Luderick 🔴⚪️
@luderick.bsky.social
Retired, no to racism, climate change is here, Ngunnawal land squatter, always was always will be #refugees #human_rights #SydneySwans #vote_yes #nonewfossilfuels #noAUKUS #auspol
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Merit before mates? Yeah .. nah. Here’s how @albomp.bsky.social is smothering the “No Favourites” Briggs Review recommendations to end cronyism, patronage via “jobs for mates”. Albo is emerging as a true duopolist. 👇Centre for Public Integrity.
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Merit before mates? Yeah .. nah. Here’s how @albomp.bsky.social is smothering the “No Favourites” Briggs Review recommendations to end cronyism, patronage via “jobs for mates”. Albo is emerging as a true duopolist. 👇Centre for Public Integrity.
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We're in a national emergency, but we're not talking or acting as if we are.
This dangerous disconnect is why we convened the @nebriefing.bsky.social. Our goal was to reset the national conversation on the climate and nature crises, cutting through the sea of misinformation holding us back.
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This dangerous disconnect is why we convened the @nebriefing.bsky.social. Our goal was to reset the national conversation on the climate and nature crises, cutting through the sea of misinformation holding us back.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We're in a national emergency, but we're not talking or acting as if we are.
This dangerous disconnect is why we convened the @nebriefing.bsky.social. Our goal was to reset the national conversation on the climate and nature crises, cutting through the sea of misinformation holding us back.
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This dangerous disconnect is why we convened the @nebriefing.bsky.social. Our goal was to reset the national conversation on the climate and nature crises, cutting through the sea of misinformation holding us back.
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“It’s high time Australian governments started putting the interests of Australians ahead of multinational gas corporations” – Mark Ogge, Principal Adviser, The Australia Institute
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“It’s high time Australian governments started putting the interests of Australians ahead of multinational gas corporations” – Mark Ogge, Principal Adviser, The Australia Institute
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
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The US dollar still dominates trade for now. But new research suggests Australia’s banks are unprepared for a world where China’s currency plays a much larger role.
👉 theconversation.com/china-r...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The US dollar still dominates trade for now. But new research suggests Australia’s banks are unprepared for a world where China’s currency plays a much larger role.
👉 theconversation.com/china-r...
👉 theconversation.com/china-r...
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So I got to attend a Q&A with Tom Morello (guitar legend of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE fame), and from him I heard a very smart creative lesson, applicable to more than just musicians -- thought I'd share it, and some further thoughts and stories here:
A Very Good Piece Of Creative Advice From Tom Morello
As a cantankerous alt-rock grunge-loving teenager, I was not particularly a Rage Against the Machine guy — I mean, I liked the music but it didn’t connect with me, and my theory now as …
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November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
So I got to attend a Q&A with Tom Morello (guitar legend of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE fame), and from him I heard a very smart creative lesson, applicable to more than just musicians -- thought I'd share it, and some further thoughts and stories here:
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‘Petrol cars convert just 16–25% of the energy in the fuel into actual motion. The rest is wasted — mostly as heat’.
‘Going electric is like swapping a leaky bucket for a shiny new one with no holes. Most of the energy you put in is energy you can actually use.’
theconversation.com/this-widely-...
‘Going electric is like swapping a leaky bucket for a shiny new one with no holes. Most of the energy you put in is energy you can actually use.’
theconversation.com/this-widely-...
This widely used chart makes the clean energy switch seem much harder than it actually is
The main way we show energy use is through “primary energy”. But this metric conceals the truly enormous waste of the energy in fossil fuels.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
‘Petrol cars convert just 16–25% of the energy in the fuel into actual motion. The rest is wasted — mostly as heat’.
‘Going electric is like swapping a leaky bucket for a shiny new one with no holes. Most of the energy you put in is energy you can actually use.’
theconversation.com/this-widely-...
‘Going electric is like swapping a leaky bucket for a shiny new one with no holes. Most of the energy you put in is energy you can actually use.’
theconversation.com/this-widely-...
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Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵
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The cost.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The cost.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
How can a more expensive energy source ( Gas Coal) reduce energy prices??? Go figure
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Doubts Liberal coal and gas push can cut prices — or emissions
Energy experts have cast doubt over the Liberal Party's central claim that it can bring down power prices by backing coal and gas, while questioning how the party plans to actually reduce emissions.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
How can a more expensive energy source ( Gas Coal) reduce energy prices??? Go figure
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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The latest Dollars & Sense pod is up - featuring @amyremeikis.bsky.social’s panel from the Revenue Summit with @maiyazize.bsky.social and @purplepingers.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/podcasts/251...
thepoint.com.au/podcasts/251...
How bad policy created a housing crisis
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The latest Dollars & Sense pod is up - featuring @amyremeikis.bsky.social’s panel from the Revenue Summit with @maiyazize.bsky.social and @purplepingers.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/podcasts/251...
thepoint.com.au/podcasts/251...
Victoria Legal Aid gags employees from discussing 'ongoing war in Israel, Palestine'
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Victoria Legal Aid gags employees from discussing 'ongoing war in Israel, Palestine'
Staff push back against what they say is a 'toxic' work environment
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November 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Victoria Legal Aid gags employees from discussing 'ongoing war in Israel, Palestine'
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Murujuga is the heartland of the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi peoples, and they retain a deep and powerful spiritual and cultural connection to this place.
The publicly accessible areas are a small sample of over a million carvings here.
The publicly accessible areas are a small sample of over a million carvings here.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Murujuga is the heartland of the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi peoples, and they retain a deep and powerful spiritual and cultural connection to this place.
The publicly accessible areas are a small sample of over a million carvings here.
The publicly accessible areas are a small sample of over a million carvings here.
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This is Murujuga National Park, site of the largest collection of rock art carvings in the world.
The oldest depiction of a human face anywhere in the world is HERE.
The LATEST dated specimens here are hundreds of years older than the Pyramids.
This is Gondwanalands history, encapsulated.🧵
The oldest depiction of a human face anywhere in the world is HERE.
The LATEST dated specimens here are hundreds of years older than the Pyramids.
This is Gondwanalands history, encapsulated.🧵
November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is Murujuga National Park, site of the largest collection of rock art carvings in the world.
The oldest depiction of a human face anywhere in the world is HERE.
The LATEST dated specimens here are hundreds of years older than the Pyramids.
This is Gondwanalands history, encapsulated.🧵
The oldest depiction of a human face anywhere in the world is HERE.
The LATEST dated specimens here are hundreds of years older than the Pyramids.
This is Gondwanalands history, encapsulated.🧵
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All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.
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Today's front page: "Inside the Coalition split: ‘Like washing a bear without getting its fur wet’”. satpa.pe/Fx6pM4K
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today's front page: "Inside the Coalition split: ‘Like washing a bear without getting its fur wet’”. satpa.pe/Fx6pM4K
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congratulations to all who mobilised immediately and tirelessly on this disgusting piece of law.
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Huge result for now. Rapid response starting last Thursday to establish a united front of community and civil society organisations. Gonna be much tougher for them to get this through from here 👍
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
congratulations to all who mobilised immediately and tirelessly on this disgusting piece of law.
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Library mascot Pip the Watermelon caught in censorship row
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Library mascot Pip the Watermelon caught in censorship row
Public Libraries Victoria restricts use of mascot for children's reading challenge, citing "political" connotations
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November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Library mascot Pip the Watermelon caught in censorship row
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