Honestly the idea that the government, which has far better info than any of us, thinks it can't handle 7 cases a day is the scariest thing about all this.
The University of Queensland is trying to crowd-fund $6.5m for its COVID-19 research which is absolutely mad. Can't a Federal Dept give them a ring and wire over the money right away?!?
Australia's Brexit is too many of us not bothering to get a vaccine because there's really no need to as long as we're all happy to keep people apart from those they love, the lives they want and the global dreams they have
Have been diligently following “the rules” for months because I have a large and pleasant house, plenty of in-home diversions and a job that lets me work from home. If ever there’s confirmation that this virus isn’t a morality play, it’s the public housing lockdowns
Was thinking the other day that when I went to school in NZ I think most of my class would have had real difficulty thinking of NZ as a "white" country. We learnt Maori, along with lots of history. It wasn't perfect, but surely better on this issue than one gets in Australia
The fact that some politicians reckon we're happy being barred from our friends and family interstate as long as we don't jeopardise our "lifestyle" really says poor things about how they see us. Most people put their families over their lifestyles every single day of their life
Am 31 with no underlying health conditions. But will be getting my first AZ dose on Wednesday. Today my GP today talked me through the risks, when to be alert for blood clots and what to do if I think I may have developed any. All very civilised and painless.
I know the answer to this is to stay off Twitter, but I'll say this once: it's odd to see people slamming the nation for voting a certain way. Even if you think people made the wrong decision, aren't you less likely to convince them next time if you slag them off as dumb racists?
Andrew Hastie has repeatedly raised concerns about how defamation laws are undermining journalism. Didn't stop him from labeling questions about whether he'd met Neil Erikson "defamatory"
If Robert Doyle is genuinely ashamed and sorry for what he did, he should pick up the phone, call the number given to him by detectives from the Victoria Police sexual crimes squad and agree to answer their questions, writes
@Melbchief
Really shocked part of Fed Square will be demolished to make way for an Apple store. Love it or hate it there’s a clear and coherent artistic vision behind what exists now. Removing part and leaving the rest is the worst of all worlds.
On the plus side, if the Plagued Peoples Republic of Moreland is barricaded or something there are so many journos living in it I'm sure we could pull together a decent local newspaper
Had my baby's four-month checkup today and one of the questions is "and how does your baby interact with others"? Hilarious. How am I meant to know - he hasn't seen anyone but his parents almost his whole life!
When I was at uni I met a journalist who told me she wrote a whole new article every single day. Went home and told my now-husband no one should have to work under those conditions. Lol.
I try not to think about how much it costs the AFR to do these searches for every single Rear Window yarn (it's often the only way to check the information I get is correct). So, this is good
Letter sent to Nine CEO today Hugh Marks over staff concerns about Nine hosting a Liberal fundraiser. We strongly object to our reputation for independent journalism being compromised. Endorsed by house committees of Age, SMH and AFR.
Craig Kelly MP defends Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s response to the wildfire crisis and says there isn’t a link between climate change and bushfires.
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Met my husband and most of my close friends at uni, and mucked around enough to try my hand at student media, which led to my current career. Reading stories like this makes me think it would never happen today
David McBride, awaiting sentencing for giving army files to the ABC, is off to parliament today to watch the thalidomide apology. He's the son of William McBride, lauded for being the first doctor to publicly raise concerns about the drug
It’s hard to test the counter factual. But I do wonder to what extent Victoria’s outbreak has been exacerbated by the government’s long-held instinct against full disclosure.
Dozens of journalists in Australia are facing possible jail terms for obliquely trying to tell their readers about this but I'm glad an American journo can feel vindicated about their bravery
Four years ago, AAP's editor-in-chief Tony Gillies told me about how the wire had doubled its court reporting to cover cuts in the rest of the media. Suspect Australia would have been in a worse place if it hadn't been there to do that
The inner workings of the Reserve Bank are largely unknown. The opinions of individual board members are almost never revealed. But some of Warren McKibbin's eventually made Wikileaks
Southern Cross Woolworths only sells "beetroot hommus" and "sweet potato falafel" and drawing on the power vested in me by generations of Arabic ancestors I would like to notify everyone that both are travesties.
Also in the Herald Sun today: I'm all for the right to protest but Sam Newman went to parliament to protest the closure of Victoria's golf courses and if he doesn't get a fine for that no one should get a fine for anything
From 2018: Nats wouldn't support anticorruption regime "unless it protects ministers from being targeted over infrastructure grants made against bureaucrats' advice". Prescient, in retrospect
Dr Justin O'Brien, an academic specialising in corporate trust and how to rebuild it, quietly left his job at Monash Uni after being accused of using his university credit card to pay for personal holidays
COVID-zero staters have no idea how anyone else actually lives. I’m in the lockdown capital and my Christmas party didn’t have masks either (but being able to see family interstate is more important than whether or not one has to wear a mask in any case)
I recently went to two Christmas parties. Not a single person was wearing a mask.
And it was okay, because there’s no epidemic where I live. Western Australia has managed to sustain zero COVID for nearly 2 years.
Eliminating COVID-19 was always possible. The world chose not to.
It is a truth sadly unacknowledged that almost every time someone gets riled up about an issue they think should get more attention, a media outlet's painstaking reporting has put it into the zeitgeist
My baby took his first steps today. Wasn't even wobbly - he just wanted to keep holding a ball while also going somewhere. Guess we all just need a bit of motivation
Genuinely surprised public health bureaucrats thought it a good idea to keep changing the vaccine advice based on a such a sensitive and quickly shifting risk matrix. It just seems so obviously the wrong thing to do that I really can’t fathom it
I'm not attending today's all hands meeting at BuzzFeed because it's off the record.
But! Per a source present,
@peretti
begins by thanking staff for grace and professionalism during the recent restructuring/layoffs
Always remember a few years back when Le Lievre drew a Jewish man with a big nose pressing a remote control to bomb Gaza. Takeout then was that unthinking emphasis on characteristics used by proper racists to ridicule/demean was hurtful/dangerous and shouldn’t be done.
Something a little different from me: How the DoD-funded Australian Strategic Policy Institute became a flashpoint in the breakdown of Australia's consensus on China
Some personal news: Very excited to get the privilege to be the next columnist for Rear Window. Impossible to replace the Joe hole in our hearts. But excited to take up the mantle with
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Woke up this morning feeling a bit off. Took a RAT which was negative. Now my whole day is me thinking “you may not have COVID but you’re down a precious, precious RAT”