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Joshi

@ HalfEarthMedic @slrpnk.net

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GP, Farmer, Radical Progressive

  • There's a simple way to solve Australia's "gas crisis" ... and cut energy bills

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  • Yeah, a different way to achieve a similar goal that has been bipartisan policy for a decade. I'd forgotten it exists tbh.

  • Selling out our sovereignty

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  • Yeah, it makes sense. I thought it was interesting though as Australia has been copping heat about exporting these, turns out it was never really a choice.

  • Right faction stages walkout at Labor conference over CFMEU motion

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  • There's been a lot of talk lately about Libs splitting, I wouldn't be against Labor splitting, maybe Centrist Labor and Social Democratic Labor.

    Let's see how much support those neoliberal cranks on the right when they have to defend holding back progress to the electorate rather than pushing their weight around in caucus.

  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Selling out our sovereignty

    johnmenadue.com /post/2025/12/selling-out-our-sovereignty/

  • Right faction stages walkout at Labor conference over CFMEU motion

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  • So, a chunk of the "Labor" party don't support the right of labour to democratic representation.

  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    On the ubiquity of institutional racism and the trauma it causes

    www.croakey.org /on-the-ubiquity-of-institutional-racism-and-the-trauma-it-causes/
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Why Medicare needs joint federal–state hospitals

    johnmenadue.com /post/2025/11/a-joint-federal-state-public-hospital-system-is-essential-for-restoring-medicares-core-promise-to-the-nation/

  • The silent mineral deficiency no one talks about

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  • All of this it true, I live in SW WA and it's not quite so bad, a lot of people are scaling back herbicide use and optimising with rotational grazing etc. but even the most responsible land owners use literal tonnes of super phosphate, and that's just the grazers, the vineyards, avocados, stone fruit etc all use huge volumes of herbicides, pesticides, fertiliser.

    Our family farm is relatively responsible and as I take over more management I'll be pushing a more restorative model but I have a lucrative second income. Our immediate neighbour runs a ridiculous stocking rate with his cattle and they are skinny cattle grazing on stubble, the crazy thing is that colesworth have begun penalising 'overweight' cattle so on average he gets a higher price per kilo than a farmer treating their animals humanely.

    Industrial farming is a disaster. Small holdings are less extractive, less exploitative, and produce more calories per hectare. You can make a reasonable income on a small holding too, you just need to be able to buy the land, and if you're not a millionaire or have family land that isn't happening.

  • Aussie Enviro @aussie.zone
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    Petition

    Stop Deep Sea Mining Before it Starts - Greenpeace Australia Pacific

    www.greenpeace.org.au /our-work/oceans/deep-sea-mining/
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America

    independentaustralia.net /politics/politics-display/wongs-world-diplomacy-under-the-shadow-of-america,20422

  • Australia is bringing in ‘world first’ minimum pay for food delivery drivers – here’s how it will work

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  • Yeah, I'm not overly impressed with the "world first" aspect here, workers insurance and minimum wage seem very mid 20thC type achievements, but it is good to finaly see this loophole closing, and led by a union.

  • unions @lemmy.ml
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    Australia is bringing in ‘world first’ minimum pay for food delivery drivers – here’s how it will work

    www.theguardian.com /business/2025/nov/25/food-delivery-companies-australian-union-drivers-minimum-pay
  • unions @sh.itjust.works
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    Australia is bringing in ‘world first’ minimum pay for food delivery drivers – here’s how it will work

    www.theguardian.com /business/2025/nov/25/food-delivery-companies-australian-union-drivers-minimum-pay

  • GPs will soon get extra incentives to bulk bill. So will your doctor be free?

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  • I'm hugely sympathetic to this.

    Definitely anyone charging a fee to the patient, whether GP, or allied health, or specialist, should be getting nothing from Medicare. I also agree that public GP clinics ought to be a thing.

    That said, given that there is not likely going to be a fundamental change in our model anytime soon, this is a good policy within our current framework.

  • The silent mineral deficiency no one talks about

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  • If your GP "accidentally" selects the PBS code for ATSI it is covered by PBS, some GPs won't do that on principal, on the other hand some GPs aren't jerks.

    If you let your GP know you're struggling and ask if there is any way you could get it on PBS you might be surprised.

    Edit, read further down, this is only for mag aspartate as far as I'm aware

  • Aussie Enviro @aussie.zone
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    The silent mineral deficiency no one talks about

    independentaustralia.net /environment/environment-display/the-silent-mineral-deficiency-no-one-talks-about,20410
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Prioritise Health not AUKUS – IPAN Media

    ipan.org.au /prioritise-health-not-aukus-ipan-media-release-19-nov-2025/

  • South African man’s visa cancelled after neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament

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  • 1000 apologies, I read this, then read about the Pauline Hanson discrimination act stuff, then came back and got them confused. The cancellation of visas is always an option for any reason for the minister, I kind of think a committee or something would be better. I still think it's worth throwing the book at Nazis in every instance where they can't be ignored.

  • South African man’s visa cancelled after neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament

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  • Let's deconstruct this.

    This fellow was behaving in a way that is against our stated national values, is threatening to citizens and other residents of this country, and is against the law.

    He is now facing the predictable legal consequences of breaking the law, ie had he consulted a lawyer or even looked into it himself beforehand he would've known that this would be the likely outcome.

    You're now inferring from this that legitimate political speech may be curtailed in the future despite there being no legal mechanism for this to happen.

    Many on the far left like to claim that liberals will always defend the rights of fascists to be fascists, that's sometimes unfair but this kind of nonsense is how liberals get that reputation. ('Small l' liberals of course)

  • politics @lemmy.world
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    The last Boomer

    johnmenadue.com /post/2025/11/the-last-boomer/
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    'Gets under the skin': The disadvantage shaping the future of 950,000 Australian kids

    www.sbs.com.au /news/article/child-poverty-australian-children-future/c2lpnm276

  • Private health insurance offered little relief for my dental woes

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  • Yeah, a lot of good cardiology and vascular work gets done at the mount hospital in Perth, it's not that they're literally useless all the time. Just most of the time.

  • Private health insurance offered little relief for my dental woes

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  • It is absurd the Medicare doesn't cover dental. I see a patient once or twice a month delaying dental care because of cost.

    I kind of understand the government being cautious about controversial reforms but the libs had literally nothing to say about the recent GP bulk billing changes as it's just popular. Medicare covering dental care and increasing school funding to meet Gonski targets are almost opposition proof.

    Incidentally I am a doctor and I don't have insurance. I don't wear glasses, I don't play sports that ruin my joints and I'm not getting pregnant. There is literally no benefit. On top of which, when I was a junior doctor it wasn't uncommon for us to have a private patient transferred to the public system when the private physician realised they were actually sick and not just a pay day, the public system treats sick patients, the private system has nice carpet and nurses that smile. We need to remove Medicare payments to private providers and invest properly into public healthcare.

    Sorry for the tangentially related rant.

  • In light of recent events and on behalf of its 8,400 farmer members, Farmers for Climate Action points out some key facts.

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  • Unfortunately it seems to have been taken down. Not sure what happened there. If it shows up again I'll repost it

  • Most Australians think politicians’ secret cash-for-access payments are corrupt

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  • Yeah, the headline should've been "1/3 of Australians don't understand what corruption is"

  • Chinese companies are largest shareholders in two Australian mines producing minerals vital for Beijing's hypersonic missiles, helping China to access key resources

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  • I wonder if this could convince right wingers that it'd be good to nationalise the mines?

  • Pay per shower: fully-funded aged care turns market-driven aged support - Michael West

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  • And here I thought the the Labor Party didn't really believe in anything, but they sure do believe in capitalism...

    Fixed it for you.

  • 'Forget subsidies': Solar-battery hybrids can deliver 'incredibly competitive' power for big industry

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  • Haha, yeah hybrid projects, not a hybrid product.

  • Australian governments ‘turning their backs’ on soaring Indigenous incarceration, former minister says

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  • In other news, water is wet.

  • Are you reading Nobody's Girl by Virginia Guiffre? How are you doing it?

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  • I'm not reading Nobodys Girl but I had a similar experience.

    I read Lolita in my 20s and found it a beautifully written text. I reread it in my 30s and couldn't get through it because of the subject matter. I guess I developed empathy.

    I don't think you're dishonoring the author by giving up if its a bit too much