#ashes I don't know what this is but it wasn't test cricket. It's the shitification of a once great game through the dumbing down of society and ever increasing need for instant gratification. The fact anyone would laud this as a great test represents a failure of society. T20 dross.
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AUSTRALIA. Former editor Cosmos science news. Ex ABC News, Mgr ABC Local Radio 2002-2017, mgr ABC Emergency broadcasting. Worked in PNG, Timor-Leste, Myanmar. Books: Best Australian Bushfire Stories, Best Aust Flood Stories. Kaurna country.
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Thoughtful journey. radioinfo.com.au/news/wisdom-...
Wisdom of Women in Media: Andrea Ho, AFTRS
This week we profile Andrea Ho who began her career at 3RRR, then worked in regional radio stations including ABC. She now teaches at AFTRS.
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This morning at #COP30 in Belém, Australian joined a group led by Colombia that will plan a fossil fuel phaseout outside the UN process, with the first meeting to be held next year in Santa Marta. It is the most significant statement AUS has made on future of fossil fuels to date.
Story to come.
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😡 A drone flew right into the window of a new building in Odesa. UAVs are attacking the city at very low altitudes, invisible to air defenses.
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#Ashes Years ago, before we lost Phil Hughes, one of the Chappell brothers wrote a newspaper article saying modern players need to be taught to bat as if they're not wearing a helmet. Watch the ball at all times as players now turn their head away and take hits to the helmet. I think he is correct
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Oh dog, how many more Liberal and National leaning staff will come out of the bloody ABC? The latest is Kellie Sloane, Liberal leader NSW. What’s in the water at Aunty that employs so many conservatives? Disgraceful. 🤪
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Other commentators: Darren Lehmann, coach who owns a for profit cricket academy; Stuart Clarke is expected to promote softball (see here: www.nsw.softball.org.au/news/stuart-...) Gillespie runs a sports apparel firm under his name: Allison mitchell is MC and commentator for hire.
Stuart Clark is Softball NSW's New CEO
Softball NSW is excited to announce Stuart Clark as its new Chief Executive Officer. Stuart brings a wealth of experience and expertise from his time at the NSW Rugby League where he was the Chief ...
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Ethnic cleansing, torture, oppression, dispossession, slavery will continue, as it has since 1948. Palestine is not the threat…Isreal is the threat.
Netanyahu: “A Palestinian state will not be established. It’s an existential threat to Israel and unrealistic even with reforms.”
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Plenty of ABC staff and contractors receive money from commercial opportunities. Suddenly one person gets moved aside? I reckon the inconsistency suggests hand-wringing instead of thoughtful management…like Latouffe.
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@albomp.bsky.social and foreign minister #pennywong seem to have been outplayed by Türkiye. They were so confident Mali in SA was already spending money. It’s embarrassing. #auspol
