@MarkDando4

Urbanism, media, language, health patient perspective, natsec & tax

 Canberra & Sydney
Joined May 2012
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I’m a Jew. This isn’t antisemitic. But it is hilarious.
Lisa Keshet ליסה קשת
@LisaKeshetOct 26
I’m sick to my stomach. I honestly never thought that I would witness such an antisemitic piece of American political propaganda in my lifetime. This is Nazi-Islamic antisemitism delivered against the Jewish collective in 2026 in the United States. By endorsing Abdel El-Sayed, the Democratic Party has crossed a threshold that signals a sickening decay of dangerous proportions to the American Jewish community. If this ad isn’t pulled with an explicit apology to the Jewish community, I will say Kaddish over my country of birth. I’m disgusted by what was once a great country. Voting Democratic is now like voting for the Nazi party. Anyone who rationalizes this ad as anything other than an Islamic-Nazi propaganda piece that scapegoats the collective Jew for cheap political currency has succumbed to antizionist brainwashing.
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Big news. Woodside walks away from Greater Sunrise. Sells its 33% stake to Timor's state-owned oil and gas company Timor Gap for around $280 million AUD. Timor Gap will have full control of the asset after the sale. Some big questions looming now for Dili (and for Canberra)
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#China's high-powered political meeting this week in #Beijing and what it means for power-politics in the country. A piece from me. Click on the link: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n8…

China's big political meeting could see Xi 'tighten discipline' in Party

The highly secretive four-day Plenum starts Monday in Beijing.

bbc.co.uk
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AJ@ajmnsausOct 25
Chatswood Interchange, the goat of public transport in Australia. Ⓜ️🚊🚌
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One corner of Australian media resisting pressure not to reveal inconvenient truths. Have a listen @abcnews abc.net.au/listen/programs/r…

One year on from ceasefire 'no hope in sight' in Gaza - ABC listen

Dr Saya Aziz, an Australian anaesthetist who has just returned from her second trip to Gaza, says her 'heart was broken.' 

abc.net.au
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BREAKING: A tsunami warning has been issued after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off Vanuatu, with hazardous waves possible along coasts within 300km of the epicentre, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says. 🔴 More on Aljazeera.com
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Severe weather update: Major weekend severe #storm outbreak across eastern Australia, including #Qld & #NSW. Video current: 12pm AEDT Saturday 24 October 2026. Latest: bom.gov.au or the BOM Weather app.
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Wonderful Autumn colours 🧡🍂🤎🍂🧡 Cambridgeshire Quote for the day: Albert Camus: “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
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What wonderful optimism in the face of such shocking news. From airport queue to sudden diagnosis: Jennifer Hewett on facing brain cancer afr.com/policy/health-and-ed…

Life, death and an Aperol Spritz: my fight with brain cancer

The AFR’s national affairs columnist, Jennifer Hewett, was told she had a few months to live. Then she had her first appointment with a Sydney neurosurgeon.

afr.com
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The Associated Press
@APOct 22
Two bystanders, including a television reporter, rescued a driver from a sinking car trapped in floodwaters in Morayfield, Australia, on Thursday. Australian Broadcasting Corporation reporter Will Murray and another man jumped into the water and swam towards the vehicle to help the trapped driver.
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Acyn
@AcynOct 21
Trump: We were in the midst of negotiating and a lot of stupid people said why aren’t you putting Russian sanctions— Collins: But you said you didn’t give anything for his release Trump: If I didn’t do that, you wouldn’t have him coming back. Collins: So you did give something. Trump: You don’t know anything. You’re fake news CNN. Collins: You’re saying you lifted the sanctions in exchange for his release? Trump: You don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re a low IQ person. You’re a dummy.
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Matt Bowes@mattdbowesOct 21
This week we released ‘Budget reboot’, our new Grattan report on Australia’s budget pressures, state finances, and the federation. While the report covers a lot of ground, most of the public reaction has focused on one proposal: raising the GST. 🧵
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Melbourne
Paul@po1983Oct 20
wtf just happened
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Sitting in a suburban cafe in Canberra. Three tables up a man in an army uniform chatting amiably with a couple of blokes in t-shirts and baseball caps. The subject: comparing the various books of Dave Grossman. What a city this is.
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Jommy Tee 🌐@jommy_teeOct 20
Full costs of Segal's overseas travel since she was appointed.
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🇦🇺 CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
Seorge 🇪🇺
@coaiecreteOct 19
🇮🇩 JAKARTA, INDONESIA
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Jimmy Lai is 78 and his health is declining. He has spent nearly 6 years in solitary confinement. A 20-year sentence means he may never come home. Time is running out.
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Our hearts go out to Helen Haines MP, her family, her staff, and the Australian people as they process this devastating news.
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maja 🔭🍒
@majamediacoOct 19
Kurt Vonnegut speaks of friction
Kristy Tillman@KristyTOct 19
Someone could probably write a book (if they haven’t already) about the cycle of technology productizing the removal of friction in the name of convenience only for us to discover that the friction was a load-bearing part of the social compact.
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I’d like to hear a little less from the ASIO chief to be quite honest.
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