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This is the icing on the cake for the #AUKUS clusterf**k.
We can look forward to 🇺🇸 service personnel & their families living in our community & potentially introducing these highly communicable but vaccine preventable infectious diseases here. #auspol
CSIRO have now lost more jobs under the Albanese Governmet than under the Abbott Government.
We have to do better on research funding and backing our scientists.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Against a backdrop of huge Defence acquisition failures, but more money being allocated to Defence spending, the Labor controlled Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit has resolved that the Auditor-General is to stop auditing Defence’s major projects.🤦♂️ #auspol
The rent-seeking Epstein classes are doing okay.
Shame about the rest of us.
#auspol
"The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable" - Mahatma Gandhi.
#auspol
If the government manages our finances better this would not be a thing. People in poverty squeeze the maximum out of every penny but,
AUKUS, subsidising fossil fuels, supporting US and Israeli wars ...
And therefore, Pine Gap at least, is a target?
Peter Cronau: “PM Anthony Albanese, foreign minister Penny Wong, defence minister Richard Marles public support for invasion and bold denial of any use of Australian assets, puts huge legal questions over Australia’s agreement to allow US bases to operate from Australian soil.” #auspol
How US bases make Australia part of the Iran war https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/how-us-bases-make-australia-part-of-the-iran-war #Auspol
It certainly appears the planet and we its people have been supporting an Epstein cabal of a rich, debased and corrupt ruling class
I watched Fredrik Gertten's Breaking Social film last night. It's excellent - powerful, moving, brilliantly explained. It's now touring the UK, so do look out for showings near you.
www.breakingsocialfilm.com
#EndImpunity for #Murder by #Policy, #auspol.
The reality is the Canberra bubble was never going to allow their own to face consequences for Robodebt
One Nation is anti immigration and anti Muslim. It is funded by Gina Rhinehart and associates herself with US President.
What is One Nation pro?
Wyrdlings!
It’s Douglas Adams’ 74th birthday and we take you to all the nice ones, with:
“Wyrd Travelogues and Going Places Wynderful"
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Don’t Panic!
Come, gather and tell us tales of journeys into the unknown, from myth, lore and lit!
certainly incorporate smaller parks
The real plan for Brisbane's Olympic Stadium -- no more park.
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There is our urban history laid out. Had to be a golf course rather than a park the, finally, when open space is valued in its own right, along comes the "developer" mindset. Wanton destruction
Having more funds to spend on education and health and reducing poverty also provide fir social mobility. The chance to get ahead. As we had under Menzies et al in the 50s 60s 70s. Shame we don't have a liberal party now
Explainer: UK government has announced a suspension on student visa applications from nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan. Details here www.gov.uk/guidance/vis...
Does fertility not inherently fall once a population outgrows its resources?
Almost half the 50-million population of Sudan – 24.6 million people – do not have enough food
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Super delighted that @vicclarke.bsky.social has been acknowledged for massive contributions to knowledge, with fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences. Congrats on this recognition of your impact!! 🥂
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Even if AI doesn’t hit jobs in a big way, unemployment is starting to re-emerge as a policy issue. So it’s good that @sarahoconnorft.ft.com reminds us how low our unemployment benefits are, and how this can lead to people taking jobs below their skill level
www.ft.com/content/771a...
Public health memes are our diamond of every season ✨
The Economist disagrees that we are in a K-shaped economy (gift link) #EconSky
Would America be in recession without the super-rich?
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Another huge issue. Short termism. Think Angus’s overseas oil cache.
I can only assume govt are not familiar with the evidence in criminology, epistemology and biology.
About the same impact as letting covid run?
If you look at other more successful cohesive countries a huge part is one common education system. Lawyers, judges, elite and the rest. All sharing the same base. We are truly stupid here. Not maximising the things that can make us stronger. #PublicEducation
undermines the education health and productivity of all those left behind, but hey, why act now when you can leave it to the next election cycle
