Leigh Tonkin
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Leigh Tonkin
@leightonkin
Editor of features and context at @abcnews. Former @smh comment editor. Pitch opinion and feature pieces to me at [email protected]
Sydney, Australia Katılım Ocak 2009
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To ABC management:
We're postponing our stop work today, but don't think that we're going away. It's taken 9 months for you to get real, now let's bargain and seal a fair deal. Real careers are the key, for staff and the future of Aunty. #DontDiscountABC @withMEAA
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It’s wild how common these stories are at the ABC. Why aren’t we nurturing talent? What stories have we lost because people need more secure employment?
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A big HEAR HEAR for this. The building is full of people in this position. #DontDiscountABC
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Our ABC matters. This is about more than a pay dispute – without sustainable careers, the ABC relies on goodwill and overwork from burnt-out staff. It can't go on. Australia deserves better for its public broadcaster and the vital services it provides. #DontDiscountABC @withmeaa
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Final Reminder for ABC staff:
You must be financial union member by COB TODAY in order to vote on the upcoming Protected Action Ballot. meaa.org/join/ Ph: 1300 656 513
#MEAAmedia
#DontDiscountABC
#StrongerTogether
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So proud to work with these amazing colleagues, standing up for our rights and conditions - and winning Walkleys while we do it
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This week, the world’s population ticks over a historic milestone. But in the next century, society will be reshaped dramatically. Here’s what we need to think about. abc.net.au/news/2022-11-1…
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Tremendous work from @Hayley_Gleeson, whose strength, resilience and dogged drive for understanding during her recovery have been a sight to behold
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The work we need to do on understanding concussion goes well beyond football. Read this if you’ve ever banged your head on a shelf
Hayley Gleeson@Hayley_Gleeson
last year i hit my head, suffered a #concussion and didn't recover in the 'typical' couple of weeks. i've spent 12m+ working with a TBI rehab team, rebuilding my cognitive capacity and sense of self, finding a path out of the dark abc.net.au/news/2022-10-2…
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Meeting Logan, 14, was one of the highlights of visiting Shepparton last month — he's an absolute legend, and I left with a burning desire to get a beehive. If you also harbour a secret dream of becoming a beekeeper, have a read abc.net.au/news/2022-06-2… via @abcnews
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#MEAAmedia President @PercyKaren spoke at a Global press conference hosted by @genevapressclub this week in support of Wikileaks publisher Julian #Assange.
We are calling on @AlboMP and @SenatorWong to lobby @potus to drop the charges.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#FreeAssangeNOW
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While ABC is celebrating #ABC90, it’s also cutting funding to its hugely important archive that houses so much of Australia’s history. @ItaButtrose’s great #AndrewOlle lecture touched on so much of our past but we can’t let it die - with @QuentinDempster
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Meet our ‘Pitching Your Opinion’ panel: @antoinette_news, @ChipRolley, @leightonkin & Helen Pitt 👏🏽👏🏽
#amplifyingvoices
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@kathkenny_ Got a result in 90 minutes at the place on Gibbons Street, just down from Redfern station. Yes, 90 minutes for a PCR test!!
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Inner Sydney/inner west Sydney Twitter. Anyone had an experience getting a COVID test recently and quickish result? Need to get a test on Friday to go somewhere Monday.
PS: pay the teachers (more!)
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Really excited to be the incoming federal media VP for @withMEAA with @della79 and what we can achieve in our term. Also great to see healthy competition for President. My vote will be going to @PercyKaren, who has been a tireless advocate for journalists and our industry.
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Keen to launch your journalism career? Join us, at Australia's leading news, analysis and investigations team. I'm keen to have you on board at @abcnews: Cadetships 2022: careers.abc.net.au/en/job/501840/…
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ABC NEWS was No 1 in the Nielsen digital rankings for January, with its coverage of stories including the bushfires and coronavirus reaching more than 11 million Australians.
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