Karen Sweeney
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Court Reporter at @AAPNewswire in Melbourne. LLB Hons & BA. Travelled to 50+ countries. Lived in CNB, WLG, SYD, LDN. More to come.
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WORST NIGHTMARE.
Someone just accidentally unmuted themselves while calling a barrister a "fuckwit" in the Supreme Court.
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Today I'm writing about six women who were sexually assaulted. They were:
* Walking to a tram after work
* Cycling home
* Unlocking their front door
* Waiting for a taxi
* Walking home from a friend's house
* Walking home from work
Stop telling women to "stop taking risks".
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Aiia Maasarwe took public transport, talked on her phone, knew the area and was close to home, she was between a 24-hour service station, a shopping centre, a row of townhouses, a major road and intersection and she was still murdered. How far do we have to go to stay safe?
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Apparently he was fine about the lunatic part of Kim Jong-Un’s insult.
Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend - and maybe someday that will happen!
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For those asking, there was no apology and the speaker hasn't been identified. In part, I suspect, because he immediately died after realising what he'd done.
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Women to PM: Come stand with us at the March 4 Justice.
PM: No thanks.
PM a week later: I need women to stand with me.
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There are so many people logged into Myrtleford Magistrates Court this morning for a private prosecution brouht against Premier Daniel Andrews. None of them know how to use technology and are not using their microphone.
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@KaitlynOffer
My sister worked at a zoo in a high bushfire danger area. The first thing on their to do list if a fire was coming was “shoot the cassowary”!
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Novak Djokovic is about to find out what it’s like to be despised by all of Australia. We’re all nice and laid back until we’re not.
#GetVaccinated
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There’s no scenario in which this isn’t a complete disaster. And I will bring you every glorious second of it Monday morning.
Djokovic's hearing on Monday is open to the public on Microsoft Teams. This has disaster written all over it.
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#Breaking
Novak Djokovic has LOST his Federal Court Case. The decision was unanimous.
Written reasons to follow in the coming days.
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Lawyer: "Perhaps the person who said it can identify themselves. It was a male voice."
Judge: "I'm not sure much is gained by that. Don't take it personally. Obviously whoever said it didn't intend it for your ears."
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“People who have covid should contact their GP.”
There remains a fundamental misunderstanding about how people receive medical care in this country. Many people don’t have a regular GP.
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#BREAKING
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has cancelled Novak Djokovic’s visa “on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so”.
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Lawyer: "It's my first time ... being called a fuckwit while I’m cross examining a witness."
Judge: "It shouldn't have been said in a way that was audible to you."
Lawyer: "I would appreciate an apology from the person who said it before I continue."
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Morning! Who doesn't love spending a Sunday in the federal Court with Chief Justice James Allsop, Justice Anthony Besanko and Justice David O’Callaghan.
#NovakDjokovic
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Now seems like a good time to remind everyone that monitoring a partner's activities is a form of coercive control and domestic violence.
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#Breaking
"Please be advised the matter of A Herman v Daniel Andrews was struck-out in the Myrtleford Magistrates’ Court this morning."
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Random user: You can't even kick someone out of an app properly. No wonder you fucked up a pandemic.
I'm confused? Do they think the premier is running the court hearing or that Myrtleford court staff have been secretly managing this pandemic?
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Also, I'm sorry to disappoint the significant number of people speculating that it was the judge, but it wasn't the judge.
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1. Indigenous Australians arrived in Australia, give or take, 65,000 years ago.
2. James Cook wasn't even the first European in Australia - at least 50 boats beat him here.
3. Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Australia, not James Cook.
4. Apparently better education *is* needed.
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A group of taxi drivers in my area are doing free parcel deliveries of care packages, food, medication and click & collect for people who can’t get out during lockdown. “It’s a time for helping each other.”
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that Marise Payne has become the Prime Minister for Women. I suppose that makes him officially the Prime Minister for Men.
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Judge Kelly has just ordered the govt/ABF bring Djokovic to a loction specified by his solicitor on Monday (and whatever days the court ends up sitting) so he can watch the hearing.
It probably won't be his solicitor's office, Hall & Wilcox has a "no vax, no entry" policy.
