@tippsu.bsky.social
Gary Tippet. Once award-winning scribe now superannuated scribbler. Ex-Age & Sunday Age. Interests: Politics, Aussie Rules, Food & Wine, dogs. Leans left. Melbourne, Oz.
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This is the nightmare rushing up on the world’s driest continent, with governments and regulators avoiding any responsibility for action.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Water is under pressure in the Great Artesian Basin
The Great Artesian Basin covers a fifth of Australia and contains water that has been there for millions of years. Now, decades of extraction are taking their toll and traditional owners are fighting ...
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This is the nightmare rushing up on the world’s driest continent, with governments and regulators avoiding any responsibility for action.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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If you’re looking for some genuine entertainment on this quiet Sunday, read the English papers reviews of the first test.
It’s delicious.
It’s delicious.
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If you’re looking for some genuine entertainment on this quiet Sunday, read the English papers reviews of the first test.
It’s delicious.
It’s delicious.
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The coroner is deluded if they can’t see this as being influenced by adherence to a broader ideology.
Trio behind deadly Wieambilla attack had 'shared delusional disorder' and were 'intent' on killing, coroner finds: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Trio behind deadly police shooting had 'delusional disorder', coroner finds
A Queensland coroner has found two police officers who were killed by extremists were "adequately equipped" yet "no match for an ambush", as he made recommendations to prevent another tragedy.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The coroner is deluded if they can’t see this as being influenced by adherence to a broader ideology.
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“If Australia is serious about supporting Ukraine and upholding sanctions, it must follow the UK and EU by announcing a ban on imports of fuels refined from Russian crude and shutting down the backdoor channels that continue to finance Russia’s aggression.”
Isaac Levi, CREA
Isaac Levi, CREA
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“If Australia is serious about supporting Ukraine and upholding sanctions, it must follow the UK and EU by announcing a ban on imports of fuels refined from Russian crude and shutting down the backdoor channels that continue to finance Russia’s aggression.”
Isaac Levi, CREA
Isaac Levi, CREA
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Mamdani charmed Trump, who showered Mamdani with praise, while he
•called out Israel’s genocide
•confirmed that he called Trump a despot & a fascist
•reaffirmed his socialist policies
I might send a video of the meeting to Albo with a note saying ‘This is how it’s done’.
#auspol #Mamdani #Albo #ALP
•called out Israel’s genocide
•confirmed that he called Trump a despot & a fascist
•reaffirmed his socialist policies
I might send a video of the meeting to Albo with a note saying ‘This is how it’s done’.
#auspol #Mamdani #Albo #ALP
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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I hope and pray that Zelensky does not give in to these men. Putin and Trump. I hope others will support them. This is no peace plan. @timothysnyder.bsky.social This enrages me on behalf of Ukraine and its people.
Trump tells Zelensky to sign peace deal in days with stark deadline for Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky said he and the US are working to carve out a ‘dignified and effective’ path for peace. But he has warned that his wartorn country faces a ‘very difficult choice’
www.independent.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I hope and pray that Zelensky does not give in to these men. Putin and Trump. I hope others will support them. This is no peace plan. @timothysnyder.bsky.social This enrages me on behalf of Ukraine and its people.
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Putin:
We are ready for peace negotiations but this requires requires a substantive discussion of all the details of the proposed plan"
The person who started the war blamed Ukraine for prolonging the war.
More Russian lies and stalling for time.
We are ready for peace negotiations but this requires requires a substantive discussion of all the details of the proposed plan"
The person who started the war blamed Ukraine for prolonging the war.
More Russian lies and stalling for time.
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Putin:
We are ready for peace negotiations but this requires requires a substantive discussion of all the details of the proposed plan"
The person who started the war blamed Ukraine for prolonging the war.
More Russian lies and stalling for time.
We are ready for peace negotiations but this requires requires a substantive discussion of all the details of the proposed plan"
The person who started the war blamed Ukraine for prolonging the war.
