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Australian Government Department of Health • July 24, 2021 • health.gov.au
ATAGI Statement, Response to NSW COVID-19 outbreak 24th July 2021
A statement from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) in response to the NSW COVID-19 outbreak.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
NEW ATAGI advice on AZ: All individuals aged 18 years and above in greater Sydney, including adults under 60 years of age, should strongly consider getting vaccinated with any available vaccine including COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca bit.ly/3iLkRp0
July 24, 2021
ABC News • Laura Tingle • July 24, 2021 • abc.net.au
Barnaby Joyce was asked a simple question — and his answer says a lot about our COVID problem
Australia's COVID crisis is exposing serious dysfunctions not just in politics but policy – and things are getting worse by the day, writes Laura Tingle.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
This week’s column: abc.net.au/news/2021-07-2…
July 24, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright, Katina Curtis • July 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
Stopping all marginal seats: A Melbourne guide to the car parks controversy
The controversial $660 million program promised to deliver for commuters around the city. Here’s a guide to where the money was supposed to go and why it’s gone wrong.
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Katina Curtis@katinacurtis
Spent a lot of time with ⁦@swrighteconomy looking at Google maps and learning about car park engineering this week. The result?⁩ A guide to Melbourne’s Commuter Car Park fund projects smh.com.au/politics/feder…
July 24, 2021
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst, Christopher Knaus • July 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Cost of prosecuting Witness K and lawyer Bernard Collaery balloons to $3.7m
Federal government continues to pursue whistleblowing ex-spy’s lawyer as senators urge it to drop case
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The Australian • TERRY McCRANN • July 23, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
When the wind don’t blow
Britain has something like 11,000 so-called wind turbines. They are mostly scattered all over the green hills of England, Scotland and Wales, but 2300 of the bird-killers are located offshore all around the coast.
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Alan Kohler@AlanKohler
McCrann is mansplaining that wind turbines don’t work when there’s no wind, and solar panels don’t work when there’s no sun. The world is trying to make this work to save the planet. He just shits on it as insanity. Good stuff Terry
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July 24, 2021
ABC News • Tom Lowrey • July 24, 2021 • abc.net.au
All adults in Sydney urged by ATAGI to 'strongly consider' taking AstraZeneca
All adults in Greater Sydney should “strongly consider” getting vaccinated with any available vaccine, including AstraZeneca, Australia’s expert vaccines body says.
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SBS • Henry Zwartz • July 24, 2021 • sbs.com.au
US marines accused of sexually assaulting women while stationed in the Northern Territory
EXCLUSIVE: Documents obtained by SBS News have revealed several allegations of sexual assault made against US marines serving in Australia, with investigations into them being shifted overseas or dropped. Some survivors also say they felt discouraged by the Australian Defence Force from following through on their complaints.
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The New Daily • Dennis Atkins • July 24, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
From character to competence, 'Scotty from Marketing' is in a world of pain
You don’t need to be a rocket surgeon to realise what went so very wrong for the guy they call Scotty from Marketing, writes Dennis Atkins.
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Dennis Atkins@dwabriz
“Compared with mid-March, Morrison is more out of touch with ordinary people, more prone to avoiding responsibility, less in control of his team, less trustworthy, less honest than most politicians & less visionary. He’s also worse in a crisis.” thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/…
July 24, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Daley • July 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
The plan to bury Mungo Man and Mungo Lady pains some traditional owners – and the man who found them
Their discovery proved millennia of continuous Indigenous existence. Now time is running out for those who want to stop them being buried again
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • July 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
The feeling around the national cabinet table these days is Gladys Berejiklian succumbed to hubris
The New South Wales premier tried and failed on Friday to secure more doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Scott Morrison could not be seen to be ‘the prime minister for NSW’
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Good morning. This all happened late yesterday, so in case you missed it - what happened in yesterday’s national cabinet + the dynamics of accumulated aggravations and shit shows (to quote the PM) when we are all in this together - sometimes 👇 #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 24, 2021
CNN • Nicole Gaouette and Jeff Zeleny, CNN • July 24, 2021 • cnn.com
Biden poised to nominate Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador to Australia
President Joe Biden is poised to nominate Caroline Kennedy to serve as ambassador to Australia, three people familiar with the search process told CNN, in one of the highest-profile envoy selections yet by the White House.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • July 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
After framing emissions reduction in apocalyptic terms, the Coalition must now present different facts
If Scott Morrison is inclined to execute the pivot he’s spent months telegraphing – towards net zero by 2050 – a report out this week contains some helpful fodder
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Michael Koziol • July 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
ATAGI urges all Sydney adults to strongly consider AstraZeneca in updated advice
All adults in Greater Sydney should now strongly consider taking ‘any available vaccine’ as soon as possible.
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The Age • Shane Wright, Katina Curtis, Chloe Booker • July 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
Treasurer promised car park for a train station that soon won’t exist
Josh Frydenberg promised $65m for car parks at four stations in his electorate ahead of the last election, but if they’re ever to be delivered costs will balloon.
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The Australian • Greg Sheridan • July 24, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
To exit Covid zero we need tough, civil national conversation
Australia is in a desperate national race against the Delta strain of Covid-19. There is no guarantee that NSW will be able to succeed in putting the Delta genie back in the bottle. The outbreak in our most populous state is now a national emergency.
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Dr. Nick Coatsworth@nick_coatsworth
On Monday I will be writing to the VC at UNSW and the Director of the Kirby Institute to ask why one of their academics used the phrase “the less effective AstraZeneca vaccine” when quoted in this article #astrazeneca #covid19aus theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/in-th…
July 24, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Aisha Dow • July 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
Government buys 85 million Pfizer booster doses
Australia has purchased 85 million Pfizer booster doses for 2022-23, while the top vaccine group has urged Sydneysiders to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
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The Age • Sarah Danckert, Bianca Hall • July 23, 2021 • theage.com.au
Inner-north Darling leaves workers hundreds of thousands out of pocket
Workers at two of the inner north’s best-known venues, The Grace Darling Hotel and Lazerpig pizza parlour, are owed some $327,000 in unpaid superannuation by the owners of the business.
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • July 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
Hazzard warning as News Corp turns on NSW government | The Weekly Beast
Lockdown takes toll as Telegraph puts heat on Gladys Berejiklian and her health minister
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ABC News • Richard Willingham • July 24, 2021 • abc.net.au
The challenge for Victoria's Premier: Providing hope for a way out of the COVID-19 crisis
Premier Daniel Andrews has been donning a hard hat recently to steer voters away from the pandemic and Victoria's consistent lockdowns, but without a lifeline for businesses affected by the shuttering of the economy, will the strategy work, asks Richard Willingham.
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Richard Willingham@rwillingham
Analysis: Premier Andrews and all leaders need to offer hope to ease mounting frustration and despair, but it’s a very tough task abc.net.au/news/2021-07-2…
July 24, 2021
Daily Mail • Wayne Flower, Miriah Davis, By Wayne Flower, Melbourne Correspondent Miriah Davis • July 23, 2021 • dailymail.co.uk
Victorian who went viral with lockdown plea was broke BEFORE Covid
The business of a Victorian woman who received more than $61,000 from generous Australians after a video of her lockdown plight went viral had been broke before Covid-19 even hit.
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