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David Peetz
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Researcher, FASSA. Employment relations; labour markets; economics; pol science; gender; climate & finance; science; birdies. Carmichael Fellow at Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute, but views mine. Meanjin (Brisbane) & Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). .. more

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 22h
Bizarre for a major news outlet to headline a story with a claim that a government can “repeal” a scientific finding.

What next? Why not "repeal” gravity? It would make it so much easier to get to Mars.

Or abolish the threat of nuclear war by “repealing" e=mc2?
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 1d
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marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d
Speaker at Department of Labor Secretary's monthly prayer service: "Everybody has to work. Even at home, I expect my rabbit to work."

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 1d
Jim Chalmers offers some thoughts on Angus Taylor.

(quoted by Michelle Grattan in the Conversation)

Reposted by David Johnson, David Peetz

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 2d
This article that was going around the other day wasn't claiming that AI tools don't make workers more "productive" in some sense (they do self-report that they are getting more done!) but does suggest people end up working more while being less engaged & more stressed. hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d
Speaker at Department of Labor Secretary's monthly prayer service: "Everybody has to work. Even at home, I expect my rabbit to work."

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 4d
A brilliant cartoonist. Long may his work be reproduced.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 4d
Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53
Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53
Award-winning Tasmanian artist’s work was published by The Australian, The Saturday Paper and The Hobart Mercury Jon Kudelka, the Australian political cartoonist, has died at the age of 53. His wife Margaret Kudelka announced the news in a statement on Tuesday: “We are sad to tell you that our beloved, brilliant Jon Kudelka died peacefully in South Hobart on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by his family and friends.” Continue reading...
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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 5d
Yes

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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 5d
By a former Israeli PM

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 5d
Whenever I have heard this said or chanted, it has *always" been about returning land to Palestinians and *never* about hatred of Jews.

Another instance of political suppression dressed up as action against religious extremism.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
New Queensland hate speech laws to ban slogans and symbols
The laws to be introduced in parliament this week will ban the phrases "globalise the intifada" and "from the river to the sea", as well as offensive symbols.
www.abc.net.au

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 6d
Really, I am hard-pressed to think of more divisive decisions in the past 5 years.

So much for healing and social cohesion.

What a contrast with how NZ handled the terrorist mosque attacks.
davidpeetz.bsky.social David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 6d
A “major event” is usually something that attracts a huge crowd. Perhaps he’s thinking of the demonstrations?

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 6d
A “major event” is usually something that attracts a huge crowd. Perhaps he’s thinking of the demonstrations?

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 6d
"The thought that the shell signed by the president of Israel may have caused the inferno that burned those innocent children made my stomach turn."

From Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, January 2024.

www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
An artillery shell signed by Israel's president could have hit a child in Gaza
What Statesmanship Is There in the Signing of a Lethal Munition, Which in the Eyes of the World Represents Israel's Greatest Sin in This War – Sowing Devastation in Gaza and Killing Innocents?
www.haaretz.com

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 7d
It was Ronald Reagan who raised the rate of capital gains tax to the same rate as for wages.

HIs successors reduced it, but as was pointed out, 'Reagan’s tax increase did not cause investment to fall, as many anti-tax ideologues had predicted.'

archive.thinkprogress.org/flashback-re...
FLASHBACK: Reagan Raised Capital Gains Taxes To The Same Level As Wage Taxes For First Time
archive.thinkprogress.org

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 7d
Amazing they didn’t allow it.

Those were the days.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 7d
"Did you turn off the power?"

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 7d
"This is a separation of powers issue. Whether a political protest goes ahead or not should be a question for the executive government not for judges,” says a man who clearly has no idea at all about the separation of powers.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Judge criticises Abbott's 'misconceived' comments over harbour bridge protest
The former prime minister said it should not be for judges to decide when a political protest was justified, which are remarks NSW's top judge called "regrettable".
www.abc.net.au

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 8d
Recent US experience (and historic German experience) suggests they may not get a second chance.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 8d
Probably best not to dismiss the recent poll results of PHON in Australia.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 8d
Labour has fallen from 34% of the vote at the 2024 election to below 20% now.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 8d
There have been 11 MRP projections, over the past year, of seats to be won at the next UK election, all taken from different polls.

All show Reform winning the most seats. Almost half show it with an absolute majority.

Labour easily won the previous election.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion...
Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 8d
Astonishing that this abuse of taxpayers’ money will continue, almost unrestruicted.
barbarapocock.bsky.social Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 8d
After taking years Labor has finally responded to the reccs of two Parliamentary inquiries into the consultancy sector. But they've failed to meet the moment. Labor needs to legislate the reports’ recommendations instead of relying on voluntary guidelines & endless reviews.

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 8d
Political donations data shows big consulting firms are still giving large donations to the govt. It’s a conflict of interest - no wonder Labor is failing to act. Three of the Big 4 firms continue to donate to the govt - this is just wrong & Labor is refusing to take action.

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 8d
After taking years Labor has finally responded to the reccs of two Parliamentary inquiries into the consultancy sector. But they've failed to meet the moment. Labor needs to legislate the reports’ recommendations instead of relying on voluntary guidelines & endless reviews.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 10d
Yeah, might as well have had a sample of 5 as 5800.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 11d
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clrenney.bsky.social Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 11d
#nzpol Stats NZ has put Household Living Price Index data - showing how the cost of living is affecting different households. The cost of living has nearly stalled if you have a high income (1.2%). The poorest have a household inflation rate (3.4%) nearly 3 times the rate of the richest.
Household Living Price Index Annual Inflation

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 11d
James is the most instinctive and natural of broadcasters: a skill that presents as casual ease, but is in fact a rare and honed genius. A craft. And he listened … that’s the trick.
I loved every second of the many hours we nattered together on air. He’s the best.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Cancer forces ABC radio presenter James Valentine to retire from the airwaves
The veteran broadcaster, known for his humorous talkback segments, has omentum cancer and had surgery for oesophageal cancer in 2024.
www.abc.net.au

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 11d
#nzpol Stats NZ has put Household Living Price Index data - showing how the cost of living is affecting different households. The cost of living has nearly stalled if you have a high income (1.2%). The poorest have a household inflation rate (3.4%) nearly 3 times the rate of the richest.
Household Living Price Index Annual Inflation

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 18d
Good work, Gareth.

I was expecting the opening sentence to be followed by the Nobel Prize joke. I imagine this was intended.