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Matthew Raisbeck
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Interested in better public transport, places and once a year #Eurovision. Love a good iced coffee. @ demand_man on tw*tt*r. Likes are sometimes for read later. Views expressed here are my own. 🏳️‍🌈 Melbourne (Naarm), Victoria, Australia
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How much CO₂ can the world emit while limiting global temperature rise?
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Looks like something has gone wrong with the metro notify data feed this morning (the next service after these would be much sooner) #metrotrains #Melbourne
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Better buses make it easier to get around. Good to see a bus network review for Ballarat pushing ahead.
Have your say here: engage.vic.gov.au/ba...
November 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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The 506 bus is one of Melbourne's busiest bus routes that doesn't have a Sunday service - sign the petition to make it run till 9pm, seven days a week: www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...
www.parliament.vic.gov.au
October 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Tomorrow! Bus fest!
Stop by from 10am-1pm in Werribee to enjoy some live music and activities for the kids.
Share your story of using public transport in Melbourne's West. Show your support for a system of fast, frequent, and connected buses!
More details www.melbournefoe.org...
October 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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For some, tram is the quickest way to the #Melbourne Royal Show - but the service is in dire need of improvement. #YarraTrams #accessibility
September 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Arden station (Melbourne, 30 Aug 2025)
August 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The new Myki readers have headed out east #metrotrains
August 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Aggressive rock, welcome to The War on Cars.
An aggressive rock is attacking drivers, even an ambulance, in Aurora, Colorado.
August 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Urgent cheese recall across most of Australia - multiple stores - listeria issue.

au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/urgent-recal...
Urgent recall on multiple cheeses sold at Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, IGA
Several cheeses sold at supermarkets nationally have been recalled over contamination fears.
au.lifestyle.yahoo.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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‘Deliberate erasure’: State Department removes anti-LGBTQ+ abuses from annual human rights report
US State Department removes anti-LGBTQ+ abuses from annual human rights report
The Trump government has been lambasted for removing LGBTQ-specific references in the State Department's annual global report on human rights.
www.thepinknews.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Just had someone talk on the train about red line and the light blue line and gets to various stations around the CBD. I think this is the first time I've heard someone talk about Melbourne's train network in that way #metrotrains
August 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Why on earth do successive 🇦🇺 govts keep allowing giant multinational companies to reap super profits from the sale of our resources without paying tax?? 🤯

This $$ should be supporting Australians in health, housing, education etc.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Despite $22bn promise, Adani has paid zero corporate tax in Australia and experts think it won’t ever pay a cent
Adani’s Australian assets regularly report annual losses despite strong revenue, in part due to big related-party payments
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Victoria proposes to ban e-bikes and e-scooters from public transport. I hope we can find a better way than this.

If you'd like to provide feedback:
Conduct on Public Transport Regulations
We’re seeking feedback on the rules that guide and manage behaviour on and around Victoria’s public transport network.
engage.vic.gov.au
July 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Just a reminder that Erin Patterson has appeal rights, so her case is still sub judice. You can report the guilty verdicts but the hilarious takes are putting you in contempt territory.
July 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Its good to be reminded who the states environment minister is siding with:

'Hunters & fishers have celebrated a vow from Env Minister Steve Dimopoulos that the Victorian gov will not legislate a new national park spanning more than half a million hectares'.

www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Hopes for a new national park dashed, to the delight of hunters
Hunters and fishers have celebrated a vow from Environment Minister Steve Dimopoulos that the Victorian government will not legislate a new national park spanning more than half a million hectares.
www.theage.com.au
July 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Great Orme , erm, ram-way? (Submitted by Paul Knapton)
#SignalOfTheDay #SheepOfTheDay
July 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Community: Can we have safe streets for our kids?

Police: Best we can do is steal their bicycles.
For the police "bike safety" just means stealing bikes from kids
June 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM