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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • January 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Woman living with muscular dystrophy forced to spend $1,300 on rapid antigen tests for in-home carers
Carolyn Campbell-Mclean says NDIS won’t let her claim back test costs, but it allows people living in group homes to do so
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Carroll, Mary Ward • January 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
RPA department head lashes ‘politically-driven’ management of crisis
In an internal video to staff, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital executive clinical director Professor Paul Torzillo has called out the decisions being made by state and federal governments.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • January 19, 2022 • smh.com.au
The PM’s apology that was not an apology
Scott Morrison’s press conference showed classic blame-shifting, something voters have seen time and again in this pandemic.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
"He spent the first 21 minutes of the press conference in a monologue on the government’s achievements" - it's always someone else's fault smh.com.au/politics/feder…
January 20, 2022
The Guardian • Peter Hannam • January 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘The opposite of planning’: how Australia put the economy before health of the nation
When governments ditched Covid health advice, people might have assumed there were carefully honed policies to handle the surge in cases. That is not what is being revealed
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Chris Wallace • January 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
Undecided on Albanese? The election may hinge on your vote
Voters, it seems, have made up their minds about Scott Morrison. But indecision over Anthony Albanese may yet be the PM’s best chance at re-election.
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Chris Wallace@c_s_wallace
‘Given Morrison ditched free childcare as the government’s first policy move out of lockdown in 2020, was repeatedly weak on the issue of sexual harassment in 2021, and literally couldn’t give a RATs in 2022, plenty of women are mad at him.’ 🗳 smh.com.au/national/undec… #auspol
January 20, 2022
ABC News • Steve Cannane • January 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
They call it the 'gentleman's game' but is private school boy privilege behind England's Ashes defeat?
Research shows that a white and privately educated man is 34 times more likely to play professional cricket than a British Asian and state-educated man. Is this why they lost the Ashes?
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Sam Perry@sjjperry
Great read from @SteveCannane on class and race and England cricket. These issues are relevant for Australia too. Diversity isn't just a moral pursuit, it's good for business and improves results. Cannane and interviewees explain this well in the piece
abc.net.au/news/2022-01-2…
January 20, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • January 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
Djokovic is gone, but refugee Mehdi continues to wait for freedom
Awhazi Arab refugee Mehdi, 24, has been in detention since he was 15. Tennis star Novak Djokovic may have left the Park Hotel, but Mehdi still waits to be free.
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Mehdi Ali@MehdiAli98
These normal everyday things that you don’t even think about we dream about I’m not asking for much I’m just asking for a life.
theage.com.au/national/djoko…
January 20, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Butler • January 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison proposal to allow under-18s to drive forklifts catches states by surprise
Victoria, NSW and Queensland say there are no plans to lower age, which PM had said was among proposals to ease supply chain workforce shortages
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • January 20, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: Omicron is a natural disaster – treat it as one
Surely it’s not beyond the wit of well-paid bureaucrats and politicians to come up with a way of helping those affected by Omicron, writes Alan Kohler.
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The Guardian • Royce Kurmelovs • January 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Terrorising us’: bluebottles wash up on Australian beaches in ‘gobsmacking numbers’
There’s still much to learn about these ‘strange alien creatures’, but climate change likely to create ideal breeding conditions, expert says
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Mike Ticher@mikewsc1
Jellyfish expert @LisaGershwin is both fascinating and hilarious in this frankly terrifying story about bluebottles. theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 20, 2022
Werko Australia • mendy • January 18, 2022 • werko.com.au
Rapid Antigen Test Announcement | Werko
Werko Australia has arranged for 4 designated chartered flights of the TGA approved Clungene Rapid Antigen Self Test Kits. We have an ETA of roughly the first
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
Noted liar Scott Morrison insists the government is not seizing RAT supplies for its own stockpile from the private sector.
Well, here it is in black and white from the company Werko werko.com.au/rapid-antigen-…
#candocapitalism
January 20, 2022
The Monthly • Rachel Withers • January 20, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
Forklifters and leaners
Morrison’s ludicrous suggestion that children be used to fill workforce shortages is his most desperate yet
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • January 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
Five things Scott Morrison is doing instead of governing | Jess Harwood
The prime minister’s media strategy: lol
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Australian Financial Review • Aaron Patrick • January 20, 2022 • afr.com
‘Voices of’ independents competitive in three Liberal seats
The election is close enough in Goldstein, Wentworth and North Sydney for the seats to change hands, according to the first dedicated poll of the inner-city seats.
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Voices of Wentworth@VoicesWentworth
#WentworthCandidateWatch
According to Liberal party polling, Independent candidates are coming first or second in #Goldstein, #Wentworth and #NorthSydney.
@DaveSharma is currently ahead of @spenderallegra by 36 to 32%.
#Auspol #WentworthVotes
afr.com/news/politics/…
January 20, 2022
The Guardian • Greg Jericho • January 20, 2022 • theguardian.com
As Australia’s economy recovers what must not return is the wage theft and abuse of short-term visa holders
The concern is not about getting more backpackers working here, but that those workers are more likely to be exploited
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ABC Radio • January 20, 2022 • abc.net.au
Australian aid flights expected in Tonga today
Two Australian aid flights are expected to land in Tonga's capital this afternoon as international phone communications are restored.
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David Lipson@davidlipson
First interview with Australia's High Commissioner on the ground in Tonga - since the volcanic eruption and tsunami 5 days ago👇
abc.net.au/radio/programs…
January 20, 2022
The Strategist • Pete Sandeman • January 20, 2022 • aspistrategist.org.au
Nuclear-powered submarines for Australia: what are the options?
The political and strategic ramifications of the AUKUS pact involving the US, UK and Australia continue to reverberate, but the details of how Australia will acquire nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) have often been overlooked. There are ...
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The Washington Post • Shibani Mahtani, Theodora Yu • January 20, 2022 • washingtonpost.com
Hong Kong hamster massacre: Residents resist ‘zero covid’ city’s pet project
An underground operation is emerging to save abandoned hamsters, with foster carers concealing the animals from authorities intent on destroying them.
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Helen Davidson@heldavidson
Underground railroad for Covid hamsters.
Underground. Railroad. For. Covid. Hamsters. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/…
January 20, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Heather McNeill • January 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
WA Premier Mark McGowan delays border reopening until triple dose vaccination rates reach above 80%
Mr McGowan has delayed the state’s reopening over fears lagging booster vaccination rates will cause the Omicron variant to run rampant in the community.
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The Australian • Paul Garvey • January 20, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Hospital supplies scare as WA keeps border shut
The main hospital in Western Australias Kimberley region has narrowly avoided running out of dozens of basic and essential medical supplies, raising fresh questions about the readiness of the states hospitals some two years into the pandemic.
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Richard Ferguson@RichAFerguson
#EXCLUSIVE from ⁦@PDGarvey⁩ @australian - Broome Hospital on verge on running out of key medical supplies from swabs to epi kits.
(Here’s why the border is staying closed. $2b surplus, yet hospitals can’t cope even without Omicron) theaustralian.com.au/nation/remote-…
January 20, 2022

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