Patricia Karvelas
@PatsKarvelas
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Host #afternoonbriefing and #qanda TV šŗ #ThePartyRoom podcast. Previously @rnbreakfast & Posts donāt represent the ABC
Joined December 2009
Disgusting things happening here to mock a child a use survivor who is found in a pic doing something that a lot of teens and 20 year olds do. Gross.
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Iām genuinely shocked that there are that many people stupid enough to protest and spread a virus that might kill them. My brain hurts. #COVID19nsw.
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I have watched thousands of press conferences and the lack of contrition here is quite extraordinary. #auspol.
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When Victoria had that spike in numbers over 700 in a day it rightly lead to an inquiry and the Health Minister even resigned. Whatās going on in NSW? Whereās the accountability? #COVID19nsw.
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Vale Jack Charles. Before he passed away, his family were able to send him off on Country during a smoking ceremony at the Royal Melbourne hospital. Uncle Jack died at the RMH after suffering from a stroke. His family have given permission for his name and image #vale
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Overwhelmed by the love ā¤ļø and kindness Iām receiving from the news that Iāll be taking over from my excellent friend @frankelly08 next year on @RNBreakfast .I care deeply about this country and democracy and I canāt wait. Thank you #auspol.
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I love him.
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This advocacy from @AlboMP on #ulurustatememt is the strongest and most passionate I have seen from a leader. #auspol.
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Just consider this. The main security guard who saw Brittany Higgins hasnāt been talked to. Just think about that #4corners.
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NEVER forget that it was McGuire who suggested Adam Goodes be used to promote the musical King Kong. He thought that was funny. And he kept his job. #Collingwood.
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FIVE Indigenous deaths in custody in 4 weeks. Why is there no emergency response? There needs to be. This is the system we have built and it is failing First Nations People #auspol.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the stateās daily 11:00am COVID-19 press conferences will stop from Monday. I think thatās regrettable for democracy #Covidnsw.
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Former PM Keating statement; The policy change announced by The Prime Minister to allow people to access their Superannuation for housing deposits amounts to no more than another frontal assault by the Liberal Party on the Superannuation system. #auspol.
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SO PROUD OF MY FELLOW VICTORIANS WE ARE SO GOOD AT STAYING HOME AMD SMASHING THIS HIDEOUS VIRUS #Covid19VicData.
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My colleagues are not safe reporting on the streets of the city I love and am born and bred in. I am furious. #COVID19Vic.
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To abandon the daily accountability opportunity for journalists to ask questions when deaths and cases are rising is one of the most disturbing decisions Iāve seen. The bushfire is raging and we will get videos? #Covidnsw.
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Women have the right to be attractive. Women have the right to drink alcohol. Women have the right to be alone. The victim blaming for sexual assault has got to stop. Women donāt cause rape. Rapists are entirely responsible for the violence they inflict. #auspol.
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Truth is my kid is very scared of needles but she sat in that chair and made herself get the jab because she knew it was the right thing to do for her community and for herself. And sheās felt poorly but still doesnāt regret it. Because sheās fierce #COVID19Vic.
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The idea that women are just angry with no solutions to the sexism is just so wilfully blind to the never ending solutions women are constantly providing and being ignored by men who do not want to relinquish power. #auspol.
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To my Sydney friends, I remember the day we reached 700 cases like it was yesterday. The bleak, sad, frustrating reality that the pain would last for months, not weeks. But it did end. And we breathed again. It will end. #COVID19nsw.
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I am not Aboriginal and the amount of racist crap Iāve received because I said I was doing a 10km Indigenous run is astonishing. I DO NOT know how Indigenous people stay in this awful space. Power to you all. #alwayswasalwayswillbe.
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This woman is a legend and looks like she will be the next Indigenous affairs minister #UluruStatement
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It staggers me that we live in a country where seven Aboriginal people can die in custody since just March and the national outrage and response is so muted. #auspol.
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The leakage out of NSW from this strain is causing havoc across the country. Terrible 2021. #Covid.
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After seeing the homophobia here today seems we need #WearItPurple more than ever. We donāt apologise about who we are.
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āLiving with Covidā doesnāt mean walking away from accountabiiity when the state is about to enter its most dangerous period #Covidnsw.
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If you think Shaq doesnāt matter you havenāt lived in the multicultural suburbs of melb where I come from. He is a god. #auspol.
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Today has been devastating for my colleagues and for journalism. For the last ten years of my career in journalism I have seen job cuts after job cuts diminishing our ability to hold the powerful to account. #abc.
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Bit emotional š .Have booked my twelve year old for her Pfizer appointment. Get onto it #COVID19Vic.
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Just think about how lucky we are to have the Australian Electoral Commission @AusElectoralCom .Uncontested elections.The best system in the world.
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Scott Morrisonās confused his own defence. He said it was an oversight not to tell his ministers, now he says it was deliberate because he didnāt want it misconstrued and misunderstood. #auspol.
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Given the waiting times and lines people are being subjected to it is really commendable that people are being that socially responsible that they are still waiting while sometimes ill. But this is a disgraceful stuff up that should have been foreseen. #COVID19.
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Homophobes out in force to create the impression thereās a āgayā problem. The problem is the mistreatment of women and misogyny. Thatās always been the problem. #auspol.
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Iām staggered at the level of ignorance about what itās like to survive a sexual assault. The way you have to rationalise it to survive: Embarsssing for my profession #auspol.
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If I was one of the Covid zero states I would be trying to get to 80% vaxxed with so much urgency to beat the virus inevitably getting in and creating the perfect scenario of high vaccination before spread. #COVID19Aus.
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Scott Morrison was appointed to FIVE portfolios - Health, Finance Home Affairs, Treasury and Industry, Science, Industry and Resources .Thatās quite a bit not to know about. #auspol.
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This is a big deal - this guy is the king of NRL.
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People have outed politicians to me in the past - encouraging me to write the story - I never have and never would. #outing.
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I think itās important that people know that female journalists are being targeted in the most aggressive misogynistic ways. Throw in homophobia and it really is next level toxic #COVID19.
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LESBIAN LESBIAN LESBIAN LESBIAN.
@LuciT00405829 Never forgetting that Pats is the lesbian that canāt bring herself to say the word lesbian ā¦.
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Lots of gross direct messages calling me a bitch. And other gendered gross words. Go away. #auspol.
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According to Twitter we have two current PMs. @ScottMorrisonMP hasnāt changed his Twitter but @AlboMP has updated his. Awkward. #auspol.
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The importance of this is that the PM has conceded Laborās main campaign point - that the way he does the job is an issue. #auspol.
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I think itās really appalling that the national broadcaster doesnāt have one of these debates. #auspol.
no election debate on the ABC, then. One on Sky, one on 9, one on 7.
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Patty Mills to donate entire $1.5m salary from NBA restart to Australian black communities
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No. One. Cares.
In the shopping bag possibly for the last time - when they change the name Iāll be swapping to any other brand
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The PM would have wanted tonightās news to be āthe PM listens to women.ā.Instead it is āPM weaponises sexual harassment allegation at news Corp that WASNāT EVEN lodgedā. #auspol. How could such a big blunder even happen?.
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Just when I thought I couldnāt love the Finnish PM more I learnt she was same sex parented. š @mariekehardy.
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I was at the No event. We were crammed into a media room away from what was obviously a party. The narrative was that there wasnāt anything other than canapĆ©s. But Australiaās richest woman Gina Rinehart was there - i asked many times who was there but they would not share.
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Big hugs and love to the many survivors of sexual abuse who have spent the last few weeks hearing harrowing stories that trigger memories of unspeakable pain. We hear you and we see you. #auspol.
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Thanks for your lovely messages - Covid doesnāt feel very mild to me - very glad to be triple vaxxed. #auspol.
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Logging off this hell site. See you Monday to the many kind people. If youāve thought it normal to @ me that I have no right to be fatigued by #lockdowns do some empathy training #CovidVictoria.
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If you have flooded my inbox with kindness THANK YOU for restoring my faith in people #auspol.
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It is deeply deeply worrying to hear this division between our leaders on AZ. This is just a disaster. #COVID19Aus.
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ššššš Scott Morrison also called Josh Frydenberg to apologise for secretly becoming Treasurer. The former treasurer has told people he is ālividā #auspol @RNBreakfast.
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So @Barnaby_Joyce believes the Tamil family should be sent home to QLD. Will he demand this today? #auspol.
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My big thing is politicians who subject themselves to robust questioning & are willing to be held to account even if itās hard. So far the new Government including the Health Minister have not been reluctant to come on. Long may this approach continue. It matters #auspol.
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In a public hospital with my partner who is very injured after a bicycle accident and thanking god for Medicare and the best doctors and nurses in the world. #auspol.
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Life with Covid doesnāt mean your government chooses when it gets scrutinised. Itās so horrifying to reduce journalists chances to ask hard questions #Covidnsw.
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Just a mid lockdown week reminder that Victorians are allowed to feel sad and despondent and frustrated by this fourth lockdown. That is an entirely legitimate emotion. Donāt @ me unless you endured months and months of this last year #CovidVic.
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Unfortunately after repeated and persistent attempts @ScottMorrisonMP has not agreed to come on @RNBreakfast this election campaign. Given our large and engaged audience it is a disappointment. I will be joined by @Birmo and @SenatorWong at 7:30am #auspol.
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Our vaccination rates leave us so exposed at the biggest crisis point weāve seen. Very tense time #COVID19nsw.
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Those women with degrees in their 30s might be worth listening to at some point #VicVotes2022.
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Scott Morrison says āIām seeking a second term because Iām just warming up.ā. Fact: this would be the FOURTH Coalition term. #auspol.
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It is astonishing that we have failed to vaccinate aged care workers so far into this pandemic. #CovidVic.
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Feminised industries pay less and suck it up on mandatory vaccination. Patriarchal industry has a tantrum despite being paid a lot of the pandemic. You canāt make it up #COVID19Vic.
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If Dan Andrews secures a historic third term and majority government thatās a pretty extraordinary result after the intensity of some of the campaign. #VicVotes2022.
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Iām going to make a large Greek lamb and slow roast it all day and then eat it after work as a reward for doing 6 lockdowns. Thanks fir asking. #lockdown6.
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I THINK AFTER THE WORST YEAR @MariahCarey SHARING OUR VIDEO AND CALLING IT BIG CHRISTMAS ENERGY HAS MADE ME DEAD #rndrive.
Coining BCE!! Big Christmas Energy!!!! šāļøāļøšā¤ļø.
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If Victoria is able to lift #lockdown tomorrow it will be the clearest evidence that waiting too long - as NSW did - is the recipe for long heartbreaking closure. I have lived through 3 lockdowns this year alone but I still prefer that not ideal option to a neverending shutdown.
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If you needed a visual depiction of toxic masculinity you should get some live shots of the West Gate Bridge. #COVID19Vic.
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So @sammyjcomedian stormed up the ABC stairs - yelled like a coach - and delivered me this rundown for @RNBreakfast show number 1 #auspol
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People here keep asking me what I think as a āgayā person about Rebel Wilson being outed. I have said that I donāt believe in outing - that I think itās dangerous. I think journalists should think carefully about these issues. These actions have consequences.
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I feel very emotional about the two young doctors in ICU. We ask them to look after the sick and expose themselves to Illness when others canāt even stay home when they have tested positive for Covid. It is beyond disgraceful #COVIDVIC19.
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Part of the feeling of relief and peace so many people across the world are feeling comes from the knowledge that bullies donāt always win. That misogyny and racism isnāt rewarded. #USAelection2020.
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BEST ADVERTISEMENT FOR VACCINATION . Noone who has received two doses of a vaccine is hospitalised with #COVID19Aus.
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The guy at my local coffee shop is a young guy from Greece š¬š· and we talk in Greek and I pretend Iām in an Athens cafe as a substitute for travel. #COVID19Aus.
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A lot of people I know have covid but so far Iāve managed to dodge it. I am increasingly filled with a sense of not if but when. A deeply weird feeling of waiting #Covid.
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How does a person as young as 26 say these things? . āBloody Aboriginalā: Liberal candidate rails against Indigenous people, abortion and climate change
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Just a note to say Iāve observed an unprecedented level of hyper partisanship and attacks on journalists - some vile stuff in my feed - I will stay on Twitter but I wonāt engage with abuse. Civil debate is important in a democracy. #auspol.
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The are you pro Gladys or are you pro Dan wars are banal. Itās about adopting the strategy that works. When Vic messed up - it was important to call it. When NSW messed up - it was important to call it again. Not hard. #COVID19.
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