A poodle is a dog Christopher Pyne was still a cabinet minister when he met with EY to discuss taking a job with the consultancy. There was no confusion about the purpose of the meeting.

Editorial: Monique Ryan’s bill would stop ministers and senior staff from working as lobbyists for three years after they leave politics. It would reveal who lobbyists meet and force ministers to publish their diaries. The reforms are simple and effective and will not pass. satpa.pe/4mKuCFY

Australia’s teen social media ban has a gaming-sized loophole The list of banned platforms requires mental gymnastics that the government has struggled to explain, and ignores where kids actually spend their time.

Hard to understand a govt that blocks teenagers from social media but has *no* issue with them accessing online gambling platforms at all, or with them being bombarded with ads for online gambling.

I find the words from Attorney-General Michelle Rowland, conflating her religious beliefs with her role as Australia's Attorney-General, to be dangerous, disturbing, shallow and ignorant. #auspol #auslaw #religion

An important report by Australia’s science Academy.

🚨Fossil fuel operatives  – like anti-Voice group "Advance" - are duping cash from unsuspecting Australians by lying + falsely claiming to be “grassroots” movements.
Top misinformation expert says vested interests using sham fronts to "dupe" public...
theklaxon.com.au/b8jt

So much direct testimony of Israel's atrocities against children.

So much deliberate avoidance or excusing by western political and media establishment.

No-one can say they didn't know. #GazaGenocide

Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.

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No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.

#BBC

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wow, I love Science!!!

End of last seasons crop(cool stored), we haven't seen the new season potatoes yet!

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot Chris Hedges talks with Dave about journalism, censorship and empire

I interviewed Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent Chris Hedges for an hour about the Western media betrayal of Palestinian journalists, the National Press Club of Australia, fascism and a violent empire in decline.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...

Sadly, a long-standing arrangement...

Why Western media will never tell you the stories of freed Palestinian hostages Even after the release of 1,968 Palestinian hostages in the latest exchange, thousands more remain incarcerated.

The stories of thousands held hostage, which are never told by our mass-media (including ‘Your ABC’).
#mediacomplicity
#genocide

open.substack.com/pub/palestin...

🌞Total land required to replace coal fired energy
🌞Example assumes all solar:120,000 hectares
🌞 That’s less than 0.016 percent of Australia’s total land currently used for agriculture
🌞 Australian agriculture currently accounts for 58% of our land use
🌞And agrisolar = panels + grass/sheep etc

Do not discount Aboriginal oral histories. They are often the only record of historical events like these, volcanoes and other major disruptions to life in Australia before colonisation, and can go back thousands of years with an accuracy that is unknown elsewhere.

It's bizarre. I can think of at least 3 scientific publications that predict (i.e., model) the uncontrolled explosion of deer across Tas. None of them were referred to in the report. weirdddd

It's bad in Sudan, it's bad in Gaza, it's bad in Myanmar. And it's always bad in DR Congo and Yemen.

🎉 Massive News! 🎉
The inaugural Jilya Indigenous Psychology Conference is happening 5 Dec 2025 in Perth!

✨ Keynote by Dr Tracy Westerman AM
🎟 Only 300 tix + livestream available

events.humanitix.com/the-jilya-in...

#IndigenousPsychology #DrTracyWesterman

this has to be the picture child of "You Had One Job". i find it hard to believe that it got past the design phase, let alone all the way through construction! did nobody ask "what are the sea conditions in Bass Strait like?" ???

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Imagine if anyone in power in Australia was ever held responsible for any wrongdoing ever. Imagine if we had a national anti-corruption commission or something like that.

An interesting read, very relevant as we witness the current government push though the stadium project.
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/centre-for-t...

Of course this is it.

Couldn't say it any better

A new, tour de force review on the future approaches to treat and potentially cure Type 1 diabetes
@thelancet.com
thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Assassinated? Nope; he was murdered, with a firearm, like 20,000 other Americans every year, many much more notable.

Conservative? Nope; radical reactionary. He absolutely did not promote continuance of existing social norms and governance.

Christian? You're really just kidding here, aren't you.

Yes, they have.

JD Vance slams ‘soulless and evil propaganda’ about Charlie Kirk since his death Vice President JD Vance took a stand against 'evil' propaganda he's seen in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Hey JD,

Did you say the same thing to Mike Lee when he was making evil statements about Melissa Hortman when she was murdered? Asking for those of us who have a problem with themaking a racist misogynistic homophobe some weird diety.

#USDemocracy

www.the-express.com/news/us-news...

YouTube video by Opentiera YEMEN Explained In 13 Minutes (History, Geography, & Culture)

A little bit about Yemen, the only country so far that's tried to stop Israel's genocide of the Palestinians. 🇾🇪
youtu.be/oDexwZj_pck

“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.”

Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.

Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.