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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 20h

Well the Liberals need to find more women like Melissa McIntosh if they want to convince voters they should, one day, get back into power.
(And dump blokes like Hastie and Taylor.)

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 20h

I won’t be the least surprised if Trump gets the Nobel Peace prize next year - if the hostages return and peace holds.
Mind you, Netanyahu will try as hard as he can to restart the conflict before the election in Israel

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm the link didn’t work

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

You’d better trademark that name pronto!

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 1d

Arty Ficial- my cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Can AI really replace humans when it comes to the arts? | Fiona Katauskas

It depends who you ask

www.theguardian.com

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 1d

Can AI really replace humans when it comes to the arts? | Fiona Katauskas

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 1d

Geez another puff piece on Hastie in the SMH.
Someone there really wants us to warm to him.
Not a chance in hell in this household. He’s a religious misogynist, not a leader with a vision for future for all of us.

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Eddy Cannella @eddyc.bsky.social · 2d

I put this together for LinkedIn, but it is just as good here.

I know it is a rather superficial bling exercise, but the "Australian Bird of the Year" does highlight some species in dire straits across this country.

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#AustralianBirdOfTheYear2025

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 9d

$1.5 million of 🇦🇺 taxpayer💰per head but asylum seekers still going without food.

Huge contract blowouts, added to the cost of the latest secret MOU with Nauru raises serious questions of gross mismanagement.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person

The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip meals

www.theguardian.com

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 2d

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 2d

Good grief, Hastie might also be a creationist - believing that the world is only several thousand years old. (He won’t admit or, tellingly, deny it, but his father is apparently.)
The Libs would be mad to ever make him their leader

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 4d

Public schools will be heavily underfunded in each year until 2034. The cumulative underfunding is estimated at a massive $34.6 billion. #auspol #schoolfunding

New school funding agreements deny full funding for public schools

The claim by the prime minister, premiers and their education ministers that public schools will be fully funded by 2034 is a blatant falsehood.

johnmenadue.com

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 4d

It’s time for government regulation of the billion dollar tutoring industry in Australia.
Parents are being ripped off and children can be wasting their time

Out from the shadows: the billion dollar tutoring industry - EduResearch Matters

Tutoring: We raise a call to action for governments and the research community, as regulation and evidence must go together.

blog.aare.edu.au

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 6d

📣 Opportunity for early career researchers from developing countries who work on climate change. IPCC is calling for chapter scientists for assessment round 7. Successful applicants will receive a stipend for 48 months. 🧪🌎
www.ictp.it/opportunity/...

IPCC AR7 Chapter Scientists | ICTP

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in the process of preparing its Seventh Assessment report (AR7). The IPCC Working Groups are seeking highly motivated early-career researchers f...

www.ictp.it

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you.
I am still around here

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 6d

Yuk.
Samantha Maiden talking up Andrew Hastie on Sydney 702.
No thanks to both of them.
One a Murdoch lackey the other a religious misogynist

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Dr Stephanie Dowrick @drstephaniedowrick.bsky.social · 7d

Hastie driven by (heretical) "religious" zealotry. Heightened by hyper-masculine (read sexist, racist) view of the world polished up by his years in the military. End-times fundamentalism is ANYTHING but Christian. Bears NO relationship to the radically inclusive teachings of Jesus. Appalling.

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 7d

Tabloid brain- gave me a laugh

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 7d

Good grief - ‘use a lot of words but not make much sense’ - Maiden’s criticism of Larissa Waters.
A bit of projection happening there

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 7d

Hastie isn’t interested in any middle role. He is full of himself and believes he could do a better leadership job than Ley ( or any woman probably).

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 7d

Maiden lives Hastie - no surprise, Hastie is a Murdoch type through and through

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 7d

Good for Ley - trying to reign in the boys, especially those (many) with leader ambitions

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 7d

Speers keeps asking the same questions. Waters is loving it

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 7d

Speers is on his toes trying to do a Gotcha on Larissa Waters.
Hasn’t landed one yet. She has answers

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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 7d

Larissa Waters is right - we shouldn’t be selling weapon parts to Israel. It’s downright wrong

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