Doug
@dougincanberra.bsky.social
Interested in public policy, irregular theology, Geelong Cats, Green politics. Also found on @Dougincanberra
ANAO audits should have raised red flags a decade ago www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Dirty deals’: Nauru rorting, bikie gang allegations to be referred to NACC
Allegations of rorting, graft and bikie gangs infiltrating critical border security operations are set to be referred to the national anti-corruption watchdog.
www.theage.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
ANAO audits should have raised red flags a decade ago www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
November 9, 2025
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November 9, 2025
In order to pressure the Democrats to cave to Trump’s demands that they sign on to the House Republicans’ continuing resolution to fund the government, the administration has been refusing to fund the...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
November 9, 2025
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The use of Nauru as a Pacific dumping ground for people seeking asylum is not just a story of human rights abuses but scandal layered over scandal, as two brave whistle-blowers have told @60minutes.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvx...
Unwanted ‘non-citizens’ deported to remote Pacific island | 60 Minutes Australia
YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia
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November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The use of Nauru as a Pacific dumping ground for people seeking asylum is not just a story of human rights abuses but scandal layered over scandal, as two brave whistle-blowers have told @60minutes.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hvx...
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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Mark Parton is the new leader of the Canberra Liberals, which means 44 per cent of the current party room members (4 out of 9) have now served as leader
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Mark Parton is the new leader of the Canberra Liberals, which means 44 per cent of the current party room members (4 out of 9) have now served as leader
Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
The US Senate has reached a deal to end the 40-day government shutdown, reopening the government into January and funding some agencies through next year aje.io/zxinf9
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
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Love to pay $37 for something I can read for free from the Federal Court's own website: www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...
You can buy Justice Lee's judgment in Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Ltd as a book.
That... doesn't feel right?
That... doesn't feel right?
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Love to pay $37 for something I can read for free from the Federal Court's own website: www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...
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You can buy Justice Lee's judgment in Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Ltd as a book.
That... doesn't feel right?
That... doesn't feel right?
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
You can buy Justice Lee's judgment in Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Ltd as a book.
That... doesn't feel right?
That... doesn't feel right?
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Last nights #60mins was explosive & shocking. Whistleblowers exposing a web of corruption, cover ups & the infiltration of our offshore detention regime by criminal bikie gangs.
Watch 60 Minutes story here: youtu.be/9hvxVzX0NDI?...
ASRC’s media release: asrc.org.au/2025/11/10/e...
Watch 60 Minutes story here: youtu.be/9hvxVzX0NDI?...
ASRC’s media release: asrc.org.au/2025/11/10/e...
How Australia got rid of illegal immigrants | 60 Minutes Australia
YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia
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November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Last nights #60mins was explosive & shocking. Whistleblowers exposing a web of corruption, cover ups & the infiltration of our offshore detention regime by criminal bikie gangs.
Watch 60 Minutes story here: youtu.be/9hvxVzX0NDI?...
ASRC’s media release: asrc.org.au/2025/11/10/e...
Watch 60 Minutes story here: youtu.be/9hvxVzX0NDI?...
ASRC’s media release: asrc.org.au/2025/11/10/e...
Cracks in the Coalition
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Cracks in the Coalition
The other good news from this week
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November 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Cracks in the Coalition
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Rewarding mediocrity or providing new hope? AFL confirms divisive finals wildcard plan
Rewarding mediocrity or providing new hope? AFL confirms divisive finals wildcard plan
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AFL backs decision to introduce new round from next season
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‘Our fans love finals games,’ says CEO Andrew Dillon
The AFL has defended its decision to expand the finals series to 10 clubs with the introduction of a divisive “wildcard round” from next season.
The two additional matches will be held during the weekend that has been used for a pre-finals bye in the men’s competition while the AFLW will lose the clear air it has been given for early-round fixtures over the past three seasons. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Rewarding mediocrity or providing new hope? AFL confirms divisive finals wildcard plan
13.5% (18 million) of U.S. households experienced food insecurity in 2023 — up from 12.8% (17 million) In 2022. In the wealthiest nation on earth, 18 million households don’t know where their next meal will come from. baptistnews.com/article/gerr...
Gerrymandering the gospel – Baptist News Global
Political gerrymandering and rising social isolation seem unrelated. But they share a root: the redrawing of boundaries for self-interest.
baptistnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
13.5% (18 million) of U.S. households experienced food insecurity in 2023 — up from 12.8% (17 million) In 2022. In the wealthiest nation on earth, 18 million households don’t know where their next meal will come from. baptistnews.com/article/gerr...
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"How Australian democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts" @browne90.bsky.social #OffTheCharts #ThePoint
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How Australian democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts
50 years on from the Dismissal, how has Australian democracy changed? Here are six ways that Australian politics looks very different to when Gough Whitlam was PM in November 1975.
thepoint.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"How Australian democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts" @browne90.bsky.social #OffTheCharts #ThePoint
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People going hungry doesn't worry the Trump regime www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US agriculture department tells states to ‘undo’ Snap benefits for families in need
Directive comes after supreme court order allowing Trump officials to pause food aid payments amid shutdown
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
People going hungry doesn't worry the Trump regime www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
From my file on the IEA's world energy outlook.
"Primary energy" = what goes in
"Final energy" = what comes out
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The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.
So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
"Primary energy" = what goes in
"Final energy" = what comes out
a
The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.
So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
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A cutie Pine Warbler from today. He was mere feet from me. 🪶
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A cutie Pine Warbler from today. He was mere feet from me. 🪶
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«The biggest lesson of the past two decades of Silicon Valley is that Meta, Amazon, and Google … have remade our world and have become unfathomably rich for it, all while being mostly oblivious or uninterested in the fallout. They have chased growth and scale at all costs …»
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
«The biggest lesson of the past two decades of Silicon Valley is that Meta, Amazon, and Google … have remade our world and have become unfathomably rich for it, all while being mostly oblivious or uninterested in the fallout. They have chased growth and scale at all costs …»
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The 60 Minutes whistleblower allegations and this transcript show a pattern of gross financial mismanagement and secrecy at the heart of offshore processing.#60mins #nauru #auspol #australia #60minutes
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The 60 Minutes whistleblower allegations and this transcript show a pattern of gross financial mismanagement and secrecy at the heart of offshore processing.#60mins #nauru #auspol #australia #60minutes
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The Australian people deserve answers from the #Albanese Government following explosive new whistleblower revelations aired on #60Minutes tonight, exposing corruption, cover-ups and criminal infiltration at the heart of Australia’s offshore detention regime #auspol #60mins #nauru
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Australian people deserve answers from the #Albanese Government following explosive new whistleblower revelations aired on #60Minutes tonight, exposing corruption, cover-ups and criminal infiltration at the heart of Australia’s offshore detention regime #auspol #60mins #nauru
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The Albanese Government must release all contracts, correspondence, and agreements relating to offshore processing and offshore warehousing in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. #60mins #auspol #nauru #albanese #60minutes
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The Albanese Government must release all contracts, correspondence, and agreements relating to offshore processing and offshore warehousing in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. #60mins #auspol #nauru #albanese #60minutes
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Kookaburra 😍
NEW BLOG POST: “Weekly Wrap 806: The Kookaburra of Consideration” stilgherrian.com/weekly-wrap/...
Covers 3–9 November 2025 and contains the usual links to Interesting Things. Also, a kookaburra.
Covers 3–9 November 2025 and contains the usual links to Interesting Things. Also, a kookaburra.
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Kookaburra 😍
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OpenAI has pivoted to generative pornography, so how long until OpenAI makes generative child pornography?
Perhaps someone could ask Bill Gates, or Tony Blair or a member of the British Royals for their opinion on this?
@davidrvetter.bsky.social @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social @chadbourn.bsky.social
Perhaps someone could ask Bill Gates, or Tony Blair or a member of the British Royals for their opinion on this?
@davidrvetter.bsky.social @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social @chadbourn.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
OpenAI has pivoted to generative pornography, so how long until OpenAI makes generative child pornography?
Perhaps someone could ask Bill Gates, or Tony Blair or a member of the British Royals for their opinion on this?
@davidrvetter.bsky.social @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social @chadbourn.bsky.social
Perhaps someone could ask Bill Gates, or Tony Blair or a member of the British Royals for their opinion on this?
@davidrvetter.bsky.social @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social @chadbourn.bsky.social