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1 Feb 2021
in awe of this sign I passed this weekend. the absolute mana.
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Jun 12
A blast from the past piece today. Frank Brennan, the chair of Australia's largest-ever public consultations - the 2009 human rights inquiry - has candidly discussed why those landmark reforms never got up in the Rudd-Gillard era:
canberratimes.com.au/story/9…
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May 8
crushed 💔 and giving mighty thanks to have worked in the gallery with Maiki, a complete gun & real one.
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hottie
Apr 29
#MediaMovement: Ben McKay (@benmackey) will start a new role as the National Democracy and Transparency Correspondent at Australian Associated Press (@AAPNewswire) soon.
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Apr 1
NZ & Cook Islands bury the hatchet and aid flows again. NZ looks to have lost little ground in talks: Cooks agrees NZ has first rights as defence/security "partner of choice" in new declaration. Similar language to Aus-Tuvalu deal.
beehive.govt.nz/release/new-…
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Mar 31
can someone tell this woman you don't need to hold the phone to your mouth when wearing airpods & then lets leave her alone
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Mar 31
between this & Luxon dunking on the fuel excise cut yesterday its been a tough couple of days for trans-Tas cringe
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Mar 30
New Zealand walking a different path on cost of living relief, no cuts to fuel excise.
PM Chris Luxon says the policy is "poorly targeted, it actually benefits high income households, and it actually encourages fuel use when it's constrained".
Mar 30
We're halving the fuel tax for three months to save you money when you fill up.
Conflict overseas is pushing up prices at home. And we know Australians are feeling the pressure.
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Ben McKay retweeted
Mar 25
I'm very sad to announce that the great Dan McGarry @VanuatuDan passed away earlier today.
Dan was a journalist, tech geek, actor, and lover of (almost) everything to do with the Pacific. He was a brilliant @OCCRP editor, a mentor to many, and a friend to more.
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Mar 6
Heather du Plessis-Allan not mincing words on Chris Luxon's future after the last Curia poll.
Says "poisonous" polls put Luxon in "dead man walking territory" - saying it may be "if not when" for a new leader.
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Mar 6
wrote about the NZ PM's unpopularity yesterday ⬇️
didn't realise a fresh poll would mean - as multiple outlets are reporting - Luxon is considering his future after this latest poll.
canberratimes.com.au/story/9…
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Mar 6
great piece on how it may happen - if it did. a few cogs need to turn yet.
rnz.co.nz/news/political/588…
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6 Oct 2023
Shorter Taxpayers Union-Curia poll result:
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Mar 5
Mark Carney clanger to Australian parliament: "Let us remember that Australia was the first nation in the world to give women the right to vote and to stand for parliament.”
Whoops! New Zealand first to give all women the vote. (though South Australia got in first on standing)
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Mar 5
lotta pedants chirping about this! i took his comment as two separate claims, he pauses between them.
in any case, all women weren't given the vote by Australia in 1902: indigenous women were disenfranchised for decades.
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Feb 27
AEC has proposed biggest changes to Tassie electorates in at least a generation - finally ending Franklin's non-contiguity
Bec White would be the big winner politically
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Feb 27
replicated at state level ... 🤯 ... you'd hate to be a Clark MP with a base in Glenorchy or a Franklin MP with support in Kingston
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23 Dec 2025
the banned 60mins segment is so harrowing - extrajudicial torture through stitch-up deals. incredible journalism still happening in Trump's USA thanks to the brave victims coming forward
readtpa.com/p/watch-the-60-m…
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16 Dec 2025
its spinoff golden jandals day. toby wrote the flat white joke
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/17…
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