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Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2027 despite Albanese reform promises, vice-chancellor says Government mustn’t lose sight of need for critical thinkers who develop ‘philosophy about the world’ by studying the arts

Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2027 despite Albanese reform promises
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"Govt mustn’t lose sight of need for critical thinkers who develop ‘philosophy about the world’ by studying the arts"

Another tax on young people!
#auspol @jasonclaremp.bsky.social

Vivian’s new Sydney apartment caps rent at 30% of her income. Is this the way to tackle Australia’s housing crisis? Boronia Apartments have been purpose-built for people in need of discounted rent including low-income workers in care professions

Vivian’s new Sydney apartment caps rent at 30% of her income. Is this the way to tackle Australia’s housing crisis?
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The short answer is YES. This is the way to tackle the housing crisis.
#nswpol #auspol #housing #cities #keyworkerhousing

Dutton has led one of the worst election campaigns in living memory Peter Dutton must have believed he could skate to victory. How else to explain his abject failure to prepare credible policies.

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"As the prime minister asked, what would be the quid pro quo for a group which opposes voting and abortion, condemns homosexuality and demeans women?" #NikiSavva

#auspol #nswpol #vicpol

Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: ASX lifts 5.9 per cent after Trump pauses most tariffs, but escalates trade war with China; Dutton ignores question on embattled candidate Keep up to date on the 2025 federal election campaign with our rolling live blog coverage.

Coalition refuses to commit to remain in Paris Agreement www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Any doubts @PeterDutton_MP & @tedobrienmp are the #Trump Candidates.....I offer you Exhibit 200

Withdrawing from #Paris is a classic Trump move.
#TemuTrump #auspol

Coalition nuclear plan will plough $58bn wrecking ball through renewable energy projects, analysis warns Going nuclear will cost ‘real dollars for farmers, real dollars for country towns and real blue-collar jobs’, Clean Energy Council says

Coalition proposal to limit the rollout of renewable energy could stop at least $58bn of private investment in new developments
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Nice Peter Dutton - this is how you take Australia backward; Trump-style.
#auspol @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social #temutrump

A little longer.......and then maybe over a glass or two.

Laura Harding on how to realise the potential of pattern books today ArchitectureAu Asks the Sydney practitioner, “Pattern books have a long history in architecture – but what's it going to take to realise their potential today?”

"Regulatory complexity remains a wicked problem. Once govt has its own skin in the game, it may prompt a review of the plethora of siloed and conflicting regulatory constraints that burden mid-rise housing" @lhsyd.bsky.social @hillthalisaup.bsky.social
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#nswpol

YouTube video by OPEN SPACE Inside John Lautner’s Sheats-Goldstein Residence: A Modernist Icon in Los Angeles | House Tour

John Lautner’s Sheats-Goldstein Residence youtu.be/uiaI1AhYpec?...
A home that has captured the imagination of architects and fans of architecture. I haven't been here, but it's on the list. Have you been - what did you think?

Wonderful that James Goldstein will bequeath the home to @lacma.org

Dutton says he shouldn’t have called Albanese ‘limp-wristed’ After criticism from Penny Wong, a Dutton spokesperson said: “It was a phrase that shouldn’t have been used, and no offence was intended from Mr Dutton.”

Wong’s extraordinary Dutton rebuke after he calls Albanese ‘limp-wristed’ www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Well said @senatorwong.bsky.social

Australia doesnt want that divisiveness & mean-spirited view of the world in our society

Australia & Australians deserve better than #TemuTrump
#auspol

School swimming carnivals are dying. It’s putting a generation at risk One in four schools around Australia have abandoned the annual swimming carnival, research shows, as Royal Life Saving Australia sounds the alarm over safety.

School swimming carnivals are dying. It’s putting a generation at risk www.smh.com.au/national/sch...
Odd, at a time of obesity & phone addiction schools would be moving away from physical activity & real participation

@jasonclaremp.bsky.social @pruecar.bsky.social your thoughts?
#nswpol #auspol

Trump and the teals have a lot in common Donald Trump wants to destroy the system. In some fashion, so do the teals.

"It is possible Australian voters want the major parties to be different. But it is possible, too, that the major parties can’t do much. That voters simply want the system to be different, and recognise the major parties as established aspects of that system"
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#auspol

Experts fear nuclear plants would become war targets If Australia builds nuclear capabilities, the reactors could be vulnerable to missile strikes and sabotage in the event...

Why isn’t this being picked up MSM? #MediaWatch

‘Australian #nuclear reactors could become a target of war if the federal coalition was to go ahead with plans to build them, a group of former defence leaders warn.’ ‼️

#auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton
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Every attempt to fix Sydney’s ugliest building has failed. Might this plan just work? The City of Sydney is considering it. The owner is happy. What is stopping the Goulburn Street car park from being turned into housing?

This could be one of Sydney's most extraordinary buildings.

A soft sinuous line, a cavernous entry, gentle flowing level changes, and a roof terrace Sydney's climate will love.

Make it public, make it for everyone, and be bold.
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Dutton and Albanese can learn three lessons from WA's election results — ABC News Famously parochial, West Australians have always hated the fact that they’re something of a political afterthought on federal election night; the race done and dusted by the time Perth’s polling booth...

‘If there's little or no swing towards the Liberals in seats like these, the party will be nervous about itsfederal prospects’

#auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton
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#letthemeatcake #Idontholdasandbagmate

Morrison Leftovers........

Australia news LIVE: Trump can claim credit for Europe stepping up on Ukraine, Dutton says; Worsening extreme weather fuelling insurance crisis Read the national news blog for rolling coverage on today’s top stories.

Dutton left Queensland to attend fundraiser at Justin Hemmes’ Sydney mansion smh.com.au/national/aus...
I'll paraphrase: "Let them eat cake".

or, in an Australian context:

"I don't hold a sandbag, mate"

#auspol #nswpol #TemuTrump #MorrisonsLeftovers #Duttonomics🤪

Our housing industry’s going nowhere fast. It’s not just red tape Our home building industry is clapped out, nobbled by poor planning, a lack of innovation and overzealous regulation. But the biggest problem is productivity.

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"if we want a lower-cost, faster-finishing building industry, we need to... rationalising our regulation of the industry, while insisting the bureaucrats get approvals processed without unnecessary delay" @rossgittins.bsky.social

#nswpol #auspol

Remove all sugar from your diet - eat whole foods. Exercise (Cardio) in the upper bands (3-4 ideal) and weights to get strong (2 sessions a week), and sleep well.

It could be the recipe for any health condition really....but it's what you need to resist that Neurogenerative Horseman!

Coalition rules out income tax cuts as Dutton scrambles to find savings The opposition razor gang of Dutton and his senior MPs is still working out how to slash 36,000 public servants hired by Labor, as it prepares for Anthony Albanese to call the election.

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I think Abbott put it best - and we know what happened.

"no cuts to education,
no cuts to health,
no change to pensions,
no cuts to the ABC or SBS"

#auspol

Matt Kean says suggestion Coalition could sack him if they win election is ‘concerning threat’ Climate Change Authority chair says his job is to provide ‘frank and fearless advice’ after he criticised opposition’s nuclear energy proposal

“I’m not going to be bullied or silenced for standing up for the science and the evidence by Ted O’Brien or anyone. Nor will the reality of climate change be bullied or silenced by political pressure,” #mattkean
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Keep up the frank and fearless advice Matt.
#auspol

well said Kathy

I looked at 35 years of data to see how Australians vote. Here’s what it tells us about the next election An slight leftward shift is happening in Australia, but that won't be enough on its own to sway voters when it comes to the major election issues.

"my analysis of 2022 election data shows that, compared with the 2019 election, fewer people considered the Coalition the best manager of the economy among those who considered it the most important election issue."
@crikey.com.au
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#auspol
@thekouk.bsky.social

YouTube video by Constitutional Clarion Challenging the Campaign Finance Deal

Professor Anne Twomey on the deal done between the major parties to keep out minor parties and independents…and how it is open to constitutional challenge
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#auspol

‘Wilful acts of bastardry’: former Treasury secretary says young Australian workers ‘robbed’ by tax system Ken Henry made comments at a tax summit in Melbourne, arguing fiscal drag is seeing taxes go up while real incomes fall

"The plunder of natural capital, including non-renewable resources, and environmental degradation, underinvestment in infrastructure & “public debt accumulated to finance current spending” were the key drivers of intergenerational theft" #KenHenry
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#auspol #nswpol

Water is our most precious resource.

But Peter Dutton wants to spend $600 billion in taxpayer money on one of the most water intensive energies, nuclear.

Under Peter Dutton’s proposed nuclear model he will ultimately need three times more water than coal to keep the lights on.

Zelensky Urges ‘More Truth’ After Trump Suggests Ukraine Started the War The remarks by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine were some of his most pointed yet about President Trump’s views on the war.

Breaking News: Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for "more truth" and said President Trump was "in a disinformation space" after he suggested Ukraine started the war.

This Sydney public square has been promised for 30 years. The council wants to get a move on Why pay to maintain buildings you’re going to demolish anyway? Clover Moore says the council should start work on a long-mooted civic square in Sydney’s CBD.

This Sydney public square has been promised for 30 years. The council wants to get a move on smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Meaningful, new, public space. Our civic heart.

And the sooner we start, the sooner we will all be able to enjoy it.
#publicsydney #nswpol @philipthalis.bsky.social

Turnbull nails it

🥔 “He’s a thug.” - Fmr PM Malcolm Turnbull #auspol #AusVotes25 #DontRiskDutton