Isobel Roe
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Federal Political Reporter, ABC News 🎤 RT/like is not an endorsement. A Queenslander in Canberra/Sydney 🥭 secure mail: imroe @proton .me
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Today marks five years living in Australia's greatest city, Sydney. I will be back... but... I'm excited to be heading to the Bush Capital in a few weeks to join the ABC's Canberra press gallery. Please send your best coffee recommendations and frostbite prevention techniques.
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When the birds start singing fire engine sounds... 😧
Credit: Gregory Andrews, Newcastle.
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Frydenberg: "We know the Labor Party will always tax more, they'll always spend more..."
Chalmers: "Well, the Treasurer has just lied to you. In every way that you measure tax in the budget, this Government has taxed more than the last Labor Government."
#auspol
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A man on the street just commented on my boyfriend’s cute dog and we looked up and the man was Ryan Gosling. Sydney is wild.
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Just a PSA that One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson's domain name expired and has been... repurposed.
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On
@RNBreakfast
Barnaby Joyce just suggested the ABC should look at a particular story and when Hamish remarked that the ABC obviously has editorial independence from government, Mr Joyce said "not really, we have to pay for you."
#auspol
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Australians know this, but I fear Americans don’t.
-Starbucks
-coffee
-is
-DISGUSTING
Please quote tweet this with your most controversial food opinion, I love controversial food opinions
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I feel like this is info we could have done with 2 months ago?
It is important that you do not eat, drink, smoke, brush your teeth or chew gum for 10-30 minutes (refer to the instructions provided) before collecting saliva for a rapid antigen test as it may produce an incorrect result. Find out more:
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Greg Hunt just told PM that "mercifully" no Australians had died from COVID. It's the second time I've heard him say that. 910 people have died... what does he mean by this?
#covid19au
#auspol
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Clive Palmer, who refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19, tells
#npc
that hospitals need more funding because when he was hospitalised with COVID the beds were full.
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Gosh. This quote:
'I do remember the very first time I walked in there... And it was like, "I work in Parliament House." You know, I actually teared up... to me, that’s the ultimate place of public service. When I left there… I would never, ever set foot in the place again.'
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There’s a big crowd of colleagues here to watch Nas, who is blind, present The World Today with the software she uses to read. This is history in the making and she makes it seem easy.
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I spoke to people in Sydney's east today. They all liked Gladys Berejiklian, think ICAC should pipe down and don't want a change of leader now. My colleague spoke to people in western Sydney. They didn't love Gladys, think ICAC is doing the right thing and want change.
#nswpol
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First journo to push Gladys Berejiklian on the effectiveness of her health settings gets an “excuse me it’s not your press conference there are a lot of others here” rebuke.
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I *think* the person yelling behind Dan Andrews said "love your work Dan, thank you healthcare workers and f*** Murdoch".... ? Anyone else catch that?
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2022 goal is to gain the confidence of the mid-40s bloke who chooses the fast lane at the pool when he is absolutely not as fast as he thinks he is.
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Just checking you're all aware it's been just 10 days since New Years Eve.
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There are three other states run by Liberal premiers that have kept borders closed. The Australian's Paul Kelly seems to have forgotten them.
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Text to
@RNBreakfast
this morning: "Fran, my daughter's otherwise excellent Catholic high school refused the girls' request for a session about consent because quote: 'girls don't have sex before marriage'."
Yikes.
#auspol
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A round of applause for Abbey Haberecht, one of the very few female news camera operators, who had her first day solo today after a six month traineeship at the ABC. She has the required muscles.
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Angus Taylor is being pressed on why he's not releasing the 'modelling' which claims power bills will go up under Labor. He says the $78bil spend on polls and wires is Labor's figure. But what about the 'modelling' quoted in papers today? He won't be drawn on it.
#auspol
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#estimates
has heard the federal government has paid Foxtel $40mil approx to cover women's sport and the ABC then has to pay Foxtel to get access to that. The agreement is commercial in confidence.
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At the pub on a Saturday night in Sydney, a young bloke on the table next to me starts a conversation with his mates. “What do you think of Christian Porter? Should there be an inquiry?”
When it makes it to the pub, it’s a big issue.
#auspol
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This is interesting.
In response to criticism of this photo, Fact Check has searched ADF archives to find instances of any former PMs or Ministers receiving a red carpet and "Ceremonial Stairway Guard" welcome. They didn't find any.
#auspol
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It doesn’t work properly if you don’t post a pic.
Grateful for science and scientists.
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Anti-vax councillor tries to lodge new candidates for election, bungles form and fails to fulfil some criteria, tries to go into the electoral office to fix it but… not allowed in without vaccination 😬
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I have good news.
The Immigration Minister has today intervened and granted Mohamed Barghachoun permanent residency. Mohamed is deaf, and was almost forced to leave Australia due to a migration agent’s bad work. The ABC’s story attracted pro bono legal help. Here he is!
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Veteran Jason Scanes has mounted a one man vigil outside
@PeterDutton_MP
’s office until he gets a meeting or an answer as to why his Afghan translator hasn’t been brought to Aus for protection.
@abcbrisbane
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Iced coffee. It’s the same as hot coffee but you don’t have to froth the milk. Why is it $7.00?
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My late twenties mate in Sydney went to her GP to ask about Astrazenca. No health conditions but was a bit unsure given ATAGI advice. GP told her no - I’d prefer you wait for Pfizer. No doubt this is happening a fair bit.
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Ahead of a press conference with Greens leader Adam Bandt, a Greens staffer has just moved the Australian flag out of the TV camera shot.
#auspol
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Yikes. Qld says it has asked for more vaccines from Fed Gov and been denied. Says the state has about 8 days stock left.
#COVID19Aus
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The MP for Wyong, David Harris, says his wife is a teacher at one of the NSW Central Coast schools where two students have now tested positive. His wife's Pfizer booking was cancelled over the weekend in effort to reallocate jabs to south-west Sydney.
#auspol
#covid19nsw
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NSW Health: the virus is spreading at essential workplaces and between families at home.
Twitter: you must bring in curfews and outdoor exercise limits to fix this.
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Head of ICU at St Vincents Hospital in Sydney tells me there are just one or two COVID patients in her ICU at the moment, and not necessarily there for that reason. She says recent cases are less severe and expects ICUs won't be strained like in previous waves.
#covidnsw
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Spring is sprung
The grass is riz
I wonder where
The vaccines iz
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Penny Wong on
@RNBreakfast
asks why the Government bothered announcing the fines/jail for Australians returning from India if there was almost no chance of them being imposed. "Is the only reason to get a tough headline that's now blown up in your face?" she asks.
#auspol
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Barnaby at 6.30am: “there is just no prospect of a spill at this point in time”
Barnaby at 11.00am: lol psych
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The conspiracy theorist brigade is extremely busy. Not only is COVID a hoax, the war in Ukraine is fake and the floods in QLD and northern NSW have been caused by government cloud-seeding. There’s a LOT going on.
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Honestly Pete Evans has a fair bit to answer for. Head to his Instagram comment section to find hundreds of Bunnings Karens all agreeing the virus is a hoax and the media is behind it. And he limits comments so those with actual facts can’t contribute.
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This glitch appeared briefly on
@BOM_Vic
radar tonight and the absolute *state* of the telegram conspiracy channels…
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What's the most 2020 thing that's happened to you?
I'll go first.
I matched (on a dating app) with a dude in hotel quarantine.
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Oh god no, give me a croc and a bull shark any day...
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ANU vice chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt tells Jobs Summit he moved here 29 years ago for a job. Getting a visa took him 4 days. Now, when he tries to hire the brightest minds for ANU, the average visa processing time is 21 months. Candidates choose other countries.
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This is a court run for the ages. The journo’s prepared in the correct shoes and pants (not a skirt), the cameraman’s got it on the shoulder. Not the result they were looking for but 5 stars for effort.
EXCLUSIVE: Robert De Jonge has run for mayor and federal politics but today, he was running from our cameras after facing a Christies Beach magistrate, charged with stalking and breaching an intervention order.
#7NEWS
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Another anecdote from a staffer who says they would drink in Parliamentary offices while Parliament is sitting:
"Members of Parliament have gone onto the floor of Parliament to vote under the influence of alcohol—something that would be illegal in most workplaces."
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Oh no, Dr Chant just said “new world order.”We’ll be seeing that popping up in silly conspiracy videos.
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The hardest worker at the ABC and a wonderful supporter of young journalists. The Executive Producer of AM Kim Landers has marked her 25th year at Aunty. Congratulations Kim!
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If you went to the protests today and posted on social media please know there are group chats tonight filled with screenshots of your posts and chats about who will be the first to forward them to the police.
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Did La Niña consider how we might dry our clothes? Is this a conspiracy by Big Laundromat?
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"The amount of times people have said to me, 'well you didn't go to war so how can you judge?'
"It was Roberts-Smith's own colleagues who did go to war. It was they who were horrified about what they saw. It was their truth."
@Ageinvestigates
on
#abc730
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Just putting it out there that ABC Local Radio producers are taxpayer funded search engines. Elderly people frequently call talkback radio with random questions about the law/weather/bin day with the expectation you'll be able to give them the answer immediately.
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Called a media rep to try and line up an interview about crazy waits at COVID testing drive throughs.
She can't help, she's in a crazy wait at a COVID testing drive through.
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I just got off the phone to the Mayor of Byron Shire. He had to hang up to listen to the presser because NSW Health doesn't appear to give local leaders a heads up if their region is about to go into lockdown.
#covid91nsw
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WOMEN, stop telling me you're "bad at radio" and apologising for yourself pre-interview. I've just spoken to a DOCTOR in her research area that did this. She was totally fine. Not once in my seven years of interviewing has a bloke said this. Not once.
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Katrina Gorry came out of the hotel with a birthday balloon attached. So fans sung her happy birthday! She's 31 today.
#tilitsdone
#FIFAWWC
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Extremely rude man
@cameronwilson
says I look like former British PM Liz Truss. I made this to prove him wrong but now I’m having a crisis
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Is it just me or does everyone in Sydney currently have a cold that isn’t COVID?
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Asked if Scott Morrison consulted her - the Minister for Women - before deciding not to proceed with an investigation into claims against Christian Porter,
@MarisePayne
says he consulted with 'appropriate colleagues'.
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BREAKING: The former Chief of Staff to NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro has provided a statement to an inquiry into his appointment as NYC trade commissioner. Mark Connell says Barilaro told him NYC would be "the job for when I get the f*** out of this place."
#nswpol
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Interrupting your doomscroll just to alert you to the COLOUR of the water today.
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On
@RNBreakfast
, Hamish Macdonald tells the boss of stevedore company Patrick that he's asked Medicines Australia this morning if there is a medical supply shortage. There isn't. CEO Michael Jovicic says he isn't qualified to comment on that.
#auspol
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Greg Hunt says about 70,000 people who said they worked in aged care have been vaccinated through Commonwealth run programs. According to the government's own data I've found, that's just 19% of the aged care workforce.
#auspol
#covid19au
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The PR expert who was paid $70k to rebrand
@BOM_au
has told me I have to direct my questions to the BOM/Bureau. According to his Linkedin he now works for them.
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Bit of cuteness on
@RNBreakfast
this morning.
@normanswan
chatting to some bloke called
@jonathanvswan
about US politics. Jonathan started the interview with a "hi Dad!"
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Coming up on AM at 8:00 - The Treasurer announces home loans will be quicker and easier to get, with a move to putting more responsibility on the borrower, less on the bank. Financial consumer advocates say: "have we forgotten the Banking Royal Commission already?"
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This is distressing to read.
NSW Police say they found a man struggling to breathe in his home during a COVID welfare check.
#covid19nsw
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I mispronounced 'Montevideo' on the radio just now and knew as soon as I did that I'd made a mistake.
I thought, "someone will text/ring in about that with a complaint".
Someone did text to correct me. My own mother.
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Made it home to Brisbane. While I await my covid test result, I am banished to my own personal covid lunch table at my parents’ house, decorated by my mother.
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Fun fact: When Victoria drops most of its restrictions tonight at 90% 12+ vaccination rate, it will be a 'freer' state than New South Wales which has a slightly higher 12+ vaccination rate. In NSW, hospo and gym classes still have capacity limits. Not so in Vic.
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Someone on the RN Breakfast text line has realised we read scripts on the radio and is furious about it. A "disgrace" apparently. It's really hard to make everything up on the spot, ok!?
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Only at the ABC do you get to grill your bosses publicly about their decisions. So there’s that.
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The fact the school organised this for its year 12 students and yet not its teachers is quite bizarre.
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The woman who was going to be NYC trade commissioner for NSW before John Barilaro got the job, Jenny West, is fronting a parliamentary inquiry. She says she was told on 12 August she got the job. "I was so excited about the appointment. I began taking steps to relocate."
#nswpol
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If I call you for an interview and you’re “too busy to talk” I will direct you to this
How to do a media interview while being carried away by police for protest. 10/10, no notes.
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The CEO of Brisbane based
@EllumeHealth
which has just had its world first totally at-home rapid COVID test approved by the FDA in the US has told
@RNBreakfast
the Australian Government is 'not very interested' in supporting his company. Awkward.
#auspol
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This story just isn't going away...
"I've answered your question, I said no!"
@ScottMorrisonMP
not impressed with a question about the sports grants.
#auspol
#SportsRorts
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NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard: "Palaszczuk has decided she is in an election phase and is playing games with the community."
Hamish: "What's the evidence for that, with respect?"
Hazzard: "I have the evidence but I'm not going to share that."
Hamish: "... WHAT?!"
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The love for the ABC this week has drowned out the nonsense from the usual suspects ... and it makes my little heart burst with pride 💓
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Meanwhile, in North Queensland…
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Fun fact I learned this week! In 1944, there was a vaccine passport for smallpox! Tech/compliance wasn’t quite as good then but you needed it to travel.
Once smallpox was eradicated (in 1981) the requirement for vax passport was cancelled.
Couldn't get into 2 bars last night in DC because I didn't have proof of Covid vax card with me.😢
So this is like a forever thing now?
It's possible other things will be added to the card in time if we go down this path.🤔
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Jonathan Swift figured out Twitter in the 1700s: “Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect..."
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"What is the point of awarding someone for their work only to stifle them while they do it ... when it gets too real?"
Grace Tame absolutely destroying the joint at
#npc
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I asked Adam Bandt why he chose not to stand in front of the Australian flag. He says the country has work to do on racism, and that the symbol is hurtful to many Indigenous Australians.
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hello to the people in the mentions saying the media doesn't talk about this etc. Here's an ABC Fact Check on the issue.
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ABC Chair Ita Buttrose says she believes the ABC's relationship with the Federal Government is 'strained' at the moment and 'it concerns me very much.'
'The ABC causes all governments at one time or another to complain about one of our stories.'
@RNBreakfast
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It is with much joy I can announce that my millennial, disengaged housemates have started turning on the TV news at 6pm to hear what’s happening. Unprompted by me. So proud.
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