@Colpackham

Energy reporter for The Australian. Previously with the Australian Financial Review and Reuters. Views, especially reactionary football ones, my own.

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Joined January 2012
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"It’s difficult to say farewell, but let’s remember the good times…" ❤️🥹
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To one of the greatest of all time.. Thank you for everything ❤️ #ThanksBuddy
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How Crispin Odey evaded sexual assault allegations for decades ft.com/content/e5d14398-e866…
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It’s the 30th anniversary of Ray Parlour’s world record attempt at saying the word ‘obviously’ in one interview…
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The bourse asked the RBA for help when trading of its electricity derivatives waned amid market volatility. bit.ly/3FDnViD
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Awful customer service from @Optus . Mobile tower is down for three weeks and no team member willing or able to help.
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"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked" - Warren Buffet ....think we're about to find out which electricity retailers have been skinny dipping theaustralian.com.au/busines…
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.@WoodsideEnergy paid the @CSIRO more than $140,000 to measure the impact of increasing gas supply on global emissions. When an answer came back that did not fit its narrative, the report was shelved. Until now: theage.com.au/business/banki… @theage @smh

Woodside contradicts CSIRO report debunking key climate claims

Woodside continued to claim its largest gas project would reduce emissions in Asia by replacing coal, despite commissioning a report by the CSIRO that found otherwise.

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John Kehoe@Johnkehoe2310 Mar 2022
When Guy Debelle was approached early this year by his university friend and a former banker about joining Fortescue Future Industries, the Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor faced his toughest career decision. afr.com/policy/energy-and-cl…

Why the RBA’s Debelle joined Fortescue’s climate mission

Guy Debelle had to choose between his passion for fighting global warming, or potentially becoming the next Reserve Bank governor, writes John Kehoe.

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Have you been wondering what motivates Vladimir Putin? Our Moscow bureau chief @maxseddon has profiled Russia’s leader — and it's now free to read on.ft.com/3BVbyMC

Vladimir Putin, Russia’s resentful leader, takes the world to war

Pent-up anger with the west and a fixation on Ukraine make him more aggressive and unpredictable than ever

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Col Packham retweeted
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@business27 Oct 2021
Papua New Guinea’s finance department has been hit with a ransomware attack, locking access to hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid money trib.al/YixVbxT

Ransomware Hackers Freeze Millions in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea’s finance department acknowledged late Thursday that its payment system, which manages access to hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid money, was hit with a ransomware...

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Just an absolutely heartbreaking read…this issue may have slipped out of the news but things appear to be only getting worse: nytimes.com/2021/10/10/world…

They Were Promised a New Home. Then They Tried to Escape It. (Published 2021)

Bangladesh is relocating Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar to a vulnerable, environmentally unstable island that is giving some cause to run again.

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Canberra’s ‘one-week’ lockdown now nine weeks and counting afr.com/politics/federal/can…

Canberra’s ‘one-week’ lockdown now nine weeks and counting

The ACT Labor government has blamed NSW after the territory extended its lockdown for another four weeks and granted only a minuscule relaxation of restrictions.

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This request appears to create a scenario in which the only millennial and Gen Z journalists able to put questions to Australia's Prime Minister are those who have spurned the advice of the government's own immunisation advisory body
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Sarah Martin@msmarto18 Jul 2021
'I shoot for the common man': Danish Siddiqui's finest work reuters.com/news/picture/i-s… via @Reuters
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'I shoot for the common man': Danish Siddiqui's finest work reut.rs/3z38sDB?slideId=1569… via @Reuters
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Under South Korea’s latest covid-19 rules, aerobics and spin classes could play BTS’ latest hits “Dynamite” or “Butter”, but not “Gangnam Style” reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…

No more 'Gangnam Style': S.Korea's COVID rules demand slower workout music in gyms

Plenty of gym-goers rely on a good tune to get themselves through that workout, but in South Korea their musical options have just reduced significantly under new COVID-19 rules.

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Reuters
@Reuters3 Jun 2021
UK, Australia hold further talks in bid to strike trade deal within weeks reut.rs/3wVZYNk
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