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You'll get politics from me here. Includes number crunching and spillage if anyone loses their (intellectual) way
Victoria, AustraliaJoined July 2010

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Utterly ridiculous for the government to call this “sensible.” 29 Victorians dead from COVID today. Many suffering with flu too. #ICEM22
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Vaccine mandates, mask requirements and isolation restrictions are among the COVID-19 rules to be eased next week. ab.co/3HCKiVV
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Breaking News: Investigators in New York have seized 27 ancient artifacts valued at more than $13 million from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, asserting that the objects, acquired to showcase the glories of ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt, had been looted.
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The NSW government recently approved a 35 year development plan for western Sydney known as the Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan. My first piece on it here: Plan for ‘sea of roofs’ will destroy last koala habitat in western Sydney, critics say
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I'm deeply confused by this "advice" to stop Isolation (regarding self-quarantine during/after a COVID infection) when one is still quite clearly shedding SARS-CoV-2 virus. After all, the deaths from COVID in Australia have increased by 24 times, compared to 2020 and 2021.
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We don’t need a debate about whether it should be 7 or 5 days isolation. The two day reduction will get people get back to society quicker with no meaningful increase in numbers. The conversation we need to have is when to stop mandatory isolation entirely. #auspol #COVID19Aus
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Attention National Cabinet - you just went in the opposite direction of Germany with COVID management. #auspol
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In addition to the mandatory use of N95-type masks during long-distance travel, the new measures, which will apply from Oct. 1 to April 7, will also include a nationwide obligation to wear masks in and test before accessing hospitals, -& nursing homes apnews.com/article/covid-
I've been working with on a sensible amendment to the Climate Bills. It requires reporting on emissions from spending + projects in our federal budget. This increases transparency & accountability. Great to have a target, we need to see our spending align with it.
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It is in *your* best interest to work out *why* the WHO’s Chief Scientist would say this. COVID-19 is *not* a cold or flu virus. COVID-19 is a thrombovascular virus that is triggering recurrent, population-wide clotting events, of which heart attacks and strokes are just two.
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We need to prepare for large increases in cardiovascular, neurological & mental health disorders in countries affected by the #SARSCoV2 #pandemic twitter.com/EricTopol/stat…
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The optimism I had that the change of Federal government in Australia would mean more protection for the vulnerable & all of us from acute & chronic COVID19 has evaporated. Same health advisors, same priorities, same outcomes = more disease. Under 5’s still unvaxxed. Shame.
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BREAKING : national cabinet has agreed to 5 day isolation except for vulnerable settings. @newscomauHQ
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Federal and state governments: “What is science anyway?” 🤔#auspol
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According to overseas studies, the reduction of the isolation period from 7 to 5 days means that of the 13,232 new COVID-19 cases reported today, around 6,500 will be infectious on Day 5 when they will take the virus to their workplaces, schools and shops where few wear masks.
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This country is a joke.
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BREAKING: Major changes made to Covid isolation as PM set to announce reduction of 7 days to 5 unless workers in "vulnerable settings" . news.com.au/lifestyle/heal via @newscomauHQ
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DOJ releases photo of some documents recovered in Trump's office at Mar-a-Lago.The filing says in some instances "even FBI counterintelligence personnel and DOJ attorneys conducting the review required additional clearances before they were permitted to review certain documents."
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The Heritage Council's decision on the John Curtin Hotel is coming soon! We've created an easy way for you to make a formal submission. It's important that ordinary people get a say over Melbourne's heritage - so click the link and make your voice heard!
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Under 30’s still can’t get their 4th booster so many will be essentially unvaxxed. And those that had their 4th booster more than 3-4 mths ago will now be waning. So there’s a lot of the pop’n under vaxxed. Saying the population is 95% vaxxed isn’t true anymore, really.
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