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Senior Reporter: The Saturday Paper. Author: One Hundred Years of Dirt & On Money (Hachette) out now. Country kid from QLD. rickjamesmorton@gmail.com
Sydney, New South Walesrickmorton.com.auJoined April 2010
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Happy Father’s Day to my Mum who once waged a holy war at my primary school because they wouldn’t let her come to the Father’s Day night 🥰
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“I was heartbroken, I’ve not recovered” Wynne said on his biggest regret - the dumped Social and Affordable Housing Levy. 1700 units every year, year on year on year. We were going to completely change the way housing was delivered, and I was dudded.”
theage.com.au
‘Heartbroken’: Richard Wynne on life, politics and the social housing levy that crushed him
Richard Wynne represents a dying breed in the Labor Party: an old-school social warrior who sees good governments not being defined by its infrastructure agenda, but by the way it changes the lives...
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And it’s doubly fucked because right now I am stressed to my gills about money trying to pay a mortgage and Sydney rent while these awful people go around doing this. If you could by reporting, as I have done, I would be grateful. Looking at other options.
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I genuinely have no idea why they are fixated on me or this. I’ve written about mum buying a house (an old Queenslander with heaps of stairs) for $77,000 in the year 2000. It still wasn’t enough to protect her from poverty in retirement unless I stepped in.
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This is becoming really fucked up and sick. Old mate below, I’ve established via Instagram, is friends with the Chataway woman via her son who sent me threatening and harassing emails the other night spreading this bullshit below. Never had any interaction with them.
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Hi Rick, that’s great! Is she now renting out the existing home she owns and becoming a landlord? Cheers
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A whole year ~except March~ averaging 10,000+ steps every month and which one do you think has been the sole focus of my agitated attention (it’s March)
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[fatigued parent voice] what so one moon isn't good enough for you now
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The outer planets get to have so many moons and Earth just has one – but simulations suggest our planet could host several moons on concentric orbits newscientist.com/article/233336
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His Dark Materials
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Top secret documents found at Donald Trump's Florida home were "likely concealed" to obstruct an FBI probe into the former president's potential mishandling of classified materials, the Department of Justice said in an explosive new court filing u.afp.com/wtdW
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deleted tweets from last night because people still kept replying demanding to see the full email which was a.) annoying and b.) did you not understand the point of the exchange? I’ll write about it all later when I’ve got a moment
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When you’re stuck in traffic for sufficiently long periods you can make friends in your mind with the drivers behind and in front of you 🥰
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Spoiler alert: no! But come along anyway!
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EVENT: Are We All OK? Join @delasarah (QE85: NOT WAVING DROWNING) @antoinette_news, @SquigglyRick,@CMurrupStewart & @_AstridEdwards_ to discuss mental wellbeing amidst incessant uncertainty, anxiety and isolation. @MelbWritersFest #MWF22 mwf.com.au/program/are-we
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This you, Vince?
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With respect to you and your principles I don't think you quite understand the absolute mess that this government has to deal with. 1. Corporate Taxation 2. Prolific spending on grants $88 billion since 2018. 3. Prolific Spending on tenders $491 Billion, 4. Legislated tax cuts
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Labor confirms it won’t raise the rate of income support in this budget, simultaneously confirming my thoughts on The Drum last night.
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‘The Qantas Group had 37,000 employees when Joyce was appointed CEO in 2008. In March 2020, there were 29,400 staff…and today there is 21,600. It is nothing less than sublime irony that Joyce would blame unions for causing a lot of Qantas employees to lose their jobs.’
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🔥@mrjoeaston on Qantas’ Alan Joyce unmissable… afr.com/brand/rear-win
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A NSW local hospital district in Sydney is now paying commonwealth-funded aged care homes for beds to unblock would-be nursing home residents from its hospitals. South Australia had a similar policy last year. Capacity issues bite:
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Why hospitals aren’t recovering after the Covid peak
The national hospitals crisis is pushing patients into ever-more desperate circumstances, and healthcare workers are demanding that the federal government act.
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