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I think we can all agree this is an objectively rubbish speech, by the generally accepted standards of speechmaking #trump
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View from The Hill: When many are disillusioned with politics, @MichelleGratan's Speakers Lecture to the @AboutTheHouse explores how the political system is letting down the Australian public. How can it do better? theconversation.com/view-fro…
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Yesterday, the Federal Court dismissed the ‘Living Wonders’ case, meaning the Aus gov't doesn’t have to take emissions into account when approving coal mine expansions.
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"People in noisy offices are more likely to withdraw psychologically from their work, perhaps by taking longer breaks than permitted, spending work time on personal matters, or surfing the internet" theconversation.com/this-des… via @ConversationEDU
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Fucking hell, some serious amateur hour shit here. – at Sydney, New South Wales
Australia will soon have its first Islamic bank. What does this mean, and what are the challenges? theconversation.com/australi… via @ConversationEDU
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Aside from anything else, X is objectively one of the dumbest letters to choose. It's what you write when you've got nothing else to write instead. A tick is positive, an X is negative. In advertising, Brand X is shorthand for "generic and shit".
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Melbourne woke up to yet another earthquake this morning.
Even though some of us may not feel it, earthquakes occur in the greater Melbourne region about once a month, writes Dee Ninis (@MonashUni)
From the archive:
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Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer it when very important debates are based on information that is actually true as opposed to routinely featuring torrents of bullshit
Media lawyer Justin Quill described the government’s proposed crackdown on misinformation as the “worst piece of legislation for free speech” he’d ever seen, while Sky News host Andrew Bolt said it would have a "chilling effect on very important debates”.
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#Melbourne seems to be having a spate of #earthquakes - here's our explainer from the previous tremor a month ago theconversation.com/melbourn… via @ConversationEDU
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V. interesting wider point in this piece on #Berejiklian: Australia's ranking on the global Corruption Perceptions Index slipped significantly between 2012 and 2021, before stabilising this year theconversation.com/grave-mi… via @ConversationEDU
Love stories like this - just the fact that measuring nanosecond variations over a 20-year time frame was the "easy" part
By timing radio pulses from an array of galactic pulsars, scientists see hints of gravitational waves from supermassive black hole pairs in a breakthrough that may reveal hidden details of galaxy evolution.
@Swinburne @astrophyzic @CSIRO
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Australia wants to allow export of CO₂ for the purpose of "sequestration", or storage under the sea.
According to @samanthahepbur2 (@Deakin), fossil fuel companies or research organisations would need to first apply for an export permit.
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