Monday, August 8, 2022 to Sunday, August 14, 2022 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Paul Karp, Daniel Hurst • August 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Astonishing’: texts reveal officials’ reaction to Morrison government election day boat arrival demand
Newly released messages between border force and home affairs public servants shed light on ‘unprecedented’ haste to make asylum boat interception public
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • August 8, 2022 • smh.com.au
We changed our government. But do media and voters need to change too?
After nine years responding to a government that rarely seemed interested in achieving much, and after 12 years of political in-fighting, perhaps we need to shift our approach.
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The New Yorker • Susan B. Glasser, Peter Baker • August 8, 2022 • newyorker.com
Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals
How Mark Milley and others in the Pentagon handled the national-security threat posed by their own Commander-in-Chief.
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Jeffrey Goldberg@JeffreyGoldberg
"The President’s loud complaint to John Kelly one day was typical: 'You fucking generals, why can’t you be like the German generals?'”
'Which generals?' Kelly asked.
'The German generals in World War II,' Trump responded."
From this holy-shit excerpt:
newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…
August 8, 2022
The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • August 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
FOI documents show Peter Dutton’s ‘captain’s call’ to make senior Liberal head of defence thinktank
Documents obtained by Guardian Australia show the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s choice of candidate was overruled by then defence minister
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The Guardian • Michael McGowan • August 9, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Shitshow’ over John Barilaro’s NYC appointment keeps sucking the NSW government in
Analysis: Former deputy premier’s appearance at inquiry was always going to generate plenty of headlines
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The Guardian • Richard Denniss • August 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
It’s time to tax mining and energy giants properly. Struggling Australians should share in their record profits
The fact that an energy exporter like Australia is having a tough time when the prices of our energy exports are sky high shows just how broken our political debate has become.
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Norway has a population 1/5th of ours but earned nearly as much tax on its oil industry this year as Australia has in its entire Future Fund. Its time we stopped taking econ advice from the oil industry & got serious about tax, #Climate & economics #auspol theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
August 11, 2022
news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • August 14, 2022 • news.com.au
Morrison’s secret move ‘shocked’ his own minister
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Samantha Maiden@samanthamaiden
EXCLUSIVE: Scott Morrison “shocked” colleagues by secretly swearing himself in as resources minister and ultimately used the power to roll his own frontbencher, Keith Pitt, over a plan to drill for gas off the New South Wales coast
news.com.au/national/polit…
August 14, 2022
The Saturday Paper • Chris Wallace • August 13, 2022 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How ‘tax bludgers’ are ripping off their fellow Australians
The gender pay gap is alive and well and ‘tax bludgers’ are thriving in Australia, as the latest figures show scores of millionaires paid nothing on their income.
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Lisa Bryant@LisaJBryant
“It shows the economy continues “to work very well for those it was designed for, and by,” says Melbourne’s Per Capita think tank executive director, Emma Dawson. “Wealthy men.”
Exactly ⁦@DawsonEJ⁩ Great article ⁦@c_s_wallace⁩ ! thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/…
August 13, 2022
The Guardian • Antoun Issa • August 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
Melbourne’s western suburbs need real solutions, not an anti-trans culture war
The preselection of religious conservative Moira Deeming shows the Victorian Liberals are out of touch with Melbourne’s west
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Antoun Issa@antissa
The Vic Liberals insist that Moira Deeming (an anti-trans and anti-abortion candidate) is reflective of the more conservative values in Melbourne's west.
If anything, it shows the Liberals don't get the west at all.
My column 👇
theguardian.com/australia-news…
August 8, 2022
The Guardian • Melissa Davey, Stephanie Convery • August 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Not honest’: new health minister dismisses Coalition election claim that bulk billing had hit 88%
Exclusive: ‘Primary care is in its worst shape since Medicare began,’ Mark Butler says amid taskforce review of Medicare system
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ABC News • Hagar Cohen, Kevin Nguyen • August 12, 2022 • abc.net.au
Whistleblower lawsuit alleges 'cowboy culture' and financial misconduct inside Hillsong Church
A whistleblower suing Hillsong in the Federal Court alleges the megachurch moved millions of dollars in payments through overseas entities to avoid scrutiny by the Australian charities regulator.
