A clear-eyed assessment from @CroweDM on the chances of independents at the coming election .. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

If you want news that isn’t depressing today, may I suggest: scientists have discovered the first millipede that actually has 1000(+) legs – deep underground in Western Australia theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…



Looks like Melbourne wasn't most locked down city after all
abc.net.au/news/2021-12-1… via @ABCaustralia




Talking to @patrickkeneally and @gabriellecj about the baffling response from some Australian governments to Omicron, how to pronounce it, and what to get your landlord for Christmas. theguardian.com/australia-news…


Glad to announce that RE100 member @PepsiCo Australia has become 100% renewable!
It’s successfully switched to using 100% renewable electricity in all of its Australian operations. Full details in the article 👇
reneweconomy.com.au/pepsico-austra…
@theRE100 @CDP @ClimateGroup #RE100

Knowing that he doesn't have the numbers in the Senate, sneaky Josh tries to knee-cap proxy advisers by regulation. Suspect the motivation is pay back for criticisms over his massively rorted JobKeeper scheme: afr.com/politics/feder…


I'm not sure if any major media outlets would have run a piece like this, but at Crikey we have the freedom to call it as we see it: Gina Cass-Gottlieb should not be head of the ACCC.
She's been put there by Josh Frydenberg to keep the Murdochs sweet
crikey.com.au/2021/12/16/mur…



Column: After years of stagnating wages, the Coalition, by its own admission, is promising to deliver a cut in real wages in an election year. @australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

“In 2012, Australian intelligence officials informed their U.S. counterparts that they had detected a sophisticated intrusion into the country's telecommunications systems. It began, they said, with a software update from Huawei” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Queen cancelling pre-Christmas lunch due to Omicron Covid spread. NSW permitting 'up to' 1000 maskless revellers music festivals. This is ludicrous 😑 reuters.com/world/france-h…