Madeleine O'Dea
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Madeleine O'Dea
@madeleineodea
Writer at large. Author of The Phoenix Years @AllenandUnwin 2016; @Pegasus_Books, 2017. Contributor to Beijing Bureau @HardieGrant 2021. AKA: 欧美琳
Sydney, Australia Katılım Mayıs 2016
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The true character of a political movement isn’t revealed under pressure, it’s revealed when things are going well. I have seen this movie far too many times. That’s when you see who they really are. Like quietly dumping performing Muslim and a Jewish ministers from Cabinet.
Troy Bramston@TroyBramston
#Breaking: Statement from #PaulKeating slamming Labor for allowing Ed Husic from the NSW Right to be dumped as a minister to elevate an MP from Richard Marles’ Victorian Right — a faction without ‘creativity and capacity’ — and the dumping of Mark Dreyfus. Brutal. #auspol
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I was very honoured to be asked by Michael Samaras to launch his book, Anti - Fascists. A book about Jim McNeill.
Jim was like many of his generation, including my grandfather. Working-class people, often with little formal education, but with a deep instinct for what was right and a clear understanding of what fascism meant: an ideology that sought to divide and diminish us based on the colour of our skin, eyes, or hair.
Jim, my papou, and so many others stood against that. And they prevailed.
Perhaps that history still echoes. Perhaps that’s part of the reason a political party was reduced to the size of a primary school classroom on the weekend.
Because being perceived to align with Nazis after the dawn service, was never the path to a better future and Australians still know that.
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@RameshSings Yeah, I’m so disappointed. I’ve always loved her, never seen her live. And this is her swan song 🥲
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FWIW, my story on Peter Dutton's property portfolio was NOT information from a Labor "dirt unit". December 23 was when I asked the Age's Library to start pulling ASIC company records (see below) and Feb 7 was when I contacted the Clerk's office to look at his register.
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This man has been gaslit by his own side, the LNP, and the far Left. This is the reality for Jewish Australians who hold political office , treated as expendable, easy targets, ignored.
Yet, he continues to bring reason to the debate.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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@mccloskeybooks @gordoncorera @GoalhangerPods @triclassified Excellent! BTW, when will you be on Bluesky? Love to follow you over there
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Thrilled to announce I’m co-hosting a new podcast with @gordoncorera …The Rest is Classified launches Nov 27
Authentic stories about the espionage business, past&present. Eps drop weekly
We start with shady CIA-MI6 ops in Iran, 1953
Subscribe: apple.co/3CD9u0b
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Lovely news! #TaiwanTravelogue by Yang Shuang-zi (author) and Lin King (translator), have won the 2024 #NationalBookAwards for Translated Literature! A first for Taiwan.
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Thrilled to be joining @TheEconomist's stellar team as a China correspondent in Beijing. Tips on what to read, who to meet, or where to go in this fascinating country are always welcome: sarahwu@economist.com
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18/ I’ll be back in the fold soon enough, working with a new team on an exciting and forward-looking mission.
But for now, for the first time since 2022, it’s time to rest and reflect.
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6/ You want to help your counterpart make better-informed decisions and avoid miscalculation.
All the trappings — the fancy titles, the elegant dinners, the shoe-banging-on-the-table — it’s all a vehicle to shape how your message will be transmitted and received.
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10 years ago today #IlhamTohti was given a life sentence on baseless "separatist" charges for simply seeking to build bridges of understanding among ethnic communities. He must be freed and the PRC must end its genocidal efforts to erase #Uyghur culture and religion, say Chairs.
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@CanberraMuse Thank you for creating such a wonderful place! Going to miss it so much. Visiting was a highlight of every Canberra visit for so long. And getting to speak there was such a privilege. All best for your next adventures
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Here's today's @australian front page on reopening our Beijing bureau after almost half a decade.
My conversations with Chinese officials suggest more Oz media might be allowed back next year. Time will tell theaustralian.com.au/world/back-to-…
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After a four year intermission, I'm back in Beijing.
I've got my foreign reporter’s press card — and with that little piece of plastic, China’s four year black-listing of Australian media ended.
Here's my first story back here for @australian theaustralian.com.au/world/back-to-…
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Worth reading 👉Olympic boxing fury is all about misplaced rage and not about facts #Paris2024 washingtonpost.com/sports/olympic…
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Hey @Channel9 enjoying your coverage, but can you please turn up the volume on @IanThorpe s mike? Bit hard to hear at times #Paris2024 🏊♀️ 🏊♂️
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Most comments here treat renters as a homogeneous group, but they are not. Many also assume renters are concentrated in inner-city suburbs. In fact, Broadmeadows, one of Melbourne's poorest suburbs, has nearly half of its residents renting—double the rate of any other tenure type.
These renters are on extremely low wages, and their landlords are mostly the stereotypical mum-and-dad investors, likely living in nearby suburbs. Any additional pressure will force these landlords to sell, and the renters in Broadmeadows, many of whom are refugees, cannot afford to buy homes.
It will take many of these renters over a decade to establish themselves in this country and maybe be in the position to buy a home. A typical journey for many refugees and newly arrived migrants.
A similar dynamic exists in Glenroy, a suburb situated in Merri-bek.
Kos Samaras@KosSamaras
In the March quarter, Victoria saw a decline of 15,600 rental properties as landlords sold their assets. But who is buying? Not renters. To comfortably afford a median-priced house in Melbourne requires a minimum weekly wage of $2,820, equating to an annual taxable income of $146,640. This amount is more than double the city's median wage of $67,600. The majority of renters cannot even afford to buy a one bedroom apartment in Melbourne. Yet, this council wants to double down on this trend. Why are so many politicians so misguided on this issue? Forcing landlords to sell to wealthy buyers (whom renters can't compete with) ends up evicting renters from those properties. Maybe that’s actually their plan.
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@Bowenchris So tough to lose your Dad. He sounds like a wonderful man.
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For 35 years, Chinese leaders have tried to erase all memory of the Tiananmen protests and the brutal massacre that crushed them. Last week I found a file of photos I took in Beijing in 1989, most of which I haven't seen since. I will post some now to commemorate those times.
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