Samantha Jonscher

ABC Melbourne via @theprojecttv & ABC Alice Springs. Easily delighted. Get in touch.

[Samantha Jonscher @Samjonscher]

“The total population of the Northern Territory is about the same as Hobart, and less than that of Geelong. If we had experienced the loss of seven people to family violence in one regional town in four months, the whole country would be outraged.”

[James Massola @jamesmassola]

“Some people [within Labor] were aware and tried to stop it. My instinct is this is f---ing terrible.” Labor MPs "gobsmacked" by PM’s $4.3 million ‘clifftop perfection’ home buy. By @liv_ireland and me https://t.co/JSso57bwvO

[Melissa Mackay @_melissamackay]

UPDATED (again)
Facing a second day of intense questioning, Mr Rolfe said he was "not at all" concerned by findings of a Local Court judge that he lied, lacked credibility and likely "deliberately banged" a man's head into the floor during an arrest.

[Melissa Mackay @_melissamackay]

Former Constable Zachary Rolfe has just arrived at Alice Springs Local Court to give evidence at the Kumanjayi Walker inquest. @abcnews

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

‘Nowhere else to go’: protesters rally in support of Brisbane woman refusing to leave rental home of 22 years https://t.co/xNfgV7bAcJ

[Max Walden @maxwalden_]

Just watched the first installment of Indonesia Decides by @natasyajour @sweethellena @erwin_renaldi and can confidently say there’s no better way to learn what you need to know about the 2024 🇮🇩 presidential election than with this doco https://t.co/SmR9zfGyUQ

[Melissa Mackay @_melissamackay]

Glad to see this issue getting the national attention it deserves
@e_janesmith
"Despite the interpreter being available, I saw [the defendant] say they wanted to plead guilty and then demonstrate they didn't understand what they are pleading guilty to."
https://t.co/vPDSeN4Tj7

[Joe O'Brien @JoeDoesNews]

Australia's population will click over to 27m in the next few hours.
We'll have analysis on the @abcnews channel after 4pm AEDT

[Jesse Thompson @je_thom_]

Important story: Indigenous people in Alice Springs may have to represent themselves in court, due to an exodus of lawyers from the town's main Aboriginal legal agency. https://t.co/ns4ysn99YT

[Melissa Mackay @_melissamackay]

Judge Armitage warned that if the deaths continued, "we will be having more inquests, sadly."

"If we don't look back and learn from the past, we'll repeat the same mistakes." @abcnews
https://t.co/aqBQTUMRTz

[Dr Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🦋 @SatelliteSci]

The scale of the fires currently burning across northern Australia is pretty unfathomable.

This animation visualises just the last two months of fire captured by #DEAHotspots - for context, the map covers an area larger than France, Spain and Germany combined...

[Sarah Collard @Sarah_Collard_]

Mechelle Turvey, mother of Cassius Turvey, announced as 2024 WA Australian of the Year https://t.co/GH0MetzTpa

[Sarah Collard @Sarah_Collard_]

The family of 16yo Cleveland Dodd who died in custody in Perth have released a statement calling for justice.

“We will not rest until justice for our boy, and for all other First Nation’s children, is secured…”

“Our boy deserved a future. We want answers.”

[Michael Koziol @michaelkoziol]

“This is nuts”: Tingle says false balance at ABC and other media has degraded Voice coverage https://t.co/0UvEywGr3e

[Samantha Maiden @samanthamaiden]

It’s a long-standing complaint that journalists sometimes find dealing with @DefenceAust difficult but I don’t think many people realise just how bad it is despite the expenditure of millions of taxpayer dollars (thread)

[Kieran Finnane @KieranFinnane]

Central Land Council to Senator Price:
1.'What is not on the [massacre] map is the administrative violence, pastoral violence, and wholescale theft of our land and waters.
There is a direct link between these historical truths and the gaps we want to close.'

[C罗球速体育宝发体育竞技宝王者体育天博体育EVO电子亿博体育足球预测彩娱乐角球王者捕鱼 @bridgeyb]

Palm Island community members say life hasn't improved in 50 years. This is really worth a read. https://t.co/YKTp9Sf4BP

[Sarah Collard @Sarah_Collard_]

Stories of survivors in their own words

Beaten, abused, bullied, starved: stories of survival of Kinchela Aboriginal boys’ home https://t.co/EM4CFxG21b