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I complained to the Senate's Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee after they made the recommendation that the government "do all they can to accelerate the introduction of mobile phone services via the Starlink network".

... The committee head just told me that they forwarded the comments to everyone.

So... Yay? Maybe they review that insanity?

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Tomorrow I'll be on ABC Radio Melbourne as a guest with David Astle on his 'Victorian Evenings' programme.

We'll be talking about retro shopping centres and perhaps some other local history topics from 8pm on Wednesday 19 March.

Tune in on your radio to 774 AM or online: abc.net.au/listen/live/melbour

ABC listenABC Melbourne Live Audio - ABC listenListen live, whenever you want, wherever you are with ABC Melbourne.
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Nearly half of Australia’s year 6 students can’t swim 50 metres or tread water for two minutes

‘Range of factors’ behind fall in swimming skills to below national benchmarks, including cost of lessons, researchers say

theguardian.com/australia-news

Really terrible, we've had way too many drownings as is.

The Guardian · Nearly half of Australia’s year 6 students can’t swim 50 metres or tread water for two minutesBy Eelemarni Close-Brown
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“Downing Street said on Monday it expected “more than 30” countries to join a coalition to help secure a lasting peace in Ukraine, though British officials admit that 👉*many would not be willing to put boots on the ground.*

#Britain, #France and #Australia have signalled they are ready to send #troops to help enforce a #ceasefire in #Ukraine, but all have warned that any peace could only be guaranteed if the US provided a military “backstop”.

👉 A larger group of EU countries — including #Ireland, #Luxembourg and #Belgium — have not ruled out participating in a possible force, depending on the rules of engagement agreed and its #LegalBasis.”

#ROE / #rules <archive.md/phILM> / <ft.com/content/61cb338a-0d8e-4> (paywall)

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Photographic glass plate positive depicting small township of slab buildings amongst trees

A black and white photographic glass plate positive, depicting a small township of slab buildings set amongst trees. A tent and a prominent tree are i…

Glass, Photographic emulsion

Queensland, Australia

collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/

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#Art #History #Museum #ArtHistory #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random #Australia

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❤️‍🩹 Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success
—The Guardian

「 The BiVACOR total artificial heart, invented by Queensland-born Dr Daniel Timms, is the world’s first implantable rotary blood pump that can act as a complete replacement for a human heart, using magnetic levitation technology to replicate the natural blood flow of a healthy heart 」

theguardian.com/australia-news

The Guardian · Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first successBy Natasha May