Writer, journalist, researcher, unionist. Not much here anymore, find me at Bluesky
Regional Vic
Joined November 2009
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Just popping in to say I am not really posting here that much anymore. However still squatting my handle. Find me in some other places
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#BREAKING: The Commonwealth Ombudsman has published their investigation into the Targeted Compliance Framework & Mutual Obligations system
Their findings on the Department's administration of many parts of the system are incredibly damning 👇ombudsman.gov.au/__data/asse…
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Terrifically amusing @SmithsonianMag story from last month about Cormac Macarthy's absolutely gigantic personal library, which overwhelmed scholars are slowly going through.
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So sad to hear about the passing of Australian experimental author Moya Costello—a great writer, a lovely human being, an excellent scholar and teacher, and the inspiration for Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello.
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Now that the Deloitte report, about the government's unlawful administration of mutual obligations, is making international headlines, it's worth looking at what's actually in it (apart from AI slop) and WHY it was actually commissioned
A thread👇
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Bilge Ebiri asks Jim Jarmusch a question we've always wondered about when it comes to indie filmmakers: “How do you pay the bills?”
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#OnThisDay in 1940, Walter Benjamin took his own life while fleeing fascism. A brilliant critic of capitalism and culture, his work remains a touchstone for the Left, exposing how progress is entwined with oppression, and why history must be read against the grain.
Setting the “days since an Australian university admitted wage theft” clock back to 0
abc.net.au/news/2025-09-25/u…
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Good morning. More than 300,000 Australians had Centrelink payments cancelled illegally, new analysis shows.
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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There’s not a hope in hell those responsible for Robodebt will want you watching this. A must watch, available now on @SBSOnDemand #PeopleVSRobodebt
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Hilarious. Australians didn’t wake up one day moved by the spirit of God to make cars! It was decades of deliberate industry & skills policy. It was unions delivering good well-paid jobs. All of which the Coalition tore up in the name of “free markets” (their real religion).
