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Chief Story Catcher Small World Documentaries. Ex ABC, MBC Dubai, National Geographic Channel, BDA UK, Foxtel. Avid traveller. Keen gardener. Passionate lover of clean air and water. Thrives in good company paired with XPA.
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Violence against women serves a purpose. The rise of populist misogyny means not just more such violence but the glorification of it. www.smh.com.au/business/the...

White Lotus season 3, ep 1. The cutaways really held me captivated. Best B-roll in a series.

The Trump administration is literally undertaking a coup against the US Government and the American people - and what is the Labor Australian Government doing? This!!! 👇👇 Unbelievable 😱😱 #auspol

The great thing about being PM is you can make stuff happen if you want to. This PM has a bill to help protect our democracy from lies and AI in elections + a path to get it through the parliament next week - but he’s choosing not to take it.

There are so many politicians in Australia that are actually trying to pretend to be Trump it’s almost laughable. They are using the same lines. The same rhetoric and you know what else….they are getting the same media coverage. He didn’t make himself famous. Think before you share /legitimise.

Try it out. America bombs the shit out of Sydney Harbour and then Trump says, meh, Sydneysiders can just live somewhere else while we clean up the mess and build luxury Trump towers where they used to be. Cool?

If you r still on insta. Follow this one. He’s so good. -

Our planet needs us to speak up for it. All the animals, on our land and in our seas are suffering because of greedy choices that put one person’s profit before everything else. We must do better than this.

Somewhere along the way, climate change and protection of our environment has slipped off the political agenda. It’s time to put climate change back on the agenda.

My look at an interesting - and maybe prescient -- media situation down in Tas, where a string of local papers & a polling company have passed to owners that also operate a powerful lobby firm, & who have worked on campaigns for the incumbent Liberal government www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Today the Australian Electoral Commission released the latest batch of political party donations data for 2023-24 The disclosure threshold was $16,300 #politas #Tasmania

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

Today, the Australia Institute is inviting politicians and candidates to show they are willing to listen to the science and pledge their support for protecting the critically endangered Maugean skate. Read:

Plenty of ways to get involved in my re-election campaign! megwebb.com.au/2025-re-elec... Sign up today for letterboxing, door-knocking, poster sites, donating - lots of ways to make a difference! #politas

Mulligrubs. #MONA

The amount of people policing Grace Tame's choice of clothing speaks volumes. "I used to respect her...but now...." - AHHH no you never respected her. 1/3

OK - let's find each other and organise in another way. We have some serious work to do in what seems like the most important time in a long time.