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I remember the days of pre-privatisation of the Australian Public Service. And then, a sustained campaign of demonising APS workers as slow/dumb by media/pollies, including a Warren Brown cartoon of a public servant at work trying to decide on "1 lump or 2" for their cup of tea. Here we are now ...

Drool. That looks amazing, what is it?

traditional home of the Gadigal-Bidjigal-Birrabirrag people of the Eora Nation called Boon-dye in the neighbouring Dharawal language (meaning "loud thud" sound e.g. waves-crashing on rocks) first called Bondi c.1899-1903 around the time of this photo

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traditional home of the Gadigal-Bidjigal-Birrabirragal people of the Eora Nation
called Boon-dye in neighbouring Dharawal language (meaning "loud thud" sound of waves-crashing on rocks)
first called Bondi c.1899-1903 around the time of this photo
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Glorious shot.

"sucky-blowy"
Nicey writey!

This is so shameful after Albo's recent visit to PNG and the tightening of defence ties through a treaty. I am pretty sure defence includes providing assistance to children at all times.

'It still destroys me': How Lorde's collaboration with Charli xcx changed her course When Charli xcx released a song about her on the era-defining album Brat, Lorde didn't expect it to drag her onto a path that would redefine her trajectory.

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She really is something. Another brilliant Aussie flying under the radar in so many ways; she is smart, funny, warm and has the ability to disarm her guests. Her love of music is contagious and her knowledge mammoth. If you're not watching Take 5 with Zan Rowe review your life choices!

The most alarming thing about the internet is how it kills our capacity for delight. People spend hours scrolling glass-eyed through content that brings only crumbs of amusement. Real joy is found in the real world: in reading, in starlight, in birdsong, in service to others.

Saguaro Forms & Cactus Flowers, Frank Lloyd Wright 1927

Saguaro Forms & Cactus Flowers, Frank Lloyd Wright 1927

*hug*

... of undefined lineage.

I really like your pics.

Julieanne Ngwarraye Morton, My Country - Bush Medicine Plants series, acrylic on linen, 2019

Good on you Asher, great thought and reading-the-room of our societal issues, beautifully put.

Epic chocolate and beetroot cake | Chocolate recipes | Jamie Oliver recipes Ask the kids to help you make this Epic chocolate and beetroot cake - we think they might just agree! The recipe is so simple to follow too. Put the oven on!

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Maggie Beer is a gem, so fantastic to see her use her profile and her smarts to improve the lives of our elders. I SO admire her for this.
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Maggie Beer Foundation

So glad to hear it, thanks.

Anyone know what's happened to @noplaceforsheep.bsky.social?
Nothing for 4 months here.
I have been away longer.
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No, Netanyahu, for all our faults, if Hamas were next door to Melbourne/Sydney, we'd not be killing 10s of 1000s of babies, children, elderly = civilians en masse. For all our apathy to hit the streets/protest, say, compared to the French, killing innocent people is something most Aussies abhor.

Who ever said dreaming makes it so ... I know it's early and only a small percentage of the total vote has been counted ... but Dickson is NOT looking like a shoe-in for Peter Dutton.
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#Ausvotes

I don't want to appear greedy but is it too much to want Dutton to not only lose the election but to lose Dickson too?
The rest of the world is passing Australia by. We need forward thinking good solid public policy in all our interests.
Many countries offer their publics far more.
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She is a classy dude. I love that she brings a professional background in health to Parliament, a bit of real world.

Trump's just pissed Zelenskyy didn't yield to his fearsome or dynamic personality - whichever would have worked - and allow him to keep his promise of ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a day, like he said he could do. He is equally pissed with Putin but less vocal about him in this instance

Mark Kenny, you utter keystone writer. You have covered everything beautifully here. The great privilege of running Australia requires The Lodge. Kirribilli House is for all of us. If we're not entertaining foreign dignitaries it should be available off and on for good causes/public access, not PMs.

Imagine you’re a country funding an expensive Canberra embassy, only for the PM to suddenly base himself somewhere else. At a whim. Just one of many implications of snubbing the capital.

Nor should we, and we should have started backing off the US some decades ago and asserting our own persona. It's time not only for a republic in Australia but for us to stand more on our own two feet and stop fighting USA's wars and enemies.

If this yours?

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News Mark Warner Explodes At Trade Rep Over Trump Imposing Tariffs On Australia Despite Trade Surplus

Yes, Australians ARE insulted Senator Warner. Thank you for your remarks re: the idiocy of the policy against us, as you say, a country with a trade surplus with the USA/free trade agreement.
We don't take US meat re: quarantine sanctuary, bar Japan and NZ.
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Trump’s foreign policy: the method behind the madness | Red Flag World politics is entering a much more dangerous and unstable time in which wars, conflict and repression will be more on the order of the day than they have been for decades.

Some great analysis here from Lance Selfa, Red Flag.
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