Rob Arnol

@robertarnol.bsky.social

King of Lutruwita. Aboriginal Tasmanian - Palawa. Terrible sense of humour. Now a Cat Dad. Wizard of Weed.

The comments come as Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe slammed the festival for allowing Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro, whose government has overseen legislative changes that have sparked outrage among First Nations leaders, to speak.

Garma debate sharpens focus on Closing the Gap implementation

Discussions at the recent Garma Festival reinforce the need for governments to focus on implementing the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, rather than creating a new agenda, according to the Coal...

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Waking up to Sharia Law in NYC is crazy. Knicks won, crime is down, 2,000 toddlers are going to school for free, parents got “date night” with nyc babysitters, they’re building housing on city land, small businesses are saving money and selling ice cream. Its sunny out i should go get one.

This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early. As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.

Imagine if Biden’s Pentagon did this… The U.S. military jammed GPS signals during a training exercise in May. A medical flight lost GPS, became disoriented, and crashed into a mountain, killing all four people onboard. Americans deserve answers about how a military exercise

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Serious question: why, in recent years, have our semi-literate sub-editor class insisted on disregarding the possessive? “France wildfires”?? Put together in that way, those words make zero sense. “French wildfires”? Fine. “France: Wildfires” I could live with. But why?? That’s my question: why??

Neon Genesis Ewangelion@ewacat.bsky.social · yesterday

good lord though "Blasts during the fires, initially thought to be exploding gas cylinders, may have been World War Two explosives detonated by the heat, the local fire commander told local media." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Luigi Mangione is demanding that his murder trial be broadcast live. He also asked the court to provide a live overflow feed inside the courthouse so journalists and members of the public who can’t get a seat can still follow the proceedings.

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A campaign calling for enforceable national minimum standards to protect the human rights of children in custody has been launched Despite the practice breaching Australia's international human rights obligations, children as young as 10 can be held in custody in all but two states and territories

'Abuse, restraint and isolation': Campaign pushes national minimum standards for children in custody

A new campaign calling for enforceable national minimum standards to protect the human rights of children in custody has been launched.Coming in the wake of Closing the Gap data showing the rate of In...

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NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.

FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The most incarcerated people on the planet. We’re not an innately criminal people. Our children aliened from families at unprecedented rates. Cannot be because we have no love for them. Our youth languish in detention. They should be our hope for the future.

The inability to deliver the changes Indigenous Australians need is no longer just a moral failure but a civilisational one | Noel Pearson

After the rejection of the voice, the conversation about structural reform of the federal arrangements governing Aboriginal affairs must resume

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Great article about a collaboration between singer/songwriter Dewayne Everettsmith and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra to record an album in the palawa kani language. A fantastic project about celebrating culture, reflecting on personal history, and reawakening language. #Music #Language

Dewayne's dream of singing to his baby in palawa kani inspires orchestral project

When Palawa man Dewayne Everettsmith held his firstborn child, he wanted to soothe him by singing in the language of Tasmanian Aboriginal people. That desire has sparked an extraordinary musical journ...

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