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Inflation figures point to a rate cut. But how long until borrowers see savings? Quarterly data raises hopes among overstretched mortgage holders that a rate cut is coming.

*sigh*

The banks can drop their mark up on interest rates or drop fees and charges, and still make extortionate profits without reference to what ever the RBA do

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The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters The dictionary is a living, breathing and evolving record of how language is wrapped up in who we are as Australians. It is vital we protect it.

Any great philanthropists out there? So long as it remains fully independent, it could be renamed the X Australian National Dictionary? The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters theconversation.com/the-anu-is-m...

A PhD is, famously, an original contribution to knowledge. So no, I very much doubt a gen-AI built on copying other people’s texts could write or defend a PhD thesis. If it’s so good, why can’t ChatGPT craft Sam Altman a business model that doesn’t involve begging governments to relax copyright laws

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Crunch! Kaboom! Is out today with Fremantle Press! Head to my substack to learn about discarded concepts and my quest to illustrate sound effects with typography in a behind the scenes post! 💜

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#kidlitart #picturebook #crunchkaboom

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Little birds sailing on a rubber duck

ahoy hoy!

The colour this week is Tanager Turquoise @clrcollective.bsky.social

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Thanks for the shout out Sausage!❤️

Oh, shit. Seriously: oh, shit.

Single dryer minute currently at twelve regular human minutes 🫠

A little birdie fishing with a fishing pole while sitting on a floating lily pad

swish…

The colour this week is Seashell @clrcollective.bsky.social

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Read on McDuff

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I’d like it to be “Human Made” 😉

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snoozing cat with five little birds watching on

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The colour this week is Coral Quartz @clrcollective.bsky.social

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Adult penguin looking at juvenile penguin while in the background the bottom half of a penguin is sticking out of a snowdrift, with its feet in the air

Well?

The colour this week is Cornflower @clrcollective.bsky.social

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How you doin’?

A person bundled in coat, hat, scarf and toasty warm boots standing outside on a cold, foggy morning

Happy winter solstice 🥶

The colour this week is Opera Rose @clrcollective.bsky.social

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Our Member Exhibition is now showing to 4 July in conduit gallery! Come along and see a wonderfully diverse show by our talented Members.

We're open 10am - 3pm Monday - Wednesday, Friday - Saturday.

Pictured: Artwork by Trudy Rice

Artist Eric Smith won 3 Archibalds, then vanished. A new show reveals his unseen works

The major retrospective – the first to be held since Eric Smith’s death in 2017 – includes his earlier religious works, as well as later abstract masterpieces.

Birds thriving, breeding successfully in Germany’s solar parks Larks and other bird species are flourishing in Germany’s solar parks, where breeding success exceeds that of many other habitats. These PV project sites are becoming valuable refuges, benefiting both...

unambiguous good news corner:
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/05/b...

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I do hope that puppy’s for sale?

A turtle with a dashing striped bow tie and beribboned whimsical flower crown singing and dancing while a bird wearing a delicate cape and riding on their back joins in enthusiastically

Me and you, and you and me…

The colour this week is Kombu Green @clrcollective.bsky.social

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Meta to announce $15bn investment in bid to achieve computerised 'superintelligence'

OK but why not send 15 billion to schools and universities to achieve greater human intelligence? That kind of money could do so much to improve education around the world.

All this money being pumped into ai should be going into libraries and schools and unis and adult learning centres.