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Marilyn C
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Journo, writer, publicist for music festival. Formerly Mme Macaron at Dream Cuisine. Award winning writer of short stories, crime fiction and historical novel. Dog lover: kelpies & greyhounds. Pub of Swifty the Greyhound where is my Pie?All opinions my own
Melbourne apparently has the biggest tram network in the world! I love trams…
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This kid has style!
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Every writer should read this-
'copyright law, and its brutally simple conceptualisation that the essence of infringement is the making of a physical copy, is completely and utterly obsolete... it is seeking to answer the wrong questions.'
Copyright is dead. When it comes to AI my property has been stolen all the same
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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It’s come to this. So sad for my once amazing organisation.
That said, I still say 99% of people at the operational coalface put 110% every day into making Australia safer and more prosperous. I’ve never experienced more passion in a public service. Anywhere.
New CEO literally starts tomorrow.
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Politics 101: Learning the wrong lesson every time

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time
If one thing is true for all mainstream political parties, it’s that they will always learn the wrong lessons.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is so depressing- like the ANU in Canberra
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Isn’t it great when people get together to restore an old building rather than knocking it down?
More than five decades since its heritage cinema closed, movies have returned to the big screen in the NSW town of Yass as part of an ambitious volunteer-led project to revive the town's historic art deco theatre.
November 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours? | First Dog on the Moon
Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours? | First Dog on the Moon
Mine bitcoin (do not do this) * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Hey can you do something about climate change? No but here's some free electricity! Cool no worries tku. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours? | First Dog on the Moon
Mine bitcoin (do not do this)
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
It’s hard to imagine how a website could cost so much!
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Scientists believe they have identified the species responsible for the toxins in South Australia's marine algal bloom that have killed millions of aquatic animals.
Scientists hopeful they have found source of South Australian algal bloom
Scientists believe they have identified the species responsible for the toxins in South Australia's marine algal bloom that have killed millions of aquatic animals.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.
Documents reveal lead up to failed writers festival boycott
A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Who doesn’t love penguins ?
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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A hidden group of koalas is found for the first time in a remote area of the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.
Thermal drones key to 'incredibly exciting' koala cluster discovery
A hidden group of koalas is found for the first time in a remote area of the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.
www.abc.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Now this is interesting…
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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ICYMI- yesterday’s cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Respect 🫡

Joan Baez has now pulled her music from Amazon.
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Such a brilliant cartoonist!
David Pope in Canberra Times
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Amy is so worth reading! Hope she doesn’t get ulcers…
Haha! Coffee number three is about to hit my poor abused stomach as my poor abused brain takes in parliament. Come join my descent into ulcers and the abyss at The Point Live
thepoint.com.au
The Point
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
October 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Australia Institute has a new newsy webpage: it will keep you up to date with a wide range of important issues

@thepointau.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Our healthcare system is strained with packed waiting rooms, patients waiting in pain for years, and delayed appointments due to cost. But a solution exists.

A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system.

@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM