Roy Thompson
@royt42.bsky.social
Retired Australian who cycles, sails, goes bushwalking and tries to take interesting photos, but rarely all at the same time. Interested in what the smart people have to say....
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Guns, violence and hate-speech.
December 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Guns, violence and hate-speech.
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My 93 year old father says it perfectly in today’s SMH.
December 19, 2025 at 5:36 AM
My 93 year old father says it perfectly in today’s SMH.
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Mince pies! Everyone loves mince pies and also Christmas.
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A Christmas message from the First Dog on the Moon Institute | First Dog on the Moon
Yes things are certainly grim all over but let us take a moment
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December 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Mince pies! Everyone loves mince pies and also Christmas.
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Have a quiet think. Let it be a guiding lesson for you
Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career
Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Have a quiet think. Let it be a guiding lesson for you
Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career
Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career
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The Commonwealth ombudsman has drawn together a disturbing list of errors, administrative sleights of hand and outright falsehoods from the government agencies involved in administering the employment services compliance framework. satpa.pe/8U9WHri
‘Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance
In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the Commonwealth ombudsman says government departments still need to ‘unlearn’ the culture that produced robodebt.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The Commonwealth ombudsman has drawn together a disturbing list of errors, administrative sleights of hand and outright falsehoods from the government agencies involved in administering the employment services compliance framework. satpa.pe/8U9WHri
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Sport! It's bad don't do it. A cautionary tale. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I got smashed in the face by a cricket ball – a true story about physics and hardened leather (and a cartoonist) | First Dog on the Moon
It was suggested (as a joke?) that I join the local cricket team – what?! Never! But then …
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December 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Sport! It's bad don't do it. A cautionary tale. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Been rather dispiriting how much ink has been spilled by the gallery on MP expenses, while the report into mutual obligations has been pretty much ignored. @amyremeikis.bsky.social is on it #ThePoint (what is The Point? It’s not news, but it SHOULD be)
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The welfare system isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control
The problem with having pattern recognition is that you can always see the fires before they start. Governments are a bit like that, too. It’s not that they don’t see the fire before the smoke, it’s...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Been rather dispiriting how much ink has been spilled by the gallery on MP expenses, while the report into mutual obligations has been pretty much ignored. @amyremeikis.bsky.social is on it #ThePoint (what is The Point? It’s not news, but it SHOULD be)
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'Pig-headed' is the way Terry Carney, of Robodebt fame, describes the response of the Department of Employment to the second Commonwealth Ombudsman report into their error-riddled privatised jobseeker compliance program. You can see why for yourself here. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
‘Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance
In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the Commonwealth ombudsman says government departments still need to ‘unlearn’ the culture that produced robodebt.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
'Pig-headed' is the way Terry Carney, of Robodebt fame, describes the response of the Department of Employment to the second Commonwealth Ombudsman report into their error-riddled privatised jobseeker compliance program. You can see why for yourself here. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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"Anti-poverty and human rights groups are calling on the government to abolish the Targeted Compliance Framework, following a scathing report from the Commonwealth ombud" www.themandarin.com.au/304738-targe...
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Anti-poverty and human rights groups are calling on the government to abolish the Targeted Compliance Framework, following a scathing report from the Commonwealth ombud" www.themandarin.com.au/304738-targe...
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Algorithms! Robots! Hubris! Is robodebt-style cruelty coming to the NDIS? | First Dog on the Moon
Algorithms! Robots! Hubris! Is robodebt-style cruelty coming to the NDIS? | First Dog on the Moon
Of course the NDIS ‘costs’ the government a lot of money – but that is what money and governments are for! Spend my taxes on someone who needs it
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December 8, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Algorithms! Robots! Hubris! Is robodebt-style cruelty coming to the NDIS? | First Dog on the Moon
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Nothing like a summer in the electorate to bring a dose of reality
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First whispers of discontent for Labor are coming from within
Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Nothing like a summer in the electorate to bring a dose of reality
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Cassandra the Information Technology Wobbegong is here to help... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Datacentres – why are they so thirsty? Let’s ask a shark! | First Dog on the Moon
Do we even want or need all these datacentres? That is apparently none of your business
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December 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Cassandra the Information Technology Wobbegong is here to help... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Australia’s mystifying each-way bet on social harm
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Australia’s mystifying each-way bet on social harm
One of the rainbow lorikeets making a racket while feeding in the back yard....
#ausbirds #auswildlife #birds
#ausbirds #auswildlife #birds
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One of the rainbow lorikeets making a racket while feeding in the back yard....
#ausbirds #auswildlife #birds
#ausbirds #auswildlife #birds
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An excerpt from Senator Fatima Payman's brilliant essay from @australiainstitute.org.au latest book, "A Time For Bravery".
Rather topical given Hanson's bullshit yesterday
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Rather topical given Hanson's bullshit yesterday
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The Floor I Crossed Was Between Fear and Freedom
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November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
An excerpt from Senator Fatima Payman's brilliant essay from @australiainstitute.org.au latest book, "A Time For Bravery".
Rather topical given Hanson's bullshit yesterday
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Rather topical given Hanson's bullshit yesterday
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Can the centre hold in Australian politics? Not if key players stop trying
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Can the centre hold in Australian politics? Not if key players stop trying
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Latest from me: on the million young people not in education, employment in training, & generational debts still not settled www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
With a million young people locked out of work, the UK’s hidden jobs crisis is only growing | John Harris
Held back by Covid and then phased out by AI, Britain’s so-called Neets are desperately seeking a secure future. Who will offer them hope? asks Guardian columnist John Harris
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November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Penguin Revenge Climate Tribunal? Sign me up thanks! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another COP already? Surely you’ve all worked this out by now? | First Dog on the Moon
Wait … I’m hearing you have worked it out you’re just not doing it
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November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Penguin Revenge Climate Tribunal? Sign me up thanks! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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1/ wtf is going on at Home Affairs? I’ve lost count of the number of offshore detention-related scandals
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
‘Mind-boggling’: Whistleblower reveals how global bikie boss won Nauru security deal
A former soldier recruited to support an Albanese government deportation plan wants an inquiry after finding a gang had infiltrated the border security operation.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
1/ wtf is going on at Home Affairs? I’ve lost count of the number of offshore detention-related scandals
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
2/ check out how hard the whistleblower tried to alert authorities, only to be ignored
3/ both Labor and Lib govts have actively turned a blind eye to this corruption. Prob the NACC too.
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How much longer is this farce of a sideshow going to continue?
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
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NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
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Anti-corruption commission watchdog inquiring into NACC chief Brereton
The inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is inquiring into the agency's head, Paul Brereton, in relation to several complaints including from a former employee.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
How much longer is this farce of a sideshow going to continue?
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.
The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.
His position is untenable.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours? | First Dog on the Moon
Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours? | First Dog on the Moon
Mine bitcoin (do not do this)
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November 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Ten tonnes of diseased dead fish. Ample warning but they still had no mass mortality response plan.
More tragic ineptitude by the TAS govt.
More tragic ineptitude by the TAS govt.
Environment regulator releases report on mass salmon deaths
The state's environment watchdog has released a debrief of lessons and reflections from a mass salmon mortality event in which dead fish washed up on Tasmanian beaches.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ten tonnes of diseased dead fish. Ample warning but they still had no mass mortality response plan.
More tragic ineptitude by the TAS govt.
More tragic ineptitude by the TAS govt.
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Penny Allman-Payne pays credit to Jenny Miller & Kath Madgwick who are in the gallery, who “continue to fight to ensure no more tragedies occur”& asks how much longer they have to wait for govt to implement #RobodebtRC recommendations
Gallagher insists the work is “underway” #QT
Gallagher insists the work is “underway” #QT
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Penny Allman-Payne pays credit to Jenny Miller & Kath Madgwick who are in the gallery, who “continue to fight to ensure no more tragedies occur”& asks how much longer they have to wait for govt to implement #RobodebtRC recommendations
Gallagher insists the work is “underway” #QT
Gallagher insists the work is “underway” #QT
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Does Australia hate tiny children? Of course not. But what about... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia’s teacher shortages are some of the shortest (longest?) in the world! | First Dog on the Moon
Imagine having the responsibility to mould the tiny minds of the next generation and you have to buy your own clag
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November 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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