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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 1d

Checks out.

Canberrans in their 30s and 40s now the city's loneliest, survey finds

Loneliness is rising fastest among Canberrans in their 30s and 40s, with new research showing this cohort is now more likely than younger people to report feeling lonely in the ACT.

www.abc.net.au

Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 3d

Ah rip. The only thing more torturous than being parked on our highway is watching us play football.

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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 3d

Pour one out for the Gold Coast.

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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 5d

The malty one is so good.

Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 5d

Bye.

Andrew Hastie quits Coalition frontbench over immigration policy dispute

Liberal MP resigns as shadow home affairs minister, increasing pressure on opposition leader Sussan Ley

www.theguardian.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 6d

While the new 5% house deposit policy sounds great, it's actually going to push soaring house prices even higher.

"All this does is create more demand in the economy."

- Greg Jericho, Chief Economist

@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 5d

The horror.

Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry due to cyber attack – reports

The attack forced the company to halt production at most of its 30 factories nationwide, including those producing its signature beer

www.theguardian.com

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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 5d

Having been there for the conversation, I don't know which is more uncomfortable: T-swiz singing about it or @grogsgamut.bsky.social relaying it in great detail.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

For the people of Tuvalu, climate change isn't a distant threat.

The whole country could disappear below rising sea levels within decades.

But its people are fighting to save their home and their future.
@stephenlongaus.bsky.social #auspol

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Charlie Lewis @theshufflediary.bsky.social · 8d

Really nice of @emmashortis.bsky.social to have me on to talk about Trump and history and the effects on Australia politics.

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

As Trump takes a sledgehammer to US democracy, Australia’s leader snagged a selfie & a 1-on-1 meeting.

@theshufflediary.bsky.social joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss the PM's selfie diplomacy & how Australia’s political landscape is being influenced by MAGA. #auspol

🎧 theaus.in/4mGdePE

Selfie with Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump
NEW EPISODE | Our mate Donald
Listen to After America now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

As Trump takes a sledgehammer to US democracy, Australia’s leader snagged a selfie & a 1-on-1 meeting.

@theshufflediary.bsky.social joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss the PM's selfie diplomacy & how Australia’s political landscape is being influenced by MAGA. #auspol

🎧 theaus.in/4mGdePE

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13d

The latest episode of Dollars & Sense is up, in which @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social and I slap Morrison around for his changes to the GST, and I even find something to agree with the RBA on!
australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-sco...

How ScoMo stuffed the GST

Scott Morrison’s GST deal with Western Australia stuffed the system, but there are plenty of ways the Government could make it better.

australiainstitute.org.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16d

No Trump meeting might be the best outcome for Anthony Albanese.

Allan Behm joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss MAGA's deification of Charlie Kirk, Australia’s disastrous fortnight of Pacific diplomacy & the best-case scenario out of a Trump-Albanese meeting. #auspol

🎧 theaus.in/4mwlQbJ

Erika Kirk and Donald Trump embrace on stage at Charlie Kirk's memorial.
NEW EPISODE | MAGA deifies Kirk as Australia recognises Palestine
Listen to After America now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 16d

Wild, wild times.

#auspol @emmashortis.bsky.social

MAGA deifies Kirk as Australia recognises Palestine

After a rocky week for Australian diplomacy, Prime Minister Albanese is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly...and maybe, just maybe, a meeting with President Trump.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16d

There's been a lot of discussion about whether Albanese will get a meeting with Trump at the upcoming UN General Assembly.

But would it even be a good idea?

International & Security Affairs Advisor Allan Behm thinks Albanese would do better to avoid it.
#auspol @emmashortis.bsky.social

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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 18d

Ted can get absolutely fucked.

Republicans warn Australia of ‘punitive measures’ over recognition of Palestinian state

Donald Trump allies, including Ted Cruz, pen letter warning Anthony Albanese against ‘reckless policy’

www.theguardian.com

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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 18d

Can't wait for another Melbourne-Penrith grand final. 😢

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 19d

Listen to Dr Emma Shortis unpack the latest on the Trump administration on the After America podcast here, or wherever you get your podcasts ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-min...

The mindless menace of violence

Instead of trying bring Americans together after the latest act of political violence, the Trump administration is fanning the flames of division.

australiainstitute.org.au

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 19d

The Climate Risk Assessment report predicts 1.5 million Australians will be affected by sea level rise within 25 years.

The length of the average mortgage? 30 years.

@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
#auspol

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 20d

The National Climate Risk Assessment includes terrifying predictions for Australia's economy.

So why is the government still approving fossil fuel projects?

@grogsgamut.bsky.social discusses the impact of climate change on the economy on this Dollars & Sense. #auspol

🎧 theaus.in/4pJZ4A2

Chris Bowen at a press conference about the National Climate Risk Assessment
NEW EPISODE | The biggest risk for Australia's economy
Listen to Dollars & Sense now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts

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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 21d

@grogsgamut.bsky.social is back on Dollars & Sense (& wearing a Gladbach hoodie...cus in case he hasn't told you, he's been on holidays in Europe).

Episode out today, discussing the wellbeing economy, climate disaster risk & the ICE raid on a Hyundai factory. @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol

Elinor and Greg recording the Dollars & Sense podcast in the Australia Institute studio.

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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 22d

The thumbnail side quest continues. Sad the shot of old mate with the chainsaw didn't work with 16x9. youtu.be/ejt8u_KcJm4?...

Musk tells UK far-right "you either fight back or you die"

YouTube video by The Australia Institute

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 23d

"This is a serious, serious attack on our democracy."

The government's freedom of information changes "would be a coup that would simply make it so difficult for us to participate," says @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social. #auspol

🎧 theaus.in/41Vrsor

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 28d

"The global trend in wars, and Ukraine is not an exemption, it's compromising the rules that we have all accepted and the rules that have been established."

Deputy Director General of the Ukrainian Red Cross Illya Kletskovskyy on how international standards in armed conflict are being compromised.

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Angus Blackman @angusrb.bsky.social · 28d

We all peaked in Makassar.

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