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Unbeatable entertainment.

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We want to say happy #NationalLibrarianDay to all our Library friends and colleagues! We think that Gladstone's hope that his Library would "bring together readers who had no books and books who had no readers" gives a nice overview of the work that our Reading Room team do every day.

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I warned all of you about Peter Thiel when he started palling around with Richard Spencer. www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...

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Ah, privatisation www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

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"I'm normally in bed by 8:30, what do you mean it's not over"

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Fascinating Mughal order reveals a history of 18th century India the right-wing doesn’t want you to know!

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At least 80,000 Indonesian citizens are reported to be working illegally in Cambodia, according to Minister for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, Abdul Kadir Karding.

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The process by which Home Care Packages are allocated & made available is ruthless. The federal government needs to significantly increase the number of packages so we can ensure timely and equitable access. #auspol #politas

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Putin Donning Bintang Singlet to Ride Komodo Dragon Pretty Sure Sign He Wants Airbase in Indonesia

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It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service Just incredible grift

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There are more utes than tradies on Australian roads (3.1 million vs 1.9 million), our research found. Why? Scott Morrison's tax concessions that subsidise utes if you have an ABN, regardless of whether you work with lumber or a laptop. Good read about our politician's fixation with Ute Man:

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"Ranil Wickremesinghe in all probability had knowledge of the abuses that took place there, and did nothing to stop, investigate or prevent them." Frances Harrison on why Ranil Wickremesinghe is in the hot seat over Batalanda torture site:

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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

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At this point, we need to ban US pressure groups entirely in other countries, in particular US evangelical Christian groups trying to lobby governments across the world. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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In a Sri Lankan political landscape changed beyond recognition, one thing remains changeless: Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family have not lost the will to power. The ends they will go to in pursuit of it may yet shape Sri Lanka’s still uncertain future.

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The future of management is here

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Coincidentally, today I received two publishing contracts (small, but very cool). Both included anti-AI clauses that I had insisted upon. These (see below) are suggested by the Australian Society of Authors, but applicable anywhere. Use them. Protect your rights as a creator. @asauthors.bsky.social

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Unprecedented numbers of emaciated dugongs have washed up dead along Thailand’s Andaman Sea coast over the past three years, prompting marine scientists to urgently investigate what’s driving their decline.

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Interesting to read this corporate sense-check on UTS restructuring plans www.afr.com/work-and-car...

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Remember the Great Barrier Reef foundation? The one that hadn't done much but then got $443m from the LNP gov in 2018? Well they've put putting that money to good use, by paying for the Empire State Building to go green and gold for Kylie's MSG sellouts!! #auspol www.pedestrian.tv/entertainmen...

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A couple of things. The poor sanitation has caused outbreaks of the parasite hookworm...and parasites are why we have the stereotype of the "slow" southerner

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Sydney has 5 racecourses, doesn’t it?

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The ALP policy of a $1000 standard deduction worth of income tax deductions unless you want to claim more with receipts is excellent and will alleviate a very stupid tax return burden on millions (a bunch of whom don't claim now!) Just terrific stuff. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

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🌺 HAPPY SONGKRAN DAY!!! 🏵️ I hope everyone celebrating Songkran will have a fantastic, fun, and safe time!!! 🥳🎉 May the coming year be prosperous!!!

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The US shouldn’t invade Canada, but Australia should

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Exhibition in New Delhi! “A Treasury of Life: Indian Compang Paintings, 1790-1835” has just opened and is on until the end of June. I researched an wrote on the exhibition’s paintings from Pondicherry. dagworld.com/indian-compa...

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The naïveté of some people about this (it gets people engaged in art and brings them to the museum!) is so disappointing. It does nothing of the sort but it’s so easy to champion because “accessibility”has been totally untethered from disability discourse to become a buzzword promoted by tech firms.

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I was expecting this. Medication will not be safe.

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Truly horrific stats on the profoundly unethical costs of the AI boom.

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We’ve also done immigration raids, deporting people to terrible conditions, opposition to windfarms and white South African refugees. Orange man is stealing our stuff

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Shocked. Is Victoria part of Australia?

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We are the ones we have been waiting for: How to rescue our kidnapped culture New from me at @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult...

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When I was last in Stockholm, I saw a tradie unloading his tools from a cargo bike, and the state of the Australian discourse about utes makes this feel like it was just some giant fever dream

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Dept. of WTF: Escaped parrot, afraid of the dark and stuck in tree, kept yelling “FUCK YOU” at the fire brigade trying to rescue it, could only be extracted with the help of a pack of cigarettes: www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/gw...

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