Fighting Fake News with REAL 26/8/21; Australia's Shame; Murdoch threatens the ABC; Delta modeling

 

 

  

 800 known bases on the ground in 150 nations couple that with what's not known. Australia's ambition is to have one too and our government is a driving force to establish both public and private ones.

 

Our journalist in Afghanistan has an Australian visa, but he can't get into Kabul airport

 

"Credlin held the top job between 2013-15

Morrison Becomes Longest Serving Liberal PM Since Peta Credlin

Business

A legal letter was fired off by Fox News to the ABC’s chairman Ita Buttrose before a Four Corners episode went to air on Monday. A complaint is now expected to be formalised.

Murdoch’s Fox News issues ABC with legal threat over ‘Four Corners’ Trump episode

 

 

But our model was about Phase D – what Australia needs to do to avoid obtrusive restrictions such as lockdowns altogether – which was not modelled by the Doherty Institute.

We argued that it is only safe to open the borders, to lift restrictions, and to manage without lockdowns and use only unobtrusive measures such as masks on public transport, if we vaccinate at least 80% of the total population and continue the vaccination rollout to 90% throughout 2022.

Recent modelling from other academics has come to similar conclusions, with some even suggesting a slightly higher threshold for safe re-opening.

Opening with 70% of adults vaccinated, the Doherty report predicts 1.5K deaths in 6 months. We need a revised plan

Executive pay

Australia Post senior staff rewarded with almost $92m in bonuses

A total of 345 employees received an average bonus of almost $82,000 last year, with Australia Post splashing almost $92m on its staff.

Australia Post underpaid more than 19,000 former staff

 Australia Post has disclosed to the wages watchdog that it underpaid 19,500 former workers about $1.8 million, before interest, after a payroll error miscalculated how much annual leave they should be paid out upon leaving the postal service.