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Melbourne is my home. Now.
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Learning About Propaganda and Disinformation Is More Critical Than Ever... Did you know... On Facebook, Insta and Threads this year Meta removed fact-checkers, dramatically reducing content moderation, and promising to recommend more political content www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The National Party of Australia dumped its Net Zero policy as Australia is moving too fast, & faster than its peers in the OECD.

Well, fossil CO2 emissions in the last 10 years have gone down
* -0.5% per year in Australia
* -1.4% per year in the OECD

Australia is somewhat of a laggard...
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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While California is at the forefront of the battery storage revolution, this trend is now being adopted worldwide.

Global capacity projected to increase by 67% to 617GWh this year alone and is expected to grow tenfold by 2035. By 2027 massive increase in capacity is forecasted for major economies.
October 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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China ≠ just coal plants and solar exports. The deeper shift: electrifying everything it can. Strategic, because China relies on imported fossil fuels. Coal is still king in the power mix—for now. But the balance is changing year by year.
October 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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The Hatfields keep blaming the McCoys every time a Hatfield shoots another Hatfield.
September 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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You can contact your superannuation fund and ask if they have invested your savings in companies profiting from the slaughter of children in Gaza.
#whatsthescam #auspol #ASFA #ACSI @australiansuper.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/australian-s...
Hot potato: AusSuper, ASFA, ACSI duck for cover on war crimes super - Michael West
What's the scam with Australian Super and industry super bosses ducking for cover on Israel war crimes investments?
michaelwest.com.au
June 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Loved this show. Disagree with the review. So would the audience.
Amplified review – loving but uneven musical tribute to the Divinyls’ Chrissy Amphlett
Amplified review – loving but uneven musical tribute to the Divinyls’ Chrissy Amphlett
Melbourne, Rising festival; then heading to Brisbane festival Actor Sheridan Harbridge attempts to revive Amphlett’s spirit in this part-biographical tour, part-tribute concert, but no truly illuminating portrait of the singer emerges The Divinyls’ Chrissy Amphlett was the kind of rock star we just don’t make anymore: brashly subversive, mercurial, brightly burning and gone all too soon. She grew out of the dick-swinging pub rock scene of the late 70s but retained a punk feminist edge throughout her career, a sense of danger and defiance. Actor Sheridan Harbridge attempts to revive Amphlett’s spirit in this part-biographical tour, part-tribute concert, which is a loving – if fragmentary and uneven – panegyric to a lost rock goddess. When approaching this kind of material, a performer can aim for a precise and mannered recreation of every vocal tick and facial expression or settle for something more suggestive and impressionistic. Amplified opens with a solid, energising version of I’ll Make You Happy, and it’s immediately clear that Harbridge has opted for the latter approach. She borrows some of Amphlett’s inflections and vocal mannerisms but we’re aware we’re watching Harbridge channel an attitude rather than fully submerging herself into character. This is both Amplified’s charm and limitation. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
“I don’t think; I know.”
June 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Other countries tax their oil and gas industries. Australia subsidies ours.

Our research found while gas prices boomed in 2022, LNG companies made windfall gains of up to $40 billion. PRRT take increased by less than $1 billion.

It's time to fix the tax loopholes that Big Gas exploits. #auspol
May 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Cannot see any mention on The Age website of the drought or the impact of the changes to the Fire Services Levy in Victoria. Is anyone in the metropolitan areas aware of the desperate situation?
May 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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“.. the reality is that the Qatari jet can’t ever be upgraded to meet the mandated requirement for Air Force One that it should be able to repel a missile or drone attack. So forget it being anything other than a gift for the president’s retirement.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
May 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Glitter threatens marine life by interfering with the formation of shells and skeletons, thereby affecting the survival and reproduction of these organisms. 🌊
Glitter’s sparkle hides a darker side – it can change the chemistry of our oceans
New research shows microplastics in glitter can disrupt how marine life builds its shells and reefs.
theconversation.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Nothing could be better than Murdoch voted out of Australian government
May 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Someone pls tell me they wont get their money back.
The Sad Trombone of Patriots.
I continue to appreciate that Clive can spend millions spamming us in texts, ads on socials and tv and basically not get anywhere
May 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
So which of the richie rich entitled fuckers is going to lead the rabble party of extreme religious nutjobs now?
May 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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One of the best 3 minutes of your life will be spent watching this. It's powerful stuff

Atlas Network - the subversive people manipulating and controlling public debate and holding Australia back from its full potential. #AusVotes2025

Credit: Regenerators
Full vid: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecqD...
April 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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The Liberal party is preferencing One Nation ahead of every other party in almost every seat in the country. A vote for Peter Dutton is a preference for Pauline Hanson. #Goldsteinvotes #auspol
April 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Breaking News: The Trump administration dismissed all the scientists working on the government’s premiere report on the effects of climate change in the U.S.
National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Anyone else bothered by the raven sound on #AloneAustralia? It seems to me it’s the wrong type for the area. Can you confirm @birdlifeoz.bsky.social ?
April 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Temu Trump flip flopping as if he’s trying to be elected the leader of the National Sandal Festival.
April 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Is it time to stop incentivising purchase of fuel guzzling, over-sized American-style utes? Fuel consumption of up to 19.6L/100km.💸💰

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Dutton campaign backtracks on EV subsidy claim
More than 3 million current and former university students promised 20 per cent reductions in their student debts under Labor would not get that saving under a Peter Dutton government, and electric ve...
www.abc.net.au
April 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Not satisfied with kidnapping Kilmar Abrego Garcia,
and refusing to return him from his illegal rendition in an El Salvador prison,
the Trump regime doxes his wife.

Those who oppose this fascist regime are publicly punished, to try to silence everyone else.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online
Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media
www.independent.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Preferences for Kooyong candidate Amelia Hamer go to Libertarian Party. Their Vic senate candidate, Jordan Dittloff, spent more than two years in prison after defrauding 47 victims.🤔
April 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
What’s the impact for our PBS #AusPol?
BREAKING: US President Donald Trump directed his health department to work with Congress on revamping a law that allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, seeking to introduce a change the pharmaceutical industry has lobbied for reut.rs/4lyH3SX
Trump signs healthcare executive order that includes a win for pharma companies
U.S. President Donald Trump directed his health department on Tuesday to work with Congress on revamping a law that allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, seeking to introduce a change the pharmaceutical industry has lobbied for.
reut.rs
April 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM