Matthew Spillane
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Retired Naval Operations Analyst. Lapsed Mathematician. Fading Ranga. Inner West Sydney
That moment you discover the person you’ve been debating AUKUS with thinks it’s about Australian manufacturing industry 🙄
about 9 hours ago
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One is a telepathy round?
about 20 hours ago
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There’s a reason you don’t need to account for this as a cost..
2 days ago
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This is Trump very effectively campaigning for MAGA. There’s no point complaining. Just don’t give him the platform.
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2 days ago
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wtf, Melbourne still requires a Myki card? 😂 Uber here I come
4 days ago
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Viz Comic
5 days ago
subscriptions >>>
shop.viz.co.uk/viz355bs
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There’s only two ways we can have good things in the world, govts fund it or a billionaire gets a divorce
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5 days ago
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Sharma now writing the ALP’s campaign in support of its CGT legislation
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6 days ago
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Including “traditional” hybrids in these figures is totally ridiculous
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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EVs reach major milestone – meaning climate goals might not be a bridge too far
The government’s 2035 climate target was deemed unachievable by many commentators. The Iran war is driving motorists towards it at speed.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/evs-reach-major-milestone-meaning-climate-goals-might-not-be-a-bridge-too-far-20260603-p603ih.html
6 days ago
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Old Chinese proverb: May you life pass as slowly as the clock on a front-loading washing machine
7 days ago
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Train lines shutdown Sydney south, absolutely no real time coverage on news sites
#smh
#abcnews
What is the point of them 🤷♂️
7 days ago
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Pay it from Julie Bishop’s parliamentary pension
www.smh.com.au/national/the...
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The scandal-plagued university offering students up to $5000 to enrol
The Australian National University has been beset by controversy for 18 months. Now it is trying a new tactic to win back students.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-scandal-plagued-university-offering-students-up-to-5000-to-enrol-20260601-p602n5.html
8 days ago
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I had always assumed the plan was for US to sell Australia second-hand Virginia Class SSNs. The alternative seemed ridiculous. You learn something new every day 🤷♂️
9 days ago
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Govt can’t fix the problem of disadvantaged student access to universities without fixing schools’ funding. Everyone knows the solution, LNP don’t care and ALP is just too gutless to do it.
www.smh.com.au/national/uni...
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University entry was the hardest it’s ever been this year. Next year will be worse
Sydney’s year 12 cohort will be impacted by a major change to the way in which domestic students’ degrees are funded for 2027.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/university-entry-was-the-hardest-it-s-ever-been-this-year-next-year-will-be-worse-20260313-p5oa85.html
10 days ago
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Blair jumping into the bin fire that is his legacy
14 days ago
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Posted four years ago…
14 days ago
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Enhanced Games closing ceremony band…
16 days ago
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Great quotes: “Property is the only way to make money in Sydney at the moment.” — I mean you could do productive work 🤷♂️ “The overhaul was aimed at making it easier for first home buyers. However, …there appeared to be none in sight.” — It’s a $2.2m Glebe Terrace 😂
www.smh.com.au/national/thi...
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This Glebe townhouse sold for $2.19 million. Its quiet auction revealed something about the property market
The three-bedroom fixer-upper would usually whip up interest among investors and first home buyers. Not on a subdued Saturday in Sydney.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/this-glebe-townhouse-sold-for-2-19-million-its-quiet-auction-revealed-something-about-the-property-market-20260522-p5zztc.html
16 days ago
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Perhaps if there was a significant fine for false travel claims this might happen less frequently?
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
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Senator billed public to attend son’s wedding
Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie billed taxpayers for flights and accommodation to Tasmania before and after her son’s wedding in the Tamar Valley.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/senator-billed-public-to-attend-son-s-wedding-20260519-p5zyrk.html
16 days ago
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Hear me out… Jeffrey Epstein Jeff Tracy
16 days ago
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InfiDale
18 days ago
The main difference between the Bible and To Kill a Mockingbird is that when someone calls To Kill a Mockingbird their favorite book, they’ve probably read it.
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Nick Feik
18 days ago
Laura Tingle points out that Israel seems less concerned about its beating, starving and sexual assault of prisoners than the fact the exposure of these actions is damaging its intl reputation
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A new battleground has started for Israel, where words trump actions
In the wake of an outcry over its treatment of detained activists, Israel has focused on messaging as its actions undermine its support from the international community.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-23/israel-global-sumud-flotilla-gaza-israeli-detention-ben-gvir/106692316
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This can’t be true, surely?
18 days ago
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Sure Jeff I’m definitely going to by that 500GB SSD from… *checks notes* Guang Yang Bathroom Accessories Co., Ltd
19 days ago
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“Applicants are then sent an Excel spreadsheet requesting detailed information about the vessel and cargo.” sanction Microsoft
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19 days ago
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Could the anti-Semitism special envoy please clarify whether criticising the actions of the Israeli govt is still anti-Semitic?
19 days ago
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ALP appears to judge posting a video of Israel humiliating protestors as a greater crime that the act of humiliation itself.
19 days ago
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Matthew Spillane
Mondoweiss
21 days ago
Germany’s unconditional support for Israel has been an easy way to avoid examining our brutal past. The colossal weight of the ongoing genocide in Gaza is crushing our facile myths and forcing us to re-examine our historical dogma.
mondoweiss.net/2026/05/how-...
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How Gaza is exposing Germany’s ‘never again’ myth
Germany’s unconditional support for Israel has been an easy way to avoid examining our brutal past. The colossal weight of the ongoing genocide in Gaza is crushing our facile myths and forcing us to…
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/05/how-gaza-is-exposing-germanys-never-again-myth/
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“Minns said income-earners paying the highest marginal tax rate of 47 per cent were effectively working half the week for the federal government” Geez Minns is a dickhead, which day did they earn the $190K to get them into the top bracket?
www.afr.com/politics/wor...
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Working half the week for government: Minns blasts feds on income tax
The NSW premier said income earners paying the highest marginal tax rate of 47 per cent were effectively working half the week for the federal government.
https://www.afr.com/politics/working-for-the-government-minns-calls-for-income-tax-cuts-20260520-p5zz10
20 days ago
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Tonight’s Mastermind features The Adams Family
21 days ago
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Crikey
21 days ago
Opinion | News Corp’s controlling share of real estate company REA Group is worth about $13.75 billion — about 65% of News Corp's entire market value. No wonder The Australian is tut-tutting so hard.
www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/20/t...
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Why is News Corp attacking tax reform? Because it's actually a real estate company
News Corp’s controlling share of REA Group is worth about $13.75 billion — about 65% of News Corp's entire market value. No wonder The Australian is tut-tutting so hard.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/20/tax-reform-changes-australia-capital-gains-tax-negative-gearing-news-corp-rea-group/
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ALP should pay the SMH Money column to sell their budget.
www.smh.com.au/money/tax/i-...
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I make $180k a year through my trust. How will the new tax affect me?
Small business owners with family trusts are likely to be hit hard by the new tax changes.
https://www.smh.com.au/money/tax/i-make-180k-a-year-through-my-trust-how-will-the-new-tax-affect-me-20260519-p5zyl3.html
21 days ago
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Tim Dunlop
21 days ago
Exactly. It's why they can't sell their budget: no matter how useful the technocratic tinkering might be, it is not tied to any notion of genuine reform that might activate the majority. They've lost the sense that that's what politics is, precisely bc they've internalised this bloodless economics.
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marque lawyers
21 days ago
The type of enterprise the tax system should reward is not the “make a startup, sell to private equity, then buy a yacht” type but the “build something that creates employment and shared prosperity long term” type. All this CGT whinging is just amorality being treated like it’s something good.
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US and Israel bomb Iran: Albo almost wets himself in his rush to voice support Israel repeatedly detains Australians in international waters: Albo crickets
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21 days ago
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Thank God scenario RCP8.5 has been removed from climate modelling so rwfws will finally start believing climate scientists
23 days ago
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2 GWh/month of combined utility and home battery installation!
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23 days ago
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Håkon Nordhagen
23 days ago
Are
@mliebreich.bsky.social
et. al. aware of how they are now carrying the flag for this climate denying far right psycho gang?
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Would the last person out of the Liberal Party please turn off the lights
23 days ago
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Failure to use a gas export tax to fund a low/middle income tax sweetener is surely a missed opportunity here
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24 days ago
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Nuclear was always about coal
25 days ago
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Sydney Metro not running again, must be the weekend
25 days ago
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This’ll make a great election flyer for the Liberal Party
www.theage.com.au/national/my-...
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‘My church or the dog?’ Brethren orders pet purge, sparking fears of global cull
Secretive sect the Exclusive Brethren has ordered members to get rid of pets, leaving Australian families “heartbroken” and facing a devastating choice.”
https://www.theage.com.au/national/my-church-or-the-dog-brethren-orders-members-to-purge-pets-sparking-fears-of-global-cull-20260511-p5zvrp.html
25 days ago
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SHuT tHe BoRdEr !!
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25 days ago
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26 days ago
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Simon Rosenberg
27 days ago
Outrageous. The solicitor assisting the commission told APAN: “the commissioner is not satisfied that APAN has a direct and substantial interest in the scope of the hearing" Palestinian voices yet again excluded. So much for "social cohesion".
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
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Palestinian peak body refused leave to appear at royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion
Australia Palestine Advocacy Network says criticism of Israel is routinely misrepresented as antisemitic – and that Palestinian voices are being excluded from debate
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/14/palestinian-peak-body-refused-leave-appear-at-royal-commission-antisemitism-social-cohesion-ntwnfb
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rather than increasing funding for security at religious based schools maybe we should just abolish them
27 days ago
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Catching a falling knife
29 days ago
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Me filming a guy with a camera chasing a 200 kg sea lion off a beach. Unfortunately he got the shot he wanted, I didn’t get mine.
about 1 month ago
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