Well May We Say
@wellmaywesay.bsky.social
A progressive podcast about Australian politics by @jeremysear.bsky.social and guest hosts (often @nickcarrcomedy.bsky.social and @deensey.bsky.social). Find us at wellmaywesay.com and your favourite podcast app.
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00:02:04 Greens and Labor reach a deal on "environment protection" bill 00:29:15 Far right polling well as other polls suggest Australians more concerned about immigration than climate change, and ho...
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I'd like to see the end of the bs line that the ABC is lefty. It treats actual lefties with absolute contempt, and boosts right wing narratives. And then to add insult to injury we get told it's biased towards us! Maybe it's finally time to thoroughly debunk that lie.
Remember when Howard's communications minister Richard Alston used to send through lists of "bias" to the ABC, and they cowed and went to the right to appease the LNP - maybe time for a concerted lefty campaign bombarding them with instances of anti-left bias?
ABC coverage of the disastrous Tasmanian stadium vote - entirely positive and cheering it on. Literally no coverage of the opposition to it. Where's the ABC's "neutral" stance? #theirABC
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'd like to see the end of the bs line that the ABC is lefty. It treats actual lefties with absolute contempt, and boosts right wing narratives. And then to add insult to injury we get told it's biased towards us! Maybe it's finally time to thoroughly debunk that lie.
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Mockery of human rights. High Court rules indefinite detention of refugees unlawful. Govt packs refugees back to Nauru indefinitely. Janet Pelly reports #auspol
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Nauru refugees. Indefinite detention a definite breach of High Court ruling - Michael West
Despite High Court ruling declaring indefinite detention of refugees unlawful, the Government is sending refugees back to Nauru.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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#AustraliaVsHumanity
The whole premise of these laws is a lie. There is no evidence they will protect Victorians; on the contrary, they'll turn young offenders into lifelong hardened criminals.
The whole premise of these laws is a lie. There is no evidence they will protect Victorians; on the contrary, they'll turn young offenders into lifelong hardened criminals.
Controversial youth justice reforms that allow children to be sentenced to life in prison have passed the Victorian Parliament, despite strong opposition from legal experts and Indigenous organisations
Victorian Parliament passes youth justice laws allowing life sentences for children despite human rights concerns
Controversial youth justice reforms that allow children to be sentenced to life in prison have passed the Victorian Parliament, despite strong opposition from legal experts and Indigenous organisation...
nit.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
#AustraliaVsHumanity
The whole premise of these laws is a lie. There is no evidence they will protect Victorians; on the contrary, they'll turn young offenders into lifelong hardened criminals.
The whole premise of these laws is a lie. There is no evidence they will protect Victorians; on the contrary, they'll turn young offenders into lifelong hardened criminals.
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Most NDIS participants will lose external avenue to appeal funding amounts under new system, Senate estimates told
Most NDIS participants will lose external avenue to appeal funding amounts under new system, Senate estimates told
Administrative review tribunal no longer authorised to alter a person’s plan or reinstate funding, agency confirmed
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Participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme will in most cases no longer be able to appeal their total amount of funding support to any external review body, executives have confirmed, after revelations about automation to be introduced to the organisation.
The minister for disability and the NDIS, Jenny McAllister, and National Disability Insurance Agency bosses were peppered with questions at Senate estimates on Thursday about changes to the way NDIS support plans will be generated under a new planning model coming into effect from mid-2026. Continue reading...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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I repeatedly asked the Federal Government if the UN torture inspectors’ visit was on track and if the they would gain full access to all prisons and watch houses. They said yes when the truth was no. The Commonwealth funds 80% of all NT government, including its brutal jails. Open them.
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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The CLP first minister in the NT so cartoonishly evil #AustraliaVsHumanity
Spud visits Alice Springs yesterday. This morning on News Breakfast, the NT First Minister says she will build more prisons in the NT, WITHOUT AIRCON because "prisons aren't meant to be hotels where you go for a holiday".
