@stevedemos66.bsky.social
Australia’s housing crisis is not getting better and won’t get better while the main parties dither.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Property investors make up two in every five Australian home loans amid record borrowing
Investor home borrowing surges nearly 18% in the September quarter compared with previous three months, prompting calls to ‘urgently rein in overheated credit market’
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Australia’s housing crisis is not getting better and won’t get better while the main parties dither.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Further govt incompetence.
You would think with all the technological advances we would be provided with easier and faster access to critical information.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
You would think with all the technological advances we would be provided with easier and faster access to critical information.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
BoM move to axe free flood warning tool has ‘potentially deadly consequences’, Queensland councils say
Bureau of Meteorology says current system will be phased out as it no longer meets ‘cybersecurity, stability and resilience’ standards
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Further govt incompetence.
You would think with all the technological advances we would be provided with easier and faster access to critical information.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
You would think with all the technological advances we would be provided with easier and faster access to critical information.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The continued denial of the science of climate change and refusal to address the causes in the face of growing evidence by politicians is basically a betrayal.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Antarctic glacier shrinks at fastest pace in modern history
Antarctic scientists have documented the fastest retreat of a glacier in modern history, after it lost eight kilometres of ice in just two months, according to a new report.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The continued denial of the science of climate change and refusal to address the causes in the face of growing evidence by politicians is basically a betrayal.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
And with a whimper not a bang the ALP reveal themselves as liberal lite and probable climate science deniers.
From this point on the proposed EPA is just window dressing.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
From this point on the proposed EPA is just window dressing.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
'Climate trigger' formally ruled out of environment laws
A "climate trigger" that could be used to block coal and gas projects has been formally excluded from the government's overhaul of Australia's environment laws, minister Murray Watt confirms.
www.abc.net.au
October 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
And with a whimper not a bang the ALP reveal themselves as liberal lite and probable climate science deniers.
From this point on the proposed EPA is just window dressing.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
From this point on the proposed EPA is just window dressing.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
The Epstein files need to be released and justice done. This is not an easy read.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Epstein files need to be released and justice done. This is not an easy read.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It’s nice the USA is focusing on important issues and not the cost of living or the Epstein files or habeas corpus or the rule of law.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Lauren Boebert vows to pursue ‘truth about UFOs’ as she bids for re-election
Colorado Republican congresswoman kicks off fourth term run with email to potential donors: ‘They tell us we’re crazy’
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It’s nice the USA is focusing on important issues and not the cost of living or the Epstein files or habeas corpus or the rule of law.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And so it begins. If anyone believes the spending in the nuclear submarines will be $368 billion then think again as all defence procurement contracts go over estimate and AUKU$ is off to a flier.
Think $500 billion plus.
And we may not get the submarines.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Think $500 billion plus.
And we may not get the submarines.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Submarine agency's consultancy bill five times larger than planned
The agency responsible for delivering AUKUS has spent five times what it first planned for consultants to review its operations.
www.abc.net.au
September 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
And so it begins. If anyone believes the spending in the nuclear submarines will be $368 billion then think again as all defence procurement contracts go over estimate and AUKU$ is off to a flier.
Think $500 billion plus.
And we may not get the submarines.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Think $500 billion plus.
And we may not get the submarines.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Of all US allies, the Baltic states have done most to increase defence spending in line with Trump's demands. So, he has cut military assistance. Australians who imagine that handing over billions to AUKUS will buy us security are living in a fools paradise. www.euractiv.com/new... #auspol
US to cut military aid for Baltic states | Euractiv
Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said the US move is "especially symbolic, in a negative way"
www.euractiv.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Of all US allies, the Baltic states have done most to increase defence spending in line with Trump's demands. So, he has cut military assistance. Australians who imagine that handing over billions to AUKUS will buy us security are living in a fools paradise. www.euractiv.com/new... #auspol
A powerful comment well worth listening to.
youtu.be/XMFwj30seEg?...
youtu.be/XMFwj30seEg?...
Shahid Bolsen on the Charlie Kirk Assassination
YouTube video by Middle Nation
youtu.be
September 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A powerful comment well worth listening to.
youtu.be/XMFwj30seEg?...
youtu.be/XMFwj30seEg?...
