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Arts, law both professionally at one stage, passionate about music, global politics, justice, left of centre, love sports, dual citizen 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🌴
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Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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Waxing crescent moon, Sydney Dec '25 © JLF Photography
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December supermoon, Sydney '25 © JLF Photography
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November supermoon, Sydney '25 © JLF Photography
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Waxing Crescent Moon, Sydney Sunday 26th October '25 © JLF Photography
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A break in the clouds, the man in the moon, October supermoon © JLF Photography
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Happy trails, Sydney spring sky © JLF Photography
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Waxing Crescent Moon, Sydney afternoon September '25 © JLF Photography
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Fern, afternoon light © JLF Photography
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September full moon, Sydney '25 © JLF Photography
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August full moon Sydney '25 (Farewell Jim Lovell) © JLF Photography
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Leonardo's Lion 🦁
When Da Vinci Built a Robotic Lion to Impress the French
The 16th-century creation walked on its own and held a surprise.
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July 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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July full moon, (Buck Moon), Sydney '25 © JLF Photography
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Winter bloom, camellia japonica, Sydney June '25 © JLF Photography
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Strawberry Moon, Sydney June '25 © JLF Photography
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May Micro Flower Full Moon, Sydney '25 © JLF Photography
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April Full Pink Moon, Paschal Moon, Sydney '25 © JLF Photography
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9:00 AM ET: “President Trump convenes with his expert trade council to finalize the transformative tariff initiative.”
#TrumpTariffs
a group of people are dancing in a room with a picture on the wall
ALT: a group of people are dancing in a room with a picture on the wall
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April 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Leaf © JLF Photography
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March Full Moon 2, Sydney '25 © JLF Photography
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March Full Moon, Sydney '25 © JLF Photography
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Here’s more context for what Turnbull said about Trump today to Bloomberg News, all of which is true.
Bloomberg News: The second Trump administration's poor treatment of US allies and global institutions is providing "an opportunity" for China's president, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said, adding that Canberra needed to try to adopt a more independent defense policy as Washington grows more unreliable. Turnbull, who led Australia from 2015 until 2018, said the world is seeing a more "undiluted" version of Donald Trump in his second term in office, and that his behavior would be viewed as an "advantage" for China's President Xi Jinping in international relations over the next four years. "President Xi will aim to be the exact opposite of Trump," Turnbull said in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Sydney on Monday. "Where Trump is chaotic, he will be consistent. Where Trump is rude and abusive, he'll be respectful. Where Trump is erratic, he will be consistent." Through that approach, Turnbull said there would be countries that look at "China on the one hand, and Trump on the other" and would "find China a more attractive partner." Turnbull was prime minister of Australia for part of Trump's first term in office, and had a sometimes fractious relationship with the US president at the time. Posting to his TruthSocial platform shortly after the interview, Trump said that Turnbull "never understood what was going on in China, nor did he have the capacity to do so." "I always thought he was a weak and ineffective leader and, obviously, Australian's agreed with me," Trump said.
March 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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"Sucking up to Trump...is the worst possible thing to do."

"The only way to deal with bullies is to stand up to them."

These five minutes from Malcolm Turnbull are a must-watch. Recorded in June last year as part of our Joe Stiglitz tour. #auspol
How to deal with Trump: former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
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March 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM