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Jarrod Whittaker

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Australian journalist at the ABC. Interested in environment, energy, history, languages

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Jimmy Carter was a one-term US president who went on to crusade for human rights and receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
Jimmy Carter was a one-term US president who went on to crusade for human rights and receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
This might sound a bit mad, but hear me out: maybe it’s time to throw the ball to Konstas #AusvInd
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
What I really want is to see another ramp, but I’d settle for either of these two finding some rhythm and getting a score #AusvInd
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Now that I’ve had a taste of day one ramp shots, I don’t know what I’ll do if Khawaja doesn’t come out and ramp the first ball #AusvInd
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Jane @janeperth.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
#AusvInd Wikipedia’s entry 😂
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Cripes. Awful.
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
The moustache, the expression, this is everything I want from cricket right now (plus the strokeplay, can’t forget that)
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Why isn’t Ravi Jadeja spoken about in conversations of the great all-rounders? Or is he and I just need to get better friends? His record is phenomenal and stacks up with the greats #AusvInd www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/r...
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Ravindra Jadeja Profile - Cricket Player India | Stats, Records, Video
Read about Ravindra Jadeja cricket player from India profile, stats, rankings, records, videos, photos at ESPNcricinfo
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Things I now endorse: ramp shots on day one of a Test, moustaches on 19-year-olds, the Australian selectors #ausvind #konstas
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Jarrod Kimber @jarrodkimber.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
✍️Head’s scoring rate is like an unstoppable force, and that’s meeting an immovable object—Bumrah’s pinpoint accuracy. www.goodareas.co/jasprit-bumr...
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Jasprit Bumrah v Travis Head - the most exciting player battle right now
Head’s scoring rate is like an unstoppable force, and that’s meeting an immovable object—Bumrah’s pinpoint accuracy.
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Video has emerged of a Nationals senator saying his party “isn’t serious” about nuclear power and that the policy is a political fix www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Nationals senator claims Coalition introduced nuclear as a political fix
Nationals senator Matthew Canavan has said in an interview that his party introduced a nuclear policy as a political fix, in a video that emerges amid his colleague Keith Pitt announcing he will quit ...
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A major transmission project that will connect Snowy Hydro 2.0 to the energy grid has received final government approval, taking the total cost of the pumped hydro scheme to almost $17 billion.
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Government approves transmission project linking Snowy Hydro 2.0 to grid
A major transmission project that will connect Snowy Hydro 2.0 to the energy grid has received final government approval, taking the total cost of the pumped hydro scheme to almost $17 billion.
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
✨It rarely gets the centre of attention because of the lantern tower but the 12th Romanesque nave at Ely Cathedral is jaw-dropping - so I put my tilt-shift lens to use..📸
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/12/2024
Energy firms to spend £70bn to rewire Great Britain’s electricity grid
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Energy firms to spend £70bn to rewire Great Britain’s electricity grid
National Grid, SSE and ScottishPower submit plans amid global race to shift from fossil fuels to clean electricity Energy companies have promised to spend almost £70bn over five years to help rewire Great Britain’s electricity infrastructure in the…
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A former actor known for his roles on Blue Heelers, Neighbours and McLeods Daughters has been charged by Victoria Police for performing a Nazi salute.
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Former Neighbours star charged over performing Nazi salute
A former actor known for his roles on Blue Heelers, Neighbours and McLeods Daughters has been charged by Victoria Police for performing a Nazi salute.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/12/2024
It wasn't the first time Nigel Richards, arguably the best Scrabble player ever, won a Scrabble competition in a language he didn’t speak.
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This year’s Spanish Scrabble champion? A man who can’t speak Spanish.
Nigel Richards, arguably the best Scrabble player ever, previously won French tournaments without speaking the language.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13/12/2024
Elon Musk's charitable foundation ballooned to $9.5 billion in assets last year while handing out $237 million in gifts, most of which went to other entities controlled by him. The figures are part of the Musk Foundation’s latest tax filing, obtained Thursday by Bloomberg News
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Musk’s Charitable Foundation Sent Most of Its Millions to His Own Entities
Elon Musk’s charitable foundation ballooned to $9.5 billion in assets last year while handing out $237 million in gifts, most of which went to other entities controlled by the world’s richest person.
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Dutton’s nuclear plan a ‘heroic’, cherrypicked ‘recipe for higher energy bills’, experts say www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Top energy experts criticise Dutton's $331 billion nuclear gamble
Energy analysts say the Coalition's nuclear plan will be more expensive, burn more carbon, result in a smaller economy, and be more disruptive than Peter Dutton claims.
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Internal debate over the nuclear modelling, and when Mr Dutton should release details, has been a source of tension within the Coalition for months.
