How will the archeologists of future civilisations interpret the remains of ours? Born at 325 ppm CO2. Living on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country, aka Canberra, Australia. Humanitarian Security Risk Management. Climate Change. Public Transport. Equity. Treaty. Privacy. Anarchy. Often mistaken for an adult on account of my age. Free Palestine. "Dance like nobody is watching. Encrypt like everyone is." Header: Moçambique Avatar: Swooping magpie, doing its thing OpenPGP: d78aede399327d60bfda7ece2ce0641d4175d8ce Signal: markdeasy.01
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Last Notes npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 At a #canberra #Greens event in Civic. Dissent Bar. LOL. #auspol #beetrooter #Dissent https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/883/436/463/623/137/original/74c3de8d1a183938.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 #Auspol, we have a media problem. Media Watch does a show on how terrible Twitter/X is, and apologises to the audience for remaining on X because leaving, 'would not be good for anybody'. 🙃 The National Press Club is platforming Hanson today. 😬 Such dreadful, irresponsible lack of judgement. https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/x/106800424 npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Getting to the Gold Coast from Brisbane has never been so easy: It's only 50c to get from the river to the sea. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Will the "journos" at the National Press Club garner sufficient solidarity to grill the Israeli Ambo on his nation's penchant for murdering fellow journalists? Or squib it? #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/idf-misinformation-on-lebanese-journalist/106511282 npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Crikey reports, as does Green's Senator Shoebridge that the new Israeli Ambassador will be platformed by the media shy 'National Press Club' tomorrow, Tue 31 Mar. This appearance is not on the website, so it will be interesting to see if the NPC reckons they can get away with this. Perhaps the rumours are false? But if true, is there anything more 'Australian journalism' than the National PRESS Club trying to both platform the Ambassador of this particular rogue State and keep it secret at the same time? #auspol #NationalPressClub #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Iran #Lebanon https://npc.org.au/speakers npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 One I waited for till I got home so I could edit it for privacy. This raid by the AFP has provided us a classic, textbook example of 'The Streisand Effect'. And generated lots of business for the bar, which is lovely to see. Hats off to The Plod for a job well done! 👮♂️ And of course to Ken Behrens who are having none of this shit. #Streisand_effect #auspol #canberra https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/097/027/364/452/825/original/3a869ab582da93b9.jpeg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Enjoying (with many others inside the venue) a solidarity lager at Dissent Bar. #Canberra #Dissent #auspol #GoodVibes #Peace #Censorship https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/096/128/379/530/592/original/74081638cdb06d2d.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/096/128/713/670/100/original/f1a2e412ab05e004.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Genocide apologists in the Australian government want you to believe his visit is purely to support the local Jewish community after Bondi. The idea the President of a foreign nation credibly accused of genocide, mass murder and ethnic cleansing is necessary for the communal healing of a local, religious minority is problematic enough. But he is not travelling alone. This visit is merely an expression of Australian State solidarity with Israel's expansionist project, and is rightly protested. #canberra #auspol #herzognotwelcome #HerzogVisitToAustralia2026 https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/025/887/872/733/768/original/e931f543876f8c4c.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/025/888/219/407/227/original/990b63df0f4ae42c.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Garema Place, 5.30pm, Mon 9 Feb. #herzognotwelcome Be there. Bring friends! Of course, it is obvious that Albo's judgement, the Governor General's weakness, pointless Labor backbenchers like Alicia Payne and insiders like Katie Gallagher are also being protested. ** #israel should be boycotted and ostracised, not welcomed and normalised. ** #freepalestine #auspol #herzog #genocide #Canberra https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/025/763/989/953/726/original/b2a2bd46ac3a3791.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Some kindness amid the grim news. Finished my bike touring today with a 'welcome back' lunch with Mum. Very nice, and I am very shagged. While in Civic though I thought I'd pop in and donate plasma. Because its been ages .... no siree .... The nationwide response to the Bondi incident has seen Red Cross donation centres swamped! They can get me in on the weekend... A normal Monday - 3000 donations nationwide. Last Monday? 