Tuesday, September 21, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Age • Ben Schneiders • September 21, 2021 • theage.com.au
Inside story: Why construction workers took to the street
Pressure has been building within the construction industry as frustration grows over lockdowns and vaccines.
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The Age • Sally McManus • September 21, 2021 • theage.com.au
Anti-vax, far-right activists undermining Australians’ health, safety
The attack on the CFMEU orchestrated by the far right should be a warning to all political leaders about the challenges we face in rebuilding our nation after this pandemic.
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Sally McManus@sallymcmanus
These people are a danger to us all. They are spreading covid & undermining vaccines. This will cost lives. Unions are standing up to them. Where is our Prime Minister? theage.com.au/national/victo…
September 21, 2021
ABC News • September 21, 2021 • abc.net.au
Merle Mitchell remembered for 'compassion and commitment' to fighting discrimination
The former ACOSS president and community activist spent recent years fighting for better conditions in aged care.
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ABC The Drum@ABCthedrum
Tonight we remember Merle Mitchell, regular panellist and member of The Drum family.
More recently a passionate advocate for better aged care, Merle's life was one of community and compassion.
She'll be deeply missed.
abc.net.au/news/2021-09-2…
September 21, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • September 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Liberal MPs need more than tepid climate signalling to overcome Joyce and Canavan’s coal cosplay | Australian politics
The moderates are mobilising – and the prime minister’s office knows it
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
A couple of minutes after Barnaby Joyce finished his interview on the Today show, the PM’s backbench liaison adviser messaged government MPs: check in with the media office before fronting the cameras. A window on the net zero internals 👇 #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 21, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Karp • September 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Transparency expert dismisses claims MPs don’t have to declare source of gifts
Rules on the register of MPs’ interests do not appear to explicitly require donors of gifts to MPs be named, a potential loophole for Christian Porter
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The West Australian • The West Australian, Lanai Scarr • September 21, 2021 • thewest.com.au
Morrison meets with News Corp boss in New York
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has met with Rupert Murdoch’s right-hand man, News Corp CEO Robert Thomson, for a private dinner in New York.
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Rachel Withers@rachelrwithers
Violent protests on the streets of Melbourne, and the prime minister is dining with Rupert fucking Murdoch.
The man whose media outlets have labelled the Victorian premier a "dictator" and repeatedly encouraged people to rise up against rules
thewest.com.au/politics/scott…
September 21, 2021
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • September 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Labor candidate’s social media taunt aimed at coalmining opponents stokes preselection anger
Olympic shooter and former coalminer Daniel Repacholi wrote that people who didn’t support coal should ‘sit in the dark and freeze’
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7NEWS • 7NEWS, AAP • September 20, 2021 • 7news.com.au
Knox old boy punches woman, no conviction
A former Knox Grammar student who punched a young woman in the face hours after calling her a slut in a Sydney pub won't have a conviction recorded.
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Maddison Connaughton@madconnaughton
This comment by a Sydney judge after he ruled no conviction recorded against a Knox school alumnus who pleaded guilty to punching a woman in the face just floors me... 7news.com.au/news/crime/kno…
September 21, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Bevan Shields • September 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
Boris Johnson rebukes world leaders on climate change and warns history will judge them
“The world will see, and your people will remember and history will judge.”
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David Crowe@CroweDM
"In the years to come, the only great powers will be green powers."
-- Boris Johnson at the UN
theage.com.au/world/europe/b…
September 21, 2021
The Age • Luke Hilakari • September 21, 2021 • theage.com.au
Unions support vaccination to keep workers safe
COVID-19 is a serious health risk to Victorian workplaces, and we have a responsibility as a movement to encourage our members to do whatever keeps you and your co-workers safe.
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Victorian Trades Hall Council@VicUnions
You can make your own choice about vaccination, but you don’t get to put your workplace and your workmates at risk. We’re standing in solidarity with the thousands of frontline workers who have been at greatest risk over the past 18 months. #VaxSolidarity
theage.com.au/national/victo…
September 21, 2021
ABC News • Daniel Ziffer • September 21, 2021 • abc.net.au
A 'man-baby' riot, the missing tearooms and a tense locked-down city: how it could have been avoided
Victoria's construction industry shutdown is a supremely expensive example of people not doing what they've been asked to.
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Dan Ziffer@danziffer
Construction ban could cost Victoria more than $2 billion — and it was completely avoidable #ausbiz #auspol abc.net.au/news/2021-09-2… via @ABCaustralia
September 21, 2021
The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Paul Karp, Jane Lee, Ellen Leabeater, Joe Koning, Camilla Hannan, Gabrielle Jackson, Miles Martignoni • September 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
The resignation of Christian Porter
Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Paul Karp about the anonymous donations scandal that led to the resignation of industry minister Christian Porter
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The Times • Larisa Brown • September 21, 2021 • thetimes.co.uk
Britain’s nuclear submarines to use Australia as base for Indo-Pacific presence
Britain’s nuclear-powered submarines are to use Australia as a base so that they can have a more persistent presence in the Indo-Pacific region under plans disc
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Mike Foley • September 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Higher ambition’: Moderate Liberals urge government to raise climate targets
Liberal MPs want the federal government to set more ambitious climate targets for 2030 ahead of a climate summit in November.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus, Lorena Allam • September 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Indigenous inmate sues ACT government over ‘vile and racist’ image allegedly drawn by prison staff
Lawyers say whiteboard image of man hanging was a ‘disrespectful, degrading and hurtful parody’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Melinda Houston • September 15, 2021 • smh.com.au
Marc Fennell: ‘Racism doesn’t have to be a big scary word’
The journalist is presenting a fascinating documentary about a school program for pre-teens that aims to break the cycle of racial bias before it’s embedded.
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ScreenAustralia@ScreenAustralia
"When you make a documentary like this you’re starting a conversation that the nation then has to finish." @MarcFennell – The School That Tried to End Racism premieres on @ABCTV at 8.30pm tonight #TSTTTER | @smh bit.ly/3EAvJ3o
September 21, 2021
The Feed • Eden Gillespie • September 21, 2021 • sbs.com.au
Experts say the far-right and anti-vaxxers are infiltrating industry protests
Experts say anti-vaxxers and the far-right have infiltrated protests against mandatory vaccines for construction workers. But they’ve stopped short of claiming these individuals ‘orchestrated’ the event.
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Eden Gillespie@edengillespie
THREAD: I've spoken to experts about claims that #faketradies infiltrated the construction worker protests in Melbourne.
They told me we're seeing the far-right and anti-lockdown personalities co-opting the concerns of the working class. bit.ly/39ogPyY
September 21, 2021
The Guardian • Owen Jones • September 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Eat the rich! Why millennials and generation Z have turned their backs on capitalism
Nearly eight out of 10 of young Britons blame capitalism for the housing crisis and two-thirds want to live under a socialist economic system. How did that happen?
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The New Daily • Paul Bongiorno • September 21, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Paul Bongiorno: Scott Morrison’s credibility torpedoed by the French
Scott Morrison’s three ring circus unveiling an awkwardly named pact with the United States and Britain isn’t looking quite like the winner he’d hoped.
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The Guardian • Adam Gabbatt • September 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Dangerous transmissions: anti-vax radio shows reach millions in US while stars die of Covid
Media watchdogs suggest that some basic level of responsibility to the public should be required to keep a broadcast license
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