Monday, March 6, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • March 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Australia seems incapable of change, but one thing gives me hope
Australia has created a small-target strategy for itself: one in which any serious reform is undermined, political debate is infantilised and the trivial is catastrophised.
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Sean Kelly@mrseankelly
About last week: has there been a more perfect demonstration of the hopelessly petty place to which Australian politics has descended?
Latest column from me
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March 6, 2023
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • March 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia condemned for indefinitely ‘locking up’ Iranian political dissident
Several family members of Mr A, from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab community, killed by security forces during Iranian uprising
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
“It is two-faced for the Australian government to condemn the Iranian government for its violent oppression of Iranian protesters... while it is locking up Iranian protesters in Australia’s immigration prisons at the same time." @HumanRights4A theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 6, 2023
The New Daily • Alan Kohler • March 6, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
To defeat climate change, Australia must do the impossible
The climate argument between Labor and The Greens is as strange as the carbon-reduction target being impossible to meet.
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Alan Kohler@AlanKohler
I’ve looked in detail at Labor’s carbon emissions reduction project using the safeguard mechanism. It’s going to be hard - really hard, almost impossible. @TheNewDailyAu
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March 6, 2023
The Guardian • First Dog on the Moon • March 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
It’s Monday morning at the government's policy approval meeting. Next up: the climate safeguard mechanism
Will the Greens hate this policy and can we blame them for everything? Yes good tick
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Firstdog Onthemoon@firstdogonmoon
The Safeguard Mechanism - do you know what it is? More importantly do you know what it isn't!? Exactly. Here is a cartoon. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
March 6, 2023
The Guardian • Stephanie Convery, Benita Kolovos • March 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Now you’re evicting them?’: Victorians in ‘life-changing’ housing scheme face homelessness again
Hundreds yet to be permanently housed and others unhappy with accommodation as government scales back funding
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick Bonyhady, Sarah Danckert • March 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Gone in 38 seconds: Regulator using AI to reject serious criminal complaints
Thousands of reports are filed each year alleging wrongdoing by people connected to failed companies, but ASIC only pursues less than 3 per cent.
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ABC News • Nassim Khadem • March 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
'I had to be a chameleon to fit in': Rozalina felt pressured to act 'white' to get ahead at work. Many others do
Racially marginalised women across Australian workplaces say they "act white" to fit in and get ahead, according to a new survey launched ahead of International Women's Day. Many also report still facing racism and sexism.
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Nassim Khadem@NassimKhadem
'I had to be less Aftican to fit in', 'I'd whiten my skin', 'I'd be a chameleon' Why racially marginalised women act 'white' at work. It's called code switching and @DivCouncilAus research shows it's common in Australian workplaces abc.net.au/news/2023-03-0… @ABCaustralia @abcnews
March 6, 2023
ABC News • Michael Slezak • March 6, 2023 • abc.net.au
Gina Rinehart's company declared a political donation 444 days late, but will regulators investigate?
Gina Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting declares a $150,000 political donation 444 days after the legal deadline, following questions from the ABC.
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Los Angeles Times • Meg James • March 5, 2023 • latimes.com
Murdoch has survived scandal after scandal. Will Dominion-Fox News lawsuit be different?
The media mogul acknowledged that he could have stopped the parade of conspiracy theorists on Fox News from amplifying false claims by former President Trump and his surrogates that the election in 2020 was stolen.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
Dominion-Fox News case just the latest scandal for Murdoch - Los Angeles Times. Always enjoy reading Meg James on media matters. latimes.com/entertainment-…
March 6, 2023
MEAA • March 6, 2023 • meaa.org
ABC staff postpone planned stoppage
ABC journalists have voted to postpone tomorrow’s stoppage following a new pay offer from management.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Baker • March 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Crisis room: Inside the panic at Fox News after the 2020 election
A week after television networks called the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden, top executives and anchors at Fox News held a meeting to figure out how they had messed up. Not because they had gotten the key call wrong — but because they had gotten it right.
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The Age • Nick McKenzie • March 6, 2023 • theage.com.au
Outrage at children locked in solitary confinement for 22 hours a day
Whistleblowers claim the use of solitary confinement is rampant at Victoria’s largest juvenile justice facility, and that there have been multiple suicide attempts and self-harm incidents.
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The Guardian • Henry Belot • March 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia Post paid millions in bonuses to senior staff after board deemed them ‘appropriate’
Organisation considered dropping payments after criticism by government ministers but board decided they were necessary to ‘incentivise’ senior staff
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Chan, Mike Bowers • March 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Drought and flooding rains: the Murray-Darling Basin water rights balancing act
Floods brought the Macquarie Marshes back to life, but landholders need guaranteed environmental flows to help maintain a healthy marsh ecosystem that also supports businesses
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Calla Wahlquist@callapilla
Some absolutely beautiful @mpbowers pics on this piece on wetland politics (and why we need to talk about water allocations in the flood years) by @gabriellechan theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 6, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matt O'Sullivan, Adele Ferguson • March 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Rail board approved lavish executive payout fearing Labor election win
Confidential documents reveal the government-owned rail corporation designed a package worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for its senior executives.
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The Age • Josh Gordon, Broede Carmody • March 5, 2023 • theage.com.au
900 gambling ads per day: Sports betting ‘normalised’ for children
Betting ads are up 320 per cent over the past decade, according to the Victorian government’s official gambling harm adviser.
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David Pocock@DavidPocock
Almost 20 gambling ads an hour on TV between 9am - 8.30pm according to a new study in Victoria.
It’s not right that gambling is being normalised among children.
States and territories are increasingly asking for change, but federal amp-theage-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theage…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
March 6, 2023
The Economist • March 5, 2023 • economist.com
Russia’s population nightmare is going to get even worse
War in Ukraine has aggravated a crisis that long predates the conflict
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • March 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
Heatwave warnings for NSW as Sydney expecting hottest day in two years
Hotter overnight temperatures for Sydney and much of the north-east coast prompt warnings about heat stress and extreme fire danger
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The Australian • John Durie • March 3, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Super changes: Jim Chalmers lacks leadership on tax reform
The small-target revenue raising tactics of Treasurer Jim Chalmers beggar belief and show a fundamental lack of leadership by the Albanese government when it comes to tax reform.
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Peter Martin@1petermartin
It's still online this morning, still uncorrected. Swan released the Henry Tax Review, not Costello. It was in 2010, not 2007. It's as if The Australian doesn't care. theaustralian.com.au/business/jim-c…
March 6, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Andrew Tillett • March 6, 2023 • afr.com
Germany in talks to buy $3b tank-like vehicles from Australia
The government is negotiating its most lucrative arms export deal, with Berlin hoping to purchase Queensland-made Boxer armoured vehicles.
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