Alan KohlerThis is very good work by @matt_barrie. “The Doherty modeling appears to be nothing more than manufactured scientific opinion to achieve a political outcome by working the numbers backwards.” And he backs that up in detail.
Friday, August 27, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news
Katharine MurphyWilcannia has a higher transmission rate than the worst Covid hotspots in Sydney. This is appalling. From Lorena Allam @NickEvershed theguardian.com/australia-news…
Tom McIlroyBreaking: ATAGI formally approves kids 12-15 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 health.gov.au/news/atagi-rec…
Elaine PearsonHorrific news out of Afghanistan. Australian evacuation effort now suspended. Australian government will need to step up its resettlement program for those who are able to get out of Afghanistan, but that is now going to be so much harder. abc.net.au/news/2021-08-2…
Nick FeikThe Doherty modelling itself is seriously flawed, but even the most optimistic reading doesn’t support the conclusion that it will be safe to open up the country at 70 per cent adult vaccination levels.
My piece filling @rachelrwithers' big shoes: themonthly.com.au/today/nick-fei…
Katina CurtisSome good news: in the week since rules changed, 817 people with prospective marriage visas have got their travel exemptions. Now all these couples are looking forward to starting their lives together in Australia 💕💕 theage.com.au/politics/feder…
Linda double vaxed MottramISIS have been exacting a terrible cost from Afghans well before the airport attack .. huge thorn in the Taliban’s side .. but bigger thorn for the nation. abc.net.au/news/2021-08-2…
Rashida YosufzaiA group of former staff of Australia's Kabul embassy were at the airport waiting to get on flights before the blast. @SBSNews has confirmed all 147 of them are accounted for by their Australia-based legal team.
Jason WhittakerThis is just awful, via @withMEAA. A whole bunch of performers and other arts workers travelled to Sydney. They've been stood down with no pay AND their home states won't let them back in.
Bernard KeaneUnder CoalKeeper, Angus Taylor plans for force every household to hand fossil fuel companies up to $400 a year to keep pumping out greenhouse emissions. It's a triumph for the Coalition's fossil fuel donors. crikey.com.au/2021/08/26/coa…
Benjamin Law 羅旭能"The consequences are a lack of trust, a lingering feeling of surveillance long after the threat has passed, a rent in the social fabric and an inability to re-establish a cohesive community."
Great piece by @BrigidWD on the what happens when we become a nation of dobbers. twitter.com/BrigidWD/statu…
