Monday, April 17, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • April 16, 2023 • afr.com
Alan Joyce has had enough
The problem for people who surround themselves exclusively with sycophants is that they become ill-equipped to cope with negative feedback.
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Ronni Salt@RonniSalt
This is fascinating from Joe Aston
During his term, Alan Joyce held off on rolling over and renewing large sections of the Qantas fleet, cutting back on billions in expenditure to juice profits that ultimately benefited, yes - Alan Joyce
Quite a read
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afr.com/rear-window/al…
April 17, 2023
The Guardian • Sam Levine • April 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
Judge delays Dominion and Fox News trial amid reports of settlement talks
Rupert Murdoch’s channel sued for knowingly or recklessly broadcasting outlandish lies about voting equipment after Trump lost election
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The Australian • JOE KELLY • April 16, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Former Indigenous affairs ministers Ian Viner, Fred Chaney and Peter Baume to vote yes to Indigenous voice to parliament
Three former Liberal Indigenous affairs ministers have declared they will vote in support of a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice to parliament, as Anthony Albanese urges Australians to respond to the referendum “with their own instinctive fairness and decency”.
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Rachel Withers@rachelrwithers
Ian Viner, Fred Chaney and Peter Baume, who all served in the Indigenous affairs portfolio during the Fraser government, issued a joint one-sentence statement:
“We support Ken Wyatt and ­Julian Leeser and intend to vote ‘yes’ in the referendum.”
theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…
April 17, 2023
The Australian • MATTHEW DENHOLM • April 17, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Peter Dutton ‘dividing Australia’ on Indigenous voice to parliament: Peter Gutwein
Former Tasmanian Liberal premier Peter Gutwein has ­savaged his party federally, ­accusing Peter Dutton of dividing Australians and federal ­Liberal MPs of “atrocious” ­undermining of the state’s ­current premier.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Nick Bryant • April 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
Australia has rejected angry populism, so why is Dutton clinging onto it?
The US and the UK are still reeling from the politics of 2016 that gave us Trump and Brexit. Australia has a different vibe, but it seems Peter Dutton did not get the memo.
The Sydney Morning Herald • James Massola • April 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
Dutton poised to unveil Voice-led reshuffle, promoting two Indigenous senators
The opposition leader is expected to unveil a frontbench shake up on Tuesday, with two Indigenous senators tipped to be promoted in the run-up to the Voice referendum.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Matt Wade • April 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
Melbourne tops Sydney as Australia’s biggest city – on a technicality
For more than 100 years, Sydney has been Australia’s most populous city, but Melbourne has snatched that mantle due to one key factor.
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The Age • Sumeyya Ilanbey • April 17, 2023 • theage.com.au
IBAC probe into Premier Daniel Andrews and advisers to be revealed
The findings of a secret corruption probe into the role of Premier Daniel Andrews and his advisers in awarding two grants worth $3.4 million to a Labor-linked union on the eve of the 2018 election will be revealed on Wednesday.
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The Guardian • Jane Lee, Amy Remeikis, Karishma Luthria, Daniel Semo, Joe Koning, Miles Martignoni • April 17, 2023 • theguardian.com
Why is it hard to legalise cannabis in Australia? – podcast
Political reporter Amy Remeikis tells Jane Lee why the politics and the legal system are at odds with social attitudes on cannabis
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Jane Lee@JaneSYLee
Medicinal cannabis has been legal for 7 yrs and the TGA has approved psilocybin and MDMA for prescription use but the Greens' proposal for legalising recreational cannabis still faces a number of hurdles. @AmyRemeikis tells us why on Full Story today 🎧theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 17, 2023
ABC News • Rebecca Opie • April 17, 2023 • abc.net.au
Inquiry led by Julia Gillard calls for universal access to preschool in SA for three-year-olds
A royal commission, led by former prime minister Julia Gillard, has recommended 15 hours per week of preschool be made available to all three-year-olds in South Australia.
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Australian Financial Review • Michael Read • April 17, 2023 • afr.com
‘Beggars belief’: Reserve Bank apologises for underpaying staff
The RBA has identified issues with the payment of leave and has called in consulting firm PwC to rectify the problem.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • April 17, 2023 • smh.com.au
How squabbling politicians let mining companies wreck our economy
While it may seem like a resource boom is good for the Australian economy, petty, short-sighted politicking has sabotaged any potential benefit.
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Ross Gittins@1RossGittins
How the two-party duopoly did us in bit.ly/3GQ06FD #ausecon #ausbiz #auspol
April 17, 2023
Neos Kosmos • Christopher Gogos, Kosmos Samaras • April 17, 2023 • neoskosmos.com
As a Greek I am compelled by my own history to vote YES
Political strategist Kosmos Samaras writers why he as a Greek will support the Yes Vote for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in Australia
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Kos Samaras@KosSamaras
As a Greek I am compelled by my own history to vote Yes. So are many other migrants and children of migrants.
My ancestral land is no longer my home, it’s no longer the home of my relatives. It’s a reality that the No campaign completely overlooked.
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April 17, 2023
Crikey • Cam Wilson • April 17, 2023 • crikey.com.au
'Kochie lived a full and meaningful life': fake celeb death ads use hacked accounts to promote crypto scam
'Just for clarity I'm alive,' Sunrise host David Koch tweeted in response to a post about his death from an account promoting a crypto scam.
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cameron wilson@cameronwilson
There's an interesting story behind last week's 'Kochie is dead' tweets.
It looks like someone hacked a Twitter account, racked up $1k+ of ads on MuskNews.net fake news articles to promote a scam crypto trading platform.
(Kochie is OK AFAIK)
crikey.com.au/2023/04/17/dav…
April 17, 2023
The Monthly • Rachel Withers • April 17, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Negative feedback loop
The campaigns for and against the voice are heating up, with the “No” side continuing to sow confusion and doubt
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The New Daily • April 17, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Fox News trial delayed, network 'seeking settlement'
The US trial involving Fox and Dominion Voting Systems has been pushed back a day, with reports the news organisation is seeking a settlement.
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Michael Pascoe@MichaelPascoe01
It's only my opinion, but looks like Fox has finally faced up to settling for a billion or so in hope it can do so without admitting it has no defence, that its leadership is happy for its hacks to lie for the sake of ratings.
Sound familiar?
thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/us-…
April 17, 2023
ABC News • Michael Janda • April 17, 2023 • abc.net.au
The RBA gives journalists 90 minutes of enforced silence and, in return, we give you an insight into its thinking
Every now and then, the Reserve Bank of Australia locks up a group of financial journalists and the ABC's Michael Janda is often one of them. He explains why this is good for reporters, and for you.
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Australian Financial Review • Michael Read • April 16, 2023 • afr.com
JobKeeper and ‘excessive’ stimulus to blame for high inflation
Pandemic stimulus dramatically overcompensated for lost income and, along with rock-bottom interest rates, drove inflation 3 percentage points higher, research shows.
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The New Daily • Alan Kohler • April 17, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Don’t count on low unemployment. It won't last
With unemployment now back at 3.5 per cent, workers seem to have regained their bargaining power – until technology takes it away again.
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The Age • Ashleigh McMillan • April 17, 2023 • theage.com.au
‘Dangerous, reckless’: Woman arrested after alleged ‘deliberate’ hit-run
Robert Clarke has described the emotional toll of being injured in a hit-run while cycling for the second time. A woman is now being interviewed by police over the matter.
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