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Australia Institute research shows Australian nurses pay more in tax than the gas industry. How’s that fair?
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Australia Institute research shows Australian nurses pay more in tax than the gas industry. How’s that fair?
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem
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Definitely interested in reading more about this. I agree that coverage has been sparse, and in some cases designed to disparage protesters.
Data centers are surging—but so are the protests against them
Between March and June, an estimated $98 billion in data center projects were blocked or delayed, according to a new report.
www.fastcompany.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Definitely interested in reading more about this. I agree that coverage has been sparse, and in some cases designed to disparage protesters.
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UK Labour is what happens when a party flushes its soul down the toilet.
A party of bigots.
A party of bigots.
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
UK Labour is what happens when a party flushes its soul down the toilet.
A party of bigots.
A party of bigots.
“It’s a big reform that will impact not just this generation but ones to come.”
Actual education reform would be effective. Fully funding state schools would be helpful. This, though?
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Actual education reform would be effective. Fully funding state schools would be helpful. This, though?
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Less than a third of parents will enforce social media ban, new poll finds
Nearly 70 per cent of voters back the world-leading policy, but most are sceptical it can even work.
www.smh.com.au
December 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“It’s a big reform that will impact not just this generation but ones to come.”
Actual education reform would be effective. Fully funding state schools would be helpful. This, though?
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Actual education reform would be effective. Fully funding state schools would be helpful. This, though?
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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This is disgraceful. If it needs to be “hidden”, perhaps it shouldn’t be happening in the first place??!
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is disgraceful. If it needs to be “hidden”, perhaps it shouldn’t be happening in the first place??!
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Excellent rebuke from Independent MP @mon4kooyong.bsky.social of the Albo Govt, in response to the Saturday Paper's report that the PM's Office encourages lobbyists to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. #auspol
December 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Excellent rebuke from Independent MP @mon4kooyong.bsky.social of the Albo Govt, in response to the Saturday Paper's report that the PM's Office encourages lobbyists to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. #auspol
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Good Morning Senator @barbarapocock.bsky.social
Wondering if you know how this got through the senate please?
Wondering if you know how this got through the senate please?
Are we now just the 51st state of the USA?
‘New changes to social security law mean a person’s income support can now be cancelled because they are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a serious offence.
These are people merely accused of crimes, not found guilty of them’.
‘New changes to social security law mean a person’s income support can now be cancelled because they are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a serious offence.
These are people merely accused of crimes, not found guilty of them’.
With a sneaky tweak, the government has made welfare recipients guilty until proven innocent
The government’s laws cancelling social security payments for some accused of crimes turn a safety net into a weapon for punishing people.
theconversation.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Good Morning Senator @barbarapocock.bsky.social
Wondering if you know how this got through the senate please?
Wondering if you know how this got through the senate please?
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Hey @mon4kooyong.bsky.social
This is bloody brilliant but after @thesaturdaypaper.com.au reported yesterday that PMO is directing use of Signal (or other disappearing message apps) does this bill also need to include outlawing such ways of communicating btw pollies and lobbyists?
#auspol
This is bloody brilliant but after @thesaturdaypaper.com.au reported yesterday that PMO is directing use of Signal (or other disappearing message apps) does this bill also need to include outlawing such ways of communicating btw pollies and lobbyists?
#auspol
Clean up Politics Act
YouTube video by Dr Monique Ryan MP
youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Hey @mon4kooyong.bsky.social
This is bloody brilliant but after @thesaturdaypaper.com.au reported yesterday that PMO is directing use of Signal (or other disappearing message apps) does this bill also need to include outlawing such ways of communicating btw pollies and lobbyists?
#auspol
This is bloody brilliant but after @thesaturdaypaper.com.au reported yesterday that PMO is directing use of Signal (or other disappearing message apps) does this bill also need to include outlawing such ways of communicating btw pollies and lobbyists?
#auspol
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“the overall effect, transparency advocates warn, is to create a parallel system of policy development that is largely invisible to parliament, the public and the media”.
Albo’s latest accountability avoidance trick:
#FOI does not even apply if you can disappear any inconvenient info. #auspol
Albo’s latest accountability avoidance trick:
#FOI does not even apply if you can disappear any inconvenient info. #auspol
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Meanwhile, in Gaza- my ‘cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
What has the ceasefire actually accomplished? | Fiona Katauskas
As it turns out, not that much
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Meanwhile, in Gaza- my ‘cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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Corrupt processes yield corrupt results. Inevitable.
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Corrupt processes yield corrupt results. Inevitable.
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I nominate #Barnaby. He will be odds on favourite.
Vote now for #Crikey’s 2025 Arsehat of the Year — and boy, it’s a crowded field www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/v...
Vote now for #Crikey’s 2025 Arsehat of the Year — and boy, it’s a crowded field www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/v...