40,000!! Heartwarming to see tens of thousands of punters nationwide stepping up. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Albo's Labor is somewhere to the Right of Malcolm Fraser's Liberals. The Greens are now where Labor used to be. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 ABC #news reporting (both on TV and their app) on #bushfires in #newsouthwales and #tasmania , including property damage and at least one death, without using the term #climatechange . No reference to the urgency of the energy transition. No mention made of the uninsurable properties due to climate risks. This is #misinformation https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-07/sixteen-homes-lost-koolewong-central-coast-fire-but-maybe-more/106110700 #auspol #renewables #endcoalandgas #risingtide #mediawatch npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Bobby Mcgees for Rum and Coke drinkers, and 'oh what a night' dancers of a certain age..... npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 The Peoples Blockade of Newcastle Port begins! A great turn out, amazing energy, and anecdotal reporting that a coal ship has been delayed! ✊ A completely OTT police response (the cops have their own special operation for this activity) and only two 'pro coal' counter protesters seen so far. [Edit - typo, and new hashtags] #risingtide #auspol #NewcastleNSW #RisingTide2025 #endfossilfuels #PeoplesBlockade #NoNewCoal #MakePollutersPay https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/630/519/573/259/339/original/b9f9aa1b6752b150.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/630/520/582/284/948/original/ae9ed26de3c7e639.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/630/521/222/143/093/original/057bcc08cb91ca29.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/630/522/301/805/867/original/a7a8e974a65a3c2c.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Interested in better #rail services between #Canberra and #Sydney ? More often? Faster? Allowing bikes to be taken on board without the absurdity of putting them in boxes...? Have your input here. https://tfnswsurvey.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_efeY4X06nI9xFl4?Q_CHL=si #publictransport #activetransport #highspeedrail npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 "You know what's underrated? Letting people be." #kindness #weekend https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/233/641/294/490/751/original/f8fdc2bd2e7aaa54.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Another story that is all over the world's major media outlets. Yet in #Australia the #abc is continuing its vow of silence on the atrocious framing of this crime as 'collateral damage'. I have not heard this much silence from the ABC since Assange and the Wikileaks documentary were received to world-wide acclaim at Cannes. A 23 minute standing ovation in Venice, and complete silence from the ABC. "With tears and chants of “Free, Free Palestine” and the waving of Palestinian flags, the true-life drama, The Voice of Hind Rajab, recounting the final plea of a five-year-old Gaza girl who was brutally killed by the Israeli forces in Gaza City last year, received a more than 23-minute standing ovation at its premiere at the iconic Venice Film Festival." #auspol #VoiceofHindRajab #Gaza #Israel #WarCrimes #media https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/3/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-gets-record-23-minute-ovation-at-venice-premiere npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 The good news is that a fair number of #KenBehrens were having none of this imported, fascist shit. #Canberra #CanberraAntifascists #auspol #marchforAustralia https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/121/184/395/419/953/original/d869e6fc9bc94070.mp4 npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 #fascist rally in #Canberra. Well met by counter protesters. Now they are crawling off the APH. #auspol #marchforAustralia https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/120/996/708/294/659/original/f7fdcba81683da85.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/120/996/832/076/519/original/04c765ec24bbd1e8.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/120/996/753/092/945/original/46bda5769c03f55b.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/120/996/786/368/386/original/f98902d67d6dba8f.