Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Lenore Taylor • May 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Guardian Australia launched in a spirit of hope and determination. Ten years later we’re going from strength to strength
Since May 2013 our once-tiny news site has achieved what some thought impossible
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • May 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Starving the unemployed shames us all – and I’ve had a gutful
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who’s always telling us how hard he and his pensioner mother did it, has a moral imperative to ease the burden of the jobless.
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WAtoday • Jesinta Burton • May 3, 2023 • watoday.com.au
WA’s top cop vows to probe police raid on journalist’s home
WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch has vowed to review a raid on the home of a Pilbara journalist after the media union accused authorities of “harassment”.
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Sophie McNeill@Sophiemcneill
Outrageous overreach by @WA_Police
Journalist documenting the relocation of sacred rock art in the Burrup industrial hub has photos seized from her home watoday.com.au/national/weste…
May 3, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • May 3, 2023 • smh.com.au
Orange is the new hack: 891 more lobbyists gain inside access to Parliament House
Some crossbenchers are so frustrated with visits from lobbyists with orange all-access passes that they lock their doors. David Pocock wants to know who is signing them up.
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The New York Times • Jeremy W. Peters, Michael S. Schmidt, Jim Rutenberg • May 3, 2023 • nytimes.com
Carlson’s Text That Alarmed Fox Leaders: ‘It’s Not How White Men Fight’
The discovery of the text message contributed to a chain of events that ultimately led to Tucker Carlson’s firing.
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Mark Di Stefano@MarkDiStef
The NYT has an unredacted text Tucker Carlson wrote about a violent white mob to a producer which alarmed Fox executives nytimes.com/2023/05/02/bus…
May 3, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Neil Chenoweth, Edmund Tadros • May 3, 2023 • afr.com
‘For your eyes only’: How PwC leaks helped global clients dodge tax
Previously secret emails show PwC charged $2.5 million in fees to advise 14 clients how to sidestep new tax avoidance laws in 2016, relying on confidential information.
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Antony (Tony) Walker@tonywalker1
If you are outraged about the rapaciousness of the 'big four' consulting firms, suggest you read 'When McKinsey Comes to Town'. These 'consultancies' are a modern version of the East India Company, pillaging governments and bureaucracies across the world at taxpayer expense 😑 twitter.com/FinancialRevie…
May 3, 2023
The Guardian • Lisa Cox • May 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Northern Territory clears way for fracking to begin in Beetaloo Basin
Environmental groups and scientists say move will have an unacceptable impact on the climate and have called for ban
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David Pocock@DavidPocock
Emissions from the Beetaloo basin is the same as 140 years of all of Australia’s domestic flights 🤯
Infuriating to see climate scientists warnings disregarded by governments as they priorities fossil fuel expansion ahead of our future.
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May 3, 2023
The Guardian • Euan Ritchie • May 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia being unable to afford greater environmental protection is a government myth that refuses to die
Redirecting massive defence spending and implementing a windfalls gains tax in the 2023 federal budget could go a long way to saving our environment
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Professor Euan Ritchie 🌏 🌳 🐾 🔥 🎶@EuanRitchie1
It's a persistent and exceedingly damaging myth that government can't afford to properly invest in environmental protection and repair. Here I explain why and how much better things could be, *if* our government had a change of heart theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #Budget2023
May 3, 2023
ABC News • Adrienne Francis, Georgia Roberts • May 3, 2023 • abc.net.au
Mel had just wrapped as a make-up artist on a Hollywood blockbuster — soon after, she could barely walk
Canberra make-up artist Mel White had just reached her lifelong goal with a job working on the Baz Luhrmann film Elvis when her life drastically changed.
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Laura Tingle@latingle
So proud of my dear friend Mel the Marvellous: Meet the women in the fight against functional neurological disorder abc.net.au/news/2023-05-0… via @ABCaustralia
May 3, 2023
ABC News • Roxanne Fitzgerald • May 3, 2023 • abc.net.au
'The end of the line': Scientists send open letter urging NT government to abandon fracking plans
The NT government is poised to make a final decision on whether it will green-light fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, but nearly 100 scientists have called for a fracking ban in the region, saying the costs to the community could be "enormous".
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David Pocock@DavidPocock
In 🇦🇺 in 2023 we have governments who say they’re acting on climate change while also allowing enormous new fossil fuel projects 🤯🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🗳️
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May 3, 2023
The Guardian • Nino Bucci • May 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
WA police seized photos from home of journalist who took images of ancient rock art being removed
Eliza Kloser says she was stopped by police while photographing the art’s removal from Burrup peninsula and then had images seized from her Karratha home
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SBS News • Soofia Tariq • May 3, 2023 • sbs.com.au
Mehreen Faruqi sues Pauline Hanson over 'piss off back to Pakistan' tweet
The deputy Greens leader has filed paperwork in the Federal Court, suing Senator Hanson for unlawful offensive behaviour over the tweet.
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Soofia Tariq@soofiatariq
Greens deputy leader Senator Mehreen Faruqi has launched legal action against One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson over a tweet telling Senator Faruqi to "pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan". sbs.com.au/news/article/m…
May 3, 2023
Crikey • John Buckley • May 3, 2023 • crikey.com.au
The No campaign for the Voice to Parliament is winning the media battle
The Yes side's most authoritative voices emerged as those with the fewest mentions over the first two months of the campaign.
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Australian Financial Review • Tom McIlroy • May 3, 2023 • afr.com
Everything we know about today’s budget (so far)
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his second budget on Tuesday. Here’s what we know so far that is set to be included.
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The New Daily • Paul Bongiorno • May 2, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Coronation a last hurrah for Australian monarchy
Central to the coronation will be the out of sight anointing of the King as God’s chosen, a medieval remnant of the Divine Right of Kings.
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Prof Jenny Hocking@palaceletters
'King Charles III of Australia' will be the last British monarch as our dynastic Head of State. 'The Palace Letters revealed the extent of the Palace’s connivance in Sir John Kerr’s treachery' in 1975. Time for this demeaning subservience to end #auspol thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/…
May 2, 2023
The Guardian • May 3, 2023 • theguardian.com
Guardian Australia turns 10: birthday messages from famous faces – video
Watch Sam Neill, Behrouz Boochani, Tim Minchin and five PMs wish Guardian Australia a happy anniversary
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The New Daily • Michael Pascoe • May 3, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Michael Pascoe: More RBA independence, Treasurer? Cop this
“So you think the Reserve Bank board lacks ticker, Jim? You think the focus on getting inflation down needs to be sharpened? Well cop this.”
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The Guardian • Josh Butler • May 2, 2023 • theguardian.com
Liberals accused of flirting with ‘far-right fringe’ after Sky News Australia show where Indigenous voice compared to apartheid
Exclusive: shadow attorney general Michaelia Cash guests on Cory Bernardi’s show where host compares voice proposal to apartheid South Africa
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ABC Radio • May 3, 2023 • abc.net.au
Why the Reserve Bank can't stop raising rates
Even though inflation seems to be coming down, the Reserve Bank has started raising interest rates again, making it the eleventh time in a year. So what's going on? And when will the prices of everything from food to rent return to normal? Today, ABC business reporter, Nassim Khadem, on why it's going to take a while yet. Featured: Nassim Khadem, ABC business reporter
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • May 2, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Only in Sydney’: DJ thrown out of pub after his set for wearing a hat
Matty Ferguson says the incident in Sydney’s south wouldn’t have happened in any other city he has partied during his professional DJ-ing career.
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