A new investigative newsroom is set to launch in Solomon Islands, part of the family of reporters we have been helping to put together in the Pacific. These guys are going to do amazing work. twitter.com/idsol23/status
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Genuinely shocked at how many people have unironically asked for a video on this ridiculous headphones/air filter thing. So $1000 later, here we are 🫡
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This from Professor Foster is obviously offensive. But beyond that it's simply flat out wrong on the economics. Hours per worker and labour market participation are at record highs.
The problems in the Australian economy are not because workers won't get off their "lazy couch"
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My first piece for , on the royal women of Dubai who risked everything to flee the brutality of its ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, while he publicly espoused gender equality. A story of mind-blowing courage and terrifying cruelty.
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So these new Dyson headphones with attached air purifying “visor” are apparently real and they cost US$950
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The closure of VICE's APAC newsroom is a devastating loss in a region that desperately needs more global media attention. Our small team covered 60% of the world. There are so many stories here that deserve to be heard.
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Wow. I got my first #ChatGPT-written paper for an undergrad assignment on positionality. This line was the tell: “I do not have a personal history, identity, or culture in the traditional sense because I am an artificial intelligence language model.” Ooof!
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I have the same disability as the PM's mum. I too am a single mum.
Let me tell you what that's like in 2023.
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Very sad to see the end of , right after BuzzFeed News’ demise. Both trusted young journalists and published important, impactful journalism others ignored
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Ahead of the Defence Strategic Review's imminent release, here's 20 + 🇦🇺 experts working on defence, security & foreign policy I'll be following:
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Too cramped? Too big? No name: Sydney’s newest art gallery weathers critique in its first months. Good piece here by Maddison Connaughton
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Expensive strategy for Fox to let the case run this far #DominionvFox
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THE CASE HAS BEEN SETTLED.
"THE PARTIES HAVE RESOLVED THEIR CASE."
Huge News: The Fox vs. Dominion case is over!
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Great line up for the first ever edition of All the Best Stories are True at . When comes bearing props you know it’ll be a great night of storytelling from her, , Gen Fricker and
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News: NPR becomes first major news org to stop using Twitter, saying that the Elon Musk-owned platform “is taking actions that undermine our credibility.”
“We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility…”
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Facts don't lie.
Say whatever you like about whether housing is affordable or not, but the reality is for the first time fewer than 50% of 30-34yos own their own home.
That's a pretty good sign it is unaffordable
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Julian Leeser quits Coalition frontbench over Indigenous Voice
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Join us for an awesome evening in the Library Bar curated by & featuring some of our best chroniclers of real life, with , Gen Fricker, , &
🗓️ Tue 18 Apr
⏰ 6–9pm
🎫 Free: ow.ly/ostP50NBLhQ
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Well Tom Wambsgans has ruined Pride & Prejudice (2005) for me…
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The Australian is reporting that Anthony Albanese has signed off on a ban on the use of TikTok on govt and department issued devices following a review by the department of home affairs.
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An absolute gift to speak with the inimitable Grace Tame about her memoir “The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner” for the opening night of the 10th (pic by our wonderful MC )
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“They’re (survivors) not trying to get attention, they don’t want revenge - they just want their own self back.”
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our opening night event with activist, Australian of the Year, and writer Grace Tame.
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Aus whistleblower laws do not offer any protection to public servants like Richard Boyle for acts allegedly committed while gathering evidence prior to speaking out, a court has found. says the case shows a major gap in whistleblower regime
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Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Joy Murphy has been told that she was being “too difficult” and removed from performing a Welcome to Country at ’s Melbourne event after asking to bring a support person, and present Mr Obama with a gift.
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Goran Stolevski's OF AN AGE, an indelible work of Australian queer cinema, is currently screening in theatres.
For , I examine the film's intricate depictions of temporality, displacement and desire (N.B. spoilers): metromagazine.com.au/no-turning-bac
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Real estate agents and insiders expose the secret tactics used to lure buyers and sellers abc.net.au/news/2023-03-2 via
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An incredible piece of documentary filmmaking:
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Adding anyone who refers to a story as a ‘yarn’
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Apros of nothing :my irrational hate list re journalists’ descriptors
- “a wide ranging interview”
- people that describe themselves as a senior reporter (get a grip)
- linking to your own articles saying “from me” (shiver)
- “some personal news” to describe own promotion
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Major news: The federal government says it will refuse visa applications for scores of people stuck inside Afghanistan, unless they are considered "priority". Via sbs.com.au/news/article/a
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I am extremely pleased to announce the Martha Mills prize: an award for young writers launched by London Review Bookshop. **Please retweet** - as a new prize we are keen to spread the word.
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Was Hugh Grant being rude, or just British?
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How would you know?
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I am pretty sure I am reading my first CHAT GPT student essay and like, teachers, don't panic. You'll know it when you see it.
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.: More nations will be spending on #defence which is not a good thing. There is anxiety in the international system & this is driving the rising defence spending. If more wealth is spent on defence, its statecraft is weakened.
#RaisinaDialogue2023 #Raisina2023
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