December 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • December 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Prosecutor alleges police ‘aligned with defence’ in Bruce Lehrmann case and claims ‘inappropriate interference’
Exclusive: Letter from Shane Drumgold to ACT police chief, obtained under FOI, calls for inquiry into ‘political and police conduct’ during investigation of Brittany Higgins claimss
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • December 3, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘You are being misled’: the Centrelink worker who tried to stop robodebt as it started
Exclusive: As the disastrous program gathered pace, Colleen Taylor reached out to her boss with strong concerns, only to be dismissed as overly sympathetic to welfare recipients
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ABC News • Sarah Ferguson • December 22, 2022 • abc.net.au
What ACMA missed in its report on Four Corners and 'Fox and the Big Lie'
ACMA's final report on Four Corners' coverage of Fox News raises questions about the regulator's understanding of journalism, writes Sarah Ferguson.
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The Age • Zoe Samios • December 1, 2022 • theage.com.au
Gay Alcorn to step down as editor of The Age
Michael Bachelard will run the masthead until a permanent replacement is found.
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • December 2, 2022 • theguardian.com
Climate activist who blocked traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge jailed for at least eight months
Lawyers for Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco, who stopped traffic for 25 minutes in April, say it is ‘outrageous’ their client was refused bail before an appeal next year
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick McKenzie, David Crowe • December 1, 2022 • smh.com.au
Leaked files reveal meetings with minister over contracts
A tranche of leaked documents shows a consulting company managed access to Stuart Robert for its clients.
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news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • December 1, 2022 • news.com.au
Charge against Bruce Lehrmann expected to be dropped
Exclusive
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
BREAKING New medical evidence detailing the impact of a second trial on Brittany Higgins’ mental health is expected to result in the charge being dropped and the trial not proceeding news.com.au/national/nsw-a…
December 1, 2022
The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • December 10, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How bureaucrats kept robo-debt alive
In the week before Scott Morrison gives evidence to the robo-debt royal commission, extraordinary details have emerged about how the public service shaped the ombudsman’s supposedly independent advice on the scheme.
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
"catastrophic, multisystem failure within the Australian Public Service, which designed, incubated, sold and then covered for a program with a fatal flaw so obvious that every Centrelink front-line worker... knew it." On the week's Robodebt hearings:
thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
December 10, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Smee • December 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Wieambilla shooting: property owner Gareth Train posted regularly on conspiracy website before police killed
Exclusive: The brother of missing man Nathaniel Train had posted about preparing an ark and alleging the Port Arthur attack was a ‘false-flag’ operation
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The Guardian • Ben Doherty • December 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Hardly anyone is getting off’: despite Labor’s promises, refugees needing urgent medical care remain on Nauru
An Afghan refugee in offshore detention since 2013 has had two doctors’ referrals for overseas treatment, but has not been permitted a ‘medical transfer’ to Australia
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Kon Karapanagiotidis@Kon__K
Must read by @BenDohertyCorro.
An Afghan refugee held since 2013 on Nauru by Australia has been prevented from reuniting with his family who were evacuated from Kabul to Melbourne in 2022, despite needing to be moved off Nauru for urgent medical treatment theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 18, 2022
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • December 22, 2022 • theguardian.com
Public servant grilled over robodebt scheme appointed to Aukus role worth $900,000 a year
Kathryn Campbell, a former head of the human and social services departments, has ‘no direct reports’ in new role as roving adviser
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The Guardian • Adam Morton • December 5, 2022 • theguardian.com
Wherever you stand on Violet Coco, her jailing raises the stakes for climate protest
Laws across Australia have shifted significantly to limit protest and are being used to restrain or intimidate those who speak up
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • December 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Keating told the truth’: Stan Grant, Larissa Behrendt and more remember the Redfern speech 30 years on
Keating was the first Australian prime minister to acknowledge the damage done by invasion, dispossession and assimilation policies. Those who were there remember its impact
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Zoe Samios • December 11, 2022 • smh.com.au
Sky’s Chris Smith stood down over inappropriate behaviour at Christmas party
Concerns about the behaviour were raised with senior members of the Sky News executive team, and it was dealt with immediately.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Julia Baird • December 21, 2022 • smh.com.au
Narcissist or not, Meghan doesn’t deserve this Game of Thrones humiliation
The question is not: how much do you like Meghan, but how much do we expect a human being to suffer or tolerate when it comes to public abuse?
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Linda Morris • December 21, 2022 • smh.com.au
National Library’s treasure Trove under threat from budget cuts
The digital platform beloved by historians and researchers across the country could cease to operate if new federal funding is not found.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Thompson • December 2, 2022 • smh.com.au
Bruce Lehrmann rape trial abandoned, charges dropped
Director of Public Prosecutions for the ACT, Shane Drumgold, SC, said the trial would not proceed because of the unacceptable risk to Brittany Higgins’ life.
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Allegra Spender@spenderallegra
Heartbreaking. A trial for alleged rape cannot proceed because the trial is “a significant and unacceptable risk” to the life of the woman. Our laws must be reformed so that survivors of assault can find justice, without finding themselves on trial. smh.com.au/politics/feder…
December 2, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Hartcher • December 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Australia was always bullied by vested interests, until now
The Albanese government has broken the curse of a nation too timid to stand up to the might of industry. Can Perrottet follow suit with his push against pokies?
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The New Daily • Julia Banks • December 2, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
Liberals lose from their unholy, right-wing mergers
The Liberals seem to talk to themselves, about themselves, and defend their actions rather than face reality, Julia Banks writes.
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • December 4, 2022 • theguardian.com
I’m pregnant for the fifth time. I’m sick of my miscarriages feeling like a secret shame | Julia Holman
My husband and now four-year-old son shouldn’t have to be the only ones to feel my grief, rage and devastation
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Julia Holman@JulesHolman
In the past few years I’ve had 3 miscarriages - now I’m yet again in the early stages of pregnancy. I kept my other pregnancies - and losses - largely a secret. I wrote this piece about why miscarriage shouldn’t have to be a woman’s secret shame. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
December 4, 2022

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