Tfw you did a nature positive www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Pleasing to see report in Canberra Times that police have dropped the investigation into the satirical posters in the Civic bar Dissent. When will pple learn to be sceptical of AJA troublemaking?

To cap off this thread, I've written a new blog post calling on the federal government to raise its ambition and add four new senators per state, not just two. tallyroom.com.au/64397

Where there’s demand, there will be supply, legal or not. From the ‘sly grog’ of the 1920s to the illicit vapes of today, getting regulation right is difficult.

The Jewish Council of Australia condemns Benjamin Harnwell's appalling comment at the Advance conference and call on our leaders and the Antisemitism Envoy to speak out in condemnation.

And why Jane Hume is trying to make new friends.

The govt isn’t ’failing to close the gap’ they are succeeding in creating the impression that they are trying to close the gap while ignoring all the evidence of what should be done to actually close it.

It’s shocking to learn that from the end of WW2 until the 1970s, people blamed governments for unemployment—not the unemployed. Then the ruling class embraced supply side economics, engineered higher joblessness to discipline labour, and recast structural failure as individual moral defect.

Ah, the let Keir be Keir strategy

The main US liberal complaint about Trump has always been the aesthetics.

Members wanted to know if national party leader approved of talks.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

What is going on in Redlands www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...

"It must be a function of the State in future to ensure adequate total outlay and by consequence to protect its citizens against mass unemployment"- William Beveridge. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Another day, another Coalition shadow cabinet with a settler as Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians

“Men get a larger overall share of the benefits of Australia’s current tax expenditures and deductions . . . and in news that will not shock many, men receive a greater share of the benefits of our tax settings than women.” - Gemma Killen Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3ZGFCIv

"No one held back, no one left behind"

Other Anglospheric racisms are like Berlin’s hedgehog; one big bigotry for every society. Australian racism is foxlike, and takes on prejudices from everywhere, and gleefully accepts new and fresh ones

The profound concern I have is about tricking people out of their rights. Law enforcement shouldn’t be a game.

To keep the electricity on, Davis must top up her prepaid card at the service station or local grocery. When credit on her card runs out, the power to her home automatically disconnects, cutting off access to lights, refrigeration and cooling.

Public Service Announcement— #auspol #nswpol

New misfeasance in public office decision dropped. A cracker: Judge awarded $2m in damages, including v. rare punitive exemplary damages, against former head of Medicare watchdog. Matters are RARE. Wins rarer. A boon to potential Robodebt + other cases. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...

It says a lot about the state of UK universities that @birminghamucu.bsky.social have had to negotiate over "recognition that union reps should not face detriment for union work". It also tells us that all who work in unis need to be in a union. #JoinAUnion #heartunionsweek ❤️unions

University management get paid the big bucks to make clear strategic decisions, like the decision to talk up a visit from someone who behaved so badly that Jeffrey Epstein thought they were a scum bag

Be very funny if this was investigated by the NACC

step 1: assign endless responsibilities to the police, just continually making them the body responsible for things step 2: respond to any criticism of their behaviour with “well they have the most difficult job in the world”

"Stalled" implies that it ever was started

Day two of the #spill. We are down to half rations. The first officer has not slept and rhe rest of us are watching the river shore. We have seen nobody but they are out there, we know. #itson

Excellent news.

The police beatings will continue until social cohesion improves.

If last night's footage shocked you, you're not alone. Join your state Council of Civil Liberties who have been fighting police overreach and threats to our democracy for decades. More than anything, what the people in power fear most is an active citizenry. Posting isn't praxis. Joining is.

Services Australia now admits it is running 144 known unlawful or legally defective welfare practices. Some stopped. Many ongoing. Others waiting for Parliament to legalise them after the fact. This is more than administrative failure. It’s contempt for the rule of law.

Last Wednesday, the village of Grazalema (southern Spain, 900 m altitude) received 577 mm of rain in one day: the second highest ever recorded in Spain, only behind the deadly downpour in the Valencia region of 29 October 2024. malagaldia.es/2026/02/06/g...

Services Australia now admits it is running 144 known unlawful or legally defective welfare practices. Some stopped. Many ongoing. Others waiting for Parliament to legalise them after the fact. This is more than administrative failure. It’s contempt for the rule of law.

“Lamestream understands that journalists in the Canberra press gallery have been briefed on the visit but asked not to report on it.” Incredible.

"If you want to understand Australia’s housing crisis, look at what the government funds" by @maiyazize.bsky.social & James Hall for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

There’s a real opportunity for sensible reform to the CGT discount on investment properties to incentivise the new housing supply. It’s something Senator Lambie & I had the PBO model years ago & will keep pushing the govt to implement. It won’t solve housing affordability on its own but it’ll help

Sign up to the new campaign to abolish the partner income test👇 endpartnerincometesting.com

I liked Sri’s article, obviously because I agree with his views on housing, but there’s a [universal] tendency to argue about losses based on excessive agency to the losing side, that doesn’t credit the winners or contingency. Sometimes in politics you just lose! That’s competitive systems!

Services Australia should have been abolished after the Robodebt RC

Another week, another report into how Services Australia mismanages the social security system - this time to the tune of a billion dollars a year for the age pension

"The assessing psychologist provided evidence to support the doli incapax presumption being upheld or partially upheld (i.e. for at least some of the child’s charges) in nearly one-half of cases (48.8%), and rebutted in 50.0% of cases"

We're doing it lads, sortition-based hiring

Hello Naarm friends! I'm back in town next week and will be talking about genAI and the politics of representing violence. Will be joined in conversation after w Dr André Dao 📆 Tuesday 10 Feb, 4 - 5:30pm 📍 Arts West Research Lounge, University of Melbourne arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-cu...

ten years ago today no one clapped

Venn diagram of ‘social science airport book author’ and ‘epstein files’ getting more crowded

On the rare occasion that I write for a publication that offers a fee, I ask that they donate it to charity. I don't think it's ethical to ask to be paid twice for work done as a salaried academic.