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Journalist and photographer, formerly @smh. In dog years I'm dead. Views expressed here are my own, etc. Living on Gadigal land. Photo: Four kids, two dogs ©Verity Chambers

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Former High Court justice in frame to lead Bondi royal commission The potential appointment of Virginia Bell, which has been flagged by senior Labor figures in recent days, drew swift private pushback from some Jewish leaders.

Am I nuts? Is this story about dissatisfaction with a person who *hasn't yet been appointed* to a Royal Commission that *hasn't yet been announced*? And sorry, but she's "too left wing"? FFS
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

07.01.2026 23:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘If not me, who’: Frydenberg slams political motivation questions The former treasurer said he was “deeply offended” by questions on ABC’s 7.30 on Wednesday night that there was a political motivation behind his rebukes of the government over antisemitism.

Any number of self-aggrandising, point-scoring politicians, Josh. Look around you at the company you're keeping: Netanyahu, Hanson, Joyce, Howard. All of you creating anger and division mere days after utter tragedy.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

17.12.2025 22:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ned Kelly recyclable

16.08.2025 07:44 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Play in winter. Now how about the planet?

21.07.2025 23:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Everyone in here whining about a paywall: investigations cost money, and good journalism cannot come for free. Anyway. Shrug.

20.07.2025 00:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump taunts Murdoch as he files $15 billion lawsuit over Epstein story The US president is suing over a story published by The Wall Street Journal that said he signed a birthday letter to now-disgraced financier back in 2003.

Can they both lose? Thoughts and prayers.
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

20.07.2025 00:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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That Blackfella Show Ernie Dingo, Bridget Brennan and Isaac Compton are joined in studio by your favourite Blackfellas for a night of music, sketch comedy and as many laughs as you can handle in 60 minutes - kicking off N...

This show needs to have a bunch of seasons - so much talent in one hour! iView it if you missed it #NAIDOCWeek2025 #NAIDOC
iview.abc.net.au/show/that-bl...

05.07.2025 10:33 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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So excited to be part of Storyfest this year! Keeping First Nations storytelling at the front of the conversation. There are some totally awesome poets and novellists this year. If you're near that part of the coast, come by and meet us!

20.06.2025 08:19 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

OMG why though I am SO exhausted holy shit

20.06.2025 09:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So much criticism of the press in these replies. How many of you pay for news or journalism? Do you? If your answer is no, you're getting the journalism you pay for.

12.06.2025 11:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This Pride Month, Your Bank Is Straight From all of us here at Bank of Money, Happy Pride! Though if anyone asks, you didn’t hear that from us. We’re straight now. We know that may come a...

"We will be pulling our Platinum Sponsorship from this year’s Pride weekend. Sure, it’ll cost the festival hundreds of thousands of dollars on short notice, but you wouldn’t want a cishet bank there, would you? We’re cis now too."

11.06.2025 13:05 👍 38 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Crown’s secret lobbying operation to get poker machines at Barangaroo Crown is currently not permitted to operate poker machines at its Sydney casino under its licence with the NSW government.

This is a done deal. That Crown became a 'second' casino in Sydney at all is outrageous, and there has not been enough scrutiny or investigation into how tf it happened.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

12.06.2025 11:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Vale #Shakespeare

09.06.2025 23:19 👍 49 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Unfailingly big-hearted and generous’: Beloved Herald cartoonist John Shakespeare dies after cancer battle Shakespeare’s shy smile and boundless kindness were woven into the fabric of the newsroom, and his loss will be felt deeply by generations of staff and readers.

Farewell, dearest Shakes 😔
www.smh.com.au/national/unf...

09.06.2025 21:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Elon dumps Trump! The end of a beautifully toxic relationship.

05.06.2025 19:56 👍 274 🔁 16 💬 20 📌 4
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Bromance over: tensions between Trump and Musk erupt into open warfare The US president suggested Musk is suffering “Trump derangement syndrome”. The Tesla chief said that “without me, Trump would have lost”.

