Rohena Duncombe
@princelysum.bsky.social
Economics. Environment. Health equity. Sociology. Science. Down Under
They’re using AI to justify slashing and offshoring even more Australian jobs and the Government is standing by and watching it happen. Ask yourself who profits from this? We need a system that delivers for the 99% who need jobs not the 1% who live off profits.
🎉 PEN Sydney congratulates ABC Friends on its 50th year. It has worked to uphold and promote the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s vital role as a national public media organisation that provides high-quality independent news and information. 👉 abcfriends.au #auspol
sallylawry@sallylawry.bsky.social · 15h agowww.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... We live in a racist country. We must call out PHON for what it is, a party with a racist agenda. PHON isn’t about addressing cost of living pressures .If she turns up to work she votes against such measures . Come on journos do your job and call out racism more often
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... #auspol #qldpol #nswpol
When this photo was posted online the racist commentary began
A national inquiry into racism, hate and violence towards First Nations people has come to Hobart to hear from the state's Aboriginal groups and people with lived experience of racism.
abc.net.au
Does lower #unemployment always increase #inflation? Razique Anwar (KIIT School of Management) and Atulan Guha (IIM Kashipur) find the classic Phillips Curve trade-off is largely absent in their study of #India from 2016 to 2022. Full paper here: doi.org/rfrz #AusEconPapers #Economics #EconSky
“This [gambling reform] bill is all we get, and frankly, it's piss-weak – it's a piss-weak response to a public health crisis.” Shame on Albo. Shame on Labor. #GamblingCrisis #MurphyReport #auspol
With highly-pathogenic avian influenza now in NZ, we're taking steps to protect #kakapo and #takahe by vaccinating against the disease, following a successful trial. We're aiming for ~90 kākāpō and 100 takahē in an initial phase to protect the most valuable birds/sites. #conservation #birds
Germany’s heat-deaths, so far this year: 9,800 between April and July 19
‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved
theguardian.com
Child harms from infection, Lewis. Here's a very large database for you. I also see @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social has offered to chat to you about Long Covid. Precisely how does a harmed child recover enough to make up on the learning lost? A well child has a better chance, right?
What Do We Know About Long COVID?
A Compilation of Medical Research (125+ Studies)
panaccindex.info
Time to ban political donations & move to public funding! #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Where is the money coming from? Albanese, Taylor and Hanson don’t want to talk about it – and that’s a problem | Tom McIlroy
As leaders dodged questions about fundraising activities this week, is it any wonder faith in politics is so low?
theguardian.com
I have one simple question for #Minns, #Crisafulli and #Segal. It is the absolute right of any #Israeli citizen to criticise the government of the day in #Israel. Why are you trying to stop the citizens of #Australia from exercising that very same democratic right? #RoyalCommission #auspol #Insiders
How can we protest this? If only there was such funding &!attention to the racism and awful history of white Australia harming Aboriginal culture, communities, families, land.
Rollout starts some time in August , ie, any time within next few weeks (I may have missed specific date) No child should be educated with IHRA The examples in IHRA handbooks literally say accusing Israel’s govt of genocide, even accusing them of racism, is antisemitism.
Can you see the time? It's time for Sanctions Israel is a terrorist state Sanctions Now Boycott Divest Sanction #FreePalestine #auspol
Naarm/Melbourne has again showed up in force to protest Israeli atrocity in Gaza and the West Bank, grotesque Australian government and corporate complicity, and the silence and indifference of the husks posing as human among us. From the river to the sea.
Catherine Connolly, who described Israel as a “terrorist state” and accused it of committing genocide in Gaza, has been elected President of Ireland by a landslide. 🇮🇪
Yep. But @australianlabor.bsky.social are infected by #Neoliberalism and can't be #RealLabor. #TaxWealthNotWork #TaxTheRich #RebuildPublicServices #auspol
Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧@jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 5d agowww.theguardian.com/business/202.... We wouldn't need to cut NDIS support if Companies paid bloody Taxes. Adani isn't even an Aussie Company. #Auspol @albomp.bsky.social
The irony is that the boy who’s mother had the good fortune to live in a Sydney City Council house does not see that she would not have that in today’s circumstances but would likely be homeless.
This is the largest electric ferry, actually the largest electric vessel of any sort, in the world -- built in Australia and being readied for delivery to South America. Australia has no operating electric ferries of any size.
go follow @news.abc.net.au@abc-news.bsky.social · 6d agoSlow-motion big ship lift operation thrills spectators in Hobart: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/tasmania-incat-ferry-ship-lift-operation-black-marlin-hobart/106981888
Oodgeroo’s debut collection We Are Going was the first ever book of poetry published by an Aboriginal person.
Australian poetry classics: Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s A Song of Hope created a legacy to build on
theconversation.com
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As Europe burns, Shell has banked £7.4 billion in just three months. It's time to make the biggest polluters pay.
Left- The UN slams Israel's expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Right- Israeli forces demolish Palestinian properties in the town of Anzeh in the occupied West Bank.
