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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 35m

I confess I am surprised an ABC story acknowledged China is 'working passably well'. (Compared to Oz, I'd have said fantastically well) but still surprised.

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 1h

The morally bankrupt ALP.

coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 1h

“They include justifications 4 Australia’s continued export of F-35 fighter jet parts for Israel’s use in the Gaza genocide; responses to demands for Australia to sanction the Israeli govt; & lines on why the govt does not refer to Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide” #auspol #Gaza #talkingpoints

David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 3h

The government sending their "we're not complicit, but..." talking points to APAN is fucking hilarious

www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

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Anne C. Serling @anneserling.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 21h

Sweet.

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Alice K @coalisdead.bsky.social · 1d

Our entire system of punitive incarceration should be overhauled. It’s a nasty 19th century colonialist relic.

We should follow nordic countries. Reform must start with children and young adults, and include human rights for social services housing and food

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Children under 14 are incapable of evil and should be protected from criminal responsibility, NSW review finds

Review was led by former supreme court judge turned parole authority chair Geoffrey Bellew SC and former NSW police deputy commissioner Jeffrey Loy

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 22h

Good luck, the ow ow ow suggests you are on the right track.

Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 1d

TLDR Short answer No, long answer FUCKING HELL NO.

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 1d

In ecology a diverse ecosystem is the most robust. Same for any human community.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d

A centuries-old legal presumption that children aged between 10 and 14 are not capable of evil should become law, a New South Wales review led by a former supreme court judge and a former senior NSW police figure has recommended

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

Children under 14 are incapable of evil and should be protected from criminal responsibility, NSW review finds

Review was led by former supreme court judge turned parole authority chair Geoffrey Bellew SC and former NSW police deputy commissioner Jeffrey Loy * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A centuries-old legal presumption that children aged between 10 and 14 are not capable of evil should become law, a New South Wales review led by a former supreme court judge and a former senior NSW police figure has recommended. In NSW, the criminal age of responsibility is 10 but the common law presumption of doli incapax – Latin for “incapable of wrong” – can apply up to 14, offering protection for children being prosecuted on the presumption they don’t understand the difference between right and wrong. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 1d

Watching now

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 1d

I used to hate when our politicians talked about our 'shared' values with US. Now I'm worried we do share their values.

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 1d

only a sith deals in trinaries

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 1d

🤣 ...OMG he's serious

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 2d

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Prof Brendan Crabb AC @brendancrabb.bsky.social · 2d

Looks like success to me. Interesting article.

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Graph showing that while investors are buying less houses in Victoria than the rest of Australia, First-home buyers are buying more in Victoria

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah history has shown what happens when you don't pay the mercenary army that's in occupation of your city state.

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 2d

$1 billion wind farm backed by Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest opens

After three years of construction, one of the biggest wind farms in the country has been switched on. The large-scale project has not been without controversy.

www.abc.net.au

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations, well done. Looking forward to buying it and reading.

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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our public service workers today ✊ #nzpol

New Zealand ‘mega strike’: 100,000 public sector workers demand better conditions

Teachers, nurses and public service staff among those walking off job and pressing for more government investment in health and education

www.theguardian.com

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 2d

an absolute good

Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 3d

Traditional owners handed 900,000ha of Cape York land after 255 years - ABC News share.google/1UGBMLYAMmYR.... #News #Auspol

Cape York land returned to owners 255 years after ancestors met Cook

A native title claim in the region where Captain James Cook made landfall after his ship crashed into the Great Barrier Reef in 1770 is among one of three to finally be settled by the Federal Court th...

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah i think Star Trek Lower Decks showed where this is going #badgey #lowerdecks #startrek

cartoon image of large yellow anthropomorphized arrowhead/star shape with eyes, eyebrows, mouth, arms and legs with an expression of happiness at the forfront, behind a cartoon image a of a science fiction room with yellow crisscross batter and a door. (Its a holodeck onboard a star ship in Star Trek).

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Andrew Miskelly @anero.id · 4d

October heat records dropping like flies across central and eastern Australia. The map shows new records for locations with at least 20 years of history.

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 3d

"I’m not a theologian or a moral philosopher or even a particularly good person, but I do know that it’s bad when children starve to death. It’s bad when hospitals full of sick people get blown up. The context doesn’t matter". Leah Schnelbach from reactormag.com/what-can-sup...? YES THIS

What Can Superheroes Do in the Face of Entropy? - Reactor

Three recent superhero movies respond to disorder, uncertainty, and other existential threats...

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Michael Barnes @barnesm31.bsky.social · 3d

same - I would support any party that has a policy to tell the US to pull its bases out of Australia

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 4d

This tea

Chinese state media says US 'dying from within' as Beijing drafts next 5-year plan

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