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Australia has a shortage of politicians
With each fed MP ‘representing’ around 120,000 people no wonder the influence of big companies is rising while millions of us feel ignored. If you got crap service on a helpline you’d probably think more people should be taking your calls…same applies for MPs
With each fed MP ‘representing’ around 120,000 people no wonder the influence of big companies is rising while millions of us feel ignored. If you got crap service on a helpline you’d probably think more people should be taking your calls…same applies for MPs
Australia has a politician problem: not too many, but too few.
There are nine times the number of voters than in 1903, but the number of MPs has only doubled. Maybe it's time for our representative democracy to get a bit more representative?
@australiainstitute.org.au #auspol
There are nine times the number of voters than in 1903, but the number of MPs has only doubled. Maybe it's time for our representative democracy to get a bit more representative?
@australiainstitute.org.au #auspol
July 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Australia has a shortage of politicians
With each fed MP ‘representing’ around 120,000 people no wonder the influence of big companies is rising while millions of us feel ignored. If you got crap service on a helpline you’d probably think more people should be taking your calls…same applies for MPs
With each fed MP ‘representing’ around 120,000 people no wonder the influence of big companies is rising while millions of us feel ignored. If you got crap service on a helpline you’d probably think more people should be taking your calls…same applies for MPs
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The priorities our government has are ethically wrong. We are in a climate crisis, it’s disgraceful that these airport expansion are going ahead. Another example of rampant capitalism over peoples lives.
The priorities our government has are ethically wrong. We are in a climate crisis, it’s disgraceful that these airport expansion are going ahead. Another example of rampant capitalism over peoples lives.
Hotel tycoon reveals Heathrow runway expansion proposal
Arora Group says a shorter runway will avoid the cost and disruption of diverting the M25 motorway.
www.bbc.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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The priorities our government has are ethically wrong. We are in a climate crisis, it’s disgraceful that these airport expansion are going ahead. Another example of rampant capitalism over peoples lives.
The priorities our government has are ethically wrong. We are in a climate crisis, it’s disgraceful that these airport expansion are going ahead. Another example of rampant capitalism over peoples lives.
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Of course Trump cheats, he is hopeless at everything, cheating is the only way he can make himself a ‘winner’.
Why do you think he doesn’t play team sports?
You only have to listen to him talk, everything is about him and his petty grievances.
Why do you think he doesn’t play team sports?
You only have to listen to him talk, everything is about him and his petty grievances.
July 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Of course Trump cheats, he is hopeless at everything, cheating is the only way he can make himself a ‘winner’.
Why do you think he doesn’t play team sports?
You only have to listen to him talk, everything is about him and his petty grievances.
Why do you think he doesn’t play team sports?
You only have to listen to him talk, everything is about him and his petty grievances.
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Over on the Nazi site all the MAGAduds are saying "this is just a drop, standard deal in golf". Errr lol. no. Not like that.
High resolution video of Trump’s caddie placing a golf ball for him at his Turnberry Golf Resort in Scotland.
Trump approached to play like it was no big deal.
Trump approached to play like it was no big deal.
July 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Over on the Nazi site all the MAGAduds are saying "this is just a drop, standard deal in golf". Errr lol. no. Not like that.
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Australia Weekly COVID Update – 25 July 2025
COVID cases are down across all of Australia. ACT (–40.3%), TAS (–36.0%), WA (–17.2%), SA (–15.6%), VIC (–11%), NSW (–9.8%), and QLD (–3.0%)
WA has 100 hospitalised daily, QLD 147
Aged care cases down (–13.3%) with 14 reported deaths
COVID cases are down across all of Australia. ACT (–40.3%), TAS (–36.0%), WA (–17.2%), SA (–15.6%), VIC (–11%), NSW (–9.8%), and QLD (–3.0%)
WA has 100 hospitalised daily, QLD 147
Aged care cases down (–13.3%) with 14 reported deaths
July 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Australia Weekly COVID Update – 25 July 2025
COVID cases are down across all of Australia. ACT (–40.3%), TAS (–36.0%), WA (–17.2%), SA (–15.6%), VIC (–11%), NSW (–9.8%), and QLD (–3.0%)
WA has 100 hospitalised daily, QLD 147
Aged care cases down (–13.3%) with 14 reported deaths
COVID cases are down across all of Australia. ACT (–40.3%), TAS (–36.0%), WA (–17.2%), SA (–15.6%), VIC (–11%), NSW (–9.8%), and QLD (–3.0%)
WA has 100 hospitalised daily, QLD 147
Aged care cases down (–13.3%) with 14 reported deaths
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Study: Global Estimates of Lives and Life-Years Saved by COVID-19 Vaccination During 2020-2024
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Lives and life-Years Saved From COVID-19 Vaccination
This comparative effectiveness study analyses the number of lives and life-years saved worldwide among those who had been vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2024 years.
jamanetwork.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Study: Global Estimates of Lives and Life-Years Saved by COVID-19 Vaccination During 2020-2024
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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COVID vaccines saved 2. 5M lives globally—a death averted per 5,400 shots
"Work led by scientists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome and Stanford University and published in Jama Health Forum shows that vaccines have prevented the loss of 14.8 million years of life"
"Work led by scientists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome and Stanford University and published in Jama Health Forum shows that vaccines have prevented the loss of 14.8 million years of life"
COVID vaccines saved 2. 5M lives globally—a death averted per 5,400 shots
Between 2020 and 2024, COVID-19 vaccines saved 2.5 million lives globally, preventing one death for every 5,400 doses. A groundbreaking worldwide study led by researchers from Università Cattolica and...
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July 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
COVID vaccines saved 2. 5M lives globally—a death averted per 5,400 shots
"Work led by scientists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome and Stanford University and published in Jama Health Forum shows that vaccines have prevented the loss of 14.8 million years of life"
"Work led by scientists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome and Stanford University and published in Jama Health Forum shows that vaccines have prevented the loss of 14.8 million years of life"
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I have signed! Access to medical care is a human right. ✊️
If you are a #Surgeon working in Australia or New Zealand, please consider signing this letter.
We have colleagues there now. They need help.
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We have colleagues there now. They need help.
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Open letter to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) re the situation in Gaza.
openletter.earth
July 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I have signed! Access to medical care is a human right. ✊️
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I am more likely to represent Australian in synchronised swimming at the Brisbane Olympics than we are to get any submarines from the US under AUKUS
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Australia won’t receive Aukus nuclear submarines unless US doubles shipbuilding, admiral warns
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says there is a ‘very, very high’ chance Virginia-class subs will never arrive under Australian control
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I am more likely to represent Australian in synchronised swimming at the Brisbane Olympics than we are to get any submarines from the US under AUKUS
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik
Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik
Political platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for ever, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik
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"Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the country’s western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups
Reports detailing intentional targeting of Palestinians as a group, and systemic destruction of Palestinian society, add to pressure for action
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the country’s western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
July 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
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If you are in Brisbane, this one will be good - @amyremeikis.bsky.social and @richarddenniss.bsky.social chatting about his essay that absolutely smacks the shit out of centrism
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Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us
Get tickets on Humanitix - Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us hosted by The Australia Institute. State Library of Queensland, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia. Tuesday 1...
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July 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
If you are in Brisbane, this one will be good - @amyremeikis.bsky.social and @richarddenniss.bsky.social chatting about his essay that absolutely smacks the shit out of centrism
events.humanitix.com/dead-centre-...
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NIH RECOVER-funded data analysis of over 3 million electronic health records shows severe reinfections often followed severe first COVlD infections. More commonly reported in younger individuals!
#COVIDisnotover #wearamask #cleantheair #maskforyourlife
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#COVIDisnotover #wearamask #cleantheair #maskforyourlife
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Insights from an N3C RECOVER EHR-based cohort study characterizing SARS-CoV-2 reinfections and Long COVID | Communications Medicine
Hadley et al. characterize COVID-19 re-infections utilizing electronic health record study cohort data of over 3 million patients. They find severe initial COVID-19 infection linked to severe reinfections and less frequent long COVID diagnosis after reinfection.
www.nature.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
NIH RECOVER-funded data analysis of over 3 million electronic health records shows severe reinfections often followed severe first COVlD infections. More commonly reported in younger individuals!
#COVIDisnotover #wearamask #cleantheair #maskforyourlife
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
#COVIDisnotover #wearamask #cleantheair #maskforyourlife
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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More than 100 high-profile and distinguished Australians -and BA graduates- have signed the @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates: a policy that punishes humanities students with life-changing debts: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students
Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
More than 100 high-profile and distinguished Australians -and BA graduates- have signed the @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates: a policy that punishes humanities students with life-changing debts: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Young Australians have much higher student debt than generations before them, data shows www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Young Australians have much higher student debt than generations before them, data shows
The average Hecs/Help debt held by younger Australians increased by a third between 2009 and 2024
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Young Australians have much higher student debt than generations before them, data shows www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Pure evil.
January 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Pure evil.
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One notable exception here is Musk really wasn't widely recognised as a charlatan by energy industry tech guys and still commands plenty of respect and muted admiration
January 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
One notable exception here is Musk really wasn't widely recognised as a charlatan by energy industry tech guys and still commands plenty of respect and muted admiration
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January 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
VIRAL LOAD IS KEY.
VIRAL LOAD is KEY
A marked increase in SARS-CoV-2 viral load during the Omicron variant period in Japan, with the BA.5 sublineage showing the highest levels, indicating greater transmissibility and infection potential.
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A marked increase in SARS-CoV-2 viral load during the Omicron variant period in Japan, with the BA.5 sublineage showing the highest levels, indicating greater transmissibility and infection potential.
https://buff.ly/4j3X2am
January 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
VIRAL LOAD IS KEY.
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The virus HMPV can cause upper and lower respiratory disease and can be spread from person to person or can be spread through surfaces. Originally discovered in 2001, it forms part of the pneumoviridae family along with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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What is HMPV? What to know about the virus as cases tick up in China and the US
As cases of the HMPV virus continue to increase in the U.S. and in China, here's what you need to know about the virus.
www.usatoday.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The virus HMPV can cause upper and lower respiratory disease and can be spread from person to person or can be spread through surfaces. Originally discovered in 2001, it forms part of the pneumoviridae family along with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...
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BREAKING: The United States has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu.
The death was reported by the Louisiana Department of Health. The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
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The death was reported by the Louisiana Department of Health. The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-de...
January 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
BREAKING: The United States has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu.
The death was reported by the Louisiana Department of Health. The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-de...
The death was reported by the Louisiana Department of Health. The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-de...