Fiona Willan
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Senior Reporter @SkyNewsAus in Sydney | Former Federal Politics Reporter for the Nine Network in Canberra| All views + bad puns are my own
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I have many annoying habits, but I’ve come to realise this is the one that upsets people the most...
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"96 percent of Australians won't be impacted by the abolition of franking credit refunds, 95 percent of superannuants won't be affected by our changes to superannuation, 98 percent of tax payers won't be affected by our family trust reforms" - Chris Bowen
#auspol
#AusVotes2019
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Question: Does boiling ravioli from a packet + heating a jar of pasta sauce count as cooking?
If so, some personal news from me: I now cook
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My video doesn’t do it justice - but this is a bit of the traditional Māori welcome Anthony Albanese received in Wellington
#auspol
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From midnight tomorrow night, bans on the following:
- food courts at shopping centres (takeaway ok)
- auction houses
- real estate auctions + open house inspections
- outdoor + indoor markets (excl. food markets)
- beauty therapists, tanning, waxing, spas
#auspol
#coronavirus
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Karl Stefanovic asks Gladys Berejiklian when she's heading to QLD "to have a dark and stormy with the QLD Premier".
Gladys: "I'm hoping all the Premiers will come to NSW. The only state where everybody is welcome all of the time"
@TheTodayShow
#auspol
#covid19
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Baked for the first time in 7 years, then remembered why I only bake once every 7 years
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My new neighbour (whom I’ve never met) just caught me doing a pretend live cross on the 2010 leadership spill in our basement car park. How’s your week going?
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Me: ‘one day I’ll break a political story of such far-reaching significance that it will make global headlines and change in the world’
Universe: ‘Hold my beer’
#wardrobefail
#midwinterball
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There was a lot to digest in the PM's press conference, so I've made this list of what will banned/closing and what you can keep doing
#auspol
#coronavirus
@9NewsAUS
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Lorna Jane fined nearly $40,000 for advertising clothes as "anti-virus activewear" - this is the release from the Therapeutic Goods Administration...
#COVID19
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Was meant to wake up early + report on Anthony Albanese catching Covid…instead I woke up with Covid!
(3 negative RATs last night, but was feeling paranoid so decided to do one more this morning. Voilà!)
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#BREAKING
: The PM has confirmed Australia will extend travel ban for visitors from China by one week (it was due to expire this weekend)
#auspol
#CoronavirusOutbreak
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I was going to write ‘campaign chaos!’ But then I realised this is probably my usual vibe 🧘♀️🤷♀️
(Please resist the urge to disrespect my headphones, the early 2000s were a golden era for technology)
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#BREAKING
: National Australia Bank is declaring eligible customers can FREEZE their home loan repayments for up to six months
#auspol
#coronavirus
@9NewsAUS
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NEW YEAR, NEW ME-dia job:
13 years ago, I started at Nine in Sydney
6 years later, I walked into Laurie Oakes’ office in Canberra, hoping he’d pick me for his team (phew!)
Today - I’m taking the next step. I’m excited to begin my new role in
@SkyNewsAust
’s Sydney newsroom 😊
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Oh, looks like my date has cancelled on me at the last minute
(Play it cool, Willan, don’t let him know that you care 😎 )
#covidact
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Stage side while Jimmy Barnes performs at
#Bluesfest
(I did not expect the election campaign trail to lead here, but I’m definitely not complaining)
#auspol
@9NewsAUS
@9NewsSyd
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A story on my mate
@GhaithNadir
- who left Indonesia as a refugee 11 years ago and this week returned with the Australian PM, as a Ch 9 cameraman covering his trip. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this 😊
It was an important moment for Anthony Albanese to appear in Jakarta but for someone behind the scenes, it mattered even more.
#9News
cameraman Ghaith Nadir left Indonesia as a refugee 11 years ago and this week returned with the PM for his official visit.
