Tuesday, June 13, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Graham Readfearn, Paul Karp • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
Tony Abbott and John Howard join Jordan Peterson-led group looking at ‘meaning of life’
Alliance for Responsible Citizenship includes prominent Brexit voices and Bjørn Lomborg, who has questioned the urgency of the climate crisis
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The Guardian • Adeshola Ore • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
Melbourne bookstore accuses employee of breaking ‘confidentiality’ by discussing pay rise
Worker launches court action over termination from Hill of Content, after also being accused of upsetting colleague and reducing her shifts
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Elias Greig@elias_greig
Hill of Content fires employee for discussing her pay increase with other staff — quick reminder that bookshops often have terrible working conditions but avoid accountability because of their treasured status as dispensaries of culture.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
Coalition’s wounded feelings over Brittany Higgins will sink debate to new lows
The opposition is out for vengeance over what it sees as ‘collusion’ and ‘weaponisation’ but Labor will no doubt push back
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The Guardian • Paul Karp, Josh Butler • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
Katy Gallagher denies misleading parliament as she blasts ‘giddy’ reaction to Brittany Higgins texts
Finance minister tells Senate she has ‘always acted ethically and with basic human decency on all matters to do with Ms Higgins’
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Crikey • Maeve McGregor • June 13, 2023 • crikey.com.au
The school funding wars are over: rich people won and the country lost
Bipartisan attacks on public schools set the nation on a dangerous path, and students are the casualties.
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Fiona Katauskas@FionaKatauskas
We have no sense of what a massive outlier we are in terms of funding (overwhelmingly religious) private ed while undermining public. Most European countries have a tiny % of students in private schools which (like in UK & US) do not get any public funding. twitter.com/MichelleArrow1…
June 13, 2023
The Guardian • Josh Butler, Paul Karp • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australians’ support for Indigenous voice steady with 60% in favour, Essential poll finds
Guardian Essential poll finds high level of backing for voice to parliament, despite other polls showing support flagging
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The Guardian • Nino Bucci • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
Network Ten asks AFP to investigate ‘leaking’ of evidence in Bruce Lehrmann trial
Lehrmann is suing Ten and Lisa Wilkinson in the federal court over their initial reporting of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations, which he denies
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🌏 Zali Steggall MP@zalisteggall
This is not about media protecting sources. This about media wilfully undermining confidence in the judicial system by publishing leaked documents obtained from a victim under compulsion of legal proceedings. Who will ever produce docs under subpoena now? theguardian.com/media/2023/jun…
June 13, 2023
The New Daily • Paul Bongiorno • June 13, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
Liberals embark on kamikaze mission over Higgins allegations
Reynolds was forced to apologise and pay compensation to Higgins for calling her “a lying cow”.
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The Australian • Janet Albrechtsen, Ellie Dudley • June 13, 2023 • theaustralian.com.au
Linda Reynolds sues Tanya Plibersek for defamation over Brittany Higgins comments
Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds has taken legal action against Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, claiming Ms Plibersek defamed her in a television interview by stating she had “covered up” Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
Senator Reynolds sends legal letter to Tanya Plibersek, leaks it to The OZ, which leads its website with this development. When will this stop? Far too much revenge-driven point scoring. Lawyers don't help theaustralian.com.au/nation/linda-r…
June 13, 2023
ABC News • Richard Willingham • June 13, 2023 • abc.net.au
Victorian government accused of attempting to change independent mental health report
Victorians who suffered "gross human rights violations" during mental health treatment against their will should be offered financial redress and a full public apology from the state, a special report commissioned by the Andrews government finds.
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Richard Willingham@rwillingham
A mental health consultant with lived experience says he was threatened & pressured by dept officials to change his report. It exacerbated his own mental illness.
The depart didn’t even bother to respond to the allegations we put to it.
#springst
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June 14, 2023
The Guardian • Robert Reich • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
There will be no civil war over Trump. Here’s why
Nations go to war over the ideologies, religions, racism, social classes or economic policies. Trump represents nothing other than his own grievance
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The Guardian • Gabrielle Chan • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
Sourdough may be a star carb but watch the ingredients
Some shop-bought loaves amount to ‘sourfaux’ because of the additives. So do what I finally did long after moving to a wheat farm – bake your own
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
Zen and the art of sourdough. theguardian.com/australia-news…
June 13, 2023
The Monthly • Rachel Withers • June 13, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Weaponising a rape allegation
The Coalition has confirmed it always viewed the Higgins allegation in political terms
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ABC News • Stephen Dziedzic • June 10, 2023 • abc.net.au
Australian authorities on alert as Sikh-Hindu tensions over Khalistan separatist movement boil over in Sydney
Tensions again flare between sections of Australia's Sikh and Hindu communities in the wake of a contentious vote designed to build political support for an independent Sikh state in India.
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Stephen Dziedzic@stephendziedzic
Story from the weekend. The latest Khalistan "referendum" stokes fresh tensions in Sydney. Two anti-Khalistan protesters arrested for carrying knives outside the Minchinbury event/vote earlier this month. Another man assaulted in Harris Park 1/
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ABC News • Shannon Schubert • June 13, 2023 • abc.net.au
Victoria announces closure of Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre, as new facility in Melbourne's west set to open
Staff will be given financial incentives to continue working until its closure, while young people in custody will be transferred to facilities at Parkville and Cherry Creek
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The Guardian • Laura Murphy-Oates, Karishma Luthria, Camilla Hannan, Hannah Parkes, Adam Morton, Allison Chan • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
Halting our extinction crisis: Full Story at Vivid Sydney – podcast
Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Adam Morton, Dr Denis Rose, David Pocock and Felicity Wade about the state of Australia’s environmental crisis
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Latika Bourke • June 13, 2023 • smh.com.au
Chinese government attempts to shut down exhibition by Australian artist Badiucao
Speaking before the opening of an international exhibition, Badiucao says the struggle to get shown in Australia is due to self-censorship from the arts community.
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WAtoday • Peter Milne • June 13, 2023 • watoday.com.au
Santos wells have been leaking gas into the ocean off WA for a decade
The company says the wells off the Pilbara coast cannot be fixed, but the environment regulator’s position is that indefinite leaking is “unacceptable”.
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The Guardian • Elias Visontay • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
First-world problem solved: NSW public transport users can ‘tap off’ with locked iPhones
Exclusive: State strikes deal with Apple allowing digital payments without device being unlocked
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The Guardian • Fiona Katauskas • June 13, 2023 • theguardian.com
The rights of sexual assault victims in trials by media
Is it any wonder people don’t speak out?

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