selfunded.bsky.social

selfunded.bsky.social

@selfunded.bsky.social

Australian born - Masters of Economics UNE - Fair Markets not Free Markets - Living Cairns - 1972-1984 New Hebrides - Science not Superstition - No time for Religion - Fact, never Belief

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@senatorwong.bsky.social is Labor's leader of the Senate. Labor & the LNP have agreed that no matter how just legislation introduced to the Senate might be, if it is not from either the LNP or Labor they will combine to defeat it. Callous, ruthless, despicable - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comAustralia – are we more racist, misogynist or misopedic? Perhaps it is all three at once? | First Dog on the MoonClearly the expectation of social cohesion applies to only some people

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β€œLarge AI firms are shopping around the world trying to sell their snake oil and the price is copyright reform. International creative businesses are looking at Australia and cannot believe the government has been duped.” The Albanese govt isn’t just risking Australian IP. It is exposing the world.

theguardian.comIn a rush to lure AI companies, the Australian government risks undoing a creative ecosystem that has taken decades to build | Dan GuthrieIf proposed copyright reforms proceed, Australia will become a global IP-laundering paradise. Why would a UK business license its TV shows here if they can be scraped at will?

Your Legacy @albomp.bsky.social why are you not on top of any issue. Marrickville Golf Club an instance? At least fire the staff member who lied to you. Or did they?

Bethany Williams@bethanyincbr.bsky.social

Labor has introduced a β€˜robo assessment’ algorithm to assess aged people for home care packages. CARE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE DECIDED BY AN ALGORITHM! 8 out of 10 QLD health professionals said it underestimated levels of need. It is unacceptable to remove HUMANS from this decision.

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David Shoebridge is on fire at the NPC, rejects claim The Greens are not near the β€œsensible centre” just coz they don’t bash migrants & oppose Israel’s genocide, β€œI reject any correlation b/w that & what we’ve been doing…to call out a genocide & say kids should not be killed”πŸ’₯

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Hey @albomp.bsky.social - you may have misinterpreted the demand to #RaiseTheRate. #inequality #auspol

Barbara Pocock@barbarapocock.bsky.social

$2.2 million is an outrageous sum of money for one public servant to earn. What's more, 17 people in the Future Fund are now on more than a million - only one woman among them. Australians who can barely afford groceries right now, will share my outrage. tinyurl.com/mak89juh

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Here's a map of where the "Mutual" obligations guide is going! So grateful to those who ordered free copies so far. Can't wait to get them in the post. Whether you're a welfare recipient, community sector worker or just want to support people on Centrelink, get them here: bit.ly/OrderMOsRigh...

Antipoverty Centre@antipovertycentre.org

IT'S HERE: From today you can get our new "Mutual" obligations rights guide – digital or in print It explains in clear terms how people can and can’t be penalised to cut through job agency bullshit. It’s for people with compulsory activities, community sector workers or anyone who wants to help.

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Anthony Albanese calls this scumbag a FRIEND. It's everything you need to know about his opinions of women,and his priorities for policy Go to Kyles wedding,kiss his ring & encourage abuse of women to be accepted into mainstream vernacular,and on public media #PMAlbaneseIssAVicariousAbuser #auspol

#Australia Not all men, but certainly this one?

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Pat Conroy appoints former Rio Tinto CEO as National Armaments Manager. Highlights her ability to β€œchange culture”.😳 Union busting, individual contracts, destroying communities, fly in/fly out, opposing collective bargaining, targeting union delegates. This culture? WTF?

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"If approved, it would be the first time a critical habitat has been designated since the Threatened Species Protection Act came into force three decades ago." Alternative headline: Can a 'critical habitat' designation save the endangered Maugean Skate from extinction & salmon-farming threats

abc.net.au'Critical habitat' decision could affect Macquarie Harbour salmon farmsTasmania's environment department is considering declaring Macquarie Harbour a "critical habitat" for the endangered Maugean skate, which could have significant ramifications for the state's west coas...
Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social

The environmental regulation process propping up Maugean skate-endangering industrial salmon farming, is as diseased as the salmon produced by Salmon Tasmania #ExtinctionFlavouredSalmon #ToxicSalmonFarming

Can't imagine what it takes to be a Public Servant when we have an evil Government @albomp.bsky.social

Senator David Shoebridge@davidshoebridge.bsky.social

No one should have to choose between the life they’ve built here in Australia and the parents they left behind. The Greens are fighting for a system that lets families have both. Because of a go-slow on processing by Govt a parent visa today means waiting 18 to up to 42 years.

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Apartheid Israel's genocidal crimes against Palestinians are documented, evidenced, relentless. All enabled by the so-called international community, including Ireland. We have legal obligations under international law to act to prevent egregious human rights abuses. #SanctionsNow

Ahhhh I remember restaurants in Hirafu (Niseko, Hokkaido) during Chinese New Year when expatriates from all over Asia descended upon us with their hordes of children. The noise was unbearable. Then came electronic games & later smart phones, what bliss, not a word spoken, well not by the children.

Ko-walla.bsky.social@ko-walla.bsky.social

Sardinian restaurants ban families from using phones at the table | Italy | The Guardian share.google/eJ1EY4r3SiYG.... Fantastic, more should do this. Mobile phone usage during meals is so bloody rude.

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"Real power is achieved when the ruling class controls the material essentials of life, granting and withholding them from the masses as if they were privileges." ~ George Orwell #Avilarte

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So, ICE will round up innocent US citizens, even shoot them dead, on the vaguest of suspicions yet roll out the red carpet for a fleeing non US citizen criminal?

The Japan Times@japantimes.co.jp

The U.S. plans to issue a visa to defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, a senior State Department official announced, confirming reports that the senator fled Brazil following his loss.