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Journalist • Executive Producer @NewsTalk4BC via @9NewsQueensland @9NewsAus • Bilingual • DMs open • luke.cooper @4bc .com.au • Tweets don’t reflect employer
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A friend just pointed out to me that Professor Stephen Hawking dying today falls on International Pi Day (3.14), which is also Albert Einstein’s birthday. I don’t know enough about how the universe works, but that is a VERY freaky coincidence.
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Food for thought ahead of Prince Harry & Meghan’s interview with
@Oprah
: Here is proof that there are some leading ‘Royal Family expert commentators’ who speak on matters they have absolutely no proof on or idea about, and yet still push an agenda on them.
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My partner just said to me: “We need to be careful (over our break). Everywhere we go, we need to think ‘could there be someone here who has COVID that could make us a close contact?’”
How good is ‘living with COVID’? Everyone’s living in fear of quarantine, not the virus.
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Yeah look, the day Gladys and the NSW Police march 100+ officers into places like Bondi, Coogee and Manly and not JUST the west and south-west, will be the day this is not an ongoing issue. Call it out for what it is.
BREAKING: There will be 100 extra NSW Police Officers in South-West Sydney from 7am tomorrow to ensure COVID compliance in Fairfield, Liverpool and Bankstown.
High visibility police operation launched.
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104 years old and still sharp as a tack! Professor David Goodall today leaves Australia for the final time, flying to Switzerland to end his life at a voluntary euthanasia organisation.
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#BREAKING
: Former US policeman Mohamed Noor has been found guilty of Third-Degree Murder and Second-Degree Manslaughter over the shooting death of unarmed Australian woman Justine Ruszyzck. He has been taken immediately into police custody.
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#BREAKING
: QLD Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard has told
@PeterFegan9
on
@NewsTalk4BC
Drive that a return to mask mandates is "being discussed" right now amid a fear a fresh wave of the BA.4 & BA.5 COVID strains getting "significantly worse" in coming weeks.
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Word is
@TheNotoriousMMA
handed himself in to police. Probably the smartest thing he could have done.
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Considering there's an Australian tech company in the final of a multi-million dollar competition in a field that is extremely new -- that's pretty impressive.
@PowerLedger_io
@ExTechChallenge
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#BREAKING
: Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Taylor has resigned immediately over alleged comments made at a conference, highlighted in the Commission of Inquiry into Police Responses to Domestic and Family Violence.
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Can someone tell this to all of the politicians, governments and other sporting execs who blatantly ignore it whenever there isn’t a World Cup or Olympics?
Purpose-built stadiums and adequate grassroots facilities would be a good start…
At this point it’s beyond doubt that the Matildas are Australia’s national sporting team. That’s so cool. 👌
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#BREAKING
: Queensland Premier
@AnnastaciaMP
says the Federal Government will fund PCR testing for people coming into Queensland IF they need a certificate proving their result. Queensland Government happy to accept text message proof of tests, which removes the cost.
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Utter shame that such an historic moment in women's football was marred by an unnecessary comment. But,
@AdaStolsmo
's comments are amazing: "I would like to end this speech with some words to young girls all over the world. Please, believe in yourself."
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Why was Suncorp Stadium not flooded with armed and tactical police, in the same way it would have been if this was a Brisbane Roar or A-League match?
Double standards.
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Okay everyone take a *very* deep breath, this is an absolutely mighty can of worms about Sarah’s Day that has looooong been coming and
@DrBradMcKay
most definitely deserves applause for this comprehensive take-down. Prepare yourselves for a thread.
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A lot of people also pointing out that Albert Einstein and Professor Stephen Hawking both died at the age of 76.
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A reminder there are people travelling to Canberra for the anti-vax protest who *legitimately* believe police are shooting them with Moderna-laced pepper spray or blow darts containing vaccines & there's a radioactive weapon hovering over Parli House designed to make them sick.
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Good to point out - Donnell Wallam just came in for the Australian Diamonds in her debut international match v England. The reception among the crowd in Newcastle was thunderous. Good for thought.
#AUSvENG
@NetballAust
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You’re kidding… Most of these blokes are probably underage. Over-policing at its finest.
Doubt you’d see this rubbish at State of Origin or an AFL derby.
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#EXCLUSIVE
:
@Socceroos
last played in QLD in 2018, 1 in 3 football facilities don't have female change rooms & nothing has been spent on a home for the sport.
But QLD Govt says soccer is the most-funded sport. We've exposed a $24m hole that disputes that
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Are you not concerned?
"The Siberian Arctic's sea ice mass is lower than any year since 1979 and has never dropped so low so early, based on natural freezing and melting cycles."
Via
@ZLabe
,
@NSIDC
#ClimateChange
#GlobalWarming
#Siberia
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Cometh the hour, cometh the Timmy Cahill header. What an absolute LEGEND!
#AUSvSYR
@Socceroos
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More than 5.6 million Americans have been infected with COVID-19 and 173,000+ have died. A strong (more than 23 million unemployed at the highest in April?) economy isn't the only sign of presidential worthiness.
....My Administration and I built the greatest economy in history, of any country, turned it off, saved millions of lives, and now am building an even greater economy than it was before. Jobs are flowing, NASDAQ is already at a record high, the rest to follow. Sit back & watch!
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Looks like a great time to re-share this data from
@FootballQLD
.
Queensland needs a re-focus to boost football
@AnnastaciaMP
@StirlHinchliffe
and it's right here in black and white.
Ballymore is about to get a major overhaul 🏈🛠Today we turned the sod on the $31.5 million Ballymore National Rugby Training Centre & the new McLean Stand
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#BREAKING
: CHO Dr John Gerrard has confirmed there are 221 patients in QLD public hospitals - which is 3x higher than avg of 77 before this current wave. Only 2 in ICU
No deaths recorded. Current wave made up mostly of Omicron variants including new variant - XCH
@NewsTalk4BC
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Chills. Absolute chills in every newsroom around the country right now. Chris Dawson's arrest over the death of his former wife, Lyn Dawson, in 1982 is huge, huge news.
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@JulienSolomita
's in
#Sydney
w/
@Jenna_Marbles
& his new
#vlog
is called "BEST
#COFFEE
IN THE WORLD"-Take note world
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#BREAKING
:
@AnnastaciaMP
has confirmed another night of zero new cases of community transmission. Just 20 active cases remain and more than 19,000 tests were conducted since yesterday.
@9NewsQueensland
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Some personal news: I'm moving to London to start work as the newest Digital News Producer for the
@9NewsAUS
/
@Ninecomau
online team.
No set departure date just yet, but looking likely I'll be there by the end of the month.
Can't wait to continue working in such a fantastic team
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#BREAKING
: Queensland has recorded 3 new local cases of COVID-19. They include a Gold Coast couple who have been infectious in the community for up to 13 days, one is an aged care facility worker.
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Wait, wait, wait. FOIs made by
@saunokonoko
to access crucial DNA data solely for the purpose of potentially groundbreaking re-analysis were refused, and then follow-up calls to Operation Grange have been ignored?!
#MadeleineMcCann
#Maddie
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@Sir_Attenboroug
is the world’s most notable, experienced and respected natural historian. If the world doesn’t listen to his belief that the globe is heading towards a “crisis” due to climate change - well, we’re facing an extremely big and worrying problem.
#TheProjectTV
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Disgraceful. Say what you want about
@TheNotoriousMMA
, he’s always been respectful in defeat. An unprovoked punch to the face while he’s trying to recover is unforgivable.
#KhabibMcGregor
#UFC229
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Well, that confirms it.
@TheMatildas
are bloody incredible. Unbelievably proud of women's football in Aus right now.
#AUSvBRA
#GoMatildas
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Absolutely. Captivating. Huge congrats has to go to
@saunokonoko
,
@DanMcHugh
and
@kingymoments
(among many others). This podcast sparked an international conversation and could still help lead to answers. What an achievement.
#Maddie
#MadeleineMcCann
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#BREAKING
: CHO Jeanette Young confirms yesterday’s COVID case was NOT an Emirates attendant - she had come to Australia to work as a cabin staff member with another airline & contracted virus in HQ from another flight worker who wasn’t on the same flight.
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Look
@Barnaby_Joyce
, you know it's bad when you make it onto
@iamjohnoliver
's show. Just. Sayin'.
#auspol
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Daniel Arzani transferring to Manchester City is insanely huge, both for him and for Australian football. If the Celtic loan goes through, watching how he develops there will be super exciting. What a day for the Aussie game!
@Socceroos
@ManCity
@CelticFC
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Queensland's 1st batch of the Pfzier COVID-19 vaccine has landed at Brisbane Airport on-board a passenger
@Qantas
flight from Sydney. Another aircraft, believed to have been a
@VirginAustralia
plane, has since also landed with a batch of vaccines in Cairns.
@9NewsQueensland
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#BREAKING
: I understand Queensland has recorded 1 new local case of COVID-19 in Goondiwindi. The COVID-positive patient was treated in Goondiwindi Hospital and has been moved to a south-east COVID-specific hospital. It's unlinked to the truckie who came into the state on Oct 31.
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Without a doubt one of the strongest people I've ever spoken to. Jarrod 'Broken, Never Beaten' Kent's
#AnzacDay
story is one of hardship, success and redemption. If there's one story you read today, please, make it this.
@WeAreInvictus
#AnzacDay2019
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Separate to the lockdown lift,
@AnnastaciaMP
, CHO Jeanette Young,
@YvetteDAth
&
@qldhealthnews
deserve one heck of an applause
ZERO new cases after three days of lockdown, barely any mask fines & a contract tracing program that runs like clockwork is a ridiculous achievement.
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NEW - Responding to AMAQ calls for mask mandates in hospitals, CHO says:
"I am making no general recommendation about mask wearing in public or in healthcare facilities. That would be disproportionate to the level of risk."
@NewsTalk4BC
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If Australian football fans aren’t convinced
@TheMatildas
are this country’s most likely World Cup hopefuls in a sport that we don’t already dominate... I’m not sure what’s going to convince them. This team’s on fire.
#AUSvTHA
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Anyone else get the feeling Queensland pollies are putting too much effort into fighting Feds about reopening plan, & not enough effort into making sure we actually reopen at a reasonable time? December is a LONG way away for crippled businesses, tourism, separated families, etc.
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#BREAKING
: The
@usainbolt
dream deal with the
@CCMariners
is officially over, the club has confirmed. "Both Bolt & the Central Coast Mariners have amicably concluded that they will not be able to settle on a suitable deal in a timely manner."
@ALeague
@FFA
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#BREAKING
:
@woolworths
has made the extraordinary move to remove all sewing needles from shelves in its stores across Australia temporarily as a safety precaution to protect customers amid the strawberry contamination crisis.
@9NewsAUS
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This is wild - US Air Force servicemen entrusted with guarding nuclear missiles at a secure base in Wyoming bought, distributed and used LSD, leaving them paranoid and 'marvelling at the vibrant colours'.
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Can we please let 2022 be the year we stop needlessly counting COVID cases and, instead, focus on hospitalisations, ICU patients and deaths? It’s exhausting.
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What did we learn tonight? Paul Gallen spent a month spewing trash about how good of an underdog boxer he is, and then got the snot beaten out of him for 10 rounds before this. Sure he’s got guts - but don’t let the rugby fans fool you into thinking he’s a good boxer.
#GallenHuni
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"I don't think you'll create another Les Murray in soccer than you'll create another Richie Benaud in cricket." 👌Gideon Haigh
#TheProjectTV
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Yesterday was my last day at
@9NewsAUS
.
The network gave me a shot which took me across the country & world chasing big stories w/ some of the best in the business.
For that, I’ll forever be thankful. Thankyou to everyone I’ve worked with & reported on over the years ❤️
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QLD Deputy Premier Steven Miles has told NOVA he thinks the state will hopefully reach 80% vax rate by the end of year & Xmas, & also said lease on T'Ba Wellcamp quarantine site is for 2yrs with a possible 3rd year extension. That is a LOT longer than people will be hoping for
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So stoked to be named in
@radiotodayanz
’s 30 Under 30!
Big thanks must go to the
@NewsTalk4BC
team, who are experts in radio, but especially to
@iamMaxDudley
,
@siobhainmcd
& the Brisbane Live crew
@breenie9
,
@SteveOConnell_
&
@ConMend
I’m honoured & thankful.
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@YvetteDAth
@qldhealthnews
Dr Young says the QLD Government will not detail its plan for future lockdowns or restrictions after reaching 80% vaccine rate until full and detailed Doherty Institute modelling is released. The CHO says she would like to see 90-95% vaccine rate in QLD, rather than just 80.
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I’m done with VAR. This microscopic examination of every millisecond of crucial moments that referees can’t pick up with their own eyes during that moment, then resulting in a game-changing decision reversal, is ruining football. And I’m not even a Spurs or Liverpool fan.
#TOTLIV
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Just when you think the trainwreck of revelations could be over. Bam! There's another one.
@onenation
@caromeldrum
@4corners
#4Corners
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NEW:
@FootballQLD
has released
#EQUALISER
survey results. Key findings:
- 74% of 250,000 club participants say⚽️isn't getting fair share of govt $ compared to other codes
- 75% say more investment would likely influence their QLD election vote
@NewsTalk4BC
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Health authorities have also said that anyone who may have been at any of these 13 alert venues during the listed times and dates need to isolate and be tested immediately.
@9NewsQueensland
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#BREAKING
:
@YvetteDAth
confirms a positive COVID case in QLD in Caloundra. A 44yo woman who arrived in the state on the 5th from Victoria, travelling up to the Sunshine Coast to stay with family and her husband.
@9NewsQueensland
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Piss poor take. Belgium's Thomas Van der Plaetsen survived cancer in 2015 and is representing his country in an Olympics, but sure poke fun at the athlete who no doubt suffered a horrible knee injury in this run.
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@AnnastaciaMP
NEW - 1200 community pharmacies across Queensland will get access to and begin administering the Moderna vaccine from next week, increasing in numbers of pharmacies each week up to a maximum 4000 locations in 3 weeks time.
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NEW - QLD Premier Steven Miles has all but declared he's set to scrap the controversial $2.7bn Gabba rebuild for the 2032 Olympic Games
"The plan right now is to rebuild... I'm concerned about cost, about the division... It's undermining what should be a positive"
@NewsTalk4BC
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#YouCantAskThat
-- This is incredible. Heartwarming, heartbreaking, emotional and powerful.
#DownSyndrome
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18 Newspoll losses in a row and
@TurnbullMalcolm
says he'll still be able to deliver for Australians
#abc730
#auspol
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Sorry Sydney. Sorry Melbourne. Sorry businesses, tourism operators, separated families & loved ones. Sorry stranded overseas Aussies, people stuck in long testing lines & convoluted vaccine booking queues. Sorry Australia, that we’re in this damn mess. For God’s sake, let it end.
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This podcast is potentially bloody explosive. And if not that, then at the very least it’s incredibly, incredibly fascinating.
@saunokonoko
#MadeleineMcCann
#Maddie
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Merry
#Christmas
, everyone! Especially everyone still working today (myself included!) and all of our retail, hospital and emergency services staff who keep the country ticking over. Happy holidays 🎄🎁
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If there's one thing financially struggling Aussie don't need to see, it's RBA Governor Philip Lowe smugly laughing off Q'ns about why interest rates keep rising & suggesting they've forgotten how tough things used were 30yrs ago
Completely out of touch.
#Auspol
#Estimates
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#BREAKING
: As I confirmed 10 days ago, Football QLD’s hope for a purpose-built, rectangular football stadium at Brisbane’s Perry Park has today been shot down by QLD Sport Minister Michael Healy
Sad state of affairs for QLD’s most popular grassroots sport
@NewsTalk4BC
Sadly, I've confirmed this won't happen soon w/ public $
BCC: Supports it 'long term' but won't fund now
State Govt: Has proposal, hasn't met FQ/committed $
QLD LNP Opp'n: Will only consider via 100-day Infra. Review
Fed Govt: Won't fund unless state govt does
@NewsTalk4BC
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Dr Young says the flight attendant has an identical genome sequencing to a Virgin crew member who was infected in recent weeks via Sydney. This QantasLink worker is believed to be linked to the Sydney outbreak, QLD Health not yet sure how.
