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Solly Lew still wants a piece of Myer Street Talk understands a mystery buyer acquired up to 3 per cent of Myer on Monday. However, this was not Premier Investments.

Solly Lew still wants a piece of Myer

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Opinion | Andrew Hastie fleeing to the backbench once again demonstrates how the right loves to destroy things, but building anything is too much like hard work, writes Bernard Keane.

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Watching yet *another* leader be destroyed by the Liberal right is the most tedious ritual in politics Andrew Hastie has fled to the backbench to sit and snipe at those in his party prepared to develop a coherent policy agenda. It's how the right works.

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Watching yet *another* leader be destroyed by the Liberal right is the most tedious ritual in politics

"What, precisely, did Andrew Hastie join the Liberal Party for? What part of its philosophy appealed to him? .....Did he not check before he signed up?" perfect from
@keanebernard.bsky.social

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

Woman saying “Al Investors Are Chasing a Big Prize. Here's What Can Go Wrong” and a man opening a calendar to see Ed Zitron the smiling man

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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

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At least 29 Americans have sought asylum in Australia since second Trump presidency began Applications from US citizens make up less than 1% of monthly applications but have risen steadily since Trump’s inauguration

At least 29 US citizens applied for humanitarian protection visas since Trump’s return.

An asylum seeker must have a “well-founded fear of persecution” due to their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.

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Happy International Coffee Day! A German word that describes a coffee substitute, usually made from barley malt, is Muckefuck. It essentially means "rotting wood mulch" and can also describe any weak coffee. So next time someone makes you a bad coffee feel free to say "What the Muckefuck is this?"

Roy Morgan research reveals Australia’s CBD workforces have seen strong long-term growth over the past 20 yrs, with most capital city centres now surpassing their pre-pandemic peaks. Melbourne is the notable exception. @cityofmelbourne.bsky.social

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Trump directs FBI and justice department to investigate supposed funders of ‘organized political violence’ – live Trump signs a memo directs investigation into what he claims, without evidence, is a campaign of violence and terrorism funded by wealthy Democratic donors

The descent into authoritarianism continues apace - no more “land of the brave and home of the free”

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There are many things about the current Labour Party that are key to how it has completely lost its way on what it actually stands for, and Wes Streeting is all of them wrapped up in a shiny suit.

While Australian headline CPI inflation surprised on the upside in August at 3%yoy (led by gains in electricity, eggs, coffee and tobacco) there continues to be more teams with inflation less than 2% than with inflation above 3%.

Japan to study corporate efforts to prevent post-retirement loneliness The government plans to collect and analyze how corporations support employees building relationships before retirement, then promote models that prove effective nationwide.

Japan's Cabinet Office will survey how the private sector is encouraging employees to build relationships, with the aim of promoting successful cases nationwide to help to prevent loneliness post-retirement.

"If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers we call him crazy. If a woman has a trailer house full of cats we call her nuts. But when people pathologically hoard so much cash that they impoverish the entire nation,we put them on the cover of Fortune magazine and pretend they are role models.” – Lester B. Pearson

That reminded me of a favorite quote from Lester Pearson, a former Canadian Prime Minister and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Ward One, West Wing

Scrolling through Dezi Freeman's Facebook feed illustrates in stark detail the alleged cop killer's slide from innocuous family posts to full conspiracy theory mode -- @cameronwilson.bsky.social plots out the timeline

Looks like it - “too many redirects” @crikey.com.au

lmao nazis just tripping over themselves to out themselves as nazis and the ABC happy to give them a soft launch.

Free speech? Neoliberal economics? Rule of law? No, now only the white male id guides the right Gone are the days when the cornerstones of right-wing ideology pointed towards neoliberal economics and personal freedom. All has been replaced with the agenda of the anxious white male.

“… It is an “agenda” of the white male id — capricious, short-fused, anxious, paranoid, jealous, demanding of control but resentful of the burden of responsibility control brings — the nihilism of privilege.” @keanebernard.bsky.social

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From zero to neo-Nazis: what under-16s may see under Australia’s social media ban, simply by not logging in Guardian Australia test finds scrolling shortform videos while logged out of YouTube and TikTok quickly leads to gambling, violent and far-right content

Unsurprising really

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ABC barred from Trump’s UK press conference after clash with Australian journalist John Lyons Exclusive: London bureau of Australia’s national broadcaster informed accreditation to attend press conference removed for capacity reasons

This is what we have come to. The Starmer Govt now kowtowing to the USA. So much for all the talk of AUKUS, Commonwealth, blah blah blah. Very disappointing behaviour.

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David Pope in Canberra Times

Looks like the Trump team has found its Horst Wessel.

Why Can't We Live Together? Timmy Thomas on the Midnight Special in 1973. The full show is at youtu.be/M3oqb-fe2Qo

Look what I found.

Panel 1. image of a huge nuclear plant. “Reactor Overheating” 2. A worker in a hazmat suit works at a computer. The screen reads: “Press cancel to avoid critical overload” 3 - 9. The worker continues to type at the computer. The screen changes in each panel and reads: “Enter password to confirm” “Incorrect password” “Incorrect password” “Do you want to reset your password?” “Reset link has been sent to your email” “Please choose a new password” “New password can't be the same as old password” The colour gets hotter in each panel. Starting blue in 1 and ending in red in 9. Panel 10. Wide view. The entire earth is blown up.

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com

The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk Martyrs are used by messianic movements to sanctify violence. To show any mercy or understanding toward the enemy is to betray the martyr and the cause the martyr died defending.

A sobering and frankly very depressing but essential read- @johnmenadue.com johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

From location to keystrokes, Australian workers’ data is being gathered by employers – with little privacy protection Exclusive: Workers speak of being ‘continually monitored’ – and of increasing information being taken for opaque reasons

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