Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Lisa Visentin, David Crowe • August 16, 2022 • smh.com.au
Morrison’s future under a cloud over secret ministries
Senior Liberals believe they will have to defend the former prime minister and his record in government if there is a censure motion when parliament returns.
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The Australian • Paul Kelly • August 16, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Frydenberg not told Morrison had sworn himself in
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg was never informed by Scott Morrison that the former prime minister had himself sworn in as treasurer of Australia in May 2021.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden, Jessica Wang • August 16, 2022 • news.com.au
Full extent of ScoMo’s deception revealed
Scott Morrison has issued a lengthy 1279-word statement on Facebook on his secret appointment to additional portfolios during his time as prime minister, saying he did so “in good faith”.
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
Josh Frydenberg - who lived with @ScottMorrisonMP at Lodge during pandemic… didn’t know he appointed himself to his portfolio either 👀 twitter.com/samanthamaiden…
August 16, 2022
ABC News • Markus Mannheim • August 16, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Extraordinary': Constitutional dispute looms after safety inspector shuts down ACT Legislative Assembly
Speaker Joy Burch is threatening to take the ACT's workplace watchdog to court after COVID-19 fears led to a ban on hearings and committee meetings.
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The Australian • Peter van Onselen • August 16, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
‘Had we known, we would have rolled him’
Scott Morrisons brazen decision to secretly appoint himself to multiple ministries with the help of an acquiescent Governor-General is, as new PM Anthony Albanese said yesterday, the stuff of tin pot dictatorships.
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The Age • Annika Smethurst, Paul Sakkal • August 16, 2022 • theage.com.au
‘Teal’ candidate poised to take on Liberals in state seat of Caulfield
Voices of Caulfield, a new community group that emerged from the successful federal Voices of Goldstein campaign, has chosen a candidate for the ultra-marginal seat of Caulfield.
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Paul Sakkal@paulsakkal
New "teal" candidate for Caulfield quit the ALP last week, worked for ALP MPs, has partner who ran for Labor
Liberal and former mayor Felicity Frederico may run in Brighton + former Bayside mayor Clark Martin likely to run in Sandringham
theage.com.au/politics/victo… @theage #springst
August 16, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler, Sarah Martin • August 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison secretly appointed to five ministries, including Treasury and home affairs, says PM
Anthony Albanese says former prime minister oversaw ‘unprecedented trashing of our democracy’ as Morrison’s colleagues Ken Wyatt and Karen Andrews call for him to be held accountable
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Josh Butler@JoshButler
Scott Morrison, 8.30am: "I don’t recall" being sworn into any other portfolios beyond health, finance, resources
Anthony Albanese, 11.10am: "Scott Morrison was appointed to five additional portfolios" - home affairs, treasury, health, finance, resources theguardian.com/australia-news…
August 16, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jordan Baker • August 16, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘The scale is enormous’: How hypermasculinity plus porn hurts teens
Boys treated for harmful sexual behaviours tend to be between 10 and 13, and come from households where their hypermasculine father denigrates their mother.
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Hugh Riminton@hughriminton
Hypermasculinity, porn a recipe for harmful teenage sexual behaviour - a sobering read from Jordan Baker. smh.com.au/national/the-s…
August 16, 2022
2GB 873AM • nikolinamatijevic • August 16, 2022 • 2gb.com
EXCLUSIVE | Scott Morrison defends secret multiple portfolios
Former prime minister Scott Morrison is defending his secret multiple portfolios. It’s been revealed Mr Morrison secretly took joint control of three cabinet roles during the pandemic. Press PLAY below to hear Scott Morrison front up with Ben Fordham The portfolios include health, finance and resources, which enabled him to override any decisions made by […]
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Rachel Withers@rachelrwithers
"Did you take control of social services at any point? "
"No."
"Or assume any powers around social services?
"Not to my knowledge, no."
12:30 mark, for those keen to hear the high-pitched "no"s. Confronted at 18:00:
2gb.com/exclusive-scot…
August 16, 2022
Crikey • Bernard Keane • August 16, 2022 • crikey.com.au
David Hurley did exactly what he was supposed to do. Spare us activist G-Gs
Critics of Governor-General David Hurley over the multiple Morrison ministries miss that it was not his role to second-guess his PM.
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Bernard Keane@BernardKeane
David Hurley did exactly as he is supposed to -- followed the instructions of his Prime Minister. Criticism of him is misplaced -- we don't need Governors-General ignoring elected leaders.
crikey.com.au/2022/08/16/dav…
August 16, 2022
The Australian • Geoff Chambers • August 16, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Morrison rang minister to order asylum boat be revealed
Scott Morrison personally rang former home affairs minister Karen Andrews on election day, ordering her to put out a statement about the interception of a Sri Lanka asylum seeker boat.
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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey • August 16, 2022 • theage.com.au
‘Amazing day’: Bill to set up Treaty Authority passes state parliament
An independent authority to help the state government negotiate treaties with Victoria’s First Nations peoples will be established in an Australian-first.
ABC News • Kate Doyle • August 16, 2022 • abc.net.au
BOM declares La Niña alert, signalling strong chance of another sodden summer
The odds are now on for a triple-dip La Niña and with already soaked catchments and a complementary driver in the west, it won't take much before the water has nowhere to go.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • August 16, 2022 • news.com.au
ScoMo’s admission on ‘secret’ ministry
Former prime minister Scott Morrison made a surprise call to a radio station to address, for the first time, revelations that he had secretly appointed himself as minister to a number of portfolios.
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • August 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
De-extinction: scientists are planning the multimillion-dollar resurrection of the Tasmanian tiger
University of Melbourne partners with US biotech company to plan genetic restoration of the thylacine
The Sydney Morning Herald • Vince Rugari • August 16, 2022 • smh.com.au
The teenager who saved his bush footy club from oblivion – then coached them to a premiership
Meet Mannix Hunt, 17, who stepped up as captain-coach when the Barcaldine Sandgoannas were struggling to put a team together. Today, they’re champions.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Broede Carmody, Amelia McGuire • August 16, 2022 • smh.com.au
As it happened: Scott Morrison secretly appointed to five portfolios as PM; John Barilaro report delivered
The former PM’s secret portfolios have attracted condemnation from all sides of politics, the person selected for a London-based NSW trade role had to have his candidate brief “massaged” and legislation to establish a treaty with Indigenous Australians could pass Victoria’s upper house this week.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Katina Curtis • August 15, 2022 • smh.com.au
Search for documents authorising Morrison’s secret ministerial powers
The Albanese government is exploring the possibility that the former prime minister may have had been appointed to other ministerial roles.
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The Age • Aisha Dow, Rachel Eddie • August 16, 2022 • theage.com.au
More than 1000 Victorians could have been harmed by triple-zero delays
While triple-zero call answering times have drastically improved recently, there were still weeks in May when more than a quarter of the most urgent ambulance cases were taking more than a minute to get through to ESTA, according to data seen by The Age.
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The Age@theage
Exclusive | Leaked documents show triple-zero delays may have harmed more than 1000 Victorians, including very ill children and those having heart attacks | @aishamae theage.com.au/national/victo…
August 16, 2022
ABC News • Josie Taylor, Shannon Schubert • August 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
Unit two men escaped from at youth prison 'closed permanently', Victorian Department of Justice says
The closure comes as workers complain of "severe anxiety" and "extra pressure" to keep units settled while understaffed, with one describing how they have experienced difficulty sleeping since the escape.
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