Ben Cubby
Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald's Monday-to-Friday print edition. Email [email protected] Descendant of artists, teachers, soldiers and detectives.
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Chestnut tree in Ypres that survived two world wars wins Belgium's Tree of the Year
The Telegraph 7d 2 tweets
Chestnut was badly damaged in the 1914 to 1918 bombardment but grew back into a four-trunked giant and has now won Tree of the Year
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Ben Cubby It’s still growing 7d
Attenborough: 'Curb excess capitalism' to save nature
BBC News 18d 22 tweets
Sir David Attenborough tells a new BBC podcast that we will all be happier if we live more frugally.
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Ben Cubby ‘Curb excess capitalism' to save nature, says David Attenborough. Time to choose our path 🦕 16d
Barilaro will lose driver's licence after speeding in ministerial car
The Sydney Morning Herald 18d 1 tweets
Deputy Premier John Barilaro has received an infringement notice which will see him lose his licence. 
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Ben Cubby Barilaro to lose driver's licence after being fined for speeding in ministerial car. 18d
Ampol may shut Australian oil refinery as losses blow out
The Sydney Morning Herald 18d 1 tweets
Oil refiner Ampol has warned it may shut one of Australia's last remaining refineries for good as the collapse in fuel demand sends the plant's losses spiralling.
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Ben Cubby Ampol may shut Australian oil refinery as losses blow out 18d
The nation's most populous state starts to shrink
The Sydney Morning Herald 20d 1 tweets
The Premier State's population is forecast to buck trends and decrease this financial year.
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Ben Cubby The nation's most populous state starts to shrink 20d
Alt-right activist Lauren Southern dumped from Conservative conference
The Sydney Morning Herald 25d 1 tweets
CPAC 2020's theme is "Fightback - your voice is your weapon" but it appears the contentious figure's voice is not wanted on this occasion.
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Ben Cubby Alt-right activist Lauren Southern dumped from Conservative conference 25d
Government to fund gas and carbon storage via clean energy programs
The Sydney Morning Herald 50d 3 tweets
The government's long-awaited Technology Roadmap confirms its ongoing support for gas and carbon capture and storage according to a leaked draft paper.
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Ben Cubby Exclusive: Labor prepares to fight against the federal government’s ‘gas-led recovery’ plan, as a leaked draft shows clean energy and renewables funds would be redirected to prop up carbon capture and gas projects. 50d
Illogical to use taxpayer funds for new gas fields
The Sydney Morning Herald 76d 4 tweets
The COVID-19 business advisory council has failed to create a compelling case for a "gas-led" but taxpayer-funded recovery plan.
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Ben Cubby SMH editorial: It's illogical to use taxpayer funds for new gas fields via 76d
Territorial raven pairs are sensitive to structural changes in simulated acoustic displays of conspecifics
Sciencedirect.com 77d 1 tweets
Human language involves combining items into meaningful, syntactically structured wholes. The evolutionary origin of syntactic abilities has been inve…
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Ben Cubby Ravens appear to 'talk' to each other. Or at least do something that is very akin to talking. 77d
Warragamba Dam environment plan 'not valid', government agency finds
Peter Hannam - The Sydney Morning Herald 78d 5 tweets
One the Berejiklian government's own agencies has blasted as inadequate the environmental assessment of the plan to raise Warragamba Dam's height, including for the failure to consider impacts from last season's bushfires.
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Ben Cubby Exclusive: Warragamba Dam environment plan 'not valid', government agency finds via 78d
Santos takes $1.1b hit as COVID-19 wipes out oil demand
The Sydney Morning Herald 97d 1 tweets
Santos has become the latest Australian oil and gas producer to take heavy write-downs on the value of its assets as coronavirus guts energy demand.
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Ben Cubby Santos takes $1.1b hit as COVID-19 wipes out oil demand via 97d
Potential for escalation in NSW amid social distancing complacency
The Sydney Morning Herald 99d 3 tweets
NSW residents have been urged to only travel if necessary as a leading epidemiologist warns the state has dropped its guard on social distancing.
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Ben Cubby NSW faces a greater risk of a second COVID-19 wave than Victoria, experts say. via 99d
COVID-19’s now showing us who’s really in charge
The Age 102d 2 tweets
Deep down we thought we’d beaten this virus. But it was just biding its time, waiting for us to get complacent.
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Ben Cubby An extremely sharp column by Waleed Aly. He’s nailed it. 102d
Guardian announces plans to cut 180 jobs
the Guardian 103d 18 tweets
Revenues expected to be down by more than £25m as effects of pandemic hit media industry
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Ben Cubby Guardian to cut 180 jobs 103d
Global GDP to fall 25 per cent without more climate action, banks warn
The Sydney Morning Herald 123d 7 tweets
Australia's Reserve Bank endorses warning from 66 central banks that unless international climate policies are ramped up the economy will take a dramatic hit.
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Ben Cubby Big news: Global GDP to fall 25% without major new action on climate change, Reserve Bank warns. via 123d
The News Media Is Destroying Itself
Taibbi.substack.com 136d 94 tweets
A flurry of newsroom revolts has transformed the American press
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Ben Cubby Some interesting home truths for the media here in this US piece by Matt Taibbi 134d
Putin declares state of emergency after diesel fuel leak in Siberia
The Sydney Morning Herald 144d 1 tweets
A state of emergency has been declared in Siberia after an estimated 20,000 tons of diesel fuel spilled from a power plant storage facility and fouled waterways.
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Ben Cubby Putin declares state of emergency after diesel fuel leak in Siberia via 144d
Why more women aren't cycling or walking
The Sydney Morning Herald 145d 1 tweets
A survey of nearly 900 women finds many more would walk or cycle if there were safer bike paths and walking tracks.
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Ben Cubby No lycra in sight: Why more women aren't cycling or walking via 145d
Ben Roberts-Smith involved in seven unlawful killings, new witness statements allege
The Sydney Morning Herald 146d 1 tweets
Victoria Cross recipient was involved in two more unlawful deaths in Afghanistan in 2012, fresh witness statements allege.
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Ben Cubby Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith was involved in seven unlawful killings, new witness statements allege. via 146d
Australia among global 'hot spots' as droughts worsen in warming world
Peter Hannam - The Sydney Morning Herald 147d 5 tweets
The world's food baskets will experience more extreme droughts than previously forecast as greenhouse gases rise, with southern Australia among the worst hit.
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Ben Cubby Australia among global 'hot spots' as droughts worsen in warming world via 147d