Thursday, October 28, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • October 28, 2021 • smh.com.au
PM’s net zero plan driven by slogans and seats, not conversion or conviction
Morrison has artfully switched the debate from the environment to the economy, branding his “plan” as the uniquely “Australian Way”.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
Niki Savva: "Yet here they are in a fragile coalition crumbling internally, under pressure externally, studiously avoiding appearing together, advocating for a target neither really, truly believes in to be reached by recycled amorphous somethings" smh.com.au/national/pm-s-…
October 28, 2021
Australian Financial Review • John Kehoe, Jacob Greber • October 28, 2021 • afr.com
Cormann pushes Morrison government to adopt carbon price
New OECD data shows Australia lagging wealthy economies in pricing emissions, as OECD boss Mathias Cormann pushes the Morrison government and other nations to adopt stricter carbon pricing.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • October 28, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Turned away’: how strict government rules denied young pilot with brain cancer the disability pension
Doctors say George Upjohn cannot work due to his brain tumour, yet Centrelink rejected his disability support pension application
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • October 27, 2021 • theguardian.com
Proposed voter ID laws ‘real threat’ to rights of Indigenous Australians and people without homes
Coalition intends to introduce voter identification legislation to crack down on alleged voter fraud despite evidence risk is ‘vanishingly small’
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
The grim thing about the voter ID bill is that most Australians won't understand why it's a problem, and the people who will actually be affected already don't have a voice in public debate theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 28, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Karp • October 28, 2021 • theguardian.com
Pauline Hanson claims credit for Coalition’s controversial voter ID laws
Opponents warn eligible voters in vulnerable groups, including Indigenous Australians, may be discouraged or excluded from voting
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
#breaking Pauline Hanson has claimed credit for the Coalition's voter ID law, revealing she made it a condition for One Nation support on another bill.
She's "had a gutful” of the Morrison government taking credit for her ideas.
#auspol
theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 28, 2021
The New Daily • Alan Kohler • October 28, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: Morrison has made Australia a nation of tech freeloaders
The Coalition’s long road from ridiculing net zero plans to coming up with one of its own has produced the worst possible result for the world.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • October 28, 2021 • smh.com.au
Why private details of Berejiklian’s relationship with Maguire matter
ICAC’s push to ensure private details of Gladys Berejiklian and Daryl Maguire’s relationship are outlined in public are crucial to accountability, no matter how awkward.
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elysee.fr • October 28, 2021 • elysee.fr
Statement on the phone call between President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
On Thursday, 28 October, President Macron had a telephone call with the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr Scott Morrison.
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Erin Handley@erinahandley
French President Macron says Australia's AUKUS subs decision broke trust and it's now up to Australia "to propose tangible actions that embody the political will...to redefine the basis of our bilateral r'ship & continue joint action in the Indo-Pacific"
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October 28, 2021
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • October 28, 2021 • theguardian.com
Corruption complaints within Australia’s law enforcement agencies soar
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity reports busiest year in its 15-year history
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • October 28, 2021 • theguardian.com
Former finance minister who helped sink carbon price now urging Australia to adopt one
Mathias Cormann, now head of the OECD, was instrumental in repealing the nation’s key climate policy in 2014
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The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani • October 27, 2021 • theguardian.com
Family of missing Indigenous man plead for help after Queensland police scale back search
Jeremiah Rivers, 27, from east Kimberley, was last seen at a Wilsons River campsite on 18 October
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • October 28, 2021 • theguardian.com
Will methane cuts cause cattle culls and ruin the gas industry? Or is it just hot air from the Coalition?
The Morrison government released its net zero plan and Angus Taylor penned a scary piece about methane, but both lacked substance
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Peter Hannam, Adam Morton • October 28, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Go grab a rifle’: Barnaby Joyce says the only way to meet methane reduction targets is to start shooting cattle
Scott Morrison and his deputy prime minister disagree over key methane emissions target ahead of Cop26
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy • October 27, 2021 • afr.com
Voter ID plan ‘solution in search of a problem’
A Coalition plan would require voters to show a passport, driver’s licence, Medicare card or other official document on election day
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Nour Haydar@NourHaydar
“There’s very little evidence of multiple voting and there’s no evidence of people voting in a false name, so is it just a solution looking for a problem?"
afr.com/politics/feder…
October 28, 2021
ABC News • Kath Sullivan • October 28, 2021 • abc.net.au
Prime Minister says government had no plan to slash methane emissions, despite Barnaby Joyce claiming he’d stopped the move
Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce claims he negotiated a fund for the regions and no methane reduction target in return for signing on to the net zero by 2050 deal, but the Prime Minister says that was always the plan.
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ABC News • Nassim Khadem • October 28, 2021 • abc.net.au
'I made the mistake of trusting my employer because the superannuation was on my pay slip'
Thousands of employers are failing to pay their staff superannuation, and it's costing workers billions of dollars every year.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • October 28, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Such a difficult website’: Malcolm Turnbull’s tech troubles with foreign influence register he created
Documents obtained under freedom of information show obligations rankling with former Australian PMs Turnbull and Kevin Rudd
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
“Thanks that would be great, it is such a difficult website to use,” Turnbull emailed back on 21 July, adding: “Can I just leave it to you to complete the registration, I really don’t have time to struggle with such a frustrating form.” theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 28, 2021
The Guardian • Rosheen Kaul • October 28, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australian supermarket tomato sauces tasted and rated – and how to cook with them
This staple of hot chips, pies and sausage sizzles also works brilliantly in everything from Japanese-style pasta to Malaysian fried rice
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Australian Government Department of Health • October 27, 2021 • health.gov.au
Booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines recommended for people aged 18 and over
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) have recommended a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine for people who are aged 18 years and over.
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Clare Armstrong@ByClare
#BREAKING ATAGI has recommended booster vaccines for all of Australia’s population. People will be able to start getting a third dose from November 8 once they’re at least six months post second dose. ATAGI advice here: health.gov.au/news/booster-d…
October 28, 2021
The Age • Annika Smethurst • October 28, 2021 • theage.com.au
Voters swing against Andrews but Labor in election-winning position
Daniel Andrews remains Victorian voters’ preferred premier but polling shows the return of Matthew Guy has halved the gap between the leaders of the state’s two major parties.
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