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  Amelia Hamer is having another tilt at politics. Previously, she failed to win Kooyong. It was practically the safest "safe" Federal seat until lost by former Treasurer, Joshua Frydenberg. Monique Ryan took that "blue ribbon" seat for the Teals and is doing a good enough job to hold it for multiple terms. This time, Amelia Hamer is trying to win the State seat of Malvern, one of the more "old money" seats in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It's down the...

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  Answer in 10 seconds or lose your fleet: The e-bike row dividing Yarra https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/answer-in-10-seconds-or-lose-your-fleet-the-e-bike-row-dividing-yarra-20260730-p60k3i.html Previously: https://theblower.au/@BinChicken/116920668524405133 Streets Alive Yarra president, Jeremy Lawrence, campaigns for safety, usability, and efficiency of streets and transport. I applaud his work and usually agree with him. In this case I think his observations are good but his co...

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  If you act like a total piece of shit by using an LLM to extrude a wall of text (ironically, about Marx and the means of production), cram it into an "infographic" image, and then try to cover your arse by saying it's "AI-assisted" in the Alt-Text, but doing little else to describe the image — which is the entire fucking reason for Alt-Text, you nincompoop — then I'm going shove a couple of my handcrafted em-dashes where the sun don't s...

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  Liberal power brokers left phones in car to avoid tracing before discussing corruption probe, Icac hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/03/icac-nsw-young-liberal-phones-corruption-probe Shhh! Nothing to see here! Nothing suspicious about everyone agreeing to ditch their phones before attending a secret meeting about taking illegal political donations from conservative and religious donors. Nothing suspicious about coaching witnesses before a trial. Nothing suspicious abo...

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  This morning, Jacinta Allan stepped aside as Premier of Victoria, and Ben Carroll was sworn-in promptly. Ben Carroll becoming Premier is a regressive step for Victoria. He's a Shoppie who used to work with Stephen Conroy. I'm tipping Victorians can expect Ben Carroll to offer: - Talk about caring for the working-class, while actually suppressing wages and rights of workers, especially young and low income people. - Centrist concessions to RWNJs. - Erosion of the rights and protections...

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  ‘Taking the mickey’: Inner-city council tears up e-bike deal https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/taking-the-mickey-inner-city-council-tears-up-e-bike-deal-20260714-p60fbu.html The City of Yarra has ended its farcical, greenwashing, multimillion dollar, six-year, on-and-off "trial" with Lime e-bikes. Previously, there was a brief suspension of the contract due to Lime failing to pick-up their trash that had been dumped inconsiderately in bad locations by customers, and becaus...

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  The fires of hell are burning a bit brighter, thanks to the death of Lindsey Graham. Next, do Mitch McConnell. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-12/lindsey-graham-dies/106907306 #USPol #LindseyGraham #MitchMcConnell