Monday, April 24, 2023 to Sunday, April 30, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Margaret Simons • April 24, 2023 • theguardian.com
Rupert Murdoch’s news empire knowingly lied. Can we just pause to take in how extraordinary that is?
Fox News, one of the world’s most powerful media organisations, effectively admitted it broadcast untrue information. What happens now?
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The Guardian • Caitlin Cassidy • April 24, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘It’s obscene’: ATO still chasing $2bn in student debt from controversial 1990s loan scheme
More than 140,000 people who traded welfare payments for loans are still repaying them decades later
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Crikey • Bernard Keane • April 24, 2023 • crikey.com.au
Bernard Keane on Lachlan Murdoch dropping his defamation case against Crikey
With Lachlan Murdoch ceasing his litigation against Crikey, Bernard Keane reflects on what motivated us in a battle against a media behemoth, and why it continues to matter.
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Stephen Mayne@MayneReport
A well deserved avalanche of support for the great Bernard Keane as he returns from a break to reflect on the battle with Lachlan Murdoch: crikey.com.au/2023/04/24/ber…
April 24, 2023
The New Daily • Alan Kohler • April 24, 2023 • thenewdaily.com.au
In the corporate world, RBA chief would have been fired
If the RBA were a company, the board would have and should have sacked Philip Lowe long ago. But they couldn’t; they knew it and he knew it.
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Alan Kohler@AlanKohler
Today's @TheNewDailyAu column: reading the RBA Review, it's clear that if the RBA were a company, Philip Lowe would have been sacked, except the board had a CEO (and chairman) who was unsackable.
thenewdaily.com.au/finance/financ…
April 24, 2023
Slate • Alex Kirshner • April 24, 2023 • slate.com
Elon Musk’s Weekend-Long Master Class in Business Failure
No one wants to pay for Twitter’s check mark. It’s no mystery why.
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Greg Jericho@GrogsGamut
"The masses are not balking at paying for Twitter Blue because they’re trying to shelter themselves within a crumbling elitist internet order, but because they think Musk is offering an unworthy product and is also a dickhead."
slate.com/technology/202… via @slate
April 24, 2023
The Monthly • Rachel Withers • April 24, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
Lest we forget about Tim Wilson
The former MP continues the proud Liberal tradition of politicising Anzac Day
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Rachel Withers@rachelrwithers
It has long been clear conservatives care more about using Anzac Day to make themselves look patriotic than about honouring the fallen. Tim Wilson took this to the nth degree, attempting to play a childish political game, but ending up with egg on his face.themonthly.com.au/the-politics/r…
April 24, 2023
The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • April 24, 2023 • theguardian.com
Australia’s defence force is expected to get its biggest overhaul in decades. Here’s what we know so far
The analysis is expected to recommend scaling back funding for some projects while others will be ‘accelerated and expanded’
The Sydney Morning Herald • Sean Kelly • April 24, 2023 • smh.com.au
The problem for the Liberal Party is that history doesn’t always repeat
The Liberal crisis and resurgence made me forever sceptical about claims of a party’s impending collapse. And yet, returning to Australia, I find myself becoming sceptical of my old scepticism.
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The Shovel • April 24, 2023 • theshovel.com.au
Tim Wilson Names Himself in Collingwood’s Starting 22 for Anzac Day Clash
Saying he was just doing what the community would expect of him, Former Goldstein MP Tim Wilson has overruled Collingwood selectors and named himself in tomorrow’s clash against Essendon.
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ABC News • Nassim Khadem • April 24, 2023 • abc.net.au
Clare got paid $16 an hour in cash thinking it was fair. Now she realises she was ripped off
Employers who deliberately don't pay their workers their full wages and superannuation on time could face tougher penalties under a federal government crackdown, with the possibility businesses will be made to make super payments more frequently.
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The Guardian • First Dog on the Moon • April 24, 2023 • theguardian.com
Health! Education! An online marsupial cartoon school! What Australia (me) wants in the 2023 budget
No more of this neoliberal tomfoolery. Let’s get back to good old-fashioned larrikin socialist basics
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ABC Radio National • April 24, 2023 • abc.net.au
UK defends controversial Rwanda migrant deportation plan
The British Government will today begin its legal defence of its controversial Rwanda migrant deportation plan in the Court of Appeal after it was ruled lawful in the High Court. The Home Secretary has also signalled she'll ignore a European court ruling in order to start deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Eventbrite • April 29, 2023 • eventbrite.com
The 9pm Edict Public House Forum 7
Witness the recording of another PUBLIC HOUSE FORUM episode of The 9pm Edict podcast. A forum recorded in a public house!
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Mark Humphries@markhumphries
If you’re in Sydney on Saturday, @cathywilcox1⁩ and I will be joining ⁦@stilgherrian⁩ for a live recording of ‘The 9pm Edict’ podcast. eventbrite.com/e/581131047607
April 24, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Broede Carmody, Sumeyya Ilanbey • April 24, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘Regrettable’: RSL responds to Tim Wilson, Zoe Daniel wreath wrangle
Liberal members have begun discussing who should throw their hat into the ring to contest the Melbourne seat of Goldstein at the next federal election as the Anzac event controversy raged on.
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The Guardian • Amy Remeikis • April 24, 2023 • theguardian.com
Majority of Australians keen to switch from gas to electric to lower emissions, survey finds
Poll also revealed 65% of drivers expect to be buying a hybrid or electric vehicle if they upgrade in the next 10 years
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Climate Council@climatecouncil
Polluting gas is fast falling out of favour - and rightly so. The evidence is clear: switching from gas to cleaner, energy-efficient alternatives isn’t just good for the planet, it’s good for your health and your hip pocket, too.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
April 24, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Matt Wade, Anna Patty, Angus Thomson • April 24, 2023 • smh.com.au
‘It can’t be ignored’: Long COVID is costing Australia $5.7b a year
Jackie Bos can no longer work and is living in her sister’s shed. She is among thousands of Australians whose incomes have vanished as a result of long COVID.
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Australian Associated Press • watermark feed • April 21, 2023 • aap.com.au
Email misleads with 'secret voice documents' claim
An email warning of a 'bombshell' revelation has omitted some vitally important context.
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AAP FactCheck@AapFactcheck
A senator is warning "secret voice documents" reveal plans to change the flag and force Australians to pay reparations to Indigenous people.
This is misleading.❌
Check the facts 👉shorturl.at/absxN
April 24, 2023
The Canberra Times • Millie Costigan • April 24, 2023 • canberratimes.com.au
Parents waiting up to 12 months for childcare in regional areas
Thousands of Australians live in childcare deserts where access to services are severely limited.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright, Rachel Clun, Craig Butt • April 24, 2023 • smh.com.au
How the great Australian dream transformed the economy into a house of cards
In a country with some of the most expensive housing in the world, Australians are carrying record levels of debt to pay for homes ever more distant from their places of work.
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ABC Radio National • April 24, 2023 • abc.net.au
Independent MP 'sad' at predecessor's ANZAC stoush
A volunteer for Independent MP for Goldstein Zoe Daniel has clashed with the former Liberal member for the seat, Tim Wilson over the laying of an ANZAC wreath. Zoe Daniel says ANZAC Day shouldn't be politicised, she says there is a level of respect required ANZAC even
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