Pete Whelan

RMIT Journalism student

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@stuberman Hey @stuberman I was just reading your Pitchfork piece (which is great by the way!) and caught a typo where Laurel Canyon got autocorrected to Lauren Canyon - thought you might wanna know

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Check out my new Record of the Week for Lulie Tavern - Cold Chisel’s Breakfast at Sweethearts!
https://t.co/u1qvPIazV7 #recordoftheweek #coldchisel #lulietavern

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@antoinette_news Whenever I can

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@Milliganreports Hey Louise, I'm a student journo working on a piece I'd love to get a comment from you on - I just shot you a DM, I'd really appreciate it if you checked it out :)

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@lavosaurus They felt it all the way into southern NSW apparently!

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@duncanfine @theage The line about taking a pinch of snuff before watching the bear baiting really did it for me 😂

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@JimmyTraina @JRsBBQ @JRsBBQ is a gift to AEW. He could be reading the phone book and still convey a passion and conviction beyond nearly any other announcer. It’s live TV. And not a big deal. Have some respect for the GOAT. #NotYourGovernmentMule

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@BraunStrowman Stones!

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@trob2684 @BraunStrowman Pal if you’re looking to get those hands you’re definitely going the right way about it

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@antoinette_news Very cross with the federal government since you asked!

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@Jess_Rudd We’ll take it

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Australia can "no longer be complicit" in Indonesia's unlawful occupation of West Papua and the refusal of access to international media and the UN amid reports of targeting civilians and the killing of children, Jennifer Robinson said on #QandA tonight.

#RMITJourno #auspol

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Israel has been indiscriminately targeting journalists with the bombing of media organisations, human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson said on #QandA tonight.

"This is a deliberate attack on media freedom," she said.

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36,000 Australians are unlawfully stranded overseas as a result of border closures, human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson said on #QandA tonight.

"We don't have sufficient facilities, nor does this government have a proper plan for that," she said.

#auspol #RMITJourno

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@scottEmovienerd Dawn of the Dead remake

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Claims Victorian contact tracing went wrong were an “absurd proposition”, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said after the announcement of a seven day lockdown today.

“Contact tracing is an integral part of how to get control, it is not magic,” he said.
# #COVID19Vic #auspol

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Citizens of Indian background have not been treated fairly by the Australian government's extended border closures, economist Gabriela D'Souza said on #QandA tonight.

"For all purposes I am Australian, but the government doesn't see me that way," she said.

#RMITJourno #auspol

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Temporary migrants to Australia need more visa rights, economist Gabriela D'Souza said on #QandA tonight.

"One of the things that prevents temporary migrants from coming forward with issues of wage theft and exploitation is they're not protected," she said.

#auspol #RMITJourno

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The gas-fired power plant announced for the Hunter Valley shouldn't be tax-payer funded, Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Tony Burke said on #QandA tonight.

"If the private sector isn't willing to do it, we shouldn't be putting public money into it."

#Auspol #RMITJourno

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MP Barnaby Joyce's main concern about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is its intrusion into Australian life, he said on #QandA tonight.

"I don't want to see someone else's turd in my toilet," he said.

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