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Freelance journalist. Formerly 20-yrs with @bbcworld #politics #news #sport Available: CAMitchellNews @proton .me

Sydney, Australia.
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Chris Mitchell
6 months
@OwenJones84 Let's make it about you and how you feel.
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@elonmusk You don’t win an argument by silencing the opposition. No matter how twisted their logic is… you must win an argument, not silence it.
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6 months
@AriFleischer How is standing up to a dangerous international bully not unifying?
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3 years
@PeterStefanovi2 @DominicRaab @BBCBreakfast Here’s what he should have said: “they probably don’t want to come here anyway… but I tell you what… if they do we will welcome every single one them with open arms…”
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
@w_terrence @realDonaldTrump Ok but it’s all too easy to see the empty seats in your video right here. So you’re undoing your own argument....
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
I believe this to be night shift going out from #Tallangatta to #Walwa fire. People like you. Leaving their kids & partners & homes to stand up to 20ft flames & deadly heat. Protecting their neighbours. It’s really moving to see this. #VictoriaFires #AustralianFires #auspol
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
The story makes the headlines around the world… Human Rights, Climate Change, China. The country has a big stake in all three… How will #Australia be judged?
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Chris Mitchell
6 years
Credit to @craig_foster for turning what was a largely ignored drama into an international scandal. Great to hear and see the BBC’s finest now also on the case.
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Dan Roan
6 years
“A test-case for sport’s commitment to human rights” My extended report with @ade_adedoyin on the latest in the campaign for the release of Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Araibi for @bbcworldservice feat. @Craig_Foster - Listen from 0.50”
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
We asked multiple times for help from the federal government and they said no. I am beyond disappointed. Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino #Covid #melbourne #Victoria #auspol
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
@pwafork She will be praised for her professionalism in dealing with a terror incident, pandemic, volcano and earthquakes, etc while remaining relatable. Notable that she has the good sense to let someone else take over. Knowing when to quit is an underrated quality.
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Chris Mitchell
1 year
@NicolleFlint Direct me to the anti lib media please.
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Incredibly dramatic #Sydney skyline. ⁦ @BOM_au ⁩ ⁦ @ABC
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
"Civil disobedience ... that results in our arrest." Award-winning Aussie director James Ricketson says the time for petitions is over. #Albanese & #PennyWong must intervene to free #JulianAssange before he dies. Soon on ABC NEWS RADIO. #FreeAssangeNOW @WilkieMP @assangecampaign
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Perth Glory owner doesn’t hold back. Tells me he’d give David Gallop “one out of ten” for his 7-years in charge... WOW. @PerthGloryFC @abcgrandstand
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Chris Mitchell
10 years
Real v Atletico. Seemed rude not too. http://t.co/fA5d0uGjxC
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
#Smoke haze once again fills the #Sydney metropolitan area as the fires burn closer than ever to the CBD. #NSWfires
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Chris Mitchell
8 years
BREAKING - GREAT BRITAIN QUALIFY for next years' #EuroBasket2017 - huge achievement, against the odds. #Tokyo2020 @gbbasketball @BBCSport
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
The #Australian government helped free him and now they should help free Julian. Here: #Assange #FreeAssange @AP @Reuters @WilkieMP @DefendAssange
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
"Civil disobedience ... that results in our arrest." Award-winning Aussie director James Ricketson says the time for petitions is over. #Albanese & #PennyWong must intervene to free #JulianAssange before he dies. Soon on ABC NEWS RADIO. #FreeAssangeNOW @WilkieMP @assangecampaign
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
@sophieelsworth You did your fair share of obsessing when #Victoria went down in 2020
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
You must read this. It’s about the #BBC and the future of public service broadcasting. It’s about the future of the #UK . I’ve never worked with John, nor am I known to him but I do know he is a serious and gifted journalist and you should read what he writes.
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John Sweeney
5 years
My letter to OfCom is on my website:
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
#Tallangatta Oval now. Hive of activity as volunteers go out to the fire front. Here you have leaders and heroes by the dozen #Australia #vicfires #nswfires
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
Dee Why. Pittwater Road. It can’t handle any more.
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Road Less Travelled
3 years
Pittwater Road becomes Pittwater river with flooding in Dee Why #sydneyfloods #deewhy #northernbeaches
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Another chapter in @bethanyhamilton ’s life is about to begin... The incredible story coming to @BBCWorld @BBCSport @wsl
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Chris Mitchell
8 years
LIVE on #Periscope : Paralympic swimming announcement... @bbcsport
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Chris Mitchell
6 years
Everybody is entitled to their opinion these days. But having an opinion is not the same as having the knowledge. And not everyone has the knowledge to form a reasonable opinion...
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
It’s time the UK mainstream sports media woke up and welcomed #basketball to the fold. The GB women have made the #Euro final four against all the odds... would have been easy for the women to walk away but they never gave up. Now #Olympics in sight. Incredible achievement.
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
@KirstyWebeck @paulwiggins I won’t be the only one disappointed to find you’ve not yet written the 779 follow up gags…
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
Note to sports editors in the UK. @gbbasketball have qualified for Eurobasket. No small feat. @FIBA
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
@shalailah These days my kids check if I'm breathing.
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
Thanks to #India and #Australia for taking my mind off things this summer. Can’t remember a better series. #AUSvsIND Whatever happens India were the better all round side. A side you wouldn’t change.. Australia need to make adjustments.
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Chris Mitchell
1 year
@RonFilipkowski Has he studied the fall of the Roman Empire or just seen Ben-Hur?
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
@julianprice_ @SDHamiltonVIC @DanielAndrewsMP Love him or loathe him this guy is putting in the hours.
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
We are living out an actual passage of a yet-to-be- published book on early 21st century history. All these things are REALLY happening and you’re here in it...
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Cheri Jacobus
4 years
Walmart has temporarily pulled ammunition and guns off its shelves ahead of any possible civil unrest that could take place following next week’s election via @business
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
@cjzero Exposing the all-to-common habit of just making a statement and expecting an answer... who what why where when.
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
I tell you. ABC NEWS RADIO is a great station. Domestic and international news. One of a kind in Australia. Try it.
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
@shannonrwatts Angry, bitter frightened and arrogant old men… please God don’t let me become one, they embarrass your good work…
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2 years
@shannonrwatts That someone is a selfless hero. Saved people’s lives and risked their own.
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Chris Mitchell
6 years
@LinEvlin @Richard_D_Boyle @SBSNews It’s just horrible to watch a bunch of people old enough to know better cheering like bullying children when the guy falls over/is pushed over... we haven’t come far. It’s a pathetic scene.
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
@PoliticsForUK Nobody is well prepared for nuclear conflict. Nobody can be. These are bedtime stories. Tell it like it is. Nuclear war would screw us all like we can’t imagine. That’s what we all need to clearly understand.
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Chris Mitchell
6 years
When #cricket disappeared from TV screens in the UK so the did the audience. Now @CricketAus is about to make the same mistake. Such a massive shame. @Foxtel
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John Stensholt
6 years
BREAKING: the cricket is going to Seven and Foxtel:
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
@JennaPrice In the UK the news cycle got bored of the daily reveal of high numbers and started ignoring them. That will happen here eventually. Then they crept up and up again and became newsworthy once more... You can't wish it away.
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Chris Mitchell
6 years
@clementine_ford Hotel check out times of 10am or earlier...
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
@BernardGaynor So if you had a few drinks walked down the ‘wrong’ street and got set upon by a bloke, it’d be your fault?
