Kate Smith (she/her)
@katesmith28220.bsky.social
Escaping the Hellsite. LGBTQ+ safe space.
Very Left. Prochoice. Wit and wine.
On Wiradjuri land. ***No DMs - you will be blocked***
Very Left. Prochoice. Wit and wine.
On Wiradjuri land. ***No DMs - you will be blocked***
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I have been thinking of a business tax structure that has much higher rates for any company who employs people that have to be on governmental food and insurance to live and/or if the Executives make more than 50x the lowest paid worker.
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I have been thinking of a business tax structure that has much higher rates for any company who employs people that have to be on governmental food and insurance to live and/or if the Executives make more than 50x the lowest paid worker.
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Still waiting on the Epstein files...
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Still waiting on the Epstein files...
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Australia is paying $750m to a US prison company and $2.5bn in a secret deal to Nauru, yet the hundred or so asylum seekers in Nauru are starving.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20
Forbidden from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensive
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Australia is paying $750m to a US prison company and $2.5bn in a secret deal to Nauru, yet the hundred or so asylum seekers in Nauru are starving.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
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How dare we want housing be a right not an opportunity to profit.
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
How dare we want housing be a right not an opportunity to profit.
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140,000 homes are currently being left vacant in Australia. 32,000 homes in Melbourne alone!
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
140,000 homes are currently being left vacant in Australia. 32,000 homes in Melbourne alone!
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
Air BnB has 160,000 homes on its books.
There are thousands of developers land banking properties in our cities.
We could legislate the end of a housing crisis very quickly.
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Oh fuck off you wankers. That is our money - none of you is worth $500-800k!! Shoebridge and Pocock for PM and DPM #auspol
Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty fails to answer after David Shoebridge demands he justify the huge salaries for senior officials
Shoebridge “What’s the death stare about? Can you just answer the question?”
But it’s too much for useless Moriarty who palms it off to his Deputy🙄 #Estimates
Shoebridge “What’s the death stare about? Can you just answer the question?”
But it’s too much for useless Moriarty who palms it off to his Deputy🙄 #Estimates
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Oh fuck off you wankers. That is our money - none of you is worth $500-800k!! Shoebridge and Pocock for PM and DPM #auspol
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The NACC was promised to be transparent and 'with teeth'. We got a gummy bear.
The other bits are twiddling at the edges. The mere appearance of real action. Underwhelming.
Broken promises from 2022:
– Science-based climate action
– Improved transparency and accountability
– No One Left Behind™
The other bits are twiddling at the edges. The mere appearance of real action. Underwhelming.
Broken promises from 2022:
– Science-based climate action
– Improved transparency and accountability
– No One Left Behind™
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The NACC was promised to be transparent and 'with teeth'. We got a gummy bear.
The other bits are twiddling at the edges. The mere appearance of real action. Underwhelming.
Broken promises from 2022:
– Science-based climate action
– Improved transparency and accountability
– No One Left Behind™
The other bits are twiddling at the edges. The mere appearance of real action. Underwhelming.
Broken promises from 2022:
– Science-based climate action
– Improved transparency and accountability
– No One Left Behind™
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If only we had more people like Pocock in government. The country would be in a far better state .
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If only we had more people like Pocock in government. The country would be in a far better state .
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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As an Aussie, I don’t care if US inflation is up & their economy is shit. That’s on their political choices.
But if those same political choices put the environment, geopolitical stability, the rule of law, and the military and financial well being of my country at risk, then I really fucking care.
But if those same political choices put the environment, geopolitical stability, the rule of law, and the military and financial well being of my country at risk, then I really fucking care.
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
As an Aussie, I don’t care if US inflation is up & their economy is shit. That’s on their political choices.
But if those same political choices put the environment, geopolitical stability, the rule of law, and the military and financial well being of my country at risk, then I really fucking care.
But if those same political choices put the environment, geopolitical stability, the rule of law, and the military and financial well being of my country at risk, then I really fucking care.
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I’ll be honest- this scares me, in a world where #Labor look so much like any Tory government. Here’s hoping they tackle specialist shortages and the cost of becoming one instead of hitting the public yet again. #medicare #specialists www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian taxpayers subsidise rising specialist fees as spending on Abbott-era Medicare safety net ‘explodes’
Exclusive: Health department data shows spending on the 2004 extended safety net has nearly tripled, from $324.9m in 2010 to $850.4m in 2024
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I’ll be honest- this scares me, in a world where #Labor look so much like any Tory government. Here’s hoping they tackle specialist shortages and the cost of becoming one instead of hitting the public yet again. #medicare #specialists www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Add this to the CSIRO cuts and uni cuts generally and the picture is unmistakable
The success rate for NHMRC Ideas Grants announced yesterday was just over 8%. That means 11 of every 12 people who applied got rejected. This is a culture changing level of rejection and frankly a point of national shame. This is a crisis for research.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Add this to the CSIRO cuts and uni cuts generally and the picture is unmistakable
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The success rate for NHMRC Ideas Grants announced yesterday was just over 8%. That means 11 of every 12 people who applied got rejected. This is a culture changing level of rejection and frankly a point of national shame. This is a crisis for research.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The success rate for NHMRC Ideas Grants announced yesterday was just over 8%. That means 11 of every 12 people who applied got rejected. This is a culture changing level of rejection and frankly a point of national shame. This is a crisis for research.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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Thousands of dead contaminated fish!!! Tasmania & now the Kimberley. Both are
Tassal operations
Licences should be removed & operations shut.
This is inhuman & unethical as well as toxic pollution.
bet the don’t pay taxes either!!
@albomp.bsky.social stop taking their money & do your job!! #auspol
Tassal operations
Licences should be removed & operations shut.
This is inhuman & unethical as well as toxic pollution.
bet the don’t pay taxes either!!
@albomp.bsky.social stop taking their money & do your job!! #auspol
This is happening in National Heritage waters of the Kimberley and Tassal/Cooke want to expand their operations! This is the same corporation, causing the same industrial fish farming problems as the salmon industry in Tasmania. See Environs Kimberley:
www.environskimberley.org.au/swinbourn_ta...
www.environskimberley.org.au/swinbourn_ta...
Mass fish kill at Tassal barramundi farm in WA's Cone Bay | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Thousands of dead contaminated fish!!! Tasmania & now the Kimberley. Both are
Tassal operations
Licences should be removed & operations shut.
This is inhuman & unethical as well as toxic pollution.
bet the don’t pay taxes either!!
@albomp.bsky.social stop taking their money & do your job!! #auspol
Tassal operations
Licences should be removed & operations shut.
This is inhuman & unethical as well as toxic pollution.
bet the don’t pay taxes either!!
@albomp.bsky.social stop taking their money & do your job!! #auspol
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These are not excuses; they are the conditions that make violence conceivable.
We are a rich nation so why not introduce a Universal Basic Income.
Food and housing security will go a long way to address these issues.
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
#auspol
We are a rich nation so why not introduce a Universal Basic Income.
Food and housing security will go a long way to address these issues.
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
#auspol
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
These are not excuses; they are the conditions that make violence conceivable.
We are a rich nation so why not introduce a Universal Basic Income.
Food and housing security will go a long way to address these issues.
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
#auspol
We are a rich nation so why not introduce a Universal Basic Income.
Food and housing security will go a long way to address these issues.
@australianlabor.bsky.social
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
#auspol
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💯💯. So true…. And it is so sad as all you take with you when you leave this planet is your soul. 💔
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
💯💯. So true…. And it is so sad as all you take with you when you leave this planet is your soul. 💔
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SPOILER: Socialism won.
November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
SPOILER: Socialism won.
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Mamdani just played Trump without sacrificing immigrants, Muslims, workers, or the LGBTQ.
Trump did his transactional charm offensive, Mamdani countered without compromising.
He won big and this is the man the Democratic Establishment still won't embrace.
What more do people need to see?
Trump did his transactional charm offensive, Mamdani countered without compromising.
He won big and this is the man the Democratic Establishment still won't embrace.
What more do people need to see?
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Mamdani just played Trump without sacrificing immigrants, Muslims, workers, or the LGBTQ.
Trump did his transactional charm offensive, Mamdani countered without compromising.
He won big and this is the man the Democratic Establishment still won't embrace.
What more do people need to see?
Trump did his transactional charm offensive, Mamdani countered without compromising.
He won big and this is the man the Democratic Establishment still won't embrace.
What more do people need to see?
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You can really only do what Mamdani does how he does it if you are secure in your positions and why you take them, so you are not constantly triangulating shit.
He is very secure in who he is and in his positions. Its so fucking refreshing.
He is very secure in who he is and in his positions. Its so fucking refreshing.
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
You can really only do what Mamdani does how he does it if you are secure in your positions and why you take them, so you are not constantly triangulating shit.
He is very secure in who he is and in his positions. Its so fucking refreshing.
He is very secure in who he is and in his positions. Its so fucking refreshing.
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
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It’s impossible, at a practical level, to create a biodiverse habitat from a degraded one, the level of expense and effort required is too high. Yet the very high demand for rights to destroy 1/
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It’s impossible, at a practical level, to create a biodiverse habitat from a degraded one, the level of expense and effort required is too high. Yet the very high demand for rights to destroy 1/