Friday, May 5, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor to scrap Coalition’s ‘punitive’ ParentsNext scheme from next year
Albanese government says mutual obligations under the widely criticised program will end immediately
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Luke Henriques-Gomes@lukehgomes
A massive congratulations to @terese_smfa, @ellaNbuckland, all the single mothers who bravely spoke out about their experiences and others who campaigned for years to end ParentsNext theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 5, 2023
Crikey • Cam Wilson • May 5, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Daily Mail reporter who ran a secret racist Twitter account is now an editor there
A Daily Mail staff member complained about Sam Duncan's racist tweets in 2017. The next year, Duncan was promoted.
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cameron wilson@cameronwilson
Last month, @crikey_news reported on a Daily Mail reporter who secretly ran a racist, antisemitic Twitter account.
Turns out he still works there. He was even promoted to editor after a staff member complained to HR about his racist tweets in 2017.
crikey.com.au/2023/05/05/dai…
May 5, 2023
ABC News • Gareth Hutchens • May 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Rent seekers are profiting big time and it's hurting Australian living standards, top economist says
Pointing to big changes that have greatly affected Australia's capacity to deliver rising standards of living, top economist Ross Garnaut calls for a major policy overhaul.
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Gareth Hutchens@grhutchens
RBA's rate hikes creating inflation, Ross Garnaut says, calling for radical overhaul of economic policy
He also says the Reserve Bank has been "speaking power to truth" when it comes to profits
abc.net.au/news/2023-05-0…
May 5, 2023
Australian Financial Review • Joe Aston • May 4, 2023 • afr.com
Tom Seymour’s PwC tax scandal backsplash
The chief executive seems to have no grasp of what’s at stake here, no real sense of how bad this is.
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Dan Ziffer@danziffer
A former staff member at PwC used secret government info. The firm made cash from it.
An incredible story, with huge impact for the consulting firms that have grown to power our public service and the taxpayers that are funding them.
#auspol #ausbiz
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May 5, 2023
The Guardian • Richard Partington, Graeme Wearden • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
European Central Bank chief suggests firms are engaging in ‘greedflation’
Comments by Christine Lagarde come after central bank raises interest rates for seventh time in succession
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Jackson, Lenore Taylor, Josephine Tovey, Miles Herbert, Daniel Semo • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Are young people being denied a fair go? with Lenore Taylor – podcast
Gabrielle Jackson talks to Guardian Australia’s editor-in-chief, Lenore Taylor, and deputy live news editor, Jo Tovey, about how the cost-of-living crisis is not being felt evenly
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Gabrielle Jackson@gabriellecj
Today on Full Story, I’m talking to ⁦@lenoretaylor⁩ and ⁦⁦@Jo_Tovey⁩ about how the cost of living crisis is impacting young people >> Are young people being denied a fair go? theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 5, 2023
The Age • Amelia McGuire • May 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
Qantas reveals pay packet for new CEO
Qantas will pay its incoming chief executive Vanessa Hudson a base salary of $1.6 million when she starts in the role in November, but she may receive millions more in bonuses.
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Katina Curtis@katinacurtis
*sigh* incoming Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson's pay (both base and including potential bonuses) is lower than Alan Joyce's when he left AND when he started the job. She's been with the company 28 years. theage.com.au/business/compa…
May 5, 2023
The Guardian • Josh Nicholas, Rafqa Touma • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
How to win the Archibald prize: what 100 years of data tells us
Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize also tells us a lot about the nation – so we’ve gone through more than a century of data and 6,000 finalists to get the big picture
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NickdMiller ❔@NickdMiller
Love this graphic: how Archibald portrait colour palette changed over time. theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…
May 5, 2023
@abcnews • May 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Friday Finance with Alan Kohler
News from the world of finance and business. Top stories in text, video and audio. Business video news bulletin. Features and analysis.
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Alan Kohler@AlanKohler
Tonight's @abcnews finance bit, in which I report the RBA's effective forecast of a per capita recession this year, and other amazing things.
abc.net.au/news/2023-05-0…
May 5, 2023
The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
NSW government expects 12 councils to call for strict caps on short-term rentals
Planning minister Paul Scully has spoken to mayors in state’s north about proposed 60-day cap for Byron
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
I’ll never forgive the government for the way it treated me on ParentsNext | Ella Buckland
Scrapping the program means parents can focus on raising kids, rather than worrying if payments will be suspended for failing to fulfil mutual obligations
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The Guardian • Editorial • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
The Guardian view on the coronation of Charles III: a dated pageant that should be rethought
Editorial: Many are open to ideas about a better system for a head of state. It is surely time to properly debate them
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The New York Times • Jessica Bennett • May 1, 2023 • nytimes.com
Opinion | Why Didn’t She Scream? And Other Questions Not to Ask a Rape Accuser
The cross-examination of E. Jean Carroll, in her lawsuit against Donald Trump, shows how much and how little things have changed in sexual assault cases.
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Louise Milligan@Milliganreports
“We are still cross-examining rape victims as if it were 1993.” Very good piece in @nytimes. And, having read many transcripts of Australian trials for sex crimes for my book, Witness (& spoken to hundreds of survivors), we are still doing it here, too. nytimes.com/2023/05/01/opi…
May 5, 2023
ABC News • Andrew Greene, Stephen Dziedzic • May 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Hundreds of millions to flow as Australia seeks to counter China's growing Pacific ambitions
A wideranging Pacific assistance package covering environmental, military, and economic support for Australia's closest neighbours will be unveiled in Tuesday's budget.
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The Guardian • Joe Hinchliffe • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Her calling’: NSW father says daughter’s generosity was behind her death in Kambo frog toxin ritual
‘I’m supposed to be a tough prison officer,’ said Frank Lechner as he fought back tears when addressing the court
The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
World’s foremost royal menu collector reveals king’s coronation quiche a far cry from beheaded quails of old
Australian Jake Smith’s collection, including an 1845 menu for the king of Hanover, shows some dishes favoured by previous British monarchs that are definitely not on King Charles’s menu
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ABC News • Steve Cannane • May 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
US 'very aware' of Australian government's stance on Julian Assange's extradition, Albanese says
Giving his strongest comments on the case to date, Anthony Albanese tells the ABC he is "frustrated" the US government is continuing its prosecution of Julian Assange despite being "very aware" the prime minister opposes his ongoing incarceration.
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The Age • Annika Smethurst, Sumeyya Ilanbey, Broede Carmody • May 5, 2023 • theage.com.au
Pesutto to lead new push to eject Deeming as her allies face sanction
Several MPs who were reluctant to back an earlier push to oust Moira Deeming have told colleagues they are furious with her threats to launch legal action against the opposition leader.
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The Guardian • Peter Hannam • May 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Labor’s net zero authority wins backing after workers call for help to leave fossil fuel industry
Energy minister says body will ‘focus like a laser on any obstacles to job creation and investment’
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The Australia Institute • May 5, 2023 • australiainstitute.org.au
China Stone and Range mines lapsed: What does this mean?
Greetings Coal Trackers! This update brings good news and bad news. First the good news. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has declared lapsed two new coal mines! Good job, Minister! The China Stone mine was a massive proposal that had the capacity to cause almost 5 billion tonnes of climate pollution, equivalent to running a coal
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