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Merran Williams

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Convict history, writing, filmmaking & beachcombing. Teaching journalism @latrobe.

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98.2% is outstanding!

18,098,797 people are enrolled to vote for the federal election! 🎉 This represents a record 98.2% of all eligible Australians - the envy of so many democracies around the globe.

AusElectoralCom's tweet image. 18,098,797 people are enrolled to vote for the federal election! 🎉 

This represents a record 98.2% of all eligible Australians - the envy of so many democracies around the globe.


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Today I'm looking back at the career of English painter, book illustrator and war artist Edward Ardizzone!

PulpLibrarian's tweet image. Today I'm looking back at the career of English painter, book illustrator and war artist Edward Ardizzone!

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Four years ago I wrote my inaugural poem The Hill We Climb. Both when I wrote it and performed it, I did so while continuously reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King’s legacy. I was (and am) blown away by how my words reverberated around the world; if…


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Sometimes, life gives you a #platypus coming down a waterfall. 🤩 #Tasmania #platypuses #fieldwork #MammalWatching #WildOz


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Jimmy Carter, former US president who was committed to human rights, has died. He was 100 years old. Carter set a powerful example for world leaders to make human rights a priority, and he continued to fight for human rights after he left office.


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Look at that data, heading out to a happy crowd. Thanks for waiting.


Storm over Port Phillip from Altona Beach a few minutes ago #melbourneweather

mantis07's tweet image. Storm over Port Phillip from Altona Beach a few minutes ago #melbourneweather
mantis07's tweet image. Storm over Port Phillip from Altona Beach a few minutes ago #melbourneweather

Thunderstorms seen from Altona beach crossing Port Phillip Bay #melbourneweather

mantis07's tweet image. Thunderstorms seen from Altona beach crossing Port Phillip Bay #melbourneweather
mantis07's tweet image. Thunderstorms seen from Altona beach crossing Port Phillip Bay #melbourneweather

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abc.net.au/news/2024-06-1… ANALYSIS: My new column for @abcnews "The Australian media industry tells a long and continuing story ... of mediocre men whose shamelessness extends their professional life expectancies well beyond a real meritocracy would permit."


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This is Nellie Chin from Georgetown QLD, 1929. Her photograph comes from The National Archive of Australia in Brisbane. It was taken for her application for exemption to the dictation test, a function of the White Australia Policy.


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No comment on below… there’s no need. Just beyond grateful for @karentighe 💙

Karen Tighe was a trailblazer for women in sports media, and it wasn't always easy: here she is in 1993 eloquently shutting down a question about her credibility as a sports broadcaster. Just perfect. 🤩 Hear her farewell on Summer Grandstand: ab.co/3ZukF1l



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Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science so let’s celebrate one of the earliest. Woman of the Day Mary Edwards (1750-1815) of Ludlow, Shropshire, the first ever woman to work as a human computer for the British Nautical Almanac and the first to be paid by the…

TheAttagirls's tweet image. Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science so let’s celebrate one of the earliest. Woman of the Day Mary Edwards (1750-1815) of Ludlow, Shropshire, the first ever woman to work as a human computer for the British Nautical Almanac and the first to be paid by the…

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46 years ago today, the BBC aired its latest science fiction series. Dark, violent and dystopian it pitted a group of criminals against a neo-fascist Federation in a doomed battle for survival and freedom. This is the story of Blakes 7...

PulpLibrarian's tweet image. 46 years ago today, the BBC aired its latest science fiction series. Dark, violent and dystopian it pitted a group of criminals against a neo-fascist Federation in a doomed battle for survival and freedom.

This is the story of Blakes 7...

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Not only did @Gannett's AI posts sound robotic - but their “authors” may not even be real. They’re not Reviewed editors, don’t have LinkedIn profiles, and Google searches turn up no other written work.

nyguild's tweet image. Not only did @Gannett's AI posts sound robotic - but their “authors” may not even be real. 

They’re not Reviewed editors, don’t have LinkedIn profiles, and Google searches turn up no other written work.
nyguild's tweet image. Not only did @Gannett's AI posts sound robotic - but their “authors” may not even be real. 

They’re not Reviewed editors, don’t have LinkedIn profiles, and Google searches turn up no other written work.
nyguild's tweet image. Not only did @Gannett's AI posts sound robotic - but their “authors” may not even be real. 

They’re not Reviewed editors, don’t have LinkedIn profiles, and Google searches turn up no other written work.

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Higher costs for live music events are causing Australians to question how much is too much to pay for concert tickets. #australianmusic #livemusic #EntertainmentNews news.com.au/entertainment/…


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