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sorensen-rose.bsky.social
used to be an arts journalist. now tired of trying to believe that people are good. but some of you are. I write for Independent Australia
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New Podcast youtube channel. give it a like and sub punts 🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq1b...

After everything we have gone through - with all the inappropriate intervention of previous chairs and MDs - this is BEYOND disappointing. ABC journos deserve better: to be allowed do their job without the biases of chairs and MDs undermining our independence. @withmeaa.bsky.social

Serious concerns about Commissioner Brereton’s impartiality are growing & still, not a single public hearing from the NACC. To restore trust, we need new leadership at the top & public hearings where it’s in the public interest. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

i ask you to judge me by the enemies i have made and the unhinged things they say about me on sky news. (the irony that the CEO of an astroturf misinformation vehicle would say these words on rupert murdoch’s network is not lost on me.)

Nothing could speak more clearly for the values of the modern Coalition parties than this.

this is so loopy!!! uncharted territory indeed

Today drilling for gas under the Barossa project off the coast of Darwin was approved. That's 274mil tones of emissions from one of the dirtiest gas projects in the 🌏 More than 100x emissions from the 🇦🇺 electricity system. Our approvals system is broken. We need urgent reform.

Australia is in breach of int'l law via its prolific aid to Israel to conduct genocide in Gaza (ICJ rulings). Important story by KellieTranter @declassifiedaus.bsky.social who got the export permits info #auspol michaelwest.com.au/smorgasbord-...

“What are you going to do for women?” “Nuclear power plants, Brian.” “I was thinking more in terms of work-life balance.” “Cheaper petrol?” “Really?” “Defund the ABC?” “You don’t know women what women want.” “I think I do, Brian. They want fewer restrictions for mining companies.” #auspol

Little known fact that Aust Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism (Jillian Segal) + one of her advisers took a trip to the US in early March 2025. I sought access to the briefing pack via FOI. This is what I got back. Yes, that's it a cover page.

Q.E.P.D. - Mario Vargas Llosa, 2010 Nobel Literature Prize winner, has passed away at age 89.

So, turns out the Clean Energy Council puts industry ahead of people. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Authorities have issued warnings about a bushfire in Victoria’s central-west after fire crews lost control of a planned burn near Daylesford.

We've moved to @bsky.app! Fuck Musk. Please donate to the VFA's chuffed fundraiser for our planned burns campaign, to support our work rethinking forest fire management. đź’š chuffed.org/project/stop...

The president’s son Eric Trump posted this. Chilling. He deleted it - but here it is

Tomorrow morning I will be tuning in to #TheSundayShot from the front lawn of Parliament House. It will be day 3 of my hunger strike for stronger environmental laws. I need political nourishment. @theshot.net.au @instanterudite.bsky.social @davemilbo.bsky.social youtube.com/@thesundaysh...

Advertising Agency in Wagga Wagga puts up posters in shop front. If I was in the market l'd hire them, - Accurate insight âś… - Know how to get (near) free attention âś… - Piss off Right wing politicians and oligarchsâś… Trifecta of success. #Auspol

How good are anonymous people on the internet

Just found this / Waddah Ali, generally progressive pro-palestine independent candidate running for Moncrieff (Central Gold Coast). waddahformoncrieff.com

I’m seeing a lot of people blame the Monash University Museum of Art for the decision to postpone an exhibition featuring Khaled Sabsabi. The Museum didn’t make this decision and the staff are devastated. The Museum was ordered to pull the show by Monash Vice-Chancellor Sharon Pickering.

OK, which one of you scamps did this?

#Auspol read it and weep👇

oh shit