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www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

05.06.2025 19:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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09.04.2025 19:01 👍 7675 🔁 2385 💬 88 📌 117
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My journey and reconciliation - TAFE MEDIA Flash Wilson is an Australian Indigenous man with a cross-cultural heritage: Aboriginal, Papua New Guinean, Jewish, and English backgrounds.

In the final days of this #ReconciliationWeek I invite you to read Flash's story. The Stolen Children are still looking for their identities, and families are still trying to find one another. Flash read this live on air today, which was tough. What courage.
tafemedia.com/what-reconci...

30.05.2025 09:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a cavapoo with long hair in various shades of gray sits and poses for the camera. his mouth is open and his pink tongue sticks out, his curly hair situated every which way on the top of his head. text on the image says, "the dog i dropped off."

a cavapoo with long hair in various shades of gray sits and poses for the camera. his mouth is open and his pink tongue sticks out, his curly hair situated every which way on the top of his head. text on the image says, "the dog i dropped off."

a photo of the cavapoo with text that reads, "the dog i picked up." the pup's luscious fur has been trimmed all the way down, leaving him with a skinny body, but fluffy ears and tail. the pup looks at the camera with an uncanny human expression of disgust. he looks very angry about his new hairdo.

a photo of the cavapoo with text that reads, "the dog i picked up." the pup's luscious fur has been trimmed all the way down, leaving him with a skinny body, but fluffy ears and tail. the pup looks at the camera with an uncanny human expression of disgust. he looks very angry about his new hairdo.

This is Louie. He got a really bad haircut. And also a villain origin story. 13/10 (TT: maddiehilaski)

15.05.2025 22:28 👍 7096 🔁 757 💬 327 📌 154

I haven't. Does it depend on your electorate? Mine is such a safe Labor seat it's not worth the effort.

30.04.2025 07:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Quilt with music as a thene with images of piano keys, musical notes and instruments such as a guitar abd violin

Quilt with music as a thene with images of piano keys, musical notes and instruments such as a guitar abd violin

'Shimmering Symphony' quilt by Karlee Porter, contemporary US quilter and textile artist #womensart

28.03.2025 05:47 👍 386 🔁 60 💬 0 📌 8
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Coalition takes aim at public servants as Dutton looks to cut 40,000 jobs Tuesday night’s budget shows the government has added 41,411 public servants since 2022, fuelling a political fight over the public service and government spending.

When the Morrison Govt left office, they were employing 50,000 ppl through consultancies & labour hire & cost $20bn for a single year.

Gutting the public service will not save $$ & it will hurt our vets, age pensioners & new parents needing access to PPL.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

26.03.2025 19:40 👍 423 🔁 173 💬 24 📌 10

I bet you know, @blahblahellis.bsky.social

23.03.2025 06:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.

22.03.2025 09:55 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Not that we in the library wish to encourage profanity, but if you want to get rid of these AI-search summaries (which are often absolute nonsense), just swear in your search terms.

It really works.

19.03.2025 12:19 👍 483 🔁 265 💬 17 📌 57

💛💚🩷❤️

12.03.2025 10:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There are two things I think of immediately:
1. That person is still working, not chilling on the lounge watching telly;
2. They're not bringing the illness to work for other people to succumb.
More understanding of the realities of it would be great, Dutton.

10.03.2025 21:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So another thing about this WFH and "reduced productivity" thing ... just received a message from a dear colleague saying they are feeling sick, so they're WFH today. It is absolutely true that most people I know choose to WFH rather than take the day off. 1/

10.03.2025 21:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Easy ways to do
ALT when posting (to help the sight-impaired):
1. To speedily describe an image-only, use the voice dictation capability of your device to fill in a description; or
1/?

09.03.2025 03:42 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 2

Fantastic article, Jenna

07.03.2025 06:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0