Jack Snape
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Sport reporter at @guardianaus . More responsive on other social platforms.
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In stadium DJs: Annoying, contrived, and inauthentic until - after an argument between volleyballers at a crucial point in the gold medal game - they play John Lennon's peace anthem "Imagine" and the entire stadium cracks up.
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Just incredible from Sinead Diver.
Born in the small village of Belmullet in Ireland. Came to Australia on a working holiday visa in 2002. Took up running at 33 to get fit post-pregnancy.
Olympics debut in Tokyo as a 44-year-old.
10th in the marathon.
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This morning Scott Morrison said Novak Djokovic was a matter for the Victorian government.
Hours later ... less so.
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Holy shit. Serious list of athletes have signed up to call for action on climate change. I think I count 260. Includes Lance Franklin, Nathan Cleary, Pat Cummins, Teagan Micah. New Emma and David Pocock initiative:
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Here's the full exchange between Peta Murphy and Sportsbet CEO Barni Evans over whether successful gamblers get blocked.
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The Shane Warne Shrine remains the MCG’s major attraction weeks after the death of the cricket icon.
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Communications Minister Mitch Fifield. Cufflinks. From Foxtel. A week after media reform. Really?
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The legend Ian Thorpe on why the Australian swimmers are so impressive in media interviews:
"I think what you're getting is honesty, rather than 'the forwards are moving forward'."
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Australia's department of environment: the climate is not getting
"worse" because it depends on where you are on the globe and some parts of the globe will find changes to their advantage
#estimates
#auspol
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A-League Women to launch with a standalone (ie not Men’s) round in October to capitalise on the Women’s World Cup.
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BREAKING: Women's State of Origin game II has officially sold out. The match in Newcastle on Thursday will set a new crowd record for the series, around 30,000. The current record of 25,492 was set in Brisbane just two weeks ago.
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So it turns out that whole $100m pre-election sport grant scheme, made famous by Georgina Downer’s novelty cheque, could be illegal.
#auspol
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Time for 🇦🇺 and 🇳🇿 to join together and become the world’s third superpower.
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Morrison says all sport grant projects are "eligible". But Morrison's own local soccer club, which boasted about funding before grants were announced, and whose president is an associate of Morrison, seemed to get $200k to finish off its clubhouse...🧐
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Get up to speed quickly on the sport grants scandal...
From October, Senate estimates:
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The Government gave News Corp $345,000 to build a website for a spelling bee. All it took was one line in one small regulation.
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Redmayne's wife Caitlin revealed the face Andrew pulled after The Save was for his one year old daughter Poppy: "That was a tribute to our little girl Poppy, that same face of his that he pulls, always lights up her face ... that was pretty special." Cute! via
@TheTodayShow
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I just cannot get over this. Graham Arnold devises a plan to sub his captain off before the most important moment in his coaching career, without telling him in advance, for an A-League journeyman who is slightly taller and dances like a clown. Fair play, that is a call.
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Hi, I’m Jackson. I’ve worked in the Canberra Press Gallery since 2013. Some reflections on this story today.
#auspol
(warning: THREAD incoming)
@amy_greenbank
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Why aren't we hearing from more clubs dudded by the sports grants affair? 150 million reasons...
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Lots went into this. The Dept wouldn’t confirm the projects under the FFWSS so we called the councils who got pools. Locked down the majority of $ yesterday. Then the Dept released the list last night. Full credit to
@msmarto
&
@GuardianAus
for being first
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ABC Sport is updating its database of sporting experts. Would you want to go on ABC News Channel or NewsRadio to talk about sporting issues of the day? Open to generalists and specialists, and especially women. Please share! And email jack.snape
@abc
.net.au if you are keen.
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Steve Kerr feels bad for Luc Longley after the Bulls centre was erased from history thanks to The Last Dance. “I know it hurt him. I watched it with my kids and I thought about Luc’s omission from it and how much he lost from that, and I feel bad for Luc.”
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Luke McCann from Sport Australia admits he gave incorrect evidence to the previous Senate hearing by not disclosing second, 12.46pm April 11 email from Minister. "In hindsight ... we should have done a more thorough search."
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David Littleproud is a Woolworths shareholder
#auspol
h/t
@jasemurphy
Woolworths is getting rid of $1 milk. It’s time Coles and Aldi got behind dairy farmers and did the same.
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Which NRL clubs play an orthodox left half/right half combo, how players like Nathan Cleary take over inside the 20 and how the role of the halfback has changed.
ABC's latest NRL analysis ⬇️
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Full audio of Peter Dutton conversation and the start of my campaign to unseat
@andrewprobyn
#auspol
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I still can't believe round three. By my count, there were 13 separate projects given a score of 90 or above but weren't funded. Instead, one project with a score of 39 got money. 39!
