Introducing my first daily new digest. Some news articles I felt worth sharing, especially about the rape of Brittany Higgins
News digest Feb 19 2021 by Mark O’Brien
The rape of Brittany Higgins and apparent coverup by Scomo and the timing of his knowledge of events during the last election campaign
Incident reports into Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape weren’t handed to police for two weeks
Brittany Higgins and the toxic culture of Australian politics – with Lenore Taylor
Morrison invokes Chinese walls defence on why staffer didn’t tell him of Higgins’ rape allegation
To fix the culture in Canberra, we need to take a sledgehammer to male privilege
“Australia’s Paedophile Protection Racket” – New book by journalist Shane Dowling
General interest
Earth’s magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused massive sudden climate change
Proprioception, our imperceptible 6th sense by Olivier Chassignole/AP
The Saturday Paper – An excellent weekly paper that you can buy or pay for online subscription. Check it out, articles behind paywall
General Australian politics
The Liberals’ agenda is bad for regional Australia – but the Nationals play along anyway by Richard Denniss
One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts calls for law making it easier to sack workers
The Facebook drama
Facebook has pulled the trigger on news content — and possibly shot itself in the foot
Covid Vaccine news
Indonesia warns of big fines for refusing COVID-19 vaccine, in a world first
The Most Lethal Virus Is Not COVID-19, It Is War: John Pilger
The bad guys!
Mark’s News Digest by Mark O’Brien is created in response to Facebook shutting down its news feeds
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