Kaiwai
@kaiwai.bsky.social
Queer Fijian-Australia on unceded Ngunnawal country. Non-binary, all pronouns are fine, opinions are my own. Recent emigre to blue.
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Sussan Ley as flowergirl was a misguided choice in my view
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Sussan Ley as flowergirl was a misguided choice in my view
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Australia’s emissions down 2.2% last financial year.
Govt says it is the biggest annual drop in gross emissions recorded (ie not counting land/forests).
This has been put out ahead of a dump of climate documents and Chris Bowen making his annual climate statement.
Govt says it is the biggest annual drop in gross emissions recorded (ie not counting land/forests).
This has been put out ahead of a dump of climate documents and Chris Bowen making his annual climate statement.
Australia’s emissions from fossil fuels down as electricity from renewables passes 40%
While greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.2% or 9.9m tonnes last financial year, new policies are needed to meet the 2035 target
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Australia’s emissions down 2.2% last financial year.
Govt says it is the biggest annual drop in gross emissions recorded (ie not counting land/forests).
This has been put out ahead of a dump of climate documents and Chris Bowen making his annual climate statement.
Govt says it is the biggest annual drop in gross emissions recorded (ie not counting land/forests).
This has been put out ahead of a dump of climate documents and Chris Bowen making his annual climate statement.
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Starting today I'm on a strict diet of salt, fat, and alcohol until the end of the year
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Starting today I'm on a strict diet of salt, fat, and alcohol until the end of the year
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I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Here, again, is the human cost of the government's unlawful system of payment suspensions
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here, again, is the human cost of the government's unlawful system of payment suspensions
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
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Totally agree. I'll add one extra nuance.
Some leaders desperately want to believe the market - especially for renewables but also Carbon Capture etc - is already dealing with the problem for them.
#ClimateBreakdown
Some leaders desperately want to believe the market - especially for renewables but also Carbon Capture etc - is already dealing with the problem for them.
#ClimateBreakdown
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Totally agree. I'll add one extra nuance.
Some leaders desperately want to believe the market - especially for renewables but also Carbon Capture etc - is already dealing with the problem for them.
#ClimateBreakdown
Some leaders desperately want to believe the market - especially for renewables but also Carbon Capture etc - is already dealing with the problem for them.
#ClimateBreakdown
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“One of the most powerful forms of climate communication is just telling people that a majority of other people think climate change is happening, human-caused, a serious problem and a priority for action,” said Prof Anthony Leiserowitz at Yale University in the US.
A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“One of the most powerful forms of climate communication is just telling people that a majority of other people think climate change is happening, human-caused, a serious problem and a priority for action,” said Prof Anthony Leiserowitz at Yale University in the US.
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Rental squeeze intensifies: Perth now Australia’s least affordable city
Rental squeeze intensifies: Perth now Australia’s least affordable city
Despite interest rates stabilising, rental stress remains unchanged across Australia. In many capital cities, households are still handing over almost a third of their income just to keep a roof over their heads. And once again, Perth has it the worst. The nation’s least affordable capital has slipped even further — recording another four per cent drop in affordability on top of last year’s record low.
www.sbs.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Rental squeeze intensifies: Perth now Australia’s least affordable city
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This is what lack of leadership looks like. On #ClimateAction, or on anything.
It’s simple.
1. In a shared crisis, YOU DO YOUR PART IN THE SOLUTION.
2. In a world where real leadership inspires or guilts others well beyond your borders into taking action on THEIR part, you show REAL LEADERSHIP.
It’s simple.
1. In a shared crisis, YOU DO YOUR PART IN THE SOLUTION.
2. In a world where real leadership inspires or guilts others well beyond your borders into taking action on THEIR part, you show REAL LEADERSHIP.
German Chancellor Merz today in parliament on climate policy.
The media is already heralding this as a radical new course in climate policy, but really it's just one of the most trite "discourses of climate delay": whataboutism.
