Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Sydney Morning Herald • Katina Curtis, Jennifer Duke • March 8, 2022 • smh.com.au
Government rejects plan to help mums get super on paid parental leave
Ministers ultimately decided the plan wouldn’t have a big enough impact for the amount of money required.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
EXCLUSIVE by @katinacurtis @JennieDuke: "Super won't be added to taxpayer-funded parental leave after the fed govt rejected a plan from its retirement income reviewer, leaving 100s of 1000s of women worse off in their savings if they have a child."
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March 8, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway, Kate Geraghty • March 8, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘This war is sadism’: the battle to survive in the ruins of Kharkiv
In the ruins of Ukraine’s second-largest city, those who remain behind are determined to carry on. Anthony Galloway and Kate Geraghty report from Kharkiv.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
"Galyna Rasstanna couldn’t run to take cover when her apartment block was hit by a Russian airstrike."
Anthony Galloway reports from Kharkiv for @smh @theage with photo-journalist Kate Geraghty.
Shocking images of what this war brings.
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March 8, 2022
ABC News • Louise Milligan, Naomi Selvaratnam, Lauren Day • March 8, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Cost cutting at the expense of people's lives': The town of 1,400 without a GP
Three young women died in the space of a year after seeking treatment at a remote Queensland hospital. Complaints show staff have been warning about a lack of services.
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casey briggs@CaseyBriggs
“Four Corners has established that at last count, 32 of the 60 RHD patients at Doomadgee did not receive their last, essential, monthly penicillin injection” abc.net.au/news/2022-03-0…
March 8, 2022
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst, Royce Kurmelovs • March 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition shortlist for nuclear submarines base were not in Defence’s top five in 2011 review
‘We are not getting lumped with their mess’, Newcastle mayor says of prospect of basing nuclear fleet in city while Wollongong mayor also concerned
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • March 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
International Women’s Day is blind to the greatest threat to women – Australia’s welfare system | Kristin O'Connell
Australia’s welfare system is deeply imbued with misogyny and far too often traps women in unsafe situations
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • March 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Screaming for something to be done’: NSW town repeatedly cut off by floods demands safe evacuation route
Pitt Town residents call for better escape plan after authorities forced to find key for locked backup gate
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
“How many fatals do we have to have from this flood due to their lack of interest and total incompetence? Do we have to drown people in their cars trying to escape from here?” Pitt Town Progress Association Peter Ryan told ⁦@p_hannam⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 8, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler • March 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton says Australians should look at ‘positives’ of flood response as Dominic Perrottet apologises
Labor leader Anthony Albanese questions why more help wasn’t given to flooded communities sooner
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Josh Butler@JoshButler
Defence minister Peter Dutton on ADF response to the floods: "there’s a lot of activity on Twitter and the rest of it, but I would look at the positives of what’s happening on the ground, in horrific circumstances" #auspol theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 8, 2022
The New Daily • Paul Bongiorno • March 8, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
National security debate submerged under waves of bluster and spin
For a PM who claims the gift of far sightedness preparing for a deteriorating security environment, Scott Morrison is relying on a gossamer-thin record.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Paul Bongiorno: "Goldfish last longer than Liberal defence ministers...there are now 30 major Defence projects that are running cumulatively 79 years late” | The New Daily thenewdaily.com.au/news/2022/03/0…
March 8, 2022
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • March 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Morrison wants khaki election but voters aren’t convinced Coalition best to handle war, survey suggests
Guardian Essential poll shows voters split on who will react better to Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite Coalition’s history of leading Labor on national security
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The Guardian • Benita Kolovos • March 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘People don’t choose to become addicts’: the push to end Victoria’s war on drugs
Doctors think it’s a good idea, as does the UN. So why can’t Australia bring itself to consider widespread drug decriminalisation?
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Benita Kolovos@benitakolovos
I feel very honoured to have been able to share Baden Hicks' story with our readers. He believes Reason Party MP Fiona Patten's bill to decriminalise drugs will put an end to the stigma users face and help them get the support they need. theguardian.com/law/2022/mar/0… via @GuardianAus
March 8, 2022
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • March 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Chefs lead volunteers to feed NSW flood victims in absence of government food relief
Volunteers estimate they have cooked 60,000 meals delivered by jet ski, dinghy and private helicopter
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Helen Davidson@heldavidson
“We’ve had no one tell us they’re taking care of this, food wise. There’s no official government service being offered. It seems so strange.” From @knausc
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March 8, 2022
news.com.au • Ellen Ransley • March 8, 2022 • news.com.au
‘God help us’: Kochie lashes flood effort
Peter Dutton is facing mounting criticism over the Defence Force’s mission in flood-ravaged parts of northern NSW, but he maintains he is “not embarrassed”.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Sunrise host David Koch unloads on Peter Dutton over ADF’s Lismore response "God help us" if we go to war news.com.au/entertainment/… via @newscomauHQ
March 8, 2022
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn, Laura Murphy-Oates, Jake Morcom, Karla Arnall, Laura Brierley Newton, Daniel Semo, Miles Martignoni, Gabrielle Jackson • March 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
The science behind Australia’s east coast floods
Guardian Australia’s Graham Readfearn and PhD researcher Kimberley Reid speak to Laura Murphy-Oates about the weather systems that caused the record-breaking event, and how to prepare for the future of natural disasters, in the face of the climate crisis
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Graham Readfearn@readfearn
On the Full Story pod today talking to ⁦@lauramoates⁩ about #climate, floods and rivers in the sky - the science behind Australia’s east coast floods. Feat. ⁦@kjreid95⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 8, 2022
The Guardian • Calla Wahlquist, Josh Butler • March 7, 2022 • theguardian.com
ADF defends floods response after Lismore residents organise helicopters for supply drops
‘I think we have done all that we can within the conditions we have been faced with,’ major general David Thomae says
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sarah Keoghan, Josh Dye, Jenny Noyes • March 8, 2022 • smh.com.au
NSW floods updates: Two bodies found in stormwater canal in Sydney’s west as weather worsens across state; evacuation orders issued across city, Sout…
Sussex Inlet has been told to evacuate now as a woman’s body was found by police in a stormwater canal in Sydney’s west.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sarah Keoghan • March 8, 2022 • smh.com.au
Premier takes responsibility for inadequate emergency response to floods
Dominic Perrottet has spent a number of days in flood-affected areas of northern NSW where, he said, it became “pretty clear” more could have been done.
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ABC News • Nassim Khadem • March 8, 2022 • abc.net.au
Emily takes the occasional 'strike' day. What would happen if every other mum did the same?
For International Women's Day 2022, we asked Australian families what would happen if women went on strike from unpaid childcare and domestic chores.
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ABC News • March 8, 2022 • abc.net.au
Did Scott Morrison have 'no authority' to approve or reject the lease of the Port of Darwin?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government had "no authority" to approve or reject the lease of the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company in 2015. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
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The Guardian • Melissa Davey • March 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
What is Japanese encephalitis and why is it spreading in Australia?
The mosquito-borne virus has been found in dozens of piggeries and human cases have emerged. Who is at risk and how can you protect yourself?
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The Australian • Greg Sheridan • March 7, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Defence policy on the never-never
Scott Morrisons speech announcing a committee to look at a location for a possible east coast submarine base came in what is one of the most profoundly disappointing prime ministerial speeches in modern times.
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