Repair is a very broad church for MiA. Views on X are those of Karen and Danny Ellis, and do not reflect the opinions of any org, committee or group.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Joined April 2014
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An Airbus 380 is on its way across the Atlantic. It flies consistently at 800 km/h at 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter with a Tempo Mach 2 appears. The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus, boring flight isn’t it? Now have a look here!" He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, and then swoops down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks: "Well, how was that?" The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive, but watch this!" The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly straight, at the same speed. After 15 minutes, the Airbus pilot radios, "Well, how was that? Confused, the jet pilot asks, "What did you do?" The AirBus pilot laughs and says: "I got up, stretched my legs, walked to the back of the aircraft to use the washroom, then got a cup of coffee and a chocolate fudge pastry." The moral of the story is: When you’re young, speed and adrenaline seems to be great. But as you get older and wiser, you learn that comfort and peace are more important. This is called S.O.S.: Slower, Older and Smarter. Dedicated to all my senior friends ~ it’s time to slow down and enjoy the rest of the trip. Author Unknown
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"When a company decides repair - Manuals can exist. Parts can be sold. Assemblies can come apart without a fight. None of this requires magic. It just requires giving a damn." Along with a damn fixit attitude to beat The Man 😜 ifixit.com/News/116901/small…
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After 10+ years, Mend It Australia is stepping back from daily social media. Not gone but less frequent The work continues off-platform: repair, reuse, & pushing back on throwaway culture. We’ll pop in when it matters to us #RightToRepair #voicesforrepair #circulareconomy
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The war in the Middle East could cost Australia $16.5 billion in growth by 2027. A 25% tax on gas exporters (making massive profits on the war making gas prices rise) could raise $17 billion for Australia. @GrogsGamut #auspol
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I've written to the PM offering to pass a 25% gas export tax in the next two weeks. Rich gas corps are making billions off this war, get gas for free, and pay almost no tax. That's money better spent helping people. No more free ride for gas corps while people go backwards.
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Time to take Trump up on his offer - we matter so little to the US and they dominate our entire defence and foreign policy - time to end this damaging dependent relationship and have an independent foreign policy.
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Think, Reason and Argue is a good start to living one's fundamental principles. #RightToRepair
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Highlighting Husic pointed to research from The Australia Institute, Ed Husic showed Parliament that roughly 30% of Australia’s gas exports are not required to meet existing contracts. “These facts will stun Australians,” Husic said. Read more: theaus.in/4cEIfCp
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Do we really want a world where the strong can do as they please and the weak suffer as they must? I wrote for The Guardian today about why Aus shouldn’t stand for this, and why int'l law matters for a middle power like Australia #auspol #politas theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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We were discussing that the Australian Fed govt has not been planning with citizens for this type of turmoil which results in a mad rush to the bowser. Idiotic. @acccgovau
Gas companies that export 🇦🇺 gas are about to make windfall profits after strikes on Iran & we have no plan to capture that value for Australians. To fix this, we need a 25% tax on gas exports that would raise billions of dollars of revenue and ensure that when prices rise, Aussies benefit. theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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We do not support the rort that is #AUKUS
Replying to @DavidShoebridge
@AlboMP @SenatorWong Anything to say about what Trump is doing to the people of Cuba? Or is it too "difficult" to express any concerns. Australia does not align with America on anything, cancel AUKUS!
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Alan Kohler talking about the urgent need to tackle inequality. The major parties talk about it a lot but don't seem to want to do what it'll take: 💸 changes to CGT discount on investment properties 💸 start taxing wealth more than work 💸 get a fair return for our natural resources abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/r…
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Replying to @elonmusk
. @elonmusk You CAN make it happen. All its needed is a trained technical team armed with the #BoardMaster from ABI! Most issues affecting these machines are electronics related. The faults can be identified and corrected with the ABI system. #Repairdontwaste #ukmfg 🇬🇧
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