@Fi_Willan
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I hope the producer who wrote this strap got a high-five from their nearest colleague
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#EXCLUSIVE
: Aussie scientist Dominic Dwyer has spoken to
@9NewsAUS
after returning from Wuhan, where he was on the WHO team investigating
#COVID19
"I think it started in China. The evidence for it starting elsewhere in the world is very limited" - Interview up shortly
#auspol
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Nine News understands the PM offered Liberal MP Julia Banks a 3 month secondment to New York - which was perceived as an effort to keep her away from parliament.
@jekearsley
has the story here:
#auspol
@9NewsAUS
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Normal me: ‘I hate cooking! I’ll just buy frozen meals and fruit + veg’
Pandemic me: ‘I shall buy an array of rare ingredients to cook a traditional dish from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. It must simmer for 3 days + be served on the bark of an ancient tree’
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Friends of Jesse Baird turning his home into a makeshift memorial, after the ex-TV presenter + his partner Luke Davies were allegedly murdered here. They’ve called on police to work day + night to find the men’s bodies. NSW cop Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of killing them.
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The Prime Minister is providing an update on
#coronavirus
:
- "There have been 34 cases in Australia. 21 of the 34 have fully recovered"
- "More than 10,000 people have been tested in Australia"
@9NewsAUS
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My new work pass features a photo taken 10 years ago. I don’t understand why not one friend quietly pulled me aside and said ‘Fi…about your hair’ 😂
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This is my updated list of the changes announced by the PM tonight.
(I've added real estate and some clarification on playgrounds...I'm sure there are others I've forgotten but it's a start). Good night, let's see what tomorrow brings
#auspol
#coronavirus
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The PM has responded to claims by the NSW enviro minister Matt Kean that members of his Cabinet want him to do more on climate change.
"I don't know what he's talking about..I think Matt can focus on hazard reduction and I will focus on emissions reduction"
#auspol
@TheTodayShow
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Well I feel silly. I thought I was at Revesby Workers Club for 2 full days this week reporting on the ALP National Conference alongside Ch 7, ABC, SBS, Sky + Ch 10 but now I realise it was just a dream. More disappointing than the time I dreamed I had a pet dog who could talk
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"We have decided to start the work now to identify a suitable site for an Australian embassy in Israel"
PM Scott Morrison says the embassy will move "when practical"
#auspol
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This is a great response from Qantas CEO Alan Joyce to a kid who wants to run his own airline. Judging by the boy’s letter, I suspect we’ll be hearing his name more often in another decade or two. (Ha, I was writing to boy bands at that age!)
#qantas
#dreambig
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Here’s a detailed breakdown of what will reopen in each stage, and the conditions around certain scenarios
#coronavirus
#COVID19Aus
#auspol
@9NewsAUS
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#BREAKING
: "Today i announce we're committing $130 billion over the next six months to support the jobs and livelihoods of what we anticipate will be 6 million Australians" - PM Scott Morrison
#auspol
#coronavirus
#COVID19Aus
@9NewsAUS
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Anthony Albanese got a friendly reception from the crowd when he first arrived at Bluesfest, not so friendly when he went on stage (until Jimmy Barnes appeared. I’ll tweet that video next!)
#auspol
@9NewsAUS
#AusVotes2022
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NZ PM Jacinda Ardern has stood beside Scott Morrison in Sydney + had a crack at Australia.
Says the rights of NZ migrants "are being eroded"
"Simple rights like assistance from the National Disability Insurance Scheme, even though they pay into the scheme's levy."
#Auspol
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Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says Australians shouldn't be wearing face masks in public "because that would be a waste of face masks"
#auspol
#coronavirus
#COVID19Aus
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When you INTEND to have a professional photo shoot, but....😂
(Special mention to
@andrewprobyn
for the impressive jumping skills, and special thanks to
@ChrisJLegge
for the impeccably-timed shot 📸)
#auspol
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I stress ate 4 pieces of cake this afternoon. I’ll be sending the Nationals the bill for a personal trainer
(Does that count as a sports grant?)
