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The Guardian • Sisonke Msimang • March 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins are supremely admirable, and the acceptable white faces of Australian feminism
Anger expressed by black women activists is seen as toxic, divisive and polarising
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ABC News • Louise Milligan, Naomi Selvaratnam, Lauren Day • March 7, 2022 • abc.net.au
A teenager needed urgent surgery. The hospital gave her 'the shut-up pill' and sent her away
She was supposed to get surgery and weekly check-ups, instead the 18-year-old was sent away from a Queensland hospital multiple times and died within months.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • March 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
Climate Council says too many leaders are silent on global heating’s role in ‘megafloods’
Organisation urges all political parties to outline concrete steps on how to prepare for inevitable climate-fuelled disasters
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • March 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
Locals take charge of NSW floods helicopter food and rescue efforts amid frustration with ADF
Volunteers are spending hours flying over submerged power lines and the stench of decaying cattle, delivering urgent aid to their towns
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Elias Visontay@EliasVisontay
ICYMI: Local volunteers crowdfunding helicopters for rescues and food drops are dwarfing the ADF's presence in the skies above Lismore. 14 community choppers each average 7 hours in air per day, while radar shows ADF's contracted choppers average one hour theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 7, 2022
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • March 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
Morrison decries ‘arc of autocracy’ reshaping world as he pledges to build nuclear submarine base
Prime minister to say Australia faces its ‘most difficult and dangerous security environment in 80 years’
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The New York Times • Lynsey Addario • March 6, 2022 • nytimes.com
Russian forces fire on evacuees, leaving 4 people dead outside Kyiv.
The attack in Irpin, west of the capital, suggested either direct targeting of evacuees or disregard for the risk of civilian casualties.
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lynsey addario@lynseyaddario
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES: Today I witnessed Russian troops deliberately targeting civilians fleeing for their lives from the village of Irpin. At least three members of a family of four were killed in front of me. @nytimes nytimes.com/live/2022/03/0…
March 7, 2022
BBC News • March 7, 2022 • bbc.com
Ukraine: Taking cover in a town under attack
Jeremy Bowen was on the frontline in Irpin, as residents came under Russian fire while trying to flee.
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Stephen McDonell@StephenMcDonell
Terrible images in this story of civilians fleeing the Russian invasion. One 85-year old Ukrainian, a 30 year veteran of the Soviet army "I served for many years, right now I'd tear those fascists into pieces. They're killing people for no reason". bbc.com/news/av/world-…
March 7, 2022
Media Diversity Australia • March 3, 2022 • mediadiversityaustralia.org
Mentorships
Mentorships Women of Colour Mentorship Program in partnership with Crescent Foundation, University […]
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Rashida Yosufzai@Rashidajourno
Calling all female journos from First Nations and CALD backgrounds: an outstanding leadership training opportunity here via @MediaDiverseAU
mediadiversityaustralia.org/opportunities/ #IWD2022 #journalism
March 7, 2022
The Monthly • Rachel Withers • March 7, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
National insecurity
The PM pledges to keep Australians safe, but he can’t seem to protect them from (or prepare for) major disasters
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The Age • Aisha Dow, Nick McKenzie, Joel Tozer • March 6, 2022 • theage.com.au
Twelve Victorians die, including four children, after waiting for triple-zero to pick up
Leaked official data suggests ongoing and systemic failings within the ambulance division emergency response call authority.
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Aisha Dow@aishamae
New tonight: Leaked documents obtained by @theage reveal 12 Victorians have died since October after urgent calls to triple zero took up to 16 minutes to be answered, or were not picked up at all. Among them are four children. By me and @Ageinvestigates theage.com.au/national/victo…
March 6, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • March 7, 2022 • smh.com.au
The twisting politics of our crisis era
In a nation relatively unscathed by COVID, with a strong economy, Scott Morrison might expect to be riding high. So why not?
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Sean Kelly@mrseankelly
A great irony is that Morrison, a leader who has refused to listen to warnings of approaching crisis, now faces a series of crises that means nobody is listening to him.
Latest from me in @smh @theage
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
March 7, 2022
360 • Charis Palmer • March 7, 2022 • 360info.org
The koala in the coal mine
With the scrutiny on climate change, the collapse of Australian ecosystems has received scant attention. But saving them is entirely possible. Australia’s iconic koala, listed as endangered in the Australian regions of Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory in 2022, is unfortunately far from alone. Since European colonisation of Australia, roughly 230 […]
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Professor Euan Ritchie 🐺 😼 🐾 🦘 🔥 🌳 🌏 🎶@EuanRitchie1
Far too few recognise the need to combat climate change, environmental destruction & extinction in an integrated way.
Australian governments & society seemingly don’t see the environment as a priority investment. Why?
My new article for @360info_global
360info.org/the-koala-in-t…
March 7, 2022
The Guardian • Conal Hanna, Michael McGowan • March 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
More than 2,000 premises deemed uninhabitable in NSW region already beset by ‘beyond dire’ housing crisis
The Northern Rivers had a shortfall of 2,300 homes before last week’s floods hit. Homeless services are daunted by what’s to come
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright • March 7, 2022 • smh.com.au
Call to support young women and the caring economy
Women have to be front and centre of the federal budget, according to the nation’s top businesswomen.
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Katina Curtis@katinacurtis
The nation’s top businesswomen are pleading with the federal government and Labor to sink more money into the “caring economy”, put more women in cabinet, sharply increase childcare assistance and fully implement Respect@Work - story from @swrighteconomy smh.com.au/politics/feder…
March 7, 2022
The New Daily • Alan Kohler • March 7, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Alan Kohler: Climate change will lead to some difficult, expensive decisions
Lismore was probably the town most devastated by the Queensland and NSW floods, and it embodies the problem now facing Australia from climate change.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Natassia Chrysanthos, Janie Barrett • March 7, 2022 • smh.com.au
Staring down stage four cancer, Bruno has to rebuild from scratch
Bruno is in chemotherapy and his wife Janine is waiting on a hip replacement. Now the flooding in northern NSW has washed away the life they built together to see out their last days.
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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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Rebecca Armitage@BecArmitage
After you give Tom a follow on Insta, please read this amazing story he did with @isabellahiggins about brave teachers smuggling some of Ukraine's most vulnerable kids to safety abc.net.au/news/2022-03-0… twitter.com/tomrjoyner/sta…
March 7, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • March 7, 2022 • smh.com.au
$10b plan for nuclear submarine base under fire over timing, potential site
Labor claims the move is a ploy to get a headline while others say Sydney would be a better location than the official options of Brisbane, Newcastle or Port Kembla.
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The Examiner • Dominic Giannini and Andrew Brown • March 7, 2022 • examiner.com.au
No submarine decision before election: PM
There will be no major decisions made on the proposed nuclear submarine program before the upcoming federal election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confir...
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Patricia Karvelas@PatsKarvelas
Submarine deal the 'worst thing': Turnbull examiner.com.au/story/7646956/… via @ExaminerOnline
March 7, 2022
ABC News • Mazoe Ford • March 7, 2022 • abc.net.au
Thai police say woman who was allowed into ambulance carrying Shane Warne's body did nothing against the law
Footage captured by the ABC on the ferry from Koh Samui exposes a startling lack of security surrounding the transportation of Shane Warne's body, but police say the woman who took flowers to the ambulance did not do anything against the law.
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