The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. Join the call for a national plebiscite: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
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Geriatric male in Cairns, known as Mark Davis. Shouting at clouds 50c per hour (inc GST).
A locally made face pot from Roman Corbridge (Coria) - a town and supply base close to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. The item is on display in the excellent site museum. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Corbridge #Northumberland
"The Archangel Michael" - The Master of Castelsardo (end of the 15th c.) Tempera on wood, gold fund and embossed decorations. Or where Flemish, Gothic and Italian art meet on the cusp of the Early Modern era.
Ehécatl-Quetzalcóatl, the Mexica god of wind from the Late Postclassic Central Highlands (CDMX, 1200-1521 CE), blew life into the Fifth Sun to set the world in motion. His powerful breath cleared cosmic paths for rain, bringing vital fertility and movement to the ancient world.
Australian-first water recycling technology goes live in regional NSW
Australian-first water recycling tech switched on in regional NSW
A new water recycling plant in Central NSW can process '16 times' more efficiently than existing systems, its inventor says.
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Muzzling speech by stealth. How Segal is imposing her antisemitism regime on the arts Joshua Barnett reports. Read it here: https://michaelwest.com.au/muzzling-speech-by-stealth-how-segal-is-imposing-the-ihra-definition-on-the-arts/
Andrew Hastie: "conviction politician".🙄⤵️ Enough already. Integrity Man says white Aussies are "strangers in their own home", tying migrants to housing squeeze/cost of living. What's that? Coded racism is his "firm belief"? Mussolini was a "conviction politician" too. #auspol tinyurl.com/mrx3m34j
Hastie emerges as genuine conviction politician
People who lead us in public life can often sound like one of those dead-eyed "large language models" many are so worried about.
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Pathetic again from Labor. They have no interest in environmental causes, nil ambition, and zero inclination to resist corporate pressure.
Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’
Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’
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The ‘Winfarthing Pendant’ - a 7th century Anglo-Saxon disc brooch that was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2015 at Winfarthing, near Diss in South Norfolk. Now part of the collections at Norwich Castle. 📸Kevin Wilbraham #History #HistoryMatters
The real low point in Kevin Gallagher's speech earlier this week was when he claimed the gas industry receives no government subsidies. Between direct grants - $15m - and free credits - $85m - Santos has received $100m worth of federal subsidies for its Moomba CCS project. I guess he forgot those.
Tim Baxter@timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · yesterdaySantos boss Kevin Gallagher spoke at the National Press Club on Wednesday. It'll blow your mind to discover that he spread an awfully large amount of shit. Me in The New Daily:
A Classic Maya anthropomorphic figurine from Yaxunah, dating to 250–600 CE. Seen at the Museum of Anthropology of Mérida. #Maya #Archaeology #Yucatan
One of the objects on display that impressed me the most: a carved Maya stone mask from the Late Classic period, associated with Puuc architecture. It was used as a decorative architectural element on monumental buildings. Seen at the Gran Museo del Mundo Maya in Mérida. #Maya #Archaeology
This is such disrespect. He can't even be bothered with getting a solid night's sleep or at least taking a stimulant to stay awake. This is the 25th anniversary of 9-11. #TrumpIsAFailure #TrumpIsUnfit
Here’s that disgraceful criminal at the Pentagon’s 25th 9/11 memorial service.
Dear M@GA, this is your hero, your god, your “president.” An olde, worthless, smelly piece of shit who didn’t care about 9/11 then and doesn’t care now. This is really who you look up to as a leader? He’s trash.
Wonderful ancient artistry! About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory! Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse! 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the chief banana of the world’s biggest banana republic
73% describe Nigel Farage as sleazy. 71% say the same about Reform UK. The most striking finding may be that 41% of Reform’s own 2024 voters apply the label to Farage.
400 men dressed not unlike a UVF show of strength. Who also like the UVF riot, terrorise locals, did damage and attacked police. No arrests. Vs 400 Grannies holding No to Genocide or Save Palestine signs arrested & charged as terrorists! Just like civil rights campaigners—auto IRA supporters
I wouldn’t hold your breath on ABC on that. Meanwhile @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social has reported
Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby, and courage won - Michael West
The Zionist Federation of Australia expected fear, expense and exhaustion to silence Mary Kostakidis. She stood her ground
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Twang 🍉@twangmaker.bsky.social · yesterdayHello ABC? Where are you? If you're really our ABC, you'd be covering the court case, where the Zionist Federation of Australia dropped its case against journalist Mary Kostakidis. But the ABC is too afraid of the Israel lobby itself and won't cover it. Same for Mary's former employer, SBS #auspol
Rorts Galore has a price, and ordinary Queenslanders are paying it while Crisafulli’s mates are laughing all the way to the bank.
The big supermarkets want us to think they’re struggling with inflation, fuel prices and the cost of living too – and that’s why you’re paying more. Woolies is already in hot water with the ACCC for misleading customers, yet here they are lying about blatantly ripping us off.
Excerpt from the Book of Famous Liars.
Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · yesterday“I’ll never forget two firemen. We thought it was coming down on top of us, and two firemen, big strong guys. And I’m not the smallest guy in the world. They grabbed me under the arm, said, Got to get out of here. And they literally lifted me up. This is not easy to do. I’m big.” - Senile Satan
Hello ABC? Where are you? If you're really our ABC, you'd be covering the court case, where the Zionist Federation of Australia dropped its case against journalist Mary Kostakidis. But the ABC is too afraid of the Israel lobby itself and won't cover it. Same for Mary's former employer, SBS #auspol
