December 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

theage • Katina Curtis,Shane Wright • December 15, 2021 • smh.com.au
How $2.8 billion of your money is spent — it grossly favours Coalition seats
Liberal electorates received three times more taxpayer money than Labor-held seats, as a detailed analysis of more than 19,000 grants reveals a highly politicised system rife with uneven spending. See the funding your electorate received.
60
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • December 14, 2021 • theguardian.com
Company part-owned by Angus Taylor illegally poisoned grasslands, ministerial review finds
The 18-month process affirms original finding that Jam Land’s clearing had a significant impact on critically endangered native habitat
14
Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy, Phillip Coorey • December 1, 2021 • afr.com
Greg Hunt and Christian Porter set to quit politics
Two senior members of the Morrison government, Health Minister Greg Hunt and former attorney-general Christian Porter, will retire at the federal election.
15
The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • December 1, 2021 • smh.com.au
Bevan Shields named editor of The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald has appointed its new editor.
25
Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
Huge congratulations to @BevanShields who will take up the editorship of @smh early next year. smh.com.au/national/nsw/b…
December 1, 2021
Sky News Australia • December 3, 2021 • skynews.com.au
Apology from Peta Credlin
Sky News host Peta Credlin has apologised to South Sudanese community members and corrected the record regarding comments on the COVID-19 pandemic, the escalation of new infections in Victoria, and various public health measures.
15
amanda meade@meadea
Peta Credlin has made an incredibly detailed and lengthy apology to the South Sudanese community. It's the biggest backdowns I've ever seen.
skynews.com.au/opinion/peta-c…
December 5, 2021
The Guardian • Michael McGowan, Luke Henriques-Gomes, Ben Butler • December 31, 2021 • theguardian.com
Covid rapid antigen tests: suppliers deny pressing PM to abandon commitment to provide free kits
Scott Morrison says his decision not to make tests free for most was a response to industry concerns but peak bodies say they did not lobby government
24
ABC News • December 8, 2021 • abc.net.au
Man charged with threatening ABC journalist Mark Willacy and his family
Victoria Police charge a 25-year-old man with making a threat to kill and using a telecommunications device to menace the ABC journalist, who last year won Australian journalism's highest honour for his reporting on alleged war crimes by Australian forces in Afghanistan.
8
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 11, 2021 • theguardian.com
Gladys for Warringah is the latest salvo in Morrison’s war against an integrity commission
In urging the former NSW premier to stand, the PM attacked Icac to serve his immediate political interests. It was insidious
14
The Guardian • Paul Karp • December 13, 2021 • theguardian.com
Morrison government urges MPs to dob in climate and ‘Voices for’ groups under new donor rules
Special minister of state, Ben Morton, writes to parliamentarians saying ‘many of these funding vehicles hide in the dark’
16
The Guardian • Nino Bucci • December 6, 2021 • theguardian.com
Peta Credlin’s apology to South Sudanese community result of human rights commission complaint
Complaint related to segment in which the Sky News host incorrectly linked community to a Covid outbreak and an apology made three days later
12
The Guardian • Anne Davies • December 7, 2021 • theguardian.com
Legal experts condemn Scott Morrison’s continuing attacks on Icac as ‘disgraceful’ and ‘stupid’
PM doubles down on denigrating NSW corruption watchdog as Liberals push for ex-premier Gladys Berejiklian to contest Warringah
6
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • November 30, 2021 • theguardian.com
The Australian parliament, the whole arse-covering and ego-driven apparatus, should be paralysed by shame and remorse
The Jenkins review into parliament’s culture should make everyone, not just women, weep. But Scott Morrison is responsible for making change – this reckoning presented on his watch
12
The Guardian • Yassmin Abdel-Magied • December 1, 2021 • theguardian.com
Bullies rely on power to protect them, not online anonymity
I’ve had more death threats than flat whites. But almost everyone who abused me did so using their real names
15
The Guardian • Josh Taylor • December 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Craig Kelly: MP banned from Facebook appointed to parliament’s social media inquiry
Choice of the MP, who has been criticised for posting ‘misleading’ vaccine information online, raises other committee members’ eyebrows
14
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • December 10, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Really sad moment’: bogong moth among 124 Australian additions to endangered species list
Ecologists say numbers declined by about 99.5% three years ago, likely due to drought, pesticides and light pollution
16
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • December 1, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Tragic’ delays: documents reveal Australia knew time was running out to extract Afghan staff
Exclusive: Previously secret papers show charter flight considered ‘high risk’ a month before Kabul fell to Taliban
7
Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
The Australian government was warned in mid-July that the worsening security situation in Afghanistan and Covid restrictions were making it “extremely difficult” to help former Afghan employees escape the country, previously secret documents reveal. theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
December 1, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Karp • December 13, 2021 • theguardian.com
Jo Dyer, advocate of Christian Porter’s accuser, to stand as independent in Boothby
Arts administrator targets Liberal-held South Australian seat, now the third most marginal in the country
11
The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright, Katina Curtis • December 16, 2021 • smh.com.au
Tapping the pork barrel: How the Yarra divides millions in grants
The Yarra River has become a dividing line between the Labor and Liberal parties. It is also a dividing line between which seats get grants and which don’t.
14
Tom Crowley@TomisCrowley
Some of these pork barrelling grants from The Age's research are wild. The actual government buying ice compression gear for Skevs old boys, Jesus wept
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
December 16, 2021
ABC News • Steve Cannane • December 3, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Carbon footprint of a medium-sized European country': What satellites found over one part of Australia
Methane is a powerful, invisible gas that is a key driver of global warming. Now satellite imagery is raising questions over whether Australia has been accurately reporting its emissions to international bodies.
13
The Guardian • Adam Morton • December 4, 2021 • theguardian.com
Labor’s climate plan can’t fix 12 years of broken politics – but it could be the catalyst Australia needs
With parts of the business community ready to move on emissions, the opposition’s modest goal could be easily met – or surpassed
9
Adam Morton@adamlmorton
The science matters, the economics matters and the broken politics matters. Whatever your views, they’re all issues.
Some initial analysis of Labor’s climate policy.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 4, 2021

About @newseachdayau Privacy