Gil Greening
@gilgreen.bsky.social
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retired scientist, kiwi in Oz - Ngunnawal Country, avatar from Iceland, aurora australis from sister in Dunedin. Mostly just a lazy reposter.
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kiwichar.bsky.social
This needs more attention. #nzpol #LyingLuxon #Luxon #OneTermGovernment #Aotearoa #NewZealand
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indy4franklin.bsky.social
Tasmanian ship’s captain Madeleine Habib has been detained after the boat The Conscience was intercepted in international waters off the coast of Gaza in recent hours.

The ship was carrying 92 passengers, all journalists and medical staff, with the mission to open sea access for Gazans 1/3
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australiainstitute.org.au
The Government justified a clamp down on freedom of information requests by claiming an increase in malicious and automated FOI attempts. Only problem is, there's no evidence of such a thing.

Our research showed that the number of FOI requests has not increased, but processing time has. 🔗⤵️ #auspol
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bootstheory.bsky.social
This has been the vicious fucking thing about the "Jobseeker Benefit" ever since Paula Bennett coined it in 2013

In addition to keeping people in poverty it's been a term of propaganda forcing us all to accept the frame of welfare as economic obligation instead of social support
publicaddress.bsky.social
Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit
The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.
www.rnz.co.nz
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publicaddress.bsky.social
Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit
The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.
www.rnz.co.nz
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musicalchairs.bsky.social
Wooohoooo! Last time we crashed interest rates like this was after the very brilliant global financial crisis... Oh, and then we did it again after that pesky pandemic shut the global economy down.
The good times are truly here again though. And this time we're going it alone! Great work everyone.
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ardrigh.bsky.social
At a time the government is cutting support for the most vulnerable in our country, never forget this munter was arguing he was entitled to claim $52K extra in subsidies to live in his own apartment #nzpol

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
'It's a distraction': PM’s swift U-turn, will pay back $13k in accommodation allowance
Labour says PM 'treating hard-working Kiwis like a bottomless ATM'.
www.nzherald.co.nz
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admorgan.bsky.social
With fucking treasury.
Welp, we should be broke by the end of the year.
I would like each govt member’s name, and each senior public servant’s name, of all who brokered and okayed this deal with known data scroungers and digital carpetbaggers regarding ALL OUR MONEY, displayed in foot high letters.
cameronwilson.bsky.social
Scoop: OpenAI has signed its first ever Australia government contract, quietly inking a deal with Treasury amid the ChatGPT-maker's charm offensive on policymakers.

This modest contract is an ideal foothold into future, more lucrative deals, according to one firm's analysis.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social
In the last hour, the brave humanitarians aboard the Freedom Flotilla, which includes at least one Australian, Madeleine Habib, have reported being surrounded and intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters.

This is direct contravention of international law.
gilgreen.bsky.social
OMG. Just think how many more might be suffering long covid if the Ardern govt had not had stringent rules to maintain community health.
writagal.bsky.social
Fun fact: when you have Long Covid but can’t work you have to go on the Jobseeker benefit because GPs can’t say whether you’ll still have Long Covid in two years - so teens with chronic conditions are now conceivably navigating absolutely debilitating symptoms while also getting zero govt support 👍🫠
Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit
The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.
www.rnz.co.nz
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writagal.bsky.social
Fun fact: when you have Long Covid but can’t work you have to go on the Jobseeker benefit because GPs can’t say whether you’ll still have Long Covid in two years - so teens with chronic conditions are now conceivably navigating absolutely debilitating symptoms while also getting zero govt support 👍🫠
Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit
The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.
www.rnz.co.nz
gilgreen.bsky.social
20k! Now that's a crowd!
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grahamclester.bsky.social
"We are hurtling back into a Soviet abyss, into an information vacuum that spells death from our own ignorance. All we have left is the internet. . . For the rest, if you want to go on working as a journalist, it's total servility to Putin."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Po...
Anna Politkovskaya - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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empressoz.bsky.social
Chance meeting with park-friends #birds #birdsofoz
gilgreen.bsky.social
They clearly don't know much about the reality of UK diversity. Esp. in London.
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nicolastenzer.bsky.social
Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.
gilgreen.bsky.social
And they do this against CUTS to their funding. BOM is a national treasure.
gilgreen.bsky.social
And any number of forecourt shows and Nelson Mandela Speaks in 1990...
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benakl.bsky.social
Look at Luxon's answers
He plainly doesnt give a shit any more 👇
benakl.bsky.social
And Luxon just shrugs as if he doesnt give a shit
Because he doesnt
He doesnt care for the Cities despite where two thirds of the vote sit
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
'Not surprising', Luxon says as National dives into 20s in latest poll
The latest results show the centre-left could govern.
www.nzherald.co.nz