@johnrowsthorne.bsky.social
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murray river reflections, victoria, australia #photography
November 21, 2024 at 11:54 AM
murray river reflections, victoria, australia #photography
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Who do you think they are going to replace the migrant workers with once they deport them all? My thoughts are that it will be prisoners because slavery is legal as long as it's prison labour. Where are all the millions of extra prisoners coming from? Well...that's what the camps are 4.
a man in a striped shirt and tie adjusts his tie
Alt: a man in a striped shirt and tie adjusts his tie
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Who do you think they are going to replace the migrant workers with once they deport them all? My thoughts are that it will be prisoners because slavery is legal as long as it's prison labour. Where are all the millions of extra prisoners coming from? Well...that's what the camps are 4.
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That Peter Dutton bloke comes across as a bit of an asshole, does he not?
November 19, 2024 at 11:29 PM
That Peter Dutton bloke comes across as a bit of an asshole, does he not?
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November 20, 2024 at 2:05 AM
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“Sneaky, excessive and unjustified: why Labor’s electoral reforms are vulnerable to constitutional challenge”
Anne Twomey
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Anne Twomey
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 12:19 AM
“Sneaky, excessive and unjustified: why Labor’s electoral reforms are vulnerable to constitutional challenge”
Anne Twomey
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Anne Twomey
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Alan Jones was once one of the most feared and influential people in the country, with even prime ministers bending the knee. But as @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes, his arrest shows just how far the “king” has fallen.
Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/20/w...
Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/20/w...
November 20, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Alan Jones was once one of the most feared and influential people in the country, with even prime ministers bending the knee. But as @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes, his arrest shows just how far the “king” has fallen.
Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/20/w...
Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/20/w...
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When we reached our $5k target on the weekend, I got a message from UNICEF asking if I wanted to keep going and raise the target. So I did to $7.5K. Overnight we raised another $1k+, and we now stand at $6.12k
I can't thank you lot enough.
gazacrisis.unicef.org.au/grumpy-old-d...
I can't thank you lot enough.
gazacrisis.unicef.org.au/grumpy-old-d...
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
When we reached our $5k target on the weekend, I got a message from UNICEF asking if I wanted to keep going and raise the target. So I did to $7.5K. Overnight we raised another $1k+, and we now stand at $6.12k
I can't thank you lot enough.
gazacrisis.unicef.org.au/grumpy-old-d...
I can't thank you lot enough.
gazacrisis.unicef.org.au/grumpy-old-d...
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This relationship is on a timer.
November 18, 2024 at 5:05 PM
This relationship is on a timer.
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"People will, in a great degree, and not without reason, form their opinion of you, upon that which they have of your friends; One may fairly suppose, that a man, who makes a knave or a fool his friend, has something very bad to do, or to conceal."Lord Chesterfield 1747
November 18, 2024 at 8:37 PM
"People will, in a great degree, and not without reason, form their opinion of you, upon that which they have of your friends; One may fairly suppose, that a man, who makes a knave or a fool his friend, has something very bad to do, or to conceal."Lord Chesterfield 1747
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Guardian Essential poll: almost half of Australian voters want Aukus reviewed after Donald Trump’s election win
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Guardian Essential poll: almost half of Australian voters want Aukus reviewed after Donald Trump’s election win
Survey also reveals concern about Trump’s effect on economy and climate change – although 48% think hotter summers caused by ‘normal fluctuations’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Guardian Essential poll: almost half of Australian voters want Aukus reviewed after Donald Trump’s election win
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Good morning, early birds! Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the G20 summit with both countries committing to stability, and the Coalition has voted against Labor's cap on international student numbers.
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/19/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/19/a...
Albo and Xi patch up the past
Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the G20 summit with both countries committing to stability, and the Coalition has voted against Labor's cap on international student numbers.
www.crikey.com.au
November 18, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Good morning, early birds! Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the G20 summit with both countries committing to stability, and the Coalition has voted against Labor's cap on international student numbers.
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/19/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/19/a...
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Excellent article - thing about the "net" zero target is the net part is pretty f*cking dodgy, and even with that, Australia is nowhere near on track!
My latest on our collective climate delusions in The Saturday Paper. In the words of Seinfeld’s George Costanza: “It’s not a lie if you believe it.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
Exposing net zero’s climate delusions
Denial is a funny thing. We have to find slippery ways of trying to live with high levels of cognitive dissonance: the discomfort we feel when faced with the reality that our thoughts and actions are ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 18, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Excellent article - thing about the "net" zero target is the net part is pretty f*cking dodgy, and even with that, Australia is nowhere near on track!
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The U.S. is now, officially, a pariah state
November 18, 2024 at 8:38 PM
The U.S. is now, officially, a pariah state
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He’s planning to do as much damage to the US as possible, right away before anyone can stop it.
Trump's team is in "preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps & other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts next year.”
Medicaid, food stamps are now on the chopping block to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
Medicaid, food stamps are now on the chopping block to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation
As Republican leaders look for ways to offset the costs of a new set of tax cuts, social safety net programs are under discussion.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:39 PM
He’s planning to do as much damage to the US as possible, right away before anyone can stop it.
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Trump suggests he will declare national emergency and use military to push through mass deportations
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Trump suggests he will declare national emergency and use military to push through mass deportations – US politics live
President-elect posted on social media that it was ‘true’ he was prepared to use military and emergency measures to deport millions of people from the US
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Trump suggests he will declare national emergency and use military to push through mass deportations
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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November 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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Here’s a fundamental bit.
In 2022 INDs disclosed more individual donors, & a lower average donation $, than the two major parties combined.
One IND disclosed 3,762 donors in reports.
Big parties say they want to get rid of big money in politics - but their proposed law targets SMALL money too.
In 2022 INDs disclosed more individual donors, & a lower average donation $, than the two major parties combined.
One IND disclosed 3,762 donors in reports.
Big parties say they want to get rid of big money in politics - but their proposed law targets SMALL money too.
Cap on total donations and cap on spending. So if 1000 people want to donate $1000:❌ over the $800K cap. Individual party candidates get same cap, but party can also spend up to $90 million across the country, with senate campaign and party advertising.
November 18, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Here’s a fundamental bit.
In 2022 INDs disclosed more individual donors, & a lower average donation $, than the two major parties combined.
One IND disclosed 3,762 donors in reports.
Big parties say they want to get rid of big money in politics - but their proposed law targets SMALL money too.
In 2022 INDs disclosed more individual donors, & a lower average donation $, than the two major parties combined.
One IND disclosed 3,762 donors in reports.
Big parties say they want to get rid of big money in politics - but their proposed law targets SMALL money too.
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SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2024 at 8:19 PM
SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called today for the European Union to urgently conclude the mega trade deal with the South American trade bloc.
Scholz ups pressure to finalize Mercosur trade deal
The German and French leaders are at loggerheads over the trade pact.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2024 at 8:20 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called today for the European Union to urgently conclude the mega trade deal with the South American trade bloc.
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As G-20 leaders gathered for their “family photo” against a picture-perfect backdrop of Rio’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain, there was just one snag: US President Joe Biden was missing
Where Was Biden? The G-20 Photo Shows Him Out of the Picture
Under sunshine and clear blue skies against a picture-perfect backdrop of Rio’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain, the Group of 20 leaders gathered for their “family photo.” There was just one snag: US Presid...
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:26 PM
As G-20 leaders gathered for their “family photo” against a picture-perfect backdrop of Rio’s iconic Sugarloaf Mountain, there was just one snag: US President Joe Biden was missing
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More than a week after racist text messages threatening Black people with enslavement were sent by anonymous numbers to recipients across the country, similar threats have been sent to people in Latino and LGBTQ+ communities, according to the FBI.
FBI investigating post-election text threats sent to Latino, LGBTQ people
The messages, which follow similar texts threatening Black people, claim recipients will be deported or sent to a re-education camp.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:31 PM
More than a week after racist text messages threatening Black people with enslavement were sent by anonymous numbers to recipients across the country, similar threats have been sent to people in Latino and LGBTQ+ communities, according to the FBI.