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How the Australian Government and universities can increase the number of Indigenous doctors www.croakey.org/how-the-aust...
Rohena Duncombe
@princelysum.bsky.social
Retired academic. Economics. Inequity. Environment. Health. Sociology. Science. Cavanbah DOB 313 ppm
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How the Australian Government and universities can increase the number of Indigenous doctors www.croakey.org/how-the-aust...
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Replying to @adamrutherford.bsky.social
In addition to all of the fabulous art and culture contributed in earlier history. Think Toledo blades, Optical devices; Ibn Al-Haytham 1065 or Al-Khwarizmi, 820 who's mathematical works introduced the 0 to a broader world. It one of those 'What have the Romans ever done for us' moments.
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Initially dismissed by male peers as a "decorative artist," her intense visual accuracy led to real scientific breakthroughs. She documented ~900 species; a genus (Northia) & the massive Bornean pitcher plant (Nepenthes northiana; she was the first non-local to find it 👇) bear her name. #WomenInSTEM
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An analyst predicts China will swoop in to help Timor-Leste develop its long-planned Greater Sunrise oil and gas project after Woodside sells its stake.
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Robodebt is inherently unjust. Services Australia need to do better
Why does the government insist on trying to recover blood from a stone? If they want to aggressively recover so-called debts from people who've relied on Centrelink payments, they should at least wait until they can actually afford to live. @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org on the latest debt BS
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Repeated storms are disrupting Chile’s copper industry and agriculture, offering a glimpse of El Niño’s potential toll on commodity markets and supply chains.
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Barring a few scuffles, there has been no clash in Arunachal Pradesh since 1975. We explain why the fiercest contest on the Chinese-Indian border at the moment is over infrastructure
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Big news- I am a winner this year for the Wendy and Eric Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications! More here: www.nationalacademies.org/news/nationa... 🔭🧪🎢
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Remove #palantir spying from Australian government, banking, hospitals, retail etc "Palantir's CEO published a manifesto declaring that "some cultures are dysfunctional," and that Western tech firms have a "moral debt" to US military dominance." #auspol #australia greens.org.au/campaigns/ca...
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Historian Henry Reynolds wrote this in mid 2025. He’s writing about the extraordinary times we’re living in. Our PM used the word pathology last week to drum up hate against protesters with RW media. If there is an illness, it starts with unaccountable gov #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07...
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I have never been a Greens supporter, but given the reckless shite Labor is doing, I reckon that could change. #auspol greens.org.au/campaigns/ca...
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IMO all public primary schools/kindergartens/pre-schools SHOULD also incorporate childcare using taxpayer money instead of paying for profit businesses... more accountability with fees scaled on household income @albomp.bsky.social #AusPol #AusNews www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Speechless and disgusted with the PM and the current ALP govt after listening to this. #AusPol www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Just what we need, more bs information, higher power price and water scarcity #datacentre
“New economic analysis released today by the Smart Energy Council warns that the rapid expansion of #datacentres could add hundreds of dollars a year to household power bills & drive up electricity costs by $40 billion over six years”. Well, duh. #renewables #AI smartenergy.org.au/dirty-data-t...
Would AI diagnosis being more expensive prevent our easily influenced govt from adopting it? #Health #Auspol
🧪 A new study found care recommended by LLMs costs 3.2x more than plans from treating physicians ($314 vs. $97 per visit at Medicare rates). Across 200 real clinical encounters, AI ordered 5.6x more specialist referrals and nearly 2x as many new medications. #MedSky
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Prof Nkadu Luo Among Five Eminent African Scientists Honoured https://zambianobserver.com/prof-nkadu-luo-among-five-eminent-african-scientists-honoured/
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Jacinda Ardern joins University of Sydney as lecturer and mentor – “Former New Zealand prime minister will focus on leadership, social cohesion and public health in new role” – Probably had this lined up for a while; it would explain her move to Sydney – I imagine it’ll be a popular course!
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Why our government wants to continuously undermine our third biggest export industry, tertiary education, is beyond me
International students pay the price for Australia's migration politics https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/international-students-pay-the-price-for-australias-migration-politics,21713?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=IA_Feed #Auspol
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Some politicians like to turn up the volume. Others prefer to turn up for work. theaimn.net/the-independ...
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Whether through our fully open access journals, APC-funded publishing or Read & Publish agreements, we help research get seen – giving it greater potential to inform, inspire and create impact. Librarians, help your researchers unlock #OpenAccess – contact us to learn more: connectsci.au/contact-us
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University of Michigan (@umich.edu) is hiring: Professor in Economics #professor #econsky
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Thanks for sharing this Lynette. If we don't have the population to do this ourselves we should work with our Asia and Pacific neighbours for the security of our region
youtube.com/shorts/_Ui7t... Israeli spyware found today to have hacked Australian Atomic Agency, banks and newsrooms, to name a few and what does the government do? Well, contract another Israeli tech company and invites them right in. Good job #ALP #Auspol #IsraeliSpyware
Yes, we are developing a bit of a history of governments ignoring their people: Vietnam, Iraq, and now Gaza, gas, gambling, Aukus. Overall, the people have been right
The 'social cohesion' problem in Australia is this: politicians elected by us & payed by us do not want to listen to us THEIR BOSSES & PAYMASTERS. Here endeth my TED talk. #auspol
Of course poverty and inequality increase social unrest, distrust and crime. Great Australian Professor Sir Michael Marmot exposed this when proving the direct relationship between poverty and illness. Poverty causes stress and misery, dissatisfaction and distrust also arise from stress
We could fix this with brave policy like a UBI, but a fairer tax system and a sovereign wealth fund would go a long way towards eliminating poverty. But we need courageous leaders and they're only going to come from Independent movements. Make #Auspol Fair Again. thepoint.com.au/new/261023-f...
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David Pocock wants a 25% gas export tax. Two months of it would fund 100,000 home support packages, he says reddit.com/r/AusNewsToday #auspol
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