Philip Pollard

Very sad news. Paul was a friend and a hero. He will be greatly missed. nytimes.com/2026/03/15/boo…

ACM Executive Chairman to step down from Exec Chair role following violent assault of a woman in an apartment in Melbourne. newcastleherald.com.au/story/9198435/…

Research indicates that, such as they exist at all, gaps in test results are mainly due to differences in the socio-economic background of students, rather than the quality of the teaching.

More than 40% of high school students now attend private schools. If the current trend continues, most Au high school students will attend private schools by 2055. Despite increasingly high fees, private schools don’t offer a significantly better education than public schools.

It costs Australian families $4,967 per year to send a child to high school, almost four times the OECD average. This figure is the average for ALL families with a child at high school. - The Australia Institute

Private schools that have enough money to build swimming pools and horse stables still receive significant public support. At the same time, public schools face a funding shortfall of over $4 billion.

@MrRexPatrick @MaxPlancked Incredible

Against a backdrop of huge Defence acquisition failures, but more money being allocated to Defence spending, the Labor controlled Parliamentary Auditing Committee has resolved that the Auditor-General is to stop auditing Defence’s major projects.🤦‍♂️ #auspol aspistrategist.org.au/the-biggest-wi…

I’ll always trust the findings on Robodebt from Commissioner Catherine Holmes, who led a commission of integrity, who didn’t hold hearings in secret, over & above the findings of the NACC, led by Paul Brereton who works in the shadows with conflicts running through his veins.

Angus Taylor on the decline of the Liberal party until he took over: “We’re in this position because we didn’t stay true to our core values… because we were attracted to the politics of convenience rather than focusing on the politics of conviction.”

@DrewPavlou @ScoMo30 I’m old enough to remember Morrisons race/religion dog whistling regarding Muslims which only waned when an Australian murdered 52 worshipers. Words matter and they have consequence. Fanning the fire leads to more fire. Also remember Robodebt. Lest we forget.

It is always better to use new wind, water or solar (WWS) electricity to eliminate a carbon dioxide source and thus prevent carbon dioxide from being emitted in the first place, than to use the same WWS electricity to extract carbon dioxide from the source with carbon capture.

Carbon capture causes more harm than good, and only serves to prolong fossil fuel industries, argues Professor Mark Z. Jacobson. landclimate.org/ccs-no-miracle…

@CMDROpAtLargeCA - aka Gregory Bovino’s X account - has been censored by his superiors. Spectacularly so. The account has disappeared completely.

@DeanneAbrahams @AusPoll6 A computer system designed in Australia is used for voting at ACT elections. Apart from that, there are no, none, zero voting machines Venezuelan or othwerwise used in Australia. Your tweet is an absolute lie and serious misinformation. Are you a Russian bot?

The 7th key #climate science 'insight' from 2025, 'Impacts on #labor #productivity,' shows how increasing heat stress is projected to reduce working hours & economic output. Insight 7 co-authored by MIT CS3 Principal Research Scientist Jennifer Morris. tinyurl.com/yn5cwtzt

He has no idea what he’s talking about,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee at the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Infectious diseases- Dr Milhoan: personal choice to decline a vaccine affects others, including infants who are too young to be vaccinated, & anyone immunocompromised. But Milhoan claims someone’s right to reject a vaccine supersedes those risks. #perverse nytimes.com/2026/01/23/hea…