Vote now for Crikey's 2025 Arsehat of the Year — and boy, it's a crowded field
What a time its been. Even with an extended list of nominations to honour our 20th anniversary, Crikey's Arsehat of the Year faces one of its most competitive fields ever.
www.crikey.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I nominate #Barnaby. He will be odds on favourite.
Vote now for #Crikey’s 2025 Arsehat of the Year — and boy, it’s a crowded field www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/v...
Vote now for #Crikey’s 2025 Arsehat of the Year — and boy, it’s a crowded field www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/v...
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Australia ranks #1 overall, but second last for access to health care?? how does that work?
According to the source: "Access to care focuses on the affordability and availability of health services at the population level."
[cont]
According to the source: "Access to care focuses on the affordability and availability of health services at the population level."
[cont]
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Australia ranks #1 overall, but second last for access to health care?? how does that work?
According to the source: "Access to care focuses on the affordability and availability of health services at the population level."
[cont]
According to the source: "Access to care focuses on the affordability and availability of health services at the population level."
[cont]
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Reminder: This vast consolidation of wealth and power at the top has not been due to neutral market forces.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reminder: This vast consolidation of wealth and power at the top has not been due to neutral market forces.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
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Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
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"The story of Timor-Leste is also a warning. In an era of geopolitical competition, small nations remain vulnerable. The lessons of 1975 – intervention, complicity, and silence – are as relevant today as they were then."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
History, memory, and pain: Fifty years after the Indonesian invasion of East Timor
On 7 December 2025, fifty years since Indonesian troops invaded East Timor, survivors and their descendants continue to live with the legacy of occupation, violence and loss – and to insist that remem...
johnmenadue.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"The story of Timor-Leste is also a warning. In an era of geopolitical competition, small nations remain vulnerable. The lessons of 1975 – intervention, complicity, and silence – are as relevant today as they were then."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
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The Golden Age.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Golden Age.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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🗽🗽🗽 New York 🗽🗽🗽
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🗽🗽🗽 New York 🗽🗽🗽
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
⬇️
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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What evidence is there that uplands like this were once covered by temperate rainforest, and would return to such a state naturally but for sheep?
Loads... 🧵
Loads... 🧵
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What evidence is there that uplands like this were once covered by temperate rainforest, and would return to such a state naturally but for sheep?
Loads... 🧵
Loads... 🧵
Analysis: 95% of Government Revenue not from Mining Industry - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/analysi...
Analysis: 95% of Government Revenue not from Mining Industry
Claims from the mining industry that they are significant funders of public services in Australia are overblown, ignore the fact that their profits are
australiainstitute.org.au
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Analysis: 95% of Government Revenue not from Mining Industry - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/analysi...
Golden Age? For who/m?
“Relative to its size, the mining industry pays nowhere near enough tax in Australia and, perhaps unsurprisingly, they are keen for that to remain the case,” said Rod Campbell, Research Director at The Australia Institute.
www.smh.com.au/business/com...
“Relative to its size, the mining industry pays nowhere near enough tax in Australia and, perhaps unsurprisingly, they are keen for that to remain the case,” said Rod Campbell, Research Director at The Australia Institute.
www.smh.com.au/business/com...
Trump has orchestrated a golden age for Australia
China’s epochal rise was the driver of Australia’s first resource boom, in 2025 President Trump has engineered something almost as astounding.
www.smh.com.au
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Golden Age? For who/m?
“Relative to its size, the mining industry pays nowhere near enough tax in Australia and, perhaps unsurprisingly, they are keen for that to remain the case,” said Rod Campbell, Research Director at The Australia Institute.
www.smh.com.au/business/com...
“Relative to its size, the mining industry pays nowhere near enough tax in Australia and, perhaps unsurprisingly, they are keen for that to remain the case,” said Rod Campbell, Research Director at The Australia Institute.
www.smh.com.au/business/com...
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Fri 5 Dec: weekly protest against @albomp.bsky.social gov's approval of WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension carbon 💣
>1,700 dead from floods & landslides across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam & Malaysia. Many still missing & more extreme rain forecast
#KeepItInTheGround #LossAndDamage
>1,700 dead from floods & landslides across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam & Malaysia. Many still missing & more extreme rain forecast
#KeepItInTheGround #LossAndDamage
December 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Fri 5 Dec: weekly protest against @albomp.bsky.social gov's approval of WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension carbon 💣
>1,700 dead from floods & landslides across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam & Malaysia. Many still missing & more extreme rain forecast
#KeepItInTheGround #LossAndDamage
>1,700 dead from floods & landslides across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam & Malaysia. Many still missing & more extreme rain forecast
#KeepItInTheGround #LossAndDamage
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The streamer will acquire the studio, along with HBO and HBO Max.
Netflix is buying Warner Bros. for $83 billion
But what will they rename HBO Max this time?
www.theverge.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The streamer will acquire the studio, along with HBO and HBO Max.