Ben McKay
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AAP Pacific Editor try not to take this place too seriously 📧 [email protected]
Wellington, New Zealand
Joined February 2009
if the Tasmania dossier is legit it needs to include the Wursthaus family lasagna as the state's best kept secret. beef of veg - both insane.
"There's 28 golf courses within 50km of Hobart, they are keen to sell that aspect of Tasmania to players." ⛳️. @CalTwomey and @RileyBev break down Tasmania's trade dossier on @gettable_afl :
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a piece on the recent PNG/Bougainville drought and the challenge to get relief to some of the world's most remote islands and atolls. thanks to @CAREAustralia .
aapnews.aap.com.au
An mission to relieve drought-struck islanders in far east Papua New Guinea has laid bare the difficulties of delivering aid in the Pacific.
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can't speak to the veracity of this legal opinion but surely tasmanians are bang up for another #politas election later this year
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lost for words! 😭.
Liverpool striker Diogo Jota and his brother have both passed away due to traffic accident, reports Marca. Deepest condolences, support, and thoughts are with those involved, his family and loved ones. May his soul rest in peace. 🤍🕊️
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RT @scoutboxall: Royal Commission into the WOKE ABC’s decision to reincarnate beautiful Amelia Earhart as a MAN with a NEW ZEALAND accent!!….
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RT @SamSachdevaNZ: Was a great privilege (and slightly terrifying) to deliver a speech to the Otago Foreign Policy School last weekend, on….
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Tuvalu minister Simon Kofe gave an insightful interview to the ABC explaining that (a) its open to the Tuvalu diaspora, and (b) citizens are applying as a travel loophole. It's also very likely many applicants are ineligible, double-ups or otherwise.
canberratimes.com.au
Thousands of climate visa applications from island nation Tuvalu's small population does not equate to a looming mass...
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the "third of Tuvalu wants to move to Australia" story has made global headlines over the last week - understandably. while it's an undeniably popular visa, if you scratch beneath the surface it's not quite true .
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too late trump! victory already has a fragrance
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Also some issues polling. slightly odd phrasing & a few takeaways but more evidence that there are more Tasmanians - even Hobartians - against the stadium than for it
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YouGov poll out tonight for #politas puts Labor ahead - just. those numbers *probably* give ALP 14, Libs 13, Greens 4-5, Indies 3-4. Bad number for Woodruff, squeeze is on for the left in Franklin
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RT @jackkenmare_: This is unreal. Hugo Rodallega was in tears after picking up an injury, it looked like he’d be subbed off but then scores….
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Luxon critical of Ngāpuhi leadership today on Hosking on the treaty settlement standoff:."The thing about Ngāpuhi up north, it's the biggest tragedy in my view which is their failure to secure a settlement means they aren't able to power up their community.".
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earnest question: are there bloggers / independent writers putting content out there about the tas election/politics/tasmania generally worth reading? all reccomendations gratefully received 🙏🏼.
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RT @stephendziedzic: AFP - citing Aust govt statistics - says 3,125 people in Tuvalu (almost one third of the population) entered the ballo….
france24.com
Almost a third of all of Tuvalu’s residents have put in requests for the first batch of climate visas from Australia, as scientists fear the Pacific nation will be uninhabitable within the next 80...
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also included: a serve she gives Luxon for being a weak leader too reliant on talking points. the whole thing is worth a watch I reckon.
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