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Investigative journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age | eryk.bagshaw @smh .com.au | eryk.bagshaw @protonmail .com | Signal:+61411463731 | @smh @theage
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I’m in Taipei for the midterm elections this week. Taiwan really knows how to throw an election rally.
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Anyways that was about as close as I got because this was the Hanyu crowd by the end of the mixed zone.
#Beijing2022
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先週、日本の岸田首相はワシントンの米国議員からこの書簡を手渡された。
"500人以上のアメリカ人の子供たちが日本に拉致されました。日米関係のために、これらの家族を再会させるための公的公約を求めます."
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was hand-delivered this letter by a US Congressman in Washington last week.
“More than 500 American children have been abducted to Japan. For the sake of US and Japanese relations, I seek your public commitment to reunite these families.”
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And this reporter stuck outside in the line had to resort to using binoculars to catch a glimpse of the Japanese star.
#Hanyu
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An elite team of academics quietly recruited by the federal government last week recommended an immediate, hardline and costly lockdown to boost the chances of a quick national recovery once the COVID-19 crisis ends.
@fergushunter
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Comments by Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews suggest that the federal government could overturn Djokovic’s exemption to enter Australia.
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オーストラリア政府は日本の国内政治に前例のない介入を開始し、国際的な子供の誘拐を巡り日本に圧力をかけるために9つの外国政府を結集させた。
Here is the letter signed by Australia, Belgium, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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China's Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian tells the National Press Club that coverage of China in Australia is overwhelmingly negative. "It is important to know what China truly is." That is true, but one remedy would be to allow Australian foreign correspondents back into China.
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The SMH, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times and WAtoday are resubscribing to AAP for a 6-month trial. Good news for readers and reporters around the country.
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I hope Sydney is psychologically ready to see cases go through the roof. Here is Singapore after restrictions were eased to allow max 5 people to gather. The city of less than 6 million will be at 5000 cases per day by next week. NSW restrictions from Monday are much looser.
BREAKING: I have confirmed Dr Chant did not endorse this new roadmap. The Chief Health Officer warned the new Premier these changes come with risk, but the decision was ultimately a matter for the government. A shift from Perrottet away from “the health advice.”
@9NewsAUS
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Labor has formally asked Speaker Tony Smith to refer Tim Wilson to the privileges committee for "contempt of the House".
#auspol
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Shinzo Abe is in a "critical condition". "The doctors are doing everything they can. I am hoping and praying that Abe will survive this".
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And good afternoon to my new Hanyu followers. I must admit I am new to the figure skating beat but I will try and do it justice.
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More Wilson & Wilson news: Wilson MP has breached Commonwealth regulations by using the coat of arms on Liberal Party material and people who said they were interested in the inquiry are now receiving Wilson Asset Management advertising.
#auspol
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And said Nathan Chen's gold medal winning performance was "so cool". "I showed my story to the people," he said. "I wanted to say thanks to the ice".
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Greg Hunt repeats this Australian government stat: "The UK actually has 84 per cent of its adult population vaccinated, but 20,000 cases a day in each of the last two days." They should be pulled up on omitting the hospitalisation rate every time it is repeated. It's misleading.
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We have a serious problem if Chinese Australians cannot even appear before a Senate committee to talk about complex issues without senators demanding proof of their loyalty. What hope is there in the wider public sphere?
@redrabbleroz
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A few key takeouts from my interview with Nobuo Kishi: Australia should take more of a leadership role in south-east Asia and the Pacific, pacifist constitutional debate likely to re-emerge after the election, and Abe, his brother, is fighting fit.
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New Wilson & Wilson: Tim Wilson may have breached privacy laws by failing to tell hundreds of people who signed up to a petition that their names, addresses, phone numbers and emails would be transferred to a multibillion-dollar fund manager.
#auspol
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To give you a sense of the scale of the international media interest in the Taiwan election last night here is the size of the international media press conference after Lai’s victory. I can’t think of another election apart from the US that would need a tent this size.
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I spoke to Inner Mongolians who say the Chinese government is wiping out their culture.
