Saturday, January 28, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Ben Doherty, Christopher Knaus • January 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
Operator accused of ‘gross negligence’ wins $420m contract to manage Australia’s offshore processing on Nauru
Scandal-plagued US firm MTC will be responsible for ‘garrison and welfare’ of around 70 asylum seekers on Pacific island
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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • January 28, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
‘Pandora’s box’: Real conspiracy behind robo-debt
Fresh evidence to the royal commission shows how departments actively avoided legal precedents to keep robo-debt running for years.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith, Lucy Carroll • January 28, 2023 • smh.com.au
War of words erupts between Opus Dei schools and the ABC
NSW’s education authority is investigating Sydney schools linked to Opus Dei after allegations the schools deviated from the state curriculum.
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Louise Milligan@Milliganreports
No “war of words” at our end. Just investigative journalism, without fear or favour. As this article says, it highlighted issues so serious that ahead of our program, Education Standards Authority’s investigating the schools. Watch @4corners Purity Monday. smh.com.au/national/nsw/w…
January 28, 2023
The Monthly • Jim Chalmers • February 1, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Capitalism after the crises
In a time of serial disruption – to our economy, our society and our environment – the treasurer argues for the place of values and optimism in how we rethink capitalism
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Jim Chalmers MP@JEChalmers
Extracts from my essay in today’s @australian and @financialreview – or read the full @THEMONTHLY piece here themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/feb…
January 28, 2023
Pearls and Irritations • Barry Jones • January 28, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
Australia Day: a long perspective from 65,000 BCE
Barry Jones' Australia day speech covers pertinent historic points from 65,000 BCE to 2023 and why it's time for the Voice.
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Phillip Adams@PhillipAdams_1
My mate Barry at his best johnmenadue.com/australia-day-…
January 28, 2023
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • January 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
What the ghosts of campaigns past – and Dirty Dancing – can teach the PM about the voice referendum
The lessons from the republic, marriage equality and climate fights? Don’t get bogged down in detail, Indigenous Australians have to lead and avoid partisan biffo
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The Monthly • Richard Denniss • February 1, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Nothing to see here
It’s a new year and COVID remains a major public health crisis – so why isn’t the government talking about it?
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
If a pandemic killed 15,000 people & nobody seemed to notice was it really a pandemic? In Australia last year COVID-19 killed more people than lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, car accidents & drowning combined…just sayin #auspol #covid19aus themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/feb…
January 27, 2023
The Guardian • Sarah Collard, Blake Sharp-Wiggins • January 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Under siege’: As Alice Springs becomes a national flashpoint, locals fear what comes next
Anthony Albanese flew in and announced new alcohol restrictions, leaving the Arrernte people worried about curfews, military, and being ignored
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The Sydney Morning Herald • January 28, 2023 • smh.com.au
Writers need more government support: publisher Louise Adler
The Adelaide Writers’ Week director calls on federal arts minister Tony Burke to remember writers in his upcoming national cultural policy.
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Louise Adler@louiseadler
.@Tony_Burke eagerly awaiting your launch of a new and improved cultural policy that meets the needs of Australian writers whose average annual income is $13k. @adelwritersweek Writers need more government support: publisher Louise Adler smh.com.au/national/write…
January 28, 2023
The Saturday Paper • Mike Seccombe • January 28, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The Dreyfus interview: Action coming on refugee ‘inhumanity’
In a major interview, Mark Dreyfus details his ambitions as attorney-general and the history that drives him to make an impact in the portfolio.
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • January 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
Inflation-driven higher education debt increases to hit millions of Australians
Even under the most conservative scenario, modelling suggests average Help debt will increase by at least $1700 when indexed on 1 June
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Caitlin Cassidy@caitecassidy
The 2.9 million Australians with Help loans face swelling debt of at least $1,700 when next indexed this year. The Greens say indexation on higher education should be abolished, and the minimum threshold should be raised from $48,361.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
January 28, 2023
The Age • Stephen Brook, Marc McGowan • January 28, 2023 • theage.com.au
‘Be careful’: Australian Open boss Craig Tiley advises Djokovic family
The tournament director says players and their families must be careful not to get caught up with disruptive spectators.
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • January 27, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: When the gaming lobby comes after you ...
There’s a quick way to tell if an electronic gaming machine policy is good or bad: If ClubsNSW is backing it, it will be bad.
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MarketWatch • Nicole Lyn Pesce • January 27, 2023 • marketwatch.com
Marie Kondo admits she’s ‘kind of given up’ on tidying up after having 3 kids
The decluttering queen and Netflix star's new book notes that what 'sparks joy' in her life has changed --- and yes, her house actually gets messy.
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@abcnews • January 25, 2023 • abc.net.au
Purity: An Education in Opus Dei
Four Corners takes you inside the suburban schools connected to the secretive Opus Dei. Reporter Louise Milligan and the team investigate the disturbing practices of the conservative Catholic organisation and its influence in the NSW Liberal Party.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Caitlin Fitzsimmons • January 27, 2023 • smh.com.au
Lunch with ... the man who won marriage equality on two continents
Tiernan Brady spent two-and-a-half years living in Australia working on the 2017 marriage equality campaign, and met his partner in a queue for ice-cream in Sydney. He shares advice on social change campaigns that could apply to the Voice referendum.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • George Megalogenis • January 28, 2023 • smh.com.au
Dutton is forgetting one major detail, and it’s nothing to do with the Voice
Old Australia commanded a clear majority when the republic was rejected in 1999. But times have resoundingly changed.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • January 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
Jim Chalmers says May budget to have ‘much bigger focus’ on tackling entrenched disadvantage
Treasurer says ‘best way to shift the needle’ is to ‘find out where those challenges are most acute’, and ‘this is something I care deeply about’
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The Guardian • Katie Cunningham • January 28, 2023 • theguardian.com
Mumbling actors, bad speakers or lazy listeners? Why everyone is watching TV with subtitles on
Subtitles aren’t just for the hard of hearing, with Netflix reporting 40% of its viewers regularly use them. But do we just enjoy them or is there a more annoying reason?
The Sydney Morning Herald • Miki Perkins • January 28, 2023 • smh.com.au
El Nino, electric vehicles and an end to extinctions?: The big climate and environment topics in 2023
How urgently we respond to the climate crisis this decade will change will be hugely consequential for thousands of years to come. Here’s what Australia needs to do.
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