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If you missed it,
@peterp79
had a cracking chat with
@drt15
tonight about
@aleaguemen
/
@aleaguewomen
& how he plans to grow the game in Australia from this season on. Here is 1 of the convincing comments he made on
@NewsTalk4BC
. FULL INTERVIEW here:
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NEW - Health Minister Yvette D'Ath has confirmed mask mandates will be removed on all Queensland public transport services from midnight tonight. Masks will only be required for people who might be close contacts or who have just had COVID.
@NewsTalk4BC
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Good morning Twitter. I’m getting my second AstraZeneca vaccination today 🎉💉
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CHO says the COVID waves in Queensland are getting less severe each time, and the majority of people in hospitals right now are over the age of 65 and haven't had a booster this year at all.
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There’s a lot to not like in that standing ovation for Jack de Belin’s coming on the field and re-entering the NRL. I’ll leave it at that. 🗑
#NRLDragonsBroncos
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Some super important messages here for
#WhiteRibbonDay
. Responsibility falls on all of us to be better. Feat.
@WhiteRibbonAust
@Kate_Jenkins_
#stopviolenceagainstwomen
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Surely this case, and therefore it’s resolution, is well-enough in the public interest of not only the UK but the world for that re-analysis to be justified?
@metpoliceuk
@saunokonoko
#MadeleineMcCann
#Maddie
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Now, solely as a listener but also as a journalist - and without accusing anyone of anything - but that suggests a major systematic failing of the
@metpoliceuk
/Scotland Yard?!
#MadeleineMcCann
#Maddie
@saunokonoko
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@cokeefe9
In QLD , there's no urgent need for a lot of people outside south-east to rush getting a vaccine.
Compare that to a state & (former) Premier that refused to lock down for 2 crucial weeks that ultimately led to the nation's worst outbreak to date. Stones... Glass houses...
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A
@Change
petition has now been launched calling for the reinstatement of
@NatashaExelby
to
@abcnews
on-air duties.
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POSITIVE COVID NEWS: I understand the new 24hr virus testing facility in Eight Mile Plains is currently packed w/ hundreds of people seeking tests. Videos sent to me tonight show queues of people snaking out of the clinic doors, down a pathway & into the carpark. It’s 9:47pm.
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If there's any doubt about the popularity of
@TheMatildas
right now -- check out this crowd! Absolutely packed.
#AUSvBRA
#GoMatildas
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All those cheers and smiles. That hug. Those tears. Goosebumps. This is a moment Australia needs to not forget. The
#HakeemSaved
movement is beyond incredible.
@Craig_Foster
, you're one of many heroes and should be commended over and over and over.
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@ElizaJBarr
I don’t agree with the Jordies stuff... but ‘bad journalism’ isn’t just saying things someone disagrees with. The Murdoch press has represented a major bias driver in a lot of recent election campaigns. Doesn’t mean all News Corp are bad journalists, but Rudd does have a point.
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#BREAKING
: Queensland has recorded 2 new local cases of COVID-19, including a male Uber driver in his 50s from Carrara on the Gold Coast & unlinked to clusters.
@NewsTalk4BC
exclusively broke the news about this case on Drive last night.
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NEW - I understand Queensland Health is planning to expand the state's current home isolation trial from next week to include returning residents who satisfy specific criteria. Details to come...
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Not sure about everyone else, but considering how bad the hospitals were during each of those last peaks - and then also where this projection says we're heading... I'm worried.
BREAKING: New modelling shows COVID-19 hospitalisations are likely to peak in late August at around 1,660 cases.
#covid19
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#UPDATE
:
@qldhealthnews
confirms a positive Brisbane COVID case, connected to the case from yesterday, held a party w/ 25 people at a house in Strathpine despite being instructed to isolate before his test results returned. All attendees are now in quarantine.
@9NewsQueensland
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This is the sort of initiative grandstanding governments and politicians should be putting their money towards in Australia.
Make it happen.
#Auspol
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There are Aus pollies who've had extramarital affairs, allegedly sexually/emotionally abused people, ran sports/carpark rorts affairs, or holidayed during the worst disaster in a lifetime... But sure, let's vilify a child sex abuse survivor for an 8-year-old bong pic.
#auspol
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Queensland records 4 local COVID cases today. All linked, includes a close contact of the Greek Community centre, their child, the partner of the man who travelled to Eumundi and also a colleague of his. All cases are the Alpha strain - no Delta in community. |
@NewsTalk4BC
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