Jillethelmurray
@jillethelmurray.bsky.social
Labour law, international labour law, politics, dogs
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This is a guy sending innocent gay barbers to slave prisons in El Salvador. Just for some context.
Trump: "I said to [the former hostages], was there any sign of love? Did Hamas show any signs of, like, help or liking you? Did they give you a piece of bread extra? Did they give you a meal on the side? Like what happened in Germany."
April 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is a guy sending innocent gay barbers to slave prisons in El Salvador. Just for some context.
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‘Some of her earnings were spent on riotous living, but Kerry gave a lot of it away without fanfare to those who really needed it: fellow authors down on their luck, impecunious neighbours and, above all, to charities.’ What a legend. Vale, KG.
We are heavy-hearted with news of the passing of accomplished author and lawyer Kerry Greenwood OAM, who was also a longtime member of the ASA.
We extend our condolences to her family, friends, readers and the writing community. Vale Kerry.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
We extend our condolences to her family, friends, readers and the writing community. Vale Kerry.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries creator dies aged 70
Australian author Kerry Greenwood, who died following an illness, was best known for the Phryne Fisher detective series.
www.abc.net.au
April 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
‘Some of her earnings were spent on riotous living, but Kerry gave a lot of it away without fanfare to those who really needed it: fellow authors down on their luck, impecunious neighbours and, above all, to charities.’ What a legend. Vale, KG.
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NEW POST ON FORCE MAJEURE
How Trump's tariffs can be a Force Majeure event for some contracts
And why it depends on what a particular contract says
By me
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/how-trumps...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/04/how-...
How Trump's tariffs can be a Force Majeure event for some contracts
And why it depends on what a particular contract says
By me
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/how-trumps...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/04/how-...
How Trump's tariffs can be a Force Majeure event for some contracts
And why it depends on what a particular contract says
emptycity.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
NEW POST ON FORCE MAJEURE
How Trump's tariffs can be a Force Majeure event for some contracts
And why it depends on what a particular contract says
By me
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/how-trumps...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/04/how-...
How Trump's tariffs can be a Force Majeure event for some contracts
And why it depends on what a particular contract says
By me
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/how-trumps...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/04/how-...
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Please read this. 😳
The @cpsu.org.au has crunched the numbers & based on the most recent data, a 5-year hiring APS freeze would slash:
- 12,500 jobs or 42% of Services Australia staff
- Almost 1k jobs or 27% of Veterans Affairs staff
- 2,070 jobs or 21% of NDIA staff
www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
#auspol
- 12,500 jobs or 42% of Services Australia staff
- Almost 1k jobs or 27% of Veterans Affairs staff
- 2,070 jobs or 21% of NDIA staff
www.cpsu.org.au/CPSU/Content...
#auspol
Dutton doubles down on public service cuts
www.cpsu.org.au
April 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Please read this. 😳
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Exclusive from Kooyong today: Amelia Hamer pitched herself as a renter. She owns two investment properties www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
I'm covering Kooyong for the whole campaign. Got a tip? DM me!
I'm covering Kooyong for the whole campaign. Got a tip? DM me!
Hamer pitched herself as a renter. She owns two properties
Amelia Hamer, the Oxford-educated grandniece of former premier Rupert Hamer, has said she empathises with tenants’ struggles.
www.theage.com.au
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Exclusive from Kooyong today: Amelia Hamer pitched herself as a renter. She owns two investment properties www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
I'm covering Kooyong for the whole campaign. Got a tip? DM me!
I'm covering Kooyong for the whole campaign. Got a tip? DM me!
Telling voters you live in a 1 bedroom flat in Hawthorn because Cost of Living while your $1,000,000+ flat in London is rented out for $3,000 a month. Pretty spectacular effort even for the Victorian Branch of the Liberal Party # Kooyongvotes #auspol
April 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Telling voters you live in a 1 bedroom flat in Hawthorn because Cost of Living while your $1,000,000+ flat in London is rented out for $3,000 a month. Pretty spectacular effort even for the Victorian Branch of the Liberal Party # Kooyongvotes #auspol
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Dutton, Hume and crew don’t get today’s workplace or household. They are frozen in an inflexible world that is long gone & is not coming back. And they hate the public sector and the essential services it provides.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Dutton, Hume and crew don’t get today’s workplace or household. They are frozen in an inflexible world that is long gone & is not coming back. And they hate the public sector and the essential services it provides.
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Superb stuff here from Struggle Street. (One of the properties is a $1.5 million apartment she bought - in London - when she was 23 years old.)
April 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Superb stuff here from Struggle Street. (One of the properties is a $1.5 million apartment she bought - in London - when she was 23 years old.)
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Well well well. Turns out the Libs do fake renters as well as they do fake tradies. Amelia Hamer, running in Kooyong and constantly bleating about being a renter in an effort to relate to the young among us, owns a million-dollar flat in London and a flat in Canberra.
Hamer pitched herself as a renter. She owns two properties
Amelia Hamer, the Oxford-educated grandniece of former premier Rupert Hamer, has said she empathises with tenants’ struggles.
www.theage.com.au
April 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Well well well. Turns out the Libs do fake renters as well as they do fake tradies. Amelia Hamer, running in Kooyong and constantly bleating about being a renter in an effort to relate to the young among us, owns a million-dollar flat in London and a flat in Canberra.
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So many of us are forever renters. Can the faux forever renters just STFU?!
April 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
So many of us are forever renters. Can the faux forever renters just STFU?!
Oh dear. Liberal property shock -by Rachel Dexter via The Age #Kooyongvotes #auspol
April 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Oh dear. Liberal property shock -by Rachel Dexter via The Age #Kooyongvotes #auspol
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International students have been proven again and again to have nil to negligible impact on housing affordability EVEN NEAR UNIVERSITIES — and even if they were juicing demand, that’s no reason to deny people their right to share in our cities and excellent education system.
JUST BUILD MORE HOMES!
JUST BUILD MORE HOMES!
The Coalition estimates its policy would see 30,000 fewer new international students per year than Labor’s policy. It would also hike visa fees to $5,000 for some unis.
The Coalition has announced an even more radical plan to cut international students than Labor. Here’s how it would work
theconversation.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
International students have been proven again and again to have nil to negligible impact on housing affordability EVEN NEAR UNIVERSITIES — and even if they were juicing demand, that’s no reason to deny people their right to share in our cities and excellent education system.
JUST BUILD MORE HOMES!
JUST BUILD MORE HOMES!
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It's time for free, universal, high-quality early childhood education! Our kids deserve to be safe & access education that'll set them up for life! More Greens in Parliament can drive universal early education, fix this system & provide much needed cost of living relief to families.
April 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It's time for free, universal, high-quality early childhood education! Our kids deserve to be safe & access education that'll set them up for life! More Greens in Parliament can drive universal early education, fix this system & provide much needed cost of living relief to families.
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Coalition to axe government’s new-car emissions fines. Peter Dutton will reportedly repeal penalties for carmakers who sell vehicles which exceed new emissions targets.
#ClimateCrisis #TransportEmissions #Auspol #Ausvotes
www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/opp...
#ClimateCrisis #TransportEmissions #Auspol #Ausvotes
www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/opp...
Opposition to axe government's new-car emissions fines – report
Peter Dutton will reportedly repeal penalties for carmakers who sell vehicles which exceed new emissions targets.
www.carexpert.com.au
April 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Coalition to axe government’s new-car emissions fines. Peter Dutton will reportedly repeal penalties for carmakers who sell vehicles which exceed new emissions targets.
#ClimateCrisis #TransportEmissions #Auspol #Ausvotes
www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/opp...
#ClimateCrisis #TransportEmissions #Auspol #Ausvotes
www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/opp...
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After 5 years fighting the War Memorial’s censorship of Australian-East Timor history, I won approval for full release of their docs. The War Memorial has now appealed, using $$$ Senior Counsel $$$ to continue their secrecy campaign.
YOUR history, YOUR money … 🤷♂️#FOI #auspol
YOUR history, YOUR money … 🤷♂️#FOI #auspol
April 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
After 5 years fighting the War Memorial’s censorship of Australian-East Timor history, I won approval for full release of their docs. The War Memorial has now appealed, using $$$ Senior Counsel $$$ to continue their secrecy campaign.
YOUR history, YOUR money … 🤷♂️#FOI #auspol
YOUR history, YOUR money … 🤷♂️#FOI #auspol
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The incoming NIH Director has repeatedly stressed the importance of open science and open data.
Now petabytes of NIH-hosted research data are about to be lost on his watch.
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
Now petabytes of NIH-hosted research data are about to be lost on his watch.
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
www.404media.co
April 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The incoming NIH Director has repeatedly stressed the importance of open science and open data.
Now petabytes of NIH-hosted research data are about to be lost on his watch.
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
Now petabytes of NIH-hosted research data are about to be lost on his watch.
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
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When people ask me which politicians - regardless of whether I agreed with their position or not - I found to be upfront, capable & as true to their ideals as Parliament’s party system allows them to be, Petro Georgiou is always one who springs to mind #auspol
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Vale Petro Georgiou: A principled voice for multiculturalism and humanity - Neos Kosmos
Petro Georgiou AO, often described as the conscience of the Liberal Party during the Howard government's increasingly hardline stance on refugees, passed away peacefully last night at the age of 77.
neoskosmos.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
When people ask me which politicians - regardless of whether I agreed with their position or not - I found to be upfront, capable & as true to their ideals as Parliament’s party system allows them to be, Petro Georgiou is always one who springs to mind #auspol
neoskosmos.com/en/2025/04/0...
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🎆JOB ALERT🎆
Come work with me & my lovely colleagues at Monash in Politics & International Relations - 3 year Level B Lecturer role, balanced 40/40/20 profile. We want someone to start in Semester 2 (i.e. July). Closes April 17. Happy to chat!
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Come work with me & my lovely colleagues at Monash in Politics & International Relations - 3 year Level B Lecturer role, balanced 40/40/20 profile. We want someone to start in Semester 2 (i.e. July). Closes April 17. Happy to chat!
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April 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
🎆JOB ALERT🎆
Come work with me & my lovely colleagues at Monash in Politics & International Relations - 3 year Level B Lecturer role, balanced 40/40/20 profile. We want someone to start in Semester 2 (i.e. July). Closes April 17. Happy to chat!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Come work with me & my lovely colleagues at Monash in Politics & International Relations - 3 year Level B Lecturer role, balanced 40/40/20 profile. We want someone to start in Semester 2 (i.e. July). Closes April 17. Happy to chat!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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This is amazing. Great journalism about how Norfolk Island, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Tokelau, the British Indian Ocean Territory, and other oddities landed on the US tariffs list
So Kate Lyons and @nickevershed.bsky.social seem to have cracked the mystery of the exporting penguins and the non-existent Norfolk Island exports
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade
Exclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islands
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This is amazing. Great journalism about how Norfolk Island, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Tokelau, the British Indian Ocean Territory, and other oddities landed on the US tariffs list
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We've solved the mystery on why all those remote and uninhabited islands were targeted for tariffs by Trump - they show up in US trade data due to mislabelled shipments. eg mixing up Norfolk, Virginia or Norfolk UK with Norfolk Island!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade
Exclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islands
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
We've solved the mystery on why all those remote and uninhabited islands were targeted for tariffs by Trump - they show up in US trade data due to mislabelled shipments. eg mixing up Norfolk, Virginia or Norfolk UK with Norfolk Island!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
~ All the President’s Men
~ All the President’s Men
April 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."
~ All the President’s Men
~ All the President’s Men
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I have uploaded the introductory chapter to my book, 'No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech' to ResearchGate and Academia dot Edu.
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www.academia.edu/44497710/No_...
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www.academia.edu/44497710/No_...
March 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I have uploaded the introductory chapter to my book, 'No Platform: A History of Anti-Fascism, Universities and the Limits of Free Speech' to ResearchGate and Academia dot Edu.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.academia.edu/44497710/No_...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.academia.edu/44497710/No_...
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Australians for Natural Gas revealed as a front for Tamboran - a foreign fracking company harming the NT water table & planning emissions equivalent to putting 30 million extra cars on the road.
This is astroturfing 101: fake community, real pollution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
This is astroturfing 101: fake community, real pollution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
'Textbook astroturfing': Coalition pollster working with gas campaign
The Coalition's internal pollster is helping orchestrate a campaign to boost public support for the gas industry ahead of the federal election in what has been described as "textbook astroturfing".
www.abc.net.au
April 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Australians for Natural Gas revealed as a front for Tamboran - a foreign fracking company harming the NT water table & planning emissions equivalent to putting 30 million extra cars on the road.
This is astroturfing 101: fake community, real pollution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
This is astroturfing 101: fake community, real pollution.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...