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The Guardian • Naaman Zhou • August 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Meet the man behind Tveeder, the no-frills live TV transcript that became an Australian media hero
Beloved by journalists and increasingly used by a wider public, Tveeder is still run from Franco Trimboli’s Melbourne bedroom, in his spare time, out of his own pocket
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The Age • Farrah Tomazin, Clay Lucas, Melissa Cunningham • August 21, 2021 • theage.com.au
Australia’s AstraZeneca vaccine stockpile grows to millions
Australia has a stockpile of more than 6 million unused AstraZeneca vaccine doses and there are fears many will go to waste.
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Tim Soutphommasane@timsout
If this isn’t a public policy failure, tell me what is: “about 6 million doses are yet to be used, even as more than half the nation is in lockdown due to outbreaks of the highly infectious Delta variant” theage.com.au/politics/victo…
August 21, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • August 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Yes, Australia craves Covid-normal – but nobody wants that at children’s expense
Scott Morrison is pushing for his Christmas miracle – a Doherty-backed reopening. But will parents be willing to expose their unvaccinated kids?
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The Saturday Paper • Karen Middleton • August 21, 2021 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exit Afghanistan: fear and retribution as Taliban takes control
As the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan, people connected to the West and trapped in the country describe scenes of fear and violent retribution.
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Sajjad Askary@AskarySajjad
Seeking asylum is a human right, I said to ⁦@KarenMMiddleton⁩ on ⁦@SatPaper⁩ - pls read more here on what I call for to help people from Afghanistan and refugees: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
August 21, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • August 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘It is my last chance’: Female journalist’s dangerous journey to seek asylum in Australia
Zainab Azizi worked alongside Australian and NATO troops in Kabul. She has letters to prove it, but they haven’t counted for much.
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Anthony Galloway@Gallo_Ways
Grasping a letter from an Australian Lieutenant Colonel, Zainab Azizi and her family yesterday made it through Taliban checkpoints, gunfire, large and tumultuous crowds, all the way inside Kabul airport. Here she tried to apply for asylum in Australia.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
August 21, 2021
NITV • Lindy Kerin, Jodan Perry NITV News • August 21, 2021 • sbs.com.au
Wilcannia residents livid after remote funeral compared to Sydney lockdown party
The NSW Health Minister has been lashed by members of the Far West community of Wilcannia after criticising mourners who attended a funeral in the town last week.
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Shalailah Medhora@shalailah
This stood out to me in the press conference, too. Wilcannia wasn't under any type of restriction at the time of this funeral. Instead of blaming the community, perhaps the Minister should have been reflecting on why vaccination rates in First Nations communities is so low in NSW twitter.com/LindaMottram/s…
August 21, 2021
The Saturday Paper • Richard Denniss • August 21, 2021 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Scott Morrison is stuck
Scott Morrison has an answer for everything and a solution for nothing. Like the neoliberalism of which his party was once so proud, he is all promise and no delivery. His press conferences have long been a masterclass in dictating the terms of debates, dodging accountability and delivering attacks on his rivals. But now that the public expects him to actually secure their
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The Australian • NATASHA ROBINSON • August 20, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
How to stop Delta: jab all teenagers
Vaccinating more than three million children and teenagers under the age of 15 would likely halve the long-term spread of Covid-19.
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ABC News • Kevin Nguyen • August 21, 2021 • abc.net.au
Premier urges people to 'stay calm' after NSW records 825 new COVID-19 infections
NSW's COVID crisis reaches a new low after authorities announce a record 825 new infections and Premier Gladys Berejiklian urges citizens to "accept that Delta is here".
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ABC News@abcnews
#BREAKING: NSW has recorded 825 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases. It's the highest number recorded by any Australian jurisdiction in a 24-hour period
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August 21, 2021
The Age • Nick McKenzie, Joel Tozer • August 21, 2021 • theage.com.au
From kickboxing to Adolf Hitler: the neo-Nazi plan to recruit angry young men
An unprecedented look inside Australia’s radical fringe shows their deep links to violent international groups, and what they’ll do if they are banned.
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Nick McKenzie@Ageinvestigates
Australia’s neo-nazis are growing and there’d be far more outrage if they were called Mohammad, not Matty. We unmask the key recruiters/US/Russia links with huge help from @jason_a_w @WhiteRoseSocAU @slackbastard @alexsmann and many brave sources. theage.com.au/national/from-…
August 21, 2021
The Age • David Crowe • August 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Vaccine passports’ to combine jab records with QR check-ins for more freedoms
Vaccinated Australians will be able to use their phones to gain exemptions to lockdown rules under a national cabinet plan to use digital records to verify vaccine status.
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The Saturday Paper • Jon Kudelka • August 21, 2021 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Jon Kudelka cartoon, August 21, 2021
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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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Michael Slezak@MikeySlezak
Everyone in NSW should read this. Our efforts ARE making a difference, even if it doesn’t feel like it. And it will get better. 💪 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
August 20, 2021
ABC News • Stephanie Dalzell • August 21, 2021 • abc.net.au
Dozens more Australians and Afghan interpreters airlifted out of Kabul airport
The federal government is describing the situation in Afghanistan as uncertain, dangerous and difficult, after another evacuation of 80 people from Kabul airport.
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The Saturday Paper • August 21, 2021 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Leaked doc: National cabinet counts ICU beds, underestimates cases by 50 per cent
A leaked document shows that national cabinet has shifted its focus from vaccinations to working out how well hospitals will cope with Covid-19 surges.
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
Leaked nat cabinet paper underestimated NSW cases by 50 per cent in just 7 days and reveals more than half of NSW intensive care beds are already in use, across both Covid and non-Covid patients. The crisis has not peaked, doc reveals contingency planning: thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
August 21, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jane Caro • August 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
Women are sick of asking nicely – and finally, we’re being heard
Even now, at the ripe old age of 64, having been a feminist for as long as I can remember, it never ceases to surprise me how easily I absorbed the very same misogyny and sexism I thought I was fighting.
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Grace Tame@TamePunk
Slowly but surely we’re breaking the shackles of shame, subconscious subservience and fear-induced silence. And there’s no turning back.
Another resonant and reaffirming piece by the wonderful @JaneCaro:
smh.com.au/lifestyle/life…
August 21, 2021
The Age • Anne Hyland • August 26, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘We had to speak up for our friends’: the little town that roared for a desperate family
When the Murugappan family were removed from their home at dawn, locals in conservative Biloela were gutted. Then they learnt to crowdfund, hashtag and take to the world stage.
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The Guardian • Ben Smee • August 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘There’s a price to pay for everything’: why a local newspaper took a government watchdog to the supreme court
Queensland’s Office of the Independent Assessor demanded the Fassifern Guardian and Tribune produce documents and recordings after the paper refused to comply with a series of demands
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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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NPR • Daniel Estrin • August 20, 2021 • npr.org
Highly Vaccinated Israel Is Seeing A Dramatic Surge In New COVID Cases. Here's Why
What happened? Here are six lessons learned from Israel's experience — and one looming question for the future of the pandemic.
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