Saturday, October 23, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Australian • GIDEON HAIGH • October 22, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
No gratitude, no pride, no relief: just quiet seething
For the past 18 months, I have been taking the same walk through the same Melbourne suburban streets in the same direction at roughly the same time every day.
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The Guardian • Kate Lyons • October 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
Former PMs apologise to Pacific leaders for Australia’s apathy on climate crisis
Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull lash out at Morrison government’s ‘cynical indifference’ and assure Pacific leaders ‘a majority’ of Australians ‘are in your corner’
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The Age • Paul Sakkal, Jack Latimore • October 23, 2021 • theage.com.au
A ‘Black Parliament’? Victorian government discusses Indigenous voice
The state government is considering enshrining power for Victorian Traditional Owners in decision-making processes as part of its nation-leading treaty negotiations with First Peoples.
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ABC News • Laura Tingle • October 23, 2021 • abc.net.au
Stopping MPs casting a vote? Democracy — 'Hermit Kingdom' style
Australia has been dubbed the 'new Hermit Kingdom' over its tough stance on borders, but as the country opens up there are a few more reasons to make the comparison, writes Laura Tingle.
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Ouch. Devastating column by @latingle “everything we seem to do now on climate seems to contain accounting tricks, or dubious slogans like the "gas-led recovery" and the "technology roadmap", and little real policy effort” #auspol #climate twitter.com/latingle/statu…
October 23, 2021
The Guardian • Michael McGowan • October 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
With slow, patient questioning, Icac starts to set out its case against Berejiklian
After weeks under fire for the timing of its investigation into the former premier, the NSW corruption watchdog has begun its reply
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The Guardian • Natasha May • October 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Lifeblood of those towns’: taskforce to look into wave of bank closures in regional Australia
More than 100 branches have shut in the past year, prompting concerns about the impacts on entire communities
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
Since the start of the pandemic there had been more than 300 branch closures, most in regional areas. In the last four years the number of branches in regional and remote Australia fell by about 25%. By ⁦@tasha_tilly⁩ in Gilgandra theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 23, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Deborah Snow • October 23, 2021 • smh.com.au
Damaging revelations as the ICAC grills team Berejiklian
Hopes among the former premier Gladys Berejiklian’s supporters that she’d emerge unscathed from the ICAC proceedings are fading rapidly.
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ABC News • Herlyn Kaur • October 23, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Very, very disappointed': WA Aboriginal Legal Service calls on police to improve relations after JC trial
The WA Aboriginal Legal Service urges police to improve relations with the Indigenous community after a police officer charged with murdering a Yamatji woman he shot dead is found not guilty.
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Bridget Brennan@bridgeyb
"This was about an Aboriginal woman, and I reckon it should have had a black person on that jury.” Ms Clarke’s sister speaking after the acquittal of a police officer who shot dead a Yamatji mum.
abc.net.au/news/2021-10-2…
October 23, 2021
Los Angeles Times • Meg James, Amy Kaufman • October 22, 2021 • latimes.com
'Rust' crew describes on-set gun safety issues and misfires days before fatal shooting
At least one of the camera operators complained last weekend to production managers about gun safety on the set.
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The Guardian • Anne Davies • October 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
The jailing of an ex-NSW Labor minister and the Berejiklian Icac inquiry show why we need a federal corruption watchdog with teeth
Eddie Obeid’s sentencing and the Gladys Berejiklian probe demonstrate, in different ways, the weaknesses in the Morrison government’s proposed integrity commission
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
Things are a bit ragged for Morrison, and not only because of the Coalition’s climate bullfight
With Glasgow around the corner and an election in sight, the prime minister could’ve done without this week’s privileges committee fracas
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ABC News • Rebecca Trigger • October 22, 2021 • abc.net.au
Family question 'all-white' jury after police officer found not guilty of murdering Aboriginal woman
A police constable who shot dead a 29-year-old woman during a street confrontation in a town in WA’s Mid West is acquitted of her murder. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains an image of a person who has died.
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Herald Sun • JOHN DAGGE • October 23, 2021 • heraldsun.com.au
Ralph Lauren pockets $6.4m in JobKeeper
The local arm of Ralph Lauren — backed by one of the richest men on the planet — pocketed $6.4m in JobKeeper while lifting revenue in a world-beating trading performance.
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Andrew Leigh@ALeighMP
Another day, another story about a foreign billionaire enriched by JobKeeper.
If the Liberals hadn't given $20 billion to firms with rising revenue, they could've helped battlers who really needed it heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/… #auspol @johndagge
October 23, 2021
The Australian • NATASHA ROBINSON • October 22, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Covid-19 vaccine rush for worker immunity boost
Australias Covid-19 vaccine booster program may begin as early as next week, as the federal government moves to supercharge the immunity of aged-care residents and provide comfort to health workers with lockdown states opening up and infection rates predicted to rise.
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NBC News • Brandy Zadrozny • October 23, 2021 • nbcnews.com
'Carol's Journey': What Facebook knew about how it radicalized users
Internal documents suggest Facebook has long known its algorithms and recommendation systems push some users to extremes.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sally Rawsthorne • October 23, 2021 • smh.com.au
Eddie Obeid arrives at prison to begin jail term for crooked coal deal
The former Labor powerbroker has arrived at Silverwater’s Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, where he will begin his sentence of three years and 10 months.
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ABC Radio • October 23, 2021 • abc.net.au
Australia down to the wire on climate
Australia’s climate policy is still not settled and observers say the obsession over a 2050 climate target is “other worldly” and a fraud, if it allows fossil fuels to flourish. But with the UN Climate conference imminent, what are other nations bringing to the table?
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The Guardian • Ann Ding • October 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
Breakfast with Sharon Salloum: eggplant fatteh (fattet betinjen) – recipe
With fried golden bread and a rich eggplant topping, Salloum’s fatteh pays homage to her family’s Syrian roots – but she has added a few twists of her own
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Dwayne “the PoC” Johnson@commannding
Very excited to share my first piece of food writing in @GuardianAus – the start of a new series on breakfast! I talk to Sharon Salloum, chef at 3 Tomatoes. theguardian.com/food/2021/oct/…
October 23, 2021
The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • October 22, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: RBA returns to principles on Afterpay fee gouge
The Reserve Bank has backflipped on an earlier decision to protect BNPL credit companies like Afterpay in a new conclusion paper.
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay, Daniel Hurst • October 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Ham-fisted culture wars’: states take Alan Tudge to task over history curriculum concerns
State ministers reject claims Anzac Day may become a ‘contested idea’ under new curriculum
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