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 An incredible resource collated by the amazing team at #Israel Exposed. Historians and researches will be trawling through this for decades to come. And a stark reminder of how craven and complicit #Australia, #UK, #US and other enabling governments are. Also, imagine how dark and cynical you have to be now, 20 months in to this killing spree, to claim ignorance of these crimes against humanity? #Gaza #IsraelExposed #Genocide #auspol https://watermeloncrimes.com/ npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 We will never know the names of the odious, capricious monsters who bullied #Lattouf for the same reasons we will never see the names of the odious, capricious monsters in the sealed section of the #Robodebt RC. Even though the reason for sealing that section, criminal prosecution, did not happen. Rich, powerful, well connected. That's how the system works in #Australia The Lattouf unfair dismissal case is another reminder we live in a society where access to justice for the average punter is a long, costly, public, damaging and tedious process, full of risk, esp if you have been wronged by the powerful. It changes you. The powerful? Those moral vacuums engaged in bad-faith harassment, offended at factually accurate reporting about another country? Why, they are gifted privacy, of course, by a system that applies different standards to the rich and connected. And there will be no consequences for ABC management, naturally. #auspol #israellobby #justice #abc npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Australian journalists furious at the firing of one rubber bullet at one Aussie journalist are gonna lose their shit when they find out about the over 200 journos murdered in Gaza by Israel over the last year and half....💀💀💀💀💀💀 Could this be the moment when captured Aussie journos grow a spine and start extending solidarity to persecuted journalists elsewhere, instead of just repeating the talking points of their oppressors? #auspol #usa #gaza #israel #NotATarget #journalism https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/651/652/302/724/512/original/30facbfb41c5e8bf.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 #Israel blocked the last link to the Madleen. This new one works. https://live.garmin.com/session/b2e08860-265e-8540-9877-8a235f2aa201/token/9219F8EFFEADE8C2F2431E7E4EB3BCE4 #GazaFlotilla #gaza #auspol #gretathunberg #Palestine npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/493/660/398/367/497/original/3c61f8b09864c7a1.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 "Israel admits chain of failures in medic killings" Chain of failures? WTF? Let's be honest. The only 'failure', or lesson the IDF will learn from this is to search the bodies of the innocents they have just murdered for mobile phones before they bury them in a mass grave and lie about it. If the IDF honestly believed those they killed were enemy combatants, they'd have been thoroughly searched and that phone would have been found. Not hastily bulldozed into a mass grave. And the #Australian government continues to provide military, diplomatic and political support to this rogue state, to the point of criminalising dissent with mandatory prison sentences. Am very disappointed in the Australian media for agreeing with Lab and LNP to not make this outrage an election issue. #auspol #AustralianElection #Gaza https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/middle-east-news/2025/04/21/israel-gaza-medics-review npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 A great piece from Dave Milner. On the madness that is the casual acceptance (and censorship) of colonialism, genocide and oppression. "Now, again, why am I writing such a basic, supposedly uncontroversial account of the roots of the Israel Palestine conflict in 2025? Because I am concerned that one day soon I might not be able to do so. And I am concerned about this, again, because of historic patterns." #auspol #Australia #israel #genocide #freespeech #palestine #history #colonialism https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/your-rights-are-being-eroded-so-israel-can-commit-genocide-without-criticism/ npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 And the timing is telling. These 'incidents' (esp the arson attack on the Melb synagogue last year) only began *after Australia joined the rest of the world at the UN and voted for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Very early indications of foreign interference, followed by the AGs trip to Israel. Hmmm .... Where they obviously ignored him because the incidents have increased! And, tellingly, no Aussie Jew has been hurt in any way. No Cronulla riots, no direct physical assaults. Nada. Just graffiti and these obviously contrived online 'incidents'. And noting also the awareness of the Israelis they lost the social media war very early on (mainly bc of the appallingly bad taste posts by Israeli citizens and IDF) and the presumed need to shore up this weakness prior to the next phase - ethnic cleansing of Gaza. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 No. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 #australiaday #venndiagram Has anyone observed the overlap between those enthusiastically supporting the start of the colonial period in Australia, and those who enthusiastically support Israeli conduct in the OPT? I have not yet met any exceptions to this. The pro-genocide and ethnic cleansing people stick together, as do (usually) those opposed. Even across time and contexts. Suspect there is a similar correlation with 'No' voters in the Voice referendum. #gaza #genocide #israel #australia #invasionday #auspol npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Another salient lesson for the boards of #charity and #NGO non-profits. The lazy habit of employing politically connected, wealthy 'donor whisperers' in leadership roles inevitably leads to failure. To the point where it becomes counter-productive to not just fund raising, but the mission itself. Guide Dogs Victoria is a great example of what happens when a charity becomes captured by wealthy 'conservatives', overcome by their own hubris. Just because people went to expensive schools and are rich, does NOT make them effective leaders, especially in sectors which exist specifically to mitigate the damage and inequality caused by their class. "More than two-and-a-half years after the charity was thrust into the biggest scandal of its 65-year history, Guide Dogs Victoria has finally lifted its silence over the affair. The impact of the Frydenberg affair was “huge” and far-reaching, Guide Dogs Victoria chief executive Nicky Long has told The Klaxon, in an exclusive and wide-ranging interview. “The impact on the organisation has been huge,” Long said. “I don’t think there’s anyone internally or even at a volunteer level that didn’t feel the ripple effects of what occurred”." #auspol #guidedogs #notforprofit https://theklaxon.com.au/frydenberg-impact-huge-guide-dogs-victoria-finally-breaks-silence/ npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Prisoners doing hard, dangerous work for $10 a day to protect the property of the rich. Peak capitalism? "Nearly 1,000 incarcerated men and women have joined the frontlines in a battle against record-breaking wildfires burning across southern California." #wildfires #auspol #capitalism #prisonreform #climatechange https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3rwdjwglx2o npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 That's cool. Esp not being a constituent. Uni of Canberra will be better off for his involvement/leadership than poor ole ANU, that's for sure. :-) npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 This is what 'safe seats' look like I guess. Our three Lab reps in the ACT are far too comfortable. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 An opportunity just dropped to support the re-election campaign for our local MP here in #canberra Do you support being represented in parliament by a low-profile, careerist passenger? - Who fails to represent the values of Canberrans with respect to the #Genocide in #Gaza? - Applauds the State Capture of #Australia by the #FossilMafia ? - Sits on her hands while the deliberately terrible #NACCtheNACC is stood up and fails to deliver? - Does nothing while new coal and gas mines are approved during a #climatecrisis ? - Attacks the #Greens and progressive Indies for their calls to take meaningful action on the #housingcrisis instead of stupid punts on the stock market like the HAFF? - Sits idly by while #whistleblowers are persecuted yet Zionist war criminals are protected and feted by our appalling Attorney General? - Politely averts her gaze from the gifting of our sovereignty to an increasingly rogue United States? Then do I have an event for you, #auspol !! You can even pay the 'solidarity' price in recognition of the due process and solidarity not afforded by the political wing of the union movement to the #CFMEU after they starred in a Channel 9 TV show. (More seriously, I'd be genuinely interested to see if anyone turns up to this. Also, I can gob off like this confidentshe only has social media accounts on the terrible platforms (X and Meta) - of course. Can't even tag her on Mastodon. Ugh). I cannot wait till the era of 'safe seats' is officially behind us. https://events.humanitix.com/the-fundraiser-we-had-to-have/tickets npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Australia's troubled national broadcaster the ABC breathlessly reporting record breaking 'wild fires' in the US, relentlessly on TV and online. In WINTER no less, and somehow avoid referring to #climatechange . How can that be? #Australia #auspol #unitedstates #wildfires https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-09/la-fires-blog-two-dead-wildfire/104797830? npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 @npub1kwa…e0nj npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Do we in #Australia take democracy and basic freedoms seriously, or not? Because if we want to keep basic freedoms, and halt the slide towards authoritarianism, we are going to have to see more and larger protests - just to retain the right to protest! "A recent study from researchers at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom has found that Australia is the world leader when it comes to arresting these environmental protesters." #democracy #auspol #gaza #PeacefulProtest https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/is-australians-right-to-protest-under-attack/jdxyoaqt5 npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 History may not repeat, but it often rhymes. #auspol #fascism #timepersonoftheyear2024 https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/642/271/610/865/087/original/bd40664d532ea121.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Is this it? https://www.rasam.com.au/home npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Where is this place? npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Commonwealth over-funding of private schools and abandonment of the public sector is scandalous. These institutions exist purely for the transmission of intergenerational privilege and should be defunded. "The fact that the Commonwealth’s major contribution to education and training in Australia is the public funding of private schools is an outcome of political choice and not legal imperative." #auspol #education #equity #publiceducation https://johnmenadue.com/australias-school-system-has-lost-its-moorings/ npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 I just dropped into the Musk site for ole times' sake. Mistake. Holy moley, the maniac #genocide apologists are spending up BIG. They clearly know they have lost the narrative (not to mention their souls) and are perhaps spooked at being ejected from the UN. And are trying to win back whoever remains on musk.com .... Whatever it is, that site has not become even more appalling. #Israel #Gaza #Lebanon #Australia npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Looks like many of the, 'any party but Lab/Lib' protest voters, abandoned Greens for Indies. Another possible reading for Greens is that being in govt changes movements more than movements change governments. Two Ministers not returned, but two MLAa (Ginni and Yerrabi) appear to have swings towards.... hmmm ?? GRN gonna have to seriously reconsider optics and effectiveness of balance of power agreement. Rattenbury to backbench to reduce the stench of govt between now and 2027? Libs not rewarded overall for stance on Light Rail. Yet did well in Brindi and Murrumbidgee. VERY relieved to see we did not get a Lib/Indie govt. But concerned about Lab govt with no Greens Ministers at all. Not in the expenditure review committee, etc. Single Party govt now feels risky! npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 The coolest thing about compulsory voting is the requirement for the AEC to pull out all the stops and remove all possible barriers to voting. So hats off to the ACT Electoral Commission for doing this. Staffed by lovely people too. #ACTpol #auspol #canberravotes #canberra https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/332/142/297/590/856/original/17f1305e65c6a465.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/332/142/671/293/903/original/69fc20a08924192e.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Indeed. I recall those stats being rolled out yesterday as well. The homeless rates were shocking, but the incarceration stats need a deeper look. For example (and I am not apologising for our govt!) the higher recidivism rate COULD be because relatively more 'less hardened' criminals are diverted away from gaol to other programmes. That 'may' result in a higher proportion of people in ACT gaols re-offending than other jurisdictions, simply because we do not incarcerate low risk offenders as much as other places? Dunno. And costs per prisoner? Likewise. I'll look into it but my first though was the corollary - would the system be better if we saved dollars per day per prisoner? Again, it could be because the programmes are better, wages are higher for prison workers than other jurisdictions (they are public sector workers, not outsourced contractors), food better ??... dunno. But the simple dollar per day metric needs expanding on. But may I add to your list? ;-) The rush to 'mixed use' developments without proper guard rails on the types of businesses operating on the ground floor (or higher) is a mess. The business sector is running rings around the handful of public servants allocated to this task and it risks giving strata living an even worse reputation than it already has. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Really? Surely the States with vast coal, gas, iron ore, lithium, copper, gold etc reserves, and large populations, are vastly more wealthy than the ACT? Canberra doesn't have a single mine. It relies as you say on salaries, GST and rates. (Which is why car rego and rates are higher here than most places). Surely the results (100% renewable energy, fully funded public schools etc) would suggest better management than the richest states who do not achieve these things? npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Indeed, when up close it is easier to be distracted by the 'warts and all' view you get. But the bigger picture? The ACT is by far the best governed jurisdiction in Australia, and that is bc govt is shared with the Greens, not bc Lab has been there for 23 years. And the prospect of this occurring at a national level, letting ALL Aussies enjoy what we take for granted in the ACT, has frightened the billionaires into action via the Advance Australia campaign. Tanya would not be approving coal mines, Marles would not be spruikin subs, and Albo would not be genuflecting before Murdoch and apologising for Genocide if their govt depended on their partner the Greens. Those outside the ACT are reacting to vibes (hence the Advance campaign tactics) whereas here in Canberra we can see the results. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 I was raised in Pearce. Been in and out of 'Woden Plaza' since the 80s. I have never seen so much investment, construction and cranes in Woden. Am mystified by the persistent myth of under investment in Woden. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 In the ACT the Libs are not a threat. Except to themselves, of course. If you believe the Greens stand for all the right things, but these things did not happen, then perhaps they should be given a turn at majority govt? Because clearly the obstacle is Lab, no? The Indies, let's be honest, are riding the coat tails of Pocock and the Teals, seeking to exploit a mood for change without standing for anything. They are opportunists. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 In the ACT there are three sides, of course, and the Greens are stand outs for two important reasons: they do not take corporate money (also a Pocock hobby horse, FWIW) and have been unrelenting in their support for the uniform application of trad conservative concepts like Rule of Law, International Conventions (Laws of War, Genocide, Rights of the Child etc) uniformally ignored by Lab and Lib during the war crimes and genocide inflicted by Israel on the people of Palestine. Lab and Lib will say and do anything to demonstrate fealty to power (just like Ryan and Spender) and the Greens do not. Values matter. To that end I struggle to see what the ideologically murky Indies offer that that the Greens do not. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 I am still 'afraid' of Indies whose main claim to fame is being 'not' Lib or Lab. So what? What do they believe in? What are they 'for'? The Fed result is instructive. When people voted for 1. Women's safety, 2. Action on climate change and 3. Integrity, how were they (in Wentworth, Kooyong and Goldstein) to know they were electing people so cynical as to apologise for war crimes and genocide just to get re-elected? Disgusting. Ryan, Spender and Daniel are clearly cut from exactly the same cloth as the empty vessels they replaced. So when we observe Independents we really should be confirming exactly what they are independent of, and what they stand for. Four years is a long time to be making laws. Who are these people? Are they socialists? Neo-liberals? Where they stand now on car parks and Light Rail is secondary. What animates them? After this evening, I still don't know. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 A minor point on the ACT if I may. Even after Morrison generationally trashed the Liberal brand, AND there was an active 'Bin Zed' campaign, AND there were high quality options Luke Pocock on the ticket ..... Zed still got 24% of the primary vote! Canberra ain't as progressive as its reputation, to be sure. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 I was there too! So glad the Indies have learnt their lesson. The last one I went to was at the ANU where the Fed Indie invited to speak was high profile genocide apologist Monique Ryan! Yikes! Scamps was a much better choice. The Indies still, sadly, underwhelm. Emerson is from central casting, Strong is just shouty, and Carrick struggles to string a sentence together. The organisers let old people ramble FAR too long at the microphone and the people who posted questions on Slido were not rewarded. Tbh I cannot say I learnt anything new from them. But from the audience there was some eye watering detail on recidivism and FN incarceration rates. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Labor deserve everything they get wrt media. They were gifted a petition fronted by two former PMs, Lab and Lib, and signed by 500,000 citizens. They had a mandate to 'do something' about Murdoch in particular, and the media in general. And squibbed it. Fuckin' useless. In a fit of hubris they probably thought they were smart enough to 'ride the tiger' and put Albo on 2GB every other week, leave the ABC in the gutter and trust Newscorp to flip to Lab. Nope. They are getting smashed on the Right for (implausibly) being insufficiently supportive of Israel and the mining sector (LOL), and on the Left for being so useless. Morons. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Just had a glorious #vegetarian plate dinner at Lebanese restaurant Azima in #Canberra. ($36). A reminder that Lebanese #food is probably the most under-rated cuisine in the world, behind Indonesian. Delish. [Edit: typo] https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/265/647/530/107/311/original/975ce0620c63324b.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Electoral support? There are three electorates where this pro-Zionist narrative will work: Kooyong, Golstein and Wentworth. They will hemorrhage support in many of the remaining 148 seats! Many seats of course will unquestioningly approve of the pro-US messaging, but surely not enough to offset the disgust of millions of others...? Let's see at the next Fed election ... npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Our govt is so breathtakingly terrible on this defining issue. Do they not realise the majority of Aussies are neither Palestinian, Israeli, Lebanese or Iranian? But as a generally conservative, social democracy there is a latent belief in the rule of law, precedent and human rights. Even though we know it doesn't always happen. But when our govt correctly describes the right of one of those groups to defend themselves but vilifies the others, do they think we do not notice this hypocrisy? Do they not realise they have no mandate to line us up on the side of a belligerent nation plausibly committing genocide and war crimes? Who the f#ck do they think they are? Who are they working for? And don't get me started on Dutton, who was opining this morning that Albo is displaying insufficient loyalty to Israel. SMH. #auspol #gaza #Australia #Lebanon npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Am still gobsmacked at the cynicism of our govt. They think we are all either idiots, fellow war crimes apologists, or both. "Rather than support the enforcement of existing UN conditions, Australia has chosen, with a unwarranted level of self-righteousness given is silence on Gaza war crimes, to undermine those conditions by promoting a new statement that does little to substantively expand the current protections." #Gaza #Auspol #Genocide #democracy https://johnmenadue.com/penny-wongs-fig-leaf-reveals-more-than-it-hides/ npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 The ACT Liberals are without doubt Australia's most pointless political franchise. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 I want to believe the Canberra Libs did this on purpose. But I also want to believe it was an accident. #auspol #actvotes #Liberals https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/237/679/976/295/505/original/2f13156235523ce1.jpg npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 When do we get to see the sealed section? “Robodebt happened because of a political and media culture that punches down on income-support recipients. This is a culture that dehumanises people on income support on the one hand, whilst humanising people like Kathryn Campbell on the other.” #auspol #robodebt #NACC #democracy https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2024/09/21/inside-the-fight-open-the-robodebt-sealed-section npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 For the racist dummies at the back who think Australia has a 'border security' issue whenever asylum seekers arrive. Ukraine has a border security issue. Lebanon does too. But not #Australia. "Rogue State conducts airstrikes in neighbouring capital city. World sits on hands." #security #gaza #Lebanon #israel https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-20/hezbollah-fire-rockets-at-israel-military-bases/104379106 npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Albo's Chamberlainesque capitulation to the Zionists, his 'bunny in the spotlight' reaction to blatant war crimes and genocide in Gaza is horrific. And yes, 'disappointing'. This lack of moral compass will define him long after people have forgotten housing policy. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Australia makes further commitments to remaining on the wrong side of history. "The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its "unlawful presence" in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year. The vote in the 193-member world body was 124-14, with Australia one of 43 members states to abstain. The United States voted against it." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-19/un-general-assembly-votes-on-israel-palestinian-occupation/104368946 #auspol #israel #gaza #westbank #unitednations npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Am in Kurrajong. Saw her, et all, speak at an OCN event at the Southern Cross Club last week. Sadly it was not the best moderated event that did not bring out the best in candidates. npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Sounds familiar. I always say that if you actually know the candidate and reckon they'd be a hard working and ethical law maker, then vote for them! Party does not matter. But ..... Most of us do not know the candidates. So my process of elimination rules out parties compromised by dirty money (gambling, prop developers etc) so that puts Lab and Lib down there. Am a bit sus on the Indies as I feel they are trying to milk the success of Pocock, and I have not seen anything better than what the Greens are offering. They seem a bit 'loose'. Hence, Greens first, weird Nazis like Family First, last, then fill in the middle bits as described above. #canberravotes #canberra npub1av7plwyrerdcz488mwdfqpdsthwxlwlhpxmf23grdet044uunz0sjt65ts Mark Deasy 🍉 Prefer the corflutes I cannot see! The Greens are on brand with only hosting corflutes in yards so there is no rubbish along main roads, but not sure if it will win votes or not.