Damianow
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Claire Lehmann in The OZ wrote a hit piece trying to link what i said in 2023 about 2001 student visa changes to the Bondi terrorists. I have tried to set tge tecotd straight. independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Bondi terrorism delivers dive in journalism standards
The Bondi attack has been cynically repurposed to advance an immigration narrative that collapses under even basic factual scrutiny.
independentaustralia.net
December 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Claire Lehmann in The OZ wrote a hit piece trying to link what i said in 2023 about 2001 student visa changes to the Bondi terrorists. I have tried to set tge tecotd straight. independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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Out of 87 assignments I am grading, I made it to #4 before finding a list of fake references with DOIs that link to papers in completely different topics. Grading will now take at least twice as long.
Thanks again tech bros.
#academicsky #yql
Thanks again tech bros.
#academicsky #yql
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Out of 87 assignments I am grading, I made it to #4 before finding a list of fake references with DOIs that link to papers in completely different topics. Grading will now take at least twice as long.
Thanks again tech bros.
#academicsky #yql
Thanks again tech bros.
#academicsky #yql
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Well it's a strict liability offence, so in the slammer they go.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Well it's a strict liability offence, so in the slammer they go.
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After asking Dept of Climate Change & Energy on cost of the 2035 target, Sarah Henderson doesn’t want to hear the answer & desperately tries to stop Kath Rowley from embarrassing her on the cost of ‘not’ having a target
Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates
Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates
October 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
After asking Dept of Climate Change & Energy on cost of the 2035 target, Sarah Henderson doesn’t want to hear the answer & desperately tries to stop Kath Rowley from embarrassing her on the cost of ‘not’ having a target
Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates
Kath Rowley “If I could just finish my answer?”🙄 #Estimates
How Victoria’s Treaty could change Australia www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
How Victoria’s Treaty could change Australia
If there was jubilation in August when Ngarra Murray and Rueben Berg, co-chairs of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, and Natalie Hutchins, the minister for Treaty and First Peoples, settled an ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
October 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
How Victoria’s Treaty could change Australia www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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Exactly.
Self-loathing and unrequited, misplaced sense of entitlement. The marginal man’s ethos.
Self-loathing and unrequited, misplaced sense of entitlement. The marginal man’s ethos.
October 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Exactly.
Self-loathing and unrequited, misplaced sense of entitlement. The marginal man’s ethos.
Self-loathing and unrequited, misplaced sense of entitlement. The marginal man’s ethos.
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Rather than apologise for rubbish peddled to fuel anti-immigration marches, the IPA continue to make fools of themselves. Net migration prior to pandemic was 230,000. In 12 months to March 2025, it was 315,000. That’s not double. ipa.org.au/publications...
Migration remains double pre-pandemic levels
“The latest ABS data shows the federal government has completely failed to bring Australia’s migration program back to pre-pandemic levels, with Net Overseas Migration in the March quarter twice the p...
ipa.org.au
September 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Rather than apologise for rubbish peddled to fuel anti-immigration marches, the IPA continue to make fools of themselves. Net migration prior to pandemic was 230,000. In 12 months to March 2025, it was 315,000. That’s not double. ipa.org.au/publications...
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On Sept 1, Australia celebrates the 1st day of spring with #NationalWattleDay! This beautiful wattle, Acacia prominens (Golden Rain Wattle), is from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1836) contributed to #BHLib by @mobotgarden.bsky.social biodiversitylibrary.org/page/466265 #FlowersInTheLibrary #ILoveBHL
September 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
On Sept 1, Australia celebrates the 1st day of spring with #NationalWattleDay! This beautiful wattle, Acacia prominens (Golden Rain Wattle), is from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1836) contributed to #BHLib by @mobotgarden.bsky.social biodiversitylibrary.org/page/466265 #FlowersInTheLibrary #ILoveBHL
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Japanese media groups Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun jointly sue Perplexity in Tokyo, alleging the AI startup "copied and stored" their content without permission (Financial Times)
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August 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Japanese media groups Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun jointly sue Perplexity in Tokyo, alleging the AI startup "copied and stored" their content without permission (Financial Times)
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VIDEO: Kite festival fills skies over Sri Lanka's capital.
Colourful kites fill the skies as more than 55 international kite flyers representing 25 countries joined local enthusiasts for the Colombo International Kite Festival
Colourful kites fill the skies as more than 55 international kite flyers representing 25 countries joined local enthusiasts for the Colombo International Kite Festival
August 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
VIDEO: Kite festival fills skies over Sri Lanka's capital.
Colourful kites fill the skies as more than 55 international kite flyers representing 25 countries joined local enthusiasts for the Colombo International Kite Festival
Colourful kites fill the skies as more than 55 international kite flyers representing 25 countries joined local enthusiasts for the Colombo International Kite Festival
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Refused at primary stage but not departed asylum seekers at end July25 reached 98,979. This has been rising steadily since 2015-16 & will keep rising without further govt action. Thus us a very bad outcome & makes us look more like Nth America & Europe.
August 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Refused at primary stage but not departed asylum seekers at end July25 reached 98,979. This has been rising steadily since 2015-16 & will keep rising without further govt action. Thus us a very bad outcome & makes us look more like Nth America & Europe.
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While we are still a long way from the PM’s promise to get net migration back to pre-pandemic levels, the rubbish being produced by the Daily Mail & the Coalition plucking net migration targets out of thin air don’t help public understanding of the issue.
Why the Daily Mail is wrong on net migration in 2024-25
Despite sensationalist claims, a close analysis of visa trends, movement data and ABS estimates shows net migration in 2024–25 is significantly lower than reported.
independentaustralia.net
August 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
While we are still a long way from the PM’s promise to get net migration back to pre-pandemic levels, the rubbish being produced by the Daily Mail & the Coalition plucking net migration targets out of thin air don’t help public understanding of the issue.
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There is a maximum amount of time each day you're supposed to focus on the world's problems instead of your own, after which you have a legitimate need for therapy on your thought processes being self-destructive. At some point you have to stop scrubbing your hands you are bleeding into the sink.
June 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
There is a maximum amount of time each day you're supposed to focus on the world's problems instead of your own, after which you have a legitimate need for therapy on your thought processes being self-destructive. At some point you have to stop scrubbing your hands you are bleeding into the sink.
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Dutton’s statement today tries to suggest Net Migration under him will be 100,000 less than under Labor but without specifying an actual target for 25-26 or 26-27 or the policies to get to that target. Treating Aussies like mugs.
April 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Dutton’s statement today tries to suggest Net Migration under him will be 100,000 less than under Labor but without specifying an actual target for 25-26 or 26-27 or the policies to get to that target. Treating Aussies like mugs.
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Dutton’s student caps will be just as chaotic as Labor’s. Big difference is shift to favour private VET over public universities. That is seriously high risk. independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Dutton's student capping policy a chaotic plan
After opposing Labor’s student capping legislation in late 2024, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has announced his own student capping policy.
independentaustralia.net
April 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Dutton’s student caps will be just as chaotic as Labor’s. Big difference is shift to favour private VET over public universities. That is seriously high risk. independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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In just two months, DOGE has —lost— the government an estimated half a trillion dollars. I propose that Musk pay it back personally.
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
In just two months, DOGE has —lost— the government an estimated half a trillion dollars. I propose that Musk pay it back personally.
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might as well cut the 2026 ads now about how every Republican member of Congress gave their total and unreserved backing to the Trump tariffs.
Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
April 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
might as well cut the 2026 ads now about how every Republican member of Congress gave their total and unreserved backing to the Trump tariffs.
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Can journalists please fricking stop calling them "reciprocal" tariffs. They are not reciprocal at all.
April 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Can journalists please fricking stop calling them "reciprocal" tariffs. They are not reciprocal at all.
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Parliament is not in Sydney & his Electorate is not in Sydney. So what is the point of him living in Sydney? Sounds like a holiday. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘We love the harbour’: Dutton says he would live in Sydney as prime minister
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused the opposition leader of hubris and “measuring the curtains” before the election.
www.smh.com.au
March 31, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Parliament is not in Sydney & his Electorate is not in Sydney. So what is the point of him living in Sydney? Sounds like a holiday. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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A bit hard to swallow, I'm told
March 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
A bit hard to swallow, I'm told
