Friday, November 19, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

Crikey • Cam Wilson • November 19, 2021 • crikey.com.au
How a former Family First leader and a property mogul run a network of online anti-vaxxer, anti-Dan Andrews groups
Several websites for different anti-restriction and anti-vaccine groups can be linked back to the couple, who have also toured the country running workshops on stopping vaccine mandates.
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CAMWILSON@cameronwilson
NEW: I traced an anonymous online campaign against Victoria's pandemic bill back to an anti-vaxxer couple — comprised of former Family First chair + a property mogul — who run a network of online groups targeting Dan Andrews, the TGA and vaccine mandates crikey.com.au/2021/11/19/sto…
November 19, 2021
The Guardian • David Marr • November 19, 2021 • theguardian.com
The church has always been in the business of shame – now it wants a law to protect its nastiness
This religious discrimination bill is designed to let the churches be nasty: nasty to children, to employees of the faiths and nasty in the pulpit
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • November 19, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Naughty guy’: top Chinese diplomat accuses Australia of ‘sabre wielding’ with nuclear submarine deal
Exclusive: Acting ambassador to Australia, Wang Xining, says politicians including Peter Dutton and Tony Abbott are not serving Australia’s interests
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
China's acting ambassador Wang Xining said he would not be surprised if Canberra decided to cancel a Chinese company’s Port of Darwin lease ("a normal business operation") but asked: “I wonder whether Australia can afford to break another contract?” theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…
November 19, 2021
The Age • Tony Wright • November 19, 2021 • theage.com.au
A gallows and words of menace imported from the (dis)United States
Those who defend the pandemic bill protesters present them as the voice of everyday Victorians. What then, of symbols and words imported from extremist America?
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • November 18, 2021 • themonthly.com.au
Mob whistling
With his depressingly predictable response, Morrison stands with the extremists
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Paul Bongiorno@PaulBongiorno
Rachel,nails it: themonthly.com.au/the-politics/r…
November 18, 2021
ABC News • Josh Robertson • November 19, 2021 • abc.net.au
Platoon that was accused of killing Afghan prisoner to save space on aircraft now under criminal investigation, Defence confirms
The Defence Department reveals there is an active criminal investigation into the conduct of an Australian commando platoon in Afghanistan in 2012.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • November 19, 2021 • theguardian.com
Former Liberal leader to join forces with Labor veteran in bid to target Morrison ahead of election
John Hewson is joining Barry Jones for a social media campaign focusing on integrity and ‘the big issues that matter to democracy’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • November 19, 2021 • smh.com.au
Morrison’s secretive religious ‘freedom’ bill: it’s certainly free of information
Changes to the planned law are a victory for Liberal moderates but raise the question: can the Prime Minister even deliver a law so close to his own heart?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Latika Bourke • November 19, 2021 • smh.com.au
AstraZeneca unveils antibody treatment, preventative shot for those who can’t get vaccinated
The company said its drug offered hope to those who can’t receive COVID-19 vaccines, such as cancer patients, organ transplant recipients and those with weak immune systems.
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Benjamin Law 羅旭能@mrbenjaminlaw
AstraZeneca's unveiled a new antibody injection that's both covid preventative/treatment, good for folks who can't get vaxxed (eg. chemo patients), lasts 6-12 months.
And it's antibody-based, so doesn’t risk reactions like vaccines. Damn, science is good.
smh.com.au/world/europe/a…
November 19, 2021
ABC News • Shahni Wellington • November 19, 2021 • abc.net.au
Peter just wanted to get his thongs. Moments later, he was pinned to the ground by a police officer
Peter O'Keefe, 65, says he agreed to go to the police station after a domestic incident. Moments later, he was pinned to the ground.
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Bridget Brennan@bridgeyb
“The elder was on the ground. The officer had pushed his knee into Peter's back as he was restrained, with his face pressed to the bitumen.” Part one of a disturbing investigation by @Shahni_W and ABC regional investigations for @abc730
abc.net.au/news/2021-11-1…
November 19, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jonathan Kearsley, Anthony Galloway • November 19, 2021 • smh.com.au
George Christensen makes third attempt to block release of AFP letter
Nationals MP George Christensen made a secret submission to the information watchdog as part of an effort to block the release of details about a police probe into his Philippines travel.
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The Conversation • Blair Williams • November 19, 2021 • theconversation.com
In Australian media, women's voices are still not heard
The latest Women in Media report shows women are still under-represented on opinion pages and as experts in news reports.
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Dr Blair Williams🏳️‍🌈♀️💉💉@BlairWilliams26
My latest for @ConversationEDU on the @WLIAus report @JennaPrice and I co-authored:
"The lack of women’s voices in these pages normalises a masculine perspective and implies that what women have to say is less legitimate and important." theconversation.com/in-australian-… @GIWLANU @ANUmedia
November 19, 2021
The Shot • November 19, 2021 • theshot.net.au
Scott Morrison wants to pretend nothing has changed when everything has
And around grief and trauma, behaviour like that is harmful
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Josh Pallas • November 19, 2021 • smh.com.au
Victoria’s supposedly autocratic pandemic laws would be better than NSW’s
The proposed bill in Victoria would answer to a charter of human rights. For a start, NSW doesn’t have such a charter.
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The Age@theage
"A great irony," writes NSW's Council for Civil Liberties vice-president Josh Pallas "is that the proposed laws would be a significant improvement on those in NSW, and a marked improvement on those currently operating Victoria" | OPINION #covid #covid19... theage.com.au/national/victo…
November 19, 2021
ABC Radio National • November 21, 2021 • abc.net.au
Boom time in carbon farming country
Graziers are discovering there's millions to be made from their flat red earth. Taxpayers are funding billions to reduce the nation's carbon footprint. Reporter Geoff Thompson investigates whether carbon farming will really undo the damage we're doing from burning fossil fuels.
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Polly Hemming@pollyjhemming
✅Landholder get millions in govt carbon farming money for not clearing trees on his property (that he was never going to clear anyway).
✅Makes enough money to buy adjacent property.
✅Clears all the trees on adjacent property.
#auspol #climate
abc.net.au/radionational/…
November 19, 2021
The Guardian • Brigid Delaney • November 19, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia’s absurd house prices are preventing us from dismantling the cathedral of work
The pandemic has made many of us question why we work so much. But is a transformation possible?
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Jackson, Lenore Taylor, Mike Ticher, Miles Herbert, Camilla Hannan, Melanie Tait • November 19, 2021 • theguardian.com
The pandemic powers fuelling anti-government protests – with Lenore Taylor
Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher about what extreme anti-government rhetoric means for democracy
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
The pandemic powers, the protests and the dangers of not calling out threats of violence and not standing up for what governments need to do - Friday pod with me @mikewsc1 and @gabriellecj theguardian.com/australia-news…
November 19, 2021
The Australian • RACHEL BAXENDALE • November 19, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Andrews on track for third term
Daniel Andrews is on track to win a third term as Victorian premier with an increased majority with 12 months to go to next years state election, according to the first major Newspoll since the 2018 Danslide that reduced the Coalition to 27 of 88 lower house seats.
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Rachel Baxendale@rachelbaxendale
NEWSPOLL: 2PP Labor leads 58-42 (was 57.3-42.7 in 2018). Primary: 44-36. Andrews: satisfied 56, dissatisfied 42, uncommitted 2. Guy: sat 34, dissat 42, uncommitted 24. Better Premier 54-33. Andrews' handling of Covid: 60 well, 39 poorly #springst
theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…
November 19, 2021
Herald Sun • Stephen Drill • November 20, 2021 • heraldsun.com.au
‘So f—ed’: Paine knew sexting just wasn’t cricket
Tim Paine knew he was risking his career when he sent a female ­co-worker an unsolicited dick pic.
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Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • November 18, 2021 • afr.com
Senate chaos casts doubt over federal ICAC legislation
The government may abandon or delay plans to introduce legislation for a federal anti-corruption commission.
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