Michael Mangold

So high time for all Councils to be out planting the streets with shade trees
Maybe Fed Govt could even help - such a tangible project better than a fake ‘offset’ scheme!

Exclusive: Abbott ‘disappointed’ by Andrew Hastie as right splinters A fracturing of the Liberal right faction has created chaos within the party, leading to what MPs have called ‘incredible ... damage’ to the Coalition’s reputation and prospects.

@chriswallace.bsky.social on everything wrong with 2party duopoly cartel party system.
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How China Powers Its Electric Cars and High-Speed Trains

‘Beijing’s central planners, having underestimated the country’s swift adoption of solar and wind energy, are building the world’s first nationwide grid of ultrahigh-voltage power transmission lines.’

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Nice to be acknowledged on me actual 70th birfdee!
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My workplace has a social club. We go bowling. We don’t need corporate sponsors cos we all pay $5 once a fortnight

Yes it does 😞😡 #auspol

Two former high-powered public servants – who had been charged with ensuring integrity in the federal bureaucracy – have slammed as a threat to transparency the Albanese government’s move to crack down on freedom of information laws www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/forme...

Free speech and journalism suffer poor legislation. What's the scam with 18C? - Michael West In yesterday's Federal Court ruling, Justice McDonald forced Mary Kostakidis to continue her fight for free speech against the Zionist lobby.

"All that the law requires is for someone to claim they’re offended, and off to court we go"

#whatsthescam with the zionist case against @marykostakidis.bsky.social #18C #freespeech #auspol @kimwingerei.bsky.social wingerei
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Good new days, many happy-s (as if you need them, you’ve always kept it real (even when in full-flight funny or taking someone / something down). Your birthday party ought to have been live-streamed! ❤️🥰 and thanks!

DJ @robbieb.bsky.social in da house for my birthday 🎉

OMG You cannot know how much this means to me … my two radio husbands @robbieb.bsky.social and Paul Holmes (2DayFM Morning Crew) meet for the very first time ❤️

New Australia Institute analysis reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

Audited accounts show the ANU made a $90 million surplus in 2024 and increased the value of its net assets.

#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

Why we must stay vigilant on Australia’s gun laws Introduction by Croakey: More than 100 firearms have been seized in a raid targeted at so-called sovereign citizens across Western

Australia's new generation of gun control advocates led by Stephen Bendle doing a fantastic job undermining the relentless fantasies of our local Dad's Army gun lobby www.croakey.org/why-we-must-...

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot “We’re not really a democracy” - Grace Tame on autism, fascism, Israel, Trump and empire

Wow Dave this is a seriously great discussion. Well done.
@davemilbo.bsky.social

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Um. Richard Robson has lived in Australia for decades.

Fellows’ Forum: Telling histories already told Hear from three of the Library’s Fellows about their approach to researching and telling histories that many people assume they’ve already heard.

Come & hear me talk! Discussing how historians deviate from well-trodden paths of the past. How do they reveal larger stories that've been ignored? And how do historians correct the record? State Library NSW, Wed 26 Nov, 6pm. Free event but bookings essential.
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So - let me get this straight…

They’ll ban social media for under 16s even though most experts say it WON’T work

But they won’t ban gambling advertising & other key recommendations even though most experts say it WILL work

What? #4corners #auspol

Save the date #AusArts day is coming up! So many fabulous creative arts activities worthy of support - including the ASA backing book creators. Check them out on the wwe.creative.gov.au/ausartday (search for literature). And Save the Date - 23 October - for making your donations. #writers #arts

"A free education is incompatible with fascism. Education is likely to be one of the great battlegrounds upon which is waged an intense and desperate struggle for power."

—John Dewey and Goodwin Watson, “The Forward View”

There is no democracy without transparency

Steve Cannane's brilliant 4 Corners expose of Australia's gambling reform hiatus highlighted imminent collapse of sport without gambling $$$. Exact same line used by BigTobacco when they fought as bans. Guess what? All sport survived & grew. 25 years ago!

Emails show government 'quietly' removed F-35 website at start of Gaza war Department of Defence emails show that a website dedicated to Australia's role in the global F-35 supply chain used by Israel to maintain its jet fighters was removed at the start of the war in Gaza.

Department of Defence emails show that a website dedicated to Australia's role in the global F-35 supply chain used by Israel to maintain its jet fighters was removed at the start of the war in Gaza.

De Brouwer made the exact same argument two years ago after the Robodebt Royal Commission report was delivered. This is how I treated it in Mean Streak: "Grow up."

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Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

Australia’s National Press Club is spineless johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Fat Cats say what? Too much transparency caused Robodebt scandal - Michael West In an extraordinary pitch for a public servant scrutiny void, senior public servants have blamed Robodebt on transparency.

Transparency warrior @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social takes the long handle to the claim by public servants that not enough govt secrecy caused #Robodebt
#auspol
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Offensive, manipulative, corrosive, destructive, moronic, disgusting.

2FIRSTS | Operation Shutdown in South Australia closes 71 illegal tobacco and e-cigarette stores, confiscates over $4.2 million worth of products South Australia cracked down on illegal tobacco and e-cigarette sales, closed 71 illegal stores, and seized A$4.2 million (about US$2.77 million) worth of products.

South Australia permanently shuts down 71 illegal tobacco shops, seizes >$4.2m of stock. Qld doing similar. NSW to start on Nov 5 when new 💥 🏋️‍♂️ legislation kicks in www.2firsts.com/news/operati...

The myth of 'social cohesion' - do as they say, not as they do - The Shot There’s an established principle in law: he who comes looking for equity must come with clean hands. The clean hands...

My latest article in The Shot

"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"

#pffft
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