Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Josh Butler, Sarah Martin • March 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Disaster agency defends not listing Lismore as flooding priority area for funding
Local Nationals MP expects issue to be ‘resolved’ for future rounds of $600m program after record floods
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The Guardian • Josh Butler, Sarah Martin • March 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian online anti-vaccine groups switch to Putin praise and Ukraine conspiracies
Separately, the United Australia party faces questions about a second candidate defending Russian president
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • March 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Holsworthy MP Melanie Gibbons ‘not suitable’ for federal seat: Libs
In an extraordinary criticism of a sitting MP, the NSW Liberals say Alex Dore should be parachuted into a seat at the expense of Holsworthy MP Melanie Gibbons.
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Katina Curtis@katinacurtis
Last year the PM said he wanted to see more women running for the Liberals. Of the six federal seats where the NSW party exec is seeking to install candidates in this deal, five of them would have men put up. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/h…
March 2, 2022
The Guardian • Michael McGowan • March 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
David Elliott intervened to stop department’s proposal to name Sydney Metro station after traditional custodians
Plans to name new CBD station Gadigal were signed off by previous minister but changed when Elliott took over transport
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright, Katina Curtis • March 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Voters brace for $1 billion-a-week spendathon in budget lead-up
There is almost $5 billion of decisions taken but not yet announced still left in the federal government’s kitty from the mid-year budget update.
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The Guardian • Anne Davies • March 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
ABC awards former news boss Gaven Morris contract to advise on Parramatta relocation
Morris is CEO of Bastion Transform, which has been contracted to manage relocation of part of ABC’s newsroom
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • March 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Fudged’: Has the federal government spent $17b on disaster relief?
Australians are being told the federal government has spent $17 billion on disaster relief - but that figure includes $13 billion in coronavirus pandemic measures.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
There's a lot of large numbers being bandied about as we discuss disaster relief. @CroweDM looks at how much money has really been spent. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
March 2, 2022
Interfax-Ukraine • March 1, 2022 • en.interfax.com.ua
No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income – NAPC
Ukraine's National Agency for the Protection against Corruption (NAPC) has declared that captured Russian tanks and other equipment are not subject to declaration.
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Matt Bevan@MatthewBevan
Message from the Ukrainian tax office: “Have you captured a Russian tank or armored personnel carrier and are worried about how to declare it? Keep calm and continue to defend the Motherland! There is no need to declare [them as income].” en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/8…
March 2, 2022
Crikey • Bernard Keane • March 2, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Richard Colbeck is a national disgrace — and an affront to his own side of politics
The appalling aged care minister claims the government has 'stepped up' like the sector's workers, yet more evidence this bumbling fool must go.
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Paul Syvret@PSyvret
Bernard is consistently one of our more, er, forthright commentators, but this (deservedly) dials it up to 11. twitter.com/BernardKeane/s…
March 2, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Michael Stutchbury • March 2, 2022 • afr.com
AFR launches essential news guide to Australia’s energy transition
The Carbon Challenge newsletter and news hub will give business leaders, investors and policymakers the essential news and analysis they need on the critical issue of Australia’s energy transition.
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The Guardian • Shaun Walker • March 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘It might be the last chance to get out’: citizens flee Kyiv as assault intensifies
Thousands of people trying to escape Ukraine capital amid fears that large-scale attack is imminent
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Shaun Walker@shaunwalker7
I spent some hours at Kyiv central station today and it was one of the most moving and upsetting days of reporting I've ever done.
I just hope everyone I spoke to manages to find a place on a train.
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
March 2, 2022
ABC News • Allyson Horn • March 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
Our beloved family home is festering in putrid filth. But it’s the lost memories I’ve cried over the most
In my journalism career, I've met hundreds of people whose lives have been devastated by Mother Nature. Now I'm one of them, writes Allyson Horn.
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ABC Radio • March 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
AUSTRALIA | S06 E2 - How we became addicted to coal
Australia’s second-oldest city, Newcastle, was built around a single resource - coal. Since then, Australia has come to rely on coal for its prosperity. Our industries grew around the cheap energy it provided, and our global trade balance relies on its export. But now, that has to end. The question is - what will happen to Australia, and its coal communities - when it does? Guests: Professor John Maynard, Emeritus Professor, Indigenous Education and Research, University of Newcastle Dr Judith Brett - Emeritus Professor of Politics at La Trobe University, author of the Quarterly Essay The Coal…
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Matt Bevan@MatthewBevan
In 1805, 84 tonnes of coal was exported from Newcastle, NSW. Now, the port handles that much coal every 35 seconds.
Newcastle (and Australia) was built on coal. So what will happen once it's gone?
Episode 2 of Australia, If You're Listening is out now.
abc.net.au/radio/programs…
March 2, 2022
The Guardian • Royce Kurmelovs • March 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Fears Lismore art gallery’s entire collection lost in NSW floods
Gallery director braces for loss of building and exhibits including Afghan war rugs and stunning Hannah Cabinet
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ABC Radio • March 1, 2022 • abc.net.au
Isolated First Nations communities running out of medical and food supplies in NSW floods
First Nations elders caught in the flood disaster unfolding in northern New South Wales say Aboriginal communities in the region have been "an afterthought" in the emergency response. Isolated communities like Gundarimba are running so low on medical and food supplies, family members have had to evacuate sick relatives to Lismore in private boats.
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Carly Williams@Williams__Carly
The whole Aboriginal community of Cabbage Tree Island near Ballina has now been evacuated. Widjabul man Chris Binge hasn’t slept in 72 hours, evacuating mob in his boat, running aunties to dialysis & dropping food to Gundurimba. On PM with @LindaMottram
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March 1, 2022
The Guardian • Andrew Stafford • March 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
There is no comprehending the sound and fury of the flooding that pulverised Brisbane
How is anyone supposed to plan for that much rainfall in such a short time? This is simply what living in a climate emergency looks like
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Elizabeth Knight • March 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
ASIC braces for impact after letting Crown directors off the hook
On a scale of one to 10, the public outrage that 10 former Crown Resorts directors have been given the all-clear by the corporate regulator ranks as an 11.
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Josh Bornstein@JoshBBornstein
When you’re a company director running a money laundering operation, there are no consequences. If you’re a union official who breaches right of entry laws, look out …. smh.com.au/business/compa…
March 2, 2022
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • March 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Prime minister Scott Morrison tests positive to Covid with ‘flu-like symptoms’
Australian PM is isolating at Sydney home and says he will continue working while he recovers
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • March 2, 2022 • news.com.au
PM attended national security meeting before Covid-19 result
The Prime Minister attended a meeting of the national security committee of cabinet just hours before he tested positive for Covid-19, prompting rapid antigen tests for some of the government’s most senior leaders.
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ABC News • Tom Joyner, Isabella Higgins • March 2, 2022 • abc.net.au
Under the cover of darkness, Ukraine's most vulnerable children were offered a lifeline from war
Hundreds of Ukrainian children are bundled into buses just after midnight from towns in the north and east of the country. It marks the start of a long and treacherous journey west in search of refuge.
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