Confused about the referendum? Fair enough. There's a lot of excess noise blasting. The actual proposition is 92 words. Here's something I wrote about about what is and isn't at issue: abc.net.au/news/2023-09-0…

ANU analysis: Homeowners with a mortgage have experienced a very large cost increase over the past two years of 17.5% – much more than renters who have had an average increase of “just” 10.8%, and outright owners who’ve had 11.7%. ⁦Ben Phillips⁩ theconversation.com/higher-prices-…

I’m on the other side of the world so having major FOMO at the support I’m seeing at home. Including from Ellie Carpenter primary school, Cowra: 💚💛 #Matildas #AUSENG 💛💚

Almost time to say goodbye ...
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Four crew of Australian Army chopper missing after crash in Queensland's Whitsundays amid joint military exercise with US Marines. Large search and rescue efforts ongoing. abc.net.au/news/2023-07-2…

Had the unfortunate privilege to speak with the folk at Dolphin Marine Conservation Park as they announced they were going into administration today

The Aerospace Academy gives regional kids opportunities to explore career paths in space exploration, designing rockets, Mars and Moon rovers and space agriculture.

#STEM #WomenInSTEM #sciencenews

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The federal government has announced Australia's second offshore wind zone for the Hunter coast. The Central Coast section of the zone off Norah Head, which drew criticism from residents for being too close to the shore, has been removed. ABC News ABC Sydney

On what would have been William Tyrrell's 12th birthday, we’re all still waiting for answers: abc.net.au/news/2023-06-2…

In Alice Springs, thousands of kilometres from a major city where an inquest like Ms Haywood's would be given national attention, just one media outlet sat in the courtroom as it opened.

Another two listened in from Darwin.
⁦ABC News⁩ ⁦⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-06-2…

We had to take legal action to tell these stories about Qld’s #publictrustee . PTs take $300m in fees from people with cognitive disability. Real questions of human rights. Watch two part special.

Xanthe Gregory (Xanthe Gregory) ABC News, abc730 is the winner of the 2023 John B Fairfax Family Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award for Coverage of Community & Regional Affairs. Congratulations! #MidYearAwards

'We can now expect distressed activity to rise based on a new round of forced and panicky selling starting sometime in the second half of this year,' warns property analyst Louis Christopher after the RBA took the cash rate past 4% breaking point abc.net.au/news/2023-06-0… #ausecon

'Our beautiful lion king crossed the rainbow bridge' 💔

Billabong Zoo staff have since focused their attention on fellow lion Misty, who joined the zoo with Milo in 2016, 'as she grieves the loss of her best friend and lifelong mate'. abc.net.au/news/2023-06-0…

More than three decades on from its closure, a massive environmental and human rights assessment is underway at the Panguna mine in Bougainville. Very humbled by the team on the legacy impact oversight committee, who took ThecklaGunga and I from the mine to impacted communities

'The suitability of a display that invests a mythic and heroic warrior quality to someone now found in one court to have been a murderer and war criminal is the starkest example of the many clashing fractures in our national myths...' by Laura Tingle abc.net.au/news/2023-06-0…

Police are investigating a serious crash involving a car and a truck on the Pacific Highway just north of Bulahdelah this morning. Maddi Cross ABC News abc.net.au/news/2023-06-0…

“We would see her go into Mr Dawson's office… and we knew she was in there for the whole of recess and the whole of lunch.” abc.net.au/news/2023-05-3…

Just in case anyone is wondering, Mark McGowan represents Rockingham, WA Labor's safest seat with a margin of 37.7%. Mark McGowan's first preference vote was 82.6%, the Liberals second on 9.8%. Labor likely to hold if there is a by-election. #wapol