Sydney-based Broadcast journalist. Find my work on @SBS, and wry observations here. navera@sbs.com.au
Jun 26 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Thread: Things you might not know about Saipan and the Northern Mariana Islands - where Julian Assange's sentencing is taking place:
The indigenous Chammaro people are believed to have first arrived in 1,500 BCE.
The islands were colonized from 1668 by the Spanish, briefly occupied by the US in 1898, then sold to Germany (and separated from Guam) in 1899. It was then occupied by Japan in 1914,.By World War II - settlers outnumbered the indigenous population.
Sep 27, 2022 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
Senator Mehreen Faruqui is moving a motion to censure Senator Pauline Hanson after she told her to "p*** off to Pakistan" on Twitter: "I will not be silenced, especially on the topic of the British monarchy." #auspol@SBSNews
Faruqui: "I have the right to talk about this issue without being racially vilified." #auspol@SBSNews
Sep 26, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
#BREAKING: Kurt Fearnley has been appointed chair of the National Disability Insurance Agency. #auspol@SBSNews
Full details of the appointments under Minister Bill Shorten below #auspol@SBSNews
Aug 16, 2022 • 13 tweets • 11 min read
THREAD: Here's a running list of which Coalition ministers say they knew about Scott Morrison's secret portfolios. #auspol@SBSNewsbit.ly/3JVaR9W
Michael McCormack did know: The Deputy Prime Minister during the period the appointments took place was aware and defended the decisions to @SBSnews: "He made these decisions at an extraordinary time in Australian public life." Read more: bit.ly/3JVaR9W#auspol
Faruqui: "I have the right to talk about this issue without being racially vilified." #auspol @SBSNews
