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I’m Australian living rurally on the land of the Taungurung people. Believe in science, love all types of music, love my family and grateful for all of the authentic, decent, kind and caring people in my life. I don’t post much
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Police officer Benedict Bryant has been found guilty over the death in custody of Sydney teenager Jai Kalani Wright.
#JusticeForJai
#JusticeForJai
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Police officer Benedict Bryant has been found guilty over the death in custody of Sydney teenager Jai Kalani Wright.
#JusticeForJai
#JusticeForJai
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THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN GAS HEIST
What does it say about the calibre…and motivation…of Australian politicians.
IF a truly independent and functional #NACC actually existed, surely an inquiry into this nation’s gas ‘deals’ would be a priority!
#auspol
What does it say about the calibre…and motivation…of Australian politicians.
IF a truly independent and functional #NACC actually existed, surely an inquiry into this nation’s gas ‘deals’ would be a priority!
#auspol
The first time that my mind was boggled in my study of #Auspol I saw this live on the ABC. An economist of his standing whose mind was boggled was hard to ignore. And he's telling us we made stupid deals that rip off every Australian. This is why we can't have nice things.
“I find it mind boggling . . . the fact that [Australia is] giving away these natural resources”. – Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Not quite as low as 'Children Overboard' but shades of. We unpack the Nauru deal, which is turning out to be an epic, inhumane and costly stuff-up
#auspol
youtu.be/zrO9YTXtwq8?...
#auspol
youtu.be/zrO9YTXtwq8?...
Australia’s 2.4 Billion Nauru Scam | The West Report
YouTube video by The West Report
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Not quite as low as 'Children Overboard' but shades of. We unpack the Nauru deal, which is turning out to be an epic, inhumane and costly stuff-up
#auspol
youtu.be/zrO9YTXtwq8?...
#auspol
youtu.be/zrO9YTXtwq8?...
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Australia’s Help to Buy scheme to get more people owning homes opens next week. Here’s what you need to know
Australia’s Help to Buy scheme to get more people owning homes opens next week. Here’s what you need to know
The new program, launching on 5 December after political delays, was part of Labor’s 2022 election pledge
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The federal government’s low-deposit, shared equity scheme will open for applications next week in an initiative designed to pave the way for higher levels of home ownership.
The “Help to Buy” program was part of Labor’s 2022 election platform, but the bill was delayed in parliament amid a battle over competing housing policies and even briefly emerged as a potential trigger for a double dissolution election. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Australia’s Help to Buy scheme to get more people owning homes opens next week. Here’s what you need to know
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Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
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Always great to catch up with @cherylkernot.bsky.social @noely.bsky.social @ronnisalt.bsky.social where earlier we chatted about the #auspol year, highlights, lowlights, the year ahead & so much more
We've been podcasting together since 2017!😲
Here's the replay> podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...
We've been podcasting together since 2017!😲
Here's the replay> podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...
Cheryl Kernot, Noely Neate & Ronni Salt wrap the #auspol year for SpinProof
Podcast Episode · SpinProof - #auspol · 28/11/2025 · 1h 48m
podcasts.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Always great to catch up with @cherylkernot.bsky.social @noely.bsky.social @ronnisalt.bsky.social where earlier we chatted about the #auspol year, highlights, lowlights, the year ahead & so much more
We've been podcasting together since 2017!😲
Here's the replay> podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...
We've been podcasting together since 2017!😲
Here's the replay> podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why do so many feel like they've fallen behind?
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
It's not because of immigrants, trans people, DEI, the “deep state,” or any other bogeyman trotted out by the GOP.
It's because big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.
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"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
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“I find it mind boggling . . . the fact that [Australia is] giving away these natural resources”. – Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“I find it mind boggling . . . the fact that [Australia is] giving away these natural resources”. – Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist
Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
Explore how other leading thinkers are finding the courage we all need. Preorder ‘A Time for Bravery’ today: australiainstitute.org.au/store/a-time...
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Sean Kelly’s The Good Fight asks an important question: does Labor still know what it believes – and is it willing to act on those beliefs under Albanese? #AusPol #Labor #Albanese #Inequality #Politics
What does Labor actually stand for in the Albanese era?
Sean Kelly’s Quarterly Essay The Good Fight asks a harder question than whether Labor is governing competently – it asks whether it still knows what it believes, and whether belief is translating into action.
johnmenadue.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Sean Kelly’s The Good Fight asks an important question: does Labor still know what it believes – and is it willing to act on those beliefs under Albanese? #AusPol #Labor #Albanese #Inequality #Politics
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The Russian army is exhausted too. Russia is taking far higher casualties than Ukraine, and after 3.5 years has barely moved the front line. The idea that Russia is “winning” is simply not supported by the evidence. As I told DW News.
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The Russian army is exhausted too. Russia is taking far higher casualties than Ukraine, and after 3.5 years has barely moved the front line. The idea that Russia is “winning” is simply not supported by the evidence. As I told DW News.
