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Political correspondent @theage and @smh paul.sakkal@nine.com.au
Dec 4, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
In an interview @DanielAndrewsMP:
- admits mistakes during pandemic
- attacks 'disloyal' Vic federal MPs
- reveals up to a million people watched daily COVID press conferences
- questions if Coalition MPs want violence to stem from protests

theage.com.au/politics/victo… @theage Quotes from Andrews interview w @StiofanDonnelly that didn't make the story. On press conference style:
'What you’ve got to do is you’ve got to be yourself because people spot a bullshitter a mile off. If you’re up there pretending to be somebody else you'll get found out'
Mar 16, 2019 6 tweets 4 min read
At Anning's rally today in Melbourne a supporter of his noted the Christchurch shooter was a 28-year-old and one of the "younger generation taking up the fight". Anning responded by saying the shooter was "a little on the crazy side, but yeah." theage.com.au/politics/feder… @theage Anning railed against what he said are the three biggest threats to Australia: "Black African immigration ... Muslim immigration ... and Chinese buying our land". Neil Erikson and Blair Cotrell were in the crowd with Andrew Nolch, who defaced the Eurydice Dixon memorial @theage