Melinda Standish
@bytherivulet.bsky.social
Education designer/developer at University of Tasmania and otherwise gardening #nipaluna #lutruwita
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Phew! Glad to have landed here. Greetings from #lutruwita / #tasmania 🧡
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Great news! The govt will finally introduce local content rules for streaming platforms. This is a huge win for Aussie stories, jobs and our screen industry. Proud to have stood alongside actors, creators and so many others who helped push for this outcome. It’s a great day for Australian stories.
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Great news! The govt will finally introduce local content rules for streaming platforms. This is a huge win for Aussie stories, jobs and our screen industry. Proud to have stood alongside actors, creators and so many others who helped push for this outcome. It’s a great day for Australian stories.
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The govt promised local content quotas for streamers back in 2019 – but 55,000 Aussie screen industry jobs are still at risk. France, Italy and others have acted. Why hasn’t Australia? Sign the petition to #MakeItAustralian and #SaveAustralianStories
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The govt promised local content quotas for streamers back in 2019 – but 55,000 Aussie screen industry jobs are still at risk. France, Italy and others have acted. Why hasn’t Australia? Sign the petition to #MakeItAustralian and #SaveAustralianStories
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
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Deadly good read
Here's me. '“People aren’t buying their shit anymore”: They think they can make you forget what you’ve seen'
“People aren't buying their shit anymore”: They think they can make you forget what you’ve seen - The Shot
Like colours, neurodivergence and political ideology, being a dickhead operates on a spectrum. From narcissistic middle managers, to people that...
theshot.net.au
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Deadly good read
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Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt
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The flotilla represents the best of humanity—ordinary people stepping forward where governments have failed. The Labor government must break its silence and publicly support and protect this humanitarian mission.
September 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The flotilla represents the best of humanity—ordinary people stepping forward where governments have failed. The Labor government must break its silence and publicly support and protect this humanitarian mission.
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Since 2022, Australia’s screen industry has shrunk by 60%. Streamers make $4B here, pay less than 1% tax, and invest little in local stories. I’ve launched a petition urging the govt to mandate investment in Aussie content by 30 June 2026.
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
September 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Since 2022, Australia’s screen industry has shrunk by 60%. Streamers make $4B here, pay less than 1% tax, and invest little in local stories. I’ve launched a petition urging the govt to mandate investment in Aussie content by 30 June 2026.
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
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Israel has completely lost. It just doesn't know it yet
September 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Israel has completely lost. It just doesn't know it yet
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Australia must cut connections with Israeli film agencies. More than 2300 film workers, artists and other Australians have signed this petition demanding revocation of our coproduction treaty with Israel. chng.it/MKgsMckd8Y
September 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Australia must cut connections with Israeli film agencies. More than 2300 film workers, artists and other Australians have signed this petition demanding revocation of our coproduction treaty with Israel. chng.it/MKgsMckd8Y
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The Coalition is choosing to ignore its own history. Labor isn’t brave enough to push back. And now we’re having an immigration discussion that is AT THE BEHEST OF LITERAL NAZIS. FFS
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Fascism rises, and we are caught between craven and unwilling
Here we are. Trapped between those who flirt with far-right ideologies for political gain and those unwilling to make the stand it demands.
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September 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The Coalition is choosing to ignore its own history. Labor isn’t brave enough to push back. And now we’re having an immigration discussion that is AT THE BEHEST OF LITERAL NAZIS. FFS
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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The little Meanjin collection that I helped bring into the world as editor. Just a fragment of its 85-year catalogue. What an act of bone-stupid arrogance to kill it.
September 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The little Meanjin collection that I helped bring into the world as editor. Just a fragment of its 85-year catalogue. What an act of bone-stupid arrogance to kill it.
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August 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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This is not ok.
Wow! Bendigo Writers Festival (15 - 17 Aug) is making guest speakers sign a last-minute agreement to not mention Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Writers who care about human rights are cancelling. Any writer/guest still thinking of appearing should seriously reconsider. Stand up! Refuse to comply
August 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This is not ok.
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August 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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The war in Gaza has killed 186 journalists as of Aug 11, 2025. This is the highest number ever recorded in any war. 🚨
It is more than the total journalists killed in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, the Yugoslav Wars, and Afghanistan combined. ⚖️📸💔
#HumanRights #PressFreedom
It is more than the total journalists killed in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, the Yugoslav Wars, and Afghanistan combined. ⚖️📸💔
#HumanRights #PressFreedom
August 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The war in Gaza has killed 186 journalists as of Aug 11, 2025. This is the highest number ever recorded in any war. 🚨
It is more than the total journalists killed in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, the Yugoslav Wars, and Afghanistan combined. ⚖️📸💔
#HumanRights #PressFreedom
It is more than the total journalists killed in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, the Yugoslav Wars, and Afghanistan combined. ⚖️📸💔
#HumanRights #PressFreedom
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Really fucking disgusting reporting on the Gaza genocide by the ABC this morning. Endless shit about Hamas and hostages. Barely congruent with the reality of this slaughter and the fact Israel was always going to (again, again, again) conquer more territory and ethnically wipe Palestine.
May 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Really fucking disgusting reporting on the Gaza genocide by the ABC this morning. Endless shit about Hamas and hostages. Barely congruent with the reality of this slaughter and the fact Israel was always going to (again, again, again) conquer more territory and ethnically wipe Palestine.
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The majority of Australians now support a more independent foreign policy, according to new Institute polling.
"Australians are really concerned about what's happening in the US."
"I think it's a direct response to Trump & what he is doing," says @emmashortis.bsky.social.
🎧 theaus.in/4m32r2U
"Australians are really concerned about what's happening in the US."
"I think it's a direct response to Trump & what he is doing," says @emmashortis.bsky.social.
🎧 theaus.in/4m32r2U
May 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The majority of Australians now support a more independent foreign policy, according to new Institute polling.
"Australians are really concerned about what's happening in the US."
"I think it's a direct response to Trump & what he is doing," says @emmashortis.bsky.social.
🎧 theaus.in/4m32r2U
"Australians are really concerned about what's happening in the US."
"I think it's a direct response to Trump & what he is doing," says @emmashortis.bsky.social.
🎧 theaus.in/4m32r2U
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My festival of schadenfreude continues tomorrow morning with the ceremonial reading of the Murdoch press and in particular The Australian.
May 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
My festival of schadenfreude continues tomorrow morning with the ceremonial reading of the Murdoch press and in particular The Australian.
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Time to scrap Marinus Link and have conversation with Tasmanians about how we might use industrial closure/energy surplus here to benefit Tasmanians. Electrify transport and agriculture would be a start. #politas
March 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Time to scrap Marinus Link and have conversation with Tasmanians about how we might use industrial closure/energy surplus here to benefit Tasmanians. Electrify transport and agriculture would be a start. #politas
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"In Tasmania, fish that have died from rickettsia bacteria in this appalling die off...are being processed for human consumption."
@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social reveals what's going on in the salmon farms.
Our research shows 7 in 10 Tasmanians want salmon farms OUT of inshore waters. #auspol
@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social reveals what's going on in the salmon farms.
Our research shows 7 in 10 Tasmanians want salmon farms OUT of inshore waters. #auspol
March 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
"In Tasmania, fish that have died from rickettsia bacteria in this appalling die off...are being processed for human consumption."
@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social reveals what's going on in the salmon farms.
Our research shows 7 in 10 Tasmanians want salmon farms OUT of inshore waters. #auspol
@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social reveals what's going on in the salmon farms.
Our research shows 7 in 10 Tasmanians want salmon farms OUT of inshore waters. #auspol
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Outside the ABC, a vigil mourns the murders of more than 200 journalists in Gaza, the stories of their final moments told in a way an ABC broadcast never could. A security guard and someone from the MSO quietly expressed solidarity. Journalists leaving the building just tried to avoid eye contact.
March 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Outside the ABC, a vigil mourns the murders of more than 200 journalists in Gaza, the stories of their final moments told in a way an ABC broadcast never could. A security guard and someone from the MSO quietly expressed solidarity. Journalists leaving the building just tried to avoid eye contact.