Monday, September 6, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios, Rob Harris • September 6, 2021 • smh.com.au
Murdoch newspapers, TV to champion net zero emissions
News Corp’s local outlets are set to begin a company-wide campaign promoting the benefits of a carbon-neutral economy.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • September 6, 2021 • news.com.au
ScoMo’s Father’s Day dash to Sydney
Scott Morrison secured a travel exemption to return to Sydney for Father’s Day over the weekend despite prohibitions that require anyone visiting Sydney to isolate on return to Canberra for 14 days.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
In a Father’s Day social media posts on Sunday, the Prime Minister did not refer to his trip to Sydney to spend time with his family.
In the caption on an Instagram post he said: “this photo was taken of our family together earlier this year.” news.com.au/travel/travel-…
September 6, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • September 6, 2021 • theguardian.com
As the Taliban overran Afghanistan, Australia told asylum seekers they should expect to return
For some Afghans, the trauma of watching their homeland descend into civil war has been compounded by the fact they might have to go back
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RenewEconomy • Ketan Joshi • September 6, 2021 • reneweconomy.com.au
News Corp hasn’t seen the light on climate – they’re just updating their tactics
Is News Corp really seeing the light on climate? More likely it’s pivoting to a modern style of greenwashing and delay, just like Morrison.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • September 6, 2021 • theguardian.com
Platitudes and sentiment at women’s safety summit won’t cut it: when will PM learn?
Scott Morrison has tried to reset himself as a listener. But his keynote address to a summit on women’s safety has left some underwhelmed and others furious
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
Morrison seemed to grasp that a number of women were still angry. But the PM seemed to think the solution to the tempest was he should be forgiven. A column on the #WomensSafetySummit #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 6, 2021
ABC News • Ahmed Yussuf • September 6, 2021 • abc.net.au
Mohamed says 'fearmongers' have convinced his wife COVID is a hoax, vaccines are dangerous
Advocates say anti-vax propagandists are targeting Melbourne's culturally and linguistically diverse communities on social media — and it is working.
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Ahmed Yussuf@ahmedyussuf10
Of Victoria's 246 cases today, 52% are in Melbourne's northern suburbs, while 28.8% are in the western suburbs.
Worrying as experts warn anti-vax messaging is being targeted toward Melbourne's diverse communities -- a majority of whom live in these areas.
abc.net.au/news/2021-09-0…
September 6, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Kristine Ziwica • September 6, 2021 • smh.com.au
Morrison forces women to keep playing ‘whack a mole’
Make no mistake: history will remember this moment as a milestone in Australia’s #MeToo journey – and Scott Morrison will prove to be on the wrong side of that history.
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Sally McManus@sallymcmanus
Last week the Morrison Govt implemented just 6 of the 55 recommendations to stop harrassment at work. Today they are holding a "Women's Safety Summit" to be addressed Morrison, David Koch and a host of CEOs. Change does not come from above. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
September 6, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • September 6, 2021 • smh.com.au
Police using QR check-in data to solve crimes
MPs and the privacy watchdog say authorities have breached public trust.
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The Feed • Eden Gillespie • September 6, 2021 • sbs.com.au
Social housing residents struggling with ‘inadequate food’ and ‘overpolicing’ in hard lockdown
EXCLUSIVE: Residents under hard lockdown in a social housing block in Sydney say they’re concerned about inadequate food and authorities searching packages and confiscating items like alcohol.
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Eden Gillespie@edengillespie
My latest: Under the direction of NSW Health, police have been searching the packages of those in hard lockdown in a Sydney social housing estate and confiscating alcohol. sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/…
September 6, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • September 6, 2021 • smh.com.au
Morrison back in Canberra after crossing border to visit Sydney
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has returned to Canberra from a brief visit to his family in Sydney after gaining an exemption from health authorities to cross the border.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
Millions of Australians haven’t seen family interstate or overseas for months or years. The PM’s Canberra-Sydney jaunt to see his might be within the rules but it will - like Hawaii & UK side-trip - infuriate people who hate different rules 4 politicians smh.com.au/politics/feder…
September 7, 2021
The Age • Paul Sakkal, Sumeyya Ilanbey • September 6, 2021 • theage.com.au
Liberal leadership challenge looms for Michael O’Brien as Matthew Guy resigns from shadow cabinet
Michael O’Brien and Matthew Guy spent last night on the phones persuading MPs to vote for them.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
- Meeting to be held at Liberal HQ tomorrow at 7.45am
- Guy camp confident of at least 17 of 31 votes, with former supporters of O'Brien shifting
- Key O'Brien backer says team is 'gutted'
@theage
Liberal spill showdown confirmed theage.com.au/national/victo…
September 6, 2021
Crikey • Kishor Napier-Raman • September 6, 2021 • crikey.com.au
Meet our new human rights commissioner with the perfect credentials (Lib, IPA, 18c)
Lorraine Finlay has in the past asserted a number of positions that may place her at odds with the Australian Human Rights Commission.
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Saxon Mullins@SaxonAdair
In 2018 I was awarded a human rights medal for my work in relation to sexual violence and affirmative consent advocacy. The new commissioner Lorraine Finlay directly opposes that advocacy. twitter.com/crikey_news/st…
September 7, 2021
ABC News • Jake Lapham, Sarah Gerathy, Madeline Lewis • September 6, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Little survivor': The moment missing boy AJ is spotted drinking from a creek
Family members hug and weep for joy as a rescue chopper spots missing three-year-old Anthony 'AJ' Elfalak sitting in a deep gully drinking muddy water from a creek.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Natassia Chrysanthos, Laura Chung, Sarah McPhee • September 6, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘AJ is fine’: Missing three-year-old Anthony Elfalak found alive
The toddler, who is non-verbal and has autism, will spend the night in hospital as a precaution after being found drinking water from a creek.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • September 7, 2021 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison granted Covid lockdown travel exemption to visit Sydney for Father’s Day weekend
The prime minister was not required to undergo the two-week quarantine period after receiving approval from ACT chief health officer Kerryn Coleman
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ABC News • Louise Milligan, Nick Wiggins, Lauren Day, Naomi Selvaratnam, Sashka Koloff • September 6, 2021 • abc.net.au
'I hope they just shoot me but don't take me alive': A pop star's desperate escape from Kabul
Stopped at a Taliban checkpoint on her way to escape the country, this singer and women’s rights campaigner feared what would happen if they realised who she was.
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Sally Neighbour@neighbour_s
Extraordinary survivor stories from the fall of Kabul, from some who escaped and some who were left behind. Tonight on #4Corners #Afghanistan twitter.com/4corners/statu…
September 6, 2021
ABC Radio • September 6, 2021 • abc.net.au
Womens safety summit to address family violence
Advocates are calling on the Federal Government to set ambitious targets to reduce domestic, family and sexual violence, ahead of today's National Women's Safety Summit
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Nour Haydar@NourHaydar
Ahead of the today's Women's Safety Summit I spoke to @GeraldineBilst1 @sally_stevensxn and @BraybrookA about the next national plan to reduce violence against women and children @politicsabc abc.net.au/radio/adelaide…
September 6, 2021
ABC News • Laura Tingle, James Elton • September 6, 2021 • abc.net.au
NSW got 45 per cent of the Pfizer vaccines allocated to GPs last month, data shows
An analysis of publicly available data raises more questions about the way COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed in Australia since the rollout started to ramp up in the middle of the year.
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Human Rights Law Centre • September 6, 2021 • hrlc.org.au
Morrison government must commit to an open, merit-based selection process for Australian Human Rights Commission appointments | Human Rights Law Ce…
The Human Rights Law Centre criticised the lack of an open, merit-based process for the appointment of Australia’s newest Human Rights Commissioner. It called on the Morrison government to commit to public, independent merit-based selection processes for Australian Human Rights Commission appointmen
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Hugh de Kretser@HughdeKretser
Australia needs a strong & independent Australian Human Rights Commission. Fair, open & merit-based selection processes for commissioner positions are critical in ensuring independence & effectiveness. Hand-picked appointments undermine this.
hrlc.org.au/news/2021/9/6/…
September 6, 2021
The Age • Paul Sakkal, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Annika Smethurst • September 6, 2021 • theage.com.au
Guy set to become Lib leader, but O’Brien may ‘blow place up’ as he leaves
Former leader Matthew Guy’s backers believe two-thirds of the party’s MPs will vote him into the top job again in a leadership ballot on Tuesday.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
- @MatthewGuyMP in box seat to become OL after key votes switch
- @michaelobrienmp urged by some supporters to quit but insists he will contest a ballot. An ally says he may 'blow the place up' if he loses and exits politics @theage
theage.com.au/national/victo…
September 6, 2021

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