More Russian lies and stalling for time.
What a scumbag.
Jewell Crossberg the Esperance acting manager for WA Parks and Wildlife standing gun-in-hand and grinning.
Beside him lay the slain bodies of an elephant, zebra, giraffe and rhinoceros all killed in South Africa
Beside him lay the slain bodies of an elephant, zebra, giraffe and rhinoceros all killed in South Africa
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
What a scumbag.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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OUR son, GT.
But yes, I second the motion. So proud of Harrison and the excellent journalism he’s doing at our ABC.
Regional journalism matters.
But yes, I second the motion. So proud of Harrison and the excellent journalism he’s doing at our ABC.
Regional journalism matters.
Big congratulations to my talented young bloke, ABC’s Harrison Tippet, named 2025 Journalist of the Year by Australia’s National Rural Press Club.
Also co-winner with Bec Symons for Best News Story.
The judges noted H’s dexterity, sensitivity and unique analysis.
Also co-winner with Bec Symons for Best News Story.
The judges noted H’s dexterity, sensitivity and unique analysis.
nationalruralpressclub.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
OUR son, GT.
But yes, I second the motion. So proud of Harrison and the excellent journalism he’s doing at our ABC.
Regional journalism matters.
But yes, I second the motion. So proud of Harrison and the excellent journalism he’s doing at our ABC.
Regional journalism matters.
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Big congratulations to my talented young bloke, ABC’s Harrison Tippet, named 2025 Journalist of the Year by Australia’s National Rural Press Club.
Also co-winner with Bec Symons for Best News Story.
The judges noted H’s dexterity, sensitivity and unique analysis.
Also co-winner with Bec Symons for Best News Story.
The judges noted H’s dexterity, sensitivity and unique analysis.
nationalruralpressclub.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Big congratulations to my talented young bloke, ABC’s Harrison Tippet, named 2025 Journalist of the Year by Australia’s National Rural Press Club.
Also co-winner with Bec Symons for Best News Story.
The judges noted H’s dexterity, sensitivity and unique analysis.
Also co-winner with Bec Symons for Best News Story.
The judges noted H’s dexterity, sensitivity and unique analysis.
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This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
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Bravo to Harrison!! Congrats! We need great young journos right now, lots of them.
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Bravo to Harrison!! Congrats! We need great young journos right now, lots of them.
Big congratulations to my talented young bloke, ABC’s Harrison Tippet, named 2025 Journalist of the Year by Australia’s National Rural Press Club.
Also co-winner with Bec Symons for Best News Story.
The judges noted H’s dexterity, sensitivity and unique analysis.
Also co-winner with Bec Symons for Best News Story.
The judges noted H’s dexterity, sensitivity and unique analysis.
nationalruralpressclub.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Big congratulations to my talented young bloke, ABC’s Harrison Tippet, named 2025 Journalist of the Year by Australia’s National Rural Press Club.
Also co-winner with Bec Symons for Best News Story.
The judges noted H’s dexterity, sensitivity and unique analysis.
Also co-winner with Bec Symons for Best News Story.
The judges noted H’s dexterity, sensitivity and unique analysis.
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If this nation had moral standards, a pedophile would not be allowed to host a murderer in the Oval Office.
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If this nation had moral standards, a pedophile would not be allowed to host a murderer in the Oval Office.
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America has abrogated its place in the world as a premier place for science, a vacuum now results whereby sovereign research orgs. such as #CSIRO can come to the fore.
Our spineless @australianlabor.bsky.social govt needs to stop looking in the rear view mirror & get ahead of the game.
#auspol
Our spineless @australianlabor.bsky.social govt needs to stop looking in the rear view mirror & get ahead of the game.
#auspol
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
America has abrogated its place in the world as a premier place for science, a vacuum now results whereby sovereign research orgs. such as #CSIRO can come to the fore.
