Rob Walls
@robwalls.bsky.social
Retired professional photographer, grateful to be living on un-ceded muwinina country on the lower slopes of kunanyi in nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania. Unsolicited DM = BLOCK #freepalestine #nostadium
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this shit is just beyond parody, man
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“the overall effect, transparency advocates warn, is to create a parallel system of policy development that is largely invisible to parliament, the public and the media”.
Albo’s latest accountability avoidance trick:
#FOI does not even apply if you can disappear any inconvenient info. #auspol
Albo’s latest accountability avoidance trick:
#FOI does not even apply if you can disappear any inconvenient info. #auspol
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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So, is this tge right time to remind Tasmanians that the AI centres courted by Launceston council require continuous, enormous water resources?
Yes. Yes it is...
#auspol #politas #priorities
Yes. Yes it is...
#auspol #politas #priorities
Sydney records highest temperature in nearly two years amid heatwave as Tasmanian bushfires threaten homes
Heatwave warnings in place for parts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Heatwave warnings in place for parts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Sydney records highest temperature in nearly two years amid heatwave as Tasmanian bushfires threaten homes
Heatwave warnings in place for parts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So, is this tge right time to remind Tasmanians that the AI centres courted by Launceston council require continuous, enormous water resources?
Yes. Yes it is...
#auspol #politas #priorities
Yes. Yes it is...
#auspol #politas #priorities
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Taxpayers treated like mugs for a Big Sport stadium stitch-up — while Tasmanians don’t matter at all
Tasmanian politicians are going to blow $1.1 billion on a stadium that will return less than half that in benefits, in a state with urgent health and education needs. It’s testament to bogans
Tasmanian politicians are going to blow $1.1 billion on a stadium that will return less than half that in benefits, in a state with urgent health and education needs. It’s testament to bogans
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line!
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line!
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
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Tasmania gets a billion dollar sport stadium instead of world class education and health care
Clearly the people making decisions have that already
Clearly the people making decisions have that already
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Tasmania gets a billion dollar sport stadium instead of world class education and health care
Clearly the people making decisions have that already
Clearly the people making decisions have that already
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Tasmania is about to enter a period of fiscal austerity it hasn't experienced before. Hospitality businesses near the stadium are expecting some sort of economic nirvana. They better hope mainlanders are cashed up. Tasmanians using the stadium will be lucky to afford a packet of chips. #politas
Cutbacks, revenue raising in line to help fund Hobart AFL stadium
Tasmania's premier and treasurer agree to reduce borrowings for government businesses in an effort to accommodate more debt for the Hobart AFL stadium.
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Tasmania is about to enter a period of fiscal austerity it hasn't experienced before. Hospitality businesses near the stadium are expecting some sort of economic nirvana. They better hope mainlanders are cashed up. Tasmanians using the stadium will be lucky to afford a packet of chips. #politas
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Kash Patel: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
Ahem. 👇
Ahem. 👇
December 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Kash Patel: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
Ahem. 👇
Ahem. 👇
Today: fresh broad beans from Sulyn’s garden on their way to becoming a piquant broad bean dip. #gardening #food
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Today: fresh broad beans from Sulyn’s garden on their way to becoming a piquant broad bean dip. #gardening #food
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We already pay as much rent as mainlanders, food is more expensive and wages are lower. Going to big events isn’t possible for most. We’re becoming one of those tourism destinations where the locals can’t afford to do anything. The stadium will massively accelerate that process.
#politas #auspol
#politas #auspol
Tasmania is about to enter a period of fiscal austerity it hasn't experienced before. Hospitality businesses near the stadium are expecting some sort of economic nirvana. They better hope mainlanders are cashed up. Tasmanians using the stadium will be lucky to afford a packet of chips. #politas
Cutbacks, revenue raising in line to help fund Hobart AFL stadium
Tasmania's premier and treasurer agree to reduce borrowings for government businesses in an effort to accommodate more debt for the Hobart AFL stadium.
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Tasmanians will lose hundreds of millions of dollars on a new stadium in Hobart — and the costs don’t stop there, writes Bernard Keane.
Taxpayers treated like mugs for a Big Sport stadium stitch-up — while Tasmanians don't matter at all
www.crikey.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Tasmanians will lose hundreds of millions of dollars on a new stadium in Hobart — and the costs don’t stop there, writes Bernard Keane.
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Taxpayers treated like mugs for a Big Sport stadium stitch-up — while Tasmanians don’t matter at all
Tasmanian politicians are going to blow $1.1 billion on a stadium that will return less than half that in benefits, in a state with urgent health and education needs. It’s testament to bogans
Tasmanian politicians are going to blow $1.1 billion on a stadium that will return less than half that in benefits, in a state with urgent health and education needs. It’s testament to bogans
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Taxpayers treated like mugs for a Big Sport stadium stitch-up — while Tasmanians don’t matter at all
Tasmanian politicians are going to blow $1.1 billion on a stadium that will return less than half that in benefits, in a state with urgent health and education needs. It’s testament to bogans
Tasmanian politicians are going to blow $1.1 billion on a stadium that will return less than half that in benefits, in a state with urgent health and education needs. It’s testament to bogans
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I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
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Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet, genius... and skater #WomensArt❄️
(Photo by J. Bernstein)
(Photo by J. Bernstein)
December 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet, genius... and skater #WomensArt❄️
(Photo by J. Bernstein)
(Photo by J. Bernstein)
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Shirley Baker, UK photographer, best known for her street photography and street portraits in working class areas of Greater Manchester in the 1960s #WomensArt
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Shirley Baker, UK photographer, best known for her street photography and street portraits in working class areas of Greater Manchester in the 1960s #WomensArt
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It's not hyperbole to say there will be lives lost because of this decision. Tassie can ill afford this money to be directed away from essential services such as health. Too many times, essential services are cut to pander to vanity projects with pie in the sky promises of financial gains. #politas
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's not hyperbole to say there will be lives lost because of this decision. Tassie can ill afford this money to be directed away from essential services such as health. Too many times, essential services are cut to pander to vanity projects with pie in the sky promises of financial gains. #politas
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What a travesty
A stadium on Hobart's waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after key independents declared on Wednesday they would support the contentious project.
Hobart's Macquarie Point stadium project set to pass Tasmanian parliament
A stadium on Hobart's waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after key independents declared on Wednesday they would support the contentious project.
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
What a travesty
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Bloody hell.
To have an AFL stadium it means 2,800 public servants get sacked & funding for public & social housing dries up, along with other state owned services.
Insanity.
To have an AFL stadium it means 2,800 public servants get sacked & funding for public & social housing dries up, along with other state owned services.
Insanity.
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Bloody hell.
To have an AFL stadium it means 2,800 public servants get sacked & funding for public & social housing dries up, along with other state owned services.
Insanity.
To have an AFL stadium it means 2,800 public servants get sacked & funding for public & social housing dries up, along with other state owned services.
Insanity.
Not even Day One...and so it begins
Cutbacks, revenue raising in line to help fund Hobart AFL stadium
Tasmania's premier and treasurer agree to reduce borrowings for government businesses in an effort to accommodate more debt for the Hobart AFL stadium.
www.abc.net.au
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Not even Day One...and so it begins
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the AFL is essentially acknowledging it can’t run a profitable stadium in a Gold Coast market that is bigger than the whole of Tasmania.
As TT reports: The source explicitly suggests the AFL is withholding this news to manage political optics, fearing that “abandoning a stadium management 2/3
As TT reports: The source explicitly suggests the AFL is withholding this news to manage political optics, fearing that “abandoning a stadium management 2/3
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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"..the priority for the Liberal government, the Labor opposition+sufficient crossbench MPs is a billion-dollar stadium demanded by the rapacious, gambling-funded mainland sports behemoth, the AFL....aided+abetted by compliant politicians like
@AlboMP
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www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/t...
@AlboMP
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www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/t...
Taxpayers treated like mugs for a Big Sport stadium stitch-up — while Tasmanians don't matter at all
Tasmanian politicians are going to blow $1.1 billion on a stadium that will return less than half that in benefits, in a state with urgent health and education needs. It's testament to the malignant p...
www.crikey.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 5:34 AM
"..the priority for the Liberal government, the Labor opposition+sufficient crossbench MPs is a billion-dollar stadium demanded by the rapacious, gambling-funded mainland sports behemoth, the AFL....aided+abetted by compliant politicians like
@AlboMP
."👇
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/t...
@AlboMP
."👇
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/t...
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Hundreds took to the water intending to be arrested at #RisingTide but police used discretion to arrest or not, and to cherry-pick which charges to lay. Investigative journalist and Knitting Nanna Wendy Bacon with her wrap of @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade.
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Rising Tide, rising backlog. Coal protests too big for Zero Tolerance, police & courts - Michael West
156 people arrested during the Rising Tide protests, which closed the world's biggest coal port at Newcastle. Wendy Bacon was one of them.
michaelwest.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hundreds took to the water intending to be arrested at #RisingTide but police used discretion to arrest or not, and to cherry-pick which charges to lay. Investigative journalist and Knitting Nanna Wendy Bacon with her wrap of @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade.
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
michaelwest.com.au/rising-tide-...
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Aaaha, but Britain writes the history, so absolutely NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
The UK is where the mealy-mouthed IDF got their bullshit "most moral army" idea from. . .
The UK is where the mealy-mouthed IDF got their bullshit "most moral army" idea from. . .
thecradle.co/articles/uk-... UK soldiers executed toddlers in bed during Afghanistan war: Report
An inquiry has revealed a ‘widespread’ pattern of extrajudicial killings carried out by the UK army in Afghanistan
An inquiry has revealed a ‘widespread’ pattern of extrajudicial killings carried out by the UK army in Afghanistan
UK soldiers executed toddlers in bed during Afghanistan war: Report
An inquiry has revealed a ‘widespread’ pattern of extrajudicial killings carried by the UK army in Afghanistan
thecradle.co
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Aaaha, but Britain writes the history, so absolutely NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
The UK is where the mealy-mouthed IDF got their bullshit "most moral army" idea from. . .
The UK is where the mealy-mouthed IDF got their bullshit "most moral army" idea from. . .