#NatsSpill
#auspol
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‘Had the virus kept growing at the same rate it was 12 days ago, we would now have more than 10,500 cases in this country’ - PM
@ScottMorrisonMP
is delivering a
#coronavirusau
announcement with the Chief Medical Officer
#COVID19Aus
#auspol
@9NewsAUS
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Grace Tame asks for three things:
1) A government that takes the issue of abuse in all its forms seriously
2) The implementation of adequate funding for prevention education to stop these things before they even start
3) Nationally consistent, structural change
#auspol
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"I now know of 3 police officers, 2 currently serving, who have openly said to my staff that in Victoria, Crown is known as the Vatican" (ie a law unto itself) - Independent MP Andrew Wilkie is speaking in the House about the need for a parliamentary inquiry into Crown
#auspol
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Two horses being rescued from their flooded paddock at
#Bungendore
(this is actually from yesterday but I forgot to post it.
@NSWSES
rescuers entered floodwaters with carrots tucked in their vests to help coax these two to safety)
#NSWFloods
@9NewsAUS
@9NewsSyd
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At its worst, my apartment decor has a ‘just been robbed’ vibe.
At best, i’d describe it as
‘divorced dad preparing to date again’
(Just putting that out there now, in case I have to self-isolate + do live crosses from my lounge room)
#coronavirus
#QuarantineLife
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"Visits to your house should be kept to a minimum and with very small numbers of guests. We don't want to be specific about that" - PM says
No BBQs, big family dinners etc
#auspol
#coronavirus
@9NewsAUS
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Linda Reynolds has started crying in the Senate after being asked a question that's not related to Brittany Higgins.
"If I could ask, Mr President, if I could have indulgence to answer this on Monday. I think I'd be in a better position to answer this on Monday"
#auspol
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So relieved gyms have reopened so I can return to my habit of carrying a gym bag around, but never actually making it to the gym
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Queensland has confirmed its first case of
#coronavirus
- a 44-year-old Chinese national
Brings the total number of cases in Aus to 7 so far -
4 NSW, 2 Victoria already confirmed.
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Liberal MP Craig Kelly and Shadow Minister Tanya Plibersek clash in the press gallery as she accuses him of spreading Covid-19 conspiracy theories
#auspol
#COVID19
@9NewsAUS
(he’s appearing now on
@TheTodayShow
)
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Today’s live crosses were brought to you by a ‘wall tripod’ and the insanely beautiful scenery of
#Queenstown
.
(Our lost equipment will arrive just before the PM gets here, so we’ll be able to use more conventional techniques to film him 😆)
@TheTodayShow
#auspol
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‘You asked about the level of debt.. I ask you, what is the alternative? Are you suggesting that we shouldn't have provided the support we did to boost our health system, to protect jobs?‘ - Finance Minister
@MathiasCormann
(Gross debt est: $851.9b in 2020/21)
#auspol
@9NewsAUS
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"I want to pay tribute to Bill Shorten. No one could've worked harder to put Labor back into government than Bill Shorten. As a former Labor leader,
he will remain in an honoured position" - Anthony Albanese has been elected Labor's leader
#auspol
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About to relocate tables in Qantas Club so the guy next to me doesn’t see me returning with a third plate of food
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A well-deserved stitch-up from my dear Sydney workmates
@DavinaSmith9
and
@amywatchesnews
#stitchedup
#auspol
#wardrobemishap
@9NewsAUS
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A study has found if you get in a car with a male aged 18-70 and drive for more than 30 minutes, there is a 95 percent chance he will say ‘we’re making good time’ at least once
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CCTV of Canberrans trying to book post-lockdown appointments at one of the city’s 3 hair + beauty salons
(I’m next to the guy in the yellow hat)
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To put it all in a neat list:
Open: Supermarkets, shopping centres, hairdressers, beauticians, freight, servos, the bottle-o, home deliveries, takeaway
Closed: Pubs, clubs, hotels, casinos, cinemas, indoor sporting venues (incl gyms), places of worship
#auspol
#coronavirus
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I just saw a meme about people who don’t get petrol until the fuel light comes on.
