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Tantusar @tantusar.au · 1d

A long day ahead for the #auspol #JSCEM tomorrow as they open their public hearings with the AEC, two think tanks, a former MP, and two academics.

Tantusar @tantusar.au · 2d

your profile picture is all right angles, so obviously [mutters something incoherently]

Tantusar @tantusar.au · 6d

it's very nice of these particular villains to colour-code their final challenges, gotta give adventurers a fighting chance

Tantusar @tantusar.au · 8d

just stuck in the intermittent disco void, no biggie

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Tantusar @tantusar.au · 15d

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Tantusar @tantusar.au · 26d

Charles Wooley resigns as Deputy Mayor and Councillor after moving out of the #Sorell area. The resignation will result in a recount for councillor and a ballot of the councillors for deputy mayor. Both positions expire in October 2026. #lgtas
www.sorell.tas.gov.au/2025/09/resi...

Resignation of Deputy Mayor Charles Wooley - Sorell Council

Yesterday Deputy Mayor Charles Wooley notified Council of his resignation. Councillor Wooley has moved outside the Municipality making him ineligible to continue to serve on Council. Council has notif...

www.sorell.tas.gov.au

Tantusar @tantusar.au · 26d

@boy_rates your rating system sucks. Just change your name to "CuteBoys".

Tantusar @tantusar.au · Sep 3

i better actually write this stupid submission, eh

Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · Sep 3

#JSCEM federal election 2025 inquiry is now open for submissions with these terms of reference, however I cannot at this stage find the closing date.

Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 31

sometimes it really do be darkest before the dawn

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Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 22

cyanide next to the resurrectol is a good call

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Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 19

Actually learnt something about parliamentary procedure today. The pro forma Acts Enumeration Amendment Bill is a fascinating bit of legislative tradition. #politas

Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 15

they said that's exactly what happened in the bts video

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Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 12

#EMRS in the field (online panel)
- preferred treasurer
- support levels for mooted budget relief ideas
- respondent asked if they have their own ideas
- first preference at recent election
#politas

Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 10

Yes, St Kilda beat Carlton, Melbourne beat Essendon, and Fitzroy beat West Coast, respectively.

Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 10

Some terrible Python code later: AFLtables.com lists 2544 regular season rounds of V/AFL. 147 (tonight will make 148) feature matches with the teams in first and last prior to the round. 19 (in blue) were won by the last place team, most recently Collingwood against West Coast in round 9 of 2005.

Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 10

Edge case, but if we return to a post-war scope, Kevin Lyons (at the time very-recently-ex-Liberal turned Centre) was Deputy Premier of Tasmania under a Liberal government for most of the 1969-1972 term.

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Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 6

today's #auspol #JSCEM submission preparation antics: i have created a chart that is actually 56 smaller charts split over eight pages. it's very pretty, but i'm not sure how useful it is, and i'm probably just going to stuff it in an appendix.

New Tasmanian MP says gun law reform a priority for crossbench deal

Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 5

i really don't see a path for di falco to make a #politas deal with either major party, and that's probably bad news for the liberals

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Newly elected Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Carlo Di Falco says gun law reform will be one of his bargaining chips when he negotiates support for Tasmania's next government.

www.abc.net.au

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Tantusar @tantusar.au · Aug 1

@kudelka.bsky.social's not wrong, kunanyi rocks. Excellent goddamn mountain.

Tantusar @tantusar.au · Jul 31

(tasmania: so first of all, how do you even split the state into six? franklin (love it as i do) is already weird enough! and secondly, the state parliamentary implications are wild (because historically the HoA has used the HoR divisions as its basis))

Tantusar @tantusar.au · Jul 31

this is basically where i've come to while trying to put together a JSCEM submission. 14 and 16 don't go far enough, 20 has VERY difficult implications for tasmanian redistribution on most recent numbers. bonus points to 18 for giving us odd-numbered half-senate elections.

Tantusar @tantusar.au · Jul 27

having to rethink an argument because i made a chart that made me realise one of my assumptions was wrong