Thursday, September 15, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Ben Butler, Nick Evershed • September 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
CEOs of Australia’s top 20 companies given nine times the pay rise of full-time workers
Australia Institute urges 60% income tax on earnings above $1m a year
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jake@jake_wishart
“If the companies want to hand away shareholders’ money so freely, I can’t see any economic or democratic reason why we shouldn’t collect some of that back in the form of a new income tax threshold” @RDNS_TAI theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 15, 2022
The Guardian • Josh Butler • September 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Governor general delayed giving Scott Morrison additional portfolios in 2021, FoI documents show
Exclusive: Letters reveal former PM didn’t mention pandemic when requesting right to administer industry, treasury and home affairs departments
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The Guardian • Greg Jericho • September 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian housing prices are dropping, but from staggering heights
It would take a bubble bursting to even get back to the level of housing affordability we saw in June 2020
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Amy Remeikis@AmyRemeikis
Anyone who thinks the small drops in house prices has made them affordable might need to chill: theguardian.com/business/grogo… @GrogsGamut
September 15, 2022
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • September 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Don’t ask me to give the Queen a minute’s silence, ask me for the truth about British colonialism | Lidia Thorpe
Truth-telling, truth-listening and treaty are the ways to heal Australia, not a day of mourning for a far-off monarch
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Amy McQuire@amymcquire
“News of the Queen’s death broke on the same day as my cousin’s funeral. My cousin, like more than 500 First Nations people in the last 30 years alone, died in custody. I was notified on Monday of another death in custody.” ⁦@SenatorThorpe⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
September 15, 2022
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • September 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Warren Mundine quits SBS board, stating his other roles meant he could not ‘provide the time’
Exclusive: Labor had last year asked Coalition to consider removing Mundine from broadcaster over controversial social media posts
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • September 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Peter Dutton hits out at republicans seeking ‘political advantage’ from Queen’s death
Opposition leader accuses Labor minister of rewriting history over suggestion King Charles III might not appear on $5 note
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The Guardian • Richard Denniss • September 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Green Wall Street’ in Australia won’t save the planet. Markets value profits, not platypuses
If we’re serious about protecting endangered species, we must protect what’s left of their habitat, not ask the market to set a price for destroying it
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Australian Financial Review • John Kehoe • September 14, 2022 • afr.com
RBA board faces overhaul
The RBA board may need a shake up to introduce more economists and fewer business people to set interest rates, an independent review of the central bank has suggested.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun • September 14, 2022 • smh.com.au
NIMBYs make housing unaffordable: Grattan Institute
In a speech on the housing crisis, leading economist Bernard Coates said: “The people who might live in new housing – were it to be built – don’t get a say.”
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ABC News • Avani Dias • September 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
The world watched as they swam in the president's pool. Then the story took a dark turn
Their movement shot to global fame when they stormed the president's palace. But few saw the swift crackdown that followed.
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ABC News • Ariel Bogle • September 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
Almost anyone can sell on Amazon — and far-right groups are exploiting that
Amazon is one of the world's largest online marketplaces, but it's under scrutiny for allowing far-right publishers and websites to monetise.
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Flicks • Luke Buckmaster • September 8, 2022 • flicks.com.au
The underrated Samaritan begs the question: where are all the working class superheroes?
Sly Stallone’s garbage man/city saviour is one exception to the superhero genre’s quiet elitism.
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The Guardian • Lorena Allam • September 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Racist and disgusting’: inquest into Kumanjayi Walker death hears of ‘shocking’ texts sent by Zachary Rolfe
Warning: this story contains extremely offensive language heard in courtCourt hears police constable Rolfe talked of having ‘smashed’ Aboriginal community and described local people as ‘neanderthals’
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The Guardian • Donna Lu • September 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Wobbly’ moon probable cause of mass tree deaths in Australia, scientists say
Analysis of satellite imaging shows correlation between fluctuation in mangrove canopy cover and lunar nodal cycle
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@abcnews • September 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
Former Black Rod David Leakey reflects on the Queen and her funeral
Lieutenant General David Leakey reflects on his former role of Black Rod and personal relationship with the Queen from the queue to see her lying in state.
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James Glenday@jamesglenday
Haha, great work @abcbarbm for accidentally stumbling on perhaps the most interesting person in a late night line of tens of thousands of people and then rolling with it 😂 : abc.net.au/news/2022-09-1…
September 15, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Chris Wallace • September 15, 2022 • smh.com.au
Albanese’s decision to suspend parliament to mourn the Queen was a clever strategy
The PM’s move will show voters he can do the right thing and help to make his planned major changes more achievable.
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WSJ • Talal Ansari • September 15, 2022 • wsj.com
Adnan Syed Murder Conviction Should Be Vacated, Prosecutors Say
Prosecutors in Baltimore are asking a judge to vacate Adnan Syed’s conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, a case was turned into the hit first season of the podcast “Serial.”
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ABC Radio National • Patricia Karvelas, Fran Kelly, Marina Freri, Oscar Coleman • September 15, 2022 • abc.net.au
Parliament, protocol and the PM's priorities
The PM says the Australian republic debate is off the table for this term of government, and a federal integrity commission may not be legislated this year. Parliament has been suspended... but there’s plenty still happening! Veteran press gallery journalist Malcolm Farr joins Patricia Karvelas and Fran Kelly with his analysis.
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The Guardian • Erin McCormick • September 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Patagonia’s billionaire owner gives away company to fight climate crisis
Founder Yvon Chouinard announced that all the company’s profits will go into saving the planet
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Australian Financial Review • Max Mason • September 15, 2022 • afr.com
Russia sues Australia over embassy lease termination
Russia is suing Australia and the government body responsible for planning parts of Canberra after Moscow’s lease on a site for a new embassy was cancelled due to inactivity under a “use it or lose it” policy.

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