Brett Shipton
@shippo17.bsky.social
Senior Lecture - policing and criminal justice. Police educator with an interest in reforming and improving police education and training programs to encourage more effective community policing strategies.
"Listen to farmers, not Facebook:" Poll reveals majority of REZ residents support solar and wind development reneweconomy.com.au/listen-to-fa...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Listen to farmers, not Facebook:" Poll reveals majority of REZ residents support solar and wind development reneweconomy.com.au/listen-to-fa...
‘Pragmatism’ and positivity — two bad ideas helping Queensland’s deadly coal plan www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/20/q...
'Pragmatism' and positivity — two bad ideas helping Queensland’s deadly coal plan
The presence of renewables doesn't always results in the absence of coal.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
‘Pragmatism’ and positivity — two bad ideas helping Queensland’s deadly coal plan www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/20/q...
The experiment of managing universities as just another business is flawed and the time to change their governance has arrived. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Something is rotten in Australia’s tertiary education. And UTS’s suspension of teaching courses is one of its biggest disgraces | Isobel Crealy
If preparing teachers for NSW during an ongoing teacher shortage isn’t a public good, what is?
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August 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The experiment of managing universities as just another business is flawed and the time to change their governance has arrived. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reality bites for nuclear supporters reneweconomy.com.au/angry-nuclea...
Angry nuclear lobby backs off as landmark SMR deal confirms CSIRO’s bleak cost estimates
Nuclear critics of the GenCost report have gone quiet, perhaps because the first real western contract for SMRs has proved the CSIRO’s cost estimates to be spot on.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Reality bites for nuclear supporters reneweconomy.com.au/angry-nuclea...
A total rip off that should have never happened. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Despite $22bn promise, Adani has paid zero corporate tax in Australia and experts think it won’t ever pay a cent
Adani’s Australian assets regularly report annual losses despite strong revenue, in part due to big related-party payments
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July 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A total rip off that should have never happened. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racism and violence, but findings too little and too late
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Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racism and violence, but findings too little and too late
The inquest findings did not deliver a crushing blow to racial violence in the NT Police. It is a missed opportunity that will likely have devastating consequences.
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July 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racism and violence, but findings too little and too late
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Australia’s university system is ‘battered’ and ‘broken’ – a new book surveys the wreckage and offers some solutions
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Australia’s university system is ‘battered’ and ‘broken’ – a new book surveys the wreckage and offers some solutions
Our universities require a major overhaul. Reform is possible, but only if a government is prepared to take up the challenge.
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June 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Australia’s university system is ‘battered’ and ‘broken’ – a new book surveys the wreckage and offers some solutions
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Police aren’t properly trained for mental health crises – but they’re often the first responders. Here’s what works better
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Police aren’t properly trained for mental health crises – but they’re often the first responders. Here’s what works better
People who are in distress and need support are often met with handcuffs, detention and are sent to hospital emergency departments.
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June 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Police aren’t properly trained for mental health crises – but they’re often the first responders. Here’s what works better
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Actually, Gen Z stand to be the biggest winners from the new $3 million super tax
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Actually, Gen Z stand to be the biggest winners from the new $3 million super tax
Rather than being the biggest losers from super tax rates not being indexed to inflation, younger Australians are the biggest beneficiaries.
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May 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Actually, Gen Z stand to be the biggest winners from the new $3 million super tax
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Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move
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Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move
There is no evidence whatsoever that Afrikaners or white people more generally are subject to genocide.
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May 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: what’s behind the US move
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Political parties can recover after a devastating election loss. But the Liberals will need to think differently
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Political parties can recover after a devastating election loss. But the Liberals will need to think differently
If they want to ever win government again, the Liberals will need to look at party and policy reform – and widen their appeal to new parts of the electorate.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Political parties can recover after a devastating election loss. But the Liberals will need to think differently
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Peak dumb. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘They did not come to destroy’: Sussan Ley praises First Fleet and likens it to Elon Musk’s Mars mission
It’s the latest example of the Coalition appearing to echo or praise US president Donald Trump’s new administration
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January 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Peak dumb. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
White washing with a new twist inspired by a Nazi sympathiser. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Ley compares First Fleet to Musk's Mars mission in Australia Day speech
Sussan Ley says Australia Day is a day of celebration, likening the arrival of the British First Fleet to Elon Musk's efforts to build a colony on Mars.
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January 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
White washing with a new twist inspired by a Nazi sympathiser. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Nuclear keeps getting more expensive, with proposed new plants in the UK and France doubling. www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/16/p...
Dutton's new nuclear nightmare: construction costs continue to explode
The latest massive cost blowout at a planned power station in the UK demonstrates the absurdity of Peter Dutton's claims about nuclear power in Australia.
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January 16, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Nuclear keeps getting more expensive, with proposed new plants in the UK and France doubling. www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/16/p...
Nuclear is NOT always on as Dutton suggests. reneweconomy.com.au/peter-dutton...
Peter Dutton’s “always on” nuclear power is about as reliable as wind and solar – during a renewables drought
New analysis finds modern nuclear power plants are, on balance, about as “always on” as wind and solar farms – if those wind and solar farms were in the midst of a very bad renewable en…
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January 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Nuclear is NOT always on as Dutton suggests. reneweconomy.com.au/peter-dutton...
We have to ask why the Australian Minerals Council is going pro-nuclear because uranium is only a tiny fraction or resources mined here. It is simply because this policy really means mining much more coal and gas. It's a scam of epic proportions. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian mining group promotes nuclear with memes about The Grinch and seasoning steak with sawdust
Minerals Council campaign also targets people with pro-nuclear Facebook ads that reference Fortnite and Ikea wardrobes
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January 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We have to ask why the Australian Minerals Council is going pro-nuclear because uranium is only a tiny fraction or resources mined here. It is simply because this policy really means mining much more coal and gas. It's a scam of epic proportions. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I think we only learned a little bit more about how pathetic Dutton is and nothing about new policies. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What we learned – and didn’t – from Peter Dutton’s unofficial campaign launch
There was his log cabin story, an official slogan and the promise of a policy booklet – but no new announcements in Melbourne
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January 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I think we only learned a little bit more about how pathetic Dutton is and nothing about new policies. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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2024’s Record-Breaking Heat Brought the World to a Dangerous Threshold. Now What? (Gift Article)
Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from heating up further.
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January 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Congratulations to the soon to be Dr. Donaldo Canales on a successful dissertation defence. His dissertation examined psychological factors involved in Canadian police officers' use of force performance, as well as identified profiles of decision-making styles and executive function among officers.
January 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Congratulations to the soon to be Dr. Donaldo Canales on a successful dissertation defence. His dissertation examined psychological factors involved in Canadian police officers' use of force performance, as well as identified profiles of decision-making styles and executive function among officers.
As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record
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As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record
This record-breaking heat is primarily driven by humanity’s burning of fossil fuels. The warming won’t stop until we reach net-zero emissions.
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January 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record
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