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Delighted to be hosting Saturday mornings on @abcgrandstand in June/July. I’ll want to hear your stories so do get in touch... #LimitedEdition @NRL @AFL @SuperRugby @ALeague @premierleague @sportaustralia @GolfAust @ABC @NBL @SuperNetball
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Absolutely wonderful scenes! The GB players & their great coach have done this in the face of great adversity - an amazing story! Well done @chemabuceta & all the players - some who have been there a long time trying to breakthrough @rachvanderwal @joey_leedham13 @StefCollins6
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
The president of @AMA_WA has told ABC NEWS RADIO that the #NSW plan to open international borders makes no sense. Dr Mark Duncan-Smith told me the state had ''managed itself into a crisis'' #nswcovid @abcnews
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
@benitakolovos Still missing the point, two years on.
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Shout out to @IAmAhmedphotos who wasn’t at the @gbbasketball game tonight... God knows he wanted to be. Mansoor has dedicated so much of his life to British Basketball the way he has been treated is shameful. The players love him that’s all you need to know.
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Chris Mitchell
8 years
WOW. POWER OUT AT CLOSING CEREMONY.
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Chris Mitchell
8 years
The best TWENTY minutes of #swimming I have ever seen. Thank you @SashKindred @EllieSimmonds1 AND @Susie_Rodgers ... WOW!!!! @BBCSport
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Chris Mitchell
10 months
@osman_farooque @AaronBastani @mehdirhasan Visible, loud, mass protests do influence outcomes.
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
@RealMarkLatham Mark - you're a little bit wrong. Last year the average #AFLW attendance was about about the same as the average for the #NBL & League One football in England. That - for a new league - is highly impressive. I'd aim elsewhere.
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
@AndrewRiddle36 Reminds me of the perfectly affable golf club secretary who is perfectly good-natured until you question his authority or the status quo by which he holds his authority.
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
GOOD NEWS - WALLET HANDED IN! Most people are good people. 🌈⭐️
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
@primevideosport ... but he wasn't injured. And therein lies the problem.
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
The locals are in shock and are saving what they can after an intense storm struck the Northern Beaches at about 1500 on Sunday.
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
Sky are taking #Trump live. CNN and BBC are not.
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
@Sinnergy081 @nazirafzal You shame humankind.
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
Exposed an ugly truth. Got busted. Walked away from a $$$ payout. Faces years in prison. Something is wrong.
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2 years
Attorney-General rejects calls to drop prosecution of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle ahead of trial @ABCaustralia @abcnews @Richard_D_Boyle @markdreyfusQCMP #Whistleblower #whistleblowers
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
This is going to be hard but we have decided to take our kids out of #school as of today. I know many who already have. I salute you. We were waiting to follow the rules. But there are none. We have lost all confidence in our leaders. We are not alone. #Coronaaustralia
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As £ tumbles, senior Labour MP tells me Boris Johnson has just 'sacrificed a million jobs to get one'
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
@AlexSmithSMH @NickEvershed Ever wondered what a street-theatre version of Yes Minister might be like? Step right this way…
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Chris Mitchell
6 years
Pitch all set for Christmas Day Test....
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
First #run in three months. #mentalhealth
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Chris Mitchell
8 years
This ain't keepyuppies... Met @TheF2 the guys - they know all the tricks of the #soccer pitch... see it on @BBCWorld @BBCSport
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
Here's some of the great interview with @bethanyhamilton for you. Courtesy of Radio and @BBCWSSport - video to come
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Another chapter in @bethanyhamilton ’s life is about to begin... The incredible story coming to @BBCWorld @BBCSport @wsl
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Chris Mitchell
6 years
Never in doubt. #commuter
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Very excited for tomorrow but keeping things simple for my solo debut on @abcgrandstand with producer @SamFEmery
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
@janice_pape @NickDRalston They never were immune. The trend is that the older and ill suffer the worst. This is the key problem. The young go out more, infect more and then pass it on to the elderly. (I think - no expert)
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
On #Bielsa @GuillemBalague got it right last year: "I think it's very unfair that he is called 'El Loco'. He is not crazy. He thinks of things in a different way and is eccentric in the way he relates to people and the game...”
