Australian journalist. Producing for @Sunriseon7 & @ABCmediawatch. Politics, education, climate change. #UTSJournalism graduate
Sydney NSW
Joined October 2010
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Looking for a UK-based freelance digital journo to cover breaking news overnight for @Ninecomau - great and rare gig. Drop me a DM if interested
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#OnthisDay 1979: Frank Prentice, an assistant purser on the Titanic, described how he survived the sinking of the ship. For more archive on the Titanic, you can visit - bbc.co.uk/archive/survivors-…
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There has been plenty of political buck passing during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To find out where the buck does stop, satirists @markhumphries & his co-writer @evanwilliams bring us the newest cabinet member: the Minister for The Buck. #abc730 #auspol @robbie_buck
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We are looking for 2 science journalists to support our work at @RiAus in sharing the science that people need to know
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WE WANT YOU: 15 reporters to staff 15 digital mastheads throughout regional NSW and VIC. Drop me a CV 📧 jessica.clement@news.com.au
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Australia Institute research shows Australians overwhelmingly support (81%) extending the wage subsidy to casual workers, regardless of length of employment, only 11% are oppose. #auspol #qanda
tai.org.au/content/81-austra…
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"We have allowed something that should be a question of physics and science to become a political punching bag" @TurnbullMalcolm #4Corners #auspol
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According to The Conversation
Australian workforce: 13.7 million
Job seeker: 1.3 million (9.5%)
Job keeper: 6.6 million (48.2%)
Public sector: 2.2 million (16.1%)
74% of the workforce paid by the government.🧐
#auspol #ausbiz
theconversation.com/that-est…
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Incredible bravery from former SAS operative Braden Chapman, exposing the ugly truth of Australia’s SAS operations in Afghanistan on #4corners
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The economics of toilet paper shortages is the same as bank runs. [thread]
Even if you’re not freaked out about a pandemic, you worry that everyone else is & they’ll stockpile to 🧻, & you don’t want to be the left paperless. So you stockpile to avoid being shut out by others.
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Australia changed its historical carbon emissions data: what happened?
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Wow! Nullarbor station on the South Australian coast has recorded a top of 49.9 ºC today (122 Fahrenheit). If that preliminary reading is correct, it will be an all-time December record for the ENTIRE PLANET, and the hottest day in Australia this year #ClimateEmergency 🔥
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#BREAKING: Australia’s record for hottest ever day has tumbled for the second day running. @BOM_au confirmed maximum temperatures reached an average of 41.9C on Wednesday, breaking the 40.9C record set just a day earlier theguardian.com/australia-ne…
#AustraliaFires #AustraliaBurns
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More than 600 homes have been destroyed by bush fires this season - with 503 in the past fortnight alone. Six lives have been lost this season. More than 7000 buildings in the direct area of the fires have been saved - either by firefighters or members of the community. #nswrfs
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A confronting photo captures a lonesome kookaburra overlooking the ruined plains of burnt farm lands in Wallabi Point, NSW 💔
More: bit.ly/2pXKLPl
📸: Adam Stevenson
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ABC Local Radio is the largest radio network in the world... and a big reason it exists is days like this. If you're on the NSW coast today you need to know your local frequency. reception.abc.net.au/
