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Alex Buruma

@alexburuma

Passionate about politics, philosophy, the law, learning, and decent human beings. Tweets are my own views.

Joined December 2013
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In Victoria, we're celebrating a historic IDAHOBIT, with every council proudly flying the rainbow flag. This unparalleled show of solidarity and pride, despite the hate and bigotry, demonstrates the power of our unity in our journey towards a more inclusive Victoria.

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Wrote an opinion piece in todays @smh “Showing queer kids straight content won’t turn them straight. And showing straight kids queer content won’t turn them queer…It just depends on how much shame you want them to carry into their lives.” smh.com.au/national/grow-…

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Five years ago Australia said yes. Still in awe of the activists who fought so hard to get us there. Thank you.

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G’day from Down Under @tedcruz Thanks for your interest in the Territory. I’m the Chief Minister. Below are a few facts about COVID down here.

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I love the Aussies. Their history of rugged independence is legendary; I’ve always said Australia is the Texas of the Pacific. The Covid tyranny of their current government is disgraceful & sad. Individual liberty matters. I stand with the people of #Australia



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NT Chief Health Officer Hugh Heggie is moved to the verge of tears talking about the slowing vaccine uptake and misinformation that is contributing to it. #ntpol #covid19NT


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In the past 7 days of the around 10,000 cases in Victoria.. 7% fully vaccinated 15% partially vaccinated 79% not vaccinated You would expect that fully vaccinated number to be 44% if the vaccine did nothing (overall pop full vax rate).


The desperation is palpable, folks. Exacerbated by the restricting of comments, because you know it too.

Victoria’s anti-corruption body has been examining the conduct of the Premier and a senior public servant over their roles in controversial deals that benefited the firefighters’ union | EXCLUSIVE theage.com.au/politics/victo…



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Yesterday, Victoria performed more vaccinations then the rest of the country combined.


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David Koch obviously has no idea how ICAC works but the PM knows how the media works. If you want to spread false claims about ICAC assuming guilt before innocence and not get picked up call Sunrise.

"It's certainly not a model we'd ever consider at a federal level" Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP on claims NSW's anti-corruption watchdog wields too much power.



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Since the 12th of July, there have been 15,238 cases in VIC. - 79% were vaccine eligible at the time of their infection - 88% of cases were unvaccinated - 86% of hospitalised cases have been unvaccinated. - 98% of those admitted to ICU were unvaccinated.


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Chief Health Officer Paul Kelly tells the Senate COVID-19 inquiry only 4 per cent of infections in the 70-79 age cohort are vaccinated people. Only 3 per cent of intensive care admissions are vaccinated. He says no one 16-69 who is vaccinated has been admitted to intensive care.


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Here's a fairly simple table. Shows on the left the proportion of cases in the past week in Victoria by age group. These numbers *are* population adjusted. Shows on the right the percent fully vaccinated in Victoria by age group.

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BOOM! 12-15s can get the💉 Today the three of us who run @covidbaseau, Jack, Wesley and Darcy, had our first dose of the Moderna vaccine.🎉 Thought this would be a good time to share who we really are.😄 Thrilled that we will finally be included in our data!

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Yesterday my friend sent me a message about how Victoria is on track to get to 80% double dose in mid December, last in the country. This couldn't be further from the truth. Reality is VIC will be the 3rd state to get there at the beginning of November. Here's why🧵...

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Difference between the percentage of Pfizer doses delivered to each state v the expected percentage with a per capita allocation per @GuardianAus

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@briannatravers @suzandelibasic @lauraplacella @sarahbooth_14 @Mitchryan0 if it’s the case ur already being pushed to publish stories you know don’t stack up, are purely to inflame tensions/spread misinfo, you might want to ask yourself if this is why you became a journalist


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