Monday, November 22, 2021 to Sunday, November 28, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack, Alexandra Smith • November 22, 2021 • smh.com.au
Kerry Chant urged ‘consistent’ lockdown restrictions across all of Sydney, email reveals
The email – among documents released under a parliamentary order – shows the Chief Health Officer recommended imposing a curfew across all of Sydney at the height of the Delta COVID-19 outbreak.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • November 27, 2021 • news.com.au
‘Teary’ meeting with PM was against MP’s wishes
EXCLUSIVE
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
The extraordinary true story of @BridgetArcherMP meeting with PM “I have found this year incredibly difficult, personally because of my own history as a child sexual abuse survivor,” she said. “It has been difficult for me to sit with discipline in unity” news.com.au/national/polit…
November 27, 2021
ABC News • Michael Slezak, Laura Kewley • November 25, 2021 • abc.net.au
Sarah campaigned to protect a Victorian forest. Then a PI says he was told to find 'dirt' on her
The ABC can reveal VicForests hired a private investigator to conduct surveillance on conservationists and, more recently, conducted what some have called "digital surveillance" on people the agency argues are trying to "discredit" it.
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The Age • Miki Perkins • November 25, 2021 • smh.com.au
Former ABC reporter Zoe Daniel to fight Liberals on climate and integrity
High-profile former foreign correspondent, who will stand as an independent for Melbourne bayside seat of Goldstein at next year’s federal election, is no stranger to the ravages of climate change.
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Zoe Daniel@zdaniel
I am honoured to have been asked to represent the Goldstein community. Thankyou @GoldsteinVoices for your trust. If not us, who? If not now? When? #auspol2021 #zoeforgoldstein #findyourvoice theage.com.au/politics/feder…
November 25, 2021
The Guardian • Michael McGowan, Christopher Knaus • November 23, 2021 • theguardian.com
Liberal MP Gerard Rennick floods Facebook with vaccine posts he admits may not be ‘100% accurate’
Senator denies sharing claims of Covid vaccine side-effects to boost profile, saying he is ‘moved’ by people’s stories
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ABC News • Michael Slezak, Mark Doman, Katia Shatoba, Nathanael Scott, Alex Palmer, Laura Kewley • November 24, 2021 • abc.net.au
Hi-res terrain data reveals evidence of widespread illegal logging in critical drinking water catchments
High-resolution spatial data and information obtained as part of an ABC investigation sparks allegations of widespread and systemic illegal logging in protected Victorian water catchments.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • November 25, 2021 • theguardian.com
Liberal MP crosses the floor to support independent bill for federal integrity commission
Tasmanian Liberal Bridget Archer is ‘offended’ Coalition is prioritising religious discrimination bill over anti-corruption watchdog
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • November 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
The lie of the land: Morrison’s corrosive behaviour threatens trust rebuilt during pandemic
The PM may believe voters don’t care about politicians lying because they think all politicians lie. Maybe he is that cynical
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy, Daniel Hurst • November 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison ‘did a jig’ following approval of $16bn gas project labelled a ‘disaster’ by green groups
Prime minister tells Business Council of Australia he ‘could not be more thrilled’ about Woodside proceeding with Scarborough gas development
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The Age • Mike Foley • November 26, 2021 • smh.com.au
CSIRO study proves climate change driving Australia’s 800% boom in bushfires
Global warming is changing Australia’s weather for the worse and a new study shows for the first time this is the key driver of deadly bushfires.
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The Age • Chris Vedelago, Royce Millar • November 23, 2021 • theage.com.au
One election later, the lessons from Melbourne’s ‘African gang’ panic
Close watchers of politics and culture say the African crime “crisis” provides an uncomfortable lesson for politicians and the media. In its wake are scarred communities and a big law and order bill for taxpayers.
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The Australian • Greg Brown • November 25, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Former ABC journalist to take on sitting Lib
Former ABC journalist Zoe Daniel is to run for federal parliament as a pro-climate independent, challenging Liberal MP Tim Wilson in the Melbourne electorate of Goldstein.
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Ben Butler • November 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Brisbane company worth just $8 when awarded $385m Nauru offshore processing contract
Since 2017 the contract – originally for $385m – has been amended seven times without competitive tender
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • November 25, 2021 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison roared like a caged beast and lunged for a human shield in the form of Gladys Berejiklian
But that didn’t alter the fact his long-promised federal integrity commission legislation is not yet in the parliament
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
In simple terms Morrison – battling rolling rebellions inside his own ranks at the close of the parliamentary year – responded to adversity by declaring war on external scrutiny he can’t control and doesn’t care for. A column about Thursday theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol
November 25, 2021
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • November 28, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia’s spy agency predicted the climate crisis 40 years ago – and fretted about coal exports
In a taste of things to come, a secret Office of National Assessment report worried the ‘carbon dioxide problem’ would hurt the nation’s coal industry
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The Shot • November 26, 2021 • theshot.net.au
Scott Morrison: not with a bang, but a whimper
Australia is smaller for having been led by this man
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Peter FitzSimons@Peter_Fitz
How many of you knew @RonniSalt could write this brilliantly?
Even those of you who disagree must concede her prose is superb.
Scott Morrison: not with a bang, but a whimper theshot.net.au/general-news/s…
November 28, 2021
news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • November 22, 2021 • news.com.au
Blow-up over PM’s Hawaii text claim
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has sensationally claimed he secretly told Labor leader Anthony Albanese he was going to Hawaii during the devastating bushfires in late 2019, only to have Mr Albanese reject the claim as a lie.
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The Guardian • November 24, 2021 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison refuses to admit he ever said 'Shanghai Sam'. Here he is saying it on camera – video
‘I’m not aware of the claim you’re referring to’, Morrison evades ‘Shanghai Sam’ question – video
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • November 27, 2021 • theguardian.com
It was hard to keep up during Scott Morrison’s horror week. It would help if he could get his story straight
Final sitting weeks are often chaotic – but this hit new heights. After ‘shut up or we’ll lose the election’ failed, ‘we’re not drones’ became the new reality
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
A true horror week for the PM, that ended with him changing yet another story. But Labor has a couple of important weeks ahead as it lands a medium term target. Here’s the column theguardian.com/australia-news… #auspol
November 27, 2021
ABC News • Laura Tingle • November 27, 2021 • abc.net.au
We've turned our backs on the lessons of the pandemic
The glaring lesson of the pandemic, which our political discourse is not yet to really deal with, is the need for all sorts of government interventions in our economy, writes Laura Tingle.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
This week’s column: COVID gave us as the chance for a 'life-changing' economic experiment, but we've turned our… abc.net.au/news/2021-11-2…
November 27, 2021

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