Friday, October 22, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Ben Doherty • October 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
Nearly one-third of refugees at Melbourne detention hotel test positive for Covid and one hospitalised
Court hears claims an ambulance was turned away from the Park hotel without being allowed to assess a ‘distressed’ patient
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • October 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Cynical and grotesque’: NSW coalmine allowed to use future pit rehabilitation as offset for habitat destruction
Environment groups decry plan to use site regeneration years after operations end at Glencore’s Mangoola mine as offsets
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
‘Under Glencore’s conditions of approval, replanting & regeneration of mine site years after operations finish will count towards offsets …to compensate for the loss of some of the endangered habitat its project will cause.’
Wild
by ⁦@_LisaMCox⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…
October 22, 2021
The New York Times • Damien Cave • October 21, 2021 • nytimes.com
In Australia, It’s ‘Long Live King Coal’
The country has fallen behind other developed nations in its commitment to slashing carbon emissions. Neither fires nor international pressure has pushed it away from coal and other fossil fuels.
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Damien Cave@damiencave
Australia’s image around the world is changing: it’s not just koalas and beaches anymore; it’s increasingly seen as a defiant petro state that won’t let go of fossil fuels, My latest: nytimes.com/2021/10/21/wor…
October 22, 2021
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • October 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
How the environmental offsets scheme is failing the Australian wildlife it is meant to protect
A parliamentary inquiry is set to begin, triggered by a Guardian Australia investigation that exposed multiple, serious flaws
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Lisa Cox@_LisaMCox
Bit of analysis from me as hearings begin today in the NSW inquiry into the integrity of the offsets scheme. It’s one of several reviews triggered by my investigation into environmental offsetting. This will get you up to speed on why it’s important theguardian.com/environment/20…
October 22, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • October 22, 2021 • smh.com.au
Scott Morrison’s budget report card: could do a hell of a lot better
The Morrison government loses points for underfunding essential government services on the one hand, and, on the other, wasting billions on politically high-profile projects.
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Ross Gittins@1RossGittins
It takes a certain budgeting skill to underspend AND waste billions bit.ly/2ZbHcGc #ausecon #ausbiz #auspol
October 22, 2021
The Australian • OLIVIA CAISLEY • October 22, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Tame snubbed in abuse strategy
Australian of the Year and sexual assault survivor Grace Tame says she was not consulted on the federal governments national strategy for the prevention of child sexual abuse.
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The Australian • MAX MADDISON • October 21, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Schools risk our next-gen security, Tudge warns
The next generation of Australians will be unwilling to defend their country in a military crisis, because schools are feeding students a negative view of its history and undermining confidence in liberal democracy, the Education Minister will warn in a major speech on Friday.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kate McClymont • October 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
Obeid family keeps tainted millions despite Eddie and Moses jail terms
While authorities considered seizing the Obeids’ assets, the Tax Office instead pursued the family not for $30m, just the tax that should have been paid on it.
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • October 22, 2021 • crikey.com.au
Exposed: Morrison's plan to lift emissions under the cover of net zero
The government's 2050 net zero 'debate' isn't about a lack of climate ambition. It's cover for a plan to increase coal exports that will continue to drive global warming.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Patricia Karvelas • October 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
Fran Kelly, a dear friend to all who’ve listened
You didn’t need to have met Fran Kelly to know her as your friend. After 17 years at the helm of Breakfast on Radio National, she’s decided to bow out. I’ve been privileged to have been first a listener - and then a colleague and personal friend.
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ABC News • Tom Lowrey • October 22, 2021 • abc.net.au
Federal government facing pressure to go after property investors, as first-home buyers are squeezed out
The New South Wales government takes aim at controversial tax breaks for property investors, suggesting they are pushing first home buyers out of an increasingly competitive property market.
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ABC News • Nick Dole • October 22, 2021 • abc.net.au
Australia's leaked coal comments show 'secret world of what governments really think about the climate emergency'
Australia sought to change a major international report on climate change to promote a future for coal-fired power and downplay the influence of fossil fuel lobbyists, the environmental group Greenpeace says.
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Steve Cannane@SteveCannane
Leaked documents show Australia lobbied to change key IPCC climate change report, Greenpeace says. abc.net.au/news/2021-10-2…
October 22, 2021
The Guardian • Brigid Delaney • October 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
I locked eyes with a stranger crossing the street and felt the blast of pure eros
Chance encounters, serendipity, the glint in the eye – as we open up from lockdown, they’re back baby!
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • October 21, 2021 • bbc.com
COP26: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate report
Countries are asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.
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David Ritter@David_Ritter
BREAKING: documents leaked to Greenpeace's @UE reveal the Morrison Government has actively lobbied for the rejection of findings outlining the need for rapid global coal phase-out from the next major report from the UN’s IPCC. #auspol
bbc.com/news/science-e…
October 21, 2021
Variety • Gene Maddaus • October 22, 2021 • variety.com
Alec Baldwin Fired Prop Gun That Killed Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Injured Director
Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun while filming a scene in New Mexico on Thursday, causing the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. The incident occurred on the se…
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • October 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
Record levels of renewable energy drive down electricity prices across Australia
Power costs zero or negative for one-sixth of the September quarter, energy operator says
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Harriet Alexander • October 22, 2021 • smh.com.au
How a false science ‘cure’ became Australia’s contribution to the pandemic
When Australian researchers breathlessly reported a potential COVID-19 treatment, the course of the pandemic was altered and many countries are still paying the price.
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@insidethegames • October 22, 2021 • insidethegames.biz
Afghan women's youth volleyball player reportedly beheaded by Taliban
Mahjabin Hakimi, a member of the Afghanistan women's youth volleyball team, has reportedly been beheaded by the Taliban in the country's capital of Ka...
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Craig Foster@Craig_Foster
‘Afghan women's youth volleyball player reportedly beheaded by Taliban.’ 😢
Global sport bodies.
It’s very, very simple.
Get. Your. Female. Athletes. Out.
And ban Afghanistan from all international competition. insidethegames.biz/articles/11144…
October 22, 2021
The Age • Karl Quinn • October 22, 2021 • theage.com.au
‘Like New Year’s Eve, without the fireworks’: Melbourne wakes – and the night belongs to the young
At midnight on Thursday, the young left home without thought to the five reasons, but to savour what was once taken for granted: a drink with a friend, a haircut, pasta at a restaurant, even a Chap lap.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Liz Allen • October 22, 2021 • smh.com.au
So Australia wants to welcome migrants again? Good luck with that
It’s not as easy as reopening the borders. We’ll have stiff competition for skilled migrants - and Australia has lost its sheen.
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