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Josh Bornstein@JoshBBornstein
This is the first time that I have represented a whistleblower working in a religious institution- in this case, Hillsong. abc.net.au/news/2022-08-1…
August 12, 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald • Ben Cubby • August 8, 2022 • smh.com.au
Revealed: Car industry’s secret emissions plan would slow electric vehicle uptake
The car industry has launched a wide-ranging private campaign that would delay Australia’s transition to electric vehicles, confidential documents show.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Neil McMahon • August 10, 2022 • smh.com.au
I knew Olivia Newton-John, and she was exactly who you thought she was – and more
We thought of her as the ingenue – but the soft-spoken girl from Melbourne had a steel inside that she showed through action, never words.
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Neil McMahon@NeilMcMahon
🧵Here's my reflection for @TheAge + @SMH on Olivia Newton-John. About fame, fortune and friendship but mostly about dogs. I've not spoken about this, but don't think she'd mind me sharing what she did when I was at death's door in 2020. theage.com.au/culture/celebr… #OliviaNewtonJohn
August 10, 2022
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • August 8, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘I will continue killing foreigners’: soldier who shot dead unarmed Australians treated as ‘returning hero’ by Taliban
Exclusive: Hekmatullah, who killed three Australian soldiers, is living in a heavily protected luxury Kabul home after being freed from prison
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • August 10, 2022 • crikey.com.au
Has Ron Watkins, who many believe is behind QAnon, moved to Australia?
One of the world's most influential conspiracy theorists has been spotted in Australia and some believe he may be planning on staying.
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The Australian • SIMON BENSON, GEOFF CHAMBERS • August 12, 2022 • theaustralian.com.au
Morrison’s secret Covid moves to protect power
Scott Morrison secretly swore himself in as joint health minister when Covid-19 began to take off in March 2020, after concerns that by invoking emergency measures under biosecurity laws, he was effectively handing control of the country to Greg Hunt.
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Tom McIlroy@TomMcIlroy
This is pretty extraordinary. Scott Morrison secretly took on a joint health and finance minister role at the height of the COVID crisis. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…
August 13, 2022
The Guardian • Christopher Hopkins • August 13, 2022 • theguardian.com
A year since fleeing Kabul: ‘Now my children can grow up in peace’
The withdrawal of allied troops from Afghanistan a year ago led to desperate scenes as refugees tried to escape the Taliban. One man tells his family’s story
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Donna Lu@donnadlu
This is an extraordinarily moving story by Noor M Ramazan, who fled Kabul with his family a year ago – on repeatedly rebuilding from nothing, the kindness of new friends, and the right to refuge and life in a "place where there is no harm". theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…
August 13, 2022
Michael West • #Mate • August 8, 2022 • michaelwest.com.au
All caretaker, no responsibility: how a dying government slipped freebies to its mates
On its way to electoral oblivion, the Morrison government kept the dollars flowing to select beneficiaries, defying "caretaker" conventions.
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💧Michael West@MichaelWestBiz
Defying 'caretaker' govt conventions, Scott Morrison forked our 600k of grants every hour during the campaign.
Terrific investigation by @AusPolMate
michaelwest.com.au/all-caretaker-…
August 8, 2022
ABC News • Nassim Khadem, Michael Janda • August 9, 2022 • abc.net.au
The 60 millionaires who paid no tax and the richest and poorest postcodes revealed
Sixty people earned more than $1 million but paid no tax in 2019-20, and the country's lowest incomes have been recorded in regional NSW, according to the ATO's latest taxation statistics.
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Peter Martin@1petermartin
ANNUAL REALITY CHECK. The median, or middle, earning Australian made $48,381, with men ($56,746) earning considerably more than women ($41,724) abc.net.au/news/2022-08-0… @NassimKhadem @mikejanda @ato_gov_au #ausecon #auspol
August 9, 2022
The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • August 10, 2022 • theguardian.com
‘Disturbing’ report into NSW parliament’s culture uncovers examples of bullying and sexual harassment
Exclusive: Independent report calls for mandatory training for all staff and review of complaint process
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Tamsin Rose@tamsinroses
Exclusive: Mandatory training for all members of NSW parliament and their staff will be recommended in a “disturbing” report on bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct. Broderick review to be released Friday. #nswpol theguardian.com/australia-news…
August 10, 2022

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