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Mark Anning. Australian photographer, writer & publisher.
ex-AAP, AP, Reuters, newspapers, NGOs & gov't.
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Grace Tame always have the quintessential side-eye on a PM, but here's me chucking one on John Howard, not long after the Tampa lies, and the Republic Referendum hijinks.

Read the story ... I wasn't the only one p!ssed off at him.

#auspol
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How I shot the Queen ° CHOGM 2002 Official Queen’s Portrait
I was volunteering on the picture desk at CHOGM 2002 & given 30 minutes notice that I was to do the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Banquet Official Portrait.
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David Byrne has shared his playlist for people who hate Christmas music.

"This playlist is not about the solstice, nor does it have some Pagan agenda - it’s rowdy, fun songs that gently poke at and refer to the holidays. Enjoy!" - David Byrne

www.davidbyrne.com/radio/david-...
Radio | David Byrne Radio Presents: Christmas Music for People Who Hate Christmas Music
This playlist is not about the solstice, nor does it have some Pagan agenda - it’s rowdy, fun songs that gently poke at and refer to the…
www.davidbyrne.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Trump: "She loves children. She's got a wonderful boy. And she's very proud of it. Her boy."
Trump on his wife's legislative initiative: "I just heard about that for the first time. The only thing I can tell you, I know one thing for sure, it's going to be great for children. I don't know what it is she's doing. She loves children. She's got a wonderful boy. And she's very proud of her boy"
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Friends, I have a little confession — this was a @boyboy-official.bsky.social stunt and I was in on it the whole time 😅

The comments on the other place were as insane as you’d expect.

Check out the video here: youtu.be/r8DCXla898s
December 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Accounts posing as reputable charities are targeting those doing it tough with supposed offers of cash for Christmas.

www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...
Fake charity pages spruik 'Christmas loans' on Facebook
Accounts posing as reputable charities are targeting those doing it tough with supposed offers of cash for Christmas.
www.aap.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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A fabricated death toll is fuelling the latest false claim attempting to link incidents at festive events to immigration.

www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...
Falsehoods spread about crash at Christmas celebration
A fabricated death toll is fuelling the latest false claim attempting to link incidents at festive events to immigration.
www.aap.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The War on Drugs created more drug dealers
The War on Terror created more terrorists

“The War on Drugs turned out to be more of a war on America’s poor than it was an effective solution to rampant drug abuse in the United States.”

This is a very good read:
December 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Facebook pages run from Vietnam are circulating political disinformation involving Pauline Hanson, Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and others.

www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no...
No, Hanson has not called for Apple to remove LGBTQI apps
Facebook pages run from Vietnam are circulating political disinformation involving Pauline Hanson, Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and others.
www.aap.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
French thieves allegedly flew to Australia and raided a $10m Canberra collection of luxury antiques and jewellery, with rare Hermes and Patek pieces now the focus of a global search.

#auspol
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The French Job: Canberra’s Multi-Million-Dollar Antiques Heist
French thieves allegedly raided a $10m Canberra collection of luxury antiques and jewellery, with rare Hermes and Patek pieces now the focus of a global search.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Where many other meteor showers are often over-hyped, the Geminids are the real deal: far and away the best shower of the year, peaking on December 14–15 in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

So where and when should you look? ...
🔭🌌 Unlike some other over-hyped meteor showers, this one is the real deal.

👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-yea...
December 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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I guessed that the rejection of The Voice would filter into more serious negative culture shifts against Aboriginal people among those in whose hands their lives are placed. Impossible to argue for causation, but ...
Aboriginal deaths in custody numbers are rising

Senator Thorpe said the government must honour its stated intention to restrict funding to jurisdictions that drive up incarceration rates, adding that community-led alternatives are proven to be safer and more cost-effective.

#auspol
Australia is facing its worst year for Aboriginal deaths in custody in nearly half a century, with a new Australian Institute of Criminology report confirming 33 First Nations deaths in 2024–25 — the highest toll since 1979–80.

Senator Thorpe’s response ...
#auspol
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December 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Aboriginal deaths in custody numbers are rising

Senator Thorpe said the government must honour its stated intention to restrict funding to jurisdictions that drive up incarceration rates, adding that community-led alternatives are proven to be safer and more cost-effective.

#auspol
Australia is facing its worst year for Aboriginal deaths in custody in nearly half a century, with a new Australian Institute of Criminology report confirming 33 First Nations deaths in 2024–25 — the highest toll since 1979–80.

Senator Thorpe’s response ...
#auspol
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Report Shows Sharp Rise in First Nations Deaths
Aboriginal deaths in custody reach a 45-year high, triggering urgent calls from Senator Lidia Thorpe for federal standards, bail reform and justice reinvestment
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December 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Australia is facing its worst year for Aboriginal deaths in custody in nearly half a century, with a new Australian Institute of Criminology report confirming 33 First Nations deaths in 2024–25 — the highest toll since 1979–80.