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
@RexChapman As the writer of The Purge says: “America itself becomes the canvas – instead of the haunted house, the canvas is America. We don’t need ghosts or vampires anymore when we’re just killing each other, you know…”
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
@BBCSport Apology not accepted.
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
Dear #UK Ltd. If a member of your staff isn’t being productive while they are working from home and you suspect they’re just eating cheese all day then you’ve hired the wrong person for the job. #workingfromhome
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Things you can’t do after a #TV shift in #Manchester but can do after a TV shift in #Sydney #1 Go 🐳 watching
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Chris Mitchell
8 years
Wet, windy and not at all #Carnival in Rio right now...
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7 years
Hello, is anyone out there? Take a moment to note @gbbasketball summer of success... Forget big money #IAAF #PGA #EPL for just one moment...
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. @britishswimming 16 Gs in the #swimming ... LIVE now on @bbc5live @5liveSport @chrisfurber performance director...
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2 years
@johnestevens Truly awful. But I see the Daily Mail is only interested in cyclists ruining everything.
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Arguably more impressive than what the women are doing in France. It’s not a competition, I’m not judging. I’m making the point about lack of funds, support, coverage, etc. The fact they’re there, let alone competitive is a testament to all on the floor & their support network.
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Mark Woods
5 years
Great Britain are on a mission to progress when they face Montenegro tonight with a sport in the quarter-finals of #EuroBasketWomen on the line
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
The skies over #Sydney have cleared as southerly winds blew in last night. The doom laden smog is gone but the danger is not. ⁦ @NSWRFS
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
The Olympics will not happen in 2020. Impossible. Not a chance. Imho.
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
The state of sport. Sexting. Racism. State control. Human rights.
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Chris Mitchell
6 years
World Champion ⁦ @VixHolland ⁩ on Sportsday 1830 ⁦ @BBCNews ⁩ - she tells me #Triathlon gets gender balance right. She’s looking forward to doing her tax return & aiming for #Tokyo2020 - one easier than the other! ⁦ @worldtriathlon ⁩ ⁦ @BritTri ⁩ ⁦ @TeamGB
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
She’s never been a pro but will teenager Mary Fowler play for @TheMatildas at the @FIFAWWC_RSA Writer @grassrootsfoot1 tells @abcgrandstand he thinks she will. The #Matildas & the story of women’s football in #Australia on @abcsydney at 1200 with me & @niavowens @fairplaybooks
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
It’s wet out there and on the beach... and in #Brisbane for #AFLGF Talking to @carolinebarker on @bbcworldservice about #Australia and its Grand Final weekend bonanza. Love my job!
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3 years
@_angemccormack @NedGrandstand Don’t you just love Nick Cave.
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5 years
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3 years
@GeorgieALove But nobody in this appears to be doing anything wrong. Therein lies the problem. They’re all entitled to go out and exercise. People are not in groups, are moving, are separated. The same scene in Manly. Most people are trying their best but the messaging is arguably confused.
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7 years
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Chris Mitchell
3 years
@AlexanderDowner How absolutely, wonderfully out of touch you are. And how easy it is to declare such things from behind your gates and privilege. Well done Sir.
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Chris Mitchell
2 years
@chelsea_hetho Interesting how many runners have complained of similar. Some going back to running too soon and prolonging the pain and others saying performance is way off weeks after infection. Patience is your friend. Good luck.
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Chris Mitchell
5 years
Look who I found at work...
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Chris Mitchell
4 years
Here’s my personal take on that extraordinary @nrl presser: The NRL makes millions and yet they say they may have to go cap in hand to the government. Maybe they do and they should but they should at least recognise their place in the queue. It’s a long way back...
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Chris Mitchell
6 years
@BBCSport Wonderful atmosphere here. Hot. Colourful. Noisy. And hot... India in control as expected.
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