Friday, May 19, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

ABC News • Stan Grant • May 19, 2023 • abc.net.au
On Monday I'll present Q+A, then step away. Racism is violence and I have had enough
Although I try to shield myself from the racist abuse I'm frequently subjected to, the fact it is out there poisons the air I breathe. Now I have had enough – so on Monday night I will present Q+A, then walk away. For how long? I don't know, writes Stan Grant.
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • May 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Woman, 95, Tasered by officer at Cooma aged care home, approached on walking frame with a knife, police say
Police said the officer’s duty status was under review, as civil liberties groups demanded an independent investigation into incident that left Clare Nowland in critical condition
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Helen Davidson@heldavidson
An Australian cop tasered a 95-year-old woman with dementia inside an aged care home, after she approached him "at a slow pace", using a walking frame, and holding a steak knife.
She's in a critical condition. theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 19, 2023
The Guardian • Amanda Meade • May 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Q+A host Stan Grant standing down from ABC show after racist abuse
The ABC presenter says he has been a media target for racism and for now he’s ‘walking away’
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The Monthly • Rachel Withers • May 18, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
A study in contrasts
The disparity between the state of our politics and the state of our planet is staggering
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Rachel Withers@rachelrwithers
The UN announces we are about to pass the critical 1.5 degree warming threshold, and the South Australian government (which warmly welcomed the gas execs) announces a crackdown on climate protests.
ON THE SAME DAY.
themonthly.com.au/the-politics/r…
May 19, 2023
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • May 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
One year in, Anthony Albanese is betting big on Australia’s better angels
The mantle of office has settled on a man who wants to enlarge Australia’s idea of itself, and is staking his prime ministership on it
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The Guardian • Mike Hytner • May 18, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Let’s get it over the line’: Rugby Australia and AFL back Indigenous voice to parliament
Rugby Australia and the AFL have become the latest Australian sporting codes to declare support for the yes vote in the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum
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Craig Foster@Craig_Foster
“The voice is not about division. It’s about union.”
Exactly.
A moving statement of support for the Voice to Parliament by ⁦@RugbyAUS⁩ and important support by ⁦@AFL⁩, ⁦@NRL⁩ theguardian.com/sport/2023/may…
May 19, 2023
The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • May 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Richard Boyle claims judge wrong to deny him whistleblower protections
Former ATO worker lodges appeal against a South Australian district court decision
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ABC News • May 19, 2023 • abc.net.au
Australian doctor kidnapped by West African militant group released after seven years
Australian doctor Kenneth Elliott is released "safe and well" after being kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2016 by a group believed to have links to al Qaeda, with Foreign Minister Penny Wong saying the 88-year-old has been reunited with his family.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • May 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Real estate agents push back against Australian privacy law changes designed to protect personal data
Real Estate Institute of Australia president says ‘another component of risk that might prove detrimental to free enterprise’
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ABC News • Sean Tarek Goodwin, Maryanne Taouk • May 19, 2023 • abc.net.au
'Not above the law': Police commissioner pledges robust review into elderly taser incident
The use of a taser against 95-year-old Clare Nowland raises concerns about restraint and the use of force in aged care facilities, advocates say, as homicide squad investigators are called in to investigate.
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The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • May 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Two-thirds of people playing NSW pokies before 8am are problem gamblers or at risk, research shows
Exclusive: Earlier closing times could help protect gamblers, the government-commissioned study says
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The Guardian • Amanda Meade • May 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Death of MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo sparks frenzy of tabloid intrusion | Weekly Beast
Relentless speculation and paparazzo at funeral as family and colleagues mourn. Plus: ‘dole bludgers’ hounded after federal budget
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • May 19, 2023 • crikey.com.au
One Nation sets up 'local action groups' and an event with a Queensland vigilante mob leader
Malcolm Roberts is headlining an event called 'Let's tackle the crime wave together' with a former head of a white-nationalist 'patriots' group.
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cameron wilson@cameronwilson
NEW: Amid warnings against vigilantism by Queensland politicians and police, One Nation is setting up "local action groups".
They're also running a 'Let's Tackle The Crime Wave Together' event a vigilante mob leader who used to head up a far-right group.
crikey.com.au/2023/05/19/one…
May 19, 2023
Pearls and Irritations • Bob Carr • May 19, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
Australia’s real status as a submissive ally
QUAD is not what our media imagine, it is not an alliance. It i not a security pact. It isn't a partnership. It is a forum for consultations.
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The Guardian • Sophie Trevitt • May 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
Not caging children under 14 is the bare minimum we can do to not torture kids
I’ve watched smart, funny teenagers unravel behind bars. Australia needs to raise the age to keep young kids out of prison
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Alexandra Smith • May 18, 2023 • smh.com.au
Minns axes VIP Lounge signage for pubs and clubs
The NSW government will give three months for venues to remove all external gambling signage promoting VIP Lounges or Players’ Rooms or face hefty fines.
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The Guardian • Anne Davies • May 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
How is Australia trying to sell a major gas expansion? By badging it ‘sustainable’
Before Labor invests $1.5bn in Darwin harbour’s Middle Arm precinct, it needs to look beyond the spin
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Dr Kirsty Howey@kirsty_howey
This brilliantly lays out how the NT and Fed Governments have spun the Middle Arm development - the “enabler” of mass expansion of the gas industry according to their own docs - as sustainable, including to justify spending $1.5b of public funds on it.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
May 19, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Karl Quinn, Nick Bonyhady • May 19, 2023 • smh.com.au
Stan Grant quits the ABC’s Q+A, saying racist abuse ‘poisons the air I breathe’
The Indigenous journalist has announced he will step away from the ABC’s current affairs panel show over the “racial filth” to which he has been subjected.
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Shona Martyn@ShonaMartyn
The racist attacks on Stan Grant are sickening and sad. All of us in the media must play our part in helping quell the stench of the sewer. I am so sorry Stan. @walkleys smh.com.au/culture/tv-and…
May 19, 2023
BroadAgenda • Ginger Gorman • May 19, 2023 • broadagenda.com.au
'Optimistic we will pull ourselves back from the brink'
In her book new book, Man-Made, Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer asks the hard quesitons about how AI will change our lives. What’s the point in agitating to change the present, if bigotry is being embedded into our futures? BroadAgenda editor, Ginger Gorman, sat down with Tracey and had a chat. AI has been in the news a lot […]
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The Guardian • David Smith • May 19, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Why do pastors keep falling?’: inside the shocking downfall of Hillsong church
In a new docuseries, the glamorous, Instagram-friendly church is put under the spotlight with new scandalous revelations
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