Chloe Booker
@chloebooker.bsky.social
Journalist, news producer at Guardian Australia and ABC. Former reporter at The Age. Working part-time. Primary caregiver of two young children. Most likely to reply at chloeannbooker@gmail.com
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Sometimes in this job there are issues that really get under your skin. Subminimum wages for people with disability is one of them for me. So it was great to do this story on a new campaign from Down Syndrome Australia to urge govt to finally get rid of them
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Charlotte’s friends with Down syndrome are paid $3 an hour. It’s legal in Australia - and she’s taking a stand
Down Syndrome Australia launches campaign to encourage politicians to abolish subminimum wage
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Sometimes in this job there are issues that really get under your skin. Subminimum wages for people with disability is one of them for me. So it was great to do this story on a new campaign from Down Syndrome Australia to urge govt to finally get rid of them
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Mr Bezos and his newshound.
My SMH/The Age cartoon.
My SMH/The Age cartoon.
January 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Mr Bezos and his newshound.
My SMH/The Age cartoon.
My SMH/The Age cartoon.
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Fascinating piece in @crikey.com.au on the biggest threats facing journalism right now. Here are just two of the takes from those asked…
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/12/m...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/12/m...
December 14, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Fascinating piece in @crikey.com.au on the biggest threats facing journalism right now. Here are just two of the takes from those asked…
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/12/m...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/12/m...
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Australia splits with US to back UN resolution demanding end to Israel occupation of Palestinian territories
Australia splits with US to back UN resolution demanding end to Israel occupation of Palestinian territories
Vote marks a change to the nation’s official stance held for more than two decades
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Australia has split with the US and voted with 156 other countries at the United Nations to demand the end of Israel’s “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible”.
The vote marks Australia’s return to the position for the first time in more than two decades.
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December 4, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Australia splits with US to back UN resolution demanding end to Israel occupation of Palestinian territories
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Bluesky has made it. I can once again explain very online things to my not very online wife and have her stare at me, bewildered. We’re back baby!!!!
November 26, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Bluesky has made it. I can once again explain very online things to my not very online wife and have her stare at me, bewildered. We’re back baby!!!!
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New mayors in Melbourne:
Yarra - Stephen Jolly (Ind, Yarra for All, ex-socialist)
Port Phillip - Louise Crawford (Labor)
Bayside - Hanna El-Mouallem (Ind, linked to Lib)
Boroondara - Sophie Torney (Ind, teal)
Maribyrnong - Pradeep Tiwari (Labor)
Banyule - Elizabeth Nealy (Labor)
Yarra - Stephen Jolly (Ind, Yarra for All, ex-socialist)
Port Phillip - Louise Crawford (Labor)
Bayside - Hanna El-Mouallem (Ind, linked to Lib)
Boroondara - Sophie Torney (Ind, teal)
Maribyrnong - Pradeep Tiwari (Labor)
Banyule - Elizabeth Nealy (Labor)
November 20, 2024 at 12:34 AM
New mayors in Melbourne:
Yarra - Stephen Jolly (Ind, Yarra for All, ex-socialist)
Port Phillip - Louise Crawford (Labor)
Bayside - Hanna El-Mouallem (Ind, linked to Lib)
Boroondara - Sophie Torney (Ind, teal)
Maribyrnong - Pradeep Tiwari (Labor)
Banyule - Elizabeth Nealy (Labor)
Yarra - Stephen Jolly (Ind, Yarra for All, ex-socialist)
Port Phillip - Louise Crawford (Labor)
Bayside - Hanna El-Mouallem (Ind, linked to Lib)
Boroondara - Sophie Torney (Ind, teal)
Maribyrnong - Pradeep Tiwari (Labor)
Banyule - Elizabeth Nealy (Labor)
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Every new member of Bluesky is a new butterfly. A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope. A kaleidoscope symbolises ever changing and endless possibilities contained in the human experience 🦋🦋🦋
November 15, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Every new member of Bluesky is a new butterfly. A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope. A kaleidoscope symbolises ever changing and endless possibilities contained in the human experience 🦋🦋🦋
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Hey siri, how’s that housing crisis going?
November 17, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Hey siri, how’s that housing crisis going?
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My colleague Aisha Dow has been working for months on this deep dive into how Meta is making millions from the misery of scam victims in broad daylight.
www.theage.com.au/interactive/...
www.theage.com.au/interactive/...
Fake Albanese shows how Facebook is now a scamming honeypot
The social media giant is not only running obvious scam advertisements, it's making money from them. Experts, victims and the government are demanding change.
www.theage.com.au
November 15, 2024 at 11:10 PM
My colleague Aisha Dow has been working for months on this deep dive into how Meta is making millions from the misery of scam victims in broad daylight.
www.theage.com.au/interactive/...
www.theage.com.au/interactive/...
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The former ambassador to the US Dennis Richardson has accused some presenters at Sky News Australia of running a campaign to undermine the former prime minister Kevin Rudd and end his tenure as the country’s top diplomat to the US.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Former ambassador to US accuses unnamed Sky News Australia presenters of campaign against Kevin Rudd
Dennis Richardson claims an effort to ‘make Rudd’s life untenable’ is at play, despite others also criticising Donald Trump in the past
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:57 AM
The former ambassador to the US Dennis Richardson has accused some presenters at Sky News Australia of running a campaign to undermine the former prime minister Kevin Rudd and end his tenure as the country’s top diplomat to the US.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Onion, a satirical publication that skewers newsmakers and current events, said on Thursday that it had won a bankruptcy auction to acquire Infowars, a website founded and operated by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. nyti.ms/4fqnxEF
November 14, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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Pleased to see the govt has dropped Serco’s contract to run onshore detention centres, after we exposed systemic problems linked to understaffing putting both detainees and guards at risk. One small step in a much-needed overhaul of the entire system.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Australia quietly ditches $4.6b detention contract with Serco
The British multinational will no longer run immigration detention centres, ending a partnership riddled with allegations.
www.smh.com.au
November 14, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Pleased to see the govt has dropped Serco’s contract to run onshore detention centres, after we exposed systemic problems linked to understaffing putting both detainees and guards at risk. One small step in a much-needed overhaul of the entire system.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...