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RSA welcomes change as Tassie upper house drops the Lord’s Prayer | Rationalist Society of Australia The Rationalist Society of Australia welcomes the decision of the Tasmanian Parliament’s upper house to remove the Lord’s Prayer from its formal proceedings, but is calling for further secular reform....

BREAKING: The Tassie Parliament’s upper house has removed the Lord’s Prayer from its formal proceedings, making it the first chamber of an Australian state parliament to do so. We welcome the decision, but further secular reform is needed. More: rationalist.com.au/rsa-welcomes...
#taspol #auspol

Gotta be honest, I thought it was the new Pet Shop Boys video.

Pro-Israel groups have attacked me for years. The Bendigo Writers Festival is a turning point. Randa Abdel-Fattah writes of her experience as a target of the pro-Israel lobby

Powerful testimony by Randa Abdel-Fattah about the impact of the years of anti-Palestinian racism she has endured by pro-Israel lobbyists. Shame on every festival and institution who bowed to it.

The Liberals are home and hosed.
Labor’s no-confidence motion against the Rockliff government will fail, pre-determined by five Greens announcing they won’t support it.
This is more to do with Labor’s ineptitude in abysmally failing to work towards genuine compromise and collaboration than anything.

It lost me decades ago and I ain't going back. Along with the convoluted rules, there's just too many players in too small a space.. which strangles any excitement like line breaks

External journalists aren’t allowed into Gaza and the entire @aljazeera.com team in Gaza has been murdered by Israel with the killing of Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal today

Every day they try to hide the truth of the genocide they are committing

E OFFICIAL STATEMENT Government of Heard Island Office of the Prime Minister To the White House, The Government of Heard Island acknowledges receipt of your so-called "tariff ultimatum," issued under the pretentious pretense of economic strategy. This is not a negotiation. This is not a plea. This is not a request for exemption from your performative trade tantrums. This is the final frostbitten word from a sovereign Antarctic territory that refuses to be economically colonized by a reality TV reject. Flip off, you block-headed kiddiediddlers. Respectfully disinterested, PM Tuxley Prime Minister of Heard Island

JUST IN: Heard Island Government responds before the midnight Tariff deadline with what can only be described as ice cold diplomacy. @cnn.com @msnbc.com @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy @nbcnews.com @theguardian.com @australia.theguardian.com @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com @theonion.com

I wouldn't buy a Tesla - Musk has killed the brand (for me at least). I know Teslas get good reviews and all but I ain't ever buying one. There's both a BYD and a Kia electric car in my family and they're great - there are plenty of options and I'm not supporting a nut-bag

Motherfucking wind farms…

Fibre after the fact: NBN’s retrofit scramble confirms flawed copper legacy Australia’s NBN rollout has become a masterclass in how to do broadband the wrong way — and now the bill has arrived.

Australia’s NBN rollout has become a masterclass in how to do broadband the wrong way — and now the bill has arrived.

Fibre after the fact: NBN’s retrofit scramble confirms flawed copper legacy
~ Paul Budde

Jack Waterford - excellent as always - pointing out that this continued rejection of net zero drags the whole country down

What. The..

Great interview with Barnsey.. how can you not love the bloke ❤️ #Hottest100

Absolutely.. get out there and try the new stuff!

Rufus! Been in love with them since they first appeared. Seen them multiple times; very up close and personal at Bateau Bay Leagues Club. Now they do Burning Man <shakes head> #Hottest100

Watched the Oils live for the first time at the free concert opening the new National Museum in Canberra. Absolutely blew me away. Just extraordinary live. Beds are burning definitely deserves to be Top 20 #Hottest100

Had to go look that up - it bangs!

Fingers crossed!

Kinda got it with Torn next..

Hard agree

Saw them at Glastonbury 2008 when this track was huge - what an amazing memory, so glad

Barnsey.. fuck yeah. And The Avalanches are brilliant too #Hottest100

The ICJ ruling makes it clear that every one of Labor's new coal or gas approvals risks Australia being legally liable for the climate consequences. This should be a turning point. Fossil fuel profits cannot override a climate safe future.

Holy smokes South Park went scorched earth on Trump for their season 27 premiere….Paramount is gonna love this after giving Trey Parker and Matt Stone a cool $1.5B streaming deal….🤣💀

Israel is starving Gaza | Editorial ***

"Gaza is starving, and Israel is responsible."

There you go, Australian journalists and editors.

If an Israeli news outlet can say it that simply and clearly, so can you.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...

David Shoebridge unleashes on the AFP after bringing up the Ombudsman’s report on their handling of complaints against them who’s found AFP has a “systemic” issue where they “kill complaints” by abusing sec40TF of the AFP Act. Says they’ve done “nothing” to fix anything & calls on govt to act.💥

The MDBA has released its Basin Plan Evaluation report.
You will need to drill down & read the 30+ supporting evidence documents first before the white-washed over view.
Basin ecosystems are in decline and unless action
is taken now, they face collapse.
mdba.gov.au/publications...

Shocking Video Captures Calm Police Officers Handling Situation Nonviolently

Junk foods are everywhere. To ⁦‪‬⁩ @davidakesslermd.bsky.social they are “the new cigarettes”.’

And Kessler is a guy who really knows cigarettes. #FT

People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.