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I’m a retired linguist and lawyer. I follow Australian politics. I also love cats but will try and keep them out of this!
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It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
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A recording of Laws asking a life-long sexual abuse victim if it was her fault should be played on a boombox outside his state funeral www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
John Laws asks sex abuse victim if it was her 'fault'
Radio broadcaster John Laws has asked a sexual abuse victim live on-air if she was 'provocative' and 'unattractive', sparking outrage over his sensitivity on the subject.
www.sbs.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
A recording of Laws asking a life-long sexual abuse victim if it was her fault should be played on a boombox outside his state funeral www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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I'm still waiting on the "career success" that's supposed to come from the binge drinking I did in my youth.
Binge drinking in your youth may lead to career success in later life, research finds
Author of new study says drinking may help people socialise early on in life, but health officials warn of risks
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'm still waiting on the "career success" that's supposed to come from the binge drinking I did in my youth.
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If only the Libs had held the transparency high ground, we’d have been able to judge this week’s appointment of former SA Labor premier Jay Weatherill to UK High Commissioner by reference to standards laid out in the Briggs ‘Job for Mates’ review. #auspol
Jobs4mates. Wong restores duopoly control over Senate, appoints mate. - Michael West
Two weeks ago, Coalition senators supported David Pocock’s motion to extend question time by half an hour, but it's now back to normal.
michaelwest.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If only the Libs had held the transparency high ground, we’d have been able to judge this week’s appointment of former SA Labor premier Jay Weatherill to UK High Commissioner by reference to standards laid out in the Briggs ‘Job for Mates’ review. #auspol
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Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Need to keep religion out of aged care - residents should have the ultimate choice not the facility #auspol
A report, released in September, shows that aged care facilities have continued to ignore the wishes of its residents on Voluntary Assisted Dying. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1442/ne...
Amanda Cohn MP: New Liberal anti-VAD bill ‘cruel’
Despite NSW legalising voluntary assisted dying in 2023, the Liberals, backed by the religious based aged-care sector, have decided on a push to legalise the institutional denial of medical care. Suza...
www.greenleft.org.au
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Need to keep religion out of aged care - residents should have the ultimate choice not the facility #auspol
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How in the fuck do we live in a place where John Laws insisted female staff wore skirts & had bare legs yet our own PM @AlboMP this morning still called him a “legend” who was an “authentic voice of Australians” and who “built Australia up just as you guys [Kyle and Jackie] do”???
#NewsCorpse
#NewsCorpse
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
How in the fuck do we live in a place where John Laws insisted female staff wore skirts & had bare legs yet our own PM @AlboMP this morning still called him a “legend” who was an “authentic voice of Australians” and who “built Australia up just as you guys [Kyle and Jackie] do”???
#NewsCorpse
#NewsCorpse
#auspol
I think we owe it to the nannas to turn up in yellow knitted bikinis for the protest
I think we owe it to the nannas to turn up in yellow knitted bikinis for the protest
🧶👵 ✅ our trusty crocheted bikinis will have us covered in Newcastle for the 2025 blockade of the worlds largest coal port. But how prepared are you?
Join @risingtideaus.bsky.social 4 last minute training, organising and celebrating 🎉🥳 in Sydney. Details ⬇️ www.risingtide.org.au/syd-pre-bloc...
Join @risingtideaus.bsky.social 4 last minute training, organising and celebrating 🎉🥳 in Sydney. Details ⬇️ www.risingtide.org.au/syd-pre-bloc...
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
#auspol
I think we owe it to the nannas to turn up in yellow knitted bikinis for the protest
I think we owe it to the nannas to turn up in yellow knitted bikinis for the protest
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Twice as effective as nets: shark-spotting drones to become ‘permanent fixture’ on Queensland beaches
Twice as effective as nets: shark-spotting drones to become ‘permanent fixture’ on Queensland beaches
State government says expanded use of shark nets and drum lines will continue despite evidence of deadly impact on other marine life
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Queensland will roll out shark-spotting drones to more beaches, after a major study found drones detected more than double the number of sharks caught in adjacent nets.
