Monday, December 20, 2021 to Sunday, December 26, 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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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • December 20, 2021 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: Prepare for a March election and then a horror budget in May
Thursday’s MYEFO was the election budget you have when you don’t have an election budget. That's why we now we know the election will be held in March.
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Alan Kohler@AlanKohler
Today’s @TheNewDailyAu column, in which I point out that the LNP is Aust’s highest taxing government and that a tax to GDP ratio of 23.9% is meaningless when you’re financing 2-4% of gov sepnding with bonds instead of taxation.
thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2021/1…
December 20, 2021
Australian Government Department of Health • December 21, 2021 • health.gov.au
COVID-19 – Omicron update from CMO Professor Paul Kelly
An update from Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly, about the new Omicron variant of concern.
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Tom Minear@tminear
Chief medical officer Professor Paul Kelly has released an emphatic statement about “selective and misleading” reporting of Doherty Institute modelling on the Omicron variant. health.gov.au/news/covid-19-… #auspol
December 22, 2021
Australian Financial Review • James Thomson • December 21, 2021 • afr.com
Frydenberg’s action on proxy advice is a shocker
Whatever your views on the work of proxy advisers, the way the government has rolled out new regulations for the sector without due process amounts to more than a hit job.
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Amy Remeikis@AmyRemeikis
Less than a week out from Christmas and months before the parliament resumes when there is any possibility of disallowing these changes, the gov has neutered the proxy advisors that put a spotlight on Juukan Gorge and JobKeeper - overstepping what even the BCA wanted twitter.com/grhutchens/sta…
December 21, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 21, 2021 • theguardian.com
Morrison’s approval dives over vaccine rollout, grants and Brittany Higgins fallout, poll suggests
Marked drop in voters’ approval of prime minister’s performance during 2021 while Anthony Albanese remains steady
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott • December 19, 2021 • smh.com.au
A correspondent farewells the madness and sadness of America
As a human being, I was alarmed by much of what I was witnessing. As a journalist, I was electrified.
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Matthew Knott@KnottMatthew
A long, but hopefully worthwhile, piece looking back on my 3.5 years as US Correspondent for The Herald & The Age. I’ll always be grateful I had the opportunity to do this job at such an important, fascinating moment in history smh.com.au/world/north-am…
December 20, 2021
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • December 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia wrote to Naval Group noting progress on submarines a week before contract was cancelled
The letter, sent eight days before French deal was dumped for Aukus partnership, did not guarantee further commitment
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
Letter sent to France’s Naval Group a week before Aukus acknowledged at least one condition for clearing a review was “successfully completed”, and said Australian govt “has, to date, demonstrated its commitment to working collaboratively with Naval Group” theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 22, 2021
Australian Financial Review • Aaron Patrick • December 21, 2021 • afr.com
Did the pokie industry just demote the NSW gaming minister?
Anti-gambling advocates claim Victor Dominello lost the sensitive portfolio because he wanted to ban cash from the state’s 96,000 poker machines.
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David Marin-Guzman@dmaguz
At a meeting las Sept... Clubs NSW CEO John Landis told Dominello “it could get ugly” if he pursued a plan to force clubs to do more to lock out problem gamblers, according to a person present. afr.com/companies/game…
December 21, 2021
The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • December 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Australia’s Covid test result waiting times blow out to five days, threatening interstate Christmas reunions
With a negative test required to enter several states, many travellers fear their results may not be known before departure
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
Surely any ‘living with Covid’ strategy involves providing reasonable access to timely testing and results - governments are going to have to do a lot better to uphold their side of the bargain.
Story by ⁦@caitecassidy⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 21, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
Pandemic Scott wants to shapeshift into Post Pandemic Personal Responsibility Scott
But while Morrison lectures Australians about personal responsibility he’s opting out of his duty, as leader, to back health advisers on mask mandates
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The Guardian • Jason Burke • December 26, 2021 • theguardian.com
Anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies aged 90
The Nobel laureate, often described as South Africa’s moral conscience, died on Boxing Day in Cape Town
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, giant in fight against apartheid South Africa, dies at 90 theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
December 26, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Mark Humphries • December 26, 2021 • smh.com.au
For a few short days, we experienced the awesome power of personal responsibility
At the Sydney Aquarium, the only other person I could see wearing a mask was cleaning the shark tank.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Dana Daniel, Lucy Carroll, Timna Jacks • December 20, 2021 • smh.com.au
ATAGI to consider three-dose vaccine schedule as states push for earlier boosters
Australians may soon have to get a third dose to be considered fully vaccinated, as an expert taskforce weighs the evidence on the Omicron variant’s ability to evade vaccines and state governments push for earlier boosters.
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Neil McMahon@NeilMcMahon
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly advises PM and premiers to bring back indoor mask mandate to head off omicron surge -- masks in "all indoor settings including retail, hospitality ... and entertainment". smh.com.au/politics/feder…
December 20, 2021
The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey • December 21, 2021 • theage.com.au
‘Great shame on our society’: Push to raise age of criminal responsibility
“Imagine what it means for any child to be in concrete walls and behind iron bars on Christmas Day and not around the people who love them. The evidence screams of the psychological damage detention does to kids.”
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The Guardian • Rebecca Solnit • December 20, 2021 • theguardian.com
Why are US rightwingers so angry? Because they know social change is coming
The American right might win the occasional battle – but they will never win the war against progress
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The Guardian • Melissa Davey • December 22, 2021 • theguardian.com
Leaked Doherty Covid modelling shows just the most worrying scenario – not the most likely
Analysis: prediction of 200,000 cases a day in Australia is just one out of dozens of scenarios but presented alone it can be highly misleading
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michaela Whitbourn • December 23, 2021 • smh.com.au
Australia news LIVE: QR codes, masks back in NSW as state records 5715 new COVID cases; Victoria extends indoor mask mandate as daily infections rise…
NSW continues to resist mask mandates in most indoor settings as coronavirus infections hit record highs, but will reintroduce QR codes in retail and hospitality settings. Meanwhile, Victoria is expected to outline changes to mask rules today.
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Rachel Clun@rachelclun
And masks are now required in indoor settings in NSW. People also encouraged to work from home after the state recorded more than 5700 cases smh.com.au/national/austr…
December 23, 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
Crikey • Bernard Keane • December 20, 2021 • crikey.com.au
Petroleum resource rent rort: fossil fuel companies continue to rip taxpayers off
Australians' tax bills are going up, as they are for companies. But no such worries for the climate crooks whose earnings keep skyrocketing.
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3AW News Talk • jakebourke • December 21, 2021 • 3aw.com.au
Leading epidemiologist says he's now convinced Omicron is less virulent than Delta
A leading epidemiologist says he’s now prepared to say the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is less severe than Delta. The University of Melbourne’s Tony Blakely told 3AW Breakfast he thought the new strain of the coronavirus was somewhere between “10 to 50 per cent” less virulent than Delta. “I think it’s quite low on virulence,” […]
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