@melancolly.bsky.social
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The PBS is a national treasure.
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The PBS is a national treasure.
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
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State Library of Victoria scraps restructure plan after outrage from famous writers and public
State Library of Victoria scraps restructure plan after outrage from famous writers and public
Proposal to cut jobs and refocus on ‘digital experiences’ attracted ire of writers including Helen Garner and Nick Cave
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The State Library of Victoria has scrapped a controversial restructure proposal after a public outcry, saying it had “created unintended concerns”.
Many of Australia’s most prominent writers, researchers and artists, along with thousands of members of the public, had expressed outrage over the proposal to cut 39 jobs and refocus the 171-year-old institution – and Australia’s oldest public library – on tourist-oriented “digital experiences”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
State Library of Victoria scraps restructure plan after outrage from famous writers and public
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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"Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough"
" The best way to prevent whooping cough is by receiving the Tdap or DTaP vaccine, which protects against three bacterial infections — diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, say public health experts." kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
" The best way to prevent whooping cough is by receiving the Tdap or DTaP vaccine, which protects against three bacterial infections — diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, say public health experts." kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough"
" The best way to prevent whooping cough is by receiving the Tdap or DTaP vaccine, which protects against three bacterial infections — diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, say public health experts." kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
" The best way to prevent whooping cough is by receiving the Tdap or DTaP vaccine, which protects against three bacterial infections — diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, say public health experts." kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
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A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
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The same public servants who created the rules for the ‘market’ for aged care, child care, disability care and water in the Murray River are now pretending they will do a good job of making a ‘market’ for biodiversity…what could go wrong
Australia Institute co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss breaks down the problem with offsets at a Senate Inquiry into proposed changes to the Environment Protection Reform Bill.
Sign the petition calling on the government to fix our broken environment laws nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
Sign the petition calling on the government to fix our broken environment laws nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The same public servants who created the rules for the ‘market’ for aged care, child care, disability care and water in the Murray River are now pretending they will do a good job of making a ‘market’ for biodiversity…what could go wrong
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Simon Quilty presents the Doctors for Bricks project at #RMA25
Poorly designed, culturally inappropriate #housing is one of the biggest #PublicHealth issues in northern Australia
#HousingJustice
@acrrm.bsky.social @phaahpsig.bsky.social
Poorly designed, culturally inappropriate #housing is one of the biggest #PublicHealth issues in northern Australia
#HousingJustice
@acrrm.bsky.social @phaahpsig.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Simon Quilty presents the Doctors for Bricks project at #RMA25
Poorly designed, culturally inappropriate #housing is one of the biggest #PublicHealth issues in northern Australia
#HousingJustice
@acrrm.bsky.social @phaahpsig.bsky.social
Poorly designed, culturally inappropriate #housing is one of the biggest #PublicHealth issues in northern Australia
#HousingJustice
@acrrm.bsky.social @phaahpsig.bsky.social
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What a deal.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
October 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What a deal.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Sally McManus calls out Sussan Ley for “not telling the truth” on multi employer bargaining & saying it’s bad for small business
McManus “Small bus is exempted from multi employer bargaining”
“either she doesn’t know her facts, but I would say it’s big business in her ear”🔥 #Abc
McManus “Small bus is exempted from multi employer bargaining”
“either she doesn’t know her facts, but I would say it’s big business in her ear”🔥 #Abc
October 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Sally McManus calls out Sussan Ley for “not telling the truth” on multi employer bargaining & saying it’s bad for small business
McManus “Small bus is exempted from multi employer bargaining”
“either she doesn’t know her facts, but I would say it’s big business in her ear”🔥 #Abc
McManus “Small bus is exempted from multi employer bargaining”
“either she doesn’t know her facts, but I would say it’s big business in her ear”🔥 #Abc
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Every time the government accepts money from the gambling industry, it increases its debts to companies whose business models are based on preying on young and vulnerable people, and doing them harm.
The Albanese government does this again and again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Albanese government does this again and again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sportsbet dines with government minister at Labor fundraiser despite calls to reject lobbying from industry
Exclusive: Dinner occurred on the same day that four crossbench MPs held a press conference calling on government to ignore lobbying from gambling industry
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Every time the government accepts money from the gambling industry, it increases its debts to companies whose business models are based on preying on young and vulnerable people, and doing them harm.
