Fleur Connick

@ConnickFleur

Walkley award-winning journalist | views are mine | fleurconnick.journalist@gmail.com

1 445Followers

2 006Following

645Posts total

9.9KViews on collected posts

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Fleur Connick@ConnickFleur15 Jul 2023

Some experts have also questioned whether air quality tests commissioned by the mine have asked all the right questions. “No one cares about particle size when you’re looking at the fallout on paddocks, roofs and contamination of drinking water,” @drianwright says. (5) 677 views · 5 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Fleur Connick@ConnickFleur15 Jul 2023

Emma* has lived in the region for 30 years. Her old farm was on land covered by one of several exploration licences held by Newcrest, which cover a total area of 200 sq km. She says, “Cadia’s grip on the community extends much further than I think generally people realise.” (4) 241 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Fleur Connick@ConnickFleur15 Jul 2023

Sarah*, a local nurse and mother of two, can see the plume of emissions from the mine from her home 5km away “almost every day”. She is concerned after noticing a “significant discolouration” of their water and says, “I bathed my children in that. We all drink the water”. (2) 201 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Fleur Connick@ConnickFleur15 Jul 2023

Alison Simmons, a farmer and former nurse, lives approximately 8km from Cadia. She says the community’s “tolerance is being tested” and that “people here are really pissed off about this.” She wants to see the mine held accountable. (3) 167 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Fleur Connick@ConnickFleur15 Jul 2023

Last week Mike Bowers and I went 1.4km deep into “the heart of Cadia”. The mine’s GM reassured the community and said: “You can be angry at us for what we’re doing, but you’re safe.” But residents who spoke to @GuardianAus aren’t buying Cadia’s claims. (1) https://t.co/Gv7rd6990d 8.6K views · 18 likes · 7 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes62.8%27 in total

Reposts20.9%9 in total

Replies16.3%7 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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