Friday, August 20, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Sydney Morning Herald • Jordan Baker • August 20, 2021 • smh.com.au
Wealthy people calling for a tougher lockdown got what they wanted, at no cost to them
In my part of Sydney, police drive up our streets and check on us from helicopters. The new lockdown restrictions have our neighbours feeling stigmatised and abandoned.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • August 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Horribly exposed’: ACT chief minister attacks Gladys Berejiklian’s handling of NSW Covid crisis
Exclusive: Andrew Barr says NSW premier is not just making decisions for her own state, but for Australia’s entire east coast
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James Glenday@jamesglenday
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…
August 20, 2021
The Guardian • Catherine Bennett • August 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
It might not feel like it as cases rise, but NSW is controlling Delta
Vaccination has kept hospital numbers relatively low and virus reproduction is 1.2 to 1.4, when it could be as high as 9
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • August 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Energy company that won $21m in grants paid for Liberal party fundraiser’s trip to Beetaloo fracking site
Exclusive: Empire Energy, beneficiary of Coalition’s gas-led recovery, organised charter flight for Ryan Arrold, Angus Taylor and others
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Fenella Souter • August 20, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘A shout-out to all the step-parents out there’: Fran and Marion on 30 years of love
ABC RN Breakfast show host Fran Kelly and Marion Frith, a former speechwriter and journalist turned novelist, discuss love, luck and weathering “really friggin’ serious” moments.
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The Guardian • Donna Lu • August 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Devastating career event’: scientists caught out by change to Australian Research Council fine print
Researchers say a ban on preprint material citations in funding applications is a ‘remarkably stupid own-goal for Australian science’
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Donna Lu@donnadlu
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…
August 20, 2021
The Guardian • Kate Banville, Ben Doherty • August 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Taliban violently block Australian citizens from Kabul airport evacuation flights
Australians report being hit with weapons and whipped by Taliban militants when they presented their documents
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The Canberra Times • Karen Barlow • August 20, 2021 • canberratimes.com.au
Covid Parliament returns: temperature checks, reduced staffing, check-ins
Staffing numbers at Federal Parliament will be vastly reduced to allow the people's house to resume on Monday
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Karen Barlow@KJBar
UPDATED yarn and APH Covid measures: Temperature checks at Parliament House from Monday.
canberratimes.com.au/story/7395069/ v @canberratimes #COVID19ACT
August 20, 2021
The Guardian • Kieran Pender • August 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Bespoke bows and specialised seats: the engineering propelling Paralympians to new levels
A workshop at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra has been humming with activity in preparation for the Games in Tokyo
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Kieran Pender@KieranPender
.@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…
August 20, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Natassia Chrysanthos, Angus Thompson • August 20, 2021 • smh.com.au
One bed and a ‘shower-kitchen’: Housing a hurdle for families in Sydney’s west
Mee Mee and her mother Su don’t have much room to move. They share a bed in an old pool house in Blacktown and make meals in their “shower-kitchen”, while waiting more than six years for public housing.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack, Lucy Carroll • August 20, 2021 • smh.com.au
NSW to make vaccinations mandatory for all health workers
The decision to introduce the mandate comes after the state recorded a COVID-19 transmission event in a hospital every day for the past two weeks.
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Herald Sun • Grant McArthur • August 19, 2021 • heraldsun.com.au
Hero nurse calls on Wiggles to help save Sarah’s life
Sarah Kelly desperately needed oxygen.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Daniel Hurst, Kate Banville • August 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australian forces won’t leave Kabul airport to help citizens blocked at Taliban checkpoints
Scott Morrison says Australian troops would be put at ‘great risk’ if they were to engage in operations beyond Afghanistan’s main airport
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Thompson • August 19, 2021 • smh.com.au
Police Commissioner says officers wrongly issuing tickets won’t be held to account
Mick Fuller has called upon the NSW Police Force to “go high-level enforcement” and prioritise enforcing health orders outside being first responders.
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
‘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”.
Story by ⁦@AngusGthompson⁩
smh.com.au/national/polic…
August 20, 2021
The Guardian • First Dog on the Moon • August 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Your brain wants a holiday it cannot have – we look at the science of lockdown and how much it sucks
Many people are tired and miserable – and that’s just the cartoonists!
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F Onthemoon@firstdogonmoon
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/…
August 20, 2021
ABC News • Melissa Clarke, Michael Slezak • August 20, 2021 • abc.net.au
Why is the pressure being piled on Australia to do more on climate change?
This week has seen the UK, the US and others pile onto Australia during a virtual conference on climate action. Why now?
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Crikey • Charlie Lewis • August 20, 2021 • crikey.com.au
'There’s no reason Afghans shouldn’t be able to integrate as well'
Former immigration minister Ian Macphee looks at how Australia took in refugees fleeing war-torn Vietnam, and what we can for Afghanistan.
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Charlie Lewis@theshufflediary
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-…
August 20, 2021
Pacific Islands Forum • lisa • August 20, 2021 • forumsec.org
Come with commitments to COP26: Forum Chair statement on IPCC report > Forum Sec
Statement by Hon. Josaia V. Bainimarama Chair, Pacific Islands Forum Prime Minister of Fiji On the IPCC Working Group 1 report on the Physical Science basis […]
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Dr Wesley Morgan@wtmpacific
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…
August 20, 2021
The Guardian • Brigid Delaney • August 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
It’s got to the point I’m jealous of my house - it is in Victoria and I’m in locked down Sydney
My parents are in regional Victoria, drinking at my local pub, eating at my favourite cafe, while I’m stuck in Sydney – with one suitcase and one set of sheets
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • August 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Childcare centres urge NSW government to clarify rules during Delta wave
Providers worry they may be inadvertently contributing to the spread and are seeking urgent guidance
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