Friday, July 22, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
Jobseeker asked to choose between work and job agency appointments under Workforce Australia system
Multiple complaints of baffling and unrealistic requirements have been reported as being set by employment agencies under the new program
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
Spoke to a man working full-time hours on casual basis who's still being hassled to attend a new job agency for first appointment.
Key point: job agencies get $600 when someone is referred - but only after they do the initial meeting
theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 22, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun, Angus Thompson • July 22, 2022 • smh.com.au
Morrison government ‘placed pressure’ on Home Affairs over election-day boat intercept
The former government leaked information about a suspected asylum-seeker boat to select journalists against the express advice of the Department of Home Affairs.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
This report from Home Affairs on what happened behind the scenes on Election Day is an absolute shocker. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
July 22, 2022
The Guardian • Paul Karp • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Disgraceful’: report reveals Morrison government pressured border force to promote election day boat arrival
Labor says action by former government ‘sabotaged’ protocols for political gain and was ‘without precedent’ in Australian history
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ABC News • Andrew Greene • July 22, 2022 • abc.net.au
Home Affairs confirms Scott Morrison pressured department to reveal boat interception on election day
A Department of Home Affairs report confirms the office of former prime minister Scott Morrison instructed the public service to reveal the interception of a suspected asylum seeker boat on election day.
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘As silly and tacky as possible’: how Jennifer Down celebrated her Miles Franklin win with family
A handmade sash, plastic red carpet and matching custom T-shirts featured in the literary prize winner’s home award ceremony
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steph harmon@stephharmon
"My parents encouraged me to wear the sash onscreen, but if you weren’t familiar with my family it would’ve been immodest at best and absolutely fucking insane at worst so I declined." THE JOY WE NEEDED theguardian.com/books/2022/jul…
July 22, 2022
The Guardian • Paul Karp • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor cleans out Infrastructure Australia board amid concerns over ‘partisan appointments’
Federal infrastructure minister Catherine King appoints experts to review body’s mandate and composition to ‘get it back on track’
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
Government urges take up of Covid antivirals as almost 500,000 in Australian stockpile near expiry date
Health minister says Coalition allowed drugs that can prevent severe cases and hospitalisation to ‘gather dust’ in storage
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Josephine Tovey@Jo_Tovey
Just 20,000 of the 1m Paxlovid antiviral drugs ordered by the former government have been prescribed to Covid-19 patients, leaving Australia with hundreds of thousands of drugs due to expire within months. Story by ⁦@msmarto⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 22, 2022
The Guardian • Sian Cain • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
Splendour in the Grass chaos: first day of music festival cancelled amid wild weather
Attendees of the Byron Bay festival report long queues, flooded campsites and people sleeping in cars due to the downpour
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steph harmon@stephharmon
No food or drink was provided to those waiting hours in their cars overnight. "Tow trucks were coming in and pulling cars out of the queue, and people were peeing on the side of the road. Truly horrible, literally the whole night." theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 22, 2022
Axios • Jonathan Swan • July 22, 2022 • axios.com
Inside Trump '25: A radical plan for Trump’s second term
Allies want to empower him to purge potentially thousands of civil servants.
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Jonathan Swan@jonathanvswan
Trump 2025: The preparations are far more advanced and ambitious than previously reported.
The reporting for this series draws on extensive interviews over a period of more than three months on preparations for a potential second Trump term. axios.com/2022/07/22/tru…
July 22, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Collard • July 21, 2022 • theguardian.com
Police officer laughs and uses expletive to describe missing Aboriginal man in video shown at inquest
Body cam footage played in court shows constable saying ‘fuck this little cunt’ during initial search for Gordon Copeland, who drowned in NSW river
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mostafa-rachwani-,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/natasha-may,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/paul-karp,h… • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
Government establishes new measures at airports to stop FMD; 63 Covid deaths – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Michael McGowan@mmcgowan
In other Splendour In The Grass news, lawyers have filed a class action lawsuit against the state of NSW over what they allege are a series of illegal strip searches by police at it and other music festivals. theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 22, 2022
The Australian • DAMON JOHNSTON, ANGELICA SNOWDEN • July 21, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Key poll role for ‘red shirts’ mastermind
The mastermind of Labors red shirts rort that looted 388,000 from taxpayers will play a key role in the Andrews governments 2022 election campaign.
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy, Amanda Meade • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
NT minister says deaths of Indigenous woman and baby should have been ‘all over the news’
Deaths prompt renewed calls for attention on First Nations domestic violence victims and needs-based funding
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • July 22, 2022 • themonthly.com.au
Culture cowards
From fudging over abortion access to “birthing parent” backdowns, who is Labor afraid of?
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • July 22, 2022 • news.com.au
‘People are furious’: Bombshell texts exposed
A damning report has found the Australian Border Force (ABF) was told Scott Morrison wanted the interception of an asylum seeker boat to be publicised on election day, forcing public servants to refuse to “amplify” it on social media.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Text message mess exposes the Morrison Governments frantic Election Day panic to publicise asylum boat arrival and demands that “the PM” wanted a statement ⁦@newscomauHQ⁩ news.com.au/national/polit…
July 22, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith, Natassia Chrysanthos • July 21, 2022 • smh.com.au
NSW government fails to produce single document detailing how Barilaro landed US trade job
Dominic Perrottet concedes there were issues with the recruitment process, as the fallout from John Barilaro’s appointment overshadows the premier’s trade mission.
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The Age • Jack Latimore, Jewel Topsfield • July 22, 2022 • theage.com.au
City of Melbourne reviews Australia Day, is open to moving it from January 26
Lord Mayor Sally Capp has asked council management to come up with options of how to approach the increasingly contentious day.
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The Age@theage
Melbourne’s city council will for the first time query its approach to Australia Day on January 26, with Lord Mayor Sally Capp open to the idea of council becoming actively involved in the movement to change the date | @LatimoreJack @JewelTopsfield theage.com.au/national/victo…
July 22, 2022
The Guardian • Megan Maurice • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Here if you need’: how warmth of women’s sport community helped me through cancer
The netball phrase took on a new meaning after I shared my diagnosis online and was overwhelmed with support
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Megan Maurice@meganmaurice
I'm feeling a bit nervous sharing this, as it's definitely the most personal story I have ever written. For @GuardianAus today, this is my love letter to the women's sport community, who have overwhelmed me with love throughout my cancer treatment theguardian.com/sport/2022/jul…
July 22, 2022
ABC News • Alexandria Utting • July 21, 2022 • abc.net.au
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate engaged in misconduct by interfering with disciplinary proceedings, tribunal finds
The council watchdog finds Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate engaged in misconduct, ordering him to make a public admission on his Facebook page and pay two fines.
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The Guardian • Adam Morton, Katharine Murphy • July 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition changes allowing renewable energy agency to fund fossil fuel projects to be scrapped
Climate change minister Chris Bowen says Arena will have mandate to accelerate electrification and focus on renewable technology
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