Australian govt officials privately advised Angus Taylor that the latest #IPCC report was “balanced and transparent” before Barnaby Joyce later refused to endorse some key findings. See the ministerial submission we obtained under #FOI - embedded here: theguardian.com/environment/20…


Three MPs - Liberal Neil Angus and Lib Dems @_davidlimbrick and Tim Quilty - say they won't comply with this order
Limerick calls the move "one of the most undemocratic things I've ever seen" @theage

🚨 ATAGI recommends third COVID shot for the “severely immunocompromised” - mRNA recommended but can be AstraZeneca
“will provide further advice on booster doses (including for healthcare workers, older adults and the general population) separately”
health.gov.au/news/atagi-sta…


Two things: this story is mostly misinformed suppositions & "Mr Morris did not respond to questions from The Australian" is totally false. I received no questions from The Australian but a sly message to provide 'background' which I don't do and ignored. theaustralian.com.au/business/media…

ABC Radio Sydney announces James Valentine (@Valentine702) as its Breakfast host for 2022 abc.net.au/news/2021-10-0…


That was quite the speech from fmr Australian PM Tony Abbott in Taiwan.
- Accuses Beijing of bullying, belligerence and warns it could “lash out disastrously very soon”.
- “I don’t think Australia should be indifferent to the fate of a fellow democracy." smh.com.au/world/asia/abb…




What a fall from grace ... the winner of the 2017 bird of the year, the magpie, has now fallen to 9th place #BirdOfTheYear poll – live theguardian.com/environment/li…