#FOI requests granted in full have plummeted under @albomp.bsky.social. His response? Introduce a Bill into Parliament that substantially expands the information officials can withhold from you. How’s that for transparency? #auspol

Let's keep a vast chunk of society in poverty as a deliberate means of managing the economy, and meanwhile compound this by sacking checkout staff while making checkouts less secure, and then puzzle long and hard about why people are nicking food. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I’m a strong supporter of the Pattern Book…but describing it as a $1 solution for the housing crisis is wildly disingenuous. You still need to document them, price them and build them.

How quickly we forget - it’s almost as if Covid never happened | Labor’s CDC lacks budget and vision Monique Ryan via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

The mercurial, animated, peripatetic architect Timothy Hill, now at #partnershill, delivering a brilliant @institute_architects_aus 2025 Gold Medal speech in Sydney. So much great work, explained architecturally, with lots of asides & overdue areas for reform of practice & urban culture

Happy dog in bike backpack! Way to go

Thank goodness there are still irreverent, brilliant, passionate, makers and thinkers in architecture. Particularly chuffed when they are recognised. Tim Hill - AIA Gold Medallist 2025.

It's weird - but now in Oslo, there's so many EVs that you notice the noise and the smell from individual ICE cars, and you realise how much we've been normalising it for ever. You can smell them half a street away. And inside parking lots are just *quiet*.

A lot of people worked for years to expose the scandal of Robodebt. But the big lie of ‘mutual obligation’ is still official policy in Australia. Until we treat people seeking help with respect, this stuff will continue

Great talk, and so interesting to know that he comes from a background of documentary photography - makes so much sense

Iwan Baan’s extraordinary eye - for the vitality and lived reality of the city… #Powerhouse #sydneyDesignWeek

And yet we build them as caves, windows at one narrow end and no airflow, let alone connection to the rhythm of the days.

Why should apartments be thin cross section? Because light, shadow, and the passing of the day, is a beautiful, essential human thing…

“It will create a new requirement, by law, for the government to treat housing not as a private asset for wealth creation, but as a foundational social good”

Born in 1873 Maori scholar Mākereti Papakura is believed to be the first indigenous woman to matriculate at University of Oxford. She enrolled in 1922 to read Anthropology at Pitt Rivers Museum but tragically died just before graduating. She will be awarded a posthumous degree in Oxford next week.

My niece is an architect and furniture designer/ maker hence my interest www.melissawardarchitect.com/furniture-de...

“The images of all those boats still haunt me and, I would guess, not just me but all of us who were there during those years. It absolutely wrecked the government.” Not compassion for the people on the boats - only fear of the impact on politicians. Says everything about how we are now governed.

The world misses the chance to see Trump go up against the Tingle eyebrow raise… #ourabc

The only thing more confusing than the NSW Planning system, is trying to work out what politicians are planning to do to the NSW Planning system….🤯

Outrageous bollocks from a pathetically thin skinned Government which is willing to humiliate Britain on the international stage to brown nose one of the most dangerous men the world has ever known. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Malicious communication” aka pure gold…

So in awe of the talent of Virginia Kerridge. Humble, careful, dedicated, skilful architect. This beautiful table is part of an exhibition showing on Cult Sydney for a few weeks. Also works by Neil Durbach, Richard’s Stanisich and others. *Keep* *cult* *American timber*

"The stadium would 'diminish the economic welfare' of Tasmania (and) would have an 'irrevocable and unacceptable' impact on Hobart's landscape. "The govt would need to accumulate $1 bil in debt for construction costs, which would rise to $1.8 bil over 10 years" Govt proceeding anyway. Awesome.

Look over there! My @smh @theage cartoon.

“Heatwaves are already the main climate-related cause of death in Australia, causing 909 deaths nationally between 1990 and 2022. They kill more people than bushfires and floods combined.” And set to increase by 444% with Western Sydney bearing the brunt. But let’s approve another coal mine…🤯

Call My Agent is back on SBS! My recommendation for a funny, sweet sitcom with great characters and hilarious cameos by actors playing themselves! www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

Different names, same story.

It’s easy to announce changing colours on a map, but remaking a city takes political leadership to distribute resources to where they are needed. People can’t be expected to live beside a traffic sewer. Road space needs to be reallocated & the Parramatta Rd light rail extension start tomorrow.

So short-sighted, light rail should be a given. But not even a mention of upgrades within the public domain - new connections, wider footpaths, canopy/tree planting, new parks and spaces - increased density requires increased amenity.

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.

The big new idea - Parramatta Road again - but this time without the public investment in light rail that would make it a good location for housing… 🤯

“But regulations tell another story. Barrault's stone building wouldn't pass today's codes. Hemp is restricted for being "too permeable." We've regulated ourselves into corners where only sealed, mechanical solutions survive.” A review by Oriana Fernandez - Barrault Pressacco - Wallness

FINALLY.

Vandals…

Look what housing can be when it is focused on human wellbeing, instead of the mighty dollar…

“The approval is subject to almost 50 strict conditions, including reducing certain gas emissions by 2030 and reaching net zero emissions by 2050.” 🤔 You get more than 50 conditions in a DA approval for a house renovation…

Obliviousness is bliss www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

“Postcodes with no poker machines were associated with 30 per cent fewer domestic-violence assaults when compared with postcodes with a high concentration of pokies, a 2016 Australian study found.” via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Goodness me…the governing bodies of major cultural institutions in Australia are not covering themselves with glory…

Vanity Fair: What scares Guillermo del Toro? Guillermo del Toro: People with nice suits and horrible souls.

What do we want? An uninterrupted, uniquely Australian and historically significant stream of literary consciousness. When do we want it? Now. Protest against the closure of Meanjin. 9am, MUP Swanston St.

BREAKING: They're scrubbing @banksy The court is erasing Banksy's mural just like it's erasing our right to protest.

Rally to save Meanjin magazine Thursday 11 Sept 9am 715 Swanston St Carlton A number of Australian writers, editors and academics will speak in support of this vital cultural institution

They've become part of the installation.

The federal government wants fewer FOIs. Crikey wants more. We know filing FOIs can be daunting — so let us do it for you! For the next few weeks, we're accepting ideas for requests that we'll take, shape, file and then will keep you in the loop when we hear back. www.crikey.com.au/20...

Not a good time for free speech. So speak louder.

New high of Americans saying immigration is good for the US

Yea, dost thou jeer and flout me in the teeth?

Big, red, beautiful moon this morning…what does it portend?