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David

@dvdhlo.bsky.social
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Social Policy researcher, Tasmanian, Quaker, lots of other things.

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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Zero notes.
Social media post by release_the_brikabracken:
My favorite childhood memory was knowing nothing about Trump.
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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Surprise, surprise. Rockliff lied when he said Tasmania's contribution would be capped at $875M. If Bec Thomas was stupid enough to believe him, she should resign and apologise for her part in this debacle. Rockliff should piss off as well. #politas
abc.net.au
Hobart stadium facing 'cost pressures' as price tag remains unclear
With an updated price tag for Hobart's AFL stadium expected to be released by the end of the year, the Tasmanian premier has skirted around questions on whether he would limit Tasmania's contribution ...
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Needed more than submarines we will never see
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 13/10/2026
If you're head of the business lobby and you want the Labor Party to do something for you, simply text Anthony Albanese personally and he'll get onto it right away! 🫡
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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Over at @getup.org.au ‘s Instagram to see the full AI Deep Fake — here’s the side by side:
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
hang on I am getting a call on my OneTel phone
The Australian: Billionaire James Packer weighs in on Firmus' Aussie 'tear down' after $44bn float collapse
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
😂😂🤣🤣
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Coming soon to ABC The groundbreaking series Given Up, which follows young children with hopes and dreams from a variety of backgrounds as they progressively give up their passions and principles to become dead eyed soulless functionaries of a major political party. Part 1 Anthony Albanese
Mock up by of a 7 UP style montage for Anthony Albanese
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ctrl+alt+RESIST @ctrlaltresist.com · 11/10/2026
Ukraine torches a Yandex data center and Russian troll activity on X collapses to 49%. The GOP's most reliable volunteers just lost their server farm.
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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Via BoredPanda.com
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Tim Collier @col82.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Veterans sue government over 'mass and routine' medical data sharing
A new class action will allege the federal government breach privacy laws by sharing thousands of ex-ADF members' medical records to an Australian university.
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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Kimmylea @kimmylea.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I thought it was immigrants coming from our jobs. Is the AI now coming for the immigrants' jobs?
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David @dvdhlo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi | Yanis Varoufakis
Inflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Labor government: David Shoebridge should work constructively with the Labor government Also Labor government: We're launching a smear campaign against David Shoebridge #auspol
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Receiving lifesaving medical care" after a botched execution is the most American thing I can possibly imagine.
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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The One Nation vote is a map of government neglect pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
pearlsandirritations.com
The One Nation vote is a map of government neglect
One Nation’s rise is often treated as cultural anger. New data point to something more concrete: poor health, financial insecurity and communities left without the services that make life work.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kogan CEO in June: Ruslan Kogan says changes to Capital Gains Tax will attract migrants motivated by “sick NDIS scams” and the welfare system." Today ATO Tax data for Kogan Pty Ltd: Income: $642.3m Taxable income: $0 Tax paid $0
Screenshot: "Sick scame": Kogan boss unleashes on Albanese government's capital gains tax changes"

rich lister Ruslan Kogan has issued an epic rant about Anthony Albanese's tax changes, warning they risk attracting a specific type of migrant to Australia'sSpreadsheet screenshot of ATO corporate tax transparency data

KOGAN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD: Total income $642,335,009; Taxable Income $0; Tax payable $0
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Norway's sovereign wealth fund has been prohibited from investing in a number of companies that the Future Fund invests in. Norway's exclusions list includes Airbus SE, BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics — all of which the Future Fund invests in"
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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wondering like me why DV is increasing in Australia? The AFL just let the footy player who gut-punched an opponent behind the game during an AFL match off with a fine so he could play in the Finals No real consequences that matter No public example No integrity to be learned here
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Science, the arts and libraries facing forced job losses. One doesn't need to be smart to kick a football, I guess. Change the rego plates to "Tasmania, the dumb state." #politas
abc.net.au
'Researcher of the Year' to be sacked as part of cost cutting
Not even the Premier's STEM Researcher of the Year 2025 can avoid a Tasmanian departmental job-cutting drive.
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LordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OSWALD MOSELY  NIGEL FARAGE
THE SAME STORY, SEPARATED BY 80 YEARS... WEALTHY FAMILY, PUBLIC SCHOOL
EX-TORY, PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
POPS UP DURING A RECESSION CAUSED BY BANKERS 
FORMS NATIONALIST AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL PARTY 
CLAIMS TO SPEAK FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET
BLAMES MINORITIES AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PEOPLE AT THE TOP
Anti-
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 24/09/2026
The moment the robot started interacting with myGov systems, it understood the human feeling almost too well. chaser.com.au/general-news...
ChatGPT understands wanting sweet relief of death after interacting with myGov - The Chaser
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nordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Always good to catch up with @POTUS" 📸
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Netanyahu will turn up to speak at the UN, TOMORROW. He should be arrested.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
misogyny and racism, coexisting with the “loveable larrikin” reputation since 1788.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The fact none of the articles about the “hack” so far mention the human or organisation behind the scraping of the server make me suspect it was APS initiated
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David Jones @ozhillbilly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
After record heat in some parts around here yesterday, today has started snowy on the mountain #Kunanyi with an impressive -4C, #Tasmania in #Spring . www.hobartcity.com.au/Things-To-Do...
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Optimising the flintwhistle
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ed Sheeran should just go into hiding at this point. This video’s already at 600k likes in 7 hours on TikTok 😂
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/09/2026
New data shows Australians on JobSeeker are up to 10 times more likely to die than those not on welfare support. Living in poverty has severe health impacts, and the JobSeeker rate is about 45% BELOW the poverty line. #auspol @grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
That evidence from the DPP was astounding - 1 out of 1500 successful prosecutions last year came from the NACC - one!
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Twitter Exile @twitter-exile.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#PeteWhishWilson Nobody is talking about this... We all need to wake up to this! The rise of #OneNation is so off the charts it defies usual political explanations. #Greens won't let this potential foreign interference slide by unchecked. Nothing less than our democracy is at stake. #AUSPOL
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Left Lens • Follow
5h •

Robert Kraft pressuring Ed Sheeran to remove
Macklemore from the tour is the perfect time to remind you that Robert Kraft is in the Epstein Files
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ginarish a mangled form of English spoken by a small group of people trying to explain One Nation policies 'Did you see Barnaby Joyce on the telly last night? I couldn't understand half of what he was saying. It was complete ginarish'
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Or course, Charlie Kirk fans think Hitler is in Heaven. Of course, they do . . .
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AG 🦋 🐦‍🔥🐉♐️❤️‍🔥 🌊💙🌊 SteelersGirl4Life 🖤💛 @steelersgirl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Your Daily Reminder...💙💙💙
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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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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
And so the social license-buying, sportswashing begins‼️ #DataCentreVampires
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