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The quiet release on Mineral Resources Tasmania website of a critical report raises serious questions about the state’s capacity to build the Mac Point stadium. Was report’s release after Budget Estimates hearings deliberate?
Read my full media release… #politas
megwebb.com.au/media-releas...
Read my full media release… #politas
megwebb.com.au/media-releas...
Media Release: Mineral Resources Tasmania Report Undermines Stadium - Meg Webb MLC | Independent Member for Nelson
My name is Meg Webb. Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.
megwebb.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The quiet release on Mineral Resources Tasmania website of a critical report raises serious questions about the state’s capacity to build the Mac Point stadium. Was report’s release after Budget Estimates hearings deliberate?
Read my full media release… #politas
megwebb.com.au/media-releas...
Read my full media release… #politas
megwebb.com.au/media-releas...
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I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
The Village Message Board
Its authenticity was discredited because of his reputation, but also because he was quick with gin at the time and wearing an item of knitwear back to front.
www.tom-cox.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
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I’m highly concerned a taxpayer-funded program for at-risk Tas youths posted footage on social media showing workers at a camp dressed in black clothes & balaclavas.
Also concerning is allocation of funds via election announcement, not competitive selection #politas
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Also concerning is allocation of funds via election announcement, not competitive selection #politas
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Camp for at-risk youths dressed workers in balaclavas
A taxpayer-funded mentoring program for at-risk Tasmanian youths posted footage on social media showing workers at a camp dressed in black clothes and balaclavas.
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I’m highly concerned a taxpayer-funded program for at-risk Tas youths posted footage on social media showing workers at a camp dressed in black clothes & balaclavas.
Also concerning is allocation of funds via election announcement, not competitive selection #politas
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Also concerning is allocation of funds via election announcement, not competitive selection #politas
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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The Tas Government declares it's on track to deliver 10,000 new affordable homes by 2032. Strip away the glossy headlines - numbers simply don’t add up - read my opinion piece in The Mercury Newspaper today or on my website here: #housing #homeless #politas #debt ruthforrest.com.au/opinion/tasm...
Tasmania’s Housing Crisis: When the Numbers Don’t Add Up – Ruth Forrest
ruthforrest.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Tas Government declares it's on track to deliver 10,000 new affordable homes by 2032. Strip away the glossy headlines - numbers simply don’t add up - read my opinion piece in The Mercury Newspaper today or on my website here: #housing #homeless #politas #debt ruthforrest.com.au/opinion/tasm...
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Would be interested to see a copy of this "draft letter" and any accompanying correspondence to establish if there is any sign that it was actually only a "draft". The letter should be published. #politas www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Liberal minister reneged on footy funding after club attended Labor presser
Tasmanian Sports Minister Nick Duigan has admitted he reneged on plans to give North Launceston Football Club $100,000 after the club's president did a media conference with Labor.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Would be interested to see a copy of this "draft letter" and any accompanying correspondence to establish if there is any sign that it was actually only a "draft". The letter should be published. #politas www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Breaking news:
The Coalition will dump net zero target and repeal the federal government's 2030 target.
And so all the Teal seats will be consolidated and a number of Coalition seats will fall at the next election.
End of the relevance of the Liberals
#auspol
The Coalition will dump net zero target and repeal the federal government's 2030 target.
And so all the Teal seats will be consolidated and a number of Coalition seats will fall at the next election.
End of the relevance of the Liberals
#auspol
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Breaking news:
The Coalition will dump net zero target and repeal the federal government's 2030 target.
And so all the Teal seats will be consolidated and a number of Coalition seats will fall at the next election.
End of the relevance of the Liberals
#auspol
The Coalition will dump net zero target and repeal the federal government's 2030 target.
And so all the Teal seats will be consolidated and a number of Coalition seats will fall at the next election.
End of the relevance of the Liberals
#auspol
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Big Phony Schmuck! - Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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SCOOP: Idaho’s health department quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding in April, leaving patients statewide without any access to the family planning program.
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
While some states fight to restore Title X family planning funding, Idaho chooses to forfeit it
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding, leaving patients statewide without free and low-cost contraception and repr...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
SCOOP: Idaho’s health department quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding in April, leaving patients statewide without any access to the family planning program.
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
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Anyone still unsure of the esteem in which the #LNP hold women? Their new concern is that women will carry a baby to term and then abort it at the last minute so they can claim parental leave under the new stillbirth-oriented Baby Priya's Bill. #abortion #auspol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Butler hits out at Coalition's 'cynical' late-term abortion claims in parental leave clash
Baby Priya's Bill prevents employers from revoking parental leave in the event of a stillbirth, but does not apply to cases involving abortion.
www.sbs.com.au
October 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Anyone still unsure of the esteem in which the #LNP hold women? Their new concern is that women will carry a baby to term and then abort it at the last minute so they can claim parental leave under the new stillbirth-oriented Baby Priya's Bill. #abortion #auspol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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"Fifty years after the dismissal—it is a national disgrace the full story is still yet to be told, as more than 1000 files relating to the dismissal remain closed by the National Archives of Australia. This is intolerable for our preeminent collecting institution—"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Whitlam dismissal secrets unearthed from the archives of the Canadian governor-general
This newly uncovered material, exclusively published by Crikey, is the first indication from Sir John Kerr himself that Queen Elizabeth II approved of the position he had taken during his dismissal of...
johnmenadue.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Fifty years after the dismissal—it is a national disgrace the full story is still yet to be told, as more than 1000 files relating to the dismissal remain closed by the National Archives of Australia. This is intolerable for our preeminent collecting institution—"
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
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Tasmania's Integrity Commission has a code of conduct that bans former parliamentary secretaries and ministers from lobbying on matters they dealt with in the year before they left office. Now an ex-MP turned lobbyist sparks call for a new law. #politas
tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/ex-libe...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/ex-libe...