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A shopping trolley in Melbourne. Milk crates and chairs in Sydney. Australians are proof you don't need guns to protect your community.
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They're discussing the Notice of Intention to Cancel (NOIC) given to Novak Djokovic.
Judge: Mr Wood you’re going to have to drag yourself back to the last century - I hate acronyms. There’ll be no NOICs, there’ll be no OINKs or anything else of that nature.
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Charging people $1000 to evacuate to an offshore detention centre then dumping them in Perth to find their own way home is the most Australian way I can think of to handle coronavirus.
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“The US must oust the lunatic old man from power and withdraw the hostile policy towards [North Korea] at once in order to get rid of the abyss of doom” says NK’s statement.
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Magistrate: Sorry to interrupt, it's just popped up on my phone that Nick Kyrgios has defeated the No. 1.
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Djokovic has to pay costs and will be subject to a three year ban on being granted a visa for Australia.
There are exceptions to the ban, including "compelling circumstances" which affect the interests of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible Kiwi.
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Shoutout to my boyfriend who made me coffee, cooked me bacon and eggs for breakfast and is watching the NFL on mute so I can watch this in relative peace.
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Weirdly aggressive questioning about when Daniel Andrews will be back at work. He said "in June" pending medical advice. There's still plenty of June left.
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There’s a few interesting points on this statement, but I think the biggest issue is that he knowingly continued with an interview and photoshoot after finding out he’d tested positive to COVID-19.
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All eyes are on Immigration Minister Alex Hawke today - he has a discretionary personal power to revoke Novak Djokovic's visa and have him deported. His office said last night he's still considering, so we'll just have to wait and see what happens next.
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How many days until our next lockdown?
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Magistrate Rodney Higgins, who earns $324,000 a year, has successfully claimed the $180,000 death benefit of a court clerk he dated for seven months in 2019, despite it being bequeathed to her struggling mother. Just wow.
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Jacinda Ardern won’t be the first modern PM to give birth while in office. That would be Benazir Bhutto whose eldest daughter was born 1990 when she was Pakistan’s PM.
#nzpol
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#Breaking
Judge Anthony Kelly has rule that Djokovic be released from immigration detention within in 30 minutes. He says the visa cancellation decision will be quashed and the government wil have to pay his costs.
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Lawyer: "The child was placed in childcare seven days week, indicating she wasn’t caring for her child."
Magistrate: *seething* That's dangerous territory.
Also incredibly sexist considering the father walked out. No mother should be shamed for providing for their kids.
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Looks like there's a few hundred people logged in. A few have their videos on and are waving to eachother. Do they know the restrictions have eased and they can meet up in person? Might be easier than catching up in an online court hearing.
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AAP's numbers yesterday -
Our top 10 sport stories were published 1595 times.
Our top 10 news stories were published 2514 times.
That's 4109 blank spaces on websites and newspapers, dead air on radio that would need to be filled without us.
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Lockdown has broken me to the point where I just got really, really excited to link my vaccine certificate to my check-in app. Like, really excited.
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Two weeks ago: AAP is unnecessary. We don’t need you anymore.
Today: We will rely on AAP to cover courts while our reporters work from home.
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There are people who won’t understand or care what it means for AAP to be facing what it is because they don’t know who we are. We’re the people behind the anonymous “AAP”, “staff writers” or “with wires” bylines.
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@GaiLambie
@samanthamaiden
I was on a train once and a woman was groped. She grabbed the man’s hand, raised it in the air and called out “does this belong to somebody because I don’t think it’s meant to me on my bum”. I was in awe. There’s no way I would have ever thought to do that.
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It is not over yet. Christopher Tran says the Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews reserves her personal power to remove Djokovic from Australia.
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HOW TO FIND A TYPO:
1. Read, re-read and read again.
2. Hit send.
3. Glance back and rest your gaze on a single word that is now, somehow, obviously misspelled.
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And there's fresh questions over Novak Djokovic's Australian Travel Declaration - in which he declared he hadn't travelled in the 14 days before he flew to Australia on Jan 5. He was seen playing Tennis in Serbia on Dec 25, and training in Spain on Jan 2.
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Tonight's reporting is brought to you by an espresso martini and pizza.
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The poor court staff are trying to shout at people to turn off their microphones. One of the group has declared tht it's not their job to turn off their own microphones and that the host should do it all at once.
