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Australia “allowed its entire store of gas to be flogged off without first setting aside enough of the stuff to ensure the nation's power grid continued humming and that consumers could afford to turn on a light switch” #abc730 smh.com.au/opinion/how-au…

This speech *is* one for the history books. But that’s less a compliment, than a coda. Carney has given us the words to mark the end of the ‘rules-based order’…by acknowledging it never really existed. It was a collective illusion. That now is over.

So new pub … @geeforce77.bsky.social

6/6 What about today? Well that cozy pub and source of good information that was Twitter is now a wild beer hall where the publican seems to encourage the worst behaviour, the biggest lies and fake accounts. Time to find another pub. #auspol

MY THOUGHTS AFTER 14 YEARS ON TWITTER (a thread) 1/ The analogy of early Twitter as a local pub is a good one. Filled with a lot of good natured banter and testing of ideas.  In Melbourne there was even a regular meet up of users in a real life pub.  #auspol ..2

2025 could be quite interesting.

late christmas present from @AngusTaylorMP! the coalition’s latest “head in the sand” (anti-)climate policy!

@PhillipAdams_1 😹

Alan arrested? To show solidarity between him and me - both retired broadcasters and erstwhile colleges at 2UE - I shall volunteer to be a character witness.

I'm just going to leave this here for posterity.

Burn 🔥 @sammyjcomedian

So, we’re replacing a former four-star general as Defense Secretary with… the weekend co-host of Fox and Friends? Unbelievable. Just... wow.

Paul Keating is just like most of us here .. He's impressed by Gough Whitlam #auspol

1. Here are my thoughts on the pros and cons of staying on this platform. Pro: We were here long before Musk took it over. We built this. Con: He has used our creation to help elect a far-right autocrat, and build his own grim political career. 🧵

I just saw Trump’s return to the White House referred to as the beginning of the Turd Reich. And I can’t decide if I should laugh or cry. 🤪

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing. The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos. 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Paul Keating is not wrong. 😳👇

“Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars”. Classy, concise concession speech by Kamala.