Philip Thalis

The words & the work; Architect Angelo Candalepas explaining the development of the design of their winning scheme for the new wing of the National Gallery of Victoria.
Invoking masterpieces of architecture, working the form, seeking the spirit for such a major public work

The people behind the inflated protests are performing a monumental service to democracy & peace in the US. The Regime wants riots, but these animal characters are not only an effective protest, grabbing attention & mocking ICE, they seem to reduce the risk of violent protests. It's perfect.

A feisty Wayne Swan laying it on thick in praise of Aust Super ‘industry’ (well he is chair of Cbus.
But who would buy the myth that “our industry funds exist for 1 reason, & 1 reason only, to give workers a better retirement”
All those Super profiteers & parasites, $ wasted in speculation & fees

With the average new car at $50,000, let's look at the real costs of "freedom":

​✅ Decades of debt
✅ Social isolation for every trip
✅ A leading cause of death & injury

​Car dependency is a financially and socially crippling system, not a choice.

Haha
A low bar

Why rent a politician…
When you can own a whole party?

This is a choice we make as a society. What does that say about you and me?

The @hindrajabfoundation.be  welcomes the ceasefire in Gaza as a hopeful pause to the killing. Yet, genocide continues under blockade, starvation, and destruction. Mobilization must continue, justice is the only path to peace.

Full statement → http://bit.ly/3VWVmFr

The overt climates denialism of the LNP, still disciples of mad, bad Abbott…

But let’s not overlook the covert subsidisation of coal & gas by Labor…

All mainstream Aust politics anti-environment

#alanmoir (you can subscribe to his daily cartoons on line)

No one will remember anything Linda Reynolds did in politics, but we will remember this forever. What a piece of sh#t.

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth Investigating how crypto is making the Trumps hundreds of millions | Four Corners Documentary

It's on YouTube and isn't geoblocked AFAICT.
youtu.be/sij89ENvZqQ

What a mistake!
What about OS Australians??

For any USA followers, log on to ABCiview (Aust public broadcaster) & watch #4corners for more flagrant Trump corruption - this on his private profiteering on bitcoin & crypto currency.
Even to point of skewing US foreign policy.
Award winning ABC reporter John Lyons, who was attacked by Trump

Remember the documentary Rats in the Ranks on machinations of old Leichhardt Council?
Albo was sent over in early 90’s as a party ‘factional fixer’.
Even then, he refused to be filmed or recorded on camera.
A ‘party man’ all the way

💬 Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly once said: “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

New Planning laws with no “parliamentary or public consultation, & communities are being kept in the dark, with Govt choosing not to promote anything non-housing related in legislation, but with Lib Party already enthusiastically on board, there is little chance of any potent parliamentary challenge

#America, 2025

And the UK #Farage wants to create.

The Knitting Nannas have gone global ... led by Aunt Tifa.

#AuntTifa #KnittingNannas #GrandmasUnite #UmbrellaSquad #IamAuntTifa

If you're worried about Climate Change, it's billionaires
If you're worried about Mass Extinction, it's billionaires
If you're worried about poverty, it's billionaires
If you're worried about Genocide, it's billionaires

Unite to deal with the cause of ALL the problems, Greed.

Of course they could have just built of competition winning scheme (with #janeirwinlandscape & #paulberkemeier) for Barangaroo & got something even better (in exactly same place) 20 years earlier!!
Thwarted #publicsydney

The #smh has followed up on its excellent article on our convertible Campbelltown Carpark with an Editorial supporting its design & in built flexibility.
Big thanks must also go to #campbelltowncitycouncil - about 20 people over 4 years - who supported the design, helped manage $ & Fed grant process

Disgraceful abuse of the legal system to silence and defame critics of Israel. In honour of the Streisand effect, I encourage everyone to listen to this

Opinion piece in the 9Papers: Hastie's got the right stuff but one obsession may fast-track or derail his ambitions By Peter Hartcher October 11, 2025 - 5.00am "The train coming down the tracks isn't the one that you expected. It's not the one advertised on the board," says actor Benedict Cumberbatch playing the role of a pro-Brexit strategist. "Well, tough," he says. "It isn't even the one that I imagined. But I accept it. And you can't stop it," he says in the 2019 movie Brexit: The Uncivil War in the persona of the notorious Dominic Cummings, adviser to Boris Johnson. "There is a new politics in town. One that you cannot control."

Article extract: As he read his charter letter from his leader, Sussan Ley, setting out his duties as opposition home affairs spokesman, he realised he would have no part in immigration policy - opposition immigration spokesman Paul Scarr, not Hastie, would "lead" and "develop" the policy. Hastie practised his personal policy of a 48-hour cooling off before making any major decision. At this point, a more typical politician would accept the ruling, but then begin a quiet campaign of leaking and undermining against the leader. Hastie did not. He was careful to take counsel with a handful of trusted allies, including only two Liberal MPs, so that he couldn't be accused of "doing the numbers" as a prelude to a leadership challenge. He told the most trusted of his trusted circle, his wife, Ruth, that he'd have to take a 25 per cent pay cut if he went ahead with the resignation. She rejoined that the family budget would simply have to adjust.

The ageing fellas at the news desk have such a boner for a strong, young white man in politics they are going to will Hastie to the top of the pile whether we like it or not.

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

Paul Brereton

BREAKING
Anthony Albanese approves 50 million dollar funding for new wing of the Australian War Memorial to honour those who served in the Conflicts of Interest.
The collection is expected to include a display of at least 16 of Paul Brereton’s hats
#auspol

Can we please see more of these in Australian cities?
Much better than using energy-hungry, clothes-wrecking dryers.
& always welcome seeing #signsoflife inhabitation

In March 2025, the median Australian taxpayer earned $55,619 per year.

It is Sydney’s prettiest car park, and it has a hidden secret This car park has been future-proofed for the days when public transport is improved, and the multi-storey deck can be adapted for other uses.

Appreciate this excellent article on the layers of design thinking built into our colourful Campbelltown commuter Carpark;
“How does a responsible architect interpret a brief for a carpark in C21st? We think about the structure’s life & future beyond carbon & cars.”
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Tasmania Cannot Afford a $3.5 Billion Stadium for the AFL This is just madness. Even Rob Sitch and Utopia could not come close to this. Andrew Wilkie in parliament todaymcriticised the AFL’s demand for Tasmania to build a third AFL stadium at Macquarie Point...

tasmaniantimes.com/2025/10/tasm...

Spot on. Stop the extortion.

How many recommendations did the Robodebt Royal Commission make, again? And which one, specifically, did the government refuse to recognise, let alone commit to?