Carol Duncan
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Podcast & media content producer, Newcastle Councillor. Founder @lostnewcastle . Authorised by C Duncan 3/406 King St Newcastle
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This is my father’s home being destroyed by
#NSWfires
a few weeks ago - just one of 64 in this fire alone. Two of his friends were killed. My brother and his wife have today had to evacuate their home. I think now is a very good time to talk about
#climatechange
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Remembering my awesome Dad on his birthday and that time he served it up to Scott Morrison. I am this incredible man’s daughter. 🔥🔥🔥💯❤️🔥💯
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Dear
@NewcastleFarmer
stallholder who was rude & patronising because I choose to continue wearing a face mask. I'll very happily never spend a cent with you again. :)
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Kid: “Mum, I wonder if the 6k covid cases NSW is reporting each day is because that’s the maximum of testing capacity?”
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#AbscondmentDay
Dad lost his Hawaiian shirt (and everything else) in the bushfires so here's his home burning down instead. Remember this.
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My father’s home was destroyed on 8 October. His home was approx the 50th lost to
#AustraliaFires
. Almost 3 months later around 1,000 destroyed in
#NSWfires
alone. And several lives. Can we talk about
#ClimateChange
yet?
This is my father’s home being destroyed by
#NSWfires
a few weeks ago - just one of 64 in this fire alone. Two of his friends were killed. My brother and his wife have today had to evacuate their home. I think now is a very good time to talk about
#climatechange
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The LNP govt know they're facing a rough election in just a few weeks. Tactic? Attack Labor women. Unsurprising misogyny from the experts.
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So. After losing everything in the bushfires of 2019, my poor Dad is having to evacuate because of rising flood waters. This is cruel.
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The fire that destroyed my father’s home & everything he possessed was THREE MONTHS AGO TODAY. Every photo, every sentimental item. How exhausted our
@NSWRFS
volunteers must be.
This is my father’s home being destroyed by
#NSWfires
a few weeks ago - just one of 64 in this fire alone. Two of his friends were killed. My brother and his wife have today had to evacuate their home. I think now is a very good time to talk about
#climatechange
.
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I actually think a former Prime Minister calling for
#MurdochRoyalCommission
is a massive news story. Hard pressed to find any news about it.
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Srsly? Panadol, fluids and don’t call an ambulance? Did he really say that? 🦠
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So, my Dad sends his regards. Still homeless nearly three months after
#NSWfires
destroyed his home but he does have a new Friday night shirt.
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Everyone surprised that
@tracygrimshaw
demolished the PM. You've not been paying attention for the last 40 years. [Great job, TG!]
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For those of you following my Dad's story - last night, he spent his first night in his new home - six months after losing his home in the October bushfires. Now we just need to get him lots of groceries, loo rolls, etc, so that he doesn't have to leave.
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My son has been applying for casual jobs (1st year uni). He's been offered some work & I'm delighted that his new boss talked to him about induction, training & how/why to join a union!
@unionsaustralia
@sallymcmanus
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Meanwhile, how are the many thousands of Australians displaced after losing everything in the bushfires going during
#covid19
? How quickly we forget.
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Anyway, just popping in to say that
@MagdaSzubanski
is one of the most beautiful, amazing & compassionate humans I know. So there.
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Covid-19 alerts coming in thick & fast via
@ServiceNSW
app. Which I feel shows why continuing QR code check-ins is important.
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This woman is a hazard. Well done to the
@Bunnings
staff but appalled they have to deal with this.
Wait til this Karen finds out about 'no shoes, no shirt, no service'.
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One of the things my Dad lost when his home was destroyed in the
#bushfires
last year was a portrait of his mum, aged 21. She died when he was just 8. I took a B&W photo of it nearly 40 years ago. With a bit of help from
@PhilStefans
- I'm taking Isabel back to Dad tomorrow.
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Thread: -> An update from my Dad's village of Rappville & surrounds where 64 homes were destroyed & two of his friends were killed in
#AustraliaFires
just over 3 months ago - 8 October.
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Michael Johnson 'needs to resign' but Andrew Laming just needs a bit of counselling. Uh huh.
