Sunday, February 5, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Fleur Connick • February 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Grown men were sobbing’: the story of a refugee family who survived war and pirates to build a life in country NSW
Coonamble, seven hours north-west of Sydney, embraced the Do family, and in return, Deanne and Minh fed them for the next 35 years
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Fleur Connick@ConnickFleur
It was so special to be able to share the Do family’s heartwarming and powerful story of how they fled Vietnam in 1975 and built a new life in my hometown of Coonamble ❤️
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February 5, 2023
The Guardian • Helen Garner • February 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Helen Garner on happiness: ‘It’s taken me 80 years to figure out it’s not a tranquil, sunlit realm’
In a series of short essays, writers consider what happiness means to them now, after the reckoning of the past few years
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The Guardian • Ben Smee • February 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
LNP blocks Gerard Rennick recruits as party seeks to ‘keep out the cookers’
Liberal National party increasingly alert to attempts by the rightwing fringe to build influence since May’s federal election
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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • February 4, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
FW: URGENT: Tudge leaked personal data to cow welfare critics
As more terrible details emerge in the robo-debt royal commission, a case is being built of misfeasance in public office.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • February 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Albanese says Indigenous voice next step in reconciliation and opponents ‘trying to start a culture war’
In a speech on Sunday, PM to argue referendum comes at a time of increasing polarisation when democracy needs to be ‘protected’
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The Canberra Times • Karen Barlow • February 5, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
Albanese government moves to end the 'jobs for mates culture' in APS
Katy Gallagher says the review is about "putting an end to the jobs for mates culture."
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Katy Gallagher@SenKatyG
Being on a government board should be about what you know, not who you know.
That’s why we’re announcing a review to restore integrity in public sector board appointments and make sure they are based on merit rather than politics 👇👇 bit.ly/3l8Eoom #auspol
February 5, 2023
Pearls and Irritations • Peter Rodgers • February 5, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
A Middle East diplomatic memoir with heft
Dr Bob Bowker's memoir is a must read for Australian policy makers from one of Australia’s leading experts on Middle East affairs.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jane Caro • February 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
This throwaway joke at the bakery was just another example of ageism
Older people are not asking for special treatment. Most of us require nothing more from the young than to be treated courteously, kindly and with respect.
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The Age • Royce Millar, Miki Perkins • February 5, 2023 • theage.com.au
The closure of Australia’s last white paper mill could end native forest logging in Victoria
The Maryvale Paper Mill in the Latrobe Valley is one of the few remaining buyers of Victoria’s native timber. Without it, native forest logging in the state could be over sooner than expected.
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ABC News • Stan Grant • February 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
One word is missing from the Voice debate
The Voice to Parliament speaks to politics. But there is also a deep ache of the soul. Surely any consideration of justice for Indigenous people begins with compassion for suffering, writes Stan Grant.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • February 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
Perrottet’s poker machine revolution passes snap meeting of cabinet
All poker machines in the state would be cashless within five years under a raft of measures in the Coalition’s new gambling reform package.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Anthony Galloway • February 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
Labor approaches ‘serious milestone’ of presiding over more COVID deaths in aged care
More than 3800 Australians died with COVID-19 in aged-care facilities over the past 12 months, quadrupling the number of deaths during the first two years of the pandemic.
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ABC News • Laura Tingle • February 4, 2023 • abc.net.au
The Robodebt royal commission is revealing a staggering picture of public service debasement over decades
The government involved in this dreadful Robodebt episode may be gone. How you change the bureaucratic culture that allowed it to happen must be one of the biggest questions arising from the royal commission, writes Laura Tingle.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter FitzSimons • February 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
Tim Costello is not anti-gambling, but wants Dracula out of the bloodbank
Gambling reform advocate Tim Costello chats to Fitz about his hope for a new pokies policy in NSW, the legacy of George Pell, and how his ‘lefty’ brother flirted with Labor politics.
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Peter FitzSimons@Peter_Fitz
Tim Costello on his brother Peter's flirting with the ALP; the horrors of the damn Pokies and thoughts on Perrotet's approach; and why he would never have attended Pell's funeral, because of his failing of children.
#NSWpol #Auspol
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February 5, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Laura Tingle • February 3, 2023 • afr.com
The cover-up culture that created robo-debt must also go
Officials who didn’t want to hear bad news, and ministers who wanted to manage the news, are the heart of this story.
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
Ouch, ⁦@latingle doesn’t miss…⁩ “Whatever the failings of ministers, the royal commission has revealed the most staggering and blatant picture of how the public service has been debased over the past 30 or 40 years…” #auspol afr.com/politics/feder…
February 4, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Jacob Greber • January 31, 2023 • afr.com
Business dismay at Coalition climate policy retreat
Companies want bipartisan support for Labor’s benchmark emissions reduction plan, warning of policy chaos, rising power prices and increased operating costs.
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The Canberra Times • Jenna Price • February 5, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
The way we view retirement really needs some work
Where's our outrage, our annoyance, our swarming in the streets?
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