Monday, March 14, 2022 to Sunday, March 20, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Lorena Allam, Nick Evershed • March 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
Almost half the massacres of Aboriginal people were by police or other government forces, research finds
The final update of the project mapping massacres on Australia’s colonial frontier adds a further 113 sites where six or more people were killed
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
Stuart Robert says ‘dud teachers’ not an issue in Australia’s independent schools
Acting education minister says teacher training needs overhaul as ‘bottom 10%’ are ‘dragging the chain’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rob Harris • March 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Kimberley Kitching: Farewell to a patriot and a friend
“Patriot” has been used to describe the late senator – a lover of language (she spoke six), she would be keen to explain the origin of the word – and her work shows she was just that.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • March 19, 2022 • theguardian.com
Kimberley Kitching’s death and its aftermath are another glimpse into the routine brutality of Australian politics
This is fundamentally a story about contemporary politics. It isn’t pretty, because the arena can be hostile to humans
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • March 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
The Australian’s coverage of Zachary Rolfe verdict condemned as ‘a national disgrace’
News Corp paper published multiple negative stories about Kumanjayi Walker and body camera footage from night he was killed
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Niki Savva • March 17, 2022 • smh.com.au
Blame-shifting and stunts won’t win Morrison an election
When Scott Morrison came under fire over his handling of the flood crisis, there was one person who did not come out swinging.
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ABC News • Laura Gartry, Ali Russell, Anne Connolly, Stephanie Zillman, Brendan Esposito • March 14, 2022 • abc.net.au
Chris is one of the few people to escape the Public Trustee system. The ordeal cost him $1 million
When the Public Trustee is given the keys to your life, speaking out publicly is illegal, and it can block you from trying to regain your freedom. Four Corners went to the Supreme Court to reveal the hidden ordeals of those who have escaped the system.
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Anne Connolly@anneconnollyabc
These #publictrustee stories have never been told like this because of gag laws which mean a journalist can be imprisoned for telling them. We tell them on @4corners abc.net.au/news/2022-03-1…
March 14, 2022
The Guardian • Michael McGowan • March 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘How’s $100,000 sound?’: John Barilaro directed grants to marginal seats
Exclusive: 70% of discretionary funds from the then deputy premier went to Coalition seats
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Michael McGowan@mmcgowan
Former New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro directed millions of dollars in grants to Coalition electorates, many of them at-risk National party seats, from a discretionary pool of funds which have almost no departmental oversight. theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 15, 2022
The Guardian • Paul Karp • March 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
SES units in flood-hit NSW raised alarm in 2020 that restructure threatened ‘future of the service’
Exclusive: Budget cuts and ‘efficiency dividend’ blamed for closure of regional offices and decreases in membership, morale and responsiveness
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • March 16, 2022 • theguardian.com
South Australian election: can social media savvy Peter Malinauskas lead Labor back to power?
Liberal premier Steven Marshall points to state’s nation-leading economy, but voters don’t seem to be listening
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The Guardian • Benita Kolovos • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Here to get things done’: Daniel Andrews prepares for battle over paid sick leave
Exclusive: Victoria’s premier reveals why he is gearing up for a showdown with the Coalition government and business over benefits for casual workers
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Benita Kolovos@benitakolovos
“I got fit and well to come back, not to piss off. I’ve got a lot to do,” Victorian premier Daniel Andrews told me during an exclusive interview to mark the launch of Guardian Australia’s new Victorian state news section. theguardian.com/australia-news… @GuardianAus
March 14, 2022
The Age • Chris Vedelago • March 16, 2022 • theage.com.au
New class of trainee journalists joins The Age
The Age has welcomed a new generation of journalists to its newsroom, with five highly qualified and eager trainees joining the masthead this week.
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ABC News • Elizabeth Byrne • March 16, 2022 • abc.net.au
Evidence so secret that even Bernard Collaery can't know what it is will be used against him in court
Top-secret evidence will be allowed to be called by the Commonwealth in the conspiracy trial of Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery.
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Nick Feik@NickFeik
Evidence that Collaery himself cannot see/hear will be used against him in his trial.
Whoever is involved in this decision and ok with it should resign in shame. This is not normal.
abc.net.au/news/2022-03-1…
March 16, 2022
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • March 17, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Lot of show and not a lot of go’: aged care workers struggling to get Morrison government’s $800 bonus
Cash-strapped industry is being asked to initially fund the scheme, with no guarantee of reimbursement from an ‘overly bureaucratic and slow process’
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The Guardian • Lenore Taylor • March 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Guardian Australia is expanding its coverage of the states: here’s why
The states have always played a central role in readers’ lives but never more so than in these years of pandemics and natural disasters
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Chan • March 18, 2022 • theguardian.com
Defence personnel not allowed to speak about climate ‘unless they go through Peter Dutton’s office’
Former defence force chief Chris Barrie says it’s a disgrace that we’ve made a left-right issue out of global heating and its impacts
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The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 20, 2022 • smh.com.au
Leaked documents reveal scope of tax reform Turnbull and Morrison rejected
Leaked documents reveal fresh details about the broad scope of tax and housing policy changes considered by the Coalition when Scott Morrison was Treasurer and Malcolm Turnbull was Prime Minister.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
Cabinet documents leaked to @smh @theage reveal Treasury suggested to Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison they scale back negative gearing, capital gains tax breaks, raise GST & broaden the base. Instead of doing that they attacked Labor for doing so theage.com.au/politics/feder…
March 20, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • March 15, 2022 • smh.com.au
Labor spending blitz appears to favour marginal electorates
The government has accused Anthony Albanese of hypocrisy for promising to pour money into sporting clubs, pools and roads in marginal electorates.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
These local promises, often announced by YouTube and FB rather than press release, are adding up.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
March 15, 2022
The Guardian • Lisa Cox, Adam Morton • March 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
Coalition to allow some projects, including mining, to bypass federal environmental approvals
Conservationists warn using workaround to speed up decisions will lead to worse outcomes
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ABC News • Lorna Knowles, Kevin Nguyen • March 18, 2022 • abc.net.au
'Sin is messy': Hillsong Church says founder Brian Houston breached code of conduct after sending inappropriate texts to staffer
In a letter leaked to the ABC, Hillsong Church says founder Brian Houston breached its code of conduct, with the organisation apologising "unreservedly" to two women who complained about his inappropriate behaviour.
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