50 years since the Dismissal. Bring on the Republic.

10 years on and still my favourite John Lewis ad for Christmas: https://youtu.be/jGY-T4W-BOc?si=vZAZex5JiANJcxMz

Tonight I'm having a night off. I still went for my walk. But after the last few rather stressful weeks I really need a night off.

Goodness they are dropping like flies. Vale John Laws.

While the Australian conservatives shred their political future, the CSIRO has quietly released a fabulous report on how to achieve Net Zero: https://www.csiro.au/en/work-with-us/services/consultancy-strategic-advice-services/CSIRO-futures/Energy/CDR-Roadmap

Vale Richo.

Glad I got up early and had a walk before a long day ahead.

Yep. It's my birthday. I'm officially middle 50s.

People of Launceston - I'm running a workshop tomorrow at Enterprize in town. Would love to have you there if you can make it: https://events.humanitix.com/innovation-and-problem-solving-workshop

Happy November! Happy ancient northern new year!

His humiliation is complete? Really? Had he faced a court and been convicted of anything? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-31/prince-andrew-loses-titles-royal-lodge-and-dignity/105955874?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Launceston's blossoms are looking glorious.

More bad news for jobs: https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/amazon-targets-many-30000-corporate-job-cuts-sources-say-2025-10-27 #AI #joblosses

I've been wandering around the house, tidying up and getting things ready for tomorrow and I couldn't work out what seemed wrong. Then I realised I didn't have TAFE or mentoring tonight. I mean technically I do have TAFE. And work. But not formal classes. So it feels strange.

Julia Baird telling it like it is. Shame on those who are arguing for forgiveness for alleged instances of sex trafficking and paedophilia. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-26/prince-andrew-titles-royal-family-monarchy-do-more/105929144

On my flight tonight the staff were asking for a Mr Clayton who hadn't boarded the flight. I REALLY had to resist the urge to say: Clayton's? You mean the passenger you have when you're not having a passenger?

HOME! Lovely flight with wonderful chats all evening.

Landed in Launnie!

On board. Cyas in Launnie.

Third leg on my journey home. Boarding a flight with what feels like a billion other people. Anyway it's my 38th flight of 2025. Good grief.

On the second leg home. Roads to the airport are apparently a bit clogged

First leg of the journey home. On the train to Flinders St.

OMG Michael Rowland is hosting 7:30 Report! It's so nice to see him! #abc #730Report

Safely in my accommodation in meetings with all my supplies.

Landed. OHAI MELBS!

Boarded my 37th flight of 2025. (Yes I'm as appalled by my carbon footprint as you are, but I also have to eat and my work is everywhere.)

Tracking my inbound jet for my flight in under an hour and I see it's just coming into land. Good. We should take off on time.

Skipping Australian Story and Four Corners tonight. Choosing tea and reading instead.

The problem with this reasoning is that we are going to have a lot more unemployment coming down the track. The RBA need to change their indices. https://www.abc.net.

Spent much of my day doing homework today. While it was about 6.5 hours, the time just flew by. And I quite enjoyed it.

Launnie is windy.

Oh good grief I just found yet another computer in my house I'd forgotten about.

I think the story of miniature Dachshund, Valerie, is just gorgeous and hilarious. I don't even care how she survived. I'm just glad she's home. #AustralianStory

Safe in Hobart

I ❤️ my house.

So up for the weekend. And - I'll be frank - feeling a little sheepish about the fact that I've now bolted off the crawl space under my house. I'm genuinely conflicted about prioritising my safety over the needs of those who just want a safe space to rest. 😨

Gosh I'm actually a bit busy right now. Suppose that's a good thing.

Happy Monday everyone! Chilly start here Launnie.

YouTube is fabulous. I have had an hilarious YouTube rabbit hole evening ranging from cat videos and Queen music to sci fi and comedy and it's all been fantastic. What an amazing time to be alive 😆

Andrew Hastie apparently acting in line with Liberal party values. #insiders

Did they not actually set up a single stationary, wide shot, front on camera in the entire BBC studio? Seriously? FFS #insiders

OMG GET RID OF THE POLE DANCING CAMERA. #insiders

The only reason why you might class critical minerals as a defence activity is to count expenditure on critical minerals as expenditure on defence. That's called "creative accounting". #insiders

Why the hell would Albo meet Nigel Farage? #insiders

Well one of those 3 pillars of Australia's international relations may need to be be rethought. #insiders #AllianceWithUS #albo

Oh dear lord, someone call the BBC studio and get that long shot robot camera to stop bouncing up and down. This is not a pole dancing studio. Stop it. #insiders

STOP PANNING. #insiders

The set is better, but BBC robot cameras and production crew could actually settle down and not try to offer a different shot or pan every 3 seconds #insiders

No coffee on the BBC desk for #insiders . Panelists have to stay awake till 1am on water alone. Might have been more entertaining to have done a Graham Norton and offered alcohol to the panel.

Well the BBC set for #insiders is much better than the Canberra studio.