Monday, July 11, 2022 to Sunday, July 17, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Elias Visontay • July 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
Qantas: outsourced baggage handler says one in 10 bags not making flights at Sydney domestic terminal
Exclusive: Worker raises concerns about chronic staff shortage, poor pay and unmanageable workload as domestic travel soars
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Bridie Jabour@bkjabour
wild story on the conditions baggage handlers are working in that while focuses on Qantas explains a lot the “airport chaos” being experienced worldwide after pandemic redundancies and airlines outsourcing contracts, by @EliasVisontay theguardian.com/business/2022/…
July 11, 2022
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • July 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Have you recently had an abortion?’ Australian transiting through US questioned then deported
Madolline Gourley says she was on her way to Canada for a holiday when US immigration officials intervened
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ABC News • Madi Chwasta • July 14, 2022 • abc.net.au
Quiet coffee in shopping centre turns into TikTok video viewed millions of times, all without the subject's consent
A Melbourne woman says she feels "dehumanised" after she was filmed without her consent for a TikTok video that has now been viewed more than 57 million times.
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cammyboo AO@cameronwilson
""He interrupted my quiet time, filmed and uploaded a video without my consent, turning it into something it wasn't, and I feel like he is making quite a lot of money through it."
abc.net.au/news/2022-07-1…
July 14, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Lucy Cormack, Paul Sakkal • July 15, 2022 • smh.com.au
Albanese signs off on restoring the $750 pandemic isolation payment in policy reversal
National cabinet has been brought forward to Saturday in a snap decision that underscores the urgent need to address growing COVID caseloads.
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Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • July 13, 2022 • afr.com
You wouldn’t know it, but Gerry Harvey is being silenced
Harvey’s stifled voice was heard for 23 minutes on Neil Mitchell’s morning radio program.
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Joe Aston@mrjoeaston
Peak self-awareness: Gerry Harvey has used a 23-minute radio interview on Melbourne's highest rating morning show to complain that he's being silenced. joeas.tn/3o0T0nS
July 13, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Waleed Aly • July 15, 2022 • smh.com.au
Australia’s current approach to COVID embodies a simple contradiction
As a nation, Australians love following rules, but it seems no level of government is willing to pull the lever to tackle the impending COVID wave.
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Claire Connelly@_ClaireConnelly
‘We now have a situation where the law requires COVID-positive people to stay home for seven days, but refuses to provide them with compensation if they have no leave entitlements. It’s a legally mandated week of zero income.’
smh.com.au/national/austr…
July 15, 2022
ABC News • Michael Slezak • July 14, 2022 • abc.net.au
Controversial Coalition appointments resign from board overseeing carbon credit scheme labelled a 'rort'
A major cleanout of Coalition-appointed members of a committee overseeing emissions reductions in Australia has seen three resignations, including the chair.
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The Guardian • Lice Movono, Kate Lyons • July 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Solomon Islands PM rules out China military base and says Australia is ‘security partner of choice’
Exclusive: In his first interview since the security deal with Beijing, Manasseh Sogavare says he would only call on China if there was a ‘gap’ that Australia could not fill
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Kate Lyons@MsKateLyons
BREAKING In his first media interview since signing the China deal, Sogavare has told the Guardian there will be no military base, as that would make Sols an “enemy” and Australia remains “security partner of choice”
From ⁦@LiceMovono⁩ and me theguardian.com/world/2022/jul…
July 14, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Butler • July 15, 2022 • theguardian.com
The Uber files: firm knew it launched illegally in Australia, then leaned on governments to change the law
Exclusive: company acknowledged in documents leaked to the Guardian it had used ‘hyper-aggressive tactics’ in global expansion
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan • July 11, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘A present for someone’: Jenny West gives explosive testimony at inquiry into John Barilaro’s NY trade job
Former senior public servant says she had been sent a brief signed by Gladys Berejiklian confirming her in the New York role
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Ben Eltham@beneltham
I mean I have to admit this does seem quite corruptish. A bit corruptiony, you might say. A little bit unlawfulesque theguardian.com/australia-news…
July 11, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright, Rachel Clun • July 12, 2022 • smh.com.au
The ‘motherhood penalty’: Women’s wages drop for up to a decade after birth
A Treasury analysis shows Australian mothers earn less than half of their pre-birth wage in the five years after childbirth. That’s worse than for women in the US, UK, Denmark and Sweden.
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The Guardian • Kate Lyons • July 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
Police remove two Chinese defence attaches from Pacific Islands Forum meeting
Fijian police escort the men from media space where US vice-president Kamala Harris was making virtual address
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Bill Birtles@billbirtles
What goes around comes around eh - A Fijian journalist spots a Chinese embassy official who barred her & other media from Wang Yi's visit earlier this year... posing as media: theguardian.com/world/2022/jul…
July 13, 2022
Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • July 10, 2022 • afr.com
Scott Morrison’s rugby league delusion
The former prime minister is a pretend NRL fan just like he is, fundamentally, a pretend Liberal.
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James Massola@jamesmassola
🔥🔥🔥 ⁦@mrjoeaston⁩ today. afr.com/rear-window/sc…
July 11, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Tom Rabe • July 11, 2022 • smh.com.au
NSW government cites national security to keep Barilaro documents secret
The NSW government is refusing to make public several documents relating to the process surrounding John Barilaro’s appointment to a US trade posting.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Lucy Cormack • July 11, 2022 • smh.com.au
Public servant was told US trade job ‘a present for someone’, Barilaro inquiry hears
The same day Jenny West’s plum US job offer was retracted as it was going to become a political appointment, she also learnt she was being made redundant.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin, Josh Butler • July 14, 2022 • theguardian.com
Labor backbenchers call for pandemic supports to continue as PM announces snap national cabinet meeting
Exclusive: Federal Labor MPs join NSW Labor leader Chris Minns in calling for Albanese government to rethink decision on Covid policies
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Katharine Murphy@murpharoo
New: Labor MP breaks ranks to call for pandemic leave payments and free rapid tests to continue theguardian.com/australia-news… @msmarto @JoshButler #auspol
July 14, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michaela Whitbourn, Lucy Cormack • July 11, 2022 • smh.com.au
ICAC considers probe into John Barilaro’s US trade post
A NSW parliamentary inquiry heard explosive evidence on Monday that a top bureaucrat said a US role ultimately given to John Barilaro was “a present for someone”.
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The Guardian • Harry Davies, Simon Goodley, Felicity Lawrence, Paul Lewis, Lisa O'Carroll, Sam Cutler • July 12, 2022 • theguardian.com
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals
124,000 documents expose inner workings behind US tech firm’s rise as a global empire responsible for 19m journeys a day
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Rob Davies@ByRobDavies
Exclusive: Welcome to The Uber Files.
A cache of 124,000 documents, leaked to the Guardian and shared with the @ICIJorg and international media partners, expose the inner workings of Uber and the rules it flouted in pursuit of world domination.
theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/…
July 11, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola, Mike Foley • July 14, 2022 • smh.com.au
Greens slam Labor climate bill as government digs on 43 per cent ‘mandate’
Greens leader Adam Bandt said that “if you’re going to legislate targets then they should be Dutton-proof”.
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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • July 16, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Albanese offers no relief for jobseekers
The Labor government has left in place ‘mutual obligations’, as new tender documents show the punitive system channels billions of dollars into private companies.
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Rick Morton@SquigglyRick
Mutual Obligations in the welfare system essentially guarantee payment and profit to the $7.1 billion outsourced job provider network. That's why the Department says the 4-week pause is "being closely monitored." Lot of private equity firms making bank. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
July 16, 2022

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