Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Sydney Morning Herald • Lisa Visentin • September 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Leaked email reveals Greens staffer ‘scared and in shock’ after Lidia Thorpe’s ‘truly awful’ outburst
In the email, the senator’s former chief of staff apologised to Aboriginal elders for a meeting in June 2021, describing Thorpe’s conduct as “appalling”.
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Lisa Visentin@LisaVisentin
Exclusive: Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe’s former chief-of-staff was left was scared and appalled by her behaviour in a meeting with two Indigenous leaders at Parliament House last year.
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September 27, 2022
The Guardian • Sarah Martin • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Federal community grants audit uncovers millions of dollars in projects now facing axe
More than 100 community development projects could be cut as government pledges to go through budget ‘line by line’ to find savings
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Lenore Taylor@lenoretaylor
Federal community grants audit uncovers millions in projects now facing axe - including $25m to a resources company 70% owned by a Cayman Island investment fund and $1.3m for the Noosa Golf Club car park (club charges yearly fee of $1,242.50) theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 27, 2022
The Guardian • Anne Davies • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australian food is grown with dangerous chemicals banned in other countries
Australia has a global reputation as a source of clean food. In fact, the country has some of the most lax regulation of pesticide use in the western world
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Thompson • September 26, 2022 • smh.com.au
Onus would be on employers to prevent sexual harassment under new laws
The bill, to be introduced into parliament on Tuesday, would empower Australia’s human rights watchdog to enforce a positive duty on businesses to protect their workers from experiencing harassment.
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Kate Jenkins@Kate_Jenkins_
Today is a significant day for those who have experienced sexual harassment- acknowledging your harm by reforming our laws to improve prevention in our workplaces. Thank you to @MarkDreyfusKCMP @SenKatyG & @Tony_Burke for supporting #RespectatWork for all. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
September 27, 2022
The Guardian • Paul Karp • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor’s national anti-corruption commission to hold ‘most’ hearings in private
Attorney general Mark Dreyfus also confirms integrity commission will be able to investigate conduct retrospectively
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
UPDATED: Growing backlash to Labor's "exceptional circumstances" threshold for public hearings of anti-corruption commission.
Greens, Pocock and Lambie have all raised concerns, as have a swag of lower house MPs. #auspol
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September 27, 2022
BBC News • https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews • September 27, 2022 • bbc.com
Japan says Russia 'blindfolded and restrained' its consul in Vladivostok
Tokyo demands an apology after one its diplomats is accused of spying in Russia's Far East.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Scott Morrison and Alan Tudge could be called before robodebt royal commission
Royal commissioner says inquiry’s focus will be on those who had or should have had oversight over the automated debt recovery scheme
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
"Many people at different levels of government will be asked to give an account of their role in the devising, implementation and continuing of the robodebt scheme." theguardian.com/australia-news…
September 27, 2022
The Australian • EWIN HANNAN • September 27, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Seafarer wage theft hits $65m a year
Seafarers working on foreign-registered freight ships in Australian waters have been subject to wage theft of 65m a year, research by the Australia Institutes Centre for Future Work finds.
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Crikey • Amber Schultz • September 27, 2022 • crikey.com.au
'A much more serious breach than Optus': how hack affecting NDIS participants went under the radar
Sensitive medical information about NDIS participants and aged home care residents was hacked in May but little action was taken.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Linda Morris • September 26, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘It’s not an arts hub’: Marrickville development takes different direction
Three years after the approval of a cultural hub for 500 artists and creatives, the developer has blamed COVID for the absence of an anchor arts tenant.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kishor Napier-Raman, Noel Towell • September 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
Crucial detail News Corp left out of Charlie Teo puff piece
The Sunday Telegraph is working overtime to rehabilitate the neurosurgeon’s reputation. Sometimes, that means cutting corners.
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/stephanie-convery,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/amy-remeikis,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/josh-butle… • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Senate backlash to public hearing threshold – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
Good reminder from @AmyRemeikis
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September 27, 2022
The Guardian • Anne Davies, Donna Lu • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
The dirty dozen: 12 pesticides that are banned elsewhere but still used in Australia
Australia still uses dozens of chemicals that are banned in other countries – including the UK and US – because they are toxic to humans, animals or the environment
ABC News • Stephanie Dalzell • September 27, 2022 • abc.net.au
Head of COVID vaccine review 'surprised' government yet to order shots for 2024
Warning "this virus isn't going away", the former health department boss who led a review of the nation's COVID-19 vaccine arrangements says she is surprised the federal government is yet to order vaccines for 2024.
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The Guardian • Lisa Bryant • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
There is a simple path to affordable childcare in Australia. Does Labor have the courage to take it?
A radical redesign of the funding system will ensure money isn’t siphoned off by the corporations sucking from the government teat
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The Guardian • Rafqa Touma • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Duck and cover: swooping season is under way and it’s not just magpies
Though they are the most well known, magpies are not the only Australian swoopers
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the Guardian • https://www.theguardian.com/profile/richardluscombe • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Basically a bullseye’: Nasa crashes spacecraft into asteroid to test Earth’s defenses – as it happened
Space agency conducts Dart mission to learn whether asteroid’s trajectory can be diverted away from Earth
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The Guardian • Josh Taylor • September 27, 2022 • theguardian.com
Optus customers exasperated by chatbots and ‘rubbish’ communication after data breach
Some customers look to switch providers after puzzling responses and ‘less than helpful’ service
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jenna Price • September 27, 2022 • smh.com.au
A behaviour tsar for schools gets an F by every measure
If we ranked all the choices made by the NSW government, especially since the formation of the Perrottet-Mitchell-Harrisson triumvirate in education, there would be one decision which would come out worst.
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7NEWS • 7NEWS, Alex Chapman • September 27, 2022 • 7news.com.au
Hacker’s extraordinary backflip after threatening to expose Optus customers’ information
About 10,000 Aussies had their sensitive information released globally on Tuesday morning. Hours later, there was a new message from the hacker.
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