Colin Hepher
@colin-hepher.bsky.social
Father, Cyclist, Paddler, Bush Walker, Volunteer, proudly Tasmanian
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Gambling ads are flooding our screens – during sport, on TV, and even in "family" programming. The result? Teenagers in Australia are now more likely to have gambled in the past year than played soccer, basketball, or cricket.
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ga...
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ga...
✍️ Ban gambling ads now
Almost 1 in 3 Aussie kids aged 12 to 17 are already gambling. And the industry is flooding their screens with ads to hook them for life. It’s time to protect kids and take gambling ads off our screens...
www.getup.org.au
September 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Gambling ads are flooding our screens – during sport, on TV, and even in "family" programming. The result? Teenagers in Australia are now more likely to have gambled in the past year than played soccer, basketball, or cricket.
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ga...
www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ga...
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"It will likely be years from now, but we hope to one day pull it off." chaser.com.au/sport/aflm-s...
August 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"It will likely be years from now, but we hope to one day pull it off." chaser.com.au/sport/aflm-s...
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“It is exactly the kind of response you get from any government on any issue, when they have no substance to back a poor policy decision.” - Brian Greig
www.outinperth.com/just-equal-s...
www.outinperth.com/just-equal-s...
Just.Equal say Premier Roger Cook has opposed the return of Safe Schools with "two pages of waffle"
LGBTIQA+ rights group Just.Equal says Premier Roger Cook's response to concern about homophobic attacks in WA is "two pages of waffle".
www.outinperth.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“It is exactly the kind of response you get from any government on any issue, when they have no substance to back a poor policy decision.” - Brian Greig
www.outinperth.com/just-equal-s...
www.outinperth.com/just-equal-s...
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May 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Architect: building an AFL stadium at Macquarie Point is an incredibly bad idea (provides extensive list of easy to understand reasons every one of which should be a dealbreaker)
Eric Abetz: I think it’s a great idea so let’s do it
Eric Abetz: I think it’s a great idea so let’s do it
May 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Architect: building an AFL stadium at Macquarie Point is an incredibly bad idea (provides extensive list of easy to understand reasons every one of which should be a dealbreaker)
Eric Abetz: I think it’s a great idea so let’s do it
Eric Abetz: I think it’s a great idea so let’s do it
@antonygreenelec.bsky.social enjoyed your last election call, thanks for years insightful analysis, take a well earned break.
Nice send off ABC👏👏
#auspol
#ausvotes2025
Nice send off ABC👏👏
#auspol
#ausvotes2025
May 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
@antonygreenelec.bsky.social enjoyed your last election call, thanks for years insightful analysis, take a well earned break.
Nice send off ABC👏👏
#auspol
#ausvotes2025
Nice send off ABC👏👏
#auspol
#ausvotes2025
Dutton has always been unelectable and will continue to be!
Karma has finally caught up with him.
#auspol
#ausvotes2025
Karma has finally caught up with him.
#auspol
#ausvotes2025
May 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Dutton has always been unelectable and will continue to be!
Karma has finally caught up with him.
#auspol
#ausvotes2025
Karma has finally caught up with him.
#auspol
#ausvotes2025
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Peter Dutton has claimed that the Labor Govt was handed a balanced budget when it came to power in 2022. A Treasury report released weeks before the 2022 election recorded a deficit of more than $120 billion. Report by AAP Fact Check. #auspol #AusVotes25 #budget www.aap.com.au/factcheck/du...
Dutton wrong to claim Labor was handed books 'in balance'
Experts say the opposition leader's claim that Labor was
www.aap.com.au
April 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Peter Dutton has claimed that the Labor Govt was handed a balanced budget when it came to power in 2022. A Treasury report released weeks before the 2022 election recorded a deficit of more than $120 billion. Report by AAP Fact Check. #auspol #AusVotes25 #budget www.aap.com.au/factcheck/du...
Lucky lad, well done to all involved in the search over the last couple of weeks.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Missing hiker 'survived on two muesli bars' during 13 days in the bush
A 23-year-old university student from Melbourne has been found in "good health" after he went missing in dense bushland in the NSW Snowy Mountains on Boxing Day.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Lucky lad, well done to all involved in the search over the last couple of weeks.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Stay safe this year.
Oh goody... Additional diligence required folks. Make sure you check the validity of the emails you receive and don't trust anything.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
New Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail Warning—AI Nightmare Is Coming True In 2025
You are not ready for this—here's what you need to know.
www.forbes.com
January 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Stay safe this year.
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I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
December 14, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
This is pretty embarrassing!
Tender documents reveal the Australian Submarine Agency awarded the lucrative AUKUS contract to the local subsidiary of McKinsey & Company last month.
Documents reveal consultancy firm contracted to $9 million AUKUS deal has Chinese military ties
Tender documents reveal the Australian Submarine Agency awarded the lucrative AUKUS contract to the local subsidiary of McKinsey & Company last month.
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2024 at 7:48 PM
This is pretty embarrassing!
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I'm going to use some strong language here. Queensland is not backwards, we're an early warning system.
Australia, if you don't stop fucking around & concentrate on the nation's issues this Joh descendent is going to be the next PM. Do you understand what that means? #auspol
Australia, if you don't stop fucking around & concentrate on the nation's issues this Joh descendent is going to be the next PM. Do you understand what that means? #auspol
November 22, 2024 at 11:17 AM
I'm going to use some strong language here. Queensland is not backwards, we're an early warning system.
Australia, if you don't stop fucking around & concentrate on the nation's issues this Joh descendent is going to be the next PM. Do you understand what that means? #auspol
Australia, if you don't stop fucking around & concentrate on the nation's issues this Joh descendent is going to be the next PM. Do you understand what that means? #auspol
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Twomey rips the veil from this bill: ‘if you look closer, the numbers start to build. A rich donor can make a $20,000 donation to a party or one of its candidates in each of six states, two territories and to the federal branch of the party. That means they can donate $180,000 … annually.’
"Sneaky, excessive and unjustified"
No wonder the major parties don't want any parliamentary scrutiny of their Financing Elections Bill.
What Emeritus Professor Anne Twomey said👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No wonder the major parties don't want any parliamentary scrutiny of their Financing Elections Bill.
What Emeritus Professor Anne Twomey said👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sneaky, excessive and unjustified: why Labor’s electoral reforms are vulnerable to constitutional challenge | Anne Twomey
A political donor will be able to donate up to $640,000 in a year. How is this taking the money out of politics?
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Twomey rips the veil from this bill: ‘if you look closer, the numbers start to build. A rich donor can make a $20,000 donation to a party or one of its candidates in each of six states, two territories and to the federal branch of the party. That means they can donate $180,000 … annually.’
New to Bluesky and really like the functionality, especially the Tabs, the “only post” is great one filtering out repetitive posts.
November 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM
New to Bluesky and really like the functionality, especially the Tabs, the “only post” is great one filtering out repetitive posts.