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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 17h

Queensland's weak heritage laws allow developers to benefit from arsonists torching their heritage buildings, an urban planner says.

How developers can benefit from arsonists torching heritage buildings

Queensland's weak heritage laws allow developers to benefit from arsonists torching their heritage buildings, an urban planner says.

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Rikki A @rikkitweets.bsky.social · 16h

Did the real estate profiteers consider this?

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d

Approximately 44,000 Australians who have a debt with Centrelink have overpaid it, some by $20,000 or more www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Revealed: some Australians have overpaid their Centrelink debt by more than $20,000

Exclusive: Services Australia spokesperson says automatic BPay payments and Centrelink being unable to contact customers may be to blame

www.theguardian.com

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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 1d

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Heart-breaking story from @caitkelly.bsky.social

They have disabilities, pensions and get little support. They’re also among thousands rejected by the NDIS each year

Disabled people and their advocates are exhausted and frustrated but say it’s worth fighting for a system that ‘really does change lives’

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1d

One reason the RBA kept rates steady in Sept was they said the bulk of employment growth was coming from the market sector.. Only problem was that is *completely* wrong.

My article for @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/251024-...

RBA makes a major mistake on the job numbers

When the Reserve Bank decided not to cut interest rates at the end of September, numerous reasons were given, but one stands out because it appears to be completely wrong.

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Rikki A @rikkitweets.bsky.social · 1d

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation's most sensitive wilderness areas. n.pr/42WZfy6

Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling

The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation's most sensitive wilderness areas.

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if dental checks were funded by Medicare in Australia, and peridontal disease was picked and treated early, lessening the chance of cardiovascular disease and stroke (and thus saving public health dollars)

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers link gum disease to increased risk of stroke, brain damage

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Researchers link gum disease to increased risk of stroke, brain damage - UPI.com

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 1d

Whoops-a-daisy!

'Approximately 44,000 Australians who have a debt with Centrelink have overpaid it, some by $20,000 or more, Guardian Australia can reveal.'

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Revealed: some Australians have overpaid their Centrelink debt by more than $20,000

Exclusive: Services Australia spokesperson says automatic BPay payments and Centrelink being unable to contact customers may be to blame

www.theguardian.com

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 1d

Australia's children's commissioner Anne Hollonds has seen "nothing" to address gaps in community and support left by the teen social media ban.

A year after first raising the alarm, Hollonds says we need to take a "good, hard look at the unmet needs" of vulnerable kids.

www.crikey.com.au/20...

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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 1d

Queensland’s forests are still being bulldozed — and new parks alone won’t save them
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Queensland’s forests are still being bulldozed — and new parks alone won’t save them

Queensland’s conservation ledger is in the red. Despite some new national parks, bulldozers are still clearing forests and vegetation across the state.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d

Universities across the world seeing this:

"its only wrong 45% of the time!!
Lets buy free licenses for our students, staff and faculty!!
Lets lock into contracts with rapacious predatory AI companies with shitty technofascist politics, sucking up water and jacking up electricity prices!!"

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

Published: 12:01 am, 22 October 2025
Updated: 06:10 pm, 22 October 2025

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Rikki A @rikkitweets.bsky.social · 2d

Ditto "Would of"

*HAVE*

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d

"they fail to link climate action with things that matter to people: food poverty, fuel poverty, air pollution, inequality, job insecurity, lack of housing, unfordable or non-existent healthcare... they are constrained by only being able to offer pragmatic, ‘politically feasible’ centrism?"

As dreams of 1.5°C melt away, net zero’s reckoning is overdue

People’s inability to see past net zero shows it is no longer fit for purpose

www.technosphere.earth

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

‘Your new website sucks’: Bureau of Meteorology redesign is lightning rod for heated criticism

It was designed to be clean and clear, but upset users are calling the national weather forecaster’s new site confusing, clunky and ‘really bad’ * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It was designed to be clean and clear, but the Bureau of Meteorology’s new website has come in for criticism for being confusing, clunky and “really, really bad”. After years of development, the government site, which has 2.6bn page views a year, was relaunched on Wednesday, its homepage giving users a snapshot of weather in capital cities around the country and latest news updates from the bureau. Continue reading...

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meliss-AAAAAHHH! @mel.bzky.team · 2d

cover for the west wing altered to say the remaining wing

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Paul Karp @paulkarp.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t do a Deloitte: the AI stuff-up that ricocheted around the world - on the pod with Lisa Murray and Edmund Tadros
www.afr.com//companies/p...

Don’t do a Deloitte: the AI stuff-up that ricocheted around the world

This week on The Fin podcast, Edmund Tadros and Paul Karp on Deloitte’s stuff-up, why it became a global story and what it means for the way we use AI.

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

The SA government is placing temporary restrictions on fishing in the Gulf St Vincent and Spencer Gulf as results from fish stock monitoring find declining numbers of some species.

Government announces fishing restrictions amid ongoing algal bloom

The SA government is placing temporary restrictions on fishing in the Gulf St Vincent and Spencer Gulf as results from fish stock monitoring find declining numbers of some species.

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 2d

Updating my LEGO White House

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 3d

Ahem. Say hiii to the brand-new, updated 2026 edition of Girl Stuff for the 8-12s: first periods; body changes, friends & bullies, confidence, mental health, heroines, healthy eating, & so much more. Equip them to be themselves in the face of hard sell ads & social pressures. #ChristmasIsComing

A copy of the new 2026 edition of Girl Stuff 8-12 showing the cover, sitting on another copy open to the start of Chapter 2, Getting Your Period, with a cartoon about an adhesive pad mishap.

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

Shaded and green spaces can be hard to find in northern towns and cities where summer temperatures regularly surpass 40 degrees Celsius.

Climate adaptation 'shortfall' exposes vulnerability to hotter temperatures

Shaded and green spaces can be hard to find in northern towns and cities where summer temperatures regularly surpass 40 degrees Celsius.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

The electorate voted for a senate that has a majority of ALP and Greens.

Murray Watt and the ALP are choosing instead to write laws that will please the LNP and mining companies.

This is not the outcome a majority of Australians voted for.

Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 3d

I’m getting weary of this. This government is representative of what the people of this place want. The argument is with all of us. Turning it into a constant personalised political snipe belittles the nature of the problem.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to Murray and his ALP pals, weather reports like this will become increasingly scary and weird

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2d

“You didn’t vote for it, you weren’t even asked, but it was decided three years ago – mostly by those the Reserve Bank – that Australia needed an extra 150,000 or so people to be unemployed.”

My column on unemployment hitting 4.5%

www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Australia’s surprise unemployment spike suggests an economy not overheating but in need of stimulus | Greg Jericho

Last week’s announcement that unemployment reached 4.5% in September came as a shock to the RBA, who must have been either embarrassed – or ecstatic

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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 2d

The more doctors who join us, the louder our voice and the bigger our impact. Together, we can make a real difference.

👉 Join DEA today, just $100 for your planet's health: www.dea.org.au/doctor_membe...

Membership for Doctors

Healthy Planet, Healthy People

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

Absolutely most of the harm from AI is being caused by people who rationalise their actions by saying something like, or exactly, this

Declare something inevitable, and then set about causing a massive amount of totally avoidable harm

gizmodo.com/big-tech-fun...

At a recent event in San Antonio, about 50 educators received a three-hour crash course in AI, organized by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and largely funded by Big Tech. An Associated Press report from Monday about the seminar sheds some light on what it’s like when AI companies fund an effort to help more teachers AI-generate their lesson plans.

“We all know, when we talk about AI, teachers say, ‘Nah, I’m not doing that,’” Kathleen Torregrossa, a person described as a “trainer” said to the group as part of her introduction, according to the AP. “But we are preparing kids for the future. That is our primary job. And AI, like it or not, is part of our world,” Torregrossa added.

According to a September Gallup poll, 60% of K-12 teachers have already used AI in their work.

Increasingly, parents appear to not want this. One poll over the summer found that support among parents for AI-generated lesson plans has fallen from 62% in 2024 to 49% this year. Another recent study looked at some of the lesson plans themselves and found them academically substandard according to the two benchmarks the researchers used.

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Geneviève Doyle @gennerveevy.bsky.social · 3d

womensagenda.com.au/latest/eds-b...

A mother's work from home win highlights flaws in bank's office mandate

Karlene Chandler's been working with Westpac for 23 years. Since 2017, most of that work has been done from home.

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