Tom Fayle
fayle.bsky.social
Tom Fayle
@fayle.bsky.social
Journalist
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Just a month after announcing 350 job cuts, the CSIRO has received a funding boost, but some say it's not a long-term solution.
CSIRO receives $233m funding boost but uncertainty remains over job cuts
Just a month after announcing 350 job cuts, the CSIRO has received a funding boost, but some say it's not a long-term solution.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Australia is one of the few countries in the world where taxpayers subsidise non-government schools. As more students shift to the private system, the cost to taxpayers continues to escalate. satpa.pe/sUfaR1z
Private schools’ million-dollar principals
The government is yet to compel private schools to publish their principals’ salaries, despite concerns that taxpayers are supporting packages up to $1 million a year.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong media mogul and one of the city's most outspoken critics of China, has been found guilty of sedition and collusion in a landmark national security case that has drawn international scrutiny.
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai found guilty of sedition and collusion
Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong media mogul and one of the city's most outspoken critics of China, has been found guilty of sedition and collusion in a landmark national security case that has drawn international scrutiny.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty of collusion with foreign forces reut.rs/48Rtj07
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty of collusion with foreign forces
Hong Kong's High Court on Monday found pro-democracy campaigner and tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty of collusion with foreign forces under a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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BREAKING: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese proposed tougher national gun laws after a mass shooting on Sydney's Bondi Beach left at least 15 people dead.
Australian Prime Minister Albanese proposes tougher national gun laws after mass shooting in Sydney
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has proposed tougher national gun laws after a mass shooting in Sydney.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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The 2025 Sumatra flood is not merely due to weather factors or extreme rainfall, as the government claims. Civil society data indicates that the forest ecosystems in the three disaster-affected provinces have been damaged due to various industrial permits.
dunia-asia.org/sumatra-mega...
Sumatra's Man-Made Catastrophe: Flash Floods Kill 914 Amid Deforestation and Palm Oil Boom
The deadly 2025 Sumatra floods, which killed 914 people, were not just due to heavy rain but driven by deforestation and palm oil expansion. Despite government denial, affected areas remain cut off wi...
dunia-asia.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Two US service members and one American civilian are killed in an ambush in central Syria.
US troops killed in Syria ambush
Two US service members and one American civilian are killed in an ambush in central Syria.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed and three other people wounded in an ambush on Saturday by a lone member of the Islamic State group in central Syria, the U.S. military’s Central Command said.
https://to.pbs.org/48CWw04
2 U.S. service members, 1 civilian killed in ambush in Syria, Central Command says
Two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed and three other people wounded in an ambush on Saturday by a lone member of the Islamic State group in central Syria, the U.S. military’s...
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December 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Yes! A great start but the same people are still, astonishingly, running the State Library of Melbourne. They're not saying, 'we were wrong' but 'you don't understand it, so we'll re-word it'. Rally tomorrow Saturday, at Library 12.30! We must stiffen our spines! (Ba ha ha, books, I'm very tired.)
Well done all! The power of protest @austhistassoc.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Thailand launched air strikes on Monday on its neighbour Cambodia, with both sides trading blame for renewed fighting on their disputed border that has killed four Cambodian civilians and a Thai soldier ➡️ u.afp.com/S7pN
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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This is very bad news
BREAKING: At least 4 Cambodian civilians have been killed and 9 injured in Thai military attacks on Cambodia, says Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra.
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Thailand said it used F-16 fighter jets to bomb Cambodian military targets on Monday to retaliate against cross-border firing that killed at least one Thai soldier, in a sharp escalation of a dispute between the two nations that President Trump claimed to have ended.
Thailand Launches Airstrikes on Cambodia in New Wave of Violence
Each side accused the other of firing first. The fighting came weeks after President Trump had cast himself as a peacemaker in the decades-old border dispute.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Tropical storms and monsoon rains have pummeled Southeast and South Asia, triggering landslides and flash floods from the rainforests of Indonesia's western Sumatra island to the highland plantations of Sri Lanka.
Hardships mount in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as flood tolls rise
Officials in disaster-hit parts of Indonesia reported shortages of food, shelter and medicine as the death toll from floods reached 950 following weeks of heavy rain.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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"If the suits can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
If the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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The US revoking temporary protective status for people from Myanmar is as reckless as it is absurd. Military atrocities, and the killing of civilians continues - as outlined in reports by the UN & the US State Department itself. New from @hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Myanmar is Safe?
Is it safe to return to a country wracked by an abusive armed conflict, widespread atrocities, and targeted ethnic violence, including war crimes and crimes against humanity?
www.hrw.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Funeral held in Gaza for journalist killed in Israeli strike

NewsFeed A funeral was held in Khan Younis for Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Essam Wadi, who was killed in an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday. Another journalist was wounded in the attack. More than 220 journalists have been killed in…
Funeral held in Gaza for journalist killed in Israeli strike
NewsFeed A funeral was held in Khan Younis for Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Essam Wadi, who was killed in an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday. Another journalist was wounded in the attack. More than 220 journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. Published On 3 Dec 20253 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Source link
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December 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Human Rights Watch "seeking applicants for the position of Producer Editor within the Multimedia Division which is part of the Media Department" in Beirut or Amman. job-boards.greenhouse.io/humanrightsw...
Producer Editor
Multiple Locations Considered
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December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency has arrested 11 people, including the directors and an engineering consultant of a construction company.
Netting on apartment complex did not meet fire resistance code, Hong Kong officials say
Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency has arrested 11 people, including the directors and an engineering consultant of a construction company.
www.abc.net.au
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Floods kill hundreds in Indonesia, rescue efforts underway www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Rescue efforts underway after flash floods kill hundreds in Indonesia
Torrential rain causes flash floods and landslides in Indonesia, where the toll rises as authorities mount rescue operations.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te says the budget was introduced for the country to defend itself in the face of a rising threat from China.
Taiwan announces $61 billion defence budget to defend itself against China
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te says the budget was introduced for the country to defend itself in the face of a rising threat from China.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Floods across nine Thai provinces have killed 33 people and affected more than 2.7 million, with more rain forecast.
Patients evacuated by helicopter from Thai hospital as flooding continues
Floods across nine Thai provinces have killed 33 people and affected more than 2.7 million, with more rain forecast.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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In a sombre address to Ukraine's citizens, the president vowed he would not betray Ukrainian interests in the US-led peace process.
Ukraine faces 'difficult choice' of losing dignity or US backing, says Zelenskyy
In a sombre address to Ukraine's citizens, the president vowed he would not betray Ukrainian interests in the US-led peace process.
www.abc.net.au
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Red Cross to shed nearly 3,000 jobs, scale back budget amid donor fatigue reut.rs/4oUq7ri
Red Cross to shed nearly 3,000 jobs, scale back budget amid donor fatigue
The International Committee of the Red Cross will reduce its 2026 budget by nearly a fifth to 1.8 billion Swiss francs ($2.2 billion) and cut 2,900 jobs, it said in a statement on Friday, as its top donor the United States and others pare back support.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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NTEU taking RMIT to court for allegedly underpaying student counsellors for over a decade.
Affected staff could be owed more than $1million.
Read more:
www.nteu.au/News_Article...
#HigherEducation #auspol #HigherEd
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM