Kiri Parr
@kiriparr.bsky.social
I’m into mega projects and how to deliver them better.
I am also known for doodling in meetings and wearing interesting brooches.
I am also known for doodling in meetings and wearing interesting brooches.
Left on a seat on a train in Sydney.
Salmon, milk, mayo and Fanta!
Salmon, milk, mayo and Fanta!
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Left on a seat on a train in Sydney.
Salmon, milk, mayo and Fanta!
Salmon, milk, mayo and Fanta!
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We're building two things on Indigenous land for the Games 2032. Jack and Shit. Jack just left town. #qldpol nit.com.au/02-07-2025/1...
Queensland government warns it will override Indigenous heritage laws for Victoria Park stadium
Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has declared the Queensland Government will push ahead with its $3.8 billion Olympic stadium at Victoria Park, even if agreement cannot be reached with Indigenous communi...
nit.com.au
October 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We're building two things on Indigenous land for the Games 2032. Jack and Shit. Jack just left town. #qldpol nit.com.au/02-07-2025/1...
Bath time in Brisbane’s CBD. Wouldn’t they make a wonderful
Olympic Mascot?
Olympic Mascot?
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Bath time in Brisbane’s CBD. Wouldn’t they make a wonderful
Olympic Mascot?
Olympic Mascot?
Such an excellent book with some beautifully powerful moments.
August 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Such an excellent book with some beautifully powerful moments.
In a historic climate ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has confirmed that governments have legal obligations to protect people – both now and in the future – from the worsening impacts of the climate crisis.”
PRESS RELEASE
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the world’s highest court has just delivered a wake-up call for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the world’s highest court has just delivered a wake-up call for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
World court’s climate ruling a legal warning shot for Luxon
Greenpeace Aotearoa says the world’s highest court has just delivered a wake-up call for Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
www.greenpeace.org
July 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
In a historic climate ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has confirmed that governments have legal obligations to protect people – both now and in the future – from the worsening impacts of the climate crisis.”
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Chris Rudge has a peer reviewed article out which reveals an estimated 15,000 social security recipients were wrongfully convicted of criminal offences between 1991 and 2011 in a scandal he is calling ‘the omissions affair’. This was the precursor to Robodebt welfare.substack.com/p/the-unexam...
The unexamined precursor to Robodebt
How a long-forgotten episode involving the wrongful conviction of 15,000 Australians for unproven welfare offences prompted the creation of the Robodebt scheme
welfare.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Chris Rudge has a peer reviewed article out which reveals an estimated 15,000 social security recipients were wrongfully convicted of criminal offences between 1991 and 2011 in a scandal he is calling ‘the omissions affair’. This was the precursor to Robodebt welfare.substack.com/p/the-unexam...
@dieworkwear.bsky.social can you explain yoke depth design. Is it just design or is there a functional component? Triggered by watching a 2010s show where the man’s shirt had a very narrow yoke.
June 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@dieworkwear.bsky.social can you explain yoke depth design. Is it just design or is there a functional component? Triggered by watching a 2010s show where the man’s shirt had a very narrow yoke.
Is there a proper noun for these monstrous adaptor creatures you randomly build at hotels to get power from their country A plug to your country B plug?
May 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Is there a proper noun for these monstrous adaptor creatures you randomly build at hotels to get power from their country A plug to your country B plug?
Todays home made mega fort project for some visiting kids.
On time, on budget and exceeded expectations!
On time, on budget and exceeded expectations!
January 31, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Todays home made mega fort project for some visiting kids.
On time, on budget and exceeded expectations!
On time, on budget and exceeded expectations!
Current megaproject reading.
2 key factors that got it off the ground: a great technical idea, and a time when federal government held particular sway to deliver such projects.
2 key factors that got it off the ground: a great technical idea, and a time when federal government held particular sway to deliver such projects.
January 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Current megaproject reading.
2 key factors that got it off the ground: a great technical idea, and a time when federal government held particular sway to deliver such projects.
2 key factors that got it off the ground: a great technical idea, and a time when federal government held particular sway to deliver such projects.
Enjoy this short piece I have written on what we have learnt from past stadium megaprojects.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/stadiu...
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Stadium Megaprojects
Debate about whether Brisbane should build a brand-new stadium for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic games is on once again, this time as part of the State’s incoming Government’s 100 Day review, which kicked...
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January 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Enjoy this short piece I have written on what we have learnt from past stadium megaprojects.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/stadiu...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/stadiu...
Next big project to read about.
January 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Next big project to read about.
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The world’s blind eye to the nightmare problem of nuclear waste disposal.
theaimn.net/the-worlds-b...
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The world's blind eye to the nightmare problem of nuclear waste disposal
There are two questions about nuclear wastes that are never asked by the "experts", let alone answered by them.
theaimn.net
January 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The world’s blind eye to the nightmare problem of nuclear waste disposal.
theaimn.net/the-worlds-b...
theaimn.net/the-worlds-b...
In the context of our local
nuclear debate, do we get a set of decorative plates as well? Better than steak knives.
nuclear debate, do we get a set of decorative plates as well? Better than steak knives.
January 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
In the context of our local
nuclear debate, do we get a set of decorative plates as well? Better than steak knives.
nuclear debate, do we get a set of decorative plates as well? Better than steak knives.
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Researchers have unveiled a new Sn(II)-perovskite oxide material that could revolutionise #hydrogen production.
#renewables #FlindersUniversity
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/01/07/s...
#renewables #FlindersUniversity
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/01/07/s...
South Australian solar discovery could transform hydrogen production
An international study led by Flinders University in Adelaide has advanced nano-scale chemistry to further develop sustainable and efficient generation of hydrogen from water using solar power.
www.pv-magazine-australia.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Researchers have unveiled a new Sn(II)-perovskite oxide material that could revolutionise #hydrogen production.
#renewables #FlindersUniversity
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/01/07/s...
#renewables #FlindersUniversity
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/01/07/s...
This podcast is a disturbing summary of the US’s first nuclear accident.
Seems time to start learning lessons.
Seems time to start learning lessons.
America’s First Nuclear Accident in 1961 | Episode 1
Podcast Episode · Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast · 10/11/2020 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
January 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This podcast is a disturbing summary of the US’s first nuclear accident.
Seems time to start learning lessons.
Seems time to start learning lessons.
Trevor being cheeky on this NYE.
December 31, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Trevor being cheeky on this NYE.
When is the right time to take down the giant blow up Santa? Just asking for a neighbour.
December 30, 2024 at 7:14 AM
When is the right time to take down the giant blow up Santa? Just asking for a neighbour.
Sometimes I stop reading a book so I don’t have to read what comes next, to remember a character as they are.
It took me a few stops and starts but very glad I got to the end of this one.
It took me a few stops and starts but very glad I got to the end of this one.
December 27, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Sometimes I stop reading a book so I don’t have to read what comes next, to remember a character as they are.
It took me a few stops and starts but very glad I got to the end of this one.
It took me a few stops and starts but very glad I got to the end of this one.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
We are watching in real time all the text book reasons why mega projects go over budget and over time.
The academic term is the ‘political sublime’.
We are watching in real time all the text book reasons why mega projects go over budget and over time.
The academic term is the ‘political sublime’.
Coalition's nuclear costs effectively comparing apples and elephants
In the world of comparing apples and oranges, the Coalition's claim that its nuclear plan would be hundreds of billions cheaper than Labor's looks to have come from comparing apples and elephants.
www.abc.net.au
December 13, 2024 at 4:41 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
We are watching in real time all the text book reasons why mega projects go over budget and over time.
The academic term is the ‘political sublime’.
We are watching in real time all the text book reasons why mega projects go over budget and over time.
The academic term is the ‘political sublime’.
Thanks @squigglyrick.bsky.social for the phrase ‘semantic drift’.
In my world of mega projects, the shift has been from the ‘break/fail moment’ ( ie that point when a project has gone so bad it needs to be reorganised) to a polite ‘contract reset’.
In my world of mega projects, the shift has been from the ‘break/fail moment’ ( ie that point when a project has gone so bad it needs to be reorganised) to a polite ‘contract reset’.
December 8, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Thanks @squigglyrick.bsky.social for the phrase ‘semantic drift’.
In my world of mega projects, the shift has been from the ‘break/fail moment’ ( ie that point when a project has gone so bad it needs to be reorganised) to a polite ‘contract reset’.
In my world of mega projects, the shift has been from the ‘break/fail moment’ ( ie that point when a project has gone so bad it needs to be reorganised) to a polite ‘contract reset’.
Always the window seat. Quite a view this afternoon above Brisbane.
November 29, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Always the window seat. Quite a view this afternoon above Brisbane.