Tam Glen

Looking up at outdoor stairs which go up the side of a hill in a park, the mosaic steps are colourful and reflect a whole image of a path by flowers going to a moon, the stains have met silver coloured railings

Mosaic Stairs (San Francisco) by Irish ceramicist Aileen Barr and US mosaic artist Colette Crutcher #WomensArt

Four images of clothes on a line which are positioned to resemble animals, an elephant, a zebra, a cow and a fox

More of artist Helga Stentzel's fun clothesline creatures #WomensArt #Monday

Fighting a rigged political system This week, the full bench of the High Court heard a challenge to Victoria’s changes to its campaign financing laws, brought by a pair of independent candidates. It is not the only case in the works. F...

Last year Labor, Libs & Nats pushed through laws to make it impossible for independents/small parties to run competitive election campaigns. The laws are unconstitutional. We’re asking the High Court to ‘tell em they’re dreamin’. #auspol

Picture of central Pontevedra, Spain from the air

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

I feel so betrayed by the Albanese Labor Govt.

The hate bill.
The Nacc.
Climate
Aukus
Asylum seekers
Poverty
Housing
Palantir
Social media ban
Electoral reforms

We’ve been betrayed 😞😞 #auspol

FOI costs double in a decade as full transparency halves Costs have doubled with full disclosures becoming more rare.

@albomp.bsky.social promised #transparency, but his preference for secrecy is becoming a national scandal - worse than Scott Morrison. It's not requests for transparency that cost money, it's resistance to transparency. #FOI #auspol

Albo just got booed at the memorial for the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting.

I immediately felt sick.

I’m also angry that this tragedy has been so politicised.

Albo is not to blame. The Labor government is not to blame.

Hateful extremists ARE to blame.

We need unity. Not more hate.

If HS2 was a motorway, it would have been built by now! But because new rail projects are minutely analysed with this "value for the taxpayer" nonsense. If road building was held to the same level of scrutiny, a sizable amount of the road network would still be cart tracks.

So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.

Tall autumn trees with yellow and orange leaves rising through misty forest air, a soft fog fading into the background and a leaf-covered path leading into the scene.

Wander.

#forest #nature #photography #fall

Australia's largest gas project given final approval to operate until 2070 Australia's biggest gas project, Woodside's North West Shelf, has received final approval to extend operations through until 2070.

Labor campaigned heavily on climate action. This is a national disgrace. How can Australia expect to host COP31, when our own government clearly demonstrates a lack of commitment to action on climate?

Shame on the Albanese government.

I wonder if Jake Tapper will write about this.

Congratulations American farmers, you now have a new market for beef.
What you don’t have is a market for it, or orders. And you won’t have.
Australians don’t want your 3rd rate beef and will not buy it, not even for pet food, so this is a very hollow victory.

This! Drives me bonkers too

Hi @support.bsky.team

This is a fantastic content creator & very well trusted source for Australian users. He contributes a great deal to BlueSky

His account was hacked many weeks ago (@strangerous.bsky.social)

So far he's still waiting to get any info from you

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Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human...

“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”

Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities

If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development

“If you had to guess the leading cause of death for children and young people around the world, what would you say? Malaria perhaps? Pneumonia? Suicide? They’re all high up there, but no, it’s road accidents.”

YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | Our Last Fair Election?

The Australien Government has made an ad to announce the 2025 election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol

Don Farrell’s donations stitch-up Don Farrell is a political animal. By some counts, he controls the preselection of every seat in South Australia. He’s a right-winger, a product of the conservative shoppies union. In 2012 he beat Pen...

The ALP & LNP think they’ve stitched-up our democracy to keep their snouts in the trough. But it doesn’t have to be so if you use your power to vote for independents. You can vote for better politics or you can have more of the same. It’s up to you. #auspol

As their primary vote continues to fall & Australians wake up to the fact that all the issues we face are due to decades of putting their needs above ours - expect the major parties to increasingly circle the wagons to entrench their power - as we've seen today with electoral reform #auspol

the major parties have seen their primary votes fall from 96% in 1975 to 68% in 2022.

they had two options to arrest the decline:

1. win back trust with good governance & good policy
2. rig the system

tonight they chose to rig the system.

a dark day for australian democracy.

Here’s something we see far too often - car paraphernalia lazily intruding on pedestrian space.
When cars & their junk signage already hog so much of the street space.
At very least plonk it in the parking lane!

On this, or any other day, surely this is a much better Australian flag?

In Australia its a cheaper to cause an oil spill than to get a nursing degree

In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni

Priorities matter

Anthony Albanese has called for fixed four year terms. Makes sense to me.
If you agree, RT.
Disagree, "like"?
#auspol

I don’t mind people owning cars. What I do mind is the insistence that they should be allowed to leave them on publicly funded streets, while also demanding an excess of parking lots that consume finite urban space, sterilize our environment, and make cities more hostile to exist in.

Tribute to love, resilience and song: Indigenous musical legends Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter immortalised in bronze The pair bonded as teenagers after chance meeting at Salvation Army drop-in centre while they were sleeping rough on Adelaide’s streets Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Their songs have been the soundtrack to countless marches for justice, family gatherings and community barbecues. Now, Aboriginal music legends Uncle Archie Roach and Aunty Ruby Hunter have been immortalised in bronze. The permanent tribute to the acclaimed musical couple was unveiled at Atherton Gardens on Saturday in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, with family and friends travelling from across the country to mark the occasion. Continue reading...

Tribute to love, resilience and song: Indigenous musical legends Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter immortalised in bronze

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A reminder that "moderate" Simon Birmingham sat on the Ministerial panel for Rounds 3 & 4 of the Building Better Regions Fund - one of the most corrupted grants program the coalition ever conceived and administered.

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