Strong words from the ACT Chief Minister, ahead of today’s national cabinet meeting. “I just see young people being horribly exposed by the decision of another government and I don’t know what I can do to protect my community against that.” theguardian.com/australia-news…




I spoke to researchers who have been disqualified from critical funding grants by the Australian Research Council as the result of a puzzling rule change. All of them were distraught and frustrated, and for some it may be career ending theguardian.com/education/2021…


UPDATED yarn and APH Covid measures: Temperature checks at Parliament House from Monday.

.@mpbowers and I spent time with @theAIS's engineering team as they worked to give Australia's top Paralympians the edge ahead of #Tokyo2020 theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug…





‘Mr Fuller urged members to put community policing aside during its blitz on lockdown breaches, issuing a challenge to them over the course of Operation Stay at Home to “go high-level enforcement”.
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The science of lockdown and how to handle it. Probably what everyone needs most is a lot of advice and opinions about the best way to get through it. Instead I did this cartoon sorry theguardian.com/commentisfree/…


This morning I spoke to Ian Macphee, the immigration minister who oversaw the arrival of tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugeesin the late 70s/early 80s. Needless to say, he's horrified by what's happened to the debate since John Howard: crikey.com.au/2021/08/20/no-…

Fiji PM and chair of the Pacific Islands Forum explains expectations for COP26: “Come with commitments for serious cuts in emissions by 2030 –– 50% or more. Come with commitments to become net-zero before 2050. Do not come with excuses. That time is past.” forumsec.org/2021/08/20/com…