Laura McDonald

Comms & Digital Media Freelancer | Sci & Water | Full Time Student M.Ed. | BA Journalism & GC Int Studies | Ex Gov | Find me: LinkedIn & Bsky: lmdigitalmedia

[Stephen Mayne @MayneReport]

Very disappointing to get a flat “no comment on anything” from CBA HQ after emailing some detailed questions on their controversial Commsec campaign to sell the overblown SpaceX IPO to their 3m Australian customers. What are they hiding?

[Kaveh Madani @KavehMadani]

Had the pleasure of meeting with H.E. Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to discuss opportunities for cooperation in water policy, water diplomacy, research, education, and capacity development. 🇺🇳🤝🇰🇿

[Laura McDonald @DigitalMedia_LM]

Pakistan’s FO also:

Andrabi also reacted strongly to India’s reported plan to divert water from the Chenab River through the proposed Chenab-Beas Link Tunnel Project. https://t.co/1WVONCHsIg

[Laura McDonald @DigitalMedia_LM]

@TeamOssoff @JohnSimpsonNews any knowledge in this area? 🤙

[The Saturday Paper @SatPaper]

Read more: https://t.co/JlXjVAVXST

[Paul Graham @paulg]

This is an actual page on the White House web site. It reads like something written about a third world dictator. So embarrassing. I have not seen any branch of the federal government sink this low in my lifetime.

[AUKUS Forum 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸 @AUKUSforum]

AUKUS Has an Industrial Problem — And Australia Can Help Solve It

@MrMichaelSharpe

https://t.co/kPnSZtjb6S

[UN News @UN_News_Centre]

“Service to others is the rent we pay for our room here on Earth.”

Ten years after the world said goodbye to Muhammad Ali, @AminaJMohammed reflects on a watercolor painting Ali painted himself of UN Headquarters in 1979.

[The Saturday Paper @SatPaper]

Sam Roggeveen describes a way out of AUKUS that allows the government to emerge from the Morrison government's misstep relatively unscathed. https://t.co/MJnIfBBEWY

[Laura McDonald @DigitalMedia_LM]

And it’s not just about subs, it’s everything that comes along with it. E.g. bases, tech, manufacturing capabilities, signaling strength.

It arrived after the 2015 Turnbull gov $1.1 b policy pkg National Innovation & Science Agenda.

Thus inquiry is must!
@MrRexPatrick

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

#AUKUS is a textbook example of the sunk cost FALLACY - a cognitive bias that sees people continue to pursue a project when it no longer makes sense, simply because they’ve already invested significant time, money and effort into it. #OnlyYOURMoney #auspol https://t.co/uJDpi9pNqH

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

The Govt has committed to buying 3 US Virginia Class subs, without first negotiating a price🤦‍♂️. Yesterday it was revealed they also haven't negotiated a warranty for the second-hand subs🤦‍♂️. Would officials personally buy a car like that? No! #dumb #OnlyYOURMoney #AUKUS #auspol

[@chriswallace.bsky.social @c_s_wallace]

South Australia - the driest state in the driest continent in the world.

Learnt that as a child at Christies Beach Primary School S.A.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

At 4am, Senate Republicans gave the greenlight for the IRS to drop ALL investigations into Trump and his family.

That means if Trump is evading taxes, we’ll never know.

I have a bill to make this illegal. And I won’t stop fighting to get it done.

[Bill McGuire @ProfBillMcGuire]

"Privatised water companies in England have presided over widespread pollution of the rivers and seas, while failing to invest in infrastructure that has contributed to recent water shortages"

The astonishing thing is that some people seem surprised

https://t.co/FTQENC1ERZ

[Laura McDonald @DigitalMedia_LM]

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[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 Reporter: “How much oil we getting through the Strait with naval escorts?”

Trump: “A lot. I don’t wanna say how many…

A lot of oil is coming in that people don’t even know about.

That’s why it’s $97 a barrel instead of $300.”

https://t.co/4TUxxqyyU7

[Cameron Leckie @leckie_cameron]

1. @luciastein_ via @abcnews

"Iran International, a Persian-language news channel, reported earlier this week the Iranian president had resigned from his post"

Denied by 🇮🇷
https://t.co/yA56rAiZpn

[ECIU @ECIU_UK]

Scramble for biofuel as oil prices rise ‘could push world closer to food crisis’

Experts say increased use of crops for fuel is ‘dangerous game’ that could send food price inflation soaring.

@fionaharvey
https://t.co/OL0KdjqqPg

[Laura McDonald @DigitalMedia_LM]

@leckie_cameron Good pick up. Correct.

In case folk don’t know, Leanne Minshull, one of the commisioners is from the Aus Institute.

[Cameron Leckie @leckie_cameron]

😂😂😂

@JAParker29 thinks #AUKUS is about purchasing submarines

Argh do I have a bridge to sell you Jennifer...

[Laura McDonald @DigitalMedia_LM]

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[CSPAN @cspan]

President Trump shows images and videos of the reflecting pool: "We're here to talk about clean beautiful coal, that's clean beautiful water."