Monday, June 5, 2023 to Sunday, June 11, 2023 Tweets Archive Recent news

news.com.au • Samantha Maiden • June 9, 2023 • news.com.au
Simple truth emerges as Brittany Higgins’ texts are leaked
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The Sydney Morning Herald • The Herald's View • June 9, 2023 • smh.com.au
The Herald has a proud history of telling Australia’s story. But on Myall Creek, we failed dismally
We agree truth is an essential force for reconciliation, and on the 185th anniversary of the massacre offer an apology for our unacceptable historical coverage.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jacqueline Maley • June 11, 2023 • smh.com.au
Mutually assured misery of Higgins case is rough justice for all
There are no winners in this brutal case, but nothing justifies the public rubbishing of the complainant’s privacy.
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The Guardian • Tory Shepherd • June 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Morrison government’s $4m grant to group accused of ‘extreme religious practices’ was likely unlawful
There is no evidence politicians knew of the allegations against the foundation when the grant to WA the Esther Foundation was announced
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The Guardian • Christopher Knaus • June 9, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Calculated’ media campaign being waged amid Lehrmann defamation trial, lawyers for Ten and Lisa Wilkinson allege
Lawyers for Bruce Lehrmann denied involvement and rejected the allegation
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The Guardian • Ben Smee • June 6, 2023 • theguardian.com
‘Like Guantánamo’: the children locked in solitary for weeks at a time in Queensland youth prison
Exclusive: Whistleblowers, judges and youth workers say children are leaving Townsville’s Cleveland youth detention centre scarred, angry and more likely to commit further crime
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Ben Smee@BenSmee
We've launched a series - Written Off - about the experiences of young people in the Queensland youth justice system. twitter.com/BenSmee/status…
June 6, 2023
The Monthly • Rachel Withers • June 6, 2023 • themonthly.com.au
War on woke
The conservative media is choosing to defend a war criminal in order to win a culture war
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
An excellent read. How the idiot NewsCorpse culture warriors take up arms for a war criminal. themonthly.com.au/the-politics/r…
June 7, 2023
ABC News • Mark Willacy, Josh Robertson, Rory Callinan • June 8, 2023 • abc.net.au
Ben Roberts-Smith alleged to have directed the killing of elderly imam in Afghanistan
Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith directed one of his SAS comrades to kill an elderly man who was dragged from a mosque in Afghanistan, according to allegations uncovered by ABC Investigations.
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • June 8, 2023 • theguardian.com
Paul Keating sent explosive email to Labor cabinet two hours before attack on Aukus, FOI documents reveal
Exclusive: Former PM warned cabinet ministers over China, Pacific and US hegemony in lead-up to his pointed speech at National Press Club
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Gabrielle Chan@gabriellechan
“Dear cabinet colleagues. My views will not please the prime minister, the foreign minister nor the defence minister but the country is entitled to a rationale for such a radical and dangerous policy.” @danielhurstbne theguardian.com/world/2023/jun…
June 8, 2023
The Guardian • Ben Smee • June 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Violent and vulnerable: Ricky, 14, has been to jail 15 times. In Queensland’s youth justice system, he lost hope
Designated a ‘serious repeat offender’ by the state, Ricky has been written off by a conflicted, punitive and overwhelmed authority
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Ben Smee@BenSmee
I really want you to hear Ricky's story.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
June 7, 2023
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
Australian Financial Review • Neil Chenoweth, Edmund Tadros • June 7, 2023 • afr.com
Two US tech giants called ATO over PwC leaks probe
Two big US firms attempted to curtail the PwC leaks investigation in 2021 by putting pressure on the Tax Office to call off the industry regulator.
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Neil Chenoweth@NeilChenoweth
Two US tech giants pressured the Tax Office to rein in the PwC tax leaks inquiry. Google and Microsoft declined to comment on how they responded to TPB notices @edmundtadros afr.com/companies/prof…
June 7, 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald • Shane Wright • June 7, 2023 • smh.com.au
Corporate profits heat up inflation: OECD
A report by the OECD into the drivers of inflation challenges the official view of the Reserve Bank and federal Treasury.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Jack Latimore • June 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
Coalition MPs under fire over misquoting former High Court judges on Voice
MPs including Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor have been asked to apologise for misrepresenting the words of two judges to undermine an enshrined Indigenous Voice.
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Isy Oderberg@yodaberg
Yesterday, my husband, a journalist with @theage, published this story. Tell me... Do WHITE journalists get called "activist journalists" by politicians? This sort of coded language is racist and outrageous. SHAME ON YOU @PeterDutton_MP YOU GRUB. 1/3
theage.com.au/politics/feder…
June 8, 2023
Crikey • Bernard Keane • June 8, 2023 • crikey.com.au
The cost of the Reserve Bank's profit denialism will be counted in lives
The RBA insists there's no link between rising profits and inflation. Why do other central banks and the OECD disagree?
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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 • Michael Bachelard • June 6, 2023 • smh.com.au
It’s careful, forensic and devastating, but is the Ben Roberts-Smith judgment appeal-proof?
After tipping tens of millions of dollars and a portion of his own credibility into this case, Kerry Stokes might still find that gambling a million or so more on an appeal is a bet he’s willing to take.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
This sets out clearly how the judge weighed up the testimony very carefully — and why any appeal will be a challenge. It’s by @mbachelard
theage.com.au/national/it-s-…
June 6, 2023
The Age • James Massola, David Crowe • June 5, 2023 • smh.com.au
Audit office slams ‘ineffective’ $2 billion Morrison government health funding program
Flagrant breaches of Commonwealth grants rules and unethical behaviour were revealed in the peak audit body’s review of the Coalition scheme.
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David Crowe@CroweDM
$2 billion
Guidelines breached
45 per cent in marginal seats
Just before the 2019 election twitter.com/Politics_SMHAG…
June 6, 2023
The Guardian • Damian Carrington • June 7, 2023 • theguardian.com
Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find
Ice-free summers inevitable even with sharp emissions cuts and likely to result in more extreme heatwaves and floods
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🌏 Zali Steggall MP@zalisteggall
🤬Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find. It’s not like we haven’t been warned‼️ Urgent acceleration of emissions reduction & adaptation planning is needed. NO NEW fossil fuels and certainly NO extensions of coal mines‼️#auspol theguardian.com/environment/20…
June 7, 2023

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