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It’s *bin night*! In honour of when your bin goes out more than you do. ❤️💯🙌
#binisolationouting
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Wow. I assume you saw the
@springsteen
video. Here's another. Just wow. Vote well, America.
**NEW VIDEO**
#AmericaNeedsMichigan
**SOUND UP**
Narrated by two-time Emmy winner
@Jeff_Daniels
!
We need you to help us get 20,000 RETWEETS of this video.
Please QUOTE RETWEET.
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I am in *awe* of Mr 19 & his GF who spoke to our GP this morning about
#AstraZeneca
vaccine & got their first shots a few hours later.
#TheKidsAreAlright
❤️💯💉🙌
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That's what I thought I'd heard. "Pre-palliative care". That's truly disgusting,
@ScottMorrisonMP
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“Our PM on Kangaroo Island. “Well fortunately there’s been no loss of life.” .... “Well actually two people have died.” Watch it and weep. Scott Morrison speaks to the public on Kangaroo Island via
@abcnews
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Reader, he wept. xxx
One of the things my Dad lost when his home was destroyed in the
#bushfires
last year was a portrait of his mum, aged 21. She died when he was just 8. I took a B&W photo of it nearly 40 years ago. With a bit of help from
@PhilStefans
- I'm taking Isabel back to Dad tomorrow.
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@RonniSalt
This was due to go to air on Monday. Scheduled. Totally pulled. Someone is scared.
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I've just spoken to Dad (evacuating from his home in Casino) - safe to say he is not OK. The trauma of this after losing everything in the bushfires is overwhelming. He's safe - which is great, but ... ugh. :(
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I bought a photo today, from a local amateur photographer who doesn't consider himself an 'artist'. Um, excuse me? Taken during the high seas in
@CityNewcastle
in May.
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Wow. My father lost absolutely everything in the bushfires on 8 Oct last year. Supported by charities but not Scomo’s $2bn bushfire fund. 🤬
Anthony Pratt's Visy wins $10m from Australia's bushfire recovery fund
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We're told that natural disasters will become more frequent & more intense with climate change. Here's my father's home being destroyed by bushfire a few weeks ago for your consideration.
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It is utterly ridiculous that transferring money between banks still takes days.
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No tweets from him for 11 hours. Do you think he's been sedated?
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There are still people in my Dad's village of
#Rappville
who have no access to water or telecommunications nearly three months after the bushfires destroyed 64 homes & killed two of his friends.
#australiaburns
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So. Lockdown. Two young adult sons & their brilliant girlfriends bunking in with us in our tiny 3br, 1bath house. I feel really privileged that this is where they all chose to be. ❤️
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There is some utter dross being labelled 'journalism' in Australia at the moment.
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She is. And I'm a bit of a fan of M&H. The haters do my head in.
'She really is beautiful, innit.'
This is the moment a cheeky student complimented the Duchess of Sussex, receiving roars of laughter from both his classmates and Meghan.
The duchess was visiting the school ahead of
#InternationalWomensDay
.
More:
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stop everything and watch this ping
@Hippopeteamus
Ducklings taking their first jump may be the cutest thing I've ever seen.
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Young journos:
@ScottMorrisonMP
just gave the nation a masterclass in the ‘Gish gallop’. He’s a marketing guy - of course he did! It’s media training. Learn it, see it when it happens & learn how to confront it. It has a name.
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"Most people live off their investments ..." Who are these 'most people' living off their investments?
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Keep your powder dry. There will be coronial inquests. The coroner will ask questions like, “Why did you ignore the warnings, advice & requests of the former fire chiefs?”
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I left the ABC seven years ago. Today I received my backpay.
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You know, I reckon we all owe Mrs
@DanielAndrewsMP
@CathLAndrews
a whole mess of gratitude for ensuring he stayed on his feet over the last months.
#ThanksCath
x
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I am supporting my beautiful Dad in his last hours. He is exceptional. I am his warrior. What a privilege.
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Alan Jones is retiring from radio. A thread of reasons why this is good news. But mostly, being a bully shouldn't be acceptable in any forum, any workplace, anywhere at all.
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I was having a chat with a high profile Australian artist yesterday who asked me, "What do we have to do to get our humanity back?" I wish I knew.
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It would be wise to remember that
@realDonaldTrump
is only one man. He didn't create the American horror story by himself. There are plenty more where he came from, and worse. They enabled him. They are him.
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Tell you what, this self-isolating thing is a bit tricky for bushfire victims like my Dad. 🤷♀️🦠
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Not sure you can spin this. Their actions were abhorrent and the outcome is a tragedy.
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Grace Tame
@tamepunk
wanted to speak. But telling her story time and time again has taken its toll
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Men to women: "You need to harden up a bit!"
Women harden up.
Men to women: "You've become SUCH A BITCH!"
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Dear god ....
During a debate on a Greens Public Housing bill, Liberal MP
@WendyLovellMP
told
@vicparliament
: “There is no point putting a very low income, probably welfare-dependent family in the best street in Brighton..”
@10newsfirstmelb
#springst
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684 homes lost in
#NSWfires
so far - not including any lost yesterday. Hospitals reeling under pressure with people with respiratory distress. I reckon we can start talking about
#climatechange
now because your thoughts & prayers aren't working.
#auspol
#NSWfires
- a thread.
#Rappville
bushfires 7 weeks on via local Connie Scholl (edited by me): "This community constantly lives in a state of fright and flight and are anxious because it has ruined their farms, their homes, traumatised their children and damaged their resilience."
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So, if Pence also tests positive, we may see Pelosi installed as President. I sure have thoughts and prayers about that!
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I just spoke with my Dad. I told him all of his Twitter friends are sending him love & good thoughts and he said to thank you all. So, thank you, pocket friends. x
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Dear 2020. You have the chance to redeem yourself on November 3.
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Parents, you are not required to be your child's teacher. Just keep them safe. That's all. We'll worry about the rest of it AFTER this shit storm. x
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Just so we're clear - women who knowingly and willingly enable all the things we protested yesterday don't get a free pass.
#March4Justice
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So. At some point there'll be a
#RoyalCommission
into the Australian government's handling of the
#covid19
pandemic, right?
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Really? I think
@DanielAndrewsMP
has a huge swell of support behind him. What a thankless job it is.
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This morning I was sworn in for my second term as a Councillor of
@CityNewcastle
- an immense privilege to have this role in our community. Thank you to Novocastrians for trusting me once again.
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Analysis: Australia's climate policy is being dictated by a former accountant in a cowboy hat - CNN
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@Magpie1954nBird
@KevinHoganMP
@The_Nationals
@AlboMP
I've been trying to work with
@telstra
- but nothing. The cell that was due to go in in October - cancelled due to fires. Future planning? Very bloody ordinary and disingenuous. I spoke to
@ScottMorrisonMP
about this after the 8/10 fires & asked for his help. Nothing.
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He let me take a photo! Not the graduation day - or Year 12 - we expected, but he said it was still a good day.
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Flooding in parts of Newcastle, take care on the roads, please!
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So Sharri wants to diss the extraordinary Tom Uren? Here’s my interview with him from 2007. “Hate is always tragic.” An incredible life. Listen.
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If you seriously think your right to a haircut is more important than saving lives - unfollow me immediately.
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So many photos of our PM not wearing a mask in Glasgow - surrounded by others who are. :(
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This is disgusting. Not news, not journalism. Be furious. -> Lisa Wilkinson sips on a margarita as she dines alone at a restaurant in Melbourne | Daily Mail Online
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Covid vaccination programs in Australia seem remarkably quiet.
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We're still talking about the woman who was raped and what she should/not have done, and not the guy who did the raping?? Seriously?
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Today is the 1st anniversary of the bushfire that destroyed my father’s home. A small gathering was held in Rappville today, also remembering Dad’s two friends who died in the fire. He says hi.
#bushfires
#prepare
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On miracles, and being patronising. It wasn't a miracle that saved my father & his wife from dying in a shed during the bushfires - it was the RFS. It won't be a miracle if my brother survives his sudden illness - it'll be research & medicine.
The Prime Minister: "Miracles happen every day in Australia."
Really.
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