Alan KohlerToday’s @TheNewDailyAu column, in which I point out that the LNP is Aust’s highest taxing government and that a tax to GDP ratio of 23.9% is meaningless when you’re financing 2-4% of gov sepnding with bonds instead of taxation.
Monday, December 20, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news
Matthew KnottA long, but hopefully worthwhile, piece looking back on my 3.5 years as US Correspondent for The Herald & The Age. I’ll always be grateful I had the opportunity to do this job at such an important, fascinating moment in history smh.com.au/world/north-am…
Neil McMahonChief Medical Officer Paul Kelly advises PM and premiers to bring back indoor mask mandate to head off omicron surge -- masks in "all indoor settings including retail, hospitality ... and entertainment". smh.com.au/politics/feder…
Sumeyya IlanbeyMany politicians and policymakers tend to be “lucky Australians”, @DrDemography said.
“Australia needs more people with lived experience of disadvantage in positions of leadership and power to undo the entrenched mechanics driving inequality in Australia.” theage.com.au/national/mappi…
Greg DoreRemain optimistic healthcare systems won’t be overwhelmed by Omicron wave. But, John Kaldor, @ProfSharonLewin, & I are calling for some further restrictions in NSW—indoor 😷 mandate, large indoor hospitality limits—until severity & hospital burden clear. smh.com.au/national/omicr…
Chris MinnsThe reinstatement of mask mandates is a common-sense decision.
If the NSW Govt changes its mind on this, they’ll do so with our support.
Jo Dyer - an independent voice for BoothbyAnd here's me thinking the only way into Parliament was to persuade voters to support you! Where can I get me one of those free passes? #auspol #BoothbyVotes
Stephen MayneThe chutzpah of Fox News complaining about anyone else's editorial standards is quite breath-taking. They are also wasting Australian public resources with these multiple complaints smh.com.au/business/compa…
Gabrielle Chan"I often say to people, ‘it doesn’t hurt to get eaten by a shark’. There’s no pain, initially, because their teeth are so sharp that you don’t feel the bite." 🙄😳😳😳 theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
Steven HamiltonMy piece with @profholden in tomorrow’s @FinancialReview on Australia’s epic rapid testing failure. Expensive and impossible to find over the Christmas period, our failure to procure rapid tests is up there with the vaccine rollout for sheer incompetence.
Assaad Razzouk“I expect an avalanche of cases against the fossil fuel industry and related industries like the car industry"
- Roger Cox, climate litigator who forced reckless polluter Shell to cut emissions 45% by 2030
He's right: An avalanche of lawsuits is coming