Their families have been harassed by authorities, language classes shut down and land taken away.
“War is one thing, but losing one’s own identity, that’s worse."
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Rinehart's demands to Swimming Australia
- Install Dawn Fraser as President (expenses of $2500 per day)
- Removal of Pride Month and acknowledgement of country posts
- A swim in the World Championship pool!
Cracking story by
@ChrisBarrett_
@tomdecent
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The Chief Medical Officer advised national leaders to implement the ban from Monday to avoid mass panic as people left work on Friday. The suggestion did not come from any political leaders. State Health Officers need time to get guidelines in order.
#coronavirus
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Anyways. It’s great to be here. Amazing turnout for any election, let alone a midterm. You can see why Taiwanese are so keen protecting these traditions. The weather is also glorious. 👋
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The front pages of
@smh
@theage
this morning after our
@60Minutes
investigation on child abduction in Japan last night.
オーストラリアで最も読まれている 2 つの新聞が、日本での子供の誘拐を 1 面に取り上げました。
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Here is the letter signed by Australia, Belgium, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
The Australian government has launched an unprecedented intervention in Japan’s domestic politics, marshalling nine foreign governments to pressure Tokyo over international child abductions.
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Extraordinary scenes in Hong Kong as up to 200 police raid the Apple Daily newsroom, arrest its billionaire owner on national security charges and parade him through the office. Reporters refuse to stop broadcasting live as it all unfolds. via
@theage
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IR Minister Christian Porter suggests casuals are prepared for
#coronavirus
sick leave because they are paid more. "Many people would have already made provisions for that because of course the purpose of casual employment is that you're paid extra in lieu of entitlements."
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New satellite images reveal the Chinese government's growing detention centre network in Xinjiang up until this year. Beijing has claimed that all detainees in its re-education centre network have graduated.
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‘Time for a new battleground’: Hong Kong politician Ted Hui has become the first legislator to leave Hong Kong for Australia.
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Exclusive: Wilson Asset Management boasted about coordinating protests with Tim Wilson’s taxpayer-funded inquiry to maximise the hit on Labor's franking credits policy. Tim Wilson has shares in WAM and Tim and WAM founder Geoff Wilson are related.
#auspol
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All sides cop flack on this website. Some of it fair, a lot of it not. But I’ll say this, key components of the Wilson stories could not have been written without tips from Twitter. Thanks to those who came forward this week.
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If you are wondering why Australia has not rocked up yet. It is spelt with an ‘O’ オ in the Japanese katakana alphabet so has been knocked back the queue to to 38th. Ireland, Algeria etc are spelt with an ‘A’ ア.
#Tokyo2020
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The Australian government has launched an unprecedented intervention in Japan’s domestic politics, marshalling nine foreign governments to pressure Tokyo over international child abductions.
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For those playing along at home. The one on the left is the key.
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This is the line outside the press mixed zone. You would usually only see half a dozen people in this room. Now people can’t get in.
#Hanyu
mania.
#Beijing2022
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While others claim the KMT is a Trojan horse for the CCP.
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Zhao Lijian's fabricated image of an Australian ‘war crime’ in Afghanistan was part of a 'sentiment mobilisation’ misinformation campaign by Beijing that also targeted Japan and Canada.
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Banking royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne has launched a rare attack on the political establishment, accusing it of being captured by vested interests, destroying public faith in institutions and reducing policy to three word slogans.
#auspol
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was hand-delivered this letter by a US Congressman in Washington last week.
“More than 500 American children have been abducted to Japan. For the sake of US and Japanese relations, I seek your public commitment to reunite these families.”
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I could not be more excited to start as Beijing correspondent next year. What an honour and a privilege to cover the region for the
@smh
@theage
and follow in the footsteps of
@KirstyLNeedham
. So thrilled for
@BevanShields
@KnottMatthew
. Two of the best covering Europe and the US
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the per capita recession figures in the national accounts yesterday are "made up statistics."
