Leah Galvin
@leahgalvin.bsky.social
Disruptor, Churchill Fellow, friend to cats, mum of transgender daughter. Consultant> project/program manager/policy maker; food security/systems/policy and the environment; tennis fan. She/her Lutriwita/ Tasmania
www.leahgalvin.com.au
www.leahgalvin.com.au
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We Demand Accountability: Remove Jillian Segal from Public Office
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August 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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A bit perplexed at the headlines about today’s #marchforhumanity saying “perilous” and “police feared the worst”. Surely the story is that, in spite of police fears, the march was peaceful, demonstrators full of goodwill and happily cooperated with police instructions to manage the huge turnout.
August 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A bit perplexed at the headlines about today’s #marchforhumanity saying “perilous” and “police feared the worst”. Surely the story is that, in spite of police fears, the march was peaceful, demonstrators full of goodwill and happily cooperated with police instructions to manage the huge turnout.
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Solidarity with everyone protesting in Sydney and Melbourne today. Thank you for standing up to prove to our government that this is not a fringe issue. Australians do not accept being forced to be complicit with this genocide.
#freePalestine #saveGaza #marchforhumanity #auspol #politas
#freePalestine #saveGaza #marchforhumanity #auspol #politas
August 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Solidarity with everyone protesting in Sydney and Melbourne today. Thank you for standing up to prove to our government that this is not a fringe issue. Australians do not accept being forced to be complicit with this genocide.
#freePalestine #saveGaza #marchforhumanity #auspol #politas
#freePalestine #saveGaza #marchforhumanity #auspol #politas
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Dementia specialist, tap dancer, saxophonist, author, city councillor, veteran doctor, professor — George Razay has quite the resume. Now, he has added Tasmanian Member of Parliament to the list. Who is he, and what does he stand for?
Who is George Razay, sax playing doctor, opponent of Hobart stadium and new Bass MP?
Dementia specialist, tap dancer, saxophonist, author, city councillor, veteran doctor, professor — George Razay has quite the resume. Now, he has added Tasmanian Member of Parliament to the list. Who is he, and what does he stand for?
www.abc.net.au
August 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Dementia specialist, tap dancer, saxophonist, author, city councillor, veteran doctor, professor — George Razay has quite the resume. Now, he has added Tasmanian Member of Parliament to the list. Who is he, and what does he stand for?
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At the 2024 state election, 6.31% of voters cast informal votes, up from 5.13% at the 2021 poll.
The increase in the informal vote has prompted the Tasmanian Electoral Commission to ramp up its efforts to educate people on how to make their vote count. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07....
The increase in the informal vote has prompted the Tasmanian Electoral Commission to ramp up its efforts to educate people on how to make their vote count. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07....
How not to stuff up your vote at the Tasmanian election
Tasmania leads the country in casting informal votes — here's how to make sure your ballot paper counts on July 19.
www.abc.net.au
July 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Democracy sausage sites are live. Time to pick your polling place for Saturday. #politas #tasvotes
democracysausage.org
democracysausage.org
Democracy Sausage
A real-time crowd-sourced map of sausage and cake availability at Australian elections. It's practically part of the Australian Constitution. Or something. #demsausage
democracysausage.org
July 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Democracy sausage sites are live. Time to pick your polling place for Saturday. #politas #tasvotes
democracysausage.org
democracysausage.org
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Note to governments: If you appoint a lobbyist to a publicly-funded official role, nothing they produce will have any credibility and neither will you.
July 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Note to governments: If you appoint a lobbyist to a publicly-funded official role, nothing they produce will have any credibility and neither will you.
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Seattle voters recently approved a 5% payroll tax on high incomes to fund social housing, aiming to build permanently affordable homes for a range of incomes. The initiative could generate $52 million annually for the new Seattle Social Housing program.
theconversation.com/from-seattle...
theconversation.com/from-seattle...
From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable for a range of incomes
Americans are realizing that the country’s two-tiered system of market-rate housing and government-operated, low-income housing isn’t doing the trick.
theconversation.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Seattle voters recently approved a 5% payroll tax on high incomes to fund social housing, aiming to build permanently affordable homes for a range of incomes. The initiative could generate $52 million annually for the new Seattle Social Housing program.
theconversation.com/from-seattle...
theconversation.com/from-seattle...
