Merryl Bartley
@merrylbartley.bsky.social
Passionate about family, animals, social and economic justice, alternately bemused and enraged by politics, Georgist. Live on Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal land.
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“We have reached the end of the political year with Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry, refusing to implement gambling ad reforms but banning teenagers from social media, sacking scientists, cosying up to…”
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“We have reached the end of the political year with Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry, refusing to implement gambling ad reforms but banning teenagers from social media, sacking scientists, cosying up to…”
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Power for its own sake, and no courage – Labor loses its way
Having tasted long-term power, this Labor Party seems guided only by the possession of power as an end to itself.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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“We have reached the end of the political year with Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry, refusing to implement gambling ad reforms but banning teenagers from social media, sacking scientists, cosying up to…”
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“We have reached the end of the political year with Labor pushing forward environmental protection laws that benefit the mining industry, refusing to implement gambling ad reforms but banning teenagers from social media, sacking scientists, cosying up to…”
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A proposal to the gov’t that would improve Labor's changes to our environment laws so they actually protect nature, with 15 changes including removing native forest logging exemption & removing fossil fuels from national interest test
You can read more below: www.davidpocock.com.au/proposal_to_...
You can read more below: www.davidpocock.com.au/proposal_to_...
PROPOSAL TO PASS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REFORMS THAT ACTUALLY PROTECT NATURE
TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.
www.davidpocock.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
A proposal to the gov’t that would improve Labor's changes to our environment laws so they actually protect nature, with 15 changes including removing native forest logging exemption & removing fossil fuels from national interest test
You can read more below: www.davidpocock.com.au/proposal_to_...
You can read more below: www.davidpocock.com.au/proposal_to_...
Queenslanders please sign this petition before midnight tonight
Housing is a human right
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Housing is a human right
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November 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Queenslanders please sign this petition before midnight tonight
Housing is a human right
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Housing is a human right
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The Difference Between The US Empire And The British Empire
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The Difference Between The US Empire And The British Empire
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
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November 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The Difference Between The US Empire And The British Empire
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The Global South is drowning in climate debt.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...?
The Global South is drowning in climate debt
As deadly storms rip through the Caribbean, a new United Nations report delivers a sobering warning: the world is failing to prepare for the climate it has already created.
johnmenadue.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Global South is drowning in climate debt.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...?
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FREE SARAH KENDZIOR!!!
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
FREE SARAH KENDZIOR!!!
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@support.bsky.team this is existential. If you disappear journalists like Sarah Kendzior you better have cause and you better show it. This isn’t a “trust us” kind of situation.
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
@support.bsky.team this is existential. If you disappear journalists like Sarah Kendzior you better have cause and you better show it. This isn’t a “trust us” kind of situation.
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Since Bluesky gets to control the convo and Sarah can't post while she's suspended, here's her side of things:
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Since Bluesky gets to control the convo and Sarah can't post while she's suspended, here's her side of things:
Brilliant analysis
The Precariat Grows: Labor’s Toothless Reforms Can’t Stop the Casualisation Juggernaut
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The Precariat Grows: Labor’s Toothless Reforms Can’t Stop the Casualisation Juggernaut
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The Precariat Grows: Labor’s Toothless Reforms Can’t Stop the Casualisation Juggernaut
Despite world-leading reforms, half of Australian workers remain trapped in insecure employment while the young bear the brunt.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Brilliant analysis
The Precariat Grows: Labor’s Toothless Reforms Can’t Stop the Casualisation Juggernaut
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The Precariat Grows: Labor’s Toothless Reforms Can’t Stop the Casualisation Juggernaut
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Some key takeaways here for Aus politics too
Not Left, Not Right—Just Broken
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Not Left, Not Right—Just Broken
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Not Left, Not Right—Just Broken
From Trump to Mamdani, a crisis bloc is reshaping American politics
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November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Some key takeaways here for Aus politics too
Not Left, Not Right—Just Broken
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Not Left, Not Right—Just Broken
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Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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Redistributing wealth will save humanity and the planet.
October 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Redistributing wealth will save humanity and the planet.
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The ALP didn't bother negotiating with the Libs when it changed IR laws, but now apparently it needs LNP support for environmental protection changes.
When govts want to do something, they do it.
When they don't, they use bipartisanship as the excuse.
No one here should fall for it
When govts want to do something, they do it.
When they don't, they use bipartisanship as the excuse.
No one here should fall for it
October 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The ALP didn't bother negotiating with the Libs when it changed IR laws, but now apparently it needs LNP support for environmental protection changes.
When govts want to do something, they do it.
When they don't, they use bipartisanship as the excuse.
No one here should fall for it
When govts want to do something, they do it.
When they don't, they use bipartisanship as the excuse.
No one here should fall for it
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The Duopoly has led us to this point - an alignment with Amerika based on no shared values and has stripped Australia of it's ability to manage or create its own Defence, Foreign or Minerals policies.
The duopoly has betrayed us - so where to from here?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
The duopoly has betrayed us - so where to from here?
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Australia’s political parties are moving to their use-by date
Sooner or later Anthony Albanese or his successor will lead the Labor Government to defeat.
johnmenadue.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Duopoly has led us to this point - an alignment with Amerika based on no shared values and has stripped Australia of it's ability to manage or create its own Defence, Foreign or Minerals policies.
The duopoly has betrayed us - so where to from here?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
The duopoly has betrayed us - so where to from here?
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
The myth of ‘social cohesion’ – do as they say, not as they do theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The myth of 'social cohesion' - do as they say, not as they do - The Shot
There’s an established principle in law: he who comes looking for equity must come with clean hands. The clean hands...
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October 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The myth of ‘social cohesion’ – do as they say, not as they do theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Hang on…
The Albanese Labor Govt is saying that elderly Australians have to pay more for basic at home care - as spending needs to be reigned in.
But - they give over $200b of our public money to the US & UK for submarines we’ll never see.
What a betrayal #auspol
The Albanese Labor Govt is saying that elderly Australians have to pay more for basic at home care - as spending needs to be reigned in.
But - they give over $200b of our public money to the US & UK for submarines we’ll never see.
What a betrayal #auspol
September 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Brilliant! 😂😂🤣🤣
September 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Brilliant! 😂😂🤣🤣
