I agree but a big part of the problem is that a not insignificant amount of voters think like and agree with him. Small minded people scared of change.

Chris Minns really has to be one of the worst premiers, let alone Labor premiers, to have been elected in quite a long time.

Worst premier of NSW I can remember. Not as corrupt as Askin and Wran but just so blah. If he was running the show in the 1920s he would have commissioned Bradfield to build more ferry wharves instead of the bridge.

And Leppington is basically on the doorstep of Bradfield and the new airport! They *could* have extended it and had the T5 as a direct single-seat rail connection to Liverpool, Parramatta, Blacktown, and Richmond. The Feds offered to chip in a billion. And bloody Chris Minns 🤡 said no! 🫠

Legendary Jamaican reggae band The Congos performing a free public gig on the main stage in Darling Harbour, as part of the 2026 Vivid Sydney festival. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congos #music #reggae #Jamaica #concert #vivid #VividSydney #Sydney #NSW #australia#music#nsw#livemusic

I am less annoyed that the metro line won't be open at the same time as the airport. I'm more annoyed there's effectively no plan to build the line to Macarthur and Tallawong, as both parties promised. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Gah!!!

Oh that's not true, just... a) I've never been that far west b) I don't cross the bridge, unless I'm heading to the airport c) I don't feel like heading to the city d) I hate suburbia e) I prefer not get stabbed f) Insular peninsula Add to the list, Sydney folks... #auspol #nswpol #nsw #Sydney

Sydney is really five different cities in an oversized coat, and they all secretly despise each other... #australia #sydney #nsw

I'm feeling quite insulated

The Sydney Opera House at Vivid 2026. #Sydney #NSW #australia#nsw#SydneyVivid #VividSydney #SydneyOperaHouse

I am heading to Parramatta this morning for Learning from Country with Uncle Chris Tobin. First Sunday of the month.

Big day out with the architecture students & design tutors roaming the beautiful former Cumberland Hospital (originally the Female Factory in 1820’s) in North Parramatta. Such an array for great structures & landscape. How best to work here? #publicparramatta

I mentioned this earlier today - learning from Country on Country with Uncle Chris Tobin at Burramattagal (Parramatta Park, in front of old government house) - first Sunday of the month. Love these lessons. All welcome.

Vivid Sydney is back for 2026. Over the coming days, I'll share some of my favourite light sculptures from this year. #VividSydney #Vivid #Sydney #NSW #australia

80s. Three of us did VCE art. Our history module was baroque architecture 😵‍💫. I learned nothing. I got 98% for art practice and 6% on the final exam. Aggregate mark of 52%.

What brought on this question about art in Australian high school? Asking, because art teacher appreciation thread 🧵⬇️ aka a member of TISM has been outed as a catholic high school art teacher. Hope he gets snapped up at a more liberal school if he gets fired (probably will...) quick smart.

I went to school in the 70s. Only 6 of us did Art Theory in Year 11. I don't remember doing any in Art before then. I don't know if you guys think there was a Golden Age where this wasn't so.

44% of the population is functionally illiterate generally, particularly frustrating because appreciation of art, creativity could be helpful for addressing that, but we turned schools into career checkbox exercises.

Retired NSW art teacher here. The curriculum, at least in my day, was more centred on encouraging the individual student's creativity rather than the history of art. That only became important when students elected art.

@ajsadauskas.bsky.social my wife.

I did. Monet comes to mind immediately.

It's astounding how it's possible to study art at Australian schools from prep to grade 12, and then graduate basically knowing nothing about art history. #art #australia #auspol #education #arteducation #school #schools

Elsewhere action a plenty in #publicparramatta, old & new. Such public investment everywhere to be seen; the stadium, council & library at Phive at Parramatta Square, the refurbished Town Hall next to tranquil historic St John’s church, the bustle of Church St with the tram & the metro to come

In the heart of Parramatta, the new Powerhouse getting ready to go. Its size & architectural scale of somewhat caricatural crisscross structure over its 2 primary volumes differentiate it from the sprouting black glass towers mushrooming all about. But its public way through middle looks tight 1/2

17 behinds wasn’t it??

Great tip! In the end, it wasn't 10 points, it was a goal! #afl

Hopefully not career-ending for Mitch Lewis. Very concerning given his history of leg injuries. #afl

Gut feel Dogs by 10 points

So anyone here follow the footy? If so, what's your tip: Hawthorn or Western Bulldogs? #afl

Been quite distressing to realise via social media that people you've got on well with for decades are actually fascist, racist, narrow-minded %$&$s who actively hate some of the same people you love most. Sad but there's just no coming back from there. Your politics ARE you. They can get stuffed.

It’s the fans’ club, too, Essendon. My latest for @espnausnz.bsky.social

Wow, I'm looking forward to this: Bruce Pascoe doco. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-05/yumburra-documentary-debuts-sydney-film-festival-grace-mckenzie/106754620

A white duck on the Parramatta River. #Duck #ParramattaRiver #NSW #australia

Is it still occupied?

Ten extraordinary women making cities work better for everyone. www.planetizen.com/features/137...

A tower of infamy. Do you remember a few years ago how the Opal Tower at Olympic Park had to be evacuated because of concrete cracking? Well, this is it... #RealEstate #Property #NSW #auspol #NSWpol #OlympicPark #australia

Parramatta riverfront restaurants at night. #Parramatta #NSW #Australia #city#australia#Cities #Urbanism #UrbanPlanning #building #buildings #architecture

The Sydney skyline at night. #Sydney #NSW #Australia #building #buildings #architecture #city#australia#architecture#building#nsw#buildings#Sydney#cities

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

Sunset cruising in the suburbs of Sydney on this perfect first day of winter Travelling on the F3, the most underrated ferry route in Sydney which is also the longest at near enough to 25km from the harbour at Circular Quay through to it's river terminus at Parramatta

Essendon has the toughest run home and Hawthorn the easiest, the SMH/Age reports. It fails to mention the Hawks already played Fremantle, Sydney, Geelong, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Bulldogs, and Adelaide, GWS, and Collingwood. That's 10 of the 11 top teams. www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/th... #AFL

Do you remember all that BS before the last presidential election about how the Republicans being the party of "free speech" and Democrats supporting "cancel culture"?

Miss Mimi is a full-grown cat now. But she will always be Spunky's little baby. #cat #cats #BlueSkyCats #CatsOfBlueSky #CatsOfMastodon #MastodonCats #catsofpixelfed #pixelfedcats#cats#FediCats #caturday#fedicats#catsofmastodon#catstodon

@aj I'm just a garden variety gardener. Strelizia happens to be a frequently planted South African ornamental that thrives in Australian conditions, so I see them a lot in landscaping. They're spectacular and thrive on neglect! @ajsadauskas

@weezmgk @ajsadauskas Awesome, thanks for confirming 😊 I'm someone who likes all the pretty flowers, but I'm definitely not a botany expert by any stretch!

@ajsadauskas yep that's a strelitzia, aka 'bird of paradise' plant.

An orange and purple flower that I think could be a Bird of Paradise? At the Chang Lai Yuan Gardens at Nurragingy Reserve in the Western Sydney Parklands. #flower #flowers#flower#plant #plants #park#plant#gardens#plants#westernsydney

We're continuing our trip through Nurragingy Reserve in the Western Sydney Parklands with a stroll through the New Zealand Garden. #NewZealand #Kiwi #Sydney #WesternSydney #park #parks #gardens #plants #trees#newzealand#park#gardens#plants#parks#Sydney#kiwi#botany

People could also buy it, which will help Amy to write more books.