@TimnaJacks
 Melbourne
Joined March 2012
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It's time Nine!
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I’m going on strike for fairer wages and to improve diversity in the newsroom #DontTorchJournalism #meaa
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Nine recently gave a boss accused of misconduct a $1 million payout. It’s putting up Scotty Cam in a five star hotel for the Paris Olympics. But this very profitable company refuses to offer its journalists fair pay. That’s why we’re striking. @withMEAA #DontTorchJournalism
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MEAA@withMEAA25 Jul 2024
Editorial workers at Nine Publishing mastheads will be on strike from 11am AEST tomorrow. We want a pay rise in line with CPI, a commitment to workplace diversity, safeguards around AI and a fair deal for freelancers. #MEAAmedia #DontTorchJournalism
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MEAA@withMEAA4 Aug 2022
#MEAAmedia members at Nine Publishing in Melbourne are seeking a better wage deal and fair minimum standards for freelancers. They came together today to cast their YES votes in the protected action ballot.
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Sea water is washing under their homes, killing crops and dislodging grave sites. Meet the two Torres Strait Islander elders taking the Australian government to court in a bid to force urgent climate action. Story by @perkinsmiki | Photo @JGMpics
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Respiratory virus sends more children to hospital than flu or COVID theage.com.au/national/victo…

Respiratory virus sends more children to hospital than flu or COVID

The virus can cause people to have trouble breathing or suffer dehydration, potentially lead to pneumonia, and is most severe in babies.

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COVID surge hits maternity wards, expectant mothers face delays theage.com.au/national/expec…

COVID surge hits maternity wards, expectant mothers face delays

Expectant mothers are facing repeated delays to planned caesareans and birth inductions as oversubscribed maternity wards battle diminishing staffing levels and a surge in COVID-positive women giving...

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@theage21 Jul 2022
Urgent category-one surgery is having to be rescheduled at some Victorian hospitals amid crippling staff shortages, as doctors warn of a rise in people arriving at hospitals with life-threatening post-viral complications. @MeljCunningham @TimnaJacks theage.com.au/national/victo…

Surgery delays ramp up amid rise in post-viral complications

Urgent category-one surgery is having to be rescheduled at some Victorian hospitals amid crippling staff shortages, as doctors warn of a rise in people arriving at hospital with life-threatening...

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CASE STUDY CALLOUT: Have you approached a COVID-19 testing site in Victoria for a PCR and been turned away? Slide into my DMs plz!
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Cannot wait to read this new book by @benschneiders, a giant in reporting on wage theft, labour rights and the withering away of Australia’s unions.
Ben Schneiders@benschneiders7 Jul 2022
🚨 Some personal news 🚨 My first book, ‘Hard Labour’, is now for sale via pre-order. I’ve been working on it over the last year and it’s the culmination of many years of reporting on wage theft and inequality. Details below ⬇️ scribepublications.com.au/bo…
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‘No time to wait’: Virus experts push for fourth COVID booster shots | @timnajacks smh.com.au/national/no-time-…

‘No time to wait’: Virus experts push for fourth COVID booster shots

Epidemiologists say the window to approve a new Omicron-targeting vaccine before a third wave hits is closing fast and Australia should approve a wider rollout of a fourth booster shot.

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For the first time, more than 1 million families in Australia are headed by a single parent – and in most cases this parent is female. theage.com.au/national/singl…

Single-parent families crack the 1 million mark for the first time

The number and proportion of families headed by a single parent has increased since 2016, and registered marriage rates have decreased – but not dramatically.

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The Age
@theage26 Jun 2022
New data shows the pay gap widens substantially when women turn 35, earning $7.78 for every $10 earned by men. The disparity widens to $40,000 a year for workers aged 45 to 65. | EXCLUSIVE @TimnaJacks theage.com.au/national/natio…

National gender pay gap analysis paints bleak picture for women

The gender pay gap is about $40,000 a year for people aged 45 to 65, while women who reach senior executive roles are taking home nearly $100,000 less each year than their male counterparts.

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Gay Alcorn@Gay_Alcorn23 Jun 2022
Calls to expand access to oral COVID-19 drugs as expiry dates loom. by health reporter @TimnaJacks theage.com.au/national/victo…

Calls to expand access to oral COVID-19 drugs as expiry dates loom

Thousands of doses of expensive antiviral medications could be wasted if more Australians do not become eligible for the COVID-19 treatments.

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Clay Lucas@ClayLucas15 Jun 2022
Victorian teachers should have gone on strike rather than accept a 2 per cent pay rise, say teachers as they leave union. theage.com.au/national/victo… Excellent story by @adamlcarey and @madeleineheff #auspol #springst

Teachers quit union over ‘weakest’ workplace agreement

State school teachers have accused the Australian Education Union of being too close to the Andrews government to effectively advocate for the profession.

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“If the Victorian government is serious about its espoused goal of eliminating these harmful practices, it must begin with the public release of data. We cannot possibly achieve elimination without transparency” 👏🙏@TimnaJacks, Sharon, @IndigoDaya @VMIAC theage.com.au/national/victo…

Mental health patients handcuffed or locked away at alarming rates

Mentally ill Victorians had their wrists and ankles cuffed or were locked inside rooms thousands of times last year in the state’s hospitals, which restrain unwell people at a higher rate than the...

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Mental health patients are being restrained or locked away at alarming rates in Victorian hospitals, new data reveals. theage.com.au/national/victo…

Mental health patients handcuffed or locked away at alarming rates

Mentally ill Victorians had their wrists and ankles cuffed or were locked inside rooms thousands of times last year in the state’s hospitals, which restrain unwell people at a higher rate than the...

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What should we do about thousands of human skeletons locked away in people’s closets? I chatted about this uncomfortable story with @_Biancah on Please Explain: omny.fm/shows/please-explain…

What do you do when the skeleton in your closet is real? - The...

Plenty of us have a metaphorical skeleton or two in our closets, but what happens when those skeletons are real? It’s thought thousands of skeletons are in private hands in Australia, bought by...

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