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The AEC says the NSW Liberal Party failed to comply with the Electoral Act in its 2019-20 disclosure return.
Among other things, the party failed to disclose $22,000 in funding from casino company The Star Entertainment Group.
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In Antarctica there are no police. Instead scientists inspect bases of their neighbours to ensure rules are respected: no mining, no military. But Australia has let 10 years pass without inspecting two Chinese research stations within its Antarctic claim.🤨
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Hundreds of worthy applications - prepared by volunteers in sport clubs spending dozens of hours meeting the extensive guidelines - were not approved.
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Timeline, per estimates today:
-30 Aug: ABC au pair story triggers Pezzullo AFP referral
-9 Oct: Asst Commissioner Neil Gaughan sends Whatsapp msg to Dutton's chief of staff informing of au pair warrant
-11 Oct: AFP raids Home Affairs dept
-12 Oct: Dutton denies knowledge of raid
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Help me out here. Did Senator David Fawcett just describe boat arrivals as fleas?
#estimates
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New Minister for Sport Anika Wells describes the Coalition’s sport grants schemes as “fractious” for the community.
@AnikaWells
@PatsKarvelas
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Compare Latrell’s shot with Annesley’s briefing earlier this year. Send offs are at 4:27 below. Barely a single mitigating factor. Latrell massively failed in his duty of care for Manu. Very sad for Joey.
NRL head of elite football Graham Annesley explained this afternoon when a high tackle is a sin bin and when it's not. Key takeaway: Any "forceful" contact with more than minimal contact - direct or indirect (ie bouncing up) - should be a sin bin at minimum.
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🛫Liberal MPs dumped Malcolm Turnbull last year, prompting a change in ministry
✈️Peter Dutton and Mathias Cormann booked defence jets to get to the swearing-in ceremonies
🛬The flights cost $63k in fuel, landing fees and airport handling charges
#auspol
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Swans crowd at Henson Park today is 5,722. Highest of the season. Swans’ average will end up about 4,500 for the season, almost certainly highest in the competition. Article from Friday…
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@Judy_Dunlop
@NickEvershed
Just a spectacular creature. Such a privilege to see one in the wild.
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Turnbull reckons the Register of Interests is a good mechanism to resolve this citizenship mess. It's not. Check out these shockers.
#auspol
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Good to see an outcome on Robodebt. It's been 1,410 days since I filed this FOI request to Services Australia trying to track down info. They appealed the IC's decision to release the documents ... an AAT hearing will be held next year.
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Australia Post is close to securing a 10 cent price rise for stamps to $1.10. It also paid social media influencers more than $300k in the past year and a half for posts like this.
#estimates
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🛫 Cormann bills taxpayers $23,000 for weekend trips to Broome
✈️ Cormann booked solo $37,000 flights home so he could spruik tax plan
🛬 Cormann had 'no idea' a travel company had given him a free trip
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Why is all this important? Blatant. Pork. Barrelling. Revealed in a report today from the ANAO.
"[In Braddon], the fourth and fifth ranked
applications were approved in round one, but the highest ranked application (with a score of 93)
was not approved for funding in any round."
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Over the three rounds (as we got closer to the election), the Bridget McKenzie started rejecting more and more deserving applications.
In round 1, 41% of grant recipients were not recommended by Sport Australia. By round 3 it was 73 per cent.
LOOK AT ALL THE YELLOW.
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Nothing says more about lobbyist regulation in Australia than this clip from last night.
#estimates
#auspol
@larissawaters
In-house lobbyists may be from companies or industry/peak bodies.
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Just walked the South Coast Track. Amazing, thanks
@tasmania
. 👏 Imposing mountains, epic beaches, endless skies, supreme sunsets and dinky little spotted quolls. 😍
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Help requested for an FOI about Sarina Russo. As a reminder, she appears to be a friend of Sussan Ley and has won government contracts. 1/6
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@Judy_Dunlop
@NickEvershed
Another
#quoll
friend, this one on the South Coast Track in Tassie. Includes the sound of a man's jaw dropping.
#WildOz
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10 years since I moved to Canberra. 🥲 Still remember the wattle coming down the Hume. Has become home. Thanks to those of the journey.
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NRL HITS VEGAS
Host: "South Sydney Rabbitohs... okay that's a rabbit? Is that a real creature?"
Jason Saab: "It's a rabbit, but it's... they're all rabbits, so I guess that's the name, yeah. Every team has their own totem, we've got the Sea Eagle, the Broncos have the Broncos."
