rockinryoko.bsky.social
@rockinryoko.bsky.social
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I don't know where the Coalition are scoring their angry pills but they're getting ripped off. This cynical, performative grief and ham-fisted, rage-harvesting is embarrassing frankly. And it’s totally ick when so many Australians are in real shock and mourning. Grow the fuck up, guys. #auspol
December 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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John Howard pushed for the invasion of Iraq, which was one of the dominoes which created the conditions for ISIS and caused untold human misery we are still dealing with today. He refused to acknowledge racism was a main driver of the Cronulla riots.
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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100's of jobs cut at CSIRO when it has never been more important for govts to invest in science & research. Why can Labor find $$ for AUKUS but not our nation’s premier science, industry & research org? The Greens implore the Albanese government to commit funding & prevent cuts.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise

www.abc.net.au/news/science...

CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:

1982-83 = 0.17

2024-25 = 0.03

...

Scientific extinction event imminent?
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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See also recent Halloween - fast becoming an enormous plastic festival
Only 9% of plastics ever made have been recycled. Clever industry campaigns have shifted the costs of their own waste onto consumers.

👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/how-the...
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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To put it in perspective. Median household income should be almost 100k today. That is how much money has been siphoned off the middle class
October 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Labor pledged to save $6.4bn through cutting the government's use of consultants and external labour, and yet here they are forking out more. The government's focus must be on rebuilding the public service for core work functions.
October 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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If Melbourne University Publishing doesn’t want to keep publishing Meanjin, they should hand over the journal to someone worthy of the responsibility. Me in The Conversation theconversation.com/the-decision...
The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better
The decision to close Meanjin is the latest in a string of recent decisions that suggest universities are not safe harbours for priceless cultural institutions.
theconversation.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Difficult for me to be objective about this given that I’ve been published by Meanjin and count the current editor as a friend - but objectively or subjectively, any way you look at it this is an appalling decision and one that will further and greatly diminish Australia’s literary culture.
September 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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“Some good people” hey @albomp.bsky.social?
September 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Also how is it there are so many empty houses? I can walk around my neighbourhood and point out over 20 empty homes. Some have been vacant for over 20 years.
September 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Or the housing shortage when there are over 150k short term rentals available through platforms like Airbnb & Stayz that are negatively geared. The same ppl who complain about there being a housing shortage are generally the same ppl who choose an Airbnb over a hotel.
September 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Anyone talking about housing affordability not mentioning the capital gains tax discount is not talking about housing affordability.
September 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Join your union. Really sad to see decline in union membership while, surprise surprise, workers rights are aggressively eroded by right wing plutocrats
If you enjoy…

Weekends
Safe working conditions
Retirement benefits
Paid vacations
Breaks at work
Sick leave
Paid holidays

… then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
September 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Why is NSW Still Logging the Great Koala National Park? (24 May 2024)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQu-...
August 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Woolworths and Coles reporting over a billion dollars profit goes to show how much more they could be paying farmers, slashing prices and still make a profit but instead they'd prefer to rip off everyone.

#Auspol
August 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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What about a 1941 protest song by Irving Berlin? I would add this to the mix!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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"Australia has the second-lowest public expenditure on tertiary education institutions in the OECD…This has resulted in an endless chase for dollars (international students & “the next big thing”) rather than thinking about what an educated Australia should look like” www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Universities such as mine are making poor decisions, and we’re not allowed to know why
UTS has announced a “pause” on enrolments in 100 courses. Vacating these critically important areas diminishes not only the brand of UTS but the state it was designed to benefit.
www.smh.com.au
August 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Oh so true
Australian media is centrist, corporate and blind to the bigger picture
Australians are taught through media and politics that mediocrity is all they can hope for, Amy Remeikis writes www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian....
Australian media is centrist, corporate and blind to the bigger picture
Australians are taught through media and politics that mediocrity is all they can hope for, Amy Remeikis writes
www.deepcutnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Every day we miss Gough. What might have been
On this day 50 years ago, Gough Whitlam and Vincent Lingiari made history. In returning land to the Gurindji people, it marked the first time an Australian Prime Minister acknowledged Aboriginal land rights.
August 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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On this day 50 years ago, Gough Whitlam and Vincent Lingiari made history. In returning land to the Gurindji people, it marked the first time an Australian Prime Minister acknowledged Aboriginal land rights.
August 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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ICYMI- Horses Changing Courses- yesterday's cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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August 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM