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Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · 3h

This is the sort of research a well-funded & reinvigorated #CSIRO could have undertaken…amongst many.
Instead in @albomp.bsky.social we have a mediocre, penny- pinching neoliberal PM whose only ambition is to keep his own seat warm, and his beloved @australianlabor.bsky.social in office.
#auspol

Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 5h

Researchers present inverter-based dust monitoring method for rooftop solar – pv magazine Australia www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/10/14/r...

Researchers present inverter-based dust monitoring method for rooftop solar

Researchers in China have developed a dust monitoring technique that relies solely on the existing hardware resources of inverters, without requiring extra sensors or meteorological data. Tests on exi...

www.pv-magazine-australia.com

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 2h

The previous PM who cut back on the CSIRO and scientific research was Tony Abbott.

So Albanese is in sordid company.

I guess Albo is cutting things back to make regular AUKUS payments, which he places at the feet of the 🟠 Orange felon.

#auspol

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PrivetEye @priveteye.bsky.social · 1h

Palestinian Prisoners, Israeli Hostages
Of the 2000 Palestinians released, 1750 'prisoners' were detained without trial. 250 were convicted. 99% conviction rate, with sentences up to 20yrs for throwing a stone at an Israeli vehicle.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 12h

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Mel Halpin @melhalpin.bsky.social · 7h

Govts around the world, no matter which side, are busy jumping over themselves to maintain the wealth and power of the people & things they actually represent.

Only when we get money out of politics, will we see any real change towards making life easier for the masses. #Auspol #TaxTheUltraWealthy

El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 17h

so great that rich people are being heard with their concerns about staying rich #antipovertyweek

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Government offers major concessions on proposed super tax increase

The government has bowed to pressure on its superannuation tax policy, one of the few revenue-raising measures it had promised, two years on from when it was first announced.

www.abc.net.au

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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta pay for that stadium. pulsetasmania.com.au/news/staff-r...

Staff rally over Royal Hobart Hospital clinical trial cuts

The state government says nobody will lose their jobs as a result…

pulsetasmania.com.au

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 1d

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against a young woman who a court of law found to have been raped in her office by a Linda Reynolds staffer

Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 1d

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins

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Jules 🍉💔🖤🤍💚🇮🇪 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 9h

Photo journalist Shade Abu Sido was kidnapped on March 18 2024 during the Israeli occupation's raid on Al-Shifa Medical Complex.

“I entered Gaza and found it like a scene from Judgment Day. This is not Gaza. Where is the world?”

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PaulWA14 @paulwa14.bsky.social · 15h

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Steadily defunding the CSIRO, Australia’s premier research organisation yet as a country we are quite okay with handing over billions $$$s to the US kleptocracy for submarines that we will most likely never receive.
#auspol #AUKUS #AmericaIsNoAlly

Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding

CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’

www.theguardian.com

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Em, enby extraordinaire @ninethenby.bsky.social · 3h

Israel needs to be actively disarmed. We clearly cannot trust the occupying force to keep to their words.
Palestine cannot be free as long as Israel is allowed to act without consequences.

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: The death toll has risen to five after Israeli quadcopter drones opened fire on residents inspecting their homes in the Shujaiyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, according to medical sources.

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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 3h

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them? theconversation.com/pr-firms-are...

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?

This week, Australian policymakers heard about the real and growing problem of climate misinformation. Stopping it would mean regulating the PR industry.

theconversation.com

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Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 4h

Conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells court

University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speech #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells court

University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speech

www.theguardian.com

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livesarah.bsky.social @livesarah.bsky.social · 3h

This is quite a dismissive headline for a very real issue.

Regional teens left lonely as social media goes dark

Advocates are concerned rural and remote children will experience compounding challenges with the looming social media ban for people under 16.

www.abc.net.au

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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 5h

#FreePalestine
Dismantle Israel

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 13h

A freed prisoner speaks with anguish about the horrors of torture in the occupation’s prisons and expresses his shock at the scenes of destruction in Gaza.

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livesarah.bsky.social @livesarah.bsky.social · 17h

We should aim for population literacy levels good enough to understand this stuff, or we’re screwed.

Acetaminophen and Autism: What Do the Data Suggest?

Clinicians can no longer avoid discussing the potential association between acetaminophen and autism with patients, and transparency is paramount.

www.medscape.com

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 1d

So is ABC or any media going to show us or spk to any Palestinians who are miraculously still alive after 2yrs of daily bombings by Israel? Seems pretty one sided at the moment. Palestinians wrongly held captive by Israel are also being released today, barely a mention.

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 1d

Someone needs to post that little clip just aired on Media Watch of 2019 Anthony Albanese pointing out all the problems concerning FOI that 2025 Anthony Albanese is intent on making worse

Massive hypocrite

#auspol

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d

No one will remember anything Linda Reynolds did in politics, but we will remember this forever. What a piece of sh#t.

Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 1d

Linda Reynolds launches bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins

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livesarah.bsky.social @livesarah.bsky.social · 1d

I feel it’s more akin to the ‘Edgar-suit’ in Men in Black…

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Kelanoa 😷 @kelanoa.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the point of being in government, if you do nothing with it? He‘s like the dog that caught the car. What now?
He’ll be the PM known for growing up in a housing commission flat, nothing else.

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livesarah.bsky.social @livesarah.bsky.social · 1d

The PM known for endlessly repeating the tale of growing up in a housing commission flat.

Who then turned around and became a Tory.

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Inebriated-echidna @drunk-echidna.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t believe second term Albo has less spine than first term Albo.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Not really accurate to say that Albo loves capitulating to Tories.
It's now clear that he is one. #auspol

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lloydois @lloydois.bsky.social · 1d

'And so now we have a crime without criminals, a genocide without génocidaires, a wretched population who, we are to believe, have been brought low by Hamas, and must be fed and watered while the world works out what to do with them.

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livesarah.bsky.social @livesarah.bsky.social · 1d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Why you might be paying more for reduced quality at the supermarket

The main ingredient in dozens of supermarket products has been reduced, an ABC investigation has found, leading retail and marketing experts to call for more transparency around recipe changes.

www.abc.net.au