Ian Farquhar
@ianfarquhar.bsky.social
Formerly ianbfarquhar on Twitter, before the moron Musk turned it into a fascist hell hole. Progressive. All posts represent my personal opinion only. He/him.
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“The mining lobby has gorged itself for decades. They’ve extracted our wealth, minimized their taxes, blocked our progress, and corrupted our politics so thoroughly that both major parties compete to serve them.”
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The Midas Curse: How Mining Interests Own Australia’s Democracy
“You can’t always get what you want,” sang The Rolling Stones. The Australian mining lobby never received the memo. For decades, it has secured its every wish: a royalty regime that ranks among the wo...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
“The mining lobby has gorged itself for decades. They’ve extracted our wealth, minimized their taxes, blocked our progress, and corrupted our politics so thoroughly that both major parties compete to serve them.”
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Is this man capable of NOT looking like someone has just poked him from behind?
NEW: Trump weighs sacking Patel. www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Is this man capable of NOT looking like someone has just poked him from behind?
I fundamentally have a problem with banning specific technologies. It is unenforceable, has massive jurisdictional problems, and is generally performative. My preference is to ban misuse. It’s harder to prosecute, but if ease of prosecution is your only guiding light, then you’re in a bad place.
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I fundamentally have a problem with banning specific technologies. It is unenforceable, has massive jurisdictional problems, and is generally performative. My preference is to ban misuse. It’s harder to prosecute, but if ease of prosecution is your only guiding light, then you’re in a bad place.
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A neo-liberal is a neo-liberal, regardless of whether they are red or blue
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A neo-liberal is a neo-liberal, regardless of whether they are red or blue
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Why is it that property developers in NSW can act with impunity, and that the default response to gross fraud and misrepresentation hasn’t seen the principles facing charges? It’s a criminal industry and our lack of enforcement makes it a joke.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Why is it that property developers in NSW can act with impunity, and that the default response to gross fraud and misrepresentation hasn’t seen the principles facing charges? It’s a criminal industry and our lack of enforcement makes it a joke.
What the fuck are advertisements - scam advertisements - doing inside ABC News content? This is on the Apple News app.
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What the fuck are advertisements - scam advertisements - doing inside ABC News content? This is on the Apple News app.
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Thank me.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank me.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Repurpose it as a warning sign
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November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Repurpose it as a warning sign
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Any law which provides the minister “discretion”, especially when there is no appeal process, is an invitation for bad outcomes leading up to and including corruption.
"It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers" @richarddenniss.bsky.social #ThePoint
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It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Any law which provides the minister “discretion”, especially when there is no appeal process, is an invitation for bad outcomes leading up to and including corruption.
Dear reality…
Could we be a little less..
* Black Mirror
* Star Wars
* Handmaid’s Tale
And a little more…
* Star Trek
* Solarpunk
Thank you.
Could we be a little less..
* Black Mirror
* Star Wars
* Handmaid’s Tale
And a little more…
* Star Trek
* Solarpunk
Thank you.
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Dear reality…
Could we be a little less..
* Black Mirror
* Star Wars
* Handmaid’s Tale
And a little more…
* Star Trek
* Solarpunk
Thank you.
Could we be a little less..
* Black Mirror
* Star Wars
* Handmaid’s Tale
And a little more…
* Star Trek
* Solarpunk
Thank you.
Any advertisement which starts with “everyone is…”, or claims that the item was created by a brilliant inventor in the country it is being sold in, or that “you won’t believe”, or “this one change will fix your (insert disease here)” IS A FRAUD.
Advertising brokers need to be held accountable.
Advertising brokers need to be held accountable.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Any advertisement which starts with “everyone is…”, or claims that the item was created by a brilliant inventor in the country it is being sold in, or that “you won’t believe”, or “this one change will fix your (insert disease here)” IS A FRAUD.
Advertising brokers need to be held accountable.
Advertising brokers need to be held accountable.
A couple of people asked me about why domain knowledge is needed for a MBA.
Here’s why: the entire concept of the MBA is a fraud. This is not hyperbole, this is basic logic.
Competent management requires understanding. The concept of managing something you don’t understand is inherently… 🧵
Here’s why: the entire concept of the MBA is a fraud. This is not hyperbole, this is basic logic.
Competent management requires understanding. The concept of managing something you don’t understand is inherently… 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A couple of people asked me about why domain knowledge is needed for a MBA.
Here’s why: the entire concept of the MBA is a fraud. This is not hyperbole, this is basic logic.
Competent management requires understanding. The concept of managing something you don’t understand is inherently… 🧵
Here’s why: the entire concept of the MBA is a fraud. This is not hyperbole, this is basic logic.
Competent management requires understanding. The concept of managing something you don’t understand is inherently… 🧵
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If you’re getting paid twice the amount of the PM, I would expect you to be able to answer questions about money spent in your role.
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
If you’re getting paid twice the amount of the PM, I would expect you to be able to answer questions about money spent in your role.
Hey @albomp.bsky.social - time for the application of those foreign interference laws I think.
Interesting, now we can see where the accounts are based.
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Hey @albomp.bsky.social - time for the application of those foreign interference laws I think.
The empty chair which challenged Abbott is back.
BREAKING
Don’t Know launches leadership challenge against Sussan Ley.
‘I’m confident that I have the numbers’ it said
#auspol
Don’t Know launches leadership challenge against Sussan Ley.
‘I’m confident that I have the numbers’ it said
#auspol
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The empty chair which challenged Abbott is back.
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Hang onto these pictures because Hegseth will have the offending sign removed as soon as he sobers up today.
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hang onto these pictures because Hegseth will have the offending sign removed as soon as he sobers up today.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
My son just returned from Italy, where this is being widely reported. The Italian government is investigating rich citizens who flew to Yugoslavia in the 90s to pay to shoot civilians in “sniper safaris”. Yes, including killing kids. The depth of evil is hard to imagine. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill besieged civilians - BBC News
Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to fire at Bosnians risking their lives in besieged Sarajevo.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My son just returned from Italy, where this is being widely reported. The Italian government is investigating rich citizens who flew to Yugoslavia in the 90s to pay to shoot civilians in “sniper safaris”. Yes, including killing kids. The depth of evil is hard to imagine. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Substantial fine and demerit points for hitting wildlife. No one will take any notice until the law is changed.
(Enforcement? There absolutely are ways, particularly in known hotspots.)
(Enforcement? There absolutely are ways, particularly in known hotspots.)
A 'massive' number of wildlife die on our roads. Experts say protections are falling far short
A 'massive' number of wildlife die on our roads. Experts say protections are falling far short
Wildlife-safe road features remain largely optional, a “nice-to-have, not need-to-have”, the author of new research warns.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Substantial fine and demerit points for hitting wildlife. No one will take any notice until the law is changed.
(Enforcement? There absolutely are ways, particularly in known hotspots.)
(Enforcement? There absolutely are ways, particularly in known hotspots.)
Malformed/underactive insular cortex leading to a lack of self awareness, hypocrisy, and inability to empathise.
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Malformed/underactive insular cortex leading to a lack of self awareness, hypocrisy, and inability to empathise.
Best theory I have heard so far.
Trump is jealous of Zohran Mamdani because he knows how popular Zohran is.
Trump is hoping some of that popularity will rub off on him if he poses with Zohran.
Trump is hoping some of that popularity will rub off on him if he poses with Zohran.
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Best theory I have heard so far.
It’s really interesting to me how much science and technology has come out of CSIRO, which almost always goes to overseas companies to invest in. And this is somehow CSIROs fault. Its time industry was held to account for its failure, and our unbalanced and rent seeking economy.
"The prime minister and science minister will spend billions fighting for manufacturing jobs at Tomago or Whyalla, but cut funding and silently sacrifice equally critical jobs at our national science and research agency,”
#AusPol
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#AusPol
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‘It made me sick’: CSIRO job cuts due to waste, not underfunding, ex-senior staff say
The CSIRO this week announced job cuts of up to 350 staff. But a former executive says the agency’s management squandering a huge short-term government funding boost.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
It’s really interesting to me how much science and technology has come out of CSIRO, which almost always goes to overseas companies to invest in. And this is somehow CSIROs fault. Its time industry was held to account for its failure, and our unbalanced and rent seeking economy.
Imagine what would happen if Queensland police investigating a drug dealer sympathized with them and tried to offer advice and help. That police officer would be prosecuted. But… this happens all the time in DV, and police don’t even seem able to see that they’re doing this. What a gross failure.
Oh wow. I assumed Tanya had retired it’s been so long since she was allowed to speak.
#AusPol
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#AusPol
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‘Dangerous and undermines our systems’: Tanya Plibersek condemns serious police failures in Queensland DV deaths
Plibersek said those victims – Hannah Clarke and her children, Kardell Lomas and her unborn child, and Gail Karran – ‘should have been kept safe’
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November 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Imagine what would happen if Queensland police investigating a drug dealer sympathized with them and tried to offer advice and help. That police officer would be prosecuted. But… this happens all the time in DV, and police don’t even seem able to see that they’re doing this. What a gross failure.
I am so thoroughly enjoying this series.
John Menadue: PM Malcolm Fraser was an inspiration to work with on immigration and multicultural affairs. The contradictions in the man kept multiplying.
His commitment to non-discriminatory immigration was deep-seated. He buried White Australia as no other PM.
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His commitment to non-discriminatory immigration was deep-seated. He buried White Australia as no other PM.
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Working with PM Fraser - burying White Australia - Part 4
John Menadue stayed on as the most senior public servant in the land, after the trauma of the Dismissal. In this 5-part series he details what life was like working with PM Fraser. Given his closeness...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I am so thoroughly enjoying this series.