Matt Harper

measure once cut twice kind of guy (he/him) 🍞+🌹

[Matt Harper @Matt_HG]

@deanwball Ppl

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@ozsarsparella @MickCalautti @NathanS82182466 @k_eagar Oh Bubbles you silly silly terf. In fairness, there's been a lot of quite silly people who have called themselves communists over the years. But lots of reasonably intelligent people have too. Whereas no one but fucking idiots have called themselves terfs

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@LyleShelton Lyle Shelton being a sad little loser used to be obvious. Now apparently it needs a-- wait no, it's actually still very obvious.

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@_colourmeamused See also Kingston SE and Kingston on Murray in South Australia.

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@MickCalautti @NathanS82182466 @k_eagar Ok, by that logic do shareholders have a right to the money they make through dividends? That money was made by other peoples' labour.

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@MarkRichardson2 @AUSNIAN From just west of the intersection of Elizabeth St and Bourke St. The tower is GPO.

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@jdbanker1 @ProfRobAnderson Trusts don't have legal personality, the trustees of the trust do.

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@ivan_yaakov @fabiodeuxbeer

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@dyllan_jay @nalbis Melourne IMAX has 70mm

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@undefinedhandle @cosmicjester This is not even remotely correct. Melbourne is on track to surpass Sydney's population in the next few decades. Melbourne and Sydney between them split most of the headquarters of our biggest companies. Both are far bigger than Brisbane. Completely different league.

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@guilhernunes_ Is that the Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs coming down outside

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@michaelkoziol If they tried to build any of the 7 Wonders of the World today, they would be opposed by the planning commissions on the basis of being inappropriate for their sites.
We'd all be living in caves if the TPC held government.

[Victorian Trades Hall Council @VicUnions]

"Look at the union reps, look how they shine for you, and everything you do..."

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@newaltwhothis1 @IAmGoughWhitlam You're right, let's keep the poors where they belong.

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@DrewPavlou Because that was the law for thousands of years and people didn't stop doing it.

[Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilAU]

MEDIA RELEASE: Jewish Council Rejects Special Envoy’s antisemitism plan

The Jewish Council of Australia has today warned that the newly released Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism risks undermining Australia’s democratic freedoms, inflaming community divisions, and entrenching selective approaches to racism that serve political agendas.

The report is riddled with misinformation and claims about nefarious funding sources for protests and universities that verge on conspiracy theory.

The Council is especially concerned about the plan’s strong endorsement of the widely discredited IHRA definition of antisemitism, which has been used to silence legitimate criticism of Israel and Zionism.

The Council criticised the plan's emphasis on surveillance, censorship, and punitive control over the funding of cultural and educational institutions: measures straight out of Trump’s authoritarian playbook. We caution that some of the recommendations — including visa powers and judicial inquiries into student activity — risk censoring criticism of Israel, deepening racism, and failing to meaningfully address the root causes of antisemitism.

The Council is calling on the government to:

Ground its response in anti-racist principles that include tackling Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian racism, racism against First Nations people and all other forms of racism;

Engage a broad spectrum of Jewish voices, including those critical of Israel, who have not been consulted in the development of this plan;

Reject authoritarian proposals that erode civil liberties under the false guise of Jewish safety.

Dr Max Kaiser, Executive Officer, Jewish Council of Australia:

“This document reads more like a blueprint for silencing dissent rather than a strategy to build inclusion. The report’s vague language around ‘antisemitic narratives’ or ‘affiliations’ , coupled with its emphasis on the discredited IHRA definition of antisemitism, make the actions recommended dangerously unclear. Consistent with her past statements erroneously linking antisemitic attacks with Palestine solidarity protests, Segal seems fixated on driving a pro-Israel narrative and repressing legitimate criticism of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Antisemitism is real and must be taken seriously. But it does not exist in a vacuum. Any response that treats antisemitism as exceptional, while ignoring Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian racism, and other forms of hate, is doomed to fail.”

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@Urban_Immerser @ItsDoonby In what way?

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@aussiewongm Hah, yes! Always got a kick out of that one as a kid growing up in the south-east