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Raf Epstein
@Raf_Epstein
Posts and views are my own. Retweets are not necessarily an endorsement. Host for news & talkback, in Melb for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Melbourne, Victoria
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Born January 1
Joined October 2010
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    Raf Epstein
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    Nov 26, 2022
    Completely humiliating for the Coalition. Vindication for a Premier & a party winning 3 fixed terms in a row. (Done before in Aus?) Media who wrote conspiracy theories & fuelled them & said this was the worst govt in Oz history might want to ask themselves some questions.
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Jun 21, 2022
    My father died last night, 1 day short of his 81st birthday. Every time you hear a furious debate about a political issue, just pray there is someone like Joe Epstein inside the system, trying to work out how to make policy a reality. 1/3
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    May 28, 2022
    Nah, they’re really not..
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Nov 5, 2022
    Fine tuned by FOX in the U.S. & deployed here.. fuel the conspiracy theory.. and it is all very, very personal. If they want to be a political party they could just say so.
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Jun 21, 2022
    This is my Dad
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Jul 18, 2022
    Helpful aren’t they? Simple science & advice saying masks are a good idea at school is weaponised as - “madness”
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Jan 13, 2022
    More than 440 people have died with Covid in Oz since they ran this silly headline. A front page that did not age well.
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Jul 22, 2021
    Hearing Victoria’s Covid number today is in the low teens. All linked.
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Jul 23, 2021
    If you thought Twitter was wild today.. We just did 30 minutes of talkback and people in Melb and Vic are.. angry.. white hot furious. A few are willing to send the vax north.. but not many.. This feels like a very distressing & important day in the history of this pandemic
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Aug 3, 2021
    Zero cases. A nod to those who said you can’t lockdown after just 10 or 12 cases A nod to everyone who said lockdowns are only needed when contact tracers have lost control And a nod in the other direction.. to epidemiologists who use modelling & have real world experience
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    Victorian Department of Health
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    Aug 3, 2021
    Reported yesterday: 0 new local cases and no new cases acquired overseas. - 17,612 vaccine doses were administered - 30,117 test results were received More later: dhhs.vic.gov.au/victorian-coro…
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Jun 21, 2022
    Replying to @Raf_Epstein
    Every time you hear me ask a question or tackle an issue on air, I always think about what to say, based on what I learnt at our kitchen table. Everything I heard over endless meals & cups of tea. Be like Joe & don’t waste the time you have here. Wishing you all a long life
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Aug 20, 2021
    NSW our thoughts are with you. VIC, the numbers are worrying. Melb knows what it feels like. Tuff restrictions & no end in sight. Thoughts and 🧵 Back in 2020, Vic govt made big mistakes. So did State Oppsn pushing for reopening before our 2nd wave. So did media. (1)
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Jul 29, 2021
    Did it help that we spent all that time asking ‘who hired the security guards?’ & ‘why Melbourne?’
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    Raf Epstein
    @Raf_Epstein
    Sep 1, 2021