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Feb 8, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
#ICYMI: Tonight we discussed a new report from Opposition MP Julian Hilll - which compared Australia to the rest of the world.

"The question should be: 'how well are we doing in relation to how good we could be'?" - Jan Fran.
#TheDrum (1/6) "In relation to COVID, particularly for my generation, I'm a millennial, but also the generation that comes after me,
wealth inequality is something that has been increasing well prior to the pandemic. - Jan Fran
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Feb 8, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
THREAD: GP Preeya Alexander says Facebook hasn't done enough to correct misinformation on its platforms - especially in a public health emergency.

"As a doctor, it is frightening the amount of misinformation that is allowed to go on these platforms."

#TheDrum (1/4) "I do see it as imminent harm because there is a lot of people with really large following bases who can spread a lot of lot of dangerous misinformation.

I've read this oversight board's decision. It's really transparent. I really like that about it." #TheDrum (2/4)
Dec 11, 2019 14 tweets 12 min read
“I have been fighting fires since 1972. There's been nothing like this before. We've lost nearly three times as many homes in New South Wales as the worst previous year in 2013 and we're not even really into summer.” Greg Mullin #TheDrum “It's the most disgusting, catastrophic fire I've ever been involved with. When you're stopped in the shopping centre by a couple that has lost everything, you soon find out you need to cry on their shoulder as much as they do on yours.” David West #TheDrum #bushfiresNSW