Tuesday, December 21, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Morrison’s approval dives over vaccine rollout, grants and Brittany Higgins fallout, poll suggests
Marked drop in voters’ approval of prime minister’s performance during 2021 while Anthony Albanese remains steady
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Australian Financial Review • Aaron Patrick • December 21, 2021 • afr.com
Did the pokie industry just demote the NSW gaming minister?
Anti-gambling advocates claim Victor Dominello lost the sensitive portfolio because he wanted to ban cash from the state’s 96,000 poker machines.
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David Marin-Guzman@dmaguz
At a meeting las Sept... Clubs NSW CEO John Landis told Dominello “it could get ugly” if he pursued a plan to force clubs to do more to lock out problem gamblers, according to a person present. afr.com/companies/game…
December 21, 2021
The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • December 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia’s Covid test result waiting times blow out to five days, threatening interstate Christmas reunions
With a negative test required to enter several states, many travellers fear their results may not be known before departure
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
Surely any ‘living with Covid’ strategy involves providing reasonable access to timely testing and results - governments are going to have to do a lot better to uphold their side of the bargain.
Story by ⁦@caitecassidy⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 21, 2021
Australian Financial Review • James Thomson • December 21, 2021 • afr.com
Frydenberg’s action on proxy advice is a shocker
Whatever your views on the work of proxy advisers, the way the government has rolled out new regulations for the sector without due process amounts to more than a hit job.
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Amy Remeikis@AmyRemeikis
Less than a week out from Christmas and months before the parliament resumes when there is any possibility of disallowing these changes, the gov has neutered the proxy advisors that put a spotlight on Juukan Gorge and JobKeeper - overstepping what even the BCA wanted twitter.com/grhutchens/sta…
December 21, 2021
The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey • December 21, 2021 • theage.com.au
‘Great shame on our society’: Push to raise age of criminal responsibility
“Imagine what it means for any child to be in concrete walls and behind iron bars on Christmas Day and not around the people who love them. The evidence screams of the psychological damage detention does to kids.”
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3AW News Talk • jakebourke • December 21, 2021 • 3aw.com.au
Leading epidemiologist says he's now convinced Omicron is less virulent than Delta
A leading epidemiologist says he’s now prepared to say the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is less severe than Delta. The University of Melbourne’s Tony Blakely told 3AW Breakfast he thought the new strain of the coronavirus was somewhere between “10 to 50 per cent” less virulent than Delta. “I think it’s quite low on virulence,” […]
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • December 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Liberal MP Andrew Laming to be taken to court by electoral commission over Facebook page
AEC launches legal action against Bowman MP for allegedly failing to disclose his political links to page which appeared to be grassroots community group
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The Guardian • Lisa Favazzo, Gabrielle Jackson, David Fanner, Becca Leaver • December 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
2021 year in review: rewind through the highs and lows of Australian politics – video
A tumultuous year in Australian politics that many would prefer to forget
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Mike Ticher@mikewsc1
This is a great video review of the political year, but I have to say the knitwear of @AmyRemeikis is the highlight. theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 21, 2021
The Guardian • Stephanie Convery • December 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Indigenous 11-year-old released from Don Dale detention centre as lawyer slams incarceration of children
Lawyer calls for ‘lawful, peaceful civil disobedience’ in response to ‘disgraceful’ locking up of children around the country
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway, Rob Harris • December 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘I apologise’: AEC finds Andrew Laming’s Facebook posts breached electoral laws
Australia’s election watchdog is taking legal action against Liberal National MP Andrew Laming for five social media posts in the lead-up to the last election that did not declare they were authorised by the Queensland politician.
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The Australian • Troy Bramston • December 21, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
The political must-reads for 2022
Just when you thought you had not heard from Joe Hockey in a while, he will be back with an explosive new memoir, Diplomatic, to be published by HarperCollins next March. Hockey has a few scores to settle and wants to set the record straight, and it looks as if he will not be holding back.
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The Age • Paul Sakkal, Dana Daniel, Rachel Clun, Lucy Carroll • December 21, 2021 • theage.com.au
No lockdowns but Omicron could cap Open crowds to avert worst-case scenario
Lockdowns have been ruled out and the Boxing Day Test will go ahead as planned, but Victorian officials may bring in density caps on events such as the Australian Open.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
Density limits loom for large indoor events like the Australian Open in January because Victorian officials are worried even a fraction of the Omicron cases projected by the Doherty Institute could stretch the health system @theage #springst
theage.com.au/national/victo…
December 21, 2021
The Guardian • Andrew Stafford • December 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Paul Kelly on his new version of How to Make Gravy: ‘Christmas music gets a bad rap’
There’ll be a big absence at the Kelly family Christmas: the singer’s older brother, who inspired an album he didn’t live to hear
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The Guardian • Rebecca Solnit • December 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Why are US rightwingers so angry? Because they know social change is coming
The American right might win the occasional battle – but they will never win the war against progress
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Australian Financial Review • Michael Bailey • December 21, 2021 • afr.com
Sydney’s ‘Barbecue Man’ exec pokes fun at his COVID-19 fame
Apollo Global Management executive Tom Pizzey accidentally became famous during the delta wave. Now he and his band are releasing a coronavirus music video.
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Michael Roddan@MichaelRoddan
Great yarn
The private equity guy who got covid and checked out a bunch of Barbecues Galore shops (controversially named by the AFR) is in a band and they have a new song "BBQ Guy"
Also some nong made a press council complaint - but it wasn't BBq Guy!
afr.com/life-and-luxur…
December 21, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Daniel • December 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
I’m running as an independent because the cost of inaction is too high
I’m not a puppet for Labor or the Greens, I’m running for Parliament because I am fed up with our dysfunctional two-party system, geared towards optics not results.
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ABC News • Nassim Khadem • December 21, 2021 • abc.net.au
Keep them separated: Why vegans and meat producers both want plant-based foods kept somewhere else
Plant-based food producers may be forced to drop terms including 'beef' and 'sausage' — as well as any images of animals — from their packaging, according to the chair of a Senate inquiry into food labelling.
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The Age • Josh Gordon • December 21, 2021 • theage.com.au
Kooyong independent insists she is ‘cleanskin’ despite former Labor membership
Monique Ryan, who is attempting to oust Treasurer Josh Frydenberg from his federal seat, says she joined Labor before the 2007 federal election but quit over a lack of action on climate change.
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The Guardian • Lisa Favazzo • December 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Boofhead’ the crocodile eats shark on fisher’s line in north Queensland
Dan Johnson was surprised to see he had hooked a shark while fishing from the Proserpine riverbank, then the region’s resident croc made his move
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • December 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia urged to fund free rapid Covid tests as stores sell out
Free or subsidised antigen tests would send a ‘market signal’ to global suppliers, businesses say
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