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Fierce Dinosaur @fiercedinosaur.bsky.social · 7h

The EPBC reform Bills are NOT progress, they're worse.

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fernandolongo.bsky.social @fernandolongo.bsky.social · 9h

Are 'we the People' waking up to being abused by our own govs??? #auspol I hope so
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Public reject 'cash for access' to politicians: new polling

New polling has revealed that most Australians think politicians’ secret cash-for-access payments are corrupt.

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 8h

Here is what the Australian insurance industry thinks we should do about climate breakdown. It's okay, so long as we are also rapidly reducing emissions and increasing carbon draw-down.
#climatecrisis #resilience #mitigation #auspol www.iag.com.au/severe-weath...

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David Tomkins @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 8h

On October 30, Bills were introduced into the House of Reps to reform the Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, create a National Environment Protection Agency & establish a charges & cost recovery framework.
#climatecrisis #EPBC #NEPA #auspol www.edo.org.au/2025/10/31/e...

EPBC Act reforms make it to parliament – EDO’s first impressions - Environmental Defenders Office

On October 30, Bills were introduced into the House of Representatives to reform the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth), create a National Environment Protection Agenc...

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 8h

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani studied at Bowdoin College, where he co-founded the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine in 2014.

AUS PM Anthony Albanese co-founded the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine group in 1999 when he was a backbencher. Hmm. 🤔 #USPolitics #auspol #FreePalestine

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fernandolongo.bsky.social @fernandolongo.bsky.social · 8h

funny that - when are we going to do this here??? #auspol - like never because the bank lobby controls our govs
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UK banks pay up, scams slow down

A year on, mandatory compensation policy shows promise.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2d

"Dr Goldie said there was something 'deeply wrong with this system' and called for more to be done to tackle #inequality and #poverty, describing the current income support payments as 'an absolute disgrace'.” #auspol
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Poverty is not inevitable, it’s a policy choice, social sector leaders tell Canberra”

Anglicare Australia has described the nation’s $7 billion employment services program as a waste of money, arguing the funds would be better used to create secure, lasting jobs.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 10h

Perfection from Pope. #auspol

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Fierce Dinosaur @fiercedinosaur.bsky.social · 7h

We really are mugs.

We're being robbed blind of our own natural resources, government allows it (corruption or willful ignorance?) and to add insult to injury, they pay no #tax!

#auspol

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 17h

Australia's the second-largest LNG exporter in the world, but Australians have to pay through the nose for their own gas!

And on top of that, we're giving half of our exported gas away for free!

📺Stephen Long, Senior Fellow & Contributing Editor
@stephenlongaus.bsky.social #auspol

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

'In Australia...Ministers for the Environment are also there to speak up for environmental exploitation, and that needs to change."

- Bob Brown unpacks just some of the issues with proposed changes to our environment laws #auspol

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15h

“Instead of pouring more fuel on the fire with billions in fossil fuel subsidies, it’s time the government taxed the fossil fuel industry to create a National Climate Disaster Fund."

- Senior Economist @jack-thrower.bsky.social quoted in @thepointau.bsky.social
#auspol

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Fierce Dinosaur @fiercedinosaur.bsky.social · 8h

It was a great speech, pointing out all the substantial shortcomings of the government's legislation, being rushed thru with little scrutiny.

The #Environmental Protection Reform Bill 2025 is WORSE than the #EPBC Act!

#auspol

Zali Steggall @zalisteggall.bsky.social · 1d

Disappointed by the govt’s rushed push to pass a 1,500-page environment bill without proper scrutiny or consultation. This is a key chance to protect nature & embed climate accountability—but the bill falls short.

View my full speech here: www.zalisteggall.com.au/speaks_on_th...

#EPBC #Auspol

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🔵 Blue Man in Red OK 💙 @bluemaninredok.bsky.social · 18h

America could NEVER have been ready for a President likeTrump

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 9h

Stellar political commentary from the team at @theshovel.bsky.social. #auspol

The Shovel headline: Nationals Commit to Liberals Achieving Net Zero Seats by 2050.

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Fierce Dinosaur @fiercedinosaur.bsky.social · 8h

Oh no! #nzpol

Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 22h

The Luxon Government's surprise move to gut the Zero Carbon Act has upended six years of cross-partisan consensus on climate change.

They are unfit to govern in 2025.

#nzpol

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 20h

No matter matter what individuals believe about climate change, one thing thats for certain is that their insurance company believes in it #climate

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As the Coalition quarrels over net zero, insurance leader calls for genuine climate action

The CEO of the nation’s second biggest insurer, Suncorp, has told politicians it’s time to start taking climate change more seriously, especially when it comes to the types of houses we build – and wh...

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 1d

That 1 in 3 Australians are suffering from food insecurity - in one of the most affluent countries on the planet - is a sign of political failure at all levels of Govt - and that media is not recognising this is also a failure of their responsibility in our democracy #auspol

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 2d

Who supports the Albanese Govt's new environment laws?
• Chevron
• BHP
• the Minerals Council of Australia
• the Business Council of Australia

Who doesn't support the new laws?
• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Greenpeace
• the Climate Council
• the Wilderness Society and more. 🤔 #auspol

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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 1d

#Auspol @albomp.bsky.social

carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · 2d

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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 1d

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Poverty exists because public resources have been stolen and given away.

Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.

Charity is an admission of government failure.

#AusPol

One in five Australian households 'severely food insecure', report finds

A new report from Foodbank finds 20 per cent of Australian households have skipped meals or days of eating in the year to July.

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iammenotu.bsky.social @iammenotu.bsky.social · 8d

We're moronic about our sovereign resources.

We are merely real estate agents for global landlords.

And as this LABOR government 'redesigns' the EPBC Act NO ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCILS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE TABLE.

Mmm. Voice referendum fails, big rare earth mins deal, EPBC GUTTED. 🤔

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Mouse @mousemc.bsky.social · 8d

@albomp.bsky.social & ALP are the equivalent of drug dealers except they sell fossil fuels. They support the supply, dont care about the damage & then wipe their hands of any further responsibility citing they don't control what happens to it once it's sold. Too lazy to create other revenue streams

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

For more info on the Australia-Japan energy trade ⤵️
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Japan and Australia’s gas-fuelled obsession endures under Asia Zero Emission Community

Japan and Australia enjoy a long-standing relationship when it comes to energy trade. According to Japan, “(t)he energy and resources sector is the

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

Australia Institute research shows multinational gas export companies get over half of the gas they export from Australia royalty-free.

Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia
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Japan and Australia’s gas-fuelled obsession endures under Asia Zero Emission Community

Japan and Australia enjoy a long-standing relationship when it comes to energy trade. According to Japan, “(t)he energy and resources sector is the

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 8d

Because Australia gives so much of our gas away for free, Japan gets it so cheap it makes a profit selling it to other countries!

"We are disincentivising Japan to do anything about their emissions."

- Chief Economist Greg Jericho at our #RevenueSummit25

@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol

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