Thursday, July 22, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Age • David Crowe, Shane Wright • July 22, 2021 • smh.com.au
Former judge labels $660 million car park fund ‘corruption’
A leading former Victorian Supreme Court judge says the Commuter Car Park fund meets “any appropriate definition of corruption”.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
"On any appropriate definition of corruption, this is an instance of it."
-- former Supreme Court judge David Harper on the commuter car park scheme.
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
July 22, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • July 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Morrison offers microaggression and deflection, when all we want is an apology – and a solution
The ‘it’s not a race’ vaccine mantra has been discarded, but the prime minister is still running around in circles trying to evade responsibility
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Andrew Webster • July 22, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘She thanked me’: John Coates defends bizarre media conference
The AOC president has revealed he was “taking the heat” off Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk so she could attend the opening ceremony.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
EXCLUSIVE by @awebster1975. John Coates: "The plan was I was going to fix it. I fixed it. I was taking the heat off [Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk]. We all came back & had a drink all night in my room to celebrate. I wasn’t having a go at her at all."
smh.com.au/sport/she-than…
July 22, 2021
The Guardian • Naaman Zhou • July 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
Hale private boys’ school in Perth received more than $7m in jobkeeper
Government subsidies were second-largest source of income for school in 2020, which declared a surplus of $8.31m and offered discounts to parents
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Naaman Zhou@naamanzhou
The Hale School in Perth – which counts Christian Porter and Ben Roberts-Smith as alumni – received more than $7m in jobkeeper last year, while declaring a surplus theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 22, 2021
The Guardian • Sean Ingle • July 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Tokyo 2020 social media teams banned from showing athletes taking the knee
The IOC and Tokyo 2020 organisers have banned its social media teams from posting pictures of athletes taking the knee
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al • Dennis Pillion | dpillion@al.com • July 21, 2021 • al.com
‘I’m sorry, but it’s too late’: Alabama doctor tells unvaccinated, dying COVID patients
“And now all you really see is their fear and their regret. And even though I may walk into the room thinking, ‘Okay, this is your fault, you did this to yourself,’ when I leave the room, I just see a person that's really suffering, and that is so regretful for the choice that they made.”
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kate McClymont • July 22, 2021 • smh.com.au
Eddie Obeid, son Moses and Ian Macdonald get bail despite flight risk concerns
Despite claims they are an unacceptable flight risk, convicted former Labor ministers Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and Obeid’s son Moses, have been granted bail.
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Kate McClymont@Kate_McClymont
Not quite a care package...Moses Obeid receives a home visit. smh.com.au/national/eddie…
July 22, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • August 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Afghan refugee sues Australian government, saying detention prevents him saving his family from Taliban
Exclusive: the Afghan man aided coalition forces and fears his family is in grave danger after his brother was killed last year
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
An Afghan refugee - who assisted coalition forces in Afghanistan - has taken the Australian government to court seeking to be released after eight years in detention so he can organise to get his family out of a collapsing Afghanistan. theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 22, 2021
The Age • Jenna Price • July 22, 2021 • brisbanetimes.com.au
Why I am grateful to John Coates (for his insulting treatment of Queensland’s most powerful woman)
For so long men have demeaned and degraded women, but too often it’s been invisible. The Australian Olympic Committee president, at least, has put it right out in the open.
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • July 22, 2021 • crikey.com.au
Have we ever been led by a worse prime minister than this vacuum?
Scott Morrison refuses to accept responsibility for the failure of the vaccination rollout. It confirms he is unsuitable as prime minister.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • July 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
Morrison has finally embraced ‘informed consent’ for AstraZeneca. What took him so long to take Atagi’s advice?
Despite government rhetoric, Atagi had always advised that adults wanting to be vaccinated could choose either vaccine
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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
Bravo ⁦@Paul_Karp:⁩ ‘The nuances of the advice were lost – perhaps because Morrison and the health minister, Greg Hunt, fronted a press conference just 15 minutes after they received it’ theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 22, 2021
The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Ellen Leabeater, Miles Herbert, Joe Koning, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson, Karishma Luthria, Allison Chan • July 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
Postcards from lockdown in south-west Sydney
Five people who live or work in south-west Sydney speak about life in lockdown, and the response from the government, media and police
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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
This is such a powerful episode of Full Story, showing the strength of our fabulous new team of producers - made by @KarishmaLuthria @EllenLeabeater Allison Chan and @lauramoates @jskoning
Postcards from lockdown in south-west Sydney theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 22, 2021
The Conversation • Lesley Russell • July 22, 2021 • theconversation.com
We're paying companies millions to roll out COVID vaccines. But we're not getting enough bang for our buck
Expensive, opaque and in duplicate. Why company contracts to help the COVID vaccine rollout are such a concern.
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Malcolm Turnbull 💉💉@TurnbullMalcolm
Sounds like the consultants have had a good pandemic. Let’s hope the ANAO has a close look at this. theconversation.com/were-paying-co… via @ConversationEDU
July 22, 2021
The New Daily • Josh Butler • July 22, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Fact check: PM claims 'not a race' vaccine comments 'taken out of context'
Labor accused PM Scott Morrison of "a barefaced lie", after he claimed previous comments that vaccine rollout was "not a race" were taken out of context.
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NSW Government • December 3, 2021 • nsw.gov.au
NSW COVID-19 rules and restrictions
Learn about the rules and restrictions in NSW and what you can do to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
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NSW Health@NSWHealth
NSW Health is aware of incorrect public health advice circulating in the community and on social media regarding Greater Sydney restrictions.
Please use trusted and credible sources of information.
Visit: nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules…
July 22, 2021
ABC News • Dan Conifer • July 22, 2021 • abc.net.au
$4.6b in JobKeeper went to businesses that increased their turnover at the height of the pandemic last year
Billions of dollars in JobKeeper payments went to businesses that increased their turnover between April and June last year, 7.30 can reveal.
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ABC News • Stephanie Boltje • July 22, 2021 • abc.net.au
Callum says he's inherited 'the brain of an old man'. This is 'long COVID'
It's been over a year since Callum O'Dwyer caught COVID, but like other 'long COVID' sufferers, he's still feeling the effects.
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Stephanie Boltje@SBoltje
Brain fog, unable to walk: Sufferers of 'long COVID' wait for answers about the mystery condition. Read my article about what catching COVID might also mean for you...
@rebslogan @ABCthedrum @callumjodwyer @KirbyInstitute
abc.net.au/news/2021-07-2…
July 22, 2021
The Guardian • Elias Visontay • July 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Totally unacceptable’: locked down Australians struggling to access Covid payments
Services Australia says it has fixed a problem with myGov but admits backlog of 71,000 claims is causing delays
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The Age • Paul Sakkal • July 22, 2021 • theage.com.au
‘Major weakness’: Thousands of COVID-19 close contacts not yet tested
Epidemiologists say hidden chains of transmission in Victoria’s Delta outbreak may be going undetected because contacts are not required to be tested until day 13 of their isolation period.
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The Age • Michael Fowler • July 22, 2021 • theage.com.au
Students, academics battle opening of Liberal-backed institute at Melbourne Uni
Students and staff want the university to sever its contract to open the Robert Menzies Institute in September.
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