But while drones would become a “permanent fixture” of the state’s shark-control operations, the Department of Primary Industries said Queensland would continue to rely on “traditional measures like nets and drum lines”, despite evidence of their deadly impact on dolphins, whales, turtles and dugongs. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Twice as effective as nets: shark-spotting drones to become ‘permanent fixture’ on Queensland beaches
Does anyone else listen to the God Who Sings on ABC Sunday nights? I’m an atheist but the music is so beautiful
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Does anyone else listen to the God Who Sings on ABC Sunday nights? I’m an atheist but the music is so beautiful
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🧵Out Now! Tiny Moments of Joy: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand
It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
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It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🧵Out Now! Tiny Moments of Joy: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand
It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
(1)
It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
(1)
After reading up on the dismissal, it seems clear that every other country, including the US, was involved except really Australia 😉
I think it’s time we repaid the favour and removed the US government
I think it’s time we repaid the favour and removed the US government
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
After reading up on the dismissal, it seems clear that every other country, including the US, was involved except really Australia 😉
I think it’s time we repaid the favour and removed the US government
I think it’s time we repaid the favour and removed the US government
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🥳 HUGE shout-out to everyone travelling to the Blockade from outside of Newcastle! There's info on how to get there from your local hub in the Guide docs.google.com/document/d/1... see you there comrades! 🎉🌊
The People's Blockade 2025 GUIDE [PUBLIC]
The People’s Blockade Guide 2025 Make history as we escalate for the climate Protest Camp: Thur Nov 27 - Tue Dec 2 Protestival: Flotillas + Festivities: Sat 29 + Sun 30; Climate Concert: Sat 29 If yo...
docs.google.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🥳 HUGE shout-out to everyone travelling to the Blockade from outside of Newcastle! There's info on how to get there from your local hub in the Guide docs.google.com/document/d/1... see you there comrades! 🎉🌊
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policy idea: when you get a spam text, your mobile carrier owes you $20
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
policy idea: when you get a spam text, your mobile carrier owes you $20
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Found my spirit animal
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Found my spirit animal
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Doctors with women patients:
I know it looks like there’s a giant axe sticking out of your back, but since you are currently menstruating, we’ll just call it psychological.
I know it looks like there’s a giant axe sticking out of your back, but since you are currently menstruating, we’ll just call it psychological.
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Doctors with women patients:
I know it looks like there’s a giant axe sticking out of your back, but since you are currently menstruating, we’ll just call it psychological.
I know it looks like there’s a giant axe sticking out of your back, but since you are currently menstruating, we’ll just call it psychological.
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WTF, Australia?
7/11/2025: Dept will begin to grant import permits for the following live laboratory animals:
Amphibians + their eggs
Ferrets
Fish
Freshwater snails, including those infected with schistosome parasites
Guinea pigs
Hamsters
Invertebrates
Rats + mice + their reproductive material
7/11/2025: Dept will begin to grant import permits for the following live laboratory animals:
Amphibians + their eggs
Ferrets
Fish
Freshwater snails, including those infected with schistosome parasites
Guinea pigs
Hamsters
Invertebrates
Rats + mice + their reproductive material
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
WTF, Australia?
7/11/2025: Dept will begin to grant import permits for the following live laboratory animals:
Amphibians + their eggs
Ferrets
Fish
Freshwater snails, including those infected with schistosome parasites
Guinea pigs
Hamsters
Invertebrates
Rats + mice + their reproductive material
7/11/2025: Dept will begin to grant import permits for the following live laboratory animals:
Amphibians + their eggs
Ferrets
Fish
Freshwater snails, including those infected with schistosome parasites
Guinea pigs
Hamsters
Invertebrates
Rats + mice + their reproductive material
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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Oil and gas giant Inpex has admitted to srsly under-reporting its cancer-causing pollution (incl. benzene, sulphur dioxide & hydrogen sulphide) just days before a major oil spill at their Darwin gas plant. Inpex is a major gas exporter. Last year they paid no royalties and no resource tax! #auspol
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Oil and gas giant Inpex has admitted to srsly under-reporting its cancer-causing pollution (incl. benzene, sulphur dioxide & hydrogen sulphide) just days before a major oil spill at their Darwin gas plant. Inpex is a major gas exporter. Last year they paid no royalties and no resource tax! #auspol
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One evening Max, next door's cat, pawed at our patio door to be let in. I opened it and he sauntered in looking annoyed, jumped on 'his' chair and curled up to snooze.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
One evening Max, next door's cat, pawed at our patio door to be let in. I opened it and he sauntered in looking annoyed, jumped on 'his' chair and curled up to snooze.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
Then i realised i could hear an alarm. Looked over the fence. They were out for the day, and their kitchen was on fire.
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margaret and maple aka the menaces (or maybe the mean girls) are the studio pups today
#pottery #ceramics #potterydogs #studiopups
#pottery #ceramics #potterydogs #studiopups
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
margaret and maple aka the menaces (or maybe the mean girls) are the studio pups today
#pottery #ceramics #potterydogs #studiopups
#pottery #ceramics #potterydogs #studiopups
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Proposed job cuts at NSW EPA alarm industry and environmental groups www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Fears proposed EPA job cuts will leave environment unprotected
Conservation groups warn proposed job cuts to the NSW environment watchdog will leave the state vulnerable to waste dumping and illegal logging.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Proposed job cuts at NSW EPA alarm industry and environmental groups www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...