Friday, August 12, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

ABC News • Hagar Cohen, Kevin Nguyen • August 12, 2022 • abc.net.au
Whistleblower lawsuit alleges 'cowboy culture' and financial misconduct inside Hillsong Church
A whistleblower suing Hillsong in the Federal Court alleges the megachurch moved millions of dollars in payments through overseas entities to avoid scrutiny by the Australian charities regulator.
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Josh Bornstein@JoshBBornstein
This is the first time that I have represented a whistleblower working in a religious institution- in this case, Hillsong. abc.net.au/news/2022-08-1…
August 12, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Karl Quinn • August 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Maybe you don’t want to thrash about like an eel’: Talking sex with Emma Thompson
She’s one of the most adored actresses of her generation, and the only person to win Oscars for both writing and acting. Best of all, she’s a delight to dine with.
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Stephanie Peatling@srpeatling
You won't read a better opening sentence than this by @karlkwin for his interview w Emma Thompson (online now, in the Sat @smh @theage): "Somewhere between the carpaccio of kingfish and the squid-ink spaghetti, Emma Thompson tucks into the female orgasm."
smh.com.au/culture/celebr…
August 12, 2022
The Washington Post • Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, Perry Stein, Shane Harris • August 12, 2022 • washingtonpost.com
FBI searched Trump’s home to look for nuclear documents and other items, sources say
Experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at Mar-a-Lago.
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ABC News • August 12, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Once they know it's an Aboriginal family, they just say no' — and six months on many are still living in tents
After moving five times in five months, Teresa Anderson has had enough. And she says Aboriginal families are being overlooked.
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Bridget Brennan@bridgeyb
Almost six months after the floods, elders are sleeping in tents, “…about 500 of the 1,296 northern New South Wales residents that are still homeless are First Nations people.” Appalling. From our new Indigenous Affairs Corro @Williams__Carly abc.net.au/news/2022-08-1…
August 12, 2022
Pearls and Irritations • Stephen FitzGerald • August 12, 2022 • johnmenadue.com
The Chinese Ambassador and our ignorant and hostile media
We should be alarmed at how some journalists behaved and reported on Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian’s address to the National Press Club.
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The Guardian • Richard Denniss • August 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
It’s time to tax mining and energy giants properly. Struggling Australians should share in their record profits
The fact that an energy exporter like Australia is having a tough time when the prices of our energy exports are sky high shows just how broken our political debate has become.
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Norway has a population 1/5th of ours but earned nearly as much tax on its oil industry this year as Australia has in its entire Future Fund. Its time we stopped taking econ advice from the oil industry & got serious about tax, #Climate & economics #auspol theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
August 11, 2022
The Guardian • Melissa Davey • August 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Bulk billing is almost non-existent’: Tasmanian councils turn to ratepayers to prop up flailing GP clinics
Exclusive: A lack of federal support means several rural areas are using council rates to subsidise health services for vulnerable patients
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Associated Press • Joshua Goodman • August 13, 2022 • apnews.com
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
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The Associated Press@AP
BREAKING: Author Salman Rushdie has been attacked as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An @AP reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. apnews.com/article/salman…
August 13, 2022
The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • August 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
Review of NSW parliament uncovers five alleged sexual assaults
One in five respondents say they have been sexually harassed, with more than half of the incidents perpetrated by an MP
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Tamsin Rose@tamsinroses
More than a third of respondents to a survey of workers in NSW parliament have been bullied or sexually harassed over the past five years, according to a landmark review into the culture at Macquarie Street. #Broderickreport #nswpol theguardian.com/australia-news…
August 12, 2022
The Guardian • Nino Bucci, Christopher Knaus • August 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
More than 1,200 people are detained indefinitely in Australia with no criminal conviction
‘The scariest thing is what we don’t know’, advocate says of those held on grounds of mental impairment
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • August 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian tax data is absolute proof of the gender pay gap across the entire economy
The situation is worst in high paying occupations. Only members of parliament see women with a higher median salary
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sam mostyn@sammostyn
“Every below-median income decile has more women than men & every above median decile fewer women than men…jobs with mostly women working in them are more likely to be lower paid” Tax data absolute proof of #genderpaygap across entire economy @GrogsGamut theguardian.com/business/grogo…
August 12, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Dominic Powell • August 11, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Very concerned’: ASIC chairman sounds alarm over crypto investing boom
The chair of corporate regulator ASIC has said he is very concerned about the rising number of cryptocurrency investors in Australia.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
Gate, horse, cloud of dust...ASIC smh.com.au/business/marke…
August 12, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Michael Read, Tom McIlroy • August 12, 2022 • afr.com
Almost 80,000 have $2m in super, costing the budget billions
Almost 1000 extra people joined the ranks of Australia’s most cashed-up superannuants in 2019-20, new data shows.
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The Age • Jackson Graham, Rachel Eddie • August 12, 2022 • theage.com.au
VEC requests documents from Opposition Leader Matthew Guy
Matthew Guy says the Victorian Electoral Commission has asked him to provide all documents relating to the contract drawn up by his former chief of staff Mitch Catlin.
ABC News • Paige Cockburn • August 12, 2022 • abc.net.au
John Barilaro pulls out of inquiry into US trade job due to mental health
Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has pulled out of today’s NSW parliamentary inquiry, which has been examining his appointment to a key trade role in New York.
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The Age • Erin Pearson • August 11, 2022 • theage.com.au
Aboriginal man dies in custody at Melbourne prison
A man aged in his 30s died at Port Phillip Prison hours after returning from St Vincent’s Hospital, where he was being treated following an incident in his cell.
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ABC Radio National • August 12, 2022 • abc.net.au
Plea for 'stealthing' to be discussed at Attorneys General meeting
State, territory and federal Attorneys-General will meet later today, to discuss the rollout of affirmative consent laws around the country. Ahead of the meeting, advocates say laws to prevent 'stealthing' need to be part of the discussion.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Laura Chung • August 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
Councils want shark nets removed as soon as this summer
Beaches north of Sydney want to be the first to ditch shark nets after almost 100 years in favour of newer technology that will have less impact on marine animals.
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The Guardian • Kieran Pender • August 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian-born judge released from immigration detention in Kiribati, after being held overnight
David Lambourne, who serves on the high court of Kiribati, was detained on Thursday after a failed attempt by the Kiribati government to deport him
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michaela Whitbourn • August 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
Australian-born Kiribati judge fights ‘extraordinary’ deportation move
An Australian citizen and senior judge in Kiribati who is married to the opposition leader of the Pacific Island nation was detained by the government on Thursday.

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