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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 13h

“Australians are increasingly feeling that corporations & lobbyists are drowning out their voices. Major industries donate millions to political parties, hire former politicians as lobbyists, & shape public policy to serve their own private interests.”

socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/democracy-fo...

Democracy for Sale: The Hidden Cost of Corporate Power

Democracy for Sale reveals how the hidden costs of corporate power in Australian politics harm citizens and hinder fair reforms.

socialjusticeaustralia.com.au

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 12h

“Religion is the opiate of the masses…”

- KM

🤣 the man was right!

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 18h

"Enraged, disoriented, but also determined to restore all of Israel’s advantages since Oslo, Netanyahu embarked on a campaign of mass killing that, over the course of two years, culminated in one of the worst genocides in human history."
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From Gaza, Palestinians have reasserted their agency on the world stage

If we are to speak of a Palestinian victory in Gaza, it is a resounding triumph for the Palestinian people, their indomitable spirit and their deeply rooted resistance that transcends faction, ideolog...

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unionrabble.bsky.social @unionrabble.bsky.social · 12h

Australia is just a colony of 2 fascist regimes

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 18h

I know I don't need to point it out to you, @abcnews @ABCaustralia, because you already know it but I'll point it anyway because I am so fucking angry ... censoring your reporting in favour of ISRAEL is a partisan political act that flies in the fucking face of IMPARTIALITY. #auspol #GazaGenocide

Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to @abcnews radio news on the release of "Israeli hostages" and "Palestinian prisoners" and the "end of the war" and I'm really sick to death of this whitewashed pro-Israel biased shit that is genocide denial and dehumanizes Palestinians. #auspol #GazaHolocaust

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 17h

How long will Trump/Netanyahu's fake 'ceasefire' last? Oh! Palestinians have already been murdered and food withheld.

#FreePalestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 16h

Kaiser refuses to give workers fair pay, benefits, and the staffing they need to keep patients safe.

We stand with the 46,000 UNAC/UHCP, @steelworkers.bsky.social Local 7600, @ofnhp.bsky.social, @unitehere.org Hawaii, and HNHP health care workers on STRIKE fighting for a fair contract ✊

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 15h

Advance’s core campaigns against renewable energy and Aboriginal rights constitute the vested interests of many of their major contributors, particularly in the mining and energy sectors. other campaigns are to garner popular support. #auspol #Advance

Who are 'Advance' and what are they doing to our politics?

Launched in 2018 as a conservative answer to GetUp!, the group Advance likes to style itself as the voice of the average person against “the elite.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 14h

It’s great to see the cross bench coming out early and with strength opposing the Govt’s evil #FOI Amendment Bill. Here’s Senator @jacquilambie.bsky.social’s amendment killing off changes to restrict public access to controversial matters being considered by the Govt. #auspol

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Political Gadgets @politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 13h

$733,843,078 in Fed Govt contracts given today. Top spend was with DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICE DFAS-PE ($700,903,491) - https://politicalgadgets.com/

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raven-mumur @raven-murmur.bsky.social · 16h

You've more likely not heard of this until now.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 15h

#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #WesternMediaComplicity

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elfdock.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social · 14h

Teresa O'Sullivan made the rare public comments
to raise what she called the "entrenched over-representation" of Indigenous prisoners.

She said 12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had died in NSW custody this year so far.

"This is a profoundly distressing milestone," she said.

NSW coroner makes rare comment on 'distressing' Indigenous deaths in custody

State Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan has made rare public comments to raise what she calls the "entrenched over-representation" of Indigenous prisoners.

www.abc.net.au

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42itous @rbc42.bsky.social · 15h

Antifa means anti-fascism
Those who villainize antifa
are pro-fascism
You could call them Profa

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 14h

It’s great to see the cross bench coming out early and with strength opposing the Govt’s evil #FOI Amendment Bill. Here’s Senator @jacquilambie.bsky.social’s amendment killing off changes to restrict public access to any important matters being considered by the Govt. #auspol

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

And me!

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unionrabble.bsky.social @unionrabble.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a LNP/IPA govt. this is what they exist for

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 1d

Sixty-eight percent of inter-BRICS trade is taking place outside the dollar system, rapidly enabling countries to escape the illegal imposition of financial sanctions by the US and the West. A fundamental redistribution of power in geopolitics. #auspol #BRICS

The West’s crucial strategic failures

The Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that once believed they were eternal. Camille Paglia.

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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 1d

“Last 40 yrs adopted neoliberal economic ideology that focused on assumed advantages of private sector and alleged inability of public sector to match its entrepreneurial and efficiency advantages. That ideology deliberately ignored the role of the public sector.”

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

The West’s crucial strategic failures

The Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that once believed they were eternal. Camille Paglia.

johnmenadue.com

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 2d

As the Privacy Commissioner says - yes this social media age ban is likely to create a honeypot of data and the safest data is the data you don't collect. It's as simple as that.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

Now, they'll have a method for quantifying WoodCIDE's North West Shelf Extension human health & environmental harms

Scarborough's expected to emit 876 million tonnes of CO₂ over its lifetime

North West Shelf Extension's expected to emit 4 billion tonnes of GHG emissions over its lifetime

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ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 1d

Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/why-santos-is-behind-your-soaring-electricity-and-mortgage-costs/105885202

Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs

It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless thousands of jobs. And it all hinged on one disastrous decision in an Adelaide boardroom.

www.abc.net.au

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 1d

We don’t have a gas shortage, we have a gas export problem. Santos are gaming the system and pushing up the price of gas paid by 🇦🇺 households & industry.

We don’t need new projects, we need to reserve uncontracted export gas for 🇦🇺 now!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs

It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...

www.abc.net.au

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unionrabble.bsky.social @unionrabble.bsky.social · 1d

As expected

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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 2d

Tories

Labor backs down on key elements of controversial superannuation tax plan

Jim Chalmers announces backflip on policy to tax unrealised superannuation gains on account balances of more than $3m

www.theguardian.com

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