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Israel now blocked the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza. The campaign of mass starvation continues to accelerate as the Israelis continue to commit genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
June 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Israel now blocked the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza. The campaign of mass starvation continues to accelerate as the Israelis continue to commit genocide.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Australia’s Minjee Lee wins historic third major at Women’s PGA Championship
Australia’s Minjee Lee wins historic third major at Women’s PGA Championship
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Lee finishes with 72-hole four-under 284 total in Texas
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She becomes just third Australian to win three different majors
Cementing her greatness, Australian golf superstar Minjee Lee claimed a historic third career major with a steely victory at the big-money Women’s PGA Championship in Texas.
Lee had her four-shot overnight lead slashed in half early in the final round before hanging on, then surging gamely for a three-shot triumph in more extremely trying conditions at PGA Frisco’s windswept Fields Ranch East course. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Australia’s Minjee Lee wins historic third major at Women’s PGA Championship
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I'm genuinely surprised @aunz.theconversation.com would publish such a misleading article. This is not 'journalism you can trust' it's propaganda.
theconversation.com/australia-co...
#auspol #climate
theconversation.com/australia-co...
#auspol #climate
June 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I'm genuinely surprised @aunz.theconversation.com would publish such a misleading article. This is not 'journalism you can trust' it's propaganda.
theconversation.com/australia-co...
#auspol #climate
theconversation.com/australia-co...
#auspol #climate
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THIS THIS 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
THIS THIS 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Brilliant
June 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Brilliant
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What are these 'shared values' with our 'friends' Israel and the US? Is it white supremacy? Genocide? Corruption? Systematically murdering brown people? Or is it the 'democracy' thing, that we have two useless political options, both of which want to make things worse? Explain it to me like I'm 6.
June 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What are these 'shared values' with our 'friends' Israel and the US? Is it white supremacy? Genocide? Corruption? Systematically murdering brown people? Or is it the 'democracy' thing, that we have two useless political options, both of which want to make things worse? Explain it to me like I'm 6.
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We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!
Vacancies | ecology
stanleyecologylab.org
June 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!
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What they aren’t showing on Fox News
June 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What they aren’t showing on Fox News
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Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration.
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
June 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration.
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Probs shouldn't be surprised that an error/s have been found in the supply bill/s and House of Assembly will be recalled to pass corrected version. (as reported by the Mercury) #politas
June 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Probs shouldn't be surprised that an error/s have been found in the supply bill/s and House of Assembly will be recalled to pass corrected version. (as reported by the Mercury) #politas
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“Salmon farming companies should pay a royalty to the Tasmanian government for the use of waters which are ‘owned’ by the state government on behalf of the people of Tasmania,” - Saul Eslake
Our research shows the tax paid by the three largest salmon farms has been near-zero.
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Our research shows the tax paid by the three largest salmon farms has been near-zero.
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Tasmanian salmon: more revenue, more pollution, but always less tax - The Australia Institute
The Tasmanian salmon industry is one where the revenue earned keeps going up and yet the tax paid falls to zero.
australiainstitute.org.au
June 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“Salmon farming companies should pay a royalty to the Tasmanian government for the use of waters which are ‘owned’ by the state government on behalf of the people of Tasmania,” - Saul Eslake
Our research shows the tax paid by the three largest salmon farms has been near-zero.
More here:
Our research shows the tax paid by the three largest salmon farms has been near-zero.
More here:
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COCO GAUFF WINS THE FRENCH OPEN 🏆
The American takes down Aryna Sabalenka 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 to claim her second women's Grand Slam singles title.
The American takes down Aryna Sabalenka 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 to claim her second women's Grand Slam singles title.
June 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
COCO GAUFF WINS THE FRENCH OPEN 🏆
The American takes down Aryna Sabalenka 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 to claim her second women's Grand Slam singles title.
The American takes down Aryna Sabalenka 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 to claim her second women's Grand Slam singles title.
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Gutted for Aryna but I have no doubt she’ll raise the trophy here
She usually needs a couple run ups before she gets the big thing
Absolutely thrilled for Coco to get her second slam, and her first French Open title
Beautiful for women’s tennis to have these icons at the top of our sport
She usually needs a couple run ups before she gets the big thing
Absolutely thrilled for Coco to get her second slam, and her first French Open title
Beautiful for women’s tennis to have these icons at the top of our sport
June 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Gutted for Aryna but I have no doubt she’ll raise the trophy here
She usually needs a couple run ups before she gets the big thing
Absolutely thrilled for Coco to get her second slam, and her first French Open title
Beautiful for women’s tennis to have these icons at the top of our sport
She usually needs a couple run ups before she gets the big thing
Absolutely thrilled for Coco to get her second slam, and her first French Open title
Beautiful for women’s tennis to have these icons at the top of our sport