Col Packham

Energy reporter for The Australian. Previously with the Australian Financial Review and Reuters. Views, especially reactionary football ones, my own.

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

"It’s difficult to say farewell, but let’s remember the good times…" ❤️🥹

[Sydney Swans @sydneyswans]

To one of the greatest of all time..

Thank you for everything ❤️

#ThanksBuddy

[Mark Di Stefano @MarkDiStef]

How Crispin Odey evaded sexual assault allegations for decades https://t.co/lNoHgZWJLq

[Stu’s Football Flashbacks @stusfootyflash]

It’s the 30th anniversary of Ray Parlour’s world record attempt at saying the word ‘obviously’ in one interview…

[Financial Review @FinancialReview]

The bourse asked the RBA for help when trading of its electricity derivatives waned amid market volatility. https://t.co/AXDFdRqZYa

[Col Packham @Colpackham]

Awful customer service from @Optus . Mobile tower is down for three weeks and no team member willing or able to help.

[Dylan McConnell @dylanjmcconnell]

"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked" - Warren Buffet

....think we're about to find out which electricity retailers have been skinny dipping

https://t.co/H0w9Kvn445

[Charlotte Grieve @CharlotteGriev1]

.@WoodsideEnergy paid the @CSIRO more than $140,000 to measure the impact of increasing gas supply on global emissions. When an answer came back that did not fit its narrative, the report was shelved. Until now: https://t.co/Xt27iNCdjB @theage @smh

[John Kehoe @Johnkehoe23]

When Guy Debelle was approached early this year by his university friend and a former banker about joining Fortescue Future Industries, the Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor faced his toughest career decision. https://t.co/sxkFVjeAIF

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

Have you been wondering what motivates Vladimir Putin? Our Moscow bureau chief @maxseddon has profiled Russia’s leader — and it's now free to read https://t.co/Pbg9Wl7rFN

[Bloomberg @business]

Papua New Guinea’s finance department has been hit with a ransomware attack, locking access to hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid money https://t.co/qwxbZDFdTb

[Primrose Riordan @primroseriordan]

Just an absolutely heartbreaking read…this issue may have slipped out of the news but things appear to be only getting worse:

https://t.co/7QsJvALAOi

[Phillip Coorey @PhillipCoorey]

Canberra’s ‘one-week’ lockdown now nine weeks and counting https://t.co/V2L1iHUYsA

[Col Packham @Colpackham]

@ACTHealth @ABarrMLA Will someone be able to respond? My family has been stuck in quarantine and unable to get any response from ACT health

[Col Packham @Colpackham]

@ACTHealth @ABarrMLA I’ve been trying for more than four hours in total to speak to ACT health as the automated messages re the quarantine period for my three year old child is incorrect. Can you help?

[Col Packham @Colpackham]

@ACTHealth @ABarrMLA Hi, I’ve sent you a DM, can someone get back to me ASAP

[Stuart Condie @StuartLCondie]

This request appears to create a scenario in which the only millennial and Gen Z journalists able to put questions to Australia's Prime Minister are those who have spurned the advice of the government's own immunisation advisory body

[Sarah Martin @msmarto]

'I shoot for the common man': Danish Siddiqui's finest work https://t.co/LK80jyPZ3n via @Reuters