Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • August 17, 2021 • smh.com.au
Australia dipped into COVAX Pfizer stockpile intended for poor nations
Australia received about 500,000 Pfizer vaccine doses out of the global COVAX facility in June – double what the entire continent of Africa received in the same month.
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The Guardian • Mariam Veiszadeh • August 17, 2021 • theguardian.com
As an Afghan Australian, I watch in despair as the west cuts and runs
To witness Taliban perched in Kabul’s presidential palace feels very much like a western abandonment of Afghanistan on mass scale
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Mariam Veiszadeh@MariamVeiszadeh
My op ed
I find myself reflecting on the privilege lottery - how each of us had no choice over the place or circumstances of our birth and yet because of it, some of us may never have to face the harsh realities my fellow Afghans are facing today.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
August 17, 2021
The Canberra Times • Karen Barlow • August 17, 2021 • canberratimes.com.au
'Now is the time': Look out major parties, it's Kim for Canberra
Kim Rubenstein says she is running on a platform of independence, constitutional reform and standing up for Canberra.
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Kim Rubenstein@Rubenstein_Kim1
Very excited to announce that I am setting up the 'Kim For Canberra' party in order to run as an Independent for the Senate at the next federal election!
Join the party now at: kim4canberra.com.au
@KJBar @canberratimes #Kim4CBR #auspol
canberratimes.com.au/story/7387788/…
August 17, 2021
Defense One • Tara Copp, Marcus Weisgerber • August 16, 2021 • defenseone.com
Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban
The Air Force evacuation flight from Kabul to Qatar came near the record for most people ever flown in the Boeing airlifter.
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Marcus Weisgerber@MarcusReports
JUST IN: "The Crew made the decision to go" — Inside RCH 871, which saved 640 from the Taliban ... from @TaraCopp and me defenseone.com/policy/2021/08…
August 17, 2021
The Guardian • Adam Morton • August 17, 2021 • theguardian.com
NSW environment minister urges voters worried about climate crisis to ‘send a message’ at ballot box
In pointed reference to federal colleagues, Liberal Matt Kean says it’s a ‘cop-out’ for politicians to say it’s up to others to fix the problem
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The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Luke Henriques-Gomes, Ellen Leabeater, Joe Koning, Camilla Hannan, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson • August 17, 2021 • theguardian.com
The ‘double standard’ behind Centrelink’s jobkeeper debt recovery
Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Luke Henriques-Gomes about what some say is a ‘double standard’ at the heart of the jobkeeper debt-recovery effort
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Laura Murphy-Oates@lauramoates
More than 11k jobkeeper recipients have received debt letters, while the Coalition continues to resist calls to claw back jobkeeper money from businesses. On Full Story @lukehgomes explores what some say is a ‘double standard’ behind this debt-recovery theguardian.com/australia-news…
August 17, 2021
Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • August 16, 2021 • afr.com
Peter Switzer bags bludgers, enjoys JobKeeper
It’s time to talk about Peter Switzer and his tidy little empire.
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Andrew Leigh@ALeighMP
Nothing surprises me any more about Scott Morrison's JobKeeper secret boondoggle. Not even the fact that $292,000 went to Contango Asset Management, a financial firm that didn't suffer any actual revenue decline. afr.com/rear-window/pe… #auspol #DividendKeeper
August 16, 2021
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst, Ben Doherty • August 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australian government accused of being too slow to organise evacuation mission to Afghanistan
Australia sends 250 troops for rescue mission but ex-defence force chief says ‘we’ve just left it far too late’
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
Ex embassy workers anxious: "They have secure folders protecting their documents, luggage packed and ready to go and they have stocked their houses with a couple of weeks of food. They are sheltering in place, but they are shit-scared." theguardian.com/australia-news… @BenDohertyCorro
August 16, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Hannam • August 17, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Get out of the way’: Kean calls out Canberra over climate
NSW Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean has fired a fresh salvo at federal Coalition counterparts over climate inaction, warning the public will use the ballot box to force change.
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Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • August 17, 2021 • afr.com
Faith in Morrison, Berejiklian ‘falls off a cliff’ as delta runs riot
The number of voters who believe Australia is handling the pandemic better than the rest of the world is rapidly decreasing.
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The Guardian • Ben Smee • August 17, 2021 • theguardian.com
Pressure on Queensland police to sack officer who leaked address of domestic violence victim
Woman whose details were hacked says family violence victims can ‘never have faith in police’ if Neil Punchard remains employed
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Daniel Hurst • August 17, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia will not be able to rescue all Afghans who served alongside military, Scott Morrison says
The prime minister acknowledges veterans’ concerns but defends government against allegations of delay
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ABC News • Jade Macmillan • August 17, 2021 • abc.net.au
'We won't land in these circumstances': Timing of Australian rescue mission into Kabul still unclear
The plan to rescue hundreds of Australians and Afghans is still unclear, with Kabul's airport a scene of chaos.
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Kevin Rudd@MrKRudd
John Howard and I have been calling for this evacuation for months. And now that Kabul has fallen, Dutton finally decides to send a plane. And discovers it may now it may be difficult to land! Too little, too late. This is heart-breaking incompetence. abc.net.au/news/2021-08-1…
August 17, 2021
Daily Telegraph • Perry Duffin • August 17, 2021 • dailytelegraph.com.au
Jason Scanes calls for interpreter to be saved from Afghanistan
Digger Jason Scanes is desperately fighting to get his interpreter onto an Australian plane and out of crumbling Afghanistan.
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Perry Duffin@perryduffin1
Eight years @JasonScanes has been pushing to get Hassan here.
The last plane is almost gone. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/dubbo… @dailytelegraph
August 17, 2021
The Guardian • Kate Banville • August 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘We see silence filled with fear’: female Afghan journalists plead for help
Women in media in Kabul tell of trying to destroy traces of their identity as they brace for Taliban retribution
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kate.banville@katebanville
‘We see silence filled with fear’: female Afghan journalists plead for help |
Through a scratchy phone connection, Fereyba recalled the moment she heard that the Taliban were entering the gates of Kabul.
As my 📞 gets quieter, I am more fearful for them theguardian.com/world/2021/aug…
August 16, 2021
The Guardian • Anne Davies • August 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
Maybe Gladys Berejiklian wanted to provide hope but her message on easing NSW restrictions misled us
The narrative on the cause of Covid transmission has also shifted – from essential workers and families to noncompliant lawbreakers
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • August 17, 2021 • theguardian.com
Half of Australian parents concerned their children are developing behavioural issues due to lockdowns
Essential poll finds two-thirds of parents worry their children are missing out on socialising with friends, peers and teachers
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The Australian • Cameron Stewart • August 16, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Noble mission, enduring failure
As a horrified world watches the collapse of civilised government in Afghanistan, Australia faces hard questions about its own role in one of the greatest foreign policy failures of our time.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • August 16, 2021 • theguardian.com
What it’s like as a contact tracer to tell someone they have Covid – and what happens next | Anonymous
When people learn they have coronavirus, they feel shocked and guilty, but most have been doing the right thing
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Bridie Jabour@bkjabour
What struck me in this diary of a contact tracer was how guilty people felt about contracting covid - i think that’s where our current political discourse has taken us, people feeling guilty about getting sick in a freakin’ global health pandemic theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
August 16, 2021
ABC News • Claudia Jambor, Fiona Poole, Luke Ryan • August 16, 2021 • abc.net.au
'I want our mob to stay safe': How one woman is helping remote communities in lockdown
As remote communities were plunged into COVID-19 lockdown in Western NSW, Marley Morgan and her family feared her loved ones may be forced to go without the essentials.
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