jeff venables

Likes: Cynicism, Kayaking, Monkey Magic. Role Models: Diogenes, The Fourex Man. I try to be a Humanist but its hard when there are so many idiots out there

[Peter Brent @mumbletwits]

Me on One Nation’s Redbridge /Accent poll lead. https://t.co/86rh2cxo3W

[Debbie Kilroy - Lawyer #FreeHer @DebKilroy]

RIP 💔💔

Boy's suicide in residential care home should 'jolt' child safety department into action, advocates say.

@edengillespie

https://t.co/ph9M06nwoR

[Professor Richard Scolyer AO @ProfRAScolyer]

I want to express a special thankyou to the wonderful family, relatives and friends who are very close to me and have supported & had fun & adventures with me in my life. Some of these people are also running in the City2Surf 2025 next Sunday 10th of August to raise money and awareness for their chosen charity.

My wife Katie has been by my side for twenty plus years. Katie is running in support of The Brain Cancer Group, the wonderful multidisciplinary clinical team based at the Royal North Shore Hospital who, alongside others, have cared for me throughout my cancer journey. 

The support of my brother Mark and his partner Anna has meant so much to me, especially through the challenges of the past couple of years. Mark, Anna and their daughter Maia are all coming up from Melbourne and running in the City2Surf (in the team Brainstormers), and, like me, are supporting Chris O'Brien Lifehouse.

As flagged earlier, our eldest daughter Emily is running with friends and raising donations for the wonderful charity Canteen who support young people impacted by cancer. Our son Matthew, a big Canteen supporter, will also be running.

Katie & I are also very proud of our youngest daughter Lucy who is facing the challenge of her last year at school and HSC exams.

Thankyou so much to everyone who has already given so generously. There is still time to donate (no matter how big or small) and support your favourite charity or runner. 

It is fantastic to see the swell of support for all the wonderful charities that do such fantastic work and the amazing work and advocacy by so many thousands of competitors in the City2Surf.

Links for the City2Surf donation pages for some of these special people can be found in the following links:

https://t.co/kiPwUNINYI 

https://t.co/fv5LD5r45O 

https://t.co/Hyq3JMSkCC

https://t.co/tL0BmoiBtu

[John Lyons @TheLyonsDen]

The tiny Gazans bearing the brunt of Israel's aid blockade https://t.co/hQxRpM4Gad

[Peter FitzSimons @Peter_Fitz]

Who saw @ABCMediawatch?
They DEMOLISHED Alan Jones and Craig Kelly's dangerously lunatic claims that Delta is no worse than the flu, and vaccines don't work. SKY admits it.
What is the point of ACMA @acmadotgov when this get to air without penalty?
RT if u agree.
@MikeCarlton01

[Mia Stålnacke @AngryTheInch]

Friends.
These are four of my all-time favorite images. I'm letting them go, frankly out of desperation.
You can download them all and make prints or use as backgrounds on your devices.

Pay whatever you think they're worth ❤️:
https://t.co/9vHyOqEqsc

https://t.co/y5OGsh3VN1

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

On this day in 1813, British, Portuguese & Spanish troops under Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, crush a French army led by Marshal Jourdan and Napoleon's own brother Joseph at Vitoria, Spain. It's one of the last major battles of the five-year-old Peninsular War.

[jeff venables @jgven71]

@chrisluxonmp What if they don't have parents ?Punish the orphans !

[jeff venables @jgven71]

@kevinbonham In Lilley I was instructed 1 to 6 or 1 to 12. No at least or at minimum. I spoke to a supervisor but he didn't seem to get it and just refererred to the written instructions. Spoke to another senior looking Aec guy on the way out, he took it seriously and said would correct it.

[ABC News @abcnews]

#BREAKING: The budget bottom line would be worse in the first two years of a Dutton Coalition government than under Labor, the party's costings have revealed. https://t.co/AbKd4BDyI4

[Mark Di Stefano @MarkDiStef]

Australia’s peak mining body lends their principal adviser to help on Dutton’s campaign, with them picking up her wages.

Today’s column:

[Josh Butler @JoshButler]

that Dutton press conference was quite... something

He's now confirmed no public service cuts outside Canberra, so all 41,000 to come from the ACT

In June last year, there were 68,435 public servants in Canberra

That's a lot of job cuts to come from one small jurisdiction...

[David Crowe @CroweDM]

Crunching the gears

Dutton dumps EV tax break two days after saying he would keep it.

https://t.co/Gcaq71n5l1

[James Massola @jamesmassola]

Nationals leader David Littleproud left his (flooded) seat of Maranoa to attend a $5k fundraiser https://t.co/qCNG7sRjPL

[jeff venables @jgven71]

@hammerofleft That's a State poll Jackie, ie for the Allen govt.
Federal poll for Labor in Vic is linked below. Its tight, but Labor prob leads given high Greens and Indy vote and Albo leading Dutton 40 to 33 as preferred PM.https://t.co/jkuwxRFDwN

[David Crowe @CroweDM]

There was a total failure of logic in Peter Dutton’s argument for an inquiry into when Anthony Albanese was told about the caravan.

From my column a few weeks ago:

https://t.co/Af5JUTFXS7

[Mark Di Stefano @MarkDiStef]

> @samanthamaiden reporting Dutton's office were in talks with a Sydney property developer to make a donation to the Liberal party before his dash to Sydney last week.

[David Crowe @CroweDM]

Shadow minister who wants to cut government waste was required to repay $11,000 travel claims.

https://t.co/cYVW0oTyDM

[Brisbane City @brisbanecityqld]

What you need to do to:
🔵 Cover any windows in your safe room with a mattress or heavy blankets and keep all doors and windows closed
🔵 Stay in your safe place until you are told it is safe to leave, this could take several hours
🔵 Keep pets in a safe place inside
🔵 Limit use of devices to save batteries and listen to local radio for updates.
Stay informed of @BOM_Qld updates and ensure you are prepared as conditions and times of impacts may change. https://t.co/yrdb409omT

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