GG
@gg58.bsky.social
Progressive left leaning boomer. Kiwi/Aussie living in Sunshine Coast, QLD. Lover of all wildlife and nature in general. Hoping mankind wakes up to itself before it’s too late. Fearful for my grandchildren’s future.
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This video from @richarddenniss.bsky.social is both compelling and absolutely terrifying. Every Australian should watch this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-4...
Australia isn't trying to get off fossil fuels | Richard Denniss at the Senate Environment Committee
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This video from @richarddenniss.bsky.social is both compelling and absolutely terrifying. Every Australian should watch this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-4...
Best description of 🍊🤡 I’ve seen yet 🤣
September 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Best description of 🍊🤡 I’ve seen yet 🤣
Always well worth watching
Your weekly reminder that @davemilbo.bsky.social & I eschew Sunday morning sleep-ins to bring you the #SundayShot. We're joined by @wendybacon1.bsky.social & @boganintel.bsky.social + an interview with @arielbogle.bsky.social.
Make our sacrifice worthwhile! Watch! www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
Make our sacrifice worthwhile! Watch! www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
August 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Always well worth watching
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July 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Did you watch #SundayShot.
Absolutely brilliant discussion about AUKUS and the militarisation of Australia. Very very revealing indeed.
www.youtube.com/live/CIVsrEf...
Absolutely brilliant discussion about AUKUS and the militarisation of Australia. Very very revealing indeed.
www.youtube.com/live/CIVsrEf...
Truth to Power (watch the uploaded video instead) - June 29 - Josh Bornstein and Doug Cameron
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
www.youtube.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Did you watch #SundayShot.
Absolutely brilliant discussion about AUKUS and the militarisation of Australia. Very very revealing indeed.
www.youtube.com/live/CIVsrEf...
Absolutely brilliant discussion about AUKUS and the militarisation of Australia. Very very revealing indeed.
www.youtube.com/live/CIVsrEf...
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
We’ve lost the energy supplement that Labor gave us last year in Queensland.
We’ve lost planned renewable energy projects that would have brought industry to local regions.
We’ve lost so much with the LNP back again.
Typical LNP policies.
Crap.
#auspol
#QLDLNP
We’ve lost the energy supplement that Labor gave us last year in Queensland.
We’ve lost planned renewable energy projects that would have brought industry to local regions.
We’ve lost so much with the LNP back again.
Typical LNP policies.
Crap.
#auspol
#QLDLNP
'Dog food for the week': $100 vouchers won't do much
Less cost-of-living relief, but some housing sweeteners. Here's how Queenslanders across the state are reacting to yesterday's budget as the dust settles.
www.abc.net.au
June 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Here is a copy of the full ABC interview with APAN President Nasser Mashni (in two parts) which is now missing from the ABC News website.
Israel is “not a democracy—it’s a rogue apartheid genocidal state, headed up by a war criminal. It’s time for Australia to do more than just talk.”
Part 1—
Israel is “not a democracy—it’s a rogue apartheid genocidal state, headed up by a war criminal. It’s time for Australia to do more than just talk.”
Part 1—
May 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Here is a copy of the full ABC interview with APAN President Nasser Mashni (in two parts) which is now missing from the ABC News website.
Israel is “not a democracy—it’s a rogue apartheid genocidal state, headed up by a war criminal. It’s time for Australia to do more than just talk.”
Part 1—
Israel is “not a democracy—it’s a rogue apartheid genocidal state, headed up by a war criminal. It’s time for Australia to do more than just talk.”
Part 1—
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hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
May 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
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I find myself completely unable to function today. I’ve seen a child surrounded by the flames of what was her family home. Starving babies. Defeated, broken men. Women cradling their shrouded children. It’s too much. And yet I still have to hear ‘but Hamas..’ FUCK OFF. Israel is committing genocide
May 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I find myself completely unable to function today. I’ve seen a child surrounded by the flames of what was her family home. Starving babies. Defeated, broken men. Women cradling their shrouded children. It’s too much. And yet I still have to hear ‘but Hamas..’ FUCK OFF. Israel is committing genocide
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Approving this would have emissions equivalent to opening 12 large new coal power stations for 50 years.
It would make a mockery of all @AustralianLabor renewables and climate policies.
It would make a mockery of all @AustralianLabor renewables and climate policies.
Approving this would be the greatest giveaway of Australia’s natural resources ever.
$200 billion +of Australia’s gas given royalty free to Woodside.
It is against Australia’s national interest.
Selling Australians out to corporate interests.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
$200 billion +of Australia’s gas given royalty free to Woodside.
It is against Australia’s national interest.
Selling Australians out to corporate interests.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision
Environment minister due to decide on controversial plan by end of the month in one of his first major challenges in new portfolio
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Approving this would have emissions equivalent to opening 12 large new coal power stations for 50 years.
It would make a mockery of all @AustralianLabor renewables and climate policies.
It would make a mockery of all @AustralianLabor renewables and climate policies.
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IF @albomp.bsky.social
and @australianlabor.bsky.social had any backbone, they’d urgently convene an inquiry to inform expeditious change to the PRRT and reform gas sector.
We could easily fund universal dental cover on Medicare…instead of pandering to cabal of fossil fuel robber barrons
#auspol
and @australianlabor.bsky.social had any backbone, they’d urgently convene an inquiry to inform expeditious change to the PRRT and reform gas sector.
We could easily fund universal dental cover on Medicare…instead of pandering to cabal of fossil fuel robber barrons
#auspol
May 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
IF @albomp.bsky.social
and @australianlabor.bsky.social had any backbone, they’d urgently convene an inquiry to inform expeditious change to the PRRT and reform gas sector.
We could easily fund universal dental cover on Medicare…instead of pandering to cabal of fossil fuel robber barrons
#auspol
and @australianlabor.bsky.social had any backbone, they’d urgently convene an inquiry to inform expeditious change to the PRRT and reform gas sector.
We could easily fund universal dental cover on Medicare…instead of pandering to cabal of fossil fuel robber barrons
#auspol
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Add your name to the call to STOP the extension to the North West Shelf!✍️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/reject_north...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/reject_north...
SIGN NOW: REJECT AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST FOSSIL FUEL PROJECT!
Sign the petition: REJECT AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST FOSSIL FUEL PROJECT!
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
May 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Add your name to the call to STOP the extension to the North West Shelf!✍️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/reject_north...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/reject_north...
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I wonder if EnergyAustralia will keep paying to be a member of Australia's carbon offset lobby group the Carbon Market Institute?
IMO they're not getting much value out of their membership....
#auspol #climate
carbonmarketinstitute.org/our-members/
IMO they're not getting much value out of their membership....
#auspol #climate
carbonmarketinstitute.org/our-members/
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I wonder if EnergyAustralia will keep paying to be a member of Australia's carbon offset lobby group the Carbon Market Institute?
IMO they're not getting much value out of their membership....
#auspol #climate
carbonmarketinstitute.org/our-members/
IMO they're not getting much value out of their membership....
#auspol #climate
carbonmarketinstitute.org/our-members/
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A great article, please read and share.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/resisti...
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/resisti...
Resisting the Suppression of Western Colonial Crimes: Interview with Activist Stephen Langford
The District Court Judge quashed a Local Court Magistrate’s conviction after finding that sticking paper on a statue of Governor Macquarie did not amount to ‘destroying or damaging property’.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au
May 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
A great article, please read and share.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/resisti...
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/resisti...
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No care taken; no responsibility accepted
#SLOB* #auspol
@aarondodd.bsky.social
(*Sussssan Ley & O’Brien)
#SLOB* #auspol
@aarondodd.bsky.social
(*Sussssan Ley & O’Brien)
“3 years ago, in front of the full bench of the Federal Court, lawyers for Sussan Ley argued she had no responsibility to protect young people from the catastrophe of climate change." #auspol www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2025/05/17/l...
Ley way
A little over three years ago, in front of the full bench of the Federal Court, lawyers for Sussan Ley argued she had no responsibility to protect young people from the catastrophe of climate change. ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
May 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
No care taken; no responsibility accepted
#SLOB* #auspol
@aarondodd.bsky.social
(*Sussssan Ley & O’Brien)
#SLOB* #auspol
@aarondodd.bsky.social
(*Sussssan Ley & O’Brien)
If you haven’t seen it already this is well worth watching - it’s the highlight of my weekend viewing and a great alternative to the RW bias of David Speers on Insiders
Guess who's getting up early just for you @rachelwithers.bsky.social, @leopuglisi6.bsky.social & @auspoldaily.bsky.social, that's who!
Make it worth their while by tuning in to the #SundayShot @ 9am AEST. A better bet than hate watching #Insiders.
Watch & subscribe @ www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
Make it worth their while by tuning in to the #SundayShot @ 9am AEST. A better bet than hate watching #Insiders.
Watch & subscribe @ www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
May 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If you haven’t seen it already this is well worth watching - it’s the highlight of my weekend viewing and a great alternative to the RW bias of David Speers on Insiders
Let’s hope this works to keep the LyingNastyParty from winning the Aus election
April 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Let’s hope this works to keep the LyingNastyParty from winning the Aus election
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has falsely accused Labor of slashing $80 billion from defence. Officials say Labor has increased defence funding by $50 billion over the next decade.
Dutton wrong to claim Labor has cut $80 billion from defence
Peter Dutton is accusing Labor of taking $80 billion out of defence, but experts say that funding for the portfolio has actually increased.
www.aap.com.au
April 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has falsely accused Labor of slashing $80 billion from defence. Officials say Labor has increased defence funding by $50 billion over the next decade.
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Now might be a good time to remind ourselves (and anyone else who will listen) about this #auspol newpolitics.com.au/2020/02/20/a...
A short history of LNP corruption: When too much just isn’t enough : New Politics
It’s hard to keep a tab on the current deluge of corruption coming out of federal politics, and barely a day goes by where there [>>>]
newpolitics.com.au
April 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Now might be a good time to remind ourselves (and anyone else who will listen) about this #auspol newpolitics.com.au/2020/02/20/a...
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Here's me. 'On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy'
On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy - The Shot
The consequence of not good enough, as evidenced in the United States right now, is that you inevitably get much, much worse.
theshot.net.au
April 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Here's me. 'On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy'
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They never change.
Cat’s out of the bag with the Liberals. Nasty, nasty people #auspol
April 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
They never change.
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🔴 We're going LIVE on election night!
Tune in for live reactions & analysis from @richarddenniss.bsky.social, @amyremeikis.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social.
We'll explain key issues, unpack intricacies of our voting system & preview the next Parliament.
🕠 5:30pm AEST, Sat 3 May #auspol
Tune in for live reactions & analysis from @richarddenniss.bsky.social, @amyremeikis.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social.
We'll explain key issues, unpack intricacies of our voting system & preview the next Parliament.
🕠 5:30pm AEST, Sat 3 May #auspol
Election Night Live
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
www.youtube.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
🔴 We're going LIVE on election night!
Tune in for live reactions & analysis from @richarddenniss.bsky.social, @amyremeikis.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social.
We'll explain key issues, unpack intricacies of our voting system & preview the next Parliament.
🕠 5:30pm AEST, Sat 3 May #auspol
Tune in for live reactions & analysis from @richarddenniss.bsky.social, @amyremeikis.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social.
We'll explain key issues, unpack intricacies of our voting system & preview the next Parliament.
🕠 5:30pm AEST, Sat 3 May #auspol
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“Melbourne Storm co-owner and director Brett Ralph is one of the biggest funders of disinformation group “Advance” — which has been running a campaign of hate and division against the Indigenous Welcome to Country.”
April 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“Melbourne Storm co-owner and director Brett Ralph is one of the biggest funders of disinformation group “Advance” — which has been running a campaign of hate and division against the Indigenous Welcome to Country.”