Thursday, July 15, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

Australian Financial Review • Julie Hare • July 15, 2021 • afr.com
PM rebuffs Gonski, Hutchinson’s university crisis mission
Scott Morrison’s office rejected a meeting that included heavy hitters Martin Parkinson, Peter Varghese, David Gonski, Belinda Hutchinson and Peter Shergold.
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Tim Stephens@ProfTimStephens
University Chancellors (including Martin Parkinson, Belinda Hutchinson and Peter Varghese) sought a meeting with PM Morrison to discuss the biggest crisis facing the sector in decades. The PM point blank refused to see them. Let that sink in. afr.com/work-and-caree…
July 15, 2021
ABC News • Daniel Ziffer • July 15, 2021 • abc.net.au
One hour, optional: MP's anti-sexual harassment training revealed
Training to deal with sexual assault, bullying and harassment in Parliament will not happen until September at the earliest, will go for as little as an hour and will be optional for MPs, according to tender documents.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
That'll fix it twitter.com/abcnews/status…
July 15, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Smee, Amy Remeikis • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Queensland LNP candidate Jim Bellos apologises for offensive posts about female journalist
Bellos, a policeman, made the Facebook posts in 2017 in relation to an off-air exchange between two presenters
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The Guardian • Euan Ward, Kate Lyons • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Who’s buying Vanuatu’s passports? Crypto moguls, wanted men and even a prime minister
The revelations from a Guardian investigation cast new light on the world of ‘golden passports’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • July 15, 2021 • smh.com.au
Use our common sense? Use your own, Premier, and tell us what ‘essential’ means
The people of NSW need clear and explicit advice so they know: what is an essential worker. It is unfair and unsafe to leave that burden to people whose livelihoods, let’s face it it, are essential to them.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Not time for blame game’: former Atagi representative says Morrison’s AstraZeneca comments ‘unfair’
Australia’s immunisation adviser says Covid vaccine rollout the responsibility of government
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The Guardian • Luke Harding, Julian Borger, Dan Sabbagh, Sam Cutler • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Kremlin papers appear to show Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House
Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy
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Australian Financial Review • Sue Mitchell • July 15, 2021 • afr.com
Premier stands down staff with no pay as lockdown extended
Despite record profits, Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments has let Sydney workers go without wages and other retailers have told employees to use leave.
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The Guardian • Damian Carrington • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs
Cutting emissions more urgent than ever, say scientists, with forest producing more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year
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news.com.au • Natalie Wolfe • July 15, 2021 • news.com.au
ScoMo ‘clears up’ unfortunate Macca’s rumour
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has finally faced Kyle and Jackie O, more than two years after they asked him to be on their radio show to address his most unfortunate rumour.
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Josh Butler@JoshButler
what a country we live in news.com.au/entertainment/…
July 15, 2021
Herald Sun • Shannon Deery • July 15, 2021 • heraldsun.com.au
Here we go again: Victoria plunged into lockdown five
* For rolling coverage of the lockdown announcement CLICK HERE
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Shannon Deery@s_deery
Breaking: Victoria set for snap lockdown with details still being locked in. Sources say the PM has been briefed. #springst #auspol heraldsun.com.au/coronavirus/sn…
July 15, 2021
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Former Nationals president says party ‘losing its way’ under Barnaby Joyce and urges women to speak up
Exclusive: Christine Ferguson encourages young women to talk about their bad experiences in the party to drive cultural change
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The Guardian • Nick Evershed, Christopher Knaus • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australian government scales back supply projections for AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
The new forecast has cut the estimated doses available in August and September by up to 10%
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Nick Evershed@NickEvershed
The government has quietly scaled down projections of how many AstraZeneca doses will be available in Australia in the coming weeks, while downplaying a huge gap between the amount being locally produced and original Covid-19 vaccine supply targets theguardian.com/society/2021/j…
July 15, 2021
The Guardian • Michael McGowan, Calla Wahlquist, Tess McClure, Mike Hytner, Mostafa Rachwani, Paul Karp, Daniel Hurst, Josh Taylor, Matilda Boseley, Graham Readfearn • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Daniel Andrews says ‘no browsing’ as he announces lockdown – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
Andrews says, "with a heavy heart" but "determination to beat this", Vic is going into a five-day "hard lockdown". Live updates @mmcgowan theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 15, 2021
The Guardian • Kate Lyons, Euan Ward • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Citizenship for sale: fugitives, politicians and disgraced businesspeople buying Vanuatu passports
Revealed: more than 2,000 people, including individuals sought by police, have purchased passports, and with them visa-free access to the EU and UK
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Kate Lyons@MsKateLyons
A months-long investigation into Vanuatu's 'golden passports' scheme has revealed that fugitives, politicians and disgraced businesspeople are among the 2,000 people who purchased citizenship to Vanuatu in 2020
with the indefatigable @euanward_
theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…
July 15, 2021
ABC News • July 15, 2021 • abc.net.au
Victoria to enter five-day snap lockdown as more COVID-19 cases recorded
All of Victoria will go into a five-day snap lockdown from midnight tonight to curb the growing COVID outbreak.
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The Guardian • Kate Lyons, Euan Ward • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Ex-bikie and missing property magnate among Australian names granted Vanuatu citizenship
Marco Coffen and Zhou Xiang Huang on list of those who bought passports from the Pacific nation in 2020
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The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Euan Ward, Ellen Leabeater, Joe Koning, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson, Kate Lyons • July 15, 2021 • theguardian.com
Vanuatu’s golden passports
Pacific editor Kate Lyons and freelance reporter Euan Ward speak to Laura Murphy-Oates about Vanuatu’s citizenship by investment scheme
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Laura Murphy-Oates@lauramoates
This investigation, revealing exactly who is buying passports in Vanuatu, has big ramifications for global criminal operations & security in the Pacific. On Full Story @euanward & @MsKateLyons step through all the jaw-dropping moments
theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 15, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Kate McClymont • July 15, 2021 • smh.com.au
The fast and the curious: matching Maseratis and a Liberal nomination
For a group of local Liberal pre-selectors in the PM’s electorate, it appears to be no impediment that an aspirant for the top spot on a council ticket is a former bankrupt.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jacqueline Maley • July 15, 2021 • smh.com.au
Armed patrols, complacency and COVID-19: Has Australia bungled the pandemic?
NSW is neck-deep into a lockdown with no firm end date and Victoria is going into a snap five-day lockdown. It’s starting to feel like every man and woman for themselves.
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