Educator & nature lover; advocate for Science, evidence-based policy, public schools, CSIRO & renewables. Loves AU coast, bush &our exquisite WorldHeritage
Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia
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Losing a seat is brutal & I have empathy for anyone who has. They served & that must be respected
However facts matter & @AdamBandt claiming today a record Greens vote in the senate is just not true
It dropped 0.69% to below 12% & falling every day
Itβs down 0.51% in reps too
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Sad to see Max Chandler-Mather spinning his defeat on radio saying his vote held up, it was the voting system & other people fault.
The truth is his party blocked housing for years, he had biggest swing agst him of Qld Greens fed MPβs & lost nearly 3% of his vote as a result.
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Today is a momentous day for public school funding.
The Albanese Government has signed deals with both the South Australian and Victorian Governments lifting the Commonwealth's investment to a full 25% of the Schooling Resource Standard by 2034, with states expected to get rid of the 4% accounting trick brought in by the Morrison Government in 2018.
This announcement provides all state governments the opportunity to ensure that public schools are genuinely on the pathway to 100% SRS funding. We urge all state governments to finish negotiations and finally deliver full funding for their public school communities! #auspol
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This is huge - thank you @AlboMP @JasonClareMP
Fully funding our public schools is a huge achievement - and will make a huge difference to children around Australia. Every child in Australia deserves an equal education.
Today is a momentous day for public school funding.
The Albanese Government has signed deals with both the South Australian and Victorian Governments lifting the Commonwealth's investment to a full 25% of the Schooling Resource Standard by 2034, with states expected to get rid of the 4% accounting trick brought in by the Morrison Government in 2018.
This announcement provides all state governments the opportunity to ensure that public schools are genuinely on the pathway to 100% SRS funding. We urge all state governments to finish negotiations and finally deliver full funding for their public school communities! #auspol
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More jobs, higher wages and lower taxes.
The Albanese Labor Government is working to create more opportunities for Australians.
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if @ScoMo30 ever reads the replies to this tweet, itβll be the second time heβll have wished he could stay in the US and avoid ever coming back home.
morrison is almost as popular as rolf harris.
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No surprise Howard & Costelloβs predictable partisan rant in @australian today fails to mention the $200b improvement in the Budget since @AustralianLabor came to office, or that weβve found $92b in savings, or that weβve got the debt down by $177b from what the last Liberal govt left us after their 9 consecutive deficits, or that weβre saving $70b in interest as a consequence #auspol #ausecon
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As a reminder, here are some of the books on my summer reading list.
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I always look forward to sharing my annual list of favorite books, movies, and music. Today Iβll start by sharing some of the books that have stuck with me long after I finished reading them.
Check them out this holiday season, preferably at an independent bookstore or library!
ALT My favorite books of 2024: The Anxious Generation - Jonathan Haidt Intermezzo - Sally Rooney Patriot - Alexei Navalny Orbital - Samantha Harvey The Anthropologists - AyΕegΓΌl SavaΕ Stolen Pride - Arlie Russell Hochschild In Ascension - Martin MacInnes Growth - Daniel Susskind Someone Like Us - Dinaw Mengestu The Work of Art - Adam Moss
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3, 2, 1...
In 2025, you can stop Peter Dutton's nuclear reactors.
#auspol
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From today, weβve banned imports of engineered stone.
Too many tradiesβ lives have been lost, after inhaling silica dust while working with this dangerous product.
Every Australian deserves a safe workplace and this ban will save lives.
Story here: au.news.yahoo.com/major-new-β¦
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So the pile on begins. Dutton uses his wife to make him human for sheer political purposes and now News Corp and the Libs are outraged when their political opponents pick up on it for political purposes.
This is dumb transparent politics
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We're on the cusp of 2025π₯³
From tomorrow:
* A million Australians see an increase in their payments
* Hundreds of thousands of aged care workers get a pay rise
* For the first time in 25 yrs, PBS co-payments won't increase with inflation news.com.au/finance/money/co⦠#auspol
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From tomorrow, wage theft is a crime under the @AlboMP Govt, with bosses who deliberately rip off their workers to pay the price.
Itβs theft when workers steal from their boss - it should be no different when bosses deliberately steal workersβ wages.
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Negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions together make investing in residential property attractive, adding to demand and prices, the Howard Australian government was warned in 2004. They did nothing. Non-homeowners are paying the price. abc.net.au/news/2025-01-01/2β¦
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Homelessness support services are needed now more than ever.
If the LNP Government choose to cut vital funding to these services, it will mean many more people sleeping rough.
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If you want to see just how lacking in self awareness the Greens are, these excerpts are from the letter @mcberkman sent to supporters.
Every single one of those seats they spent βtime and moneyβ targetting were Labor seats.
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In light of the recent cancellation of last weekβs Sydney Grammar lecture, which was full, parents of the boys, particularly mothers, asked if I would still take the time to speak to their sons.
I am very happy to donate my time, of course.
Speaking to the next generation is vitally important about the pressures theyβre facing, the issues theyβll need to fight for, and champion.
The event at NSW State Library in a couple of weeks oversubscribed in a couple of days and will stream to out-of-town parents who canβt be there.
Itβll be fun.