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Internal Coalition unease over nuclear costings 'distraction' as Dutton unveils modelling
Internal debate over the nuclear modelling, and when Mr Dutton should release details, has been a source of tension within the Coalition for months.
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The decision has been made to protect the welfare of the racing dogs, New Zealand's Racing Minister Winston Peters has announced.
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Greyhound racing to be banned in New Zealand
The decision has been made to protect the welfare of the racing dogs, New Zealand's Racing Minister Winston Peters has announced.
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Australia’s top scientific research agency says nuclear will cost twice as much as renewables, won’t be ready until 2040 and get pushed out of the grid by cheap renewables www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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New CSIRO report doubles down on nuclear price and time frames
After heavy criticism, Australia's leading science agency doubles down its findings that the cost of nuclear power for Australia would likely be double that of renewable energy, and it would take at l...
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Peter Hannam @phannam.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Now up to 7 days in a row of gas-sponsored coverage in the Murdoch tabloids....
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
The only summary of day one that you, or anyone else, needs to read
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The state government plans to relinquish control of Mount Baw Baw and Lake Mountain after years of financial woes.
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Skiing industry shocked after Victorian government puts snow resorts up for lease
The state government plans to relinquish control of Mount Baw Baw and Lake Mountain after years of financial woes.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/11/2024
Elon Musk calls to ‘delete’ US finance consumer watchdog agency
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Elon Musk calls to ‘delete’ US finance consumer watchdog agency
Tech billionaire tapped by Trump posts on X about wanting to eliminate Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Elon Musk has said he wants to “delete” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal watchdog that helps protect consumers…
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Research finds strong support for renewables projects on farmland among Australian regional communities www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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Majority of regional residents impacted by renewables are supportive, survey finds
A nationwide survey by Farmers for Climate Action has found 70 per cent of residents living in areas affected by green energy projects are supportive of them.
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Sleep deprived, but at least I have access to the wigs cabinet for this rare return to news reading
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
15 points clear of sociology 😬
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 22/11/2024
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état
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Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état
Police accuse 37 people of crimes including conspiracy and trying to tear down one of world’s largest democracies
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Trying to fight this feeling in my stomach by reminding myself that I’m watching a fascinating passage of play #AusvInd
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#AusvInd
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a man in a green shirt is blowing his nose with a paper bag
ALT: a man in a green shirt is blowing his nose with a paper bag
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Taking a single off the first ball to expose the debutant to the opposition’s star bowler is peak club cricket. Respect
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Putin threatens the West and fires a new hypersonic ballistic missile at Ukraine. Our latest BBC News report from Moscow. Producer @bentavener.bsky.social
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Putin threatens the West
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A program in Victoria's East that helps teenage parents stay in school is celebrating 10 years of operation.
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Education program for teenage parents helps empower young people
A program in Victoria's East that helps teenage parents stay in school is celebrating 10 years of operation.
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Social media ban, but for anyone under 60
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This video will break your heart if you care about nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Great Barrier Reef suffering ‘most severe’ coral bleaching on record – video
Marine researcher says widespread event is 'absolutely heartbreaking' and that Australia is 'running out of time' to save the reef
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Terry Hughes @profterryhughes.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Terrible news today: This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating. Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released. www.aims.gov.au/information-...
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Caitlin Cassidy @caitlinecassidy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Adam Bandt on international student caps: "I am really worried about this election turning into a debate on Peter Dutton's terms which are about [blaming] migrants for everything. We have seen that get really toxic under Donald Trump in the United States, and we're not going to buy into that."
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says the agreement, which Australia had been expected to join, is not relevant to the country's circumstances.
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Australia declines to join UK and US-led nuclear energy development pact
Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says the agreement, which Australia had been expected to join, is not relevant to the country's circumstances.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/11/2024
World’s 1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’, experts say
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World’s 1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’, experts say
Scientists say goal to keep world’s temperature rise below 1.5C is not going to happen despite talks at Cop29 in Baku The internationally agreed goal to keep the world’s temperature rise below 1.5C is now “deader than a doornail”, with 2024 almost…
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Jarrod Whittaker @jarrodwhittaker.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal
Exclusive: Analyses are stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/11/2024
It was a horrific day of the war in Ukraine when a Russian missile hit a clinic in Kyiv that specialized in maternity care. This is the story of that clinic and its workers, pieced together through interviews with survivors and family members, text messages, photos and security-camera videos.
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At a Ukraine Maternity Clinic, Deaths From an Airstrike Shatter a Community
It was one horrific day of the war in Ukraine when a missile fell on the Adonis clinic in Kyiv.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/11/2024
UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs
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UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs
At the World Cheese Awards in Portugal, British entries were conspicuous by their absence after failing to clear import controls On Friday, 240 experts from 40 countries descended on Viseu in northern Portugal for the World Cheese Awards. The judges…
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