It actually never even occurred to me there was another way
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"We cannot forget our boys, and we cannot forget out men, not only as welcome, equal participants in this ongoing conversation + ... we cannot forget our boys + men who are fellow survivors of abuse" - Grace Tame speaking at the National Press Club
#auspol
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#BREAKING
: The next two sitting weeks of parliament are to be cancelled. The PM made the request to the Speaker, after receiving advice from the Chief Medical Officer that it's too risky for Victorians to come to Canberra
#auspol
#COVID19Aus
@9NewsAUS
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Instead of facing a chaotic supermarket during lockdown, I shall be dividing my one tin of tuna, one rubbery carrot and 7 almonds into 21 small portions.
It’ll be like reliving my student days!
#COVID19ACT
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Facebook has kindly reminded me of this stitch-up on this date, 2 years ago. It gave me the lockdown laugh I needed 😂 (I wish I could say things have changed)
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Karl Stefanovic: ‘You said you don't have 10 minutes to meet with women's
#March4Justice
protesters. Why not?’
Deputy PM Michael McCormack ‘We will see how we go. I have a full book of appointments + have had for some weeks.’
#auspol
@TheTodayShow
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"The queues we saw outside Centrelink, the challenges, the frustrations people have had with gaining access is a sheer function of the extraordinary and overwhelming demand. We will work night and day to ensure that we get more capacity into these systems."
#auspol
#coronavirus
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The Government will provide COVID-19 vaccinations free to all visa holders in Australia, including refugees, asylum seekers, temporary protection visa holders, + those on bridging visas. People in detention facilities will also be eligible, Health Min Greg Hunt says
#auspol
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‘Our hearts are with you’
The floral tributes are growing at the NZ High Commission in Canberra
#Christchurch
@9NewsAUS
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#BREAKING
: Childcare will be free for parents who still need it and government will work with childcare facilities to make sure they remain open, PM says
#auspol
#coronavirus
#covid19australia
@9NewsAUS
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I felt a bit guilty ticking the Census box that said I did ‘5-14 hours of housework’ in the past week. Whilst it was true, it’s only because I had a rent inspection on Monday. It was a gross misrepresentation of who I really am
#Census2021
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Heard a workmate tell our Iraqi colleague ‘you don’t need butter on a Vegemite sandwich, only on toast’ + I accidentally shouted in horror ‘THAT IS WRONG INFORMATION!’
Or am I wrong? 😂 does Vegemite always require butter/margarine?
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Waking up with
@TheTodayShow
in Alice Springs - no complaints about the backdrop!
(Both the PM and Opposition leader will both be in the NT today)
#auspol
#alicesprings
#northernterritory
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A quintessential Spillin’ Willan start to Budget day. Level of salad-related smugness has suddenly slumped 🥗
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Oh hello, humbling Facebook memory. That time in Sydney I tried to do a serious medical story, and my friends spent the next week taunting me with songs from Sister Act 😂
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Fave moment of week:
Very formal hotel worker arrives to deliver room service.
‘M’aam, your pasta, may I?’
He removes silver dome cover (aka cloche) with great flourish.
There’s nothing underneath.
‘Uh oh. I forgot the pasta!’
He scurries away & returns. We both die laughing
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Ex-Liberal MP Craig Kelly with a stack of fake trillion dollar notes to represent government debt, which is around $1 trillion...but we’re meant to imagine the fake trillions are $100 notes, which would apparently mean this pile is worth $100m, but - never mind. Happy Budget Day
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NSW SOUTH COAST FIRES: The latest from the Currowan fire ground near Ulladulla. Btw Princes Hwy has reopened so holiday towns are now accessible.
#bushfiresNSW
#AustraliaFires
#shoalhaven
@9NewsAUS
@9NewsSyd
@9NewsIllawarra
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#BREAKING
: PM says a travel ban will be placed on all nonresidents, non-Australian citizens coming to Australia, and that will be in place from 9pm tomorrow evening.
#auspol
#coronavirus
@9NewsAUS
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"It pains me to announce that I have no option but to resign from the office of Premier" - Gladys Berejiklian
"The ICAC has chosen to take this action during the most challenging weeks of the most challenging times in the state's history"
#nswpol
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Old Parliament House is on fire - police are guarding the scene
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