Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Michael McGowan • March 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
NSW police drop claim that protest involving Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco blocked ambulance
Magistrate hearing case against two co-accused questioned why officers say ‘no ambulance was obstructed’
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Hartcher, Matthew Knott • March 7, 2023 • smh.com.au
Australia faces the threat of war with China within three years – and we’re not ready
Are we prepared for full-scale conflict? Our panel of national security experts says no.
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Geoff Kitney@4mambo
SMH goes all Daily Telegraph! I can't think of a single editor I worked under at Fairfax for over 40 years who would have run this in this way. This is alarmist, Murdoch-style , click-bait journalism. twitter.com/tonywalker1/st…
March 7, 2023
The Guardian • Ben Doherty • March 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Refugees held offshore plead with Australia to be moved, saying ‘every day is suffering’
Home affairs department’s submission to inquiry is the only one opposing Greens senator’s bill calling for refugee evacuation to Australia
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Ben Doherty@BenDohertyCorro
Refugees held in offshore processing by Australia have appealed directly to the government to get them off the islands where they have been held for a decade. theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 7, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • March 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
FOI Commissioner quits after less than a year in the job
Less than a year after he became the first FOI Commissioner in seven years, Leo Hardiman has quit, saying he can’t make the changes needed to fix the system.
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ABC News • March 7, 2023 • abc.net.au
Bree says she did things she never imagined she would in order to feed her pokies addiction
At the height of her gambling addiction, Bree Hughes was visiting up to seven venues each day. She's joined a growing chorus of voices urging Victoria to put the brakes on poker machine losses in the state's most disadvantaged communities.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
Rather than pokies billionaire Bruce Mathieson spending $200m buying 10% of dodgy casino company Star Entertainment, why doesn't he create a $200m fund so businesses/victims of crime that were defrauded by addicted gamblers could claim back some losses: abc.net.au/news/2023-03-0…
March 7, 2023
The New Daily • Paul Bongiorno • March 7, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
The robodebt royal commission our most important in a long while
It has taken the robodebt royal commission to do it, but Australians are being given dramatic evidence that the very underpinnings of our system of government have been trashed at great cost to the nation.
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The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • March 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Share of affordable properties in Australian capital cities has more than halved, analysis shows
The proportion of dwellings listed for under $400 a week has more than halved to an average of just 15% across the country
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Kate Aubusson • March 7, 2023 • smh.com.au
Women turned away from public hospitals three years after abortion decriminalised in NSW
Just two hospitals in the state run abortion services, forcing women and their GPs to make dozens of calls to private providers searching for an appointment.
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The Australian • BEN PACKHAM • March 6, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Submarines ‘need 108 PhD-level nuclear scientists a year’
Australia must train at least 108 PhD-level researchers in nuclear engineering every year to provide sufficient “top tier” experts to operate and maintain Australia’s ­future nuclear submarines, new analysis suggests.
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • March 3, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Meet the controversial, anti-abortion former UAP candidate who's joined the 'No' Voice to Parliament campaign
Yodie Batzke, who has joined Warren Mundine and John Anderson to campaign against the Voice to Parliament, had a disastrous 2019 federal election tilt.
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cameron wilson@cameronwilson
NEW: The 'No' Voice to Parliament campaign Recognise A Better Way added a new committee member after the defection of Senator Jacinta Prince.
Yodie Batzke is an anti-abortion former UAP candidate whose flyers falsely said she was a adjunct professor
crikey.com.au/2023/03/03/voi…
March 7, 2023
The Guardian • Ben Smee • March 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘No actual teaching’: alarm bells over online courses outsourced by Australian universities
Exclusive: degrees marketed as being from major universities are increasingly run by third-party companies with pre-recorded lectures and no tutorials
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Chan • March 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia’s drought planning should begin now, not when the rain dries up
The country is on track for a record $90bn agricultural production year but forecasts indicate drier times ahead
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Calla Wahlquist@callapilla
.⁦@gabriellechan⁩ reflects on the record $90bn agriculture result in the Abares report, and on that particular feature of Australian rural politics that we only plan for drought when we’re in the middle of it. theguardian.com/australia-news…
March 7, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matt Dennien • March 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Long march’: The right-wing Christian plan to infiltrate politics
A recent two-day annual conference in Brisbane drew hundreds with the goal of “arming Christians to influence culture”.
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Matt Dennien@mattdennien
your semi-regular reminder about the Christian right’s very unsubtle long-term goals in Australia brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/feder…
March 7, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • March 7, 2023 • smh.com.au
Hipster outrage as McDonald’s plans 24-hour restaurant in Marrickville
The world’s biggest fast food chain has lodged a pre-development application for a new store on Marrickville Road.
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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
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
March 6, 2023
The Guardian • Sean Ingle • March 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Fifa could perform U-turn on Saudi sponsorship of Women’s World Cup
There is cautious but growing optimism among Football Australia officials that Fifa will drop plans to unveil Visit Saudi as a key Women’s World Cup sponsor
The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Amanda Meade, Miles Herbert, Camilla Hannan, Molly Glassey • March 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Crikey, Fox News and Rupert Murdoch’s shocking testimony
Laura Murphy-Oates talks to media Guardian Australia’s correspondent Amanda Meade and defamation law expert Dr Michael Douglas about the implications this trial could have for another defamation case in Australia, where Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch is suing independent news outlet Crikey
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The Guardian • Lisa Cox • March 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
NSW Labor vows to fix ‘broken’ environmental offsets system if elected
Spokesperson Penny Sharpe says current system has ‘no red lines’ and party will deliver changes within first 18 months of government
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ABC Radio National • March 7, 2023 • abc.net.au
'No new coal or gas is a slogan, not a policy': Bowen
The safeguard mechanism is a central pillar in the government's plan to drive down emissions, and negotiations are continuing in Parliament this week.
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Polly Hemming@pollyjhemming
Minister Bowen: "'No new coal or gas' is a slogan, not a policy"...
Actually it is science.
The @IEA, @UN (and the 100+ Australian scientists) calling for a ban on new gas & coal are not known for their pithy marketing jargon.
#climate #auspol
abc.net.au/radionational/…
March 7, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Julie Hare • March 6, 2023 • afr.com
Universities marching towards gender parity by degrees
Many structural barriers are coming down but there is still a long way to go before women achieve a fairer outcome in academia.
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