Browniean motion

Literally for the first time in my life I have had to pay cash up front to see a GP. In a clinic with a poster celebrating 40 years of Medicare. The slow death of Medicare is happening under your watch Mark Butler MP

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb says it's 'obvious' the perpetrator of the Bondi Junction mass stabbing attack 'focused on women and avoided the men'.

Read more: trib.al/TYnJHmC

(New from me): Labor’s interventionist industry policy aims big. But how can Australia compete with the US and China? theguardian.com/australia-news…

I am reposting this THREAD in light of the - understandable - concerns about reporting on yesterday’s stabbing in Sydney.
If you want call out bad journalism there are a number of ways to do it, but via social media is not that effective. 1/7

A horrifying mass murder at Bondi Junction. Five dead. It would be a good idea not to speculate on the killer’s identity or motives, but I see that morons here are already doing just that.

Canada, Netherlands, Japan, Spain & Belgium have suspended arms sales to Israel

The Australian government hasn’t. It focuses on misleading mantra that we don’t export ‘weapons’

Its started obscuring specific export data for Israel that it used to share declassifiedaus.org/2024/04/10/sec…

Very pleased to receive new science book ‘Waves In An Impossible Sea’ in the mail today. By Matt Strassler

Make it so. #FreeAssangeNOW

At Brix Distillery to hear Ciaran O'Hare talking about dark matter for University of Sydney Raising the Bar #RTBSYD

Top US diplomat confirms loss of Australian sovereignty — AUKUS nuclear subs intended for US war with China 1/5

❗️Top US official confirms AUKUS is war pact where nuclear subs supplied to Aust will be used in any US war v China. This massively undermines assurances from fed govt that Aust will retain ability to make sovereign decisions. Freeze AUKUS payments!

abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

“Australia's AUKUS submarines could be used to fight China in war over Taiwan, US official says” via ABC News #auspol

Our masters in Washington have said the quiet part out loud.

And Kurt Campbell is meant to be the ‘deft hand’ on Asian affairs.
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

'Poison portal': AUKUS pact leaves door open for US and UK to dump radioactive waste from its nuclear subs in Australia.
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

“You said this was not intentional, so you can apologise.”

Israeli government spokesman David Mencer has refused to apologise for the killing of World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers in Gaza, during an interview on Channel 4.

AUKUS subs ‘years behind schedule’.

Great purchase Richard Marles

“Virginia-class submarines, an aircraft carrier and frigates being built for the US Navy are years behind schedule because of skilled labor shortages, design issues, and supply chain challenges, the Navy said”

We are in the The Sydney Morning Herald today calling for Australia to do everything in its power to stop Israel committing genocide.

“We say this as part of a growing number of Jews saying that Israel’s actions are completely incompatible with our Jewish values”

smh.com.au/national/austr…

The killing of seven humanitarians by an Israeli strike in Gaza on Tuesday – 196 overall since hostilities began last October – is “an inevitable result” of the way the war is being fought, said the UN chief.

Read the story➡️bit.ly/3vEbcve