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It’s no accident that foreign streaming services do little to promote Australian music and podcasts to Australians…and it’s no accident that our governments have chosen not to do more to fix it. Local content matters more in the digital age than ever

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Why your Spotify Wrapped probably doesn’t have any new Australian music on it
If you don't have Australian artists on your Spotify Wrapped, you're not alone - it's the result of a structural, not individual, problem.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Didn't have many Australian artists on your Spotify Wrapped? You're not alone- and it's the result of a structural, not individual, problem. thepoint.com.au/news/251204-...
Why your Spotify Wrapped probably doesn’t have any new Australian music on it
If you don't have Australian artists on your Spotify Wrapped, you're not alone - it's the result of a structural, not individual, problem.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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browne90.bsky.social
Last week on @thepointau.bsky.social I IDed five ways to strengthen democracy in Victoria.

Labor Govt has been forced to move a little on one of these already: making political donation laws more fair.

Thanks to High Court challenge on political speech grounds.
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Victoria changes 'unconstitutional' donation laws amid court challenge
A financial election advantage for the three biggest Victorian political parties will be removed in the face of a High Court challenge that has argued the state's donation laws are unconstitutional.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Sometimes, the best thing that can happen to a govt is to lose a vote -- sparing that govt from the disastrous consequences of its promises.

From me on @thepointau.bsky.social

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Upper houses have saved governments, and with Tas stadium vote they might do it again
Sometimes, the best thing that can happen to a government is to lose a vote in Parliament. Doing so allows a government say, hand-on-heart, that it did everything that it could to fulfill its promises...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Kerry O'Brien's warning that Labor wants to make it easier for govts to flout freedom of information laws confirmed.

Fact check for @thepointau.bsky.social by @skyelark.bsky.social
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Will Labor’s changes make it easier for governments to flout freedom of information laws?
The claim comes from Kerry O’Brien’s speech at the Walkleys, where he criticised the Albanese Government for not living up to the benchmarks they set while in opposition,
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December 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Extract from Jane Rawson’s wonderful book

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The value humans place in intellect at the expense of other forms of intelligence
Humans are bad at valuing the things we are not good at. We bundle our strengths together and call them intelligence, then say that intelligence is the best thing to have. And we valorise sight above ...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Great piece on new env laws. Key point on more powers to states:

"Smaller govs in particular, such as the ACT and the NT, often struggle to properly enforce their own environmental laws."

By @kirstyhowey.bsky.social & Simon Copland in @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
The devil is in the devolution: are the states mounting an EPBC takeover?
Speaking to the press after passage of amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act last Thursday, Western Australian Premier, Roger Cook, indicated that he expect...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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The devil is in the devolution: are the states mounting an EPBC takeover?

New from Simon Copland and @kirstyhowey.bsky.social: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
The devil is in the devolution: are the states mounting an EPBC takeover?
Speaking to the press after passage of amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act last Thursday, Western Australian Premier, Roger Cook, indicated that he expect...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia.

But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better…my piece in the weekend edition of @thepointau.bsky.social

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'The good has become the enemy of better’: why the Senate refused to accept Labor’s first EPBC draft
'Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ has become the catch-cry of proud 'centrists' in Australia. But it’s time we admitted that the good has become the enemy of better.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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One year out, these five policies to strengthen Victoria's democracy could define next year's state election campaign: new from @browne90.bsky.social on The Point #auspol

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Five ways to strengthen democracy in Victoria
We're one year out from the Victorian state election - policies to strengthen the state's democracy could define next year’s election.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of

In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…

As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate

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If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
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Males (Average daily number) Indigenous Non-indigenous 2022 3,881.7 270.8021887 2023 4,119.4 266.419147 Sep-24 4,454.5 263.0404971 Dec-24 4,518.3 259.3942345 Mar-25 4,652.8 265.7101833 Jun-25 4,715.1 269.4114629 Sep-25 4,717.3 267.8862789
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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The last question time of the year has begun! Follow along on The Point live blog: live.thepoint.com.au
The Point Live: Australia missing emissions targets, Nationals pretend to care Barnaby Joyce's has left the Nationals
Australia is way off meeting its emissions targets as the nation records its hottest year ever, while Barnaby Joyce moans about the Nationals leader not begging him to stay in the party as he defects ...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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It's the last day of parliament and I am all out of fucks to give:
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Absolutely masses of stuff happening today. @amyremeikis.bsky.social and @australiainstitute.org.au team have got you covered #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au
The Point Live: Labor and Greens to pass environment laws today, Nationals pretend to care about Barnaby Joyce's future
Labor wants a political win and wants its environment legislation pushed through, even if it means sitting on Friday to do it, while the Nationals are pretending to care about Barnaby Joyce's potentia...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Shockingly bad regulation of #energy system. SA is a particular case in point. We invest in #solar and pay to support continuing extortionate #gas prices. #auspol
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
thepointau.bsky.social
The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians.

Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets:
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The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians
Two charts that show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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browne90.bsky.social
The Vic Govt has conceded that parts of Vic donation restrictions are unconstitutional because they give major parties an unfair advantage.

But what are the implications, for Victoria and elsewhere in Aus?

I explain on @thepointau.bsky.social live blog.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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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
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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.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Australia was in the BELEM DECLARATION ON THE TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS for about 24 hours, before its Prime Minister declared that you need to extract more gas to help the transition away from fossil fuels.

Enjoy my latest for @thepointau.bsky.social :)

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November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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"How Australian democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts" @browne90.bsky.social #OffTheCharts #ThePoint

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How Australian democracy has changed since 1975, in six charts
50 years on from the Dismissal, how has Australian democracy changed? Here are six ways that Australian politics looks very different to when Gough Whitlam was PM in November 1975.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Australia should take many lessons from Mamdani's incredible victory, including learning from America on how to handle money in politics (yes, really)

New from me on @thepointau.bsky.social 👇
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What Australia can learn from the US about money in politics
Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign benefited greatly from New York’s funding innovations.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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@marquelawyers.com.au with a take you need to read on copyright and AI on @thepointau.bsky.social
Copyright is dead. When it comes to AI my property has been stolen all the same
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November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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browne90.bsky.social
Politics cannot be fixed by removing the politicians.

Reflections on citizens' juries and "mini-publics" from my time as a citizens' juror.

On @thepointau.bsky.social
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Serving on a citizens’ jury taught me the value of politicians
Politics cannot be fixed by removing the politicians. Instead, Australians could ask more of the politicians they do elect and participate fully in civic life – protesting, joining political parties o...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Universities have played a central role in democracies…but then we started trying to run them like businesses…Great piece by the VC of University of Western Sydney, Prof George Williams in @thepointau.bsky.social

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From culture wars to AI disruption, universities face a reckoning over their role in society
High fees, student dissatisfaction and repeated governance issues dominating the headlines have fuelled an intense political climate for universities. Well before President Donald Trump was re-elected...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM