Andrew Probyn

[Heidi Murphy @heidimur]

In answer to revelations that taxpayers forked out $196m for excess “unproductive” CFMEU staff on the Metro Tunnel project and govt’s reported instruction to builders to pay it to get it done….

Premier’s line of the day is
“inflationary pressures are not corruption”.

[David Crowe @CroweDM]

Andy Burnham is hugely popular within Labour ranks, but this is an incredible risk.

He is being anointed without a contest now that Wes Streeting has bowed out.

And he is yet to be sworn into the House of Commons.

My analysis in the blog:

https://t.co/BHII1mBQDS

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

There is the distinct sense that the net is closing on Defence over its use of a hi-tech helmet with a lethal risk.
A helmet used the night four airmen died.

[Nick Bryant @NickBryantNY]

A gloriously Hockneyesque moment......an f-ing fitting farewell.

[David Crowe @CroweDM]

There’s huge anxiety in Belfast today about more protests ahead.

The charred remains of a bus are a reminder of last night’s riot.

My story:

https://t.co/hrIsriSkmI

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

EXCLUSIVE
Inside Australia’s Middle East mission

https://t.co/iaUGBSFYKd

[The Age @theage]

The federal government remains committed to the renewable energy project, which is now two-thirds complete, more than 10 times over budget, and seven years behind schedule. https://t.co/YOFe5GMnuX

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

EXCLUSIVE
Snowy Hydro project facing 10-fold cost blow-out but no turning back… https://t.co/OZTA17zSp6

[Senator Matt Canavan @mattjcan]

@andrewprobyn You showed me yours so I will show you mine!

Here is the Soviet Stanley knock off I mentioned. It was a bargain on eBay!

https://t.co/CazVJwsGsX

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

For those wondering, here is the relic of Australian industrial manufacturing I referenced at the Press Club with @mattjcan
A Hobart-made Stanley #4 plane from the 1960s. Sadly no price tag on it.

[Nottingham Forest @NFFC]

Our Murillo. 👊

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

EXCLUSIVE
Two Australian sailors were on board the US nuclear-powered submarine that sank an Iranian warship with a torpedo yesterday.

https://t.co/lVBenVc4sl

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

This is the best speech given by a public servant in years. A lesson for all professions, not just those in Defence; if you can’t say it in plain language, you are assumed to be camouflaging the truth, lying or incompetent.
Worth watching in full.

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

Excoriating, riveting, utterly unflinching speech from Deputy Chief of Army late last year. Warns Army is "polluted" by "managerial and advertising logic and doublespeak" which hints at "something rotten" - a detachment from the nature of war and violence
https://t.co/V4gv197KHv

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

Excoriating, riveting, utterly unflinching speech from Deputy Chief of Army late last year. Warns Army is "polluted" by "managerial and advertising logic and doublespeak" which hints at "something rotten" - a detachment from the nature of war and violence
https://t.co/V4gv197KHv

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

Canberra is a place of spies and secrets.
Plans are afoot to blow their cover with a National Spy Museum that tells some of the best Australian espionage stories, complete with gadgets and never-before-seen relics of life in the shadows...
https://t.co/c7s3o7CT5G

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

Can we please BAN cricket commentators - especially David Warner on Foxtel’s BBL coverage - from using “execute” and its variations. It’s getting very boring. English language has some great alternatives. Batting, bowling and fielding for a start!

[David Crowe @CroweDM]

Seeing Ukraine from an air raid shelter.

https://t.co/V4iDeIGbSH

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

Press Gallery combined experience 120 years.
The occasion? The retirement of Ch7 legendary cammo Steve Quick between Tim Sweeney and Mark Jessop.

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

Sad news.

Kath Gorman, the no-nonsense ex-Flying Doctors nurse who was the first “guinea pig” to test her brother-in-law’s experimental treatment for Rh disease, died last night in Canberra.

Kath Gorman helped Dr John Gorman save millions of lives.

https://t.co/sWPfC96WAS

[Andrew Probyn @andrewprobyn]

Parliamentary email scandal widens.
Top bureaucrat says cybersecurity warning was “overrated”

https://t.co/YCxjq83n1B