#auspol
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The Australian government is tying itself in a twist over its timeline on the Solomons-China deal. Morrison: “I have known for some time the risk of a deal such as this coming about,” Morrison said. 1/2
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Look Nicole Kidman running “soft propaganda” for Beijing is not a line I expected to write this week but here we are.
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Here are the 14 disputes with Australia.
Beijing has issued an extraordinary attack on the Australian government, accusing it of "poisoning bilateral relations" in a deliberately leaked document that threatens to escalate tensions between the two countries.
@jekearsley
@Gallo_Ways
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Australian lobsters are 'a threat to national security’ says Hong Kong
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オーストラリア外相が外国の野党議員と会談するのは珍しい。しかしオーストラリアは現在、日本人による子供の誘拐に対する外交活動を強化している。
It is rare for the Australian Foreign Minister to meet with an opposition MP from a foreign country. But Penny Wong met with one of the Japanese government's loudest critics on child abductions in Canberra on Thursday.
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Beautiful night in Yokohama for the Matildas v Sweden. Hard to believe an Olympic semi-final is about to get started in there. Just me and this bloke on his bike on the way into stadium an hour out from kick off.
#Tokyo2020
#Matildas
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The Tax Office rejected an investigation request from whistleblower Richard Boyle months before he went public over allegations the agency was ripping money out of individual and small business accounts
#auspol
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull gives
@realDonaldTrump
credit for the
#Korean
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#auspol
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Wow. The Federal Court has upheld an appeal by Unique International College, which earned $60 million while enrolling 3,600 students to courses run above a $2 shop in Granville. Only 2.4 per cent graduated. The bench found it did not have a system of "unconscionable conduct."
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Exclusive: Seven more Australian kids abducted as Japan debates custody changes
日本が親権変更を議論中、さらに7人のオーストラリアの子供が拉致される
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No word from Tim Wilson’s office on who has registered or owns the Stop the Retirement tax domain. Generic TPP wholesale listed as public host on registry. Minimal transparency. Any tips? DM me.
#auspol
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Treasury Secretary Phil Gaetjens, Scott Morrison's former chief of staff, is interstate and will not give evidence at what could be his last Senate
#estimates
hearing. Labor is furious. "The basics are that you turn up," says Jenny McAllister.
#auspol
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Turnbull: "The Deputy Prime Minister, is qualified to sit in this House, and the High Court will so hold." 14/08/17.
#auspol
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Beijing has issued an extraordinary attack on the Australian government, accusing it of "poisoning bilateral relations" in a deliberately leaked document that threatens to escalate tensions between the two countries.
@jekearsley
@Gallo_Ways
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ペニー・ウォン外務大臣がオーストラリアの家族が経験している苦痛は「計り知れない」と述べたため、オーストラリアの野党は、日本の子供の誘拐に対する政府のより強力な行動を超党派で支援する予定である。
The opposition will offer bipartisan support for stronger Australian government action against Japanese child abductions, as Foreign Minister Penny Wong described the pain that Australian families are experiencing as “immense”.
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The Japanese Defence Minister also hopes for a post-
#Tokyo2020
bump ahead of the October election. "By organising a safe Olympic Games, we hope that this could lead to people giving credit to the Japanese government.“
A few key takeouts from my interview with Nobuo Kishi: Australia should take more of a leadership role in south-east Asia and the Pacific, pacifist constitutional debate likely to re-emerge after the election, and Abe, his brother, is fighting fit.
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For almost 1000 days Cheng Lei has woken up inside a Chinese cell, cut off from her two young children in Melbourne. Each day she wakes unaware of the crime she is alleged to have committed, in a country that only gives her two hours a day of fresh air.
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Australian journalist Cheng Lei was imprisoned because she broke an embargo on a Chinese government briefing by just a few minutes, leading to national security charges that would cut her off from her two children for the past three years.
@annelisenews
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One retiree at the franking credit inquiry said he gives "tens of thousands of dollars" to the Cancer Council and other charities. He warned that would stop under Labor's policy.
#auspol
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Morrison carried around a copy of Beijing’s 14 grievances at the G7 and tabled it at the leaders meeting. Hard to imagine this was in the Chinese embassy’s plan when it handed over the documents to
@jekearsley
at Canberra’s Hyatt Hotel last year.
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Asked why she wanted to go to a sixth Olympics, a record for Australian women, Lay had a simple answer.
“Because I think I can do it,” she told
@theage
@smh
in Tokyo. “I think I’m strong.”
#Tokyo2020
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TIL: Labor introduced the 35 per cent female MP representation rule in 1994. Here is what happened after
#auspol
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1. The nations top police force accessed journalists metadata illegally
2. Then destroyed the evidence
3. Didn't tell the journalist.
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The death of a British monarch, and the accession of a new head of state, is a ritual that is passing out of living memory. This remarkable
@guardian
story from 2017 reveals what could unfold in the coming days.
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Triggs labels Turnbull government 'disgraceful', says party politics is has pushed us into 1984.
#ptp2017
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Our
@60Minutes
story on child abductions in Japan is now available with Japanese subtitles.
日本の子供の誘拐に関する
@60Minutes
の記事が日本語字幕付きで利用できるようになりました。
日本にいる場合は、ここで全編を見ることができます。
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And then this guy. Chen Rong-Hua 71, and his dog Guai-Guai.
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日本の子供の誘拐に関する私たちの報告は、誘拐された子供の綿谷進氏の証言を含め、火曜日に米国議会で取り上げられました。
"私は自分のアイデンティティを失った"と彼は言った。 "この日本の制度が子どもたちに与える苦痛は、筆舌に尽くしがたいものです".
Our reporting on Japanese child abductions was raised in US Congress on Tuesday, including the testimony of abducted child Susumu Wataya.
"I lost my identity," he said. "The pain that this Japanese system causes children is beyond description.”
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China’s ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian says he believes the majority of the people in Taiwan really believe that Taiwan is part of China, and Taiwan is a province of China. "They are for reunification," he says.
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Japan’s lower house passed a bill to implement joint child custody on Tuesday. It is expected to pass the upper house by June. Critics worry the laws will only deflect international criticism while failing to reunite abducted children with their parents
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Exclusive: The report warns the $7.3 bn
#Jobactive
system is too punitive and wastes the time of employers and employees. There is an average of one consultant to 148 job seekers and a staff turnover of 42 per cent. via
@smh
#auspol
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Geoff Wilson has emailed investors at 5pm on a Friday confirming he has partly-funded the government's Stop the Retiree tax website. He said has "nothing to lose" from Labor's policy and can convert to a trust structure if needed.
#auspol
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So honoured to be named Wally Brown young press gallery journo of the year. Huge thanks to
@BevanShields
@srpeatling
@swrighteconomy
@CroweDM
for all their invaluable advice and support and to the gallery for making it such a great place to work.
#auspol
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"Australia will pay tremendously for its misjudgment." Ominous editorial from Chinese state media outlet China Daily.
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Good to question from
@jamesmassola
that went unanswered by Albanese. Rudd has been particularly critical of two US citizens, one of whom is Rupert Murdoch, and the other is Donald Trump, who could potentially be the next US President. How is Rudd going to manage that?
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In Africa's gold country Chinese and Australian miners' are embroiled in a bitter and deadly dispute.
My year-long investigation for
@smh
@theage
with
@AdetiEdward
@AccraPhoto
, brought to life by Matt Absalom-Wong,
@darwinanddavis
and Richard Lama.
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PM Morrison says Labor's "housing policies are a threat to the savings of mums and dads who have worked hard to get an investment property". Reminder his Treasury briefing found negative gearing changes would have "a relatively modest downward impact".
#auspol
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Heartbreaking photo from
@DomLorrimer
as
@ellinghausen
@murpharoo
@latingle
@CroweDM
pay tribute to Michael Gordon before Question Time.
#auspol
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This is Eason Shen, one of 150 Australians still stuck in Wuhan. The Turramurra Public student has not seen his parents in a month and has a message for the government. "I miss my friends, I miss my teacher, I want to go back to Australia".
#coronavirus
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