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Move over Accenture there's a new f***ed consulting group in Canberra.
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Move over Accenture there's a new f***ed consulting group in Canberra.
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Rare West Australian seaweed scrapbooks provide glimpse into history www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Discovery of near century-old scrapbooks reveals seaweed secrets
The State Library of WA is running an appeal to save a set of seaweed scrapbooks made nearly 100 years ago by a renowned Kalgoorlie-born naturalist.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Rare West Australian seaweed scrapbooks provide glimpse into history www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Sulfides washing Off 'Wood Chips' have totally destroyed the Kelp Beds at the Triabunna wharves area.
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The rewriting of Australia’s nature laws comes as a relief, yet I can’t help feel a sense of foreboding | Georgina Woods
The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Sulfides washing Off 'Wood Chips' have totally destroyed the Kelp Beds at the Triabunna wharves area.
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Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…
As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate
thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
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And also government departments. Where's the CFA, Forest Fire Management and Fire Rescue Vic on here in time for the summer bushfire season?
Yeah, I've asked these questions and had little luck with any answers, whilst they are all stuck on Musk's X. I don't know why our taxes are paying for such.
Yeah, I've asked these questions and had little luck with any answers, whilst they are all stuck on Musk's X. I don't know why our taxes are paying for such.
November 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
And also government departments. Where's the CFA, Forest Fire Management and Fire Rescue Vic on here in time for the summer bushfire season?
Yeah, I've asked these questions and had little luck with any answers, whilst they are all stuck on Musk's X. I don't know why our taxes are paying for such.
Yeah, I've asked these questions and had little luck with any answers, whilst they are all stuck on Musk's X. I don't know why our taxes are paying for such.
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Australia’s politics doesn’t reflect the people carrying its future. With younger voters sidelined and long-term planning ignored, it may be time for an Under Forties Party, writes Ian Bowrey.
#AusPol #Democracy #FuturePlanning #YoungVoters #PoliticalReform
#AusPol #Democracy #FuturePlanning #YoungVoters #PoliticalReform
Why Australia needs a political party for the under-40s
With most Australians increasingly voting outside the major parties, Ian Bowrey argues it’s time for a new political force that genuinely represents under-40s and plans for the country’s long-term future.
johnmenadue.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Australia’s politics doesn’t reflect the people carrying its future. With younger voters sidelined and long-term planning ignored, it may be time for an Under Forties Party, writes Ian Bowrey.
#AusPol #Democracy #FuturePlanning #YoungVoters #PoliticalReform
#AusPol #Democracy #FuturePlanning #YoungVoters #PoliticalReform
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Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?
Six researchers in this space, including myself, have lost their positions at Flinders University in a restructure. theconversation.com/australias-a...
Six researchers in this space, including myself, have lost their positions at Flinders University in a restructure. theconversation.com/australias-a...
Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?
It’s one of Australia’s worst underwater environmental catastrophes. What’s going to happen to South Australia’s vast algal bloom as summer heat warms the ocean?
theconversation.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?
Six researchers in this space, including myself, have lost their positions at Flinders University in a restructure. theconversation.com/australias-a...
Six researchers in this space, including myself, have lost their positions at Flinders University in a restructure. theconversation.com/australias-a...
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" That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol. "
The only thing standing in the way of gambling reform is the Government's cowardice
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
The only thing standing in the way of gambling reform is the Government's cowardice
Last year, Australians lost $34.8 billion in bets. That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
" That’s more than Australian households spend on electricity and gas or alcohol. "
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
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I struggle watching / hearing LNP ministers talk & have done since Howard was PM.
They only care about money for big business. It's not even like they hide that anymore. Workers, people , animals, the environment or even the planet, do not figure in their evaluation of policies anymore.
They only care about money for big business. It's not even like they hide that anymore. Workers, people , animals, the environment or even the planet, do not figure in their evaluation of policies anymore.
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I struggle watching / hearing LNP ministers talk & have done since Howard was PM.
They only care about money for big business. It's not even like they hide that anymore. Workers, people , animals, the environment or even the planet, do not figure in their evaluation of policies anymore.
They only care about money for big business. It's not even like they hide that anymore. Workers, people , animals, the environment or even the planet, do not figure in their evaluation of policies anymore.
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A new report from Germany has labeled the Model Y the most defect-ridden new car you can buy.
Read More: www.jalopnik.com/2035447/tesl...
Read More: www.jalopnik.com/2035447/tesl...
Tesla Model Y Is The Most Defective Car This Year, Germany Says - Jalopnik
The report comes from TÜV SÜD, a German auditing, inspection, and certification firm, and is based on data collected from about 9.5 million vehicle inspections.
www.jalopnik.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
A new report from Germany has labeled the Model Y the most defect-ridden new car you can buy.
Read More: www.jalopnik.com/2035447/tesl...
Read More: www.jalopnik.com/2035447/tesl...
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Quick, they can’t have gotten far
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Quick, they can’t have gotten far