Ex-MP’s role sparks call for Tasmanian lobbying law change.
An independent MP says the appointment of a defeated Liberal MP to head a Tasmanian lobbying firm highlights the need to improve the government’s appointment diaries disclosure scheme and legislate a ...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Tasmania's Integrity Commission has a code of conduct that bans former parliamentary secretaries and ministers from lobbying on matters they dealt with in the year before they left office. Now an ex-MP turned lobbyist sparks call for a new law. #politas
tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/ex-libe...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/ex-libe...
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'Democracy is incompatible w notions of foreign interference, privileged individuals & secrets kept from citizens.. the role of the “crown” or the Queen’s Aust representative in Whitlam's dismissal suggests we cannot be democratic until we become a republic' #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
Stephen Stockwell 1975: The Ballads of the Whitlam Dismissal
The 50th anniversary of the dismissal of the Whitlam Government on 11 November 1975 should prompt all Australians to ponder the strength of our democracy.
johnmenadue.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
'Democracy is incompatible w notions of foreign interference, privileged individuals & secrets kept from citizens.. the role of the “crown” or the Queen’s Aust representative in Whitlam's dismissal suggests we cannot be democratic until we become a republic' #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
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PBS is literally a life saver for so many Australians.
Our PBS is a national treasure, not an international trade barrier
Extraordinary new analysis from The Australia Institute reveals the prices Australians would pay if the US had its way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
australiainstitute.org.au
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
PBS is literally a life saver for so many Australians.
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Unauthorised earthworks and land clearing by a cement company in northern Tasmania has damaged the known habitat of endangered freshwater crayfish and snails, smothering creek beds with silt. #politas
tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/cement-...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/cement-...
Endangered Tasmanian crayfish habitat damaged by unapproved works
The habitat of an endangered native crayfish in northern Tasmania was damaged by unauthorised earthworks and land clearing by a cement company, according to an order issued by the Environment Protecti...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au
October 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Unauthorised earthworks and land clearing by a cement company in northern Tasmania has damaged the known habitat of endangered freshwater crayfish and snails, smothering creek beds with silt. #politas
tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/cement-...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/cement-...
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Much of the access to the Trump administration now flows through private channels – boutique firms, former ambassadors and strategic advisers who trade on familiarity rather than process. Almost all are Liberals, reports Jason Koutsoukis. satpa.pe/1FH948A
The Liberal lobbyists making their fortunes in Trump’s America
A clutch of Liberals who built relationships during Donald Trump’s first presidency are now the most influential Australians in Washington.
satpa.pe
October 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Much of the access to the Trump administration now flows through private channels – boutique firms, former ambassadors and strategic advisers who trade on familiarity rather than process. Almost all are Liberals, reports Jason Koutsoukis. satpa.pe/1FH948A
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America! Your expats and your friends are *always* with you! Sending you love and courage and #NoKings solidarity and frog costumes from Melbourne, Australia. Make fascism history again!
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
America! Your expats and your friends are *always* with you! Sending you love and courage and #NoKings solidarity and frog costumes from Melbourne, Australia. Make fascism history again!
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Clown 🤡 show
#politas
#politas
Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds
The ABC understands that a recent safety assessment found the berth would need two additional bollards for the ship to berth there at a cost of $2 million.
www.abc.net.au
October 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Clown 🤡 show
#politas
#politas
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Not content with mobilising people in inflatable frog costumes to face down ICE cops as well as a ukulele orchestra picketing the ICE facilities, Portland today mobilised a naked bike ride to the premises and followed it up with a *marching band dressed as bananas*.
October 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Not content with mobilising people in inflatable frog costumes to face down ICE cops as well as a ukulele orchestra picketing the ICE facilities, Portland today mobilised a naked bike ride to the premises and followed it up with a *marching band dressed as bananas*.
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Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize | Nobel peace prize | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o.... #News
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize | Nobel peace prize | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o.... #News
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A petition to save affordable arts and screen training in Tasmania. chng.it/rm5zKmX7RX #politas #auspol
Sign the Petition
Save affordable arts and screen training in Tasmania
chng.it
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
A petition to save affordable arts and screen training in Tasmania. chng.it/rm5zKmX7RX #politas #auspol
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
In yet more infrastructure "fuckuppery" for Tasmania we have this situation. Seriously, if Tasmania's track record is anything to go by the proposed stadium will be a construction debacle. #politas
In yet more infrastructure "fuckuppery" for Tasmania we have this situation. Seriously, if Tasmania's track record is anything to go by the proposed stadium will be a construction debacle. #politas
Icebreaker's costly bridge ban won't be reassessed
Two years after the RSV Nuyina was banned from going under Hobart's Tasman Bridge to refuel, the Australian Antarctic Division has formally ditched the possibility of trying to overturn the decision.
www.abc.net.au
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
In yet more infrastructure "fuckuppery" for Tasmania we have this situation. Seriously, if Tasmania's track record is anything to go by the proposed stadium will be a construction debacle. #politas
In yet more infrastructure "fuckuppery" for Tasmania we have this situation. Seriously, if Tasmania's track record is anything to go by the proposed stadium will be a construction debacle. #politas
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Definitely makes sense to take the blood thinner while pregnant instead of the one that regulates pain 👍
September 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Definitely makes sense to take the blood thinner while pregnant instead of the one that regulates pain 👍
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Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."
September 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."