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October 31, 2020

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Twin shocks set young Australians back decades

August 23, 2020 Lachlan Keller Comments Off

Younger Australians are facing decades of lost earnings by the dual shocks of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the […]

Facebook to launch crypto currency

August 23, 2019 Rabia Khairi Comments Off

A brand new crypto currency called Libra is being established by Facebook and 27 other companies, including MasterCard, PayPal, eBay, […]

Hatch’s guide to moving out

June 21, 2018 Joe Attanasio Comments Off

Being in your early 20s is challenging. You’re still newish to being an adult; you’re probably trying to balance study, […]

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Hatch@Macleay @HatchMacleay·

October 27

"I never felt pressured about what to write. You probably shouldn't be there (China) if you're scared of writing critical stories about the government... but (with some stories) you may not want to be in the country when it's published," says @MikeSmithAFR

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Hatch@Macleay @HatchMacleay·

October 27

"In China there was some terrific citizen journalism coming out of Wuhan during the pandemic and the sad thing was those people just disappeared. In China it is more important than anywhere but at the same time it's being curtailed," says @MikeSmithAFR

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Hatch@Macleay @HatchMacleay·

October 27

"It's a shame there aren't more reporters on the ground, there are lots of quirky stories... human interest stories. The nuance of chatting with people on the street will be gone," says @MikeSmithAFR about media pulling journalists out of #China.

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Hatch@Macleay @HatchMacleay·

October 27

"There is a lot of anti-Chinese rhetoric around at the moment... but whenever I had friends visit me in Shanghai they would think it was all pretty normal. They all want the same stuff we want. Society is repressed in many ways but not like North Korea," says @MikeSmithAFR

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Hatch@Macleay @HatchMacleay·

October 27

"If you see a criticism of the Chinese government (on social media) you'd take a screenshot, because it would quickly disappear," says @MikeSMithAFR on the Chinese Communist Party's control of social media.

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Hatch@Macleay @HatchMacleay·

October 27

"We were pawns in this political game between Australia and China... if you're going to rough-up some Chinese journalists in Australia, they're going to rough-up some Australian journalists in China," says @MikeSmithAFR of the @FinancialReview

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