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Rod Campbell
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Economist and Research Director at @australiainstitute.org.au

Honorary Fellow, Deakin University.

NOT the author of "Dear Zoo", "Oh Dear" and other classics.
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PEOPLE POWER. . .IT WORKS.
Minns is totally and morally OUT OF TOUCH.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Here's the full article. Astonishing that an electoral official could not only get it so wrong, but have such a blase attitude to misinformation in the public domain. @browne90.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
rodcampbell.bsky.social
Korean-owned coal mines were stopped in NSW by local groups.

Korea is now phasing out coal.

This is why stopping coal and gas projects in Australia is so important! IT WORKS!!

My piece on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/251126-...
Australia’s big climate win – stopping Korean coal mines
One of the big announcements at last week’s UN climate talks in Brazil was that the South Korean Government has committed to phasing out coal-fired power by 2040.
thepoint.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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verbatorium.bsky.social
Reading this in public and trying to hold back the tears.
rodcampbell.bsky.social Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 2d
Inspiring, tear-jerking piece by @fatima-payman.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social

...the day after more racist burka BS in the Senate.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Inspiring, tear-jerking piece by @fatima-payman.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social

...the day after more racist burka BS in the Senate.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
rodcampbell.bsky.social
In 2025 #Auspol context, what do you understand a "watermelon" to be?

Gina says watermelons need to be fought, but several peeps I know are confused about what she really means.
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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kate-eviva.bsky.social
Seems we are at breaking point for the #housing crisis in cities if job seekers can’t live in cities who will dontge work? Lift the rate!

live.thepoint.com.au/category/the...
The Point Live: Coalition continues to tank as parliament enters its final week
The Coalition is now at 42 to Labor's 58 in the Newspoll two-party preferred measure after dumping net zero and naming immigration as its next target. Meanwhile Labor pushes to pass it's mining frien...
live.thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
⚫️ LIVE NOW: The Point Live with Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at @australiainstitute.org.au, is live now.

All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ live.thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Apparently social and public housing is helping stabilise rents. What a shock!! Me on #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
The Point Live — Daily Updates
Stay updated with the latest from The Point.
live.thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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maggiemight.bsky.social
Everyone should know this
Especially politicians
#auspol
rodcampbell.bsky.social Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 3d
"Large parts of Northern Australia are now firmly on a path to being uninhabitable for people before the end of this century"

Read that again!...and then read the whole cracking piece by @euanritchie.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Massive win by grass-roots climate groups last week...and no one noticed!

My guest post on @amyremeikis.bsky.social's blog
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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"Australia’s big climate win – stopping Korean coal mines" by @rodcampbell.bsky.social #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
The Point Live — Daily Updates
Stay updated with the latest from The Point.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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"the Gov is trying to give itself the power to cut that income off before a person has been found guilty.

It is punishment without conviction. It has no place in a fair society."

Great piece by @maiyazize.bsky.social & @antipovertycent.bsky.social Kristin O'Connell
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home A...
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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"Large parts of Northern Australia are now firmly on a path to being uninhabitable for people before the end of this century"

Read that again!...and then read the whole cracking piece by @euanritchie.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
The moral vacuity of signing up to "a “just, orderly and equitable” transition away from fossil fuels" because fossil fuel GHG emissions are incompatible with the 1.5°C goal, then immediately reaffirming that Australia will "continue to develop new fossil fuel projects"

JFC
australia.theguardian.com Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 4d
‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
‘Now is the hour’: Labor urged to speed up fossil fuel phase-out to justify Cop30 pledge
Despite Australia signing the Belem declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fields * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is being urged to explain how it will drive a fossil fuel phase-out, after it joined dozens of countries at a UN climate summit to back a declaration that the world should quickly wean off coal, gas and oil. Australia signed up to the declaration on a just transition away from fossil fuels at a side event at the Cop30 conference in the Brazilian city of Belem, which finished on Saturday night local time, more than 24 hours after the scheduled close. Continue reading...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Australia is one of the richest countries on Earth, if we can afford $600m for a PNG footy team, we can certainly afford to properly fund our premier scientific agency

My column on the CSIRO job cuts >
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/911683...
Who needs world-changing, life-saving science when you've got rugby league
What does it say about us when we let CSIRO whither on the vine?
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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At a gas industry tax conference, the government’s representative did not use the words “gas” or “tax” in his 2500 word speech, writes @rodcampbell.bsky.social www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
It's the perfect time for the government to defy the mining lobbies
Long-gone are the days when the mining industry could claim to have the power to topple prime ministers and governments.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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The same public servants who created the rules for the ‘market’ for aged care, child care, disability care and water in the Murray River are now pretending they will do a good job of making a ‘market’ for biodiversity…what could go wrong
australiainstitute.org.au The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 6d
Australia Institute co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss breaks down the problem with offsets at a Senate Inquiry into proposed changes to the Environment Protection Reform Bill.

Sign the petition calling on the government to fix our broken environment laws nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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kate-eviva.bsky.social
C’mon @albomp.bsky.social we have the only sustainable (65000 years) continuous culture on the planet in which people learn wisdom from the past, are responsible to care for land and sea, and plan 7 generations ahead. Surely this is a national asset for #sustainable action not to be trashed. #auspol
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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The mining lobby is weak right now.

Perfect time for strong env laws, @albomp.bsky.social

Last week the Minerals Council and gas lobby literally threw a party and no one (important) turned up.

My piece on it for @thenewdaily.bsky.social
@australiainstitute.org.au
It's the perfect time for the government to defy the mining lobbies
Long-gone are the days when the mining industry could claim to have the power to topple prime ministers and governments.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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When politicians talk about unemployment as a single number, they erase this reality. The barriers facing older people, the single parents juggling caring responsibilities, people with disabilities still battling discrimination, & people who don’t have qual, & money for transport.
#Auspol #Jobseeker
Excerpt from article This year, Anglicare Australia's Jobs Availability Snapshot shows that for every entry-level job advertised in Australia, there are 39 people on JobSeeker competing for it. Last year it was 33. The year before that, 26. The pool of people needing these jobs is rising, while the pool of suitable jobs is shrinking. Of those 39, 25 are people with the kinds of barriers that make other roles impossible people without qualifications, people with disabilities, older workers who have been pushed out of long careers, young people who've never been given a chance. These are the people the system claims it is helping. They are the people routinely blamed for being out of work. But the truth is that they cannot get jobs that do not exist. Our national debate pretends as though all jobseekers can simply try harder and land a job. It is an argument that wilfully ignores the reality of a labour market where entry-level jobs have nearly collapsed. These jobs now make up just one in ten job vacancies - down from one in four over the last 20 years. The rungs at the bottom of the ladder have been kicked out, and then we wonder why people can't climb. When politicians talk about unemployment as a single number, they erase this reality. They erase the barriers facing older people who take twice as long to find work. They erase the single parents juggling caring responsibilities while being forced onto JobSeeker once their youngest child turns eight. They erase people with disabilities still battling discrimination. They erase people who don't have qualifications, money for transport, or the luxury of waiting for the "right fit." They erase everyone who needs those entry-level jobs that never come. This debate has consequences - very real, very cruel ones.
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
rodcampbell.bsky.social
South Korea has announced it's phasing out coal-fired electricity! Great!

What does this mean for Aus coal exports?

Looks like the phase out is already well under way.
@australiainstitute.org.au
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Important piece on how Aus gets it wrong on jobs.

"for every entry-level job advertised in Australia, there are 39 people on JobSeeker competing for it. Last year it was 33. The year before that, 26."

Anglicare boss Kasy Chambers on @thepointau.bsky.social

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
We're having the wrong conversation about unemployment
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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PM @albomp.bsky.social says "his government was a “friend of science”"

@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO

(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)

#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM