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David D

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David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds corrupt doesn't it - no wonder ALP & LNP hobbled the NACC!

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 1d

Much poorer too

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 2d

Nice bit of symmetry in that top graph!

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 2d

You'll still tell us though when Trump orders the invasion of other countries? You know - so we can hide all the valuables ...

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 4d

There will be always be people like this Kaz; the problem for Australia is that when such people are in power or have access to money our defamation laws allow them to do things like this. A sexual assault took place in Linda's office on 22 March 2019 and the office was cleaned the very next day ...

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 4d

Ley's actions are simply the flipside of ALP previously calling for more transparency when they were in opposition. It's just more meaningless 'fluff' from an ALP/LNP duopoly that sells out anyone who is not a donor #auspol

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 5d

The top 0.5% just can't stop winning can they! If we keep this upward redistribution of wealth going Zali do you think we'll then be in a position to make Australia "great again" like Trump's America?

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 5d

That will teach coral reefs not to pay donations to the ALP ...

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 5d

To be fair to Albo the wealthiest 0.5% are the only people he talks to these days, people who are more than comfortable with selling out future generations if it means they can enter the top 0.1% ...

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 6d

So Singapore will benefit from ultra-cheap OZ renewables while Australians will continue to have to pay for expensive gas? I don't think I've felt as sold out by a Party since Howard was in power ... #SoldOutByALP

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 6d

I don't listen to this 'factional' stuff inside the ALP/LNP duopoly Chris. I just compare ALP's prioritisation of expensive gas against that of the Opposition Greens/Teals/Indies/Left who are pushing for a rapid shift to ultra-cheap renewables (my solar exports at 1.5c/kWh - see below) #auspol

Price of solar exported into the grid

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 6d

Thx to Vic Govt I got a loan to install a battery for my solar. However as power price & grid (supply) charges have spiked while feed-in-tariff slumped I'm now paying to export. So price signal from ALP is those with batteries should disconnect from grid as our solar is no longer wanted? /2 #auspol

Power bill showing supply charge & power costs versus feed-in-tariff credit

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 6d

For 4 million+ solar panel owners grid charges have jumped, feed-in tariffs have plummeted, and power prices have risen (gas is expensive). We now have to pay to export our solar - I guess solar panel owners are just another 'cash-cow' that ALP uses to subside fossil-fuel industry? /1 #auspol

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 6d

FYI most first-world countries (apart from US) have good public health systems but most don't allow their resources to be given away for free. Here's how a resource-rich country taxes resources - rather than taxing students like Australia - to fund public health care: #auspol #SoldOutByALP

Revenue vs taxes paid for Australia vs Norway

HECS vs PRRT paid by gas industry

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 6d

First you give away $212 Billion of gas to Woodside etc and now you give away all our critical minerals to the US. So the British colony that stripped sovereignty from First Nations after 1788 has become a US colony that strips sovereignty over Australians' resources in 2025? #SoldOutByALP

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 9d

I'd like to give you a like for the content of your post Rex, but whenever I see a picture of that conman I immediately throw up ...

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 9d

I'm guessing then for example that there won't be any reduction in the amount of antibiotics added to Tasmanian salmon through such a deal Rod?

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 9d

It's the ALP/LNP duopoly coalition in action Richard! Rumour is they have one of those secret Libs/Nats agreements that bind them together, but keep the separate names for marketing purposes ...

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 9d

And if you stopped 'gas robbers' then ... sorry, the stealing of our gas appears to be a policy endorsed by the @australianlabor.bsky.social even as we have to pay the rising costs of climate disasters. #auspol australiainstitute.org.au/post/great-g...

Great gas giveaway: $215 billion in royalty-free gas for Woodside’s North West Shelf project

A 50-year extension to the North West Shelf (NWS) project in Western Australia would see huge amounts of gas given away with no return for Australians.

australiainstitute.org.au

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 10d

This is what we need more of ie. Ockham's razor! It is now clear why ALP & LNP refuse to pass truth-in-politics legislation - having an Ockham's razor in politics would show their 'policy' is simply BS to cover up their capitulation to the fossil-fuel lobby #ClimateCriminals

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 10d

Not just central Melb. Ian - in the suburbs where I live it is noticeable just how many people are sleeping rough, esp. since Covid lockdowns ended. Govt. feels no pressure to build affordable public housing or raise far-below-poverty-line Jobseeker, so answer to your question is probably 'yes' ...

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 11d

I'm not sure if you realise Stranger but Chris Bowen is the energy minister in a Party that continues to expand fossil-fuels. Nuclear is a nonsense debate that let's not only the LNP but also the ALP distract us from the increasing climate disasters that all Australians are now paying for.

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 11d

Ever thought about running as an independent candidate Michael? You have a pretty good following, and it would be a great way to bring these issues up with many more people. Maybe you could run against Albo and raise issues such as why he now hates public housing that could house the poor?

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 11d

Well when we don't have truth-in-politics laws Michael I guess politicians can say whatever they want?

David D @bjbagginsinoz.bsky.social · 11d

Yep - that's what getting sold out by your own government looks like Mark. You might also want to have a word with energy minister Chris Bowen: he told a climate forum here in Caulfield in Feb "that's not true" about Japan getting our gas for free. All just greenwashing now from ALP ... #auspol