Wednesday, November 9, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Melissa Davey • November 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Victorians’ Covid contact tracing data sent for potential use by data mining platform
Exclusive: Australian data security experts described the July 2020 move involving controversial Palantir platform as ‘dubious’ and ‘outrageous’
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The Guardian • Richard Denniss • November 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia needs a windfall profits tax - but our government seems to fear the gas lobby
The gas industry would have us believe we owe it a debt of gratitude for paying us a pittance while they rake in record profits
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Australian students repaid $5 billion in HECS last year, but Chevron paid just $30 in company tax…Norway doesn’t just collect far more tax from its gas industry than we do, it provides free university education... It’s not hard to fix things #auspol theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
November 9, 2022
The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • November 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Robodebt royal commission: official says she failed to tell Scott Morrison scheme could be unlawful
Serena Wilson says she lacked the ‘courage’ to speak up after being made aware of legal advice
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
Recap of evidence from Serena Wilson, deputy sec at DSS:
- got the legal advice saying robodebt was no-go
- may not have told head of her dept, didn't tell Morrison
- didn't speak up whgen she "realised" income averaging being used, now "ashamed"
theguardian.com/australia-news…
November 9, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Jenna Price • November 8, 2022 • smh.com.au
What we’ve learnt from the mothers of dead children
The mother of Cassius, who was killed walking home from school, has brought forth his spirit to fight for justice.
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Dr Jenna Price@JennaPrice
We should all honour the hugely brave Mechelle and Rosie. theage.com.au/national/what-…
November 8, 2022
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • November 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Liberal senator’s ABC ‘grooming’ comments denounced as ‘deeply offensive’
In fiery Senate hearing, Alex Antic describes Play School segment featuring drag queen as ‘adult content’ in claim rejected by broadcaster
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Amy Remeikis@AmyRemeikis
The attacks on Louise Milligan appear to be reaching hysterical new levels. What is is about women reporters with something to say which so upsets some people? Why shouldn't ABC staff who are being misrepresented be able to reply? (The Antic stuff is 😵‍💫)
theguardian.com/media/2022/nov…
November 8, 2022
MIT Technology Review • Chris Stokel-Walker • November 8, 2022 • technologyreview.com
Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks
One insider says the company’s current staffing isn’t able to sustain the platform.
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The Guardian • Kate Lyons • November 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
How to move a country: Fiji’s radical plan to escape rising sea levels
In Fiji, the climate crisis means dozens of villages could soon be underwater. Relocating so many communities is an epic undertaking. But now there is a plan – and the rest of the world is watching
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Kate Lyons@MsKateLyons
Fiji has already relocated 6 villages due to climate change, with 42 earmarked for urgent relocation. I travelled around the country to try and understand how it is planning to achieve this mammoth task.
How to move a country: Fiji’s bold relocation plan theguardian.com/environment/20…
November 8, 2022
The Guardian • Madeleine Finlay, Adam Morton, Ned Carter Miles, Tony Onuchukwu, Max Sanderson • November 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Cop27: greenwashing and lies – or a chance for change?
Madeleine Finlay hears from Guardian Australia’s climate and environment editor, Adam Morton, about the current path to catastrophic heating, claims of greenwashing and what’s likely to be on the agenda this year
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • November 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
UN experts demand crackdown on greenwashing of net zero pledges
High level group releases report at Cop27 saying policies should be ‘about cutting emissions, not corners’
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Adam Morton@adamlmorton
UN expert group calls for rules to prevent greenwashing of net zero pledges by industry, regions:
- No support for new fossil fuel exploration
- Offsets to be used only sparingly, after medium-term targets are met
- Scope 3 emissions included
#COP27
theguardian.com/environment/20…
November 9, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • November 9, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘Seize the opportunity’: government urged to act on migration reform
Union leaders are warning of widespread problems with illegal labour following estimates of 100,000 workers who have come to Australia under false claims.
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • November 9, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
The mess left by the Coalition is (almost) overwhelming
Government shovels were hard at work in the lead up to the Budget dealing with the immediate grants corruption left over by the Morrison mob.
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10 play • November 9, 2022 • 10play.com.au
Qatar World Cup Ambassador Says Homosexuality Is 'Damage In The Mind' Ahead Of World Cup Start - Network Ten
A Qatar World Cup ambassador has told German television broadcaster ZDF homosexuality was "damage in the mind".
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ABC News • Isobel Roe • November 9, 2022 • abc.net.au
Sydney woman had brain scan after being choked by Sri Lankan cricketer, court documents allege
Danushka Gunathilaka remains behind bars in Sydney after being charged with the alleged sexual assault of a woman in the city's eastern suburbs at the weekend.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright • November 9, 2022 • smh.com.au
Strip RBA board of rate-setting power: review
The Reserve Bank board would lose its power to set interest rates under a plan to bring it into line with central banks around the world.
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BroadAgenda • Ginger Gorman • November 8, 2022 • broadagenda.com.au
An urgent, joint letter - costs in sexual harassment litigation
Here at BroadAgenda and the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation at the University of Canberra, we are proud signatories to a joint letter that has been tabled in Federal Parliament this week. We believe the contents of the letter are urgent – not just for targets of sexual harassment – but for each and every one […]
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tim Costello • November 9, 2022 • smh.com.au
On pokies, it seems NSW Labor stands for social injustice
It is the Labor battlers who are being belted by the poker machine operators who are raking in mega profits.
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Bevan Shields@BevanShields
Powerful opinion piece by Tim Costello, who says the reluctance of Opposition Leader Chris Minns and state Labor MPs to embrace poker machine reform is “extraordinary”.
“It appears, when it comes to poker machines, Labor is the party of social injustice” smh.com.au/national/on-po…
November 9, 2022
The Guardian • Graham Readfearn, Lisa Cox • November 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
Tanya Plibersek says Coles and Woolworths must ‘step up’ to fix plastic recycling crisis
REDcycle collections stopping from Wednesday with factory fire and ‘downturns in market demand’ blamed
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • November 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
I’d like apologies for robodebt, but I really want Australia to abandon punitive welfare | Nathan Kearney
Every revelation from the robodebt royal commission shows there were clear warnings it would harm people like me
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The Guardian • Josh Taylor • November 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
What is Mastodon, the social network users are leaving Twitter for? Everything you need to know
Verification is free, toots are twice as long as tweets – but you might find it hard to replace your Twitter follower list. Here’s how to use it, find a server to join and navigate the fediverse
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Thompson • November 8, 2022 • smh.com.au
More strike rights for unions on the table as PM is drawn into IR talks
One change circulated to groups involved in the negotiations would backtrack on a three-month renewal period imposed on unions for them to be legally allowed to take industrial action.
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