Mike Kalenderian
@mikekay.bsky.social
Video EP at Guardian Australia. Emmy winner. Previously seen on HBO, ABC, Vice News
There's a reported boom in people becoming certified venomous snake handlers, so @sanjanajose.bsky.social went to film reporter Joe Hinchcliffe finding out firsthand what sort of training you get to handle some of the most dangerous snakes in the world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeWw...
Learning to handle the world's most venomous snake
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
There's a reported boom in people becoming certified venomous snake handlers, so @sanjanajose.bsky.social went to film reporter Joe Hinchcliffe finding out firsthand what sort of training you get to handle some of the most dangerous snakes in the world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeWw...
It's that time of the (every second) year: the Bird of the Year poll is open for voting! Here is a brilliant video launching the vote — if you watch REALLY CLOSELY you might work out who @matildaboseley.bsky.social is voting for this year:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30D...
Voting is open in the 2025 Australian bird of the year poll. Here's how to vote
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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October 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It's that time of the (every second) year: the Bird of the Year poll is open for voting! Here is a brilliant video launching the vote — if you watch REALLY CLOSELY you might work out who @matildaboseley.bsky.social is voting for this year:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i30D...
Recent media coverage claims 'Australians, especially men, are reading less' and 'young men have stopped reading books'. But is that true? Guardian Australia's data editor @nickevershed.bsky.social looked into the data and came back with this factcheck: youtu.be/iThBQ91mnlk
Have men really stopped reading? The devil's in the data
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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August 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Recent media coverage claims 'Australians, especially men, are reading less' and 'young men have stopped reading books'. But is that true? Guardian Australia's data editor @nickevershed.bsky.social looked into the data and came back with this factcheck: youtu.be/iThBQ91mnlk
Is Aukus a $368bn solution for Australia, or will it only serve to create more headaches? A deep-dive of an explainer (pun intended) into the Aukus agreement, with Ben Doherty: youtu.be/KsC0rqWkaw4
Is Aukus a $368bn fix for Australia's problems, or will it create more headaches?
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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August 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Is Aukus a $368bn solution for Australia, or will it only serve to create more headaches? A deep-dive of an explainer (pun intended) into the Aukus agreement, with Ben Doherty: youtu.be/KsC0rqWkaw4
Suddenly thinking perhaps putting all my super into Qantas points wasn’t such a good idea
Qantas frequent flyer points devalued as airline rolls out changes to loyalty program
Airline tries to soften blow by releasing 400,000 new Classic Reward seats across its international and domestic flights
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August 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Suddenly thinking perhaps putting all my super into Qantas points wasn’t such a good idea
Please, show some respect
July 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Please, show some respect
In a change of pace, a lovely video today featuring the hundreds of volunteers who got together to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop, Hill of Content, move thousands of books to its new location down the road. @caitkelly.bsky.social was there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2yc...
Booklovers form human chain to move Melbourne's oldest bookshop one item at a time
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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July 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
In a change of pace, a lovely video today featuring the hundreds of volunteers who got together to help Melbourne’s oldest bookshop, Hill of Content, move thousands of books to its new location down the road. @caitkelly.bsky.social was there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2yc...
With new laws affecting the right to protest in NSW, some experts are saying the state now has the most severe anti-protest regime in the country. So what are NSW's anti-protest laws, and how have they changed? @jordynbeazley.bsky.social explains:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXX-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXX-...
What are your rights to protest in NSW and how have they changed?
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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July 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
With new laws affecting the right to protest in NSW, some experts are saying the state now has the most severe anti-protest regime in the country. So what are NSW's anti-protest laws, and how have they changed? @jordynbeazley.bsky.social explains:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXX-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXX-...
How are tiny magnets shaping tariffs, the future of Australia's mining industry and the ongoing trade battle between China and the US? Matilda Boseley takes a look at those earths which are rare (rare earths): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ68...
Rare earths: how these critical minerals impact Australian industry and global politics
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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July 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
How are tiny magnets shaping tariffs, the future of Australia's mining industry and the ongoing trade battle between China and the US? Matilda Boseley takes a look at those earths which are rare (rare earths): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ68...
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The govt is making announcements around fighting antisemitism today but the politicians and lots of departments are still posting on X, and have paid X millions in taxpayer $$$ for ads.
Hard to see after yesterday's Grok incident what the justification now is. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Hard to see after yesterday's Grok incident what the justification now is. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Australian government gave $2.7m to Elon Musk’s X for advertisements in billionaire’s first year as owner
Exclusive: Spending came after the Albanese government paused ads for a week amid reports ads were appearing next to inappropriate content
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July 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The govt is making announcements around fighting antisemitism today but the politicians and lots of departments are still posting on X, and have paid X millions in taxpayer $$$ for ads.
Hard to see after yesterday's Grok incident what the justification now is. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Hard to see after yesterday's Grok incident what the justification now is. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Reposted by Mike Kalenderian
Spent yesterday in Yuendumu, a place I’d wrote about and thought about for the past five years but never visited
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One report, 33 recommendations, but Kumanjayi Walker inquest findings draw on centuries of pain
The conclusions of coroner Elisabeth Armitage on how similar deaths could be prevented reflect the impact of colonial massacres and domestic abuse
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July 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Spent yesterday in Yuendumu, a place I’d wrote about and thought about for the past five years but never visited
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I love the internet
July 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I love the internet
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This was a fun day at work. More here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... via @australia.theguardian.com
ICYMI on the weekend — Vic correspondent @benitakolovos.bsky.social got a first look inside Melbourne's newest metro stations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaa...
Eight storeys beneath Melbourne: first look inside the city's new metro stations
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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July 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This was a fun day at work. More here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... via @australia.theguardian.com
ICYMI on the weekend — Vic correspondent @benitakolovos.bsky.social got a first look inside Melbourne's newest metro stations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaa...
Eight storeys beneath Melbourne: first look inside the city's new metro stations
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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July 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ICYMI on the weekend — Vic correspondent @benitakolovos.bsky.social got a first look inside Melbourne's newest metro stations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaa...
Congrats to @cartersherman.bsky.social whose new book is out now, and you should read this extract: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
A generation of ‘virgins’ is leading America’s next sexual revolution
Although gen Z may be getting laid less than their elders, they’re resisting older definitions of sex and gender – in the face of the right’s bid for bodily control
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June 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Congrats to @cartersherman.bsky.social whose new book is out now, and you should read this extract: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Bougainville fought a war to shut down Panguna mine. Now, with the goal of achieving independence from PNG, many want the mine to be reopened. Reporting by Ben Doherty:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bryT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bryT...
Bougainvilleans went to war to shut down the Panguna mine. Why do some want it reopened?
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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June 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Bougainville fought a war to shut down Panguna mine. Now, with the goal of achieving independence from PNG, many want the mine to be reopened. Reporting by Ben Doherty:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bryT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bryT...
The jury in the trial of Erin Patterson is beginning deliberations as the mushroom lunch trial enters its 10th week. Here's our video from last week, recapping the closing arguments from both sides, hosted by courts and justice reporter @ninobucci.bsky.social :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YarS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YarS...
Closing arguments conclude in Australia's mushroom trial as jury deliberation approaches
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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June 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The jury in the trial of Erin Patterson is beginning deliberations as the mushroom lunch trial enters its 10th week. Here's our video from last week, recapping the closing arguments from both sides, hosted by courts and justice reporter @ninobucci.bsky.social :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YarS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YarS...
As the Erin Patterson trial nears its end,
@ninobucci.bsky.social walks us through what's been happening in court in the last few weeks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhUL...
@ninobucci.bsky.social walks us through what's been happening in court in the last few weeks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhUL...
Australia's mushroom trial update: lead detective and mycologists among witnesses called
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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May 31, 2025 at 2:24 AM
As the Erin Patterson trial nears its end,
@ninobucci.bsky.social walks us through what's been happening in court in the last few weeks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhUL...
@ninobucci.bsky.social walks us through what's been happening in court in the last few weeks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhUL...
A decision on whether to extend a Woodside gas facility until 2070 is expected any day now. As @adammorton.bsky.social explains, the decision won't factor in climate concerns, only what local pollution means for the globally significant collection of rock art: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVsA...
A major decision on a Woodside gas plant's future hinges on WA rock art
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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May 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
A decision on whether to extend a Woodside gas facility until 2070 is expected any day now. As @adammorton.bsky.social explains, the decision won't factor in climate concerns, only what local pollution means for the globally significant collection of rock art: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVsA...
I'm what you might call a 'savvy consumer'. Only losers pay the RRP
May 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I'm what you might call a 'savvy consumer'. Only losers pay the RRP
From earlier this week, @australia.theguardian.com economics editor Patrick Commins walked us through the RBA's rate cut, and what it means: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUSN...
House prices and Trump tariffs: what does the RBA's rate cut mean for you?
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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May 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
From earlier this week, @australia.theguardian.com economics editor Patrick Commins walked us through the RBA's rate cut, and what it means: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUSN...
Erin Patterson’s trial continues today — @australia.theguardian.com justice and courts reporter @ninobucci.bsky.social has been following the mushroom trial since it began, and explains what’s happened so far: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9h...
Australia mushroom trial: the evidence and witnesses in Erin Patterson's murder trial so far
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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May 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Erin Patterson’s trial continues today — @australia.theguardian.com justice and courts reporter @ninobucci.bsky.social has been following the mushroom trial since it began, and explains what’s happened so far: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9h...
What is a hung parliament? And what happens if Australia’s major parties end up in a dead heat?
Please enjoy our final episode in our Voting 101 series for the 2025 election:
Please enjoy our final episode in our Voting 101 series for the 2025 election:
Voting 101: What's a hung parliament, and what happens if no major party wins a majority?
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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May 2, 2025 at 5:52 AM
What is a hung parliament? And what happens if Australia’s major parties end up in a dead heat?
Please enjoy our final episode in our Voting 101 series for the 2025 election:
Please enjoy our final episode in our Voting 101 series for the 2025 election:
The final week of the campaign was filled with the cost of eggs, welcome to country heckling, and the ‘hate media’ — James Colley sifts through the wreckage of the final few days in this week’s episode:
Election campaign final week: the cost of eggs, welcome to country booing and 'hate media'
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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May 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The final week of the campaign was filled with the cost of eggs, welcome to country heckling, and the ‘hate media’ — James Colley sifts through the wreckage of the final few days in this week’s episode:
We’re nearing the finish line: Anthony Albanese was asked intense geopolitical questions on The Sunday Footy Show and Peter Dutton somehow managed to tie everything back to cheaper petrol, including Easter chocolate. Watch our latest 'Surviving the Election with James Colley':
Crashing into the election’s final fortnight like a truck hitting an early voting centre
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
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April 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
We’re nearing the finish line: Anthony Albanese was asked intense geopolitical questions on The Sunday Footy Show and Peter Dutton somehow managed to tie everything back to cheaper petrol, including Easter chocolate. Watch our latest 'Surviving the Election with James Colley':