The Albanese government does this again and again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The Albanese government does this again and again.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Home Affairs Sec Stephanie Foster exposed as overly determined Not to Answer & take things ‘on notice’
Shoebridge “You’re taking on notice your failure to answer on notice, Q’s I asked u on notice, about Q’s that u responded on notice, to answers u haven’t given on notice”🤯ffs #Estimates
Shoebridge “You’re taking on notice your failure to answer on notice, Q’s I asked u on notice, about Q’s that u responded on notice, to answers u haven’t given on notice”🤯ffs #Estimates
October 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Home Affairs Sec Stephanie Foster exposed as overly determined Not to Answer & take things ‘on notice’
Shoebridge “You’re taking on notice your failure to answer on notice, Q’s I asked u on notice, about Q’s that u responded on notice, to answers u haven’t given on notice”🤯ffs #Estimates
Shoebridge “You’re taking on notice your failure to answer on notice, Q’s I asked u on notice, about Q’s that u responded on notice, to answers u haven’t given on notice”🤯ffs #Estimates
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So will these many media outlets & think tanks that got it wrong on net migration now apologise to the ABS & report the correct figures to their audiences? I doubt it. independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Media that accused ABS of censorship and politicisation should apologise
Right-wing commentators and think tanks owe the ABS an apology after falsely accusing it of censorship and politicisation over migration data.
independentaustralia.net
September 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
So will these many media outlets & think tanks that got it wrong on net migration now apologise to the ABS & report the correct figures to their audiences? I doubt it. independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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Priorities.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
September 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Priorities.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Pro-gun groups are mobilising against gun laws, and celebrating the increase in guns in our community.
We've launched a petition to create a National Firearms Register to help close dangerous loopholes and better protect public safety.
Can you sign and share?
▶️ theaus.in/firearm_regi...
We've launched a petition to create a National Firearms Register to help close dangerous loopholes and better protect public safety.
Can you sign and share?
▶️ theaus.in/firearm_regi...
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Pro-gun groups are mobilising against gun laws, and celebrating the increase in guns in our community.
We've launched a petition to create a National Firearms Register to help close dangerous loopholes and better protect public safety.
Can you sign and share?
▶️ theaus.in/firearm_regi...
We've launched a petition to create a National Firearms Register to help close dangerous loopholes and better protect public safety.
Can you sign and share?
▶️ theaus.in/firearm_regi...
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We know that outsourcing public service work to the private sector costs three-times as much as hiring public servants to do the work and we know it’s eroding our public service - so why this Government is spending even more on consultants is beyond belief.
August 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We know that outsourcing public service work to the private sector costs three-times as much as hiring public servants to do the work and we know it’s eroding our public service - so why this Government is spending even more on consultants is beyond belief.
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While US activists protest Palantir, Australians should take note: Palantir operates here in Defence, Westpac and more, with similar AI surveillance systems potentially deployed for immigration enforcement or other targeting like protests. We need proactive privacy safeguards now
August 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
While US activists protest Palantir, Australians should take note: Palantir operates here in Defence, Westpac and more, with similar AI surveillance systems potentially deployed for immigration enforcement or other targeting like protests. We need proactive privacy safeguards now
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"Without either a Productivity Commission or its neoliberal agenda, the Nordic countries have managed to drive much stronger productivity growth than Australia. Those countries have also delivered stronger wage growth and better quality of life, and managed to tax their fossil fuel industries"
“The Productivity Commission is a taxpayer-funded think tank that promotes small government,” writes Richard Denniss. “To say it is beset by internal contradictions is an understatement.” satpa.pe/Tan3GWq
Economic round table recycles broken ideas
ANALYSIS: To boost Australian productivity, the government must look beyond the lower-tax and free-market solutions that have long reinforced its downward trend.
satpa.pe
August 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"Without either a Productivity Commission or its neoliberal agenda, the Nordic countries have managed to drive much stronger productivity growth than Australia. Those countries have also delivered stronger wage growth and better quality of life, and managed to tax their fossil fuel industries"
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www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
I woke up in the middle of the night in the immediate aftermath of his death and, in trying to work out how I felt, I decided that I felt amputated – as though one half of me has gone.
I woke up in the middle of the night in the immediate aftermath of his death and, in trying to work out how I felt, I decided that I felt amputated – as though one half of me has gone.
Margaret Pomeranz remembers David Stratton: ‘I feel as though one half of me has gone’
Australia watched the pair discuss films for decades. Off screen, their friendship was one of deep respect: ‘I had his back, he had mine’
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
I woke up in the middle of the night in the immediate aftermath of his death and, in trying to work out how I felt, I decided that I felt amputated – as though one half of me has gone.
I woke up in the middle of the night in the immediate aftermath of his death and, in trying to work out how I felt, I decided that I felt amputated – as though one half of me has gone.
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Roman floor tile with a sketch of a lighthouse (or space rocket? 🚀😉)
The sketch was scratched into the wet clay before firing.
Two Roman lighthouses flanked the harbour at Dover, the main base of the Roman fleet ‘Classis Britannica’.
British Museum 📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
The sketch was scratched into the wet clay before firing.
Two Roman lighthouses flanked the harbour at Dover, the main base of the Roman fleet ‘Classis Britannica’.
British Museum 📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
August 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Roman floor tile with a sketch of a lighthouse (or space rocket? 🚀😉)
The sketch was scratched into the wet clay before firing.
Two Roman lighthouses flanked the harbour at Dover, the main base of the Roman fleet ‘Classis Britannica’.
British Museum 📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
The sketch was scratched into the wet clay before firing.
Two Roman lighthouses flanked the harbour at Dover, the main base of the Roman fleet ‘Classis Britannica’.
British Museum 📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
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Genuinely, though, why is this outsourced to Deloitte?
Didn’t Labor commit to stopping the consultancy outsourcing bonanza?
And isn’t this sort of your basic bread and butter public service task?
Didn’t Labor commit to stopping the consultancy outsourcing bonanza?
And isn’t this sort of your basic bread and butter public service task?
Labor asks Deloitte to design universal childcare system as PM eyes political legacy
Exclusive: Government could redirect billions in existing spending on the childcare subsidy and introduce a daily flat fee for families
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Genuinely, though, why is this outsourced to Deloitte?
Didn’t Labor commit to stopping the consultancy outsourcing bonanza?
And isn’t this sort of your basic bread and butter public service task?
Didn’t Labor commit to stopping the consultancy outsourcing bonanza?
And isn’t this sort of your basic bread and butter public service task?
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A selection of pottery vessels from the #Neolithic Schussenried culture, which was prevalent in southwestern Germany.
Aren't they beautiful?
Dating ca. 4,000 BC, From the Federseeried, Lake Federsee.
📷 @almbawue.bsky.social
🏺 #archaeology
Aren't they beautiful?
Dating ca. 4,000 BC, From the Federseeried, Lake Federsee.
📷 @almbawue.bsky.social
🏺 #archaeology
July 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A selection of pottery vessels from the #Neolithic Schussenried culture, which was prevalent in southwestern Germany.
Aren't they beautiful?
Dating ca. 4,000 BC, From the Federseeried, Lake Federsee.
📷 @almbawue.bsky.social
🏺 #archaeology
Aren't they beautiful?
Dating ca. 4,000 BC, From the Federseeried, Lake Federsee.
📷 @almbawue.bsky.social
🏺 #archaeology
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Trump is threatening 200% tariffs on Australia's 3rd biggest export, pharmaceuticals. US big pharma hates our PBS – it buys medicine cheap & passes savings to Australians.
Aus Gov can look after Australians by standing firm & not subjecting us to US prices.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
Aus Gov can look after Australians by standing firm & not subjecting us to US prices.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
July 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Trump is threatening 200% tariffs on Australia's 3rd biggest export, pharmaceuticals. US big pharma hates our PBS – it buys medicine cheap & passes savings to Australians.
Aus Gov can look after Australians by standing firm & not subjecting us to US prices.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...
Aus Gov can look after Australians by standing firm & not subjecting us to US prices.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/our-pbs...