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Extraordinary - batteries are displacing gas and imported electricity in California big time - in a few years, they’ll be there just for backup ! Grid batteries reach stunning new peak of 44 pct of evening demand in world's fourth biggest economy reneweconomy.com.au/grid-batteries…

@JAParker29 @smh Thanks! So if an adversary threatened Australian shipping with their navy ships, AUKUS submarines would deter them. What if adversary used submarines to scare Australian shipping away (much like Iran scaring off shipping today). Could AUKUS submarines help in this situation?

@timbobulate @smh Absolute to take out any ships / task groups that are threatening shipping.

In today’s @smh I discuss why geography matters in maritime security, 🇦🇺’s dependencies and vulnerabilities, & why maritime power projection is critical to our prosperity & security. It is easy to be alarmist. It is harder to develop practical policy. Read the article here: 🔗smh.com.au/national/austr… @DefenceUwa @LowyInstitute @NSC_ANU

Love the comparison between Epstein and Roy Cohn as well as concept of the “dark connector”. Opinion | The Epstein Class Had a Signature Weakness - The New York Times nytimes.com/2026/03/30/opi…

How stupid can we be ? We tax cigarettes so much that we have created a massive illegal industry and are now are funding programs to fight it. Just slash the tax and treat cigarettes like a normal product so that illegal industry gets wiped out.

So true Caster Semenya labels Olympic sex verification tests ‘a disrespect for women’ | Caster Semenya | The Guardian theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar…

So true Australia diesel subsidies: How nation has depended on dirty, costly, insecure diesel. smh.com.au/business/marke…

The tale of two codes (and almost two cities) - absolutely fascinating. Multiculturalism is booming in the NRL while the AFL is getting whiter smh.com.au/sport/nrl/mult…

This is utter madness. It’s one thing to bomb military targets in Iran in order to support regime change , it’s another to destroy civilian infrastructure like electricity which will impoverish regular Iranians for years and make them hate you. smh.com.au/world/middle-e…

The problem with seeing a play on its last day is that you can’t tell your friends to go and see it. And this play was so good - well done, Belvoir. A Mirror - Belvoir St Theatre belvoir.com.au/productions/a-…

Opinion | Jay Manuel: What Tyra Banks and I Should Have Known - The New York Times nytimes.com/2026/03/21/opi…

Extraordinary graphic in this article. We can tell you who will really get rich from this oil crisis – and how we can stop them | Isabella Weber and Gregor Semieniuk | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Unbelievable this could happen Opinion | It’s Cruel to Take Away People’s H.I.V. Medication - The New York Times nytimes.com/2026/03/17/opi…

One potential way to reduce the commercial impact of US-Iran war is if Iran allows neutral countries (like India) to send ships through strait of Hormuz. How Some Ships Are Sneaking Through the Strait of Hormuz - WSJ wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Sometimes YouTube shuffle algorithm uncovers gems … I love this and it explains why Michel’le’s Nicety sounds so good ;) ORANGE KRUSH - Action (12" 1982) youtu.be/fGyTxXfV4FQ?si… via @YouTube

Finally saw “the hurt locker”. Great movie - it captured the gulf between soldiers and Iraqis very well, if not the soldiers professionalism. But most of all, the movie was screaming “what the hell are you doing in Iraq? “ The Hurt Locker - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurt_…

@GaryNunn1 @MelanieCmusic I can’t believe they didn’t let u in with those singlets !! Surely the ivy staff could be a little flexible 😎

And finally for #mardigras2026. We officially launched the @MelanieCmusic Appreciation Society (Sydney Chapter). Even though the room in which she was DJing wasn’t allowing any further entries as it was at capacity 😢 Oh well we still adore you Mel ✨🌟🇬🇧🇦🇺✌️

An injured Mojtaba Khamenei seems even less on top of his job than Joe Biden. People are saying he might not even be conscious ! Elevating injured Mojtaba Khamenei to supreme leader shows Iranian war machine can run on autopilot | Iran | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

Extraordinary US super scheme: How Paul Keating explained our super system to Donald Trump’s administration smh.com.au/business/workp…

Labor afr.com/policy/economy…