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Canberra, South Coast, London. Prof at Uni of Canberra. Know the past, do the future better. researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en…

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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 21h
“Out here in the cheap seats,” Deace added, “it feels like another Middle East War quagmire regular folks are paying for on both ends all over again.” Trump’s Luck Is Finally Running Out www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Luck Is Finally Running Out (Gift Article)
Voters are showing a growing determination to repudiate his presidency.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 22h
‘The exchanges between OpenAI employees & executives…were part of a pattern where the San Francisco company did not prioritize security, according to employees and independent security researchers.’ And we’re trusting OpenAI why? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models (Gift Article)
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22h
Why are we in a trade war with Canada, exactly? What was the country's alleged transgression? Check out my conversation with @samsteindc.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Trump’s War With Canada Has Officially Lost the Plot (w/ Sam Stein)
Podcast Episode · Receipts with Catherine Rampell · September 29 · 40m
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s entered the Aussie vernacular. Wharfie Time - “Becoming catastrophically confident approximately thirty seconds before everything collapses.” www.facebook.com/share/1HSKhe...
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“One day the woman said to me, ‘What are you going to do?’” “I told her I wanted to become an actress but that I knew I couldn’t so I was trying to think of something else.” “And she said, ‘Why can’t you?’” Gift article: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/bf642c7...
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Kristin Scott Thomas: ‘I’m in my evil woman phase’
The actress on resisting Hollywood beauty standards, the childhood tragedies that shaped her and why she struggles to follow Slow Horses
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pay to play. One Nation aims to extract a total of $633k through its Victorian candidate application process before the state election. Depending on results, a further $10m in public electoral funding could flow into ONP. #SpringSt www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Cash grab’: One Nation demands up to $630,000 from Victorian election candidates
Exclusive: Many applicants left feeling ‘used, lied to, misled and gaslit’, complaint letter seen by Guardian Australia says
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘The platitudes of the National Urban Policy, promising sustainable, inclusive growth, affordability and environmental protection, are a poor placeholder for what is needed now…’ 💯 @juliannes.bsky.social Make it real, Albo. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Plans for my suburb are a microcosm of what’s wrong with Australia’s housing. And it will get worse | Julianne Schultz
The system is already failing and amid a worsening crisis the country is rocketing towards 40 million people
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 27/09/2026
As we mark a century since the birth of reforming SA Premier Don Dunstan his cookbook reminds us a of his broad and expansive political ideas. #DonDunstan #reform #SouthAustralia #AusPol #Democracy #Change #Cookbook #Asia
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Don Dunstan’s cookbook and the lost ambition of social democracy
One hundred years ago Don Dunstan was born and 50 years ago, in October 1976, the then South Australian premier published a cookbook. It sounds like a charming eccentricity of the era. It was actually a small expression of a much larger political idea.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘I built a castle with thousands of stones made of regrets. I’m trying to make up for it in my own petty way, and I don’t know if there’s enough time. There is not enough time.’ Sylvester Stallone Hid His Struggles for Decades. Now He’s Coming Clean. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/m...
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Sylvester Stallone Hid His Struggles for Decades. Now He’s Coming Clean. (Gift Article)
The legendary actor on his disturbing childhood, his Hollywood missteps and the pain he caused to his loved ones, his body and himself.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026
Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian library
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Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian library
University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT The University of Oxford has allowed the company behind ChatGPT to train its AI models on historical texts from its Bodleian library, as tech companies scour academic institutions for fresh data. The Bodleian material digitised by OpenAI has been used to “populate the OpenAI training set”, according to internal documents. Continue reading...
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TheChef @thechef-52.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I subscribe, but bought a hard copy for that article alone. 😃
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A must read from @jksocrates.bsky.social @thesaturdaypaper.com.au today…
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 26/09/2026
Thirteen years, almost to the day, since he first ran for the Labor leadership and lost, Anthony Albanese presides over a party in which his faction holds unprecedented sway, with a successor in waiting drawn from its ranks. trib.al/0umIWIN
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Inside Albanese’s factional dominance: ‘They’ve all been executed, except one’
Through brutal calculation, Anthony Albanese has achieved complete control over Labor’s faction system – a fact reflected in the party’s cautious approach to policy.
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Paul Bongiorno @paulbongiorno.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Inside Albanese’s factional dominance: ‘They’ve all been executed, except one’ thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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Inside Albanese’s factional dominance: ‘They’ve all been executed, except one’
Through brutal calculation, Anthony Albanese has achieved complete control over Labor’s faction system – a fact reflected in the party’s cautious approach to policy.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lee Krasner. At last. A Superb American Artist Is Finally Getting Her Due www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Opinion | A Superb American Artist Is Finally Getting Her Due (Gift Article)
Only by being exhibited alongside her husband, Jackson Pollock, can Lee Krasner fully and finally emerge from his shadow.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘The backlash against data centers that is shaping elections and kitchen table debates across the country is now spilling onto Wall Street.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
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Wall Street Is Growing Skeptical of the Data Center Boom (Gift Article)
Several companies tied to the data center industry have delayed their initial public offerings amid the increasing public backlash to these energy guzzling facilities.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Tasmanian Inquirer @tasinquirer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Since the start of 2016, the three #salmon companies operating in #Tasmanian marine areas - Huon Aquaculture, Tassal and Petuna - have deployed 150,488 underwater explosives against seals in their fish farms. #politas 💥 tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/more-th...
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More than 150,000 underwater explosives used against seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, government data reveals | Tasmanian Inquirer
More than 150,000 underwater explosives have been used against seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016, according to new government data.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
‘By hulls, the service is at its smallest since the English Civil War in the 17th century, with only 11 surface combat warships left. Britain ‘struggled to put a single destroyer to sea when America went to war with Iran in February’. Gift article. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8e90a09...
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Britain must rebuild the Royal Navy. Here’s how to do it
The Senior Service needs to harness new technologies and reconnect the country with our maritime heritage
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
‘…survivors experience a “heroic” surge of optimism (then) the “disillusionment phase,” in which fatigue, blame & rage send a community far lower emotionally than it was before the catastrophe. Only long afterward would the real “recovery and reconstruction” begin.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/m...
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C.J. Huff Rebuilt Joplin’s Devastated Schools. Then Came the Backlash. (Gift Article)
A former superintendent in Joplin, Mo., is trying to apply what he learned to other shattered districts — and reckoning with the toll of the disaster on his own life.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Canberra Symphony Orchestra 👏👏👏
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Angela Priestley @angelapriestley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hellscape. A visualisation of the Firmus AI data centre planned near George Town, in northern Tasmania. (one of many) Firmus began as a Bitcoin miner in 2019 and has pivoted to data centre development. They're planning a multi-billion-dollar share market float next month. #auspol
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
‘What many have not realised yet is that the AfD won’t improve life in east Germany. But that was never the point. It gave people attention in exchange for a vote. ‘And for now, that was what counted most.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel
Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer too, says writer Carolin Würfel
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
‘Throughout the campaign, Siegmund travelled the entire state and threw parties: free sausages, free beer, dancing, music and maybe for some, it felt like the return of community.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel
Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer too, says writer Carolin Würfel
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
‘Most of them don’t actually read or know what’s in the AfD’s programme. And they don’t seem to care. What won people over was simpler: I hear you. I see you. Yes, you have every right to be unhappy.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel
Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer too, says writer Carolin Würfel
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
‘Massie, a Kentucky Republican, accused Hegseth of multiple offenses, criticizing the secretary’s crackdown on the press, his efforts to target Sen. Mark Kelly, and his orders to carry out strikes on the boats of alleged drug smugglers.’ www.washingtonsun.com/congress/tho...
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Massie Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Hegseth
Rep. Thomas Massie said the defense secretary circumvented congressional approval for the war in Iran.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is a gigantic policy boil that at some point is going to explode. A lot of Labor people are affected & talking about it. 👇 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @juliannes.bsky.social
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A $1.95m deposit and $10k a month: welcome to the for-profit world of Australian aged care where no one is a winner | Julianne Schultz
Like all the privatised care services, the business of aged care is about property, cheap labour and public money
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"it was only the super-observant departmental officials in the states and some advocacy groups who realised access was also being rationed by an algorithm that could not be overridden by a human being." @juliannes.bsky.social #AI #agedcare #HumanRights #auspol
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Mariana_Mi @marianami.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A human rights act is needed now more than ever.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
‘The law falls short of the robodebt royal commission recommendations. It does not require companies & departments to reveal how the process works, the business rules & algorithms, or provide a right to human review of automated decisions.’ @juliannes.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/law/commenti...
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As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever
Without laws requiring transparency or a right of review, our human rights will be rationed away by algorithmic and automated decision-making tools
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CHOPPER - Woke Boomer @unclechopperrip.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Cally Beaton @callybeaton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone who has ever complained about London Underground, complain no more.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
‘Dr. Buckmaster said he was worried about what would happen next. “To go against a trillion-dollar company is super scary and frightening,” he said. “We are all scared of OpenAI.”’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...
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The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem (Gift Article)
Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10/09/2026
Job applicants are using AI to write resumes and prep interview answers. Companies are using AI to screen those applications and conduct initial interviews. We’ve officially automated both sides of a process meant to measure human connection. The irony is genuinely unreal.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 10/09/2026
We are delighted to announce the Treasurer of Australia, Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP will deliver the 2026 Bernie Fraser Oration! 📅 Tuesday 13 October 🕘 7:30pm AEDT 📍 The Shine Dome, Canberra 🎟️ Tickets: events.humanitix.com/bernie-frase...
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Mariana_Mi @marianami.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There is a general surrender of human control over AI, even in things like the Aged Care Assessment introduced in  November (IAT). Human clinicians are not allowed to override incorrect AI decisions! It’s all part and parcel of the surrender to machines.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
‘Altman said…that certain aspects of AI, including what he called the “silent surrender” of human decision-making, terrified him.’ ‘A sharp rise was reported…in incidents of AIs escaping users’ control to lie, ignore instructions & pursue goals in harmful ways.’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic researchers say AI could cause human extinction by 2030
One researcher who resigned said many in industry believe that without regulation AI could kill off humanity
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
‘In her research & writing for the Hawke biography, d'Alpuget did a fair amount of rewiring of her subject, to his immense benefit. In the process she put her subject on firm psychological foundations for one of…Australia’s most successful prime ministerships.’ theconversation.com/blanche-dalp...
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Blanche d'Alpuget leaves a lasting imprint on Australian literature – and politics
Blanche d'Alpuget had a long and successful career as a writers, but it was her stunning biography of Bob Hawke that brought her fame – and influence.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
‘Israeli opposition politicians said…Netanyahu was “unfit” for office after a newspaper reported he had been warned by the president of the UAE that Hamas was planning a major operation weeks before the Oct. 7, 2023, attack but did not alert security officials.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...
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Before Oct. 7 Attack, Netanyahu Was Warned, Report Says. He Denies It. (Gift Article)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied the report in Haaretz that the Emirati president had warned him Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel.
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Aren’t data centres just fantastic 
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
‘The kingdom’s ruling elite was replaced almost to a man: by the time the Domesday Survey was compiled in 1086, less than 8 per cent of land was in English hands.’ Gift article: The Norman Conquest was a catastrophe for England www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/3f4c843...
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The Norman Conquest was a catastrophe for England
It is claimed William the Conqueror’s rule was a necessary medicine, but it also had a devastating human and cultural toll
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 05/09/2026
“Jim Chalmers and the federal budget showed good, big moves are possible without the political sky falling in,” writes Chris Wallace. trib.al/GGjc8tJ
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Trouble in Pacific paradise
The juxtaposition of news footage of Albanese doing a beachside press conference in Palau, which is barely above sea level, in the same bulletins showing Finocchiaro switching on the Beetaloo carbon bomb, was dissonant, to put it mildly.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 05/09/2026
One Nation is eminently beatable “if we stop beating ourselves”, a senior Labor figure said, pointing to the idiocy of WA Labor preselecting a gas industry lobbyist and former Woodside employee as their candidate in the Secret Harbour byelection. trib.al/j08wkxJ
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Trouble in Pacific paradise
The juxtaposition of news footage of Albanese doing a beachside press conference in Palau, which is barely above sea level, in the same bulletins showing Finocchiaro switching on the Beetaloo carbon bomb, was dissonant, to put it mildly.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 06/09/2026
“The juxtaposition of news footage of Albanese doing a beachside press conference in Palau, which is barely above sea level, in the same bulletins showing NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro switching on the Beetaloo carbon bomb was dissonant, to put it mildly.” trib.al/U94kxjB
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Trouble in Pacific paradise
The juxtaposition of news footage of Albanese doing a beachside press conference in Palau, which is barely above sea level, in the same bulletins showing Finocchiaro switching on the Beetaloo carbon bomb, was dissonant, to put it mildly.
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Chris Wallace @chriswallace.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Spring CBR.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 06/09/2026
Ecosystem collapse is no longer just an environmental warning. Britain’s national security establishment now says biodiversity loss threatens food, water, health, migration and geopolitical stability, Julian Cribb writes. #Biodiversity #Climate #NationalSecurity
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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
He’s also investing more money into the racetrack then he’s invested into housing
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 05/09/2026
After other national tragedies, we readily ask what caused them and what must change. Climate disasters deserve the same urgency. Silence, denial and political wedging only delay the action now required, George Browning writes. #auspol #ClimateChange #ClimateAction
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Nepal’s catastrophe demands more than climate silence
As climate-fuelled disasters intensify, political leaders should stop treating discussion of their causes as untimely and confront the consequences of continued inaction.
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