Greg Jericho

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15 October 2026 04:08

Associate Professor Sonali Walpola from the ANU pointed out, “Australians in the top quintile of wealth, where the average net worth is $3.267 million, own 94% of the value of financial assets held by private trusts. live.thepoint.com.au

Simon Chapman AO

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03 October 2026 22:17

BigTobacco was the major supplier of tobacco to global illicit trade in the 60s-80s while wearing the white hat about how terrible it all was. But this new paper shows BAT was up to its elbows in it until at least 2014. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...

The Australia Institute

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03 October 2026 11:53

A Northern Territory body with ZERO full-time staff is the de facto national regulator for online gambling. Last year, Australians lost $36 billion gambling. @justinedavismla.bsky.social tells @ebonybennett.bsky.social about this extraordinary situation on Follow the Money 🎧 theaus.in/4jhnKz9

Rhea Liang

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03 October 2026 11:47

What if the metrics we use to select doctors don't correlate with performance at the job? Coz that's what the data shows. And there are too many barriers for excellent candidates who aren't privileged. 🙏Sharee Johnson for the discussion. Listen here- open.spotify.com/episode/4g7l...

Eric Levi

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03 October 2026 11:46

When I lecture, I utilise illustrative images. One half of this is AI-output, the other half is human-crafted by a wonderful medical illustrator. You can tell that there’s a creative human spark in it. I would choose a human art that stirs something within. Can you guess what procedure I’m doing?