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First Graphene claims major boost for perovskite solar cell efficiency
First Graphene claims major boost for perovskite solar cell efficiency
Australian graphene supplier First Graphene has reported the addition of its functionalized graphene product to perovskite solar cells has increased efficiency almost two-fold and reduced production costs by up to 80%.
www.pv-magazine.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
First Graphene claims major boost for perovskite solar cell efficiency
They’re playing rent free in someone’s head while having a real military parade.
www.the guardian.com/world/2025/sep/03/hot-mic-catches-vladimir-putin-xi-jinping-discussing-organ-transplants-immortality
www.the guardian.com/world/2025/sep/03/hot-mic-catches-vladimir-putin-xi-jinping-discussing-organ-transplants-immortality
Hot mic catches Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality
Live footage of private conversation between Russian president and Chinese leader aired at Beijing military parade
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
They’re playing rent free in someone’s head while having a real military parade.
www.the guardian.com/world/2025/sep/03/hot-mic-catches-vladimir-putin-xi-jinping-discussing-organ-transplants-immortality
www.the guardian.com/world/2025/sep/03/hot-mic-catches-vladimir-putin-xi-jinping-discussing-organ-transplants-immortality
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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury
Keep reading, friends. 📚
Keep reading, friends. 📚
August 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury
Keep reading, friends. 📚
Keep reading, friends. 📚
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Cut immigration, cut labor supply, add tariffs on imports… and voilà: higher food prices.
August 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Cut immigration, cut labor supply, add tariffs on imports… and voilà: higher food prices.
There nothing Donald Trump won’t do to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
There is nothing Donald Trump won’t do to provoke civil unrest to impose martial law.
Donald Trump and his regime are the enemy within.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There is nothing Donald Trump won’t do to provoke civil unrest to impose martial law.
Donald Trump and his regime are the enemy within.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump seizes control of Washington DC police and deploys national guard
President claims US capital ‘overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals … and homeless people’
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
There nothing Donald Trump won’t do to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
There is nothing Donald Trump won’t do to provoke civil unrest to impose martial law.
Donald Trump and his regime are the enemy within.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There is nothing Donald Trump won’t do to provoke civil unrest to impose martial law.
Donald Trump and his regime are the enemy within.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The fence sitting by the govt over Gaza is bad enough.
This just adds to the evidence of their neoliberal/Trumpian chops (skills).
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This just adds to the evidence of their neoliberal/Trumpian chops (skills).
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science
Concerns Australia is gutting its research capability coincide with Trump’s deep cuts into US science agencies
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The fence sitting by the govt over Gaza is bad enough.
This just adds to the evidence of their neoliberal/Trumpian chops (skills).
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This just adds to the evidence of their neoliberal/Trumpian chops (skills).
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Norway taxes their fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free university education.
In Australia, we give more than half of the gas we export away for free, and charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.
📺 Executive Director @richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
In Australia, we give more than half of the gas we export away for free, and charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.
📺 Executive Director @richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
August 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Norway taxes their fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free university education.
In Australia, we give more than half of the gas we export away for free, and charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.
📺 Executive Director @richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
In Australia, we give more than half of the gas we export away for free, and charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.
📺 Executive Director @richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
I think it’s about time a new Red Dawn movie is made.
This time it’s the enemy within. A billionaire criminal lies his way into the White House, corrupting the govt and judiciary.
With the aid of a masked militia to control the streets and imprison dissenters totalitarianism covers the land.
Oh…
This time it’s the enemy within. A billionaire criminal lies his way into the White House, corrupting the govt and judiciary.
With the aid of a masked militia to control the streets and imprison dissenters totalitarianism covers the land.
Oh…
August 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think it’s about time a new Red Dawn movie is made.
This time it’s the enemy within. A billionaire criminal lies his way into the White House, corrupting the govt and judiciary.
With the aid of a masked militia to control the streets and imprison dissenters totalitarianism covers the land.
Oh…
This time it’s the enemy within. A billionaire criminal lies his way into the White House, corrupting the govt and judiciary.
With the aid of a masked militia to control the streets and imprison dissenters totalitarianism covers the land.
Oh…
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The increasing intermittency of….nuclear power stations:
Source: Financial Times | “Heatwaves test Europe’s electricity system as air conditioning use soars” on.ft.com/4fsSclS
Source: Financial Times | “Heatwaves test Europe’s electricity system as air conditioning use soars” on.ft.com/4fsSclS
August 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The increasing intermittency of….nuclear power stations:
Source: Financial Times | “Heatwaves test Europe’s electricity system as air conditioning use soars” on.ft.com/4fsSclS
Source: Financial Times | “Heatwaves test Europe’s electricity system as air conditioning use soars” on.ft.com/4fsSclS
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In Senator Lambie v Minister @tonyburkemp.bsky.social (re: content quotas), Burke has failed to comply with a mandatory law that requires him to hand over ALL docs relevant to the dispute. Instead he’s first asking foreign media companies if they’re OK with him complying. 👈👮♂️🚔 #FOI #auspol
August 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In Senator Lambie v Minister @tonyburkemp.bsky.social (re: content quotas), Burke has failed to comply with a mandatory law that requires him to hand over ALL docs relevant to the dispute. Instead he’s first asking foreign media companies if they’re OK with him complying. 👈👮♂️🚔 #FOI #auspol
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Nothing makes sense, but I'll add this anyway...
When preliminary payrolls numbers overestimated job growth under Biden—and were later revised down—Trumpland claimed this was the BLS trying to prop up the President.
Today he interprets it as the BLS is trying to undermine him.
When preliminary payrolls numbers overestimated job growth under Biden—and were later revised down—Trumpland claimed this was the BLS trying to prop up the President.
Today he interprets it as the BLS is trying to undermine him.
August 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nothing makes sense, but I'll add this anyway...
When preliminary payrolls numbers overestimated job growth under Biden—and were later revised down—Trumpland claimed this was the BLS trying to prop up the President.
Today he interprets it as the BLS is trying to undermine him.
When preliminary payrolls numbers overestimated job growth under Biden—and were later revised down—Trumpland claimed this was the BLS trying to prop up the President.
Today he interprets it as the BLS is trying to undermine him.
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RENMAC: “This is the same BLS that published the inflation reports earlier in the year that the administration touted. This is the same BLS that published the rise in motor vehicle manufacturing employment that the administration touted with a ‘see! it's already working!’”
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
RENMAC: “This is the same BLS that published the inflation reports earlier in the year that the administration touted. This is the same BLS that published the rise in motor vehicle manufacturing employment that the administration touted with a ‘see! it's already working!’”
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
Efforts to kill the Epstein/Trump headlines with the Russia, Russia, Russia Obama treason claim die when exposed to the light of day.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ex-CIA agent hits back at Tulsi Gabbard after she accused Obama of ‘treasonous conspiracy’ against Trump
Susan Miller says US intelligence chief’s allegations were based on misrepresentations of discoveries made by her team about Russian actions
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Efforts to kill the Epstein/Trump headlines with the Russia, Russia, Russia Obama treason claim die when exposed to the light of day.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The utter stupidity of it
“Trump’s executive order, a plan that guts scientific independence and grants political appointees greater power over what reaches the public, has further eroded the agency’s mission, according to staffers familiar with the policy”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Trump’s executive order, a plan that guts scientific independence and grants political appointees greater power over what reaches the public, has further eroded the agency’s mission, according to staffers familiar with the policy”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Two top Noaa officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave
Two men led inquiry into 2019 debacle involving incorrect hurricane projections that tarnished federal agency’s record
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The utter stupidity of it
“Trump’s executive order, a plan that guts scientific independence and grants political appointees greater power over what reaches the public, has further eroded the agency’s mission, according to staffers familiar with the policy”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Trump’s executive order, a plan that guts scientific independence and grants political appointees greater power over what reaches the public, has further eroded the agency’s mission, according to staffers familiar with the policy”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The current Epstein/Trump/Maxwell drama is rendered meaningless by one important point.
No one in the Trump administration is talking about finding justice for the young women who are the real victims.
No one. Let that sink in.
No one in the Trump administration is talking about finding justice for the young women who are the real victims.
No one. Let that sink in.
July 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The current Epstein/Trump/Maxwell drama is rendered meaningless by one important point.
No one in the Trump administration is talking about finding justice for the young women who are the real victims.
No one. Let that sink in.
No one in the Trump administration is talking about finding justice for the young women who are the real victims.
No one. Let that sink in.