian hospitals 'overwhelmed' as the country crumbles under its deadliest COVID-19 outbreak yet
Indonesia is suffering the worst outbreak in Southeast Asia, ahead of the hard-hit Philippines which has more than 1.4 million infections, including over 25,000 deaths.
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The Guardian • Calla Wahlquist • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Casual workers to get government-funded sick leave in Victorian trial
State government says risk of people in insecure jobs spreading Covid was ‘ignored’ during pandemic
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia’s refusal to protect Afghan interpreters from the Taliban is a catastrophic moral failure | Jason Scanes
With no plan, no assurances and no assistance, Afghan interpreters have been left to fend for themselves
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan, Christopher Knaus • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Friendlyjordies files truth defence in defamation case against John Barilaro
Lawyers for YouTube personality Jordan Shanks say defence will be in part based on deputy premier’s description of himself as ‘Pork-Barilaro’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • July 8, 2021 • smh.com.au
80: the number that’s losing Gladys Berejiklian friends in her own ministry
The Premier’s unilaterally declared target - 80 per cent of adults fully vaccinated before we can return to normal - has angered some of her colleagues.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • July 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
UN human rights expert decries boat turnbacks as Australia criticised for secrecy of ‘on-water matters’
Report notes Australia has pushed back 800 people on 38 vessels since 2013 and says practice is ‘cruel and deadly’
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