Andy Park
@andy_park
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Host of The World Today, midday at noon across Australia on the ABC. Views mine, not ABCs.
Joined March 2010
Some people claim the Sistine Chapel is the peak of human made beauty. Wrong. It’s Viennetta being made:.
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I am only going to say this once: the Simpsons has been going for 32 years. There are bound to be coincidences.
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He told me how his dad, a stonemason, built a rock garden, which we lovingly care for to this day. I invited him in to see it, and he broke down in tears. His parents both died last year from covid. "it just brings it all back" Life is shitty. Be kind to each other, we all hurt.
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There was a dodgy guy, idling in a van and staring at my house. When he saw me, he looked uncomfortable. I waved hello. He yelled out "I was born in your house in 1965". I said "you mean actually in the house? He said "yes". .
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I broke the bad news to my 4 year old daughter about Sydney’s 4 week lockdown extension today:. Reaction: “yay!”. I hear “lockdown”, she hears “family time”, “crafternoons” and “home play with dad”.
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'Chance The Rapper".Plumber
In case you wanted to know the occupation of “Chance The Rapper”.
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What did NSW gain (economically, socially) by winding restrictions back in the face of rising omicron numbers? Today’s reinstatement is effectively an admission that was an error, and the Premier must admit that for us to have faith in his future public health directions.
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If you say “it’s just the flu”, you are a selfish bloody twat, and you can come with my wife and I to all her medical appointments to try and plan the next six months of her being immuno suppressed in a pandemic. You can hold the baby (with gloves). Dickhead.
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So let me get this straight: the PMO and or Liberal Party were working on a political video ad announcing troop deployment into firegrounds instead of informing @NSWRFS commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons of this plan.
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I’m departing @abc730 to host @RNDrive in a big 2022 #auspol/election year, replacing the indomitable @PatsKarvelas (as she replaces @frankelly08 on @RNBreakfast), & joining absolute national treasures @PhillipAdams_1 @GeraldineDoogue on @RadioNational:
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Cockatoos have ram raided a local supermarket loading dock, cracking open racks and racks of bread, in an early morning Boxing Day heist.
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I meet a girl some years back. We dated. Fell in love, got engaged, got married, went on a honeymoon, bought a house, fell pregnant, had a child, raised the child, AND ONLY THEN SHE BEGAN FOLLOWING ME ON TWITTER.
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All of Australia’s newspapers look like this today, so that they won’t look like this tomorrow. #PressFreedom #righttoknow
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ABC has lost $783m in funding since the Coalition came to power in 2014. ABC has lost $783m in funding since the Coalition came to power in 2014. ABC has lost $783m in funding since the Coalition came to power in 2014.
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The year is 2020 and we have just heard the phrase "illegal dinner party" used by government.
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Politically, there’s not being able to read a room, and then there’s being in the wrong house.
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When the Morrison government says it’s doing all it can for “our farmers”, remember the appointed drought envoy can’t prove he did anything, and spent $675,000 of your money in the process. @AmyRemeikis @msmarto.
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Remember this when there’s further cuts the ABC this year.
Many areas along the south coast will be without internet for potentially days - those north of Ulladulla if you can’t use the ABC Listen app don’t forget the wireless is still working and keeping you informed on 97.3FM #nswfires
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I have to have a general anaesthetic tomorrow and honestly, as a father of two, I am just psyched about the sleep.
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Big support for African/Australians tonight, who, in my experience, are highly educated, freedom seeking, contribution making and generous of spirit in a traditionally Australian way. Most are smarter, more genuine than those who seek to tear them down #NotmyAustralia
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My elderly neighbour died today. She was a great mate. She lived alone, after a transient life married to a station master & danced ballroom, if her arthritis permitted. She wore a low key, natural wig, & would lift it like a top hat, & doff it in my direction to make laugh. 😓.
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You might think the ABC appears to be burning in Sydney, but I‘m working 18 and 20 hour days in the Wimmera to make stories that matter to Australians. And that is what really matters.
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WORM: Lobbyist.SNAIL: Public dept. vulnerable to privatisation.BIRD: large multinational.
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The perils of sleep deprivation, and dressing in the dark of a winter morning. Had already left the house.
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Woman appears to cough at man during .argument over coughing etiquette on a #Sydney train. #coronavirus #coronavirusaustralia #COVID2019 #2019nCoV
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What would @realDonaldTrump look like if you applied his natural skin colour from around his eyes and removed his comb over? Via Jordan Rivers Creative.
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Novak Djokovic has been denied entry to Australia after an extraordinary mix-up with his visa application. Via @thetimes.
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Me: let’s have a grazing platter.WIFE: yeah like muscatels, daphenoise, fig paste, sea salt crackers etc.ME: puts party pies and nuggets in the oven.
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Remember: this person votes in elections. From local FB page.
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After being alone on an empty ward for days, my Christmas miracle is being discharged on crutches today to share Christmas with my wife and two little girls. I am dizzy with pain and happiness.
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Less than three per cent of Australians are vaxed. Less than three per cent of Australians are vaxed. Less than three per cent of Australians are vaxed. Less than three per cent of Australians are vaxed.
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For our international friends struggling to comprehend what’s going on in Australia right now.
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.@TheAusInstitute is proposing a National Climate Disaster Fund, funded by a levy of $1 per tonne of all coal gas and oil produced in Australia to help pay for some of the increasing costs of these climate disasters. #lismore #Floods2022 #floods #QldFloods.
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found Channel Seven Melbourne breached the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice in a Sunday Night program broadcast on 8 July 2018: ping @NyadolNyuon
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Wondering where your package is? (Ships queuing up outside of Shanghai due to lock-down) via @AndreasSteno
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The Morrison govt. has tipped more than half a billion dollars of taxpayer's money into Carbon Capture and Storage, with the promise of reducing emissions to net zero by 2050. Tonight, I take an in depth look on @abc730 #ccs #abc730 #auspol #climatechange.
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Give me one good reason a government shouldn’t fall over the Ruby Princess debacle. (That one good reason shouldn’t be “we blame the other level of government”).
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Unrelated GP visit today. GP implored me to tell people that the authorities must close public gatherings such as schools, unis etc immediately. #coronavirus.
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My dad, who’s ridden motorcycles for 60+ years - including across the US with me in 2013, is in intensive care tonight because a driver diddn’t see his motorcycle coming through the intersection, causing them to collide head-on earlier today.
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A lovely old man approached me at my gym and gave me wonderful comments about my work, @leighsales and the @abc730 crew today. I won't dwell on the fact I was naked in the change rooms at the time.
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Just caught a colleague putting soy sauce into their instant coffee. What federal agency do I report this to?.
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honest to god, my 5yo daughter carefully read the @abcnews news strap out loud and forlornly said “but whose going to look after the world?”
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This is how you do a standup.
Fleeing civilians tell CNN they don't know where to go. CNN's @clarissaward speaks to civilians who are attempting to escape the chaos in Syria.
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I have covid and am battling power outages from my iso cave/home studio, but @rndrive must go on, live around the nation!*. *in ugg boots.
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In other vaccine news, polio has been fully eradicated in Africa.
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The year is 2020 and all ABC reporters have now been issued papers to be allowed to be in public spaces.
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Things you LOVE but prefer to be owned by others. Go:. - boats.- jacarandas.- Twitter beefs.- children. ?.
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Seeking early access to my super to have a completely normal one at my local suburban pub tonight.
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If these fires are a state issue as the PM has repeatedly pointed out, why does @PeterDutton_MP hold the emergency management portfolio at a federal level? And where is Mr Dutton? These are genuine questions.
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The entire staff at Ultimo ABC just got an email that precisely one person needed to get. About a broken hairdryer.
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"WHY DON'T YOU F&%K OFF!!". (sorry if you were hoping for a sweet ending, people are shit. The end).
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NSW emergency services minister David Elliot says his planned European holiday was “inexcusable” and that even his own family think he should have stayed and done his job. Astonishing he’s not sacked. #nswpol #AustraliaBurning #ausfires
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Police seek man who allegedly broke into the Australian museum, took selfie in dinosaurs mouth, left with staff members fedora.
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The Pakistani government accidentally added a cat filter to a live stream of gov business:
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It’s almost like. a distraction.
"There are 537 councils in Australia. About 530 of them already have citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day" - Bill Shorten
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Maybe i am going wrong by waking up “unnaturally” to shrieks and toddler screams at 4.45am?
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A member of the Australian government just said on national television that he is “not relying on the evidence” in relation to climate change policy. I shit you not.
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#LookTwiceForBikes: 1-2 times a week a driver won’t see my motorcycle (despite the hi vis) 99% I see them & can avoid, last night I couldn’t & came off at 60-70kph. Kind people helped me. I’m incredibly lucky (bike less so) road burn even chewed through my shoes, into my socks!
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I am in the ER waiting room bc my kid broke her foot. Because I can’t turn it off, I am watching Married at First Sight with an Indian woman who is high on Endone, who also had an arranged marriage. She has strong views on this topic.
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Somehow, I don’t think the @GuardianAus is getting the full gravity of the cost of living crisis 😂
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A gruff old white bloke walks into the newsagent & says to the Asian staff “What, we’ve run out of Australians then?” My wife & the Asian proprietor exchange nervous glances. “You have the SMH, but none of The Australian?!” Moral: gruff old white blokes read The Australian.
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