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Quick note: I‘ve taken a permanent gig with
@abcsport
, formally ending 8 years in the Press Gallery. Thanks
@louiseyaxley
&
@BWorthington_
at
@politicsabc
, and
@JCoventry
for the op in sport. Will still cover policy, including sports betting. My latest:
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In his submission (above) Gaetjens says he didn't have access to all documents. Here's the PM saying he did.🤷♂️
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Reo Hatate - two goals and one assist in the first half of the Celtic vs Rangers derby. Some classic Angeball in the pick of the goals:
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Scott Morrison concedes there is a legal issue in relation to the sport grants: "We're also going to address the legal issue that they highlighted and the Attorney-General's working on that now." Here's our report from last year setting it out:
Esteemed lawyer says the Government's $100m pre-election sports grants scheme is illegal.
#auspol
Epic 'under review' edit via
@nicvevers
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They are not wrong about life in the Top End. In my time in Darwin I’ve felt the precipice of the pandemic, the anxiety of a cyclone, and the terror of an earthquake.
It’s been 10 days.
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The 25 staff at the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund (NAIF) have accessed Facebook 15,364 times so far this year. The $5 billion fund has given loans to two projects in three years.
#estimates
#auspol
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Let's hope Tommy Turbo makes it back in time for Friday's match against the Storm from his home on another planet
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Who needs the old Register? In 30 minutes I made
@TurnbullMalcolm
a working, AGILE dual citizenship register
#auspol
Turnbull reckons the Register of Interests is a good mechanism to resolve this citizenship mess. It's not. Check out these shockers.
#auspol
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2229 in Canberra today for the A-League Women. Record regular season crowd for Canberra United.
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Wow. It looks like the minister's office was just rejecting applications based on the aggregate score. They didn't even look at the individual applications!
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Graham Annesley says the non-penalty for Cam Munster's hit on Jarome Luai was the wrong call. Penalty "at very minimum".
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"Uh oh, up here... Bartlett St."
Volunteer James Zimmerman has been livestreaming the battle to save "undefendable" Batlow on Facebook:
This was his last stream... more than ten minutes ago. Wishing for your safety. 🙏
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BUSTED! Minister for 'congestion busting' massively inflated the number of skilled migrants going to Sydney and Melbourne
#auspol
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Traffic at standstill near airport, going to miss flight. Finally parked, missed shuttle, ran along side road, tried flagging down cars. This man, Johnson, the only one who stopped. Has been cleaning the bins around the airport for 15 years. Made flight. Thank you, Johnson. 👍😍
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The Prime Minister just said in QT Gaetjens "had access to whatever document he required". This is the relevant part of the Gaetjens submission. Now we know 136 emails went in and out of the PMO, is anyone missing?
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"...a roller derby upgrade in the safe Nationals seat of Gippsland did not get a cent despite its 98 rating..."
#EXCLUSIVE
The ABC can reveal the clubs that missed out on funding despite Sport Australia's recommendations, amid revelations the agency complained about the Government's handling of the program ahead of the election.
@andrewprobyn
reports
#auspol
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I’ve done a bunch of stories about dubious MP expenditure over the years. They take time, experience and insight.
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On Michael McCormack's possible non-disclosure, his office confirmed that he first received income on his investment property "in the last 6 months". Alterations need to be made within 28 days. He will comment after party room finishes. Updating story:
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Tune into News 24 shortly to see me close my eyes on national television.
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I have spoken to someone involved in the making of this site and have been assured the inclusion of this symbol was innocent. I believe them.
So now we just need to get to the bottom of the cost.
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Politician declares entitlements system works great, and reasonable questions not worth answering
@rachelbaxendale
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The Paralympics medal bonus announcement? A cheap win for Morrison. Wake me up when the government is prepared to make up the $77 million annual funding shortfall for para-athletes.
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"I've stopped that," Peter Dutton said, about granting 457 visas in areas of high youth unemployment. So I checked.
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The Senate picture is starting to emerge. The Coalition needs 39 votes to pass legislation.
Three seats are in doubt, but the Coalition is set to land on 34 seats.
That means Centre Alliance could have veto power over contentious laws.
#ausvotes
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.
@TomTilley
interviewing McKenzie on
@RadioNational
shortly. Qs:
🏀 which project with a score of 39 got funding in rd 3?
🏏 what do you say to the applicants of the 93-scored project in Braddon that didn’t get money?
🔥 what checks are there on your power to hand out bushfire $?
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As you may remember,
@andrewprobyn
and I revealed details of the $150m Female Facilities and Water Safety Stream that funded pools in marginal seats. Turns out SIX DIFFERENT ENQUIRIES were made about funding. Of course, it never opened for applications.
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Stoked to have my first self-shot story on the 7pm news. Cheers to my GH5 sensei
@davidsciasci
, cut maestro
@nicvevers
, and Kristen, Ben, Jenna, Trent and Una for accommodating me.
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Oof. Players Association swings back.
“...dismissing the feelings and experiences of players as ‘perception’ in this statement lacks awareness and respect for those playing the game.”
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