Monday, October 4, 2021 to Sunday, October 10, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Paul Karp • October 4, 2021 • theguardian.com
Gladys Berejiklian approached by senior Liberals to run in federal seat of Warringah
Exclusive: Supporters of Berejiklian are confident the Icac investigation will clear her of any wrongdoing and say she would be a ‘great asset’
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The Australian • Janet Albrechtsen • October 9, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Divisive Tame surrenders to dirty politics
No joy comes from reminding Grace Tame that there is no such thing as a protected species in Australian politics. Nor should there be.
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Grace Tame@TamePunk
The cost of speaking truth to power. It’s not me who’s divisive, it’s the federal government. By refusing to absolutely condemn sexual misconduct & abuse of power within its own ranks, they’ve tactfully left these issues in the grey zone of permissibility.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/grace…
October 9, 2021
The Age • David Crowe • October 6, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Weakest watchdog’: Report slams Morrison plan for integrity commission
A planned national corruption commission would be the weakest watchdog in the nation if it goes ahead as proposed, a report has found.
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The Age • Nick McKenzie, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Paul Sakkal • October 6, 2021 • theage.com.au
IBAC scrutiny on Andrews over firefighters’ union deal
Victoria’s anti-corruption body has been examining the conduct of the Premier and a senior public servant over their role in controversial deals that benefited the firefighters’ union.
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ABC News • Laura Tingle • October 6, 2021 • abc.net.au
Brittany Higgins to be visiting fellow at Global Institute for Women's Leadership
Former political staffer Brittany Higgins has been appointed the inaugural visiting fellow of the women's leadership group established by Julia Gillard.
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • October 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Superb fairywren crowned winner of Australian #BirdoftheYear poll – as it happened
Tiny bird triumphs after more than 450,000 votes were cast
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • October 5, 2021 • theguardian.com
Third new coal project approved by Australian environment minister Sussan Ley in just one month
Approval granted for Mangoola Coal to extract 52m tonnes over eight years – weeks before major global talks on climate crisis
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Lisa Cox@_LisaMCox
Update to this piece, it's actually four coal projects approved by the environment minister, Sussan Ley. There was another approval also published yesterday (I missed it) - the expansion of the Tahmoor metallurgical mine near Bargo in NSW epbcnotices.environment.gov.au/_entity/annota… twitter.com/_LisaMCox/stat…
October 6, 2021
ABC News • Ahmed Yussuf, Jessica Longbottom • October 10, 2021 • abc.net.au
Melbourne's Somali community has been devastated by COVID. Now they've got an urgent message
Experts warn the burden of Victoria's COVID-19 deaths does not appear to be falling equally, as the pandemic thrusts the health inequalities experienced by culturally and linguistically diverse communities into the spotlight.
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Ahmed Yussuf@ahmedyussuf10
New from me & @Jess_Longbottom: The grief of Victoria's COVID-19 pandemic is not being shared equally
Somalis made 7% of COVID deaths outside of aged care in 2020, despite making less than 0.2% of Melbourne's pop.
One of them was Muheden Elmi.
abc.net.au/news/2021-10-1…
October 10, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Smee • October 8, 2021 • theguardian.com
Police officer who fined Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sri regularly criticised him on Facebook
Exclusive: Queensland police will review fine issued by officer who pursued Sri for allegedly riding his bike through a yellow light
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • October 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Why are Australia and its media so fearful of debate on Israel’s treatment of Palestinians? | Louise Adler
Until the discussion moves beyond the strategic conflation of Zionism and antisemitism, people who are suffering will not be heard
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The Guardian • Simon Goodley, Harry Davies, Luke Harding, Juliette Garside, David Conn, David Pegg, Paul Lewis, Caelainn Barr, Rowena Mason, Pamela Duncan, Ben Butl… • October 4, 2021 • theguardian.com
Pandora papers: biggest ever leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful
Millions of documents reveal offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officials
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The Guardian • William Summers • October 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
Clive Palmer asked for name and logo of his foundation on 33m doses of donated hydroxychloroquine
Early in pandemic ex MP intended drugs as Covid treatment but they were never used outside clinical trials
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Josh Taylor@joshgnosis
This is wild from @william_summers. In August last year, 1000kg of hydroxychloroquine arrived in Australia which Clive Palmer had bought for the national stockpile but the TGA didn't need it and Clive wouldn't take it so it's not clear uhh where it went.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 9, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Rob Harris • October 9, 2021 • smh.com.au
Business Council calls for 46-50% emissions reduction by 2030 on path to net zero
Australian businesses want to accelerate the nation’s emissions reductions, arguing it will create jobs and lift the economy.
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Ryan Liddell@rynoliddell
Two years ago, the BCA called Labor’s 45% emissions reduction target by 2030 “economy wrecking”.
Today, it calls for 46% - 50% emissions reduction by 2030 for Australia to get “first mover advantage”.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
October 9, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • October 6, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia to end offshore processing in Papua New Guinea
Refugees and asylum seekers offered path to permanent migration in PNG – or transfer to Nauru
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
“PNG is not capable of resettling refugees and that has been proved over past years. What we should support is that PNG starts negotiations with New Zealand directly. Australia does not have the right to prevent this negotiation.” @BehrouzBoochani theguardian.com/australia-news…
October 6, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 9, 2021 • theguardian.com
The frenetic fan dance of the fools tells us the Coalition has reached crunch time on climate
The government has spent years warning of the costs of action. Now the Liberals are presenting net zero as an opportunity
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ABC News • Andrew Greene, Stan Grant • October 4, 2021 • abc.net.au
Taiwan asks Australia for help to prepare for war with China
Joseph Wu urges Australia to increase intelligence sharing and security cooperation with Taiwan and says the island is ready to defend itself if China launches a strike.
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Australian Financial Review • Phillip Coorey • October 7, 2021 • afr.com
Miners need lender of last resort: Nats’ net zero demand
The federal government should become a financier for the resources sector via the creation of a $250 billion loan facility, Resources Minister Keith Pitt says.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
There was an old Patrick Cook cartoon back in the day in which BHP appeared as a big cockatoo, holding a gun to its own head and saying to Bob Hawke “hand over the money or stupid gets it”….don’t know why it comes to mind this morning.. twitter.com/PhillipCoorey/…
October 7, 2021
The Saturday Paper • October 9, 2021 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How private management consultants took over the public service
Since the Coalition came to power, outsourcing of policy work to management consultants has surged – to the point where the public service scarcely has the expertise to function.
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
Went through every contract published since January (9 months) for just six firms: Boston Consulting, McKinsey, Deloitte, KPMG, EY and Pricewaterhouse Coopers and added up the services, consultancies and obscurities. Excluded auditing. $654 million worth. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
October 9, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • October 6, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Win for transparency’: ACT court rules in favour of Bernard Collaery’s challenge to secrecy order
The ACT Court of Appeal found there was a very real risk of damage to public confidence in the administration of justice if the evidence could not be publicly disclosed.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • October 7, 2021 • smh.com.au
Scott Morrison farewells a ‘dear friend’ in Gladys Berejiklian
New NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is unlikely to be as easy going, despite Morrison’s boast that they work well together.
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