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Tory Shepherd @ToryShepherd

Journalist @GuardianAus

Joined November 2008
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Graham Readfearn@readfearn
6 Nov 2024
Latest Temperature Check column is out, looking at millionaire Dick Smith's rant against renewables on ABC radio show Australia All Over, and the misinformed claims on electricity prices and blackouts. theguardian.com/environment/…

Dick Smith’s ABC radio rant against renewables overflows with ill-informed claims | Temperature...

Millionaire points to Broken Hill’s blackout to attack the energy transition but experts say he should look at South Australia and Europe

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Still some seats left for this one if you want to escape the heat and hang with some cool cats!
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I thought “elite” was a nebulous half-arsed insult like “woke” but turns out there’s a new actual definition
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Anti-abortion advocate Joanna Howe banned from South Australia’s upper house for alleged ‘threatening’ tactics towards politicians theguardian.com/world/2024/o…

Anti-abortion advocate Joanna Howe banned from South Australia’s upper house for alleged ‘threate...

Upper house president Terry Stephens says of ‘highest concern’ is suggestion Howe attempted to ‘improperly influence the free performance’ of MLCs’ duties

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Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe says she pressured South Australian MP to back out of voting deal theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe says she pressured South Australian MP to back out of voting deal

Liberal MLC Jing Lee told parliament she felt pressured after ‘unexpected encounter with a very persistent visitor’ but didn’t name Howe

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How a baby bust is changing our world - podcast | Australia news | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-ne…

How a baby bust is changing our world - podcast

Senior reporter Tory Shepherd talks to Nour Haydar about why the concern about a falling birthrate means we should rethink the pursuit of continued growth, and reduce the barriers to choices for women

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Australian conservatives claim babies are sometimes ‘born alive’ after an abortion. What’s the truth? | Australia news | The Guardian theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Australian conservatives claim babies are sometimes ‘born alive’ after an abortion. What’s the...

Religious groups and conservative MPs want a law to supposedly protect those born alive, but experts say their claims are misleading and could threaten access to healthcare

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Tory Shepherd retweeted
Karen Middleton@KarenMMiddleton
25 Jun 2024
Exclusive: The Coalition’s ‘no 2030 emissions reduction target’ position was actually an accident. theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Peter Dutton didn’t mean to change Coalition policy on 2030 target – but decided to own it

Text messages asking ‘did we miss a party room meeting?’ pinged between Coalition MPs, caught out by new ‘position’ on 2030 emissions target

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So relatable so not monster “I’d made my fortune by the time I was 26.” heraldsun.com.au/news/victor…

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What time is it? Tooth hurty! Brace yourselves for the history of orthodontics: theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Oral history: how Tick Begg revolutionised braces and made 1920s Adelaide ‘the orthodontic centre...

A South Australian museum honours the man who changed the way dentistry was done ‘on a global scale’

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Australia news live: alleged attacker’s Sydney church stabbing comments; Bruce Lehrmann withdraws from ‘presumption of innocence’ conference theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Meta and X ordered to remove church stabbing content – as it happened

This blog is now closed

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Tony “Abortion Is The Easy Way Out” Abbott on vaccines: “my body, my choice” theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Morrison’s Covid measures a ‘grotesque overreaction’ to a ‘relatively mild pandemic’, Tony Abbott...

Former PM tells podcast he got vaccinated so as not to give anyone ‘an excuse for keeping us locked up any longer than was absolutely necessary’

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Behind the scenes of Channel Seven, anyone?
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My dog’s big telly debut
The Front Bar - Wednesdays 8:30pm AEST 🏆@thefrontbar7
3 Apr 2024
One of these @theadelaideoval statues is not like the other... #TheFrontBar | #GatherRound
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Prof Brendan Crabb@CrabbBrendan
31 Mar 2024
Comments from Prof Morawska and myself on the recent big steps toward better indoor air quality. Thanks @ToryShepherd @GuardianAus. theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Accessorising appropriately
Australia Institute@TheAusInstitute
2 Mar 2024
TODAY: #ADL, join us at @adelwritersweek for FOUR fantastic free talks! 12:00pm: South Australia: Laboratory of Democracy ⭐️ Susan Close MP ⭐️ @RoyceRk2 ⭐️ @noah_sbyard ⭐️ @ToryShepherd ⭐️ @Julesschiller Info: adelaidefestival.com.au/even… @adelwritersweek #saparli
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This story keeps on giving. Astonishing returns, cult overtones and a ‘perfect virtual world’. How the HyperVerse scheme caught fire online theguardian.com/technology/2…

Astonishing returns, cult overtones and a ‘perfect virtual world’. How the HyperVerse scheme caught...

Bizarre videos promoted the alleged Ponzi scheme and senior promoters lived the high life, but for thousands around the world the reality was a huge financial loss

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The megabats of Adelaide: SA adjusts to new and growing colonies of flying foxes theguardian.com/environment/…

The megabats of Adelaide: SA adjusts to new and growing colonies of flying foxes

With wingspans over a metre and an insatiable love for fruit and nectar, grey-headed flying foxes have settled in massive numbers across South Australia

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Red Cross IHL@IHLinfo
22 Jan 2024
ADELAIDE | International humanitarian law and ethics in legal decision-making Join Prof Dale Stephens and journalist Tory Shepherd for a seminar on the complex and necessary interplay between ethics and IHL. 5:30pm 6 Feb @ KL Law Register for details: shorturl.at/kqsvH

ADELAIDE | International humanitarian law and ethics in legal decision-making

An international humanitarian law and ethics seminar presented by Australian Red Cross

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