Tuesday, August 10, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • August 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
Centrelink orders jobkeeper recipients to pay back $32m, while profitable businesses allowed to keep funds
Exclusive: Government accused of double standards after issuing 11,771 welfare recipients with debt notices due to Covid wage subsidy
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The Sydney Morning Herald • A western Sydney doctor • August 10, 2021 • smh.com.au
NSW is almost certainly on the precipice of a massive deterioration
We need leadership and we need to pay people more to stay home.
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • August 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
Sky News Australia deletes dozens of videos promoting unproven Covid treatments
Broadcaster has deleted more than 30 videos, including those featuring Alan Jones and Andrew Bolt, ahead of Senate inquiry
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • August 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
Coalition’s misleading tactics will no longer cut it – the IPCC report shows our future depends on urgent climate action
The Morrison government’s ‘technology, not taxes’ mantra ignores the fact that taxes pay for technology, and affordable technology can make a difference
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
One of the points I tried to make here that seems missing from some of the global coverage is that the IPCC report makes clear this is not binary/game over - scientists stress what happens now matters, that every fraction of a degree matters.
twitter.com/adamlmorton/st…
August 10, 2021
The Age • Ben Schneiders, Royce Millar • August 10, 2021 • smh.com.au
Steph Lentz was sacked this year for being gay. It was perfectly legal
LGBTQ people who work at religious schools can be sacked for who they are, and they fear the federal religious discrimination bill could make things worse.
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Dr Jenna Price@JennaPrice
Read this. Share it. Gay teachers at religious schools are subject to discrimination, including being sacked: and it’s all legal smh.com.au/national/steph…
August 10, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Adam Morton • August 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
Fact check: Angus Taylor’s response to the landmark IPCC report
The minister for emissions reduction claims Australia can be ‘proud’ of our efforts on climate change. We cut through the spin
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ABC News • Melissa Clarke • August 10, 2021 • abc.net.au
Temperature rises as time runs out for both the planet and for Coalition action on climate change
The IPCC report makes clear that climate change and its impacts are accelerating. The heat is also on Scott Morrison and the Coalition, writes Melissa Clarke.
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Andrew Probyn@andrewprobyn
“It turns out one of the laws of thermodynamics can be applied to politics: temperature will rise when pressure increases in a fixed volume…”
Nice piece on the interminably dreadful politics of climate change by ⁦@Clarke_Melissa⁩ abc.net.au/news/2021-08-1…
August 10, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Katina Curtis, Shane Wright • August 9, 2021 • smh.com.au
Minister claims car park ‘top marginal’ seat list must stay secret until 2039
Paul Fletcher claims documents relating to the approval of $660m in commuter car parks should stay confidential, while new details show the PM approved many of them the night before calling the election.
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The Atlantic • Jennifer Senior • August 9, 2021 • theatlantic.com
What 9/11 Did to One Family
Bobby McIlvaine was 26 when he died in the attacks. Two decades later, his loved ones are still grappling with the loss.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • August 10, 2021 • smh.com.au
No Minister, the government does not get to avoid lockdown scrutiny
Health Minister Brad Hazzard made his annoyance abundantly clear at an inquiry into his government’s handling of this COVID-19 outbreak.
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Michael Koziol@michaelkoziol
"Health Minister Brad Hazzard sent a very clear – and concerning – message to millions of voters locked down across the state on Tuesday. The NSW government is too busy to be held to account." @AlexSmithSMH smh.com.au/politics/nsw/n…
August 10, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • August 10, 2021 • smh.com.au
Morrison joins Albanese to condemn George Christensen’s mask views
The Liberal and National parties have backed a Labor motion to condemn Nationals MP George Christensen for his anti-lockdown and anti-mask views.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
George Christensen condemned after Anthony Albanese motion gains Scott Morrison's support.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
August 10, 2021
ABC News • Michael Slezak, Penny Timms • August 9, 2021 • abc.net.au
One of the most comprehensive climate reports ever was released last night. Here's what you may have missed
The Earth could be just 10 years from heating by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius since industrialisation — a global warming threshold beyond which even more serious and frequent fires, droughts, floods and cyclones are expected to wreak havoc on humanity.
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Michael Rowland@mjrowland68
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres:
‘This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet’. abc.net.au/news/2021-08-0…
August 9, 2021
Human Rights Watch • August 11, 2021 • hrw.org
Cambodia: China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Dam is a Rights Disaster
A large-scale, Chinese-financed hydroelectric dam in Cambodia, completed in 2018, has undermined the lives and livelihoods of thousands of Indigenous and ethnic minority people.
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Elaine Pearson@PearsonElaine
China’s ‘Belt & Road’ dam in Cambodia is a human rights disaster. Indigenous & ethnic groups coerced to move, lost their livelihoods & were poorly compensated. New @hrw report hrw.org/news/2021/08/1…
August 10, 2021
The Guardian • Adam Morton, Graham Readfearn • August 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Not too late’: Australian scientists call for urgent action to avoid worst of climate crisis
A lead author of latest IPCC report says humans ‘still in the control cabin of the planet’ but there is no limit to the damage possible
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Craig Emerson@DrCraigEmerson
Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea of the Greens to vote with the LNP to block Labor’s ETS. We all make mistakes but taking pot shots at Labor now looks like, how should I say it, political opportunism. Who did you sit beside in the vote: Barnaby Joyce? Craig Kelly? Tony Abbott? twitter.com/AdamBandt/stat…
August 9, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Bevan Shields • August 10, 2021 • smh.com.au
Geronimo the alpaca is on death row in Britain. Even Boris Johnson’s dad wants him saved
Not since the United Kingdom’s last state-sanctioned execution in 1964 has a death sentence captured so much public attention.
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The Guardian • Jim Waterson • August 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
Anti-vaccine protesters storm BBC HQ – years after it moved out
Group gain access to old Television Centre in west London, which is now mostly rented by ITV daytime shows
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ABC News • Stephanie Borys • August 10, 2021 • abc.net.au
'It felt like a slap in the face': Pregnant women eligible for Pfizer still being turned away
Pregnant women are being denied access to the COVID-19 vaccine, as doctors refuse them and state health departments offer different advice.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • August 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia risking its reputation among Indian students with harsh border policy, high commissioner says
Exclusive: Manpreet Vohra says travel restrictions are causing international students frustration and anxiety at being unable to return to Australia
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Paul Karp • August 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison walks back ‘end the weekend’ rhetoric on electric vehicles
Prime minister challenged on his government’s record on climate action after IPCC’s landmark report on global heating
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Let me step you through the prime minister in 2019 equating electric vehicle take up with ending the weekend (and the Liberal party amplifying that message on Facebook), and then saying he hadn’t said/meant that 👇#auspol theguardian.com/environment/20…
August 10, 2021
The Age • Adam Carey, Farrah Tomazin, Clay Lucas • August 10, 2021 • theage.com.au
Deakin head flags mandatory vaccination, state says public servants won’t follow
Vice-chancellor Iain Martin has raised the prospect of introducing mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for students and staff next year, saying choosing not to vaccinate is “potentially verging on the negligent”.
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