The media is already heralding this as a radical new course in climate policy, but really it's just one of the most trite "discourses of climate delay": whataboutism.
July 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is what lack of leadership looks like. On #ClimateAction, or on anything.
It’s simple.
1. In a shared crisis, YOU DO YOUR PART IN THE SOLUTION.
2. In a world where real leadership inspires or guilts others well beyond your borders into taking action on THEIR part, you show REAL LEADERSHIP.
It’s simple.
1. In a shared crisis, YOU DO YOUR PART IN THE SOLUTION.
2. In a world where real leadership inspires or guilts others well beyond your borders into taking action on THEIR part, you show REAL LEADERSHIP.
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I remember my union tried to get members to campaign for Labor this election on the basis of Peter Dutton promising to cut our jobs - I wonder what our officials think about that now
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I remember my union tried to get members to campaign for Labor this election on the basis of Peter Dutton promising to cut our jobs - I wonder what our officials think about that now
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And just yesterday data was published that revealed the rate of searches and use of force against Aboriginal people is "getting worse, not getting better" ...
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
And just yesterday data was published that revealed the rate of searches and use of force against Aboriginal people is "getting worse, not getting better" ...
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More names added to Australia's National monument to migration, a symbol of belonging and hope
More names added to Australia's National monument to migration, a symbol of belonging and hope
More than 800 new names have been added to Australia's National Monument to Migration, representing migrants from 56 countries. Their accounts of belonging, hardship and hope honoured at an unveiling ceremony in Sydney.
www.sbs.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
More names added to Australia's National monument to migration, a symbol of belonging and hope
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I wrote about the absurdity of the COPs failing to make fossil fuels the villain.
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
The UN Climate Process Still Doesn't Understand the Assignment
The original sin of the UN's work was to fail to center coal, oil, and gas as the primary villains in the entire enterprise.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I wrote about the absurdity of the COPs failing to make fossil fuels the villain.
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
"We have spent 30 years trying to arrive at the place we should have started: that fossil fuels must go."
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Poorline and Barnabus on the telly eating a Family Court Dad Meal Deal cooked in an office kitchenette is somehow the Platonic form of our media-political culture: vile idiots doing dumb things given publicity about nothing.
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Poorline and Barnabus on the telly eating a Family Court Dad Meal Deal cooked in an office kitchenette is somehow the Platonic form of our media-political culture: vile idiots doing dumb things given publicity about nothing.
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"I'm an ideas man" he said while rolling the fattest joint the world has ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"I'm an ideas man" he said while rolling the fattest joint the world has ever seen
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Mehreen Faruqi blasts the Coalition after they fail in an attempt to remove Pauline Hanson’s name & “any consequence” for her from the censure motion to instead “talk in abstract terms” about respect.🙄
“This parliament drips now in racism”🔥 #Senate
“This parliament drips now in racism”🔥 #Senate
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Mehreen Faruqi blasts the Coalition after they fail in an attempt to remove Pauline Hanson’s name & “any consequence” for her from the censure motion to instead “talk in abstract terms” about respect.🙄
“This parliament drips now in racism”🔥 #Senate
“This parliament drips now in racism”🔥 #Senate
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'She's disrespecting a faith': Pauline Hanson reprises burqa stunt as Senate suspended
'She's disrespecting a faith': Pauline Hanson reprises burqa stunt as Senate suspended
Senate has erupted following a demonstration by Pauline Hanson, with Larissa Waters labelling it a "middle finger to people of faith".
www.sbs.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
'She's disrespecting a faith': Pauline Hanson reprises burqa stunt as Senate suspended
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🚨 NEW: 'Don't know' is the preferred Liberal Party leader in the latest Newspoll, followed by Sussan Ley and Andrew Hastie
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🚨 NEW: 'Don't know' is the preferred Liberal Party leader in the latest Newspoll, followed by Sussan Ley and Andrew Hastie
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#BREAKING 🚨 The Senate has been suspended after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wore a burka on the floor, repeating her 2017 stunt
It happened shortly after Hanson tried introduce a bill which would ban burkas in Australia
It happened shortly after Hanson tried introduce a bill which would ban burkas in Australia
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
#BREAKING 🚨 The Senate has been suspended after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wore a burka on the floor, repeating her 2017 stunt
It happened shortly after Hanson tried introduce a bill which would ban burkas in Australia
It happened shortly after Hanson tried introduce a bill which would ban burkas in Australia
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Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro received a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Relatives of the 700,000 COVID-19 dead say his conviction, though separate to the pandemic, offers vindication. n.pr/4pmyAU4
Bolsonaro's conviction brings vindication for some Brazilians who lost loved ones to COVID-19
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro received a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Relatives of the 700,000 COVID-19 dead say his conviction, though separate to the pandemic, offers vindication.
n.pr
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro received a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Relatives of the 700,000 COVID-19 dead say his conviction, though separate to the pandemic, offers vindication. n.pr/4pmyAU4
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A reminder: there is nothing feminist about enforcing a static biological definition of sex and insisting on gender policing based on how “manly” or “womanly” a person appears. These are logics of fascism. Just saying.
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A reminder: there is nothing feminist about enforcing a static biological definition of sex and insisting on gender policing based on how “manly” or “womanly” a person appears. These are logics of fascism. Just saying.
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2/2 Worth recalling this report on systemic racism at the ABC.
As the MEAA noted:
“All Australian media organizations are now on notice that they can no longer ignore these issues of inclusion, access and diversity".
Did the report sink without a trace? #SundayShot
www.meaa.org/mediaroom/ab...
As the MEAA noted:
“All Australian media organizations are now on notice that they can no longer ignore these issues of inclusion, access and diversity".
Did the report sink without a trace? #SundayShot
www.meaa.org/mediaroom/ab...
ABC racism report is a watershed moment for media industry
The Listen Loudly, Act Strongly report into how the ABC has dealt with racism experienced by its staff is a watershed moment for the media industry that must lead to change at all workplaces.
www.meaa.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
2/2 Worth recalling this report on systemic racism at the ABC.
As the MEAA noted:
“All Australian media organizations are now on notice that they can no longer ignore these issues of inclusion, access and diversity".
Did the report sink without a trace? #SundayShot
www.meaa.org/mediaroom/ab...
As the MEAA noted:
“All Australian media organizations are now on notice that they can no longer ignore these issues of inclusion, access and diversity".
Did the report sink without a trace? #SundayShot
www.meaa.org/mediaroom/ab...
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1/2 "The racism at Guardian is far more insidious than the overt racism at Murdoch.
It's the Guardians & ABCs of the world who pretend to hold righteous ground in media; they couldn't *possibly* be bigoted!
But they are, and it seeps into HR and where they put POC staff." @antounissa.bsky.social
It's the Guardians & ABCs of the world who pretend to hold righteous ground in media; they couldn't *possibly* be bigoted!
But they are, and it seeps into HR and where they put POC staff." @antounissa.bsky.social
Huge thanks to the #SundayShot hosts @instanterudite.bsky.social and @davemilbo.bsky.social for an outstanding, powerful important convo with @deepcutnews.bsky.social's @antounissa.bsky.social & former #Meanjin Ed @anatolitis.bsky.social on the issue of media org bias. 🙏 youtu.be/0r_02fQR5TA?...
Editors Ahoy! - November 16 - Esther Anatolitis and Antoun Issa
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
1/2 "The racism at Guardian is far more insidious than the overt racism at Murdoch.
It's the Guardians & ABCs of the world who pretend to hold righteous ground in media; they couldn't *possibly* be bigoted!
But they are, and it seeps into HR and where they put POC staff." @antounissa.bsky.social
It's the Guardians & ABCs of the world who pretend to hold righteous ground in media; they couldn't *possibly* be bigoted!
But they are, and it seeps into HR and where they put POC staff." @antounissa.bsky.social