Wendy Harmer
@wendyharmer.bsky.social
Broadcaster, author, columnist,stand-up.
Memoir "Lies My Mirror Told Me" with all you need to know about me (and a lot you don’t) Living in Collaroy-Narrabeen. Northern Beaches. NSW. OZ
Memoir "Lies My Mirror Told Me" with all you need to know about me (and a lot you don’t) Living in Collaroy-Narrabeen. Northern Beaches. NSW. OZ
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This is a very, strong column about recent planning changes in NSW by Elizabeth Farrelly. Strange that this legislation has not had more discussion…
Prohibiting the public interest
The new New South Wales Environmental Planning and Assessment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025, which slid through parliament in November with bipartisan support and little press coverage, is “trus...
architectureau.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is a very, strong column about recent planning changes in NSW by Elizabeth Farrelly. Strange that this legislation has not had more discussion…
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"...by 2050, Darwin residents can expect to swelter for over a third of the year with temperatures above 35°C, an increase of 92 days...Current climate and environmental policy in Australia is sacrificing the safety and survival of communities for corporate profits..."
I love Northern Australia, and it breaks my heart what's happening and is planned for this region. More people need to know why this place is so special and what's at risk, so I wrote about it. My first article for @australiainstitute.org.au's The Point. thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat
Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"...by 2050, Darwin residents can expect to swelter for over a third of the year with temperatures above 35°C, an increase of 92 days...Current climate and environmental policy in Australia is sacrificing the safety and survival of communities for corporate profits..."
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Yet another political crony-boy cannons into a funds-starved public cultural institution. Weapons lobbyist & previously-not-notably-arts-adjacent political pensioner Christopher Pyne appointed to our National Library Council.
What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Yet another political crony-boy cannons into a funds-starved public cultural institution. Weapons lobbyist & previously-not-notably-arts-adjacent political pensioner Christopher Pyne appointed to our National Library Council.
Well, this is total garbage!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
Who would think that at this point in Australia’s economic transition we should be spending more, not less, on research and development…
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Well, this is total garbage!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
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Oh, just saw this ... what a surprise!
Investigative reporter says "heavy" redactions possible in Epstein files release
tinyurl.com/2mavermm
tinyurl.com/2mavermm
Investigative reporter says ‘heavy’ redactions possible in Epstein files release | CNN
Julie K. Brown joins The Lead.
tinyurl.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Oh, just saw this ... what a surprise!
If there's not a team that has been assiduously going through the Epstein Files and expunging any mention of Trump and his cronies ... then I've got a bridge to sell you.
They will be both weaponised and worthless.
They will be both weaponised and worthless.
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
If there's not a team that has been assiduously going through the Epstein Files and expunging any mention of Trump and his cronies ... then I've got a bridge to sell you.
They will be both weaponised and worthless.
They will be both weaponised and worthless.
It's always "follow the money" ...
Elon Musk showing back up in Washington for the first time in 6 months for the sole purpose of feting a notorious Saudi murderer is so on brand
Musk Is Back in Politics. Does He Want to Stay a While?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It's always "follow the money" ...
Is there any oversight ... at all ... where the ubiquitous sushi stalls in every shopping centre, mall, airport, etc. that offer only salmon, source their produce??
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Is there any oversight ... at all ... where the ubiquitous sushi stalls in every shopping centre, mall, airport, etc. that offer only salmon, source their produce??
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
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Close the salmon farms. Save the rock lobsters.
New: "Minister Gavin Pearce has confirmed the closure of the commercial rock lobster fishery near diseased salmon pens south of D’Entrecasteaux Channel, citing concerns that antibiotic residues could prompt Japan and China to ban imports of Tasmania’s $90-million southern rock lobster industry."
Minister Confirms Antibiotics Close Rock Lobster Fishery
Japanese and Chinese markets at risk
tasmaniantimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Close the salmon farms. Save the rock lobsters.
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Every time there's a COP, there's more highly paid, well connected and determined fossil lobbyists attedning than anyone else. It's a climate conference for sceintists and government officials.
Can you explain why people paid $billions by the fossil fuel industry want to to attend such an event?
Can you explain why people paid $billions by the fossil fuel industry want to to attend such an event?
More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Every time there's a COP, there's more highly paid, well connected and determined fossil lobbyists attedning than anyone else. It's a climate conference for sceintists and government officials.
Can you explain why people paid $billions by the fossil fuel industry want to to attend such an event?
Can you explain why people paid $billions by the fossil fuel industry want to to attend such an event?
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Since many of you enjoyed the "Gillies Report" sketch on The Dismissal... this one on the Royal Commission ('84) into nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 50's.
Tell me why we are still British subjects!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkF...
Tell me why we are still British subjects!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkF...
The Gillies Report 03 - Maralinga
YouTube video by Heraklitus1
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November 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Since many of you enjoyed the "Gillies Report" sketch on The Dismissal... this one on the Royal Commission ('84) into nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 50's.
Tell me why we are still British subjects!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkF...
Tell me why we are still British subjects!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkF...
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“Pessimism won’t help… change is driven not by defeatism, but by intelligent, courageous, compassionate defiance of the prevailing rules. This is the key to guaranteeing the future”
Democracy thrives on high expectations, great piece by Bob Brown #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Democracy thrives on high expectations, great piece by Bob Brown #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Successful defiance is a front-foot thing. It is active, not passive.
Optimism in the face of overwhelming odds may seem misguided – but the course of human history remains in our collective hands, and change is driven not by defeatism, but by intelligent, courageous, c...
thepoint.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Pessimism won’t help… change is driven not by defeatism, but by intelligent, courageous, compassionate defiance of the prevailing rules. This is the key to guaranteeing the future”
Democracy thrives on high expectations, great piece by Bob Brown #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Democracy thrives on high expectations, great piece by Bob Brown #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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The subversives. Sponsored by Gina, Advance, IPA, the Murdochs, Sky After Dark, preferential Pauline and the Beetrooter. Australia’s 2025 climate/energy war has just been declared by vested coal/gas interests. First capture? The federal parliamentary Liberal Party.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The subversives. Sponsored by Gina, Advance, IPA, the Murdochs, Sky After Dark, preferential Pauline and the Beetrooter. Australia’s 2025 climate/energy war has just been declared by vested coal/gas interests. First capture? The federal parliamentary Liberal Party.
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
The Gillies Report Il Dismissale
YouTube video by NockturneSA
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
I dunno.Perhaps Australia becoming a Republic would have more meaning.
Just me...
Just me...
Albanese reveals a statue marking the dismissal would be placed in front of the old parliament to mark both Whitlam’s speech of November 11 and the achievements of the government
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I dunno.Perhaps Australia becoming a Republic would have more meaning.
Just me...
Just me...
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“They would knock on the door, bang on the windows with their torches, shine torches through the windows. It was relentless,” says Megan, who is using a pseudonym for legal reasons. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
150 police visits in 20 months: Indigenous mother takes action after her boys subjected to ‘relentless’ checks
Exclusive: A family has launched a court case against NSW police alleging racial discrimination is behind excessive bail checks
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“They would knock on the door, bang on the windows with their torches, shine torches through the windows. It was relentless,” says Megan, who is using a pseudonym for legal reasons. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
On ya @robbieb.bsky.social
So very well said!
So very well said!
Opinion | "John Laws was one of the great radio showmen. His whole schtick was to create controversy and to bring his audience into the fold so they could enjoy his power vicariously."
John Laws was king of the airways — and he hooked me, line and sinker
www.crikey.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
On ya @robbieb.bsky.social
So very well said!
So very well said!
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Opinion | "John Laws was one of the great radio showmen. His whole schtick was to create controversy and to bring his audience into the fold so they could enjoy his power vicariously."
John Laws was king of the airways — and he hooked me, line and sinker
www.crikey.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Opinion | "John Laws was one of the great radio showmen. His whole schtick was to create controversy and to bring his audience into the fold so they could enjoy his power vicariously."
The sooner this AI abomination flares into flame, burns out and becomes a mere ember on the ashes of the arid, infertile imaginations of the very few ... the better.
Look I’m not one of those crazy Luddites or anything, but this does seem like it could be quite bad www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Australian man encouraged to murder his father by AI chatbot
Experts are calling for new regulations on artificial intelligence chatbots, after a triple j hack investigation uncovered a disturbing example of a chatbot encouraging a man to murder his father whil...
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The sooner this AI abomination flares into flame, burns out and becomes a mere ember on the ashes of the arid, infertile imaginations of the very few ... the better.
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It’s unfair that Trump gets to sleep through his presidency and the rest of us have to be awake for it
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It’s unfair that Trump gets to sleep through his presidency and the rest of us have to be awake for it
Always love speaking to my 86 yo Mum in Tassie ... re the proposed AFL stadium: "They love the AFL up north, and a few of them down south do too... so why not put the fucking thing in in Oatlands! Half way. Problem solved!"
That woman should be Premier!
That woman should be Premier!
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Always love speaking to my 86 yo Mum in Tassie ... re the proposed AFL stadium: "They love the AFL up north, and a few of them down south do too... so why not put the fucking thing in in Oatlands! Half way. Problem solved!"
That woman should be Premier!
That woman should be Premier!