Kate Auty

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Lake Bolac Eel Festival….

How was she ever considered fit for the job?

The Deaths of the Schoolgirls of Minab What modern war does to language, and to accountability.

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Read this - “US Central Command … “We are aware of reports concerning civilian harm resulting from ongoing military operations.”

How long did it take to workshop those words? … Words meant to drain anger of oxygen.” #DanielJames - brilliant.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Thinking of the term of reference that relates to systems failures - ie how effective are #sports tribunals investigating #racism? The answer? Not very?

New #Australian racial hatred inquiry established. There will be submissions.

Adelaide University cancels literary festival event with UN Gaza investigator Francesca Albanese Festival organisers criticise the university for last-minute booking cancellation of event headlined by special rapporteur for Palestinian territories

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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.

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The scourge of long distance anti-clean tech submissions continues

Australian energy bills could surge as Iran conflict drives up global gas prices Experts warn of similarities with 2022, when electricity prices went up by more than 40% due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Gas companies that export 🇦🇺 gas are about to make windfall profits after strikes on Iran & we have no plan to capture that value for 🇦🇺

To fix this, we need a 25% tax on gas exports that would raise billions of💲of revenue & ensure that when prices rise, 🇦🇺 benefits
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He did.

WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin?

NOEM: Yes

WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that?

NOEM: No.

Hoping - sharing train tickets would be good. Get off the plane get on the train. West-east travel..

Australian renewables pipeline "running laps" around net zero targets. It's the pace that is lacking New data on Australia's solar, wind and battery development pipeline confirms that the constraint has never been ambition or opportunity, but the pace of delivery.

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The Herald Sun seems to be confusing cultural burning with fuel reduction burning in order to have a go at First Nations people.

Just leaving this here.

A verandah in #Euroa

Yep

Seventh narco sub found near Australia waters signalling 'insane amount of drugs' At least seven narco subs have been discovered in Pacific waters near Australia over the past 18 months, with experts warning that Australia's cocaine demand means more are on the way.

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No resources (or even legislation) to deal with this trade - tonnes of cocaine passing through the Pacific

Very interesting observations on the situation unfolding within #Iran right now, by retired Australian Army Major General Mick Ryan. Few know military matters in the Middle East better than he does, particularly given his previous command of the Australian Defence College. #Trump #EpicFury #Israel

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Revisited: Wybalena Grove by Michael Dysart and Partners In the 1970s, Michael Dysart’s design for Wybalena Grove explored medium-density, community-minded housing as a welcome alternative to single dwellings. Fifty years on, its lasting popularity suggests...

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And further in clever housing design - #WybalenaGrove where I lived from 2017-2020 while working in #Canberra… #Dysart’s design was timeless, convenient, and a very happy place. Slept well!

Abolishing collaboration?! Can we discuss that? On practising "soft skills" for a hard future Opposition education spokesperson, Julian Leeser, has apparently decided that the most important issue to weigh into on tertiary education right now is a...

“We are, and always will be, responsible for each other, and have to learn to live with the consequences of each others' actions. It's a silly libertarian fantasy to pretend otherwise.”

In which I pit Julian Leeser against Hannah Arendt

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Urambi Village, Tri Level House, No.48

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We were doing clever #housing design in the 1970s… for example #Dysart and colleagues design at the #UrambiVillage #Canberra - thanks #ABC for the reminder.

Hannah Spencer, plumber, plasterer and experienced councillor, was a great candidate from @greenparty.org.uk.

Her victory speech was magnificiant:

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Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir Starmer Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England, as Labour sees a 25.3% drop in vote compared to 2024

Look at the Greens+Labour vote in Gorton and Denton and a Reform win should never have been in play. 1st past the post is truly mad. Be grateful for the Aus electoral system. Etc.

Not an original thought, not the main story here, but worth saying again and again.
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Sounds grim but get involved.

Works begin at state-owned, forest-based wind farm – starting with five firefighting water tanks Preliminary works kick off at SEC-owned wind farm in a Latrobe Valley pine plantation, including the installation of five 130,000 litre firefighting water tanks.

Wonderful: work starts on a 100% publicly owned 205 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Gippsland.

'The $650 million deal marked a series of firsts: VIC’s 1st publicly owned utility-scale wind farm & the first wind farm in Australia to be built within a pine plantation.'

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Failure to tax extreme wealth will fuel far-right surge, warns Gary Stevenson British economist Gary Stevenson, known as 'the People's Economist' has delivered blunt advice to Australian politicians during his tour of Australia, warning that living standards will continue to de...

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#Tax and who should pay it…

Big news. Negative Gearing changes are back on the table following our campaign to end investor handouts.

Unfair tax discounts just make housing more expensive, and give billions to super-wealthy property investors.

Ending them will help everyone have a home to call their own.