Steve Baty (He/him)
@docbaty.bsky.social
Public prosperity through strategic design, policy and advocacy. Public spaces, public infrastructure, public services, and nature. Co-author: Designing Tomorrow
Wangal country
Interests include: policy, cycling, bonsai, Design
Wangal country
Interests include: policy, cycling, bonsai, Design
We have segued seamlessly from Severe Thunderstorm Weather Warning to Extreme Fire Danger Weather Warning inside an afternoon
#climatecrisis
#climatecrisis
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
We have segued seamlessly from Severe Thunderstorm Weather Warning to Extreme Fire Danger Weather Warning inside an afternoon
#climatecrisis
#climatecrisis
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The Government is trying to push through changes that will weaken our environment laws.
This is the same Government that changed environment laws to protect the toxic salmon industry, and continues to approve fossil fuels for decades to come.
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
This is the same Government that changed environment laws to protect the toxic salmon industry, and continues to approve fossil fuels for decades to come.
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The Government is trying to push through changes that will weaken our environment laws.
This is the same Government that changed environment laws to protect the toxic salmon industry, and continues to approve fossil fuels for decades to come.
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
This is the same Government that changed environment laws to protect the toxic salmon industry, and continues to approve fossil fuels for decades to come.
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
CPI comes in at 3.8%. Trimmed mean (the preferred measure) is 3.3% - both up from September. Both outside the RBA's 2-3% range, and as expected/forecast by the RBA. It puts paid to any rate cut in December, but should otherwise be steady-as-it-goes.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
CPI comes in at 3.8%. Trimmed mean (the preferred measure) is 3.3% - both up from September. Both outside the RBA's 2-3% range, and as expected/forecast by the RBA. It puts paid to any rate cut in December, but should otherwise be steady-as-it-goes.
Cutting public sector jobs in order to save money - about $5.6bn, which isn't nothing - having gone ahead with income tax cuts which gave up $20bn in annual revenues, is exactly the kind of thing I'd expect from a centre-right government.
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Cutting public sector jobs in order to save money - about $5.6bn, which isn't nothing - having gone ahead with income tax cuts which gave up $20bn in annual revenues, is exactly the kind of thing I'd expect from a centre-right government.
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You might think that this doesn't affect you. Maybe not now.
I have observed how the police have been applying the 'salami technique'. Slice by slice, our rights are being infringed.
Do you think many Americans predicted what is currently happening to them?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I have observed how the police have been applying the 'salami technique'. Slice by slice, our rights are being infringed.
Do you think many Americans predicted what is currently happening to them?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
You might think that this doesn't affect you. Maybe not now.
I have observed how the police have been applying the 'salami technique'. Slice by slice, our rights are being infringed.
Do you think many Americans predicted what is currently happening to them?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I have observed how the police have been applying the 'salami technique'. Slice by slice, our rights are being infringed.
Do you think many Americans predicted what is currently happening to them?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Must read article by @emfarrelly.bsky.social on the outrageous, undemocratic recent changes to NSW Planning Act.
Premier Minns in pocket of the worst urgera & profiteers, environmental vandals & developers.
This analysis ignored by MSM, sucked in by press release
architectureau.com/articles/pro...
Premier Minns in pocket of the worst urgera & profiteers, environmental vandals & developers.
This analysis ignored by MSM, sucked in by press release
architectureau.com/articles/pro...
Prohibiting the public interest
The new New South Wales Environmental Planning and Assessment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025, which slid through parliament in November with bipartisan support and little press coverage, is “trus...
architectureau.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Must read article by @emfarrelly.bsky.social on the outrageous, undemocratic recent changes to NSW Planning Act.
Premier Minns in pocket of the worst urgera & profiteers, environmental vandals & developers.
This analysis ignored by MSM, sucked in by press release
architectureau.com/articles/pro...
Premier Minns in pocket of the worst urgera & profiteers, environmental vandals & developers.
This analysis ignored by MSM, sucked in by press release
architectureau.com/articles/pro...
I laughed out loud. There are depths of stupidity being plumbed here that I didn’t expect to witness.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I laughed out loud. There are depths of stupidity being plumbed here that I didn’t expect to witness.
A company that really cares about its employees would encourage unionisation; not try to block it. A productive relationship between a company and its staff is something that benefits everyone, long term.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A company that really cares about its employees would encourage unionisation; not try to block it. A productive relationship between a company and its staff is something that benefits everyone, long term.
Jeffries would be such a bad choice for President. He gears himself up for the occasional stunt, but can't seem to stand up when it matters.
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Jeffries would be such a bad choice for President. He gears himself up for the occasional stunt, but can't seem to stand up when it matters.
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, marking the start of @UN_Women’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based violence.
Violence against women is a global crisis. Nearly one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
Violence against women is a global crisis. Nearly one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, marking the start of @UN_Women’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based violence.
Violence against women is a global crisis. Nearly one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
Violence against women is a global crisis. Nearly one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
It isn't people wearing burqas who are hiding their faces to get away with crimes. It's the 'white Australia' neo-nazis and PHON-affiliated racists. I know who I feel safer around.
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It isn't people wearing burqas who are hiding their faces to get away with crimes. It's the 'white Australia' neo-nazis and PHON-affiliated racists. I know who I feel safer around.
Pauline Hanson was being more overtly racist than usual, today, showing up to the Senate wearing a burqa.
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Pauline Hanson was being more overtly racist than usual, today, showing up to the Senate wearing a burqa.
Have you ever wondered why car manufacturers make such a big deal out of how quickly their car can accelerate from 0-100km/h? Can you think of any real-world driving scenario where that's important?
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Have you ever wondered why car manufacturers make such a big deal out of how quickly their car can accelerate from 0-100km/h? Can you think of any real-world driving scenario where that's important?
We seem hooked on this idea that housing can only be delivered through single-family dwellings on separated blocks of land on the urban fringes or high-rise developments along transport corridors. We assume car-dependency and just ignore the many better alternative schemes.
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We seem hooked on this idea that housing can only be delivered through single-family dwellings on separated blocks of land on the urban fringes or high-rise developments along transport corridors. We assume car-dependency and just ignore the many better alternative schemes.
Happy Monday! Began the day with a long walk to a cafe to enjoy some sun and company. Lovely.
Parliament is sitting this week and, after the weekend's poll numbers, Don't Know is getting ready to make a run for the Liberal party leadership. Currently, though, they're ambitious for Sussan Ley...
Parliament is sitting this week and, after the weekend's poll numbers, Don't Know is getting ready to make a run for the Liberal party leadership. Currently, though, they're ambitious for Sussan Ley...
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Happy Monday! Began the day with a long walk to a cafe to enjoy some sun and company. Lovely.
Parliament is sitting this week and, after the weekend's poll numbers, Don't Know is getting ready to make a run for the Liberal party leadership. Currently, though, they're ambitious for Sussan Ley...
Parliament is sitting this week and, after the weekend's poll numbers, Don't Know is getting ready to make a run for the Liberal party leadership. Currently, though, they're ambitious for Sussan Ley...
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Oh I'm so ready for @auspsa.bsky.social this week!
Want to know more about how political leaders use women's magazines to build political legitimacy? And you'll be at APSA?
Then come to my session, Gender and sexuality 2, 1.30 PM – 3.00pm 25th November, Room: PAR-149-L1-124.
#AusPol #APSA2025
Want to know more about how political leaders use women's magazines to build political legitimacy? And you'll be at APSA?
Then come to my session, Gender and sexuality 2, 1.30 PM – 3.00pm 25th November, Room: PAR-149-L1-124.
#AusPol #APSA2025
November 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Oh I'm so ready for @auspsa.bsky.social this week!
Want to know more about how political leaders use women's magazines to build political legitimacy? And you'll be at APSA?
Then come to my session, Gender and sexuality 2, 1.30 PM – 3.00pm 25th November, Room: PAR-149-L1-124.
#AusPol #APSA2025
Want to know more about how political leaders use women's magazines to build political legitimacy? And you'll be at APSA?
Then come to my session, Gender and sexuality 2, 1.30 PM – 3.00pm 25th November, Room: PAR-149-L1-124.
#AusPol #APSA2025
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TODAY RECAPPED: 23/11/25
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Sunday 23rd November, 2025
Scores and headlines.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
TODAY RECAPPED: 23/11/25
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I'm posting this for the men who don't think this happens ALL the TIME to women who don't behave like their unpaid life facilitators for unrecognised genie-arses or against-all-odds enthusiasm-programmed sex robot accosted by a stranger.
Rejected a short story submission and the guy wrote me back, "Suck me off, bitches." It is a glamorous life, I tell you.
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I'm posting this for the men who don't think this happens ALL the TIME to women who don't behave like their unpaid life facilitators for unrecognised genie-arses or against-all-odds enthusiasm-programmed sex robot accosted by a stranger.
We’ve lost sight of what it means to be human.
‘The annual cost of an arts degree is now nine times the original 1989 contribution, a rate well ahead of inflation. Student fees have increased from a third of the salary earned by an arts student on graduation to more than two-thirds.’
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?
Australians think students are being asked to pay far too much for their degrees. Just under half (47%) of Australians surveyed by YouGov in June 2025 believe a worker on an average income should be a...
johnmenadue.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We’ve lost sight of what it means to be human.
COP30 has ended and the world still has no plan to wean itself off fossil fuels. Pretty sure I know where Australia stood in those discussions.
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
COP30 has ended and the world still has no plan to wean itself off fossil fuels. Pretty sure I know where Australia stood in those discussions.
One of the things I enjoy about a Test Match is that they last for five days… when they last for five days.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
One of the things I enjoy about a Test Match is that they last for five days… when they last for five days.
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My thoughts on the dismissal of the Whitlam govt. 50 years later - the language of the dismissal has shifted to now acknowledge, as the PM described, a ‘calculated plot’ to remove an elected govt #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
A calculated plot, an ambush, a coup
Five decades on from the dismissal of the Whitlam government, Australia is seeing a notable shift in the narrative that now recognises it as a calculated coup, and an assault on the conventions of gov...
johnmenadue.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My thoughts on the dismissal of the Whitlam govt. 50 years later - the language of the dismissal has shifted to now acknowledge, as the PM described, a ‘calculated plot’ to remove an elected govt #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
As Cyclone Fina bears down on Darwin I’m reminded that my paternal grandfather and his brother were caught up in Cyclone Tracey in ‘74. They were stuck in their caravan, which had been blown on its side, trapping them for three days.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
As Cyclone Fina bears down on Darwin I’m reminded that my paternal grandfather and his brother were caught up in Cyclone Tracey in ‘74. They were stuck in their caravan, which had been blown on its side, trapping them for three days.