Monday, June 5, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Canberra Times • Justine Landis-Hanley, Karen Barlow • June 5, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
Audit finds $2b hospital program plagued with ethical, legal concerns
The ANAO is scathing of the Community Health and Hospitals program.
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Karen Barlow@KJBar
#BREAKING A scathing audit report has found the administration of the Morrison government's $2 billion Community Health and Hospitals program was ethically unsound and deliberately breached finance law.
canberratimes.com.au/story/8222545/ v @canberratimes #auspl
June 5, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • June 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
Big business cries poor on wages even as profits mount
Don’t believe anyone – not even a governor of the Reserve Bank – trying to tell you the increase in minimum award wages is anything other than good news for the lowest-paid quarter of wage earners.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jordan Baker, Michaela Whitbourn, Michael McGowan • June 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
A bath and a steak: Kathleen Folbigg’s first night free after 20 years
The woman convicted over the deaths of her four children has finally been pardoned, but her supporters want a post-conviction review commission to stop others waiting so long for justice.
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Wendy Harmer@wendy_harmer
Today, most of us trying to imagine walking her shoes ... and it's beyond anything we can comprehend. twitter.com/JenBrockie/sta…
June 5, 2023
ABC News • Andrew Probyn • June 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
In the heat of battle, IS militants' phones were hijacked thanks to Australians inspired by Rick Astley
Defeating Islamic State militants required disabling their significant cyber capabilities — and pop star Rick Astley unwittingly played a hand in doing so.
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The Guardian • Tamsin Rose • June 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Kathleen Folbigg pardoned and released after 20 years in jail over deaths of her four children
Release comes after inquiry heard that Folbigg and her two daughters had rare genetic variation and her son may have died from an underlying neurogenetic disorder
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ABC News • Michael Slezak • June 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
This coalmine is polluting three times as much as expected. And that's not unusual
An ABC analysis uncovers several examples of project approval being granted to coalmines based on environmental assessments that contained significant underestimates of their greenhouse gas pollution.
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@QBDBooks • June 28, 2023 • qbd.com.au
Crossing the Line by Nick McKenzie - 9780733650437 - QBD Books
An explosive exposé and testament to the power of investigative journalism. In mid-2017, whispers from Australia’s most secretive and elite military unit reached Walkley Award-winning journalist Nick McKenzie. McKenzie and veteran reporter ... - 9780733650437
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Nick McKenzie@Ageinvestigates
Still coming to terms w Roberts-Smith judgment. So grateful for msgs of support. Still getting death threats too. I’m writing inside story about how SAS whistleblowers/other witnesses, including Afghans, helped truth win. Damn grateful for their bravery.
qbd.com.au/crossing-the-l… twitter.com/HachetteAus/st…
June 5, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matthew Knott • June 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
China lobbies press club against Tibetan appearance
The Chinese government is seeking to block the head of Tibet’s government-in-exile from making a scheduled appearance at the National Press Club.
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Crikey • Cam Wilson • June 5, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Australian neo-Nazis are thriving on Elon Musk's Twitter
The far right is using a newly welcoming Twitter to hijack and insert itself into mainstream discussions online in an attempt to spread hateful ideas.
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cameron wilson@cameronwilson
NEW: Australia's far-right — including neo-Nazis — have enthusiastically returned to Twitter under Elon Musk.
In many cases, Twitter is directly profiting from their return as they buy Twitter Blue to boost their profile to hijack political debate.
crikey.com.au/2023/06/05/aus…
June 5, 2023
ABC News • Nour Haydar • June 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Greens call for boycott of far-right Israeli leaders
The Greens adopt a new party position on Palestine and Israel, saying Israel is practising the "crime of apartheid".
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ABC News • June 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Two Australians granted clemency from death penalty in Vietnam
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says two Australian citizens who faced the death penalty in Vietnam have now been granted clemency.
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The Age • Barry Judd, Marcia Langton • June 5, 2023 • theage.com.au
Don’t be conned by the PR spin: The AFL is no exemplar on racism
The AFL’s ineptitude in dealing with racism stands in stark contrast to its effective public relations agenda that has seen it widely applauded as an exemplar of reconciliation.
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Pearls and Irritations • Jennifer Bush • June 5, 2023 • johnmenadue.com
Here’s why I can no longer be a Labor Party member
I am the child of holocaust survivors. I cannot remain a member of a party which turns a blind eye to the ongoing persecution of millions of people who have a right to live in peace and freedom in the land of their ancestors. On the 19th of May, 2023, I tendered my resignation from Continue reading »
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The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • June 5, 2023 • theguardian.com
Pregnant Aboriginal women are living in fear due to Victoria’s unborn child protection notifications | Sue-Anne Hunter
In evidence to Yoorrook, the Victorian government acknowledged more than half of all child protection notifications made against Aboriginal families were unsubstantiated
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ABC News • Gareth Hutchens • June 4, 2023 • abc.net.au
The 'short run' of Australia's economic crisis has begun. How many years before we reach the 'long run'?
Australian policymakers should stop using euphemisms to explain how badly people are faring, writes Gareth Hutchens.
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The Age • Michaela Whitbourn • June 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Not an honest and reliable witness’: Judge’s scathing assessment of Roberts-Smith
The judge who presided over Ben Roberts-Smith’s multimillion-dollar lawsuit said the former soldier had a motive to lie and had threatened a soldier who ultimately gave evidence against him.
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The Age@theage
Ben Roberts-Smith gave false evidence, arranged threatening letters and made “unusual” arrangements to pay the legal fees of supportive witnesses, Justice Anthony Besanko has found. theage.com.au/national/not-a…
June 5, 2023
SBS News • Abdullah Alikhil, Lucy Murray, Finn McHugh • June 4, 2023 • sbs.com.au
This is what the Taliban says on allowing Australian war crime investigators into Afghanistan
The Taliban claims it could allow Australian investigators into Afghanistan as part of a war crimes probe - on one condition. But human rights lawyers have criticised the group, which is itself accused of war crimes in the war-torn country.
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Australian Financial Review • Ayesha de Kretser • June 5, 2023 • afr.com
Pressure on Qantas, Virgin as ACCC’s Gina Cass-Gottlieb says airlines should be fined for cancelling flights
Regulator turns the screws on Qantas and Virgin as Gina Cass-Gottlieb calls for an independent agency to deal with consumer complaints against airlines.
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Rex Patrick@MrRexPatrick
In our highly concentrated air transport market, airlines should be fined for cancelling flights and made to compensate passengers (as happens in Europe). Airlines shouldn’t promise customers a service and then cancel it for convenience and profit. #auspol afr.com/companies/tran…
June 5, 2023
The Canberra Times • Andrew Brown • May 29, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
Childcare waitlists delaying parents returning to work
Long waits to access daycare are hampering parents returning to work, the consumer watchdog says. Ahead of the...
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The Parenthood@the_parenthood
"Australia needs an early learning system where every child has access to affordable and quality early education," says our CEO, @georgiedent.
'Parents unable to access childcare are having to delay returning to work, an inquiry's been told.'
canberratimes.com.au/story/8212655/… #auspol
June 2, 2023
ABC Pacific • Tahlea Aualiitia • June 5, 2023 • abc.net.au
Vanuatu's Climate Minister tells Australia to stop investing in fossil fuel projects
Vanuatu's Climate Minister Ralph Regenvanu has accused Australia of not recognising the Pacific's biggest security threat — climate change.
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