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Rock climbers defy Parks Victoria requests to avoid Arapiles sites Rock climbers are publicly urging others to ignore Parks Victoria's requests to avoid culturally significant routes at Mount Arapiles Dyurrite in western Victoria.

#ClimbingVictoria members displaying extreme entitlement in their outrage over not being able to climb anything they want.

Would you put your footprints all over a Michelangelo sculpture?
Nah, didn't think so.

#Arapilesdyurrite #CulturalImportance
#Respect

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Good intentions aren't enough to keep us from this slippery slope It is a very, very slippery slope to start cherry-picking about the rights provided to people, even when you abhor the decisions they make.

Good intentions won't save us on this slippery slope

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What concise pithy terms could be used to describe how Murray Watt and Labor could negotiate with the Greens to pass nature & climate legislation rather than “bow to”, or to side with the right wing, science denying neocons in the LNP?

Collaborate
Engage with
Consult
Negotiate with
Talk with
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At least $100 million for the web-relevant bits, more for the add-ons: bsky.app/profile/wind...

St Vincent's crisis triage: heart doctor Macdonald back on the wards after witchhunt - Michael West After nearly seven weeks, senior cardiologist Professor Macdonald is back working at St Vincent’s Hospital today. Wendy Bacon reports.

Heart doctor back at St Vincent's today. Hospital's "antisemitism .. hate" press release disappears. Victor Chang yet to fess up to witchhunt

Bravo @wendybacon1.bsky.social for investigation #auspol
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💯% agree

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'Sensible' centre? Tell that to the giants of The Rocks and Eureka We've had decades of sanitising radical progressive action in Australia, to make successes seem as if they were just the sensible position.

Sensible? That's the giants of The Rocks, Eureka

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If you think continuing to heat our atmosphere with dirty, toxic fossil fuels is a bad idea…
If you would like to preserve as much of our flora & fauna as possible…
If you want to ensure a safe climate for your children & future generations…
If you want a sustained transition to renewable energy…
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Lovely! How much have you had so far? 12.5mm at Streaky Bay this morning .

Beautiful orchid

An embarrassing backflip by Chalmers on super or a strategic shift? After two years of refusing to reshape his superannuation shake-up, the treasurer abandons the idea of taxing unrealised gains while agreeing to index a key tax threshold.

Thankyou Ian Verrander for some clarity. after all the media noise about 'huge backflip', at last a sensible assessment of the increasing tax on large superannuation balances. As per Grattan Institute report, more is required, but this is progress

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ABC framing in the headline 🙄 is exactly what the man says- it “isn’t helpful”.

“People are accused of backing down, which isn't helpful language. But at the end of the day, it has created a better outcome."

#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #WesternMediaComplicity

As Trump's wealth skyrockets, accusations of conflicts of interest mount Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.

Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”.
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This is how you deal with a gaslighting guest. If you're not shutting it down you're supporting it.

#Journalism

ABC Four Corners tonight 8.30pm. This is the story John Lyons was working on when Trump told him he would dob him in to our PM. Hmm, must be something in this story that Trump doesn't want exposed.
#auspol #4Corners

Beautiful sky 👍

NSW police wrongly categorise ‘significant’ number of incidents as antisemitic Anti-Palestinian graffiti and verbal abuse of pro-Palestine protestors incorrectly recorded as antisemitism in figures government cited to defend restrictions on protests

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Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now added AI slop The system is so convoluted and stacked against people that even if it worked as intended, it would still be not just harmful, but useless.

"It doesn’t need more reviews – the entire punitive job-seeker system is broken, and has been consistently revealed to be such, which is not because it is corrupted but because it was established that way." www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Trump has strong-armed Netanyahu, who was planning a longer war In the tragic arc of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Donald Trump may have closed the latest — and most violent — chapter.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had planned for a long war. US President Donald Trump deserves credit for stopping the fighting. His ceasefire plan isn't a long-term resolution & his 3,000 years boast is an exaggeration. John Lyons on Gaza. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

David Pocock grills ANU COO Jonathan Churchill on why he skipped out of previous #Estimates
DP “I’ve since seen notes…that your presence was not required, is that correct?”
JC “That’s correct”
DP “why did u tell this committee that noone from council was available…?”
JC “…”🙄

A masterclass in agency: What Singapore can teach Australia about China Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong sat down with the ABC on 2 October and offered something rare in Australia’s China debate: clarity, confidence, and a middle-power strategy that doesn’t involve shouting or submission.

Wong, a masterclass on China: "build real defence ties, do tech and logistics with friends, don’t pick fights for fun, and — the killer line — don’t get dragged into “what-if” games about Taiwan. “We don’t talk about hypotheticals,”. #auspol #Chinathreat

That is an impressive tongue out!!!

a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other holding a piece of paper . Alt: Chico and Groucho negotiate a contract in 1929's 'Cocoanuts'. This process consists of Chico ripping out the parts he doesn't like.

The Questions On Notice Team deciding which questions are worthy of their notice.

7 October not a day to abuse protesters When it comes to the domestic political fallout from the Gaza conflict, there are no more reliable and uncritical friends of Israel than Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan and her New South Wales counterpart Chris Minns.

The bottom line is this. There is no disrespect in Australians hitting the streets today and using social media to ask our community to reflect on what October 7 means for two groups of people. @BarnsGreg #auspol #Oct7 #israel #Gaza #genocide

So - let me get this straight…

They’ll ban social media for under 16s even though most experts say it WON’T work

But they won’t ban gambling advertising & other key recommendations even though most experts say it WILL work

What? #4corners #auspol

The Premier & the Opp Leader would build the stadium against the advice of every expert & the will of a majority of the community. And it’s our children & their children who will have to pay for it. Want a corflute? Go here nonewstadium.au/getasign/ #politas #auspol

The Advertiser - Bias and Credibility RIGHT BIAS These media sources are moderate to strongly biased toward conservative causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may

This is from The Advertiser in Adelaide - owned by Murdoch Newscorp.

“Overall, we rate The Advertiser or Adelaide Now as mixed factually due to sourcing and far-right biased through story selection and word choices.”
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