Saturday, April 22, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Sydney Morning Herald • Peter Hartcher • April 22, 2023 • smh.com.au
The Liberal Party is dying and Dutton can’t even diagnose the disease
Peter Dutton reassured the party it was suffering the normal fortunes of the electoral cycle, but unless it can attract more women, they will be out.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Andrew Hornery • April 22, 2023 • smh.com.au
Australian comedy great Barry Humphries dies in hospital aged 89
Barry Humphries, the man responsible for some of Australia’s most loved characters, has exited stage left for the last time.
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The Age • Rachael Dexter, Benjamin Preiss • April 22, 2023 • theage.com.au
Victorian councils targeted by conspiracy theorists’ campaign of disruption and influence
A campaign of disruption and influence has targeted more than a dozen councils and prompted condemnation from the state government.
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ABC News • Brianna Morris-Grant • April 22, 2023 • abc.net.au
Wreck of ship that sank with hundreds of Australians discovered deeper than Titanic
Hundreds of Australians were killed when the Montevideo Maru sank during World War II, with its location remaining a mystery — until now.
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Peter Garrett@pgarrett
An amazing effort & huge moment in our military history. My grandfather, Tom, was aboard. Over a thousand people lost their lives, referenced 30 years ago in the Oils song In The Valley. This means a lot to me as I know it will to countless others.
abc.net.au/news/2023-04-2…
April 22, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Adam Pengilly • April 22, 2023 • smh.com.au
It costs $225 to buy a LIV Golf jumper in Australia. Can Greg Norman make the concept survive?
It’s the richest - and perhaps best - tournament Australian golf has ever hosted and has changed the momentum of LIV Golf. But are Norman and his Saudi paymasters in it for the long haul?
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James Massola@jamesmassola
To everyone gushing over the LIV golf tournament in South Australia, I have two words: Jamal Khashoggi. Assassinated (according to UN & CIA) for criticising the Saudi Arabian state. State governments seeking to host these tournaments need a moral compass. smh.com.au/sport/golf/it-…
April 22, 2023
The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • April 22, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: The fallacy at the heart of the RBA review
Instead of tackling the fallacy and lie, the review came up with this: 'There should be increased joint work between Treasury and the RBA'.
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The Canberra Times • Karen Barlow • April 21, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
The curious case of the 'incredibly similar' conservative cross-party posts
LNP senator Gerard Rennick, One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts and UAP senator Ralph Babet have been posting similar...
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Karen Barlow@KJBar
Recent videos posted by Gerard Rennick, Malcolm Roberts and Ralph Babet have got attention, not just for content, but for having very similar fonts, captioning, text heavy layout and use of parliamentary vision.
The main difference is party colours. canberratimes.com.au/story/8156829/
April 22, 2023
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • April 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
The mouse that roared: how a little Australian website stared down Murdoch’s millions
Incensed by an opinion piece, Lachlan Murdoch came at Crikey with guns blazing. But in the end he walked away – for the second time in a week
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The Saturday Paper • Richard Denniss • April 21, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Flaws in the RBA review
The review of the Reserve Bank of Australia delivered this week is, according to one economics professor, “a watershed moment in Australian economy policy, on par with floating the dollar in 1983”. That’s probably an overreach but, hey, it’s okay for economists to disagree about things.
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Australian Financial Review • Andrew Tillett • April 21, 2023 • afr.com
Army vehicles gutted for missiles amid $42b budget hole
Plans to build new armoured vehicles in Australia for the army will be slashed to pay for new missiles and stronger cybersecurity, after a major military review uncovered a $42 billion budget hole.
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
So it is possible to cut defence spending to meet our priorities…as long as they are other kinds of defence spending…inequality isn’t an accident its caused by those who pretend we ‘can’t afford’ to boost NewStart & ‘can afford Stage 3 tax cuts #auspol afr.com/news/politics/…
April 22, 2023
The Guardian • Paul Karp • April 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor has poured cold water on an increase to jobseeker – leaving progressive voters scratching their heads
Labor may be correct that it can’t solve poverty in one budget, but it has no excuse not to begin the process
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The Sydney Morning Herald • George Megalogenis • April 22, 2023 • smh.com.au
Labor has the building blocks. Time for the Tetris
A new Labor vision is emerging that updates some parts of the Hawke-Keating policy structure and discards others.
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Australian Financial Review • Emma Connors • April 21, 2023 • afr.com
Singapore ambassador slams the ‘nightmare’ set to ‘ruin the region’
National treasure Tommy Koh has spent decades negotiating with countries. He despairs at the “zero” level of trust between China and the US.
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Michael Fullilove@mfullilove
Nice portrait of Tommy Koh by ⁦@EmmaMConnors⁩ afr.com/world/asia/sin…
April 22, 2023
The Guardian • Sian Cain • April 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Barry Humphries, Australian comedian and creator of Dame Edna Everage, dies aged 89
Famed for personas that also included the vulgar Sir Les Patterson, Humphries became a household name in a seven-decade career
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Mashable • Matt Binder • April 22, 2023 • mashable.com
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks
After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.
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Bill McKibben@billmckibben
Sadly, the blue check has now become an almost perfect signal that its bearer is a white nationalist convinced that climate activism is a Soros-sponsored scam. (and/or crypto dude).
I've never blocked anyone, but this approach seems sound.
mashable.com/article/block-…
April 22, 2023
The Age • Simone Fox Koob, Amelia Adams • April 22, 2023 • theage.com.au
Seeing witches: The cult-like church and the crash that rocked Victoria
When truckie Mohinder Singh allegedly complained he was seeing witches and shouldn’t drive, his boss prayed with him then sent him out on the road. Four police officers died.
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The Saturday Paper • Rick Morton • April 22, 2023 • thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Dutton refuses to identify ‘Elders’ he met over the Voice
Peter Dutton claims his position on the Voice is informed by Indigenous communities, but the communities he names say they are being misquoted or that he refused to meet with them.
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ABC News • David Taylor • April 22, 2023 • abc.net.au
Costs are going up, wages are staying down and the RBA review doesn't do enough
In Australia, right now, we are at risk of entrenching deep inequality and further flaming the housing crisis, but the RBA review doesn't immediately address these problems, writes David Taylor.
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David Taylor@DaveTaylorNews
The RBA is now going to try very hard to achieve ‘full employment’ in the economy
A journo asked a perfectly valid question: ‘what is that?’
Turns out there is no answer
That’s one part of my ⁦@abcnews⁩ Saturday column abc.net.au/news/2023-04-2…
April 22, 2023
The Guardian • Khaled Al Khawaldeh • April 22, 2023 • theguardian.com
Conservationists rubbish plan to build a windfarm near protected north Queensland rainforests
About 1,000ha of native vegetation will have to be cleared to build the proposed Chalumbin windfarm on the edge of the world heritage area
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KOLR - OzarksFirst.com • John Paul Schmidt • April 21, 2023 • ozarksfirst.com
Springfield man charged with demanding meat at gunpoint
REPUBLIC, Mo. — On April 18, Republic Police Department officers were called to a Price Cutter to respond to a call about a robbery in which a man held an employee at gunpoint so that he would be s…
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