Saturday, December 17, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

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 Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • December 17, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Morrison and Porter sought robo-debt advice to woo Hanson
Documents tendered in the robo-debt royal commission show how, as treasurer, Scott Morrison intended to use the punitive aspects of the illegal scheme to win more support from Pauline Hanson.
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The Guardian • Jordyn Beazley • December 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘It’s hard coming home to a tent’: the rise of Australia’s working homeless
People with jobs and families will be seeing out Christmas in camping grounds and motels, as experts warn of a new kind of crisis
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • December 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
How Morrison launched Australia’s ‘strong welfare cop’ – and the pain robodebt left in its wake
Public servants had legal advice saying the robodebt proposal was unlawful long before Scott Morrison announced it. How was it never delivered to him?
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
Scott Morrison told parliament as he launched robodebt - a "strong welfare cop on the beat": “We are going after the cheats ... We are going to stop those rorters."
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December 17, 2022
BBC News • December 16, 2022 • bbc.com
Australia's female Speaker repeatedly called 'Mr'
Opposition leader Peter Dutton called Sharon Claydon "Mr Speaker" in parliament on Thursday.
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ABC News • Nassim Khadem • December 17, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Don't pray, play music': What 23-year-old Majidreza told his executioners minutes before being hanged
Iran has conducted the first known execution in relation to the anti-government protests, hanging a man for "waging war against God". Now there are fears many more could face execution under these "sham trials".
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Nassim Khadem@NassimKhadem
Families of #MohsenShekari #MajidrezaRahnavard #ToomajSalehi say none committed the crimes they were accused of. @amnesty says they & #SamanSeydi #HamidGharehHasanlou #MehdiKarami are subject to torture & beatings to extract confessions abc.net.au/news/2022-12-1… @ABCaustralia
December 17, 2022
Gizmodo • Matt Novak • December 16, 2022 • gizmodo.com
Musk Bans Several Journalists From Twitter After Reinstating Nazis
Reporters from the Washington Post, New York Times, and others were banned for sharing publicly available information.
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The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • December 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Australia urged to offer asylum to Afghan women in ‘grave danger’ from Taliban
Women facing deportation as Pakistan moves to expel refugees will be targeted by Taliban, crossbencher Rebekha Sharkie says
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BroadAgenda • Anonymous • December 16, 2022 • broadagenda.com.au
Why women are speaking out in fury and solidarity
Content notification: This story discusses sexual violence and trauma. Whoever said the personal is political was not kidding. The experiences of Brittany Higgins are a striking example. As her story was shared in the media, on social media, and in the courtroom, it was both intensely personal and intensely political. This was true not just […]
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National Clinical Evidence Taskforce • NC19CET • December 15, 2022 • clinicalevidence.net.au
National Clinical Evidence Taskforce Funding Update
Earlier this week the National Clinical Evidence Taskforce was informed that the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care will not be continuing our contract to develop clinical guidelines for COVID-19 beyond December 31, 2022. As a collaboration of 35 member organisations, we are extremely proud of our shared work over the last 33 months […]
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The Guardian • Nino Bucci, Ben Smee • December 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
As more is revealed about the Wieambilla shooters, some question why Gareth Train was not on authorities’ radar
Experts are concerned the threat of far-right extremism and sovereign citizens is not being taken seriously. But that could change after the murder of three people in Queensland
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The New York Times • Anjali Singhvi, Mika Gröndahl, Maggie Haberman, Weiyi Cai, Blacki Migliozzi • December 16, 2022 • nytimes.com
Inside Mar-a-Lago, Where Thousands Partied Near Secret Files
A Times investigation shows how Donald J. Trump stored classified documents in high-traffic areas at Mar-a-Lago, where guests may have been within feet of the materials.
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The Canberra Times • Karen Barlow • December 17, 2022 • canberratimes.com.au
Antipoverty Centre calls for welfare boycott over Macklin appointment
The former deputy Labor leader was chosen to head the new independent advisory body into the welfare system.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Angus Thompson • December 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Mystery at the heart of robo-debt crackdown
The robo-debt royal commission has made clear that bureaucrats knew the scheme was illegal and yet it was implemented.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • December 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
‘I feel like I’ve been underestimated my whole life’: Albanese puts critics on notice
The prime minister believes he can avoid the internal turmoil that engulfed Labor the last time it was in office.
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The Age • Paul Sakkal, James Massola • December 17, 2022 • theage.com.au
Trans feud raises spectre of Victorian Greens’ expulsion from national party
A leaked memo claimed national council was “prepared to begin the process of expelling the Victorian Greens” if Adam Bandt’s branch didn’t show it was taking the issue seriously.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun • December 15, 2022 • smh.com.au
Top News Corp executive appointed to head Australia Post
The appointment of Siobhan McKenna, who currently heads News Corp’s broadcasting division, follows a tumultuous period for the postal service.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
Absolutely stunned that on the same day @MarkDreyfusKCMP abolishes AAT for cronyism, the @AlboMP govt appoints long time Lachlan Murdoch fixer & current Sky News chair Siobhan McKenna chair of Aussie Post. Appalling choice. Look at the Network Ten record: smh.com.au/politics/feder…
December 17, 2022
Eureka Report • Alan Kohler • December 16, 2022 • eurekareport.com.au
The Money Cafe: Deals & Drongos of the Year
On this final, bumper Money Café of 2022, Alan Kohler is joined by James Thomson and Stephen Mayne to award deal of the year, worst call of the year, personality of the year and drongo of the year - ex-Lark CEO Geoff Bainbridge, Scott Morrison and Lachlan Murdoch all in the running. Also, the calls for 2023 on interest rates, regime change in NSW, Russia and the RBA. And: Musk vs Murdoch and fame and power; the worst AGM speech of the year, Boral and Kerry Stokes; and more, much more. Find out more at Eureka Report.
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • December 17, 2022 • thenewdaily.com.au
We now have 26 million reasons to work for a better Australia
I missed a milestone in July 27 – the arrival of the 26 millionth Australian. If you are a baby, you bring promise, renewal and our future
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ABC News • Rory Callinan, Lucy Stone • December 17, 2022 • abc.net.au
Nathaniel Train breached Queensland border carrying weapons months after school resignation
A Queensland farmer recalls a "sketchy" encounter with police shooter Nathaniel Train when he broke through the Queensland-NSW border gate and dumped weapons into a creek in December last year.
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