Our spineless @australianlabor.bsky.social govt needs to stop looking in the rear view mirror & get ahead of the game.
#auspol
Our spineless @australianlabor.bsky.social govt needs to stop looking in the rear view mirror & get ahead of the game.
#auspol
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New Victorian Liberal Party leader Jess Wilson’s husband resigned as a liberal party candidate after it was revealed that he is a vile bigot who published homophobic rants to social media.
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Liberal candidate Aaron Lane quits over Twitter comments
The Liberal Party has been hit with the resignation of one of its candidates less than four months from this November’s state election, over offensive comments on social media.
www.theage.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New Victorian Liberal Party leader Jess Wilson’s husband resigned as a liberal party candidate after it was revealed that he is a vile bigot who published homophobic rants to social media.
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
#auspol
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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"get out the jar of gumption and pry open the jaws of Treasury to make sure that our national science agency is funded in the way that will be good for the country into the long term. If you want to find the money, you can find it.
I mean, we found $600m for a football team in Papua New Guinea."
I mean, we found $600m for a football team in Papua New Guinea."
‘Pry open the jaws of Treasury’ to fund CSIRO amid hundreds of job losses, Labor MP Ed Husic tells own party
Husic, who oversaw CSIRO cuts as the former science minister, said some in government see scientific agency funding as a ‘cost’ not an ‘investment’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"get out the jar of gumption and pry open the jaws of Treasury to make sure that our national science agency is funded in the way that will be good for the country into the long term. If you want to find the money, you can find it.
I mean, we found $600m for a football team in Papua New Guinea."
I mean, we found $600m for a football team in Papua New Guinea."
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If Bernard is grumpy about Victoria getting infrastructure money, wait til he hears about WA’s GST take
Opinion | Taxpayers right around the country have a lot riding on Jess Wilson's success in defeating Victorian Labor, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.
The rest of Australia desperately needs Jess Wilson to succeed in Victoria
www.crikey.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
If Bernard is grumpy about Victoria getting infrastructure money, wait til he hears about WA’s GST take
Look at these fine exemplars of the master race.
Three white cops armed with guns, tasers and probably expandable batons are that scared of an unarmed black man they had to taser him to death. The Supreme Race be fucked! Gutless murdering lowlifes and white supremacy always seem to go hand in hand.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Man in GA tased 15 times in 15 minutes, for walking while black, died on the side of the road. He was stopped for trespassing because he wanted some water to fill up his coke bottle. I hope these deputies go to prison for a very long time.
www.13wmaz.com/article/news...
Man in GA tased 15 times in 15 minutes, for walking while black, died on the side of the road. He was stopped for trespassing because he wanted some water to fill up his coke bottle. I hope these deputies go to prison for a very long time.
www.13wmaz.com/article/news...
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Look at these fine exemplars of the master race.
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Elon Musk showing back up in Washington for the first time in 6 months for the sole purpose of feting a notorious Saudi murderer is so on brand
Musk Is Back in Politics. Does He Want to Stay a While?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Elon Musk showing back up in Washington for the first time in 6 months for the sole purpose of feting a notorious Saudi murderer is so on brand
Just a reminder:
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Just a reminder:
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www.sbs.com.au/news/article... hey you pots, it's Holly the kettle here
Former Liberal senator lashes ex-colleagues as 'inept' and 'lazy' as she quits party
Hollie Hughes said the Liberal Party had been engulfed by internal division and no longer reflected the values of Robert Menzies.
www.sbs.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
www.sbs.com.au/news/article... hey you pots, it's Holly the kettle here
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Trump just called an ABC reporter "insubordinate" and said "I think the license should be taken away from ABC."
Insubordinate? The press doesn't work for you, asshole.
Insubordinate? The press doesn't work for you, asshole.
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump just called an ABC reporter "insubordinate" and said "I think the license should be taken away from ABC."
Insubordinate? The press doesn't work for you, asshole.
Insubordinate? The press doesn't work for you, asshole.