Marius Coomans
@mariushendrik.bsky.social
Retired, ex sailor, ex techie, loves JS Bach, enjoying our first electric car. Ex Dutch, now Aussie. Married to @joy1944 #bach #byddolphin #byd
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Good on Crickey & Bernard to keep the Bastards honest...
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With no opposition, Labor is acting increasingly fast and loose with your money
Labor is handing millions of taxpayer funds to private equity firms with no rationale beyond propping up manufacturing. Along with its new raid on super, it shows a disregard for being careful with ot...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Good on Crickey & Bernard to keep the Bastards honest...
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A point which I never see raised is that the cost of the stadium would be borne by all taxpayers, whereas the profits and economic benefits would accrue to businesses catering to the resulting traffic, and the AFL. Seems like a massive expenditure of public money to benefit the private sector.
For a state already carrying massive debt, and with massive health, education, youth justice problems (et al), this stadium is unbelievably irresponsible. #politas
"The stadium would 'diminish the economic welfare' of Tasmania (and) would have an 'irrevocable and unacceptable' impact on Hobart's landscape.
"The govt would need to accumulate $1 bil in debt for construction costs, which would rise to $1.8 bil over 10 years"
Govt proceeding anyway. Awesome.
"The govt would need to accumulate $1 bil in debt for construction costs, which would rise to $1.8 bil over 10 years"
Govt proceeding anyway. Awesome.
September 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A point which I never see raised is that the cost of the stadium would be borne by all taxpayers, whereas the profits and economic benefits would accrue to businesses catering to the resulting traffic, and the AFL. Seems like a massive expenditure of public money to benefit the private sector.
Australia needs to diplomatically disengage from our 'dangerous ally' johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
Australia needs to diplomatically disengage from our 'dangerous ally'
It seems likely that our prime minister will meet Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly later this month.
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September 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Australia needs to diplomatically disengage from our 'dangerous ally' johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
I snuck into St Barnabas while the rehearsal was on, before this afternoon's wonderful Bach concert by the Sydney Cantata Project. #bach #10outof10 #sydneycantataproject
September 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I snuck into St Barnabas while the rehearsal was on, before this afternoon's wonderful Bach concert by the Sydney Cantata Project. #bach #10outof10 #sydneycantataproject
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I would like to place a bet of fifty gazillion dollars that post-politics, Richard Marles will somehow find a job for a weapons company that helps America slaughter millions of brown people for squillions of dollars
August 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I would like to place a bet of fifty gazillion dollars that post-politics, Richard Marles will somehow find a job for a weapons company that helps America slaughter millions of brown people for squillions of dollars
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Don't miss John Menadue on ABC Radio National's Late Night Live, with David Marr, tonight. The wide ranging interview will cover John's significant contribution to Australia life including the importance of an independent media, such as Pearls and Irritations. 10PM on Radio National. #auspol
August 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Don't miss John Menadue on ABC Radio National's Late Night Live, with David Marr, tonight. The wide ranging interview will cover John's significant contribution to Australia life including the importance of an independent media, such as Pearls and Irritations. 10PM on Radio National. #auspol
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Zoe Daniel is such a loss to our parliament. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The attack on Australia’s net zero target is reckless and gutless. Voters expect more than ‘intergenerational bastardry’ | Zoe Daniel
While Barnaby Joyce and Michael McCormack try to ditch the 43% net zero 2030 emissions target, Australia’s net zero target for 2035 has not yet been set
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July 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Zoe Daniel is such a loss to our parliament. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New map for justice www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
New map for justice
Occasionally a sentence will arrive and through its gentle, balanced clauses, through the patience of its metre, it will suggest a fresh reality. The words will not be new but their force will be. It ...
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July 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
New map for justice www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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Cartoonists provide the clearest perspective....
Cartoonists provide the clearest perspective....
World War 3!? Whose idea was that? | First Dog on the Moon
The world is up in arms and maybe even ending! What is going on. I’m frightened!
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June 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Cartoonists provide the clearest perspective....
Cartoonists provide the clearest perspective....
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The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.
June 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.
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Who’d have thought that the first priority for the new term of @australianlabor.bsky.social government would to give away $200+ billion of Australia’s gas to a multinational gas exporter
…and trash indigenous heritage and add 4 billion tonnes of emissions
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…and trash indigenous heritage and add 4 billion tonnes of emissions
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June 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Who’d have thought that the first priority for the new term of @australianlabor.bsky.social government would to give away $200+ billion of Australia’s gas to a multinational gas exporter
…and trash indigenous heritage and add 4 billion tonnes of emissions
australiainstitute.org.au/post/great-g...
…and trash indigenous heritage and add 4 billion tonnes of emissions
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Why does it take Al Jazeera to give a voice to thoughtful Americans like Jeffrey Sachs?
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“Washington has the delusion it still runs the show”: Jeffrey Sachs on a multipolar world | UpFront
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June 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Why does it take Al Jazeera to give a voice to thoughtful Americans like Jeffrey Sachs?
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Paul Keating says US Aukus review could ‘save Australia from itself’ as sceptics hail chance to exit pact
Paul Keating says US Aukus review could ‘save Australia from itself’ as sceptics hail chance to exit pact
Former PM Malcolm Turnbull and former foreign minister Bob Carr say Australia must seize chance to urgently review its defence needs
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A chorus of Aukus sceptics, including former prime ministers Paul Keating and Malcolm Turnbull, say a US review represents an “opportunity” for Australia to escape a controversial deal that would cost hundreds of billions of dollars and leave Australia, ultimately, less able to defend itself.
The US department of defense has announced a 30-day review of the Aukus nuclear-powered submarine deal “ensuring that this initiative of the previous administration is aligned with the president’s ‘America first’ agenda,” a Pentagon official said, “and that the defense industrial base is meeting our needs”.
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June 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Paul Keating says US Aukus review could ‘save Australia from itself’ as sceptics hail chance to exit pact
Q&A to be axed... I suggest replacing it with Monday Conference... #someviewersneverforget
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ABC confirms Q+A to be axed amid wider changes and scores of redundancies across broadcaster
Political and current affairs discussion program being cut alongside the ABC’s Innovation Lab
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June 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Q&A to be axed... I suggest replacing it with Monday Conference... #someviewersneverforget
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The real reason for the North West Shelf project....
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The real reason for the North West Shelf project
The polluting impact of fossil fuels is not new to those who peddle them. Nearly 30 years ago, when I was an executive at BP, we acknowledged climate change and what it would bring – despite others in...
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June 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The real reason for the North West Shelf project....
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I can't believe that Labor is leaving @edhusicmp.bsky.social off the front bench.... Doesn't bode well for the next 3/6 years.
May 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I can't believe that Labor is leaving @edhusicmp.bsky.social off the front bench.... Doesn't bode well for the next 3/6 years.
But will they listen?
May 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
But will they listen?
Flutes in Situ is a wonderful project of recorder playing in beautiful buildings and places. #recorder #beautifulmusic
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Flutes in situ
Created by Nathalie Houtman and Laura Pok, "Flutes in Situ" is a project of video capsules that make the recorder resonate in remarkablesplaces to be discovered. The videos, one per month, promise to ...
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May 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Flutes in Situ is a wonderful project of recorder playing in beautiful buildings and places. #recorder #beautifulmusic
youtube.com/@flutesinsit...
youtube.com/@flutesinsit...
I'm looking forward to the next concert by the Sydney Cantata Project on 31st May in Burwood! Love their concerts!!!
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May 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I'm looking forward to the next concert by the Sydney Cantata Project on 31st May in Burwood! Love their concerts!!!
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that’s why a Labor minority government forced into REAL reform (tax, environment, defence) by progressive Independents and Greens would be the best outcome for our country
April 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
that’s why a Labor minority government forced into REAL reform (tax, environment, defence) by progressive Independents and Greens would be the best outcome for our country
Why is it still impossible for members to log into their account at AustralianSuper? It's been a couple of weeks since the " break-in"...
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'I can't start at zero now': Australians want answers after cyber attack on super
Australians are calling for answers after suspected cyber attacks on multiple large superannuation funds.
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April 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Why is it still impossible for members to log into their account at AustralianSuper? It's been a couple of weeks since the " break-in"...
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A long interview with Jim Chalmers by the Kohler Mob....
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April 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A long interview with Jim Chalmers by the Kohler Mob....
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How we sing Bach | Netherlands Bach Society
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April 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM