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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the fundamental contradiction of supporting climate change action and approving fossil fuel projects into the future

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Couldn’t happen to an icer guy

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Five years into AUKUS, what do we have to show for it? We’ve measured progress on three key metrics

Aus Dept of Defence is an unaccountable mess. After 5 years here is no updated costings for AUKUS. No budget papers offer itemised accounts nor any consolidated overall figure. This for a potential $368b project over 3 decades with a dubious ally. Not good enough. theconversation.com/five-years-i...

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Though reliably measuring progress is difficult, it would be disingenuous to say Australia has nothing to show for its investments to date.

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Watching part 1 of De Gaulle alerted me to this remarkable character Felix Eboue, the first black French man appointed to a high post in the French colonies, and as governor of Chad, the first French leader to support De Gaulle’ Free France resistance movement en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9...

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Félix Éboué - Wikipedia

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Hanson uses the phrase “primitive race” despite science discrediting the whole concept of race almost a century ago. But then again science has never been a One Nation strong point. Peer reviewed processes are not important to grievance politics

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Enjoyed De Gaulle part 1 (Resistance). Great story, great acting by the two Simons Abkarian and Russell Beale, and asks some interesting questions about the nature of nationalism and colonialism. Look forward to seeing part 2 Liberté next month 4/5

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Reposted by Derek Barry

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“Nobody could have predicted that by the end of the first day, the main global headline would be his desire to see a unified Ireland” Really? What anyone could have predicted was world media would misinterpret yet another Trump brainfart as serious policy discussion www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Trump: US president's comments on a united Ireland may have targeted an audience across the Atlantic

Nobody could have predicted that today's main global headline would be Trump's desire to see a unified Ireland.

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bridge to Brisbane 10km done in time of 47:31

A smiling grey haired man wearing an athletics shirt and medal gives the thumbs up

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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I had to go to Roma for a funeral and it was a quick 24 hour dash bookended by two long overnight train journeys. A sad occasion but I had plenty of time to walk around and soak in the town that I know from my newspaper time there in the 2010s

The sun rises over the Railway Dam in Roma Bush Gardens. Built in the 19th century to supply water for steam locomotives, it now hosts two dams, and many native trees and wildlife

Left of image is a large Qld bottle tree (Brachychiton rupestris) next to the 1901 heritage listed Federation freestyle Roma Courthouse

Roma's Big Rig Museum celebrates the region's long oil and gas history. The largest rig is the 1929 Emsco Drilling Rig a steam-powered rig which drilled four local wells before being retired and abandoned in 1941. Next to it is a tower with stairs to appreciate it close up

The brick and timber School of Arts Hotel, seen here gleaming in afternoon sunshine, was built in 1918 by architect John Hill, replacing an earlier 1885 structure.

Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is very unfortunate juxtaposition of headline and photo

A social media post from ABC News Aus has headline "Three child sex offenders charged in first 8 months of Qld online register". The accompanying photo shows 3 people but they are prominent child safety campaigners Denise and Bruce Morcombe with Qld premier David Crisafulli

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E-Petition | Parliament of Queensland

This Qld Parl petition closes today.It calls for 30km/h urban streets in #brisbane which are not already signed at 50, 60 or higher. This slashes pedestrian deaths and injuries and encourages active transport, improves air quality and reduce noise pollution. www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-...

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Collaboration and conflict: why two Brisbane empire builders fell out

Great article on Brisbane Archbishop James Duhig and businessman TC Beirne, both Irish Catholic Queenslanders But they fell out over Duhig’s project to build a huge new Brisbane cathedral. www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/collabo...

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In his first blog post, 2026 Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame Fellow Robert Allen explores the conflict between Thomas Charles Beirne and Archbishop James Duhig.

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Cave art discovery suggests first humans in Ireland came from Wales

Interesting. I didn’t think there was a land bridge from Wales to Ireland in human times and people either came by boat or a possible NI-Scot land bridge www.bbc.com/news/article...

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During the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.

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Cycling home and I could see something on my helmet in the corner of my eye. It continued to vaguely annoy me until I got home. When I got off I found this butterfly still attached. Think it might be Papilio demoleus. After taking the photo I flicked it off and it flew away unharmed.

A close up of a bicycle helmet with a large butterfly still attached. The butterfly is mist dark coloured with pale yellow markings on the wings and two red stripes on abdomen

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I hope that in the confidentiality of cabinet discussions you are strongly advocating against this idiotic reallocation of resources in a time of climate crisis Regards, Derek Barry 8/8

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In the case of buses, cancelling existing contracts made in good faith so we can buy hundreds of fossil fuel emitting diesel vehicles, is terrible intervention. It will also leave taxpayers with the ongoing bill as the price of diesel continues to soar, amid fluctuating supplies. 7/n

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More importantly, it is untrue. If the government was genuinely tech agnostic it would not be buying any buses at all, and instead let the market itself sort out transport needs. But the government acknowledges that market failures need intervention. 6/n

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I read that the government is hiding behind the excuse that it is "tech agnostic". This is plain silly. Does the government plan to support a network of blacksmiths in case horseriding makes a comeback? 5/n

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I applaud the government's continued support for 50c local fares which is an important attitude changer towards public transport. But transport must keep with the times it serves. The solution should be to fix the infrastructure that supports electric transport, not baulk at providing it. 4/n

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The electric transport network is still evolving and there are still far too few charging stations. But the trend is heading only one way. Electric vehicles, in conjunction with active transport strategies are the way forward for Brisbane's roads into the middle of the 21st century. 3/n

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I live in your electorate and I am unhappy with the Crisafulli government's shortsighted decision to abandon support for Brisbane's electric bus fleet and instead purchase a new fleet of 630 diesel buses. This decision is wrong on many levels and a disgraceful shortsighed waste of tax dollars. 2/n

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