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After 14 hours I’m logging off for the day. I’ll be back with any developments in the morning. Thanks for all the support today 🥰
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Only in NZ could you call to concede, get invited to your opponent’s party for a beer and show up 🍻
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The court has released part of the transcript from Novak Djokovic's immigration interview. This is my favourite bit so far:
INTERVIEWER: What were your reasons for
travelling to Australia today?
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@hughriminton
Gaslighting refers to a particular form of emotional abuse that involves manipulating a person into questioning their own thoughts, beliefs and memories to a point where they may begin to question their sanity.
Instead of banning the word, maybe we could educate people.
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They're absolutely losing their minds over the fact they thought it started at 9.30am (it's actually listed at 10am).
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Someone thinks the noise is sabotage. Another thinks it's PacMan.
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Adelaide was fine until that giant pigeon showed up in Rundle Mall. Coincidence? I think not.
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However you look at this - as a fan or as a critic - this is totally unacceptable.
While Djokovic mentions being COVID safe with a mask and distancing, he also doesn’t say whether he told the
@lequipe
journalist or photographer about his positive result.
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News from the court is that there's no further orders. We're all done here.
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Victorian CHO Brett Sutton: "You might as well read a horoscope to predict where things will be three days from now."
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Just a reminder that these quirky things happen in the midst of the most devastating of cases. Here's the anecdote retold in my report on the case for
@AAPNewswire
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The showdown has begun and is underway with a joke from Judge Anthony Kelly. The other players today are Nick Wood SC and Paul Holdenson QC for Novak Djokovic and Christpher Tran for Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews (& the Comonwealth).
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I've never been so interested in Alex Hawke's movements, but here we are again - today's looking like decision day.
Worth keeping in mind the
#AustralianOpen
draw begins at 3pm (AEDT).
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They're also bitching and moaning about the cnostant beeping sound, you know, the one you get wen someone joins a webex hearing. They're complaining about how many of them are joining the meeting.
"It's a good problem to have," says one person who has finally caught on.
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Jacob Stojcevski: "If someone wants to try and click on the dots and reclaim the host role give that a go."
Someone called "Nahtan" has asked for someone to record it and post it on telegram. That's illegal but I have no doubt it'll happen.
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Phone calls are so last generation. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has skyped Jacinda Ardern.
Skype chat with New Zealand PM-designate
@jacindaardern
! Eager to meet in person soon to keep building ties & trade between our countries.
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Update on the dog walk - he chewed through his lead during the hearing 🤦♀️🐶
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Daniel Andrews: "I am not prepared to avoid a 5-day lockdown now only to find ourselves in a 5-week or a 5-month lockdown."
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Looking back I wonder what has changed since 2012. We’ve had marches and vigils and law changes but women are still being murdered in terrible and preventable circumstances. Something more has to change. I just wish I knew what and how.
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Major issue with this morning is that theres not a separate link for Daniel Andrews.
"Seriously, this is a joke. Some of us are here for legitimate court cases and are being held up by all of you and the palava you are creating. Find another focus and move on."
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A rapist who forced himself onto a Japanese tourist half his age at his rural Victorian property was sentenced today. The prosecutor suggested ahead of the hearing that the media should instead be covering the 20,000 people dying from climate change. Yep. The prosecutor.
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They're also taking over the chat:
Sovereignlaw: Is this a decoy? Where is the judge?
Debbie: Looks like a fake meeting to me. Set up just to piss people off.
Tracey Lucas: "Nice to see everyone. We all want the same thing. Dan Andrews and the government to go down."
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New day, new judge, new thread. Justice David O'Callaghan is about to hold a procedural hearing in the Federal Cout over Novak Djokovic's visa cancellation and deportation. It starts at 10.15am AEDT.
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A girl bailed to live her her mum was caught living with her boyfriend.
Judge: Love will find a way.
Prosecutor: Love may make an application to vary bail if love wishes to find a way.
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Victoria has taken Alpha, Kappa and Delta outbreaks back down to 0 cases - Jeroen Weimar is confident we can do it with Delta a second time.
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Luke: im being programmed
Janet: That image is lowering my vibration
Mine too Janet, mine too.
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It's now past 5pm on Friday. If the minister decides to cancel Djokovic's visa and he decides to challenge it in court again, I would absolutely not want to be the lawyer appearing in front of Judge Kelly to explain that.
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It's sad Daniil Medvedev feels like the kid in him has stopped dreaming because the crowds were against him at the
#AustralianOpen
but a highlight reel of the unkind comments he made about the crowds might give him some insight as to why they don't particularly like him.
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"Can the host please mute everyone and give us an update on when we can expect it to start. Over."
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All these women died in different situations, the only common theme that they were women and they were alone. Being safe is a right. We know we can’t be guaranteed it, but that doesn’t mean we can’t and shouldn’t fight for it.
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But over to an expert for a second - Professor Patrick Keyzer, the Dean of Law at the Thomas More Law School at ACU:
"My guess, after reading the submissions, is that the Court will decide that Djokovic was not denied procedural fairness ... (and) that Djokovic can be deported."
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What's beyond chaos? Becuase that's where we're at.
Kaylee Furtiere: Sack Dan Andrews
Ruby: I bet this beeping is Dans fault.
SkinkyB: I like the bit where it went ‘bleep’.
Gabrielle: because its a common law court.
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Daniel Andrews: "Have a different view to me, but leave my family out of it, and particularly the dead members of my family out of it. I don't think that's too much to ask. Shame, shame on him, shame."
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Sean Penn was spotted apparently "trying to go unnoticed" at a press briefing in Ukraine. He was sitting in the front row of room full of journalists wearing dark sunglasses. If he was legitimately trying to go unnoticed he'd have had a newspaper with peep holes.
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A few people have asked why it was struck out. The order isued by the magistrate says "charge issued not served". Charges have to be served on a person before a court proceeding can actually begin - if you don't, there's nothing to actually begin.
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Lucy O'dwyer: Be professional, you guys are kidding like. Look back over your messages and screen shares. This is a joke.
Nice try Lucy. I don't think they're listening.
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Someone has claimed the presenter role and posted a screenshot showing people how to mute.
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When women are assaulted after drinking, it's seen as a reason. When men assault women after drinking, it's treated as an excuse.
From a judge today: "Alcohol played some case on at least second case, in disinhibiting you from your usual exemplary behaviour".
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They were women walking alone. We all do it. We know that 99.99 per cent of the time it’s safe, the calls we make are unnencessary, putting keys between our fingers is as silly as it feels, that we’re more likely to hit call by mistake on the 000 we dialled than on purpose.
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The maximum penalty for breaching Serbian health regulations is three years prison.
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Jill Meagher had talked on the phone with her brother, was walking along busy Sydney Road in Brunswick and her husband was waiting, expecting her home just minutes after she was dragged off the street, raped and murdered on September 22, 2012.
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Tracie: Do you think this is being sabotaged.
"Hello, is this the Dan Andrews court case?"
"Is Dan Andrews on this call? Can I talk to Dan Andrews?"
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Jenni is sharing her screen now. I don't think she realises.
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Every semi automatic weapon of the type used in the Christchruch mosque attack will be banned, Jacinda Ardern says. She expects the laws will be in place by April 11, at the end of the next two week sitting block.
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What happens next? Well there's almost zero prospect that a High Court special leave application (or hearing) could be heard and determined before Djokovic was scheduled to play tomorrow.
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Going back to the L'Equipe interview - he's admitting in this statement that he broke Serbia's COVID-19 rules as well.
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic told the BBC goig out afer a positive result was a "clear breach".
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BREAKING: The full Federal Court has rejected an appeal by the federal government. The earlier ruling of Justice Mark Mochinsky, that Tharunicaa was denied procedural fairness in making a visa application, stands. Story coming now on
@AAPNewswire
While we're on the topic of "what if it was your own daughters", the full Federal Court is due to hand down its decision on Priya, Nades, Kopika and Tharunicaa this morning.
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I love that replying to Big Bird is one of the most normal things a US President has done in twitter in the last five years.
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Someone else has taken over the presenter role and posted this picture. It's causing division again.
"Bernard can you please unshare."
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Hopeful to Everyone: Got a feeling they're in an office laughing at what they're doing to patriots here.
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