Monday, October 18, 2021 to Sunday, October 24, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Christian Porter’s blind trust should be examined by parliament – but it won’t be and that’s crushingly predictable
Normally referrals to the privileges committee are waved through on the voices but on Wednesday afternoon Peter Dutton bowled up a rude shock
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The Age • Michael Gawenda • October 18, 2021 • theage.com.au
The Age’s truth: Indigenous stories told by white writers
An examination of our 167-year history by former editor Michael Gawenda found The Age’s coverage has changed over the years, but has too rarely allowed Indigenous people to tell their own stories.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Pru Goward’s comments on Australia’s underclass play on disproven and harmful myths | Liz Allen
I’ve been through mental illness, homelessness, and poverty. The labels used by Goward aren’t new to me
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Emma Dawson@DawsonEJ
Please read this excellent response to the putrid piece in the AFR by my wonderful friend ⁦@DrDemography⁩. Liz, you are amazing and I love you. #auspol theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
October 20, 2021
ABC News • Matthew Doran • October 20, 2021 • abc.net.au
Government blocks bid to investigate Christian Porter over legal fee donation
The Coalition blocks a bid to have former attorney-general Christian Porter investigated over his financial disclosures, despite the Speaker of the House having argued there was a case for further scrutiny.
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BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • October 21, 2021 • bbc.com
COP26: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate report
Countries are asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.
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The Australian • GIDEON HAIGH • October 22, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
No gratitude, no pride, no relief: just quiet seething
For the past 18 months, I have been taking the same walk through the same Melbourne suburban streets in the same direction at roughly the same time every day.
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The Guardian • Malcolm Turnbull • October 18, 2021 • theguardian.com
Malcolm Turnbull on Murdoch, lies and the climate crisis: ‘The same forces that enabled Trump are at work in Australia’
Systematic partisan lying and misinformation from the media, both mainstream and social, has done enormous damage to liberal democracies, the former PM writes
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • October 19, 2021 • smh.com.au
The Sydney Morning Herald editor Lisa Davies resigns
The Sydney Morning Herald’s editor Lisa Davies has resigned after almost five years in the job.
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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey, Paul Sakkal • October 21, 2021 • theage.com.au
Coalition’s Zoom chat turns nasty as gay conversion stoush explodes
A Victorian opposition online meeting descended into chaos – and a whole lot of swearing – over a shadow minister’s promise on laws banning the controversial therapy.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jonathan Kearsley, Anthony Galloway • October 21, 2021 • smh.com.au
George Christensen says AFP letter falsely accuses him of ‘serious crime’
The Nationals MP claims a letter from the AFP about a probe into his frequent travel to the Philippines contains information that “falsely accuse me of a serious crime”.
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The Australian • YONI BASHAN • October 20, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
We know it, Gladys knows it
The shattering force of Mike Bairds evidence to a NSW corruption inquiry on Wednesday effectively ends any pretence that Gladys Berejiklian might emerge unscathed and vindicated at the conclusion of the public hearings.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun • October 20, 2021 • smh.com.au
Does it hurt? Will it make you sick? Why can’t it be a tablet?
Children told us what they wanted to know about the COVID-19 vaccine ... and we asked an expert for answers.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
So proud of this. @rachelclun has done an excellent job of writing a piece for 5 to 11 year olds about the COVID vaccine. It deals with their concerns and questions including 'Can my dog get it?' and 'If I get the vaccine can I see my grandparents?'.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
October 20, 2021
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • October 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
Nearly one-third of refugees at Melbourne detention hotel test positive for Covid and one hospitalised
Court hears claims an ambulance was turned away from the Park hotel without being allowed to assess a ‘distressed’ patient
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • October 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Cynical and grotesque’: NSW coalmine allowed to use future pit rehabilitation as offset for habitat destruction
Environment groups decry plan to use site regeneration years after operations end at Glencore’s Mangoola mine as offsets
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
‘Under Glencore’s conditions of approval, replanting & regeneration of mine site years after operations finish will count towards offsets …to compensate for the loss of some of the endangered habitat its project will cause.’
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by ⁦@_LisaMCox⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…
October 22, 2021
The New York Times • Damien Cave • October 21, 2021 • nytimes.com
In Australia, It’s ‘Long Live King Coal’
The country has fallen behind other developed nations in its commitment to slashing carbon emissions. Neither fires nor international pressure has pushed it away from coal and other fossil fuels.
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Damien Cave@damiencave
Australia’s image around the world is changing: it’s not just koalas and beaches anymore; it’s increasingly seen as a defiant petro state that won’t let go of fossil fuels, My latest: nytimes.com/2021/10/21/wor…
October 22, 2021
The Guardian • Greg Jericho • October 19, 2021 • theguardian.com
Nuclear power is too costly, too slow, so it’s zero use to Australia’s emissions plan
With a 20-year development timeline, nuclear plants won’t be built soon enough to stop temperatures rising above 2C. So why are we wasting precious time debating them?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rob Harris • October 19, 2021 • smh.com.au
Eroding privacy: The murder of an MP could happen in Australia too
The murder of a British MP during a routine meeting with voters could happen in Australia, where MPs are increasingly worried about attacks.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
Lessons for Australia from the murder of British MP. By Rob Harris.
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
October 19, 2021
Crikey • Kishor Napier-Raman • October 20, 2021 • crikey.com.au
Revealed: nearly a quarter of federal Nats own mining shares
The parliamentary register of interest reveals five of the 21 Nationals in government have more than a mere philosophical interest in the resources sector.
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Kishor@kishor_nr
Five of the Nationals' 21 MPs and Senators own shares in mining companies.
@crikey_news
crikey.com.au/2021/10/20/hol…
October 20, 2021
The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Katharine Murphy • October 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Lack of support for emissions reduction target will ‘punish farmers’, NFF tells Nationals
Party’s final proposal on net zero expected to go to cabinet and joint party room early next week
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
“We could easily be subject to changes in tariffs, to carbon border adjustment mechanisms, to all sorts of different initiatives that other countries may apply if Australia does not put in place a target, NFF tells Nats ⁦@msmarto⁩ ⁦@murpharoo⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…
October 20, 2021
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • October 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Climate-contrary Nationals, strawman arguments and rewriting Australia’s Kyoto history
The claim landholders have done the ‘heavy lifting’ relies on the protocol being signed seven years before it actually was
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Mike Ticher@mikewsc1
Strongly recommend the weekly climate factcheck by @readfearn if you have been hearing a lot of spurious claims on climate recently. And you probably have. theguardian.com/environment/20…
October 21, 2021

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