Monday, December 27, 2021 to Sunday, January 2, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Michael McGowan, Luke Henriques-Gomes, Ben Butler • December 31, 2021 • theguardian.com
Covid rapid antigen tests: suppliers deny pressing PM to abandon commitment to provide free kits
Scott Morrison says his decision not to make tests free for most was a response to industry concerns but peak bodies say they did not lobby government
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Australian Financial Review • Geoff Kitney • December 28, 2021 • afr.com
It’s time for Scott Morrison to govern, except he never will
Politics for Morrison’s Coalition is about scheming to stay in power, while Australia starts regressing into its old insular ways.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun, Paul Sakkal, Mary Ward • December 28, 2021 • smh.com.au
States fight for rapid antigen test supplies as federal government sits back
Victoria and NSW have placed large orders for the home testing kits as local pathology labs strain under PCR testing pressure.
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The Guardian • Stephen Duckett • December 30, 2021 • theguardian.com
Complete collapse of leadership: Australia’s recent Covid response amounts to world-class bungling
As Omicron poses growing challenges, our governments need to put aside political games and prioritise the national interest
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jennine Khalik • December 28, 2021 • smh.com.au
Why I’m helping to organise a boycott of this year’s Sydney Festival
This year’s Sydney Festival is being sponsored by a brutal regime.
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Jordy Silverstein@jewonthis
“Palestine is a litmus test for progressives today, and in a few years’ time, many will look back with embarrassment and shame at how flippant and dismissive they were in the face of these calls for solidarity.”- go go go ⁦@jennineak⁩! ❤️🖤🤍💚 smh.com.au/national/why-i…
December 28, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Rob Harris • December 31, 2021 • smh.com.au
Disaffected and ‘mad as hell’: Palmer wooing a changing demographic
The boisterous billionaire may be playing our democracy like a game of fantasy football, but he cannot be underestimated.
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • January 1, 2022 • theguardian.com
NSW hospitals resort to flying nurses in from overseas as staff are begged to take extra shifts amid Covid crisis
Exclusive: Leaked memo from major hospital lays bare desperate measures as it ‘can’t keep up with exposures and positive staff’
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ABC News • Russell Jackson • January 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Someone must have known': The cricket tour from hell that left a dark mark on a generation of rising stars
Jamie Mitchell was a cricketing star on the rise in the 1980s. But since returning home from a tour of India and Sri Lanka, broken in body and mind by his experiences, Mitchell has been searching for answers on what happened.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sharon Lewin, Deborah Williamson • January 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Why our big COVID switch is wise
The challenge has changed and so must our strategy. Australians have reason to expect a smoother ride in 2022.
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Newcastle Herald • January 1, 2022 • newcastleherald.com.au
Protect yourself from omicron ... because the PM's plan won't
No, we don't all have to catch COVID and it's worth doing whatever you can not to, writes Dr Nick Talley
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Prof Brendan Crabb@CrabbBrendan
Prof Nick Talley AC is perhaps the most respected doctor in the country, close enough. Be wary of false equivalence of 'experts'. "I don't buy we are all going to have to get COVID. And I don't buy we have to let it rip." #COVID19Aus
newcastleherald.com.au/story/7567543/… via @newcastleherald
January 1, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Andrew Taylor • January 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Sacked for being vaxxed: ‘Church’ defends decision to terminate worker who got COVID jab
A new-age church that sells medicinal cannabis products says the COVID-19 jab is contrary to its religious beliefs.
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The Age • Jenna Price • December 29, 2021 • theage.com.au
Under cover of Christmas, Education Minister Stuart Robert overruled the experts
Once again, universities have suffered at the hands of political interference.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • December 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
Doctors reveal they warned Australia’s governments to secure rapid antigen tests
Some states accuse commonwealth of not ‘stepping up’ to procure supplies as the country records more than 18,000 daily Covid cases
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The Guardian • Peter Kalmus • December 30, 2021 • theguardian.com
I’m a climate scientist. Don’t Look Up captures the madness I see every day
A film about a comet hurtling towards Earth and no one is doing anything about it? Sounds exactly like the climate crisis
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • December 31, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Carbon bomb’: Queensland reveals big jump in land clearing
Landholders in the state cleared 680,688 hectares of woody vegetation in 2018-19, primarily for beef
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Mayeta Clark@mayetaclark
This is a shocker. Massive land clearing in Queensland. “.. millions of killed and maimed native animals..”
Data released at the end of the year in an attempt to minimise adverse publicity.
Important read by @p_hannam👇🏼
theguardian.com/environment/20…?
December 31, 2021
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • December 30, 2021 • theguardian.com
Long Covid is the elephant in the room, but it seems invisible to our politicians | Adrian Esterman
As Australia tries to live with the virus, an increasing number of people may have to live with its potential long-term effects
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
A good reason not to be complacent about getting Covid and to slow its spread - the risk of long Covid.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
December 30, 2021
The Guardian • Ketan Joshi • December 30, 2021 • theguardian.com
In Australia’s climate wars, delay and deception are the new denial
Now that they can no longer pretend the climate crisis isn’t real, big emitters and their enablers are making all of the right noises – and taking none of the right actions
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Katina Curtis, Rachael Dexter • December 30, 2021 • smh.com.au
Aboriginal Tent Embassy activists distance themselves from Old Parliament House fire
Federal politicians have criticised protesters after a fire damaged the 100-year-old front doors of Old Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.
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ABC News • Kathleen Ferguson • December 31, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Felt a bit dodgy': Sydney woman pays $25 for rapid antigen test after chemist sells multipack individually
Just a couple of weeks ago, a pharmacy in north-west Sydney was selling a five-pack rapid antigen test kit for $50. A single test now costs $25. As demand outstrips supplies, there are calls for retailers to be "good humans".
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Fiona Katauskas@FionaKatauskas
Bought a pack of 7 RATs for $70 a week ago. Same chemist now only selling them individually for $19.99 a piece abc.net.au/news/2021-12-3…
December 31, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • December 27, 2021 • smh.com.au
Palmer, Hanson, Joyce lead the list of least liked politicians
The inclusion of the Deputy Prime Minister poses a problem for the federal government.
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