Senator Thorpe’s response ...
#auspol
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Report Shows Sharp Rise in First Nations Deaths
Aboriginal deaths in custody reach a 45-year high, triggering urgent calls from Senator Lidia Thorpe for federal standards, bail reform and justice reinvestment
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December 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Immutep shares jumped 25% after signing a major global licensing deal with pharmaceutical giant Dr. Reddy’s, who now have exclusive rights to the flagship cancer immunotherapy drug, Eftilagimod Alfa (efti) outside of North America, Europe, Japan & Greater China.

#asx
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Immutep’s Research into Cancer and Autoimmune Treatment
Immutep Limited, a biotech company from Sydney, is on a mission to turn cutting-edge science into real-world treatments for cancer and autoimmune disorders
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December 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"Gen X men, aged between 45 and 60, one quarter of whom now support One Nation"

oh dear. that means we're going to see more of Barnaby in the media, doesn't it?

#auspol
"... another group that is increasingly bringing Pauline Hanson to the table: men — specifically Gen X men, aged between 45 and 60, one quarter of whom now support One Nation, according to a Redbridge/Accent poll conducted for the AFR. 1/2 www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/09/o...
What’s going on with Gen X men and One Nation? I'm sick of being told to feel sorry for them
One Nation is not going to help rural Australians nor furious Gen X men, both unable to see an end to their housing, financial or energy strife. But hey, neither were the Nationals.
www.crikey.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Sit down, Senator Shoebridge - who do you think you are?

@davidshoebridge.bsky.social asks a question in Senate Estimates of Super Extra Special Envoy, Jillian Segal, and is put in his place.

Segal's diary is in the safe place along with Barnaby's drought envoy report & the Epstein files

#auspol
Extra Special Envoy, Jillian Segal, asked at Estimates to provide complete list of organisations who she met with.

Responds: request is too broad to be meaningfully answered - only provides sectors she's met with.

#alltoohard
#takingthepiss
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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A reminder Japan on-sells more Australian gas to other countries than is consumed on the entire East Coast of Australia.

We don't need *more* gas, we need to tax our gas exports properly
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tomorrow at 11 AM CT: December 8 Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting Auction

An intimate journey through Bert Stern’s three-day photography session with Marilyn Monroe at the Hotel Bel-Air, completed just weeks before she died

#photography
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Marilyn Monroe’s Final Photo Session by Bert Stern for Vogue
An intimate journey through The Last Sitting, Bert Stern’s three-day photography session with Marilyn Monroe at the Hotel Bel-Air, completed just weeks before she died.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Seen in Bendigo yesterday ...
The Herald Sun is a coronavirus superspreader.
Can't argue with that.

My #photography © #streetart #auspol
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Santos has notched up its 10th consecutive year paying ZERO tax in Australia. I’m tempted to change my name to Santos Limited by deed poll, and dare the ATO to come after me. At $200 bucks, it could be the most sensible investment open to me, and I get to trash my backyard into the bargain. #auspol
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I was today old when I learnt that Red Hot Chilli Peppers bassist Michael 'Flea' Balzary is Australian-born. Who knew?

The Flea Interview with Rick Beato

#ausmusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmA4...
The Flea Interview: Red Hot Chili Peppers Bass Icon
YouTube video by Rick Beato
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December 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
An intimate journey through The Last Sitting, Bert Stern’s three-day photography session with Marilyn Monroe at the Hotel Bel-Air, completed just weeks before she died.
Prints from this photo shoot are at auction this weekend ...

#photography
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Marilyn Monroe’s Final Photo Session by Bert Stern for Vogue
An intimate journey through The Last Sitting, Bert Stern’s three-day photography session with Marilyn Monroe at the Hotel Bel-Air, completed just weeks before she died.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
In settler colonies, landscape photography framed nature as beautiful, available & empty. In Victoria & Tasmania especially, landscape photography flourished.
Photographers such as Charles Bayliss & Bernhardt Holtermann, Nicholas Caire, John Lindt & John Beattie ...

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Landscape photography in colonial Australia and New Zealand
These historical photographs show colonial Australia and NZ through the lens of 19th-century photographers using glass plates, panoramas, and pioneering techniques.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NSW Forestry Corporation’s native forest logging division has become the most expensive loss-making habit in the state—an operation so deeply unviable it makes the Titanic look nimble. The latest Annual Report confirms another $32 million burned last year.

#auspol
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NSW Is Paying Millions to Log Forests That No Longer Exist
A decade of losses, collapsing timber yields and looming koala protections reveal the truth: NSW native forest logging is financially and environmentally unsalvageable.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Beekeepers warn of food price increases amid varroa mite battle.
Consumers are being warned that food prices may increase as a deadly bee parasite spreads into South Australia, with more growers being forced to rely on commercial pollination services.

#auspol
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Shoppers warned of grocery price rise as parasite hits crop production
Beekeepers say the escalating cost of pollinating crops will be passed onto consumers as the industry battles a devastating bee killer.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Mel Gibson and Mark Lee during a party for the two stars of Gallipoli at Allan Carr's penthouse in Nnew York City on August 18, 1981. Photo by Andy Warhol

#Gallipoli #photography
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM