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Excited to see this, the first output of our ARC project on Vietnam war R&R in Sydney, live at Journal of Contemporary history. We look at how the scheme awkwardly positioned white Australia within an emerging neo-colonial tourist economy. And it's OA! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Rocket engineer here: they probably forgot to account for the fact that Australia is upside down
The first Australian-made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country’s soil crashed after 14 seconds of flight on Wednesday.
The rocket Eris, launched by Gilmour Space Technologies, was designed to carry small satellites to orbit.
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By the early 1970s, the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China had better relations with the United States than with each other. If there was a Cold War at that point, it made more sense to apply it to the polarity between the USSR and the PRC. jacobin.com/2025/07/cold-war…
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BREAKING | @DavidPocock has lodged formal notice of a motion to instruct ANU to pause cuts. @NTEUACT @NTEUnion
ALT e) resolves that the Australian National University shall be instructed to pause any further forced redundancies or other terminations of ongoing staff until the conclusion and reporting of the Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment's inquiry into the Quality of governance at Australian higher education providers.
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can you imagine designing a protest sign and setting your font size to ‘10’ on an A4 sheet. These are not the actions of reasonable people.
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Hey man nice gap in the literature. Has it been strangely overlooked?
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That feeling when you get physical copies of your new book. Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future.
Written with @KaiHeron and @alterurbanist for @PlutoPress. Available for pre-order now: plutobooks.com/9780745351353…
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Very excited to see the return of Queensland's no 2 radical podcast.
We're back, people. In this first episode in our latest reincarnation Deccas, Max, Nicole and Liam delve back into the past to find ancient secrets about the Art of Winning – how the Queensland Greens grew into a major political force from 2016 to 2022. soundcloud.com/floodmedia/64…
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We're back, people. In this first episode in our latest reincarnation Deccas, Max, Nicole and Liam delve back into the past to find ancient secrets about the Art of Winning – how the Queensland Greens grew into a major political force from 2016 to 2022. soundcloud.com/floodmedia/64…
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Corbyn and Sultana use same crowdfunder as Tommy Robinson
✍️ Steerpike
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Job-Ready Graduates attacks the arts and humanities and presents an often insurmountable obstacle for those looking to undertake further study. Follow the link for an Open Letter to @albomp calling for the repeal of JRG, and sign our petition. linktr.ee/aushistoricalassoc…
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What’s a non-lethal part of the F35, does it have cup holders?
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Presented a copy of my book to the Mineworkers' Union of Zambia today:
ALT Photo of two men standing facing the camera and holding a book between them. One man is wearing a suit jacket, the other man is wearing a blue t-shirt.
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she's like jesus christ if he was a small irish woman
Nicola Coughlan has raised over $400k for Medical Aid for Palestinians, personally contributing over $10k herself.
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RT @FilmUpdates: Nicola Coughlan has raised over $400k for Medical Aid for Palestinians, personally contributing over $10k herself.
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Please sign this petition against the Job-ready Graduates scheme - introduced by the Coalition and protected by Labor.
Job-Ready Graduates attacks the arts and humanities and presents an often insurmountable obstacle for those looking to undertake further study. Follow the link for an Open Letter to @albomp calling for the repeal of JRG, and sign our petition. linktr.ee/aushistoricalassoc…
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