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@johnroddick.bsky.social

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Adelaide, Australia. Flinders University Emeritus Professor. Pragmatic swinging voter. But quite frankly bemused at the direction of the LNP at this point. Likes and retweets do not constitute agreement with views or ideas.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 22d

Surely “targeting” welfare in order to give tax cuts to the rich is a zero-sum game.

Except for the bureaucratic overhead of doing the means testing of course.

PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 23d

Tourism Australia - your website is here, in case you’ve lost it…

www.australia.com/en/facts-and...

Australia time zones - Tourism Australia

Follow our handy guide to Australia's time zones to understand the time in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory

www.australia.com

PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 23d

From @tourismaustralia.bsky.social - Crickets. Nada. Nothing. Zilch.

Surely they interact with social media? Or is communicating with people outside of their scope?

@australianlabor.bsky.social

PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · 23d

So true.

www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorize...

Party Abandoned By People Under 50 Set To Abandon Their Only Policy Popular With People Under 50

More to come.

www.betootaadvocate.com

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Sep 7

@tourismaustralia.bsky.social …

Why do you not recognise Adelaide or South Australia?

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Sep 5

Already struggling to find any ranking, anywhere, where the US is rated in the top 10 healthiest countries. RFK isn’t helping.

PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Sep 3

Is there an Australian version of Maple Scan?

maplescan.ca

Maple Scan

Scan any product and find out if it truly supports Canadian businesses. Maple Scan makes it easy.

maplescan.ca

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hands up all those who think one of the reasons Labor aren’t interested in changes to taxes as they apply to housing is that many of their MPs will be personally disadvantaged.

@australianlabor.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australian politicians reveal their housing portfolios, with some owning as many as six homes

Dozens of politicians are landlords, having also declared rental income from their investment properties

www.theguardian.com

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Sep 2

Just wow. I knew the coalition were in trouble electorally but this report, commissioned for a Liberal think tank, lays it out in stark detail.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Sep 1

Migrant community marches in favour of making themselves leave Australia chaser.com.au/general-news...

Migrant community marches in favour of making themselves leave Australia – The Chaser

A group of white people from immigrant backgrounds have demanded that people like them should "go back to where they came from"

chaser.com.au

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Aug 31

AI strikes again. At this rate technology could see a backlash not seen since the 19th-century Luddites.

PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Aug 28

Gotta love South Australia. Pouring with rain, severe weather warning in place and with almost no solar at the moment, still manages 98.9% renewables over the past three days.

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Aug 28

Wasn’t listed separately.

PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Aug 27

Interestingly, this drop very patchy across the country.

Total Automotive Gasoline sales, Jan-Jun 2024-2025:
NSW - Up 0.4%
NT - Down 1.8%
QLD - Down 6.5%
SA - Down 7.8%
TAS - Down 0.2%
VIC - Down 1.0%
WA - Down 9.3%

Queensland led the drop in ethanol blends with a whopping 18% drop.

PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Aug 27

Note Easter was in April this year but March in 2024 which explains the April figures.

Ping @crikey.com.au @australia.theguardian.com

PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Govt has published the sales of petrol for the first half of the year and there are some startling results…
. Overall, petrol sales down over 3%
. Distinct shift to higher quality fuel (to 98+ octane)
. Sales of ethanol blends dropped dramatically - over 11%

Why isn’t this a story?

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PA to a Kelpie @johnroddick.bsky.social · Aug 27

Of course it’s raining in Adelaide - the Royal Adelaide Show starts on Saturday. Given that it’s such a rain magnet, why don’t they move it to the summer when we need the rain?