'A young man was hung out to dry. His health became a point of public debate and conjecture... Carlton could have stopped that, could have taken him quietly from the field and given whatever care was necessary.
Care that was his due and their duty.'
Post-script: we just put a deposit down on an EV in the affordable range because where we live, petrol prices are higher than average and we've had enough. There's a two month wait. I'm very excited. The thing will be the nicest car we have ever owned or driven.
Get the EV. It'll be fine.
Built to last? History shows us the art of reform that’s both bold and enduring
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AUKUS risks becoming a sunk cost in a rapidly changing military landscape.
As warfare shifts toward autonomous systems, Australia may be locking itself into an outdated and enormously expensive strategy, Stewart Sweeney writes.
#auspol #AUKUS #Defence #Geopolitics
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Prime Minister Mark Carney and
Finnish President Alexander Stubb took the ice for some drills with the PWHL Ottawa Chargers.
Absolutely amazing.
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Barrera said her husband said the smell of human feces in the toilet caused a fellow detainee to vomit and, in turn, created a chain of people vomiting. She said her husband is asthmatic and has not received medication to treat his condition. The lack of medicine and the stress of the overcrowded holding cell has left him short of breath and teetering on the edge of an asthma attack, Barrera said. ICE did not immediately respond to questions on April 10 about the conditions of the Mesa or Phoenix facilities. After the publication of this article, Barrera told The Arizona Republic her husband was transferred to the ICE facility at San Luis Regional Detention Center at about midnight. The San Luis Regional Detention Center is in Southwestern Arizona and has the capacity to hold 700 people.
This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.
The Israel I fell in love with isn’t the one I am watching today www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/15/i...
“When it comes to our resources and our national interest, Australia cannot be meek.
“It cannot be timid.
“And Australia needs to step up and do the same.”
- Hon Ed Husic MP
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Four frames. Angus Taylor and journo. 1. Angus: “We need to decide who we let into this country...” Journo: “We already do, through our immigration process.” 2. A: “Yes, well we need to make sure they respect our values…” J: “They already have to pass a values test.” 3. A: “Well, we need to ensure they don’t breach these values…” J: “We have laws, and consequences for people who break them.” 4. A: “Something something people from Gaza…” J: “It’s hard coming second to Pauline, isn’t it.”
All he’s got.
My @smh cartoon.
The Job-ready Graduates scheme was meant to shape student choices and fix the labour market.
It has done neither – and economists agree it’s bad policy. A better, fairer model is already available, Bruce Chapman writes.
#auspol #HigherEducation #HECS #Economics #Policy
“America now doesn’t even pay lip service to global norms - in fact it celebrates flouting them. It is increasingly acting like a rogue state”: Former UK Conservative Government Minister Rory Stewart. youtu.be/eoP-oHVTWrs?...
Abraham Ortelius, renowned cartographer & geographer, born in Antwerp #OTD 1527, mapped world in 1564, created first modern atlas 1570; surmised continental drift.
Portrait after Rubens 1633, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp
Library of Congress, New York
Some of consultancy spending by Australian universities is very difficult to distinguish from simple corruption www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
Manufacturing will not help rebuild the middle class. If we act, services just might. inclusive-prosperity.simplecast.com/episodes/man...
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Robodebt royal commission exposes failures but leaves APS culture untouched www.themandarin.com.au/310850-robod...
“The strength of Australia’s electoral democracy is reinforced by longstanding legislative provisions, including for a system of compulsory voting.”
This is an edited extract of The People’s Guide to the Australian Constitution (UNSW Press).
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4soew4X
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How Norman Lindsay wrote the The Magic Pudding to critique ‘Australian values’ – inspired by Nietzsche johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04...
The Logic of Chance: John Venn, influential English mathematician, logician & philosopher, who advanced understanding of probability, died #OTD 1923. President of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge; created Venn diagram.
Portrait 1899 by Brock @caiuscollege.bsky.social
Venn diagram: Stephen Wildish
Plenty to be tetchy about.
Folks, this is what happens when you stop teaching history, and of course, this is also why so many politicians don’t want us teaching history.
