Friday, December 24, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Anne Davies • December 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
Dominic Perrottet has finally realised that ‘letting it rip’ comes at too high a cost
The pro-business premier eased restrictions and ‘opened up’ the NSW economy but staff are ill or isolating while customers are staying at home
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
Remarkably little criticism of Perrottet's fumble and stunning backflip in the papers today.
Anyway, here's @annefdavies: 'The past week of no restrictions will be rued as a lost week in the fight against the impact of Omicron.'
theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 24, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Timna Jacks, Cassandra Morgan, Melissa Cunningham, Paul Sakkal • December 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
Wait for booster shot cut to four months
The move follows advice from the government’s expert advisory group and the rapid spread of the new Omicron variant.
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
Yesterday, @AlboMP called for booster shots after 4 months. Hunt - the Truculent Runt - called him “reckless…utterly irresponsible…a liar.”
Today, Hunt announces booster shots at 4 months. What a sleazy, incompetent little turd he is.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
December 24, 2021
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Home affairs boss Michael Pezzullo was kept out of secret Aukus deliberations
Exclusive: senior public servant who warned of ‘beating drums of war’ only briefed on day Morrison announced deal
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The Australian • James Jeffrey • December 24, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
‘He found beauty and meaning all around him’
David Brearley, Journalist. Born: December 13, 1964, in Stockport, UK. Died: December 24, 2021, in Sydney, aged 57.
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The Guardian • First Dog on the Moon • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
A Christmas message from the First Dog on the Moon Institute
Everyone is really knackered
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F Onthemoon@firstdogonmoon
Here is the last ever cartoon for 2021 - you are welcome i hope you have lovely end of year goings on - Mermy Chrimbo! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
December 24, 2021
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Can fake whale poo experiment net Australian scientists a share of Elon Musk’s US$100m climate prize?
Exclusive: Releasing nutrients can spur phytoplankton growth, absorbing carbon dioxide in the process
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The New York Times • William Grimes • December 24, 2021 • nytimes.com
Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87
She established a distinctive voice in American fiction before turning to political reporting and screenplay writing. But it was California, her native state, that provided her with her richest material.
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The Guardian • Sian Cain, Edward Helmore • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Joan Didion, American journalist and author, dies at age 87
The unsparing observer of US culture, politics and public life won huge acclaim for her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking
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The Guardian • Samantha Lock • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Hoopla online as US teacher’s basketball long shot goes viral
A teacher who promised her students hot chocolate if she landed a half-court shot has been lauded a ‘superhero’
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The Guardian • Emma Kemp • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Realign perceptions’: the women behind the football at Australia’s Afghan National Cup
Every Sydney United Girls player has her own story, each one interwoven with her family and the wider community
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rob Harris • December 24, 2021 • smh.com.au
Climate, the far-Left and the devilish problem facing the Greens
Confronting an onslaught from progressive independents, Adam Bandt’s party faces the risk of relevance deprivation.
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy, Michael McGowan, Cait Kelly, Pete McKenzie, Royce Kurmelovs, Daniel Hurst, Elissa Blake • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Airport chaos as Christmas flights cancelled over Covid surge – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • December 24, 2021 • crikey.com.au
Australia in 2021, governed by a smirk of a man, in a script worthy of Stanley Kubrick
How to sum up 2021, a year marked by failing democracy, attempted coups and incompetent government? What better way than the disturbing world of Stanley Kubrick.
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SBS • Eden Gillespie • December 24, 2021 • sbs.com.au
Tamil-Australians 'outraged' over taxpayer-funded anti-migration film competition
The film competition asks Sri Lankans to create short films showing asylum seekers getting caught by people smugglers and risking their lives in rough seas, with winners set to take home a drone, GoPro or DSLR camera.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Federal government’s Christmas Eve veto of research projects labelled ‘McCarthyism’
Research relating to climate activism, literature and China among six projects rejected, leading to accusations of politicisation
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy, Michael McGowan, Cait Kelly, Pete McKenzie, Royce Kurmelovs, Daniel Hurst, Elissa Blake • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Airport chaos as Christmas flights cancelled over Covid surge – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Amy Remeikis@AmyRemeikis
The Politicisation of independent funding processes continues - humanities grants recommended for funding were rejected by the acting minister because *reasons* - meanwhile pork barrelling is just ‘having a good local member’ twitter.com/danielhurstbne…
December 24, 2021
Crikey • Charlie Lewis • December 24, 2021 • crikey.com.au
In a year of deception, one voice stood out. Grace Tame is Crikey's Person of the Year
Tame's ability to give voice to the voiceless and hold the powerful to account has earned her Crikey's highest honour.
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ABC Radio • December 24, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Literary icon' Joan Didion dies at 87
Joan Didion, widely considered a literary icon and known for her work on American culture and grief, has died aged 87 from complications of Parkinson's disease.
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Jackson, Lenore Taylor, Miles Herbert, Camilla Hannan • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
2021 wrapped: news – with Lenore Taylor
Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lenore Taylor about the year in news and politics
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • December 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Wellness for dogs: why your pet needs vaccines but not reiki and raw meat
Some of what is on sale is total bunkum. Some is an easy way to spoil your pooch. And some is slightly more complicated …
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