"... public discourse often treats them as extensions of their parents’ choices rather than individuals shaped by years of trauma, instability and exposure to violence." #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

China is a large country. It will be interesting to see how quickly long haul e-trucks become more accessible and more common. Windows of opportunity and all that. #auspol www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Shifting. Geo-politics. A window of time and opportunity for Australia to position itself as a renewable superpower. Anyone? No? #auspol

See previous discussion re changing geo-politics. #auspol

25 years ago I was living in Norway. Even then Govt policy existed to incentivise EVs and, significantly, dis-incentivise big motor/big fuel cars. This is long term and strategic planning. #auspol

This development is part of the bigger picture of shifting geo-politics. Countries free from oil dependency. Free from any dependence on fossil fuels. Seize the day and all that. #auspol interestingengineering.com/energy/panel...

Until Aus voters get really fucking angry & really fucking vocal nowt will happen except fossil industry outrage that its status as untouchable is being challenged. Supported in turn by Aus media outrage at the audacity of "those types" forgetting their place. Call your MP Call your senator #auspol

But cunts like mining companies get subsidies. Elite private schools get funded more than public schools. Our fucking taxes. Our fucking money pays for rich people to keep their snouts in the trough while we as a society continue to fuck over the vulnerable and powerless. #auspol

This shit is an attempt to scare people away from protesting. It's just so fucking wrong.

There are only two types of people who love war. Those who don’t have to fight in them and those who profit from them. And they are very often the same people.

"Here’s the bleak connective tissue between Epstein, Pelicot, and the Syria camps: the world is saturated with systems where men believe they are entitled to women’s bodies, and where institutions quietly agree." www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/27/i...

iPod to iPhone seemed like a natural evolution. Tech people building cool shit becoming tech people developing fuck off EVs seems logical to me www.euronews.com/next/2026/01... #EV

Experiencing the consequences of her choices would be nice. But manipulation is her superpower and the media just plays along. #auspol

Whatever words one prefers to describe Pauline Hanson, too many self aggrandising, self important, middle aged white men all think they can put her in her place and take over One Nation. All, without fail, underestimate her. #auspol

A term to know in this world with AI: Cultural stagnation. It’s the slow flattening of creativity into polished sameness. The algorithm just doesn’t know how to be weird and creative like humans do. tcnv.link/pJci63b

There's a global solar energy revolution happening led by China and it should have been one of the biggest stories of 2025. While the US is committing to a suicide pact with fossil fuels, the rest of the world is leapfrogging into cheap nearly limitless energy. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...

What's going to happen to the power dynamics of the world when the "global south" buys affordable solar panels from China? When people in those countries can then explore business opportunities because electricity is easy and cheap. #auspol #renewables

Several Australian retailers have kept facial recognition technology (FRT) on despite the Australian Privacy Commissioner ruling Kmart and Bunnings’s use of the technology illegal, sparking concerns from computer scientists, unions and privacy advocates ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

In the halcyon days of digital people used to just use BitTorrent to get to content because all the powers that be tried to deny digital. They're all still fucking about. People just want the content. BitTorrent will re-emerge as "the way" #BitTorrent

"deliberately ignorant". DELIBERATELY

"Little Tim Wilson" doesn't seem to have learned that using all those US name calling tactics doesn't work in Australia quite the way they expect. And Punter's Politics laughs back so well "we don't want a culture war" #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD31...

Decarbonisation represents a massive opportunity for Australia. China gets this and is making the transition. Well beyond time for Australia to embrace the change. #renewables #auspol share.transistor.fm/s/372cf290

Money talks. The conversations have begun www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...

"The technology of generative AI on its own isn’t inherently bad. But the rush to embrace it at the cost of people’s lives, the environment and the concept of truth in the modern world, certainly fits all the parameters of evil." theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

My article “Current Approaches to the Use of Generative AI in Australian Courts and Tribunals: Should Australian Judges Have Guidelines Too?” is now out in the Journal of Judicial Administration! Short answer: yes. Slightly longer answer: nobody should be using it for legal research or writing.

Roblox, Whatsapp and many other tech platforms will need to ‘self-assess’ and ask to be excused from Australia’s looming social media restrictions for under-16s.

There is not enough discussion about the China that is emerging. A China that is not dependent on, nor beholden to ..... oil. Australia could be a wind/solar super power. China seems to understand the opportunity. #auspol

Brilliant by @amyremeikis.bsky.social www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/u...

Sure, the Kirk shooter is most likely a right wing conspiracist gone rogue, but that's not really the point. The point is that the only language with any cultural force in the US now is blind rage-fueled violence. It's a death spiral.

Apart from anything else ... is she seriously asking for THE ORIGINAL BOAT PEOPLE, who came here without permission to be acknowledged..... without any irony at all?

Excellent thread.

I want to talk to you about Palantir and its expanding footprint in Australia. TLDR: You should be worried. This US surveillance tech company has secured multiple Defence contracts worth over $11 million. We need transparency about what data they're accessing & why. 🧵

Not me, either

We don't chase bullies and beg them to notice us. Dialogue between countries wot are NOT the US will be far more important for longer term security.

"Politicians shouldn’t receive honours. Our national awards system already lacks credibility, with too many handed gongs for too little." www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/10/s...

Why is this what we focus on? Her politics are shit. She leads a shit party. Why isn't that the headline?

The super tax debate is divorced from reality & more proof that Australia’s tax system is built for the rich – @grogsgamut.bsky.social "Unhinged criticisms to changes in super make more sense when you realise that our tax debate is geared to ensure rich people & companies get richer" #auspol

So @albomp.bsky.social used his thumping majority to deliver Peter Dutton’s gas policy. What a gutless nothing. Proud day I guess for all those who worked in the campaign. Your values being brought to life!

The approval of the North West Shelf extension puts MurrayWatt with climate change deniers. A terrible decision that will hang round his neck like a rotting carcass. @albomp.bsky.social talks about progressive patriotism. There is nothing patriotic about destroying the Murujuga rock art

Labor have just approved a 45 year extension to our most polluting gas project faster than Peter Dutton said he would if he won office. They sold out to their fossil fuel donors a long ago, and it's never been clearer.

The Libs say Australians don’t know what their policies are. But the Libs don’t have policies. They have talking points and imported culture wars. Essentially a US Republican franchise, they are not interested in governing. Division and mean-spiritedness is their end game. Just appalling people.

What a load of performative bollocks. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Wrote a piece today about the paradox of the new parliament: The first time Labor + The Greens have the numbers, on their own, to drive progressive change but why that won't happen: www.lamestream.com.au/can-the-gree...

This is a relief, but it will only really matter if there's a new focus on holding Labor to account - in much higher resolution and at a much higher frequency. Renewables, transport and heavy industry progress should all be tracked without bias. "Give them more time" is no excuse, now.

THIS. SO MUCH THIS

Totally agree - she's being used by the LNP, she's a useful little side-show attraction for them and she's too lacking in humility, self-awareness or analytical intelligence to see it

I have now developed a jaw-ache and a desire to hit my head into a wall after listening to Jacinta Einstein Price's voice for the past 5 minutes on ABC It should be recorded and used as one of those whistle attack repellants #ausvotes25

Socialism is what they called public power.  Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

This is incredible

My daughters all surf, skateboard, ski, rock climb/boulder. They push back. They play sport with the boys and hold their own. But, 8 years on from this talk, we still get pulled into school to talk about how aggressive our kids are. Because ... girls. www.ted.com/talks/caroli...