Monday, November 29, 2021 to Sunday, December 5, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • November 30, 2021 • theguardian.com
The Australian parliament, the whole arse-covering and ego-driven apparatus, should be paralysed by shame and remorse
The Jenkins review into parliament’s culture should make everyone, not just women, weep. But Scott Morrison is responsible for making change – this reckoning presented on his watch
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy, Phillip Coorey • December 1, 2021 • afr.com
Greg Hunt and Christian Porter set to quit politics
Two senior members of the Morrison government, Health Minister Greg Hunt and former attorney-general Christian Porter, will retire at the federal election.
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humanrights.gov.au • November 30, 2021 • humanrights.gov.au
Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (2021) | Australian Human Rights Commission
Conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission and led by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, the Review was asked to make recommendations to ensure that Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces are safe and respectful and that the nation’s Parliament reflects best practice in prevention and response to bullying, sexual harassment and sexual assault.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • December 1, 2021 • smh.com.au
Bevan Shields named editor of The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald has appointed its new editor.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
Huge congratulations to @BevanShields who will take up the editorship of @smh early next year. smh.com.au/national/nsw/b…
December 1, 2021
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • November 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Vandals’: Victoria, Queensland fume over federal climate intervention
The commonwealth has used new powers to cancel states’ participation in global climate action
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Sky News Australia • December 3, 2021 • skynews.com.au
Apology from Peta Credlin
Sky News host Peta Credlin has apologised to South Sudanese community members and corrected the record regarding comments on the COVID-19 pandemic, the escalation of new infections in Victoria, and various public health measures.
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amanda meade@meadea
Peta Credlin has made an incredibly detailed and lengthy apology to the South Sudanese community. It's the biggest backdowns I've ever seen.
skynews.com.au/opinion/peta-c…
December 5, 2021
The Guardian • Yassmin Abdel-Magied • December 1, 2021 • theguardian.com
Bullies rely on power to protect them, not online anonymity
I’ve had more death threats than flat whites. But almost everyone who abused me did so using their real names
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The Guardian • Josh Taylor • December 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Craig Kelly: MP banned from Facebook appointed to parliament’s social media inquiry
Choice of the MP, who has been criticised for posting ‘misleading’ vaccine information online, raises other committee members’ eyebrows
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • December 1, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Tragic’ delays: documents reveal Australia knew time was running out to extract Afghan staff
Exclusive: Previously secret papers show charter flight considered ‘high risk’ a month before Kabul fell to Taliban
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
The Australian government was warned in mid-July that the worsening security situation in Afghanistan and Covid restrictions were making it “extremely difficult” to help former Afghan employees escape the country, previously secret documents reveal. theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
December 1, 2021
ABC News • Steve Cannane • December 3, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Carbon footprint of a medium-sized European country': What satellites found over one part of Australia
Methane is a powerful, invisible gas that is a key driver of global warming. Now satellite imagery is raising questions over whether Australia has been accurately reporting its emissions to international bodies.
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • December 4, 2021 • theguardian.com
Labor’s climate plan can’t fix 12 years of broken politics – but it could be the catalyst Australia needs
With parts of the business community ready to move on emissions, the opposition’s modest goal could be easily met – or surpassed
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
The science matters, the economics matters and the broken politics matters. Whatever your views, they’re all issues.
Some initial analysis of Labor’s climate policy.
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December 4, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Karp • November 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
Rules that allowed Christian Porter to keep donors secret should be overhauled, committee finds
Exclusive: Privileges committee says Porter didn’t break rules but calls on all MPs to provide the ‘greatest’ transparency regarding the source of gifts
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • December 1, 2021 • theguardian.com
Labor, One Nation and Rex Patrick unite to decry Coalition’s refusal to release national cabinet documents
Patrick lambasts prime minister’s department officials in ‘extraordinary’ attack in Senate, labelling one Morrison’s ‘henchman’
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
The govt is still blocking FOIs about national cabinet. Anthony Albanese has had a rejection. Rex Patrick is now naming and shaming individual public servants. Even One Nation's Malcolm Roberts hates it.
How does the government get away with it? #auspol
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December 1, 2021
The Guardian • Paul Karp • December 1, 2021 • theguardian.com
Christian Porter bemoans ‘harshness of politics’ as he announces he’ll quit parliament
Former attorney general will not recontest his seat of Pearce in Western Australia at next year’s federal election
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Grace Tame@TamePunk
“I have experienced perhaps more of the harshness of politics than most,” he said, the day after the Jenkins Review.
He exists with $1m in anonymous donations and without ever having faced an independent investigation—but still spinning tale of victimhood.theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 2, 2021
The Guardian • Anne Davies, Amanda Meade • December 2, 2021 • theguardian.com
Regional Australian media outlets granted millions in federal support still slashed journalist numbers
Exclusive: government conducted federal seat analysis to determine which seats would benefit from $50m program, FOI documents show
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • December 2, 2021 • news.com.au
MP rejects ex-lover’s bombshell abuse claim
A former media adviser to Liberal frontbencher Alan Tudge has claimed their extra-marital affair was emotionally abusive - a claim completely rejected by her ex-boss.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
BREAKING @AlanTudgeMP ex lover and former press secretary @rachellejmiller to hold Parliament press conference. Statement here news.com.au/national/polit…
December 2, 2021
ABC News • Josh Robertson • December 5, 2021 • abc.net.au
Former soldier and aspiring politician lied about selling porn online while fundraising for veterans charity
Australian Values Party founder Heston Russell lied to the charity about his use of the website OnlyFans and handed over less than a third of the money he claimed to have raised, according to the charity's staff.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Julia Banks • November 29, 2021 • smh.com.au
What happened to Archer was not OK - and I know that because it also happened to me
When Liberal MP Bridget Archer crossed the floor last week, a photograph of her afterwards took me straight back to my own experiences in Parliament.
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ABC News • Michael Slezak, Mark Doman, Stephen Hutcheon, Alex Palmer • November 30, 2021 • abc.net.au
Ed was browsing satellite photos of Mount Delusion when he noticed something odd about the forest
The ABC reveals alarming evidence that forests aren’t always being grown back after they've been logged, undermining a state-run timber company's claim to sustainability.
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Michael Slezak@MikeySlezak
BREAKING: At the heart of VicForests’s sustainability pitch is the claim that every tree they remove is grown back. But the ABC can reveal evidence that doesn’t always happen. abc.net.au/news/2021-11-3…
November 30, 2021
Australian Financial Review • Jacob Greber • December 2, 2021 • afr.com
The Liberal senator who replaced Cory Bernardi is a climate radical
“We need a policy mix that includes credible carbon pricing,” said South Australia’s Andrew McLachlan, who replaced Bernardi in early 2020.
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