Wednesday, January 5, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • January 5, 2022 • news.com.au
ScoMo cornered by awkward question
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed he’s never personally bought a rapid Covid test and gets taxpayer-funded tests at work for free or his wife to find them.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Scott Morrison cornered by question over who does get ‘free’ covid tests without a concession card. Spoiler alert: him. news.com.au/world/coronavi…
January 5, 2022
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • January 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
The foundations of our healthcare system have been washed away | NSW emergency nurse
Working conditions have deteriorated, staff are calling it quits, and our leaders ignore us. I worry for my colleagues and the profession I have grown to love
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • January 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison opposes free rapid antigen tests. But here’s what other countries are doing
Some governments overseas are taking a very different approach to Australia’s policy of leaving the tests to the ‘private market’
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ABC Radio • January 4, 2022 • abc.net.au
Mornings
Informed, entertaining, thought-provoking radio that asks the questions that Melbourne wants asked
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Gareth Hutchens@grhutchens
Stephen Duckett says the Fed Govt would fail 1st yr economics re: rapid antigen tests
He says the govt could buy RATs for $2 each
If it gave out 10,000 RATs for free & it prevented ONE hospitalisation the govt would still be ahead financially
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abc.net.au/radio/melbourn…
January 5, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • January 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
Light at end of tunnel ‘a fricking train’: regional ICU nurses curse lack of staff during surge in Covid cases
NSW healthcare workforce faces ‘desperation’, Sydney nurse says as staff confront ‘the real face of burnout’
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The Guardian • Kerryn Phelps • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘A shambolic mess’: the only example Australia is giving the world now is how not to manage Covid
We thought the government would develop a Covid strategy for post-lockdown life. Instead, they have chosen to ‘let it rip’
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The Australian • SIMON BENSON • January 4, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
PM pushes cash handouts for Covid tests
Low-income earners, welfare recipients and pensioners will be given direct cash payments to buy up to five rapid antigen tests through the same mechanism as Covid disaster payments under a proposal Scott Morrison will take to national cabinet.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
This is stupid. Imagine aged pensioners applying for this (AKA get their kids to do it if they’re lucky enough to have help.)
Just give people the tests during the hot phase of pandemic. You can be a penny pinching bastard later twitter.com/lukehgomes/sta…
January 5, 2022
The Guardian • Marina Hyde • January 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
Hiding behind the loophole of a dead sex trafficker? Stay classy, Andrew
‘Potential defendants’ are sweating (if they can) over whether Virginia Giuffre’s settlement with Epstein will protect them, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden and Ashleigh Gleeson • January 4, 2022 • news.com.au
PM’s huge backflip on free RAT tests
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced rapid antigen tests will be free for more than 6 million Australians, while also warning there would be heavy penalties for price gouging.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
BREAKING: hunger games on RATS - who get rapid antigen tests for free under the new plan and who misses out ⁦@newscomauHQ⁩ news.com.au/world/coronavi…
January 5, 2022
The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani, Cait Kelly, Peter Hannam, Tory Shepherd, Josh Taylor • January 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
Rapid tests will be free only for concession card holders, Morrison says – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Mike Ticher@mikewsc1
I don't think "peace of mind" is the role of RATs in a public health strategy. theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 5, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Laura Chung • January 5, 2022 • smh.com.au
Collaroy Beach a ‘hellscape’ as sand in front of seawall washed away: residents
Beaches along the eastern coastline have experienced heavy erosion and scientists fear climate change will only make these events more frequent and more intense.
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Laura Chung@Laura_R_Chung
Collaroy residents have been worried about how their beloved beach would fare when large swells and high tides hit the seawall. They were concerned the sand in front of the wall would be washed away, and, on Tuesday, that’s exactly what happened smh.com.au/environment/cl…
January 5, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matt O'Sullivan • January 5, 2022 • smh.com.au
Qantas pilots making errors after long periods without flying
The airline is finding that pilots who have not flown for long periods due to the pandemic are making errors such as commencing take-off with the park brake on.
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The Guardian • Graham Readfearn • January 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Extreme marine heatwave’: waters off Sydney set to break January temperature records
Satellite data shows ocean surface 3C above normal as swimmers say water feels more like February and March
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • January 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
Victorian Catholic diocese found vicariously liable for child sexual abuse in landmark ruling
Church’s argument that it was not responsible for the abuse was rejected and described as ‘affront to common sense’
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Michael McGowan • January 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
Doherty Institute boss says rapid antigen tests should be free in Australia
Prof Sharon Lewin argues if Coalition is relying on RATs ‘they really have to be widely accessible’
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The Conversation • Mark Kenny • January 4, 2022 • theconversation.com
Morrison's political judgement goes missing on rapid antigen test debacle
The prime minister’s inflexibility on the home-testing COVID tests is beyond curious - especially in an election year.
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The Conversation • Julieanne Lamond • January 4, 2022 • theconversation.com
Ministerial interference is an attack on academic freedom and Australia's literary culture
Government vetos of academic research reveal a worrying ignorance of the value of literature to Australia’s society, culture and economy.
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MedicGuild • January 5, 2022 • medicguild.com
‘Let it Rip’- The Economic and Health Impacts of Australia's Covid-19 Disaster
Within a matter of weeks, Australia has gone from having one of the lowest rates of new Covid-19 infections per capita, to one of the highest in the world. We speak with economist Richard Denniss on how we got here and how we can get out of this crisis.
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
We have 2 years data showing that Australia’s strong public health restrictions to prevent #covid19 led to strong economic performance. Now we’ve 1 months data showing how letting virus rip means letting the economy lag…dreading next months data #auspol medicguild.com/articles/how-d…
January 5, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • The Herald's View • January 4, 2022 • smh.com.au
Rapid antigen test chaos casts doubt on Morrison’s competence
The federal government has made a mess of managing the availability and affordability of rapid antigen tests. Like its “vaccine stroll-out”, the current debacle casts a serious shadow over its competency.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angela Jackson • January 5, 2022 • smh.com.au
Why it makes economic sense to make RATs free
Failing to ensure that every Australian has free and easy access to RAT tests will worsen the economic impact of the current outbreak.
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Angela Jackson@EconomistAnge
On Monday I spent 3 hours driving around with two children sourcing a RAT for sick husband. Thankfully it was -ve and he has recovered BUT scarcity is no justification for putting a price signal on these now critical elements of our covid-19 strategy.
theage.com.au/national/why-i…
January 5, 2022

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