Project 2025 is in full swing with the LNP #auspol
Project 2025 is in full swing with the LNP #auspol
December 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The CLP first minister in the NT so cartoonishly evil #AustraliaVsHumanity
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NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro (CLP) is doing this either out of reckless negligence toward, or with the intention of, procuring trans women inmates for the purpose of having them raped.
This is what sending trans women to men's prisons does. This is all it ever does. This is what it is for.
This is what sending trans women to men's prisons does. This is all it ever does. This is what it is for.
The NT Government is importing culture wars, and putting the safety and welfare of trans women prisoners at serious risk, by announcing they will send trans women to men's prisons. #auslaw #trans #transphobia
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December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I'd like to see the Greens providing some opposition to this. Regulation of social media, particularly the malevolent algorithms, is a vastly better approach than just denying young Australians access to online support and leaving the rest of the harms big tech is doing (to everyone) unaddressed.
The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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December 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'd like to see the Greens providing some opposition to this. Regulation of social media, particularly the malevolent algorithms, is a vastly better approach than just denying young Australians access to online support and leaving the rest of the harms big tech is doing (to everyone) unaddressed.
Ironically, U-16s won't be able to be part of crowd sourcing of information on bushfires now
You get a ban! And you get a ban! And you get a ban! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Ironically, U-16s won't be able to be part of crowd sourcing of information on bushfires now
Remember when Howard's communications minister Richard Alston used to send through lists of "bias" to the ABC, and they cowed and went to the right to appease the LNP - maybe time for a concerted lefty campaign bombarding them with instances of anti-left bias?
ABC coverage of the disastrous Tasmanian stadium vote - entirely positive and cheering it on. Literally no coverage of the opposition to it. Where's the ABC's "neutral" stance? #theirABC
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Remember when Howard's communications minister Richard Alston used to send through lists of "bias" to the ABC, and they cowed and went to the right to appease the LNP - maybe time for a concerted lefty campaign bombarding them with instances of anti-left bias?
Even LNP concedes that referring to migration as "mass migration" is inaccurate and harmful. The media should stop using the term neutrally, particularly when reporting on anti-immigration extremists who like to try to pretend they're only anti "mass" migration
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Even LNP concedes that referring to migration as "mass migration" is inaccurate and harmful. The media should stop using the term neutrally, particularly when reporting on anti-immigration extremists who like to try to pretend they're only anti "mass" migration
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Another example of how insanely undemocratic the so-called "house of representatives" is. They're projecting the Greens on 13% (which is an achievement where the media relentlessly ignore or lie about them) but with ZERO seats out of 151. Zero seats. For millions of Australian voters. Farcical.
🚨 NEW: One Nation is nearing striking distance of becoming the official opposition, according to a federal voting intention poll and MRP released today by DemosAU
One Nation would win 12 seats and are within range of 18, while the Coalition risks falling to as low as 21
One Nation would win 12 seats and are within range of 18, while the Coalition risks falling to as low as 21
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Another example of how insanely undemocratic the so-called "house of representatives" is. They're projecting the Greens on 13% (which is an achievement where the media relentlessly ignore or lie about them) but with ZERO seats out of 151. Zero seats. For millions of Australian voters. Farcical.
Episode 195 "The lesson is, never try" (feat @nickcarrcomedy.bsky.social) now up on your favourite podcast app and at www.wellmaywesay.com/podcast/2025...
Episode 195 - "The lesson is, Never Try" (feat Nick Carr) — Well May We Say
00:02:04 Greens and Labor reach a deal on "environment protection" bill 00:29:15 Far right polling well as other polls suggest Australians more concerned about immigration than climate change, and ho...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Episode 195 "The lesson is, never try" (feat @nickcarrcomedy.bsky.social) now up on your favourite podcast app and at www.wellmaywesay.com/podcast/2025...
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Exactly. Private landlords are the problem, not the solution, and we need to elect MPs who recognise this (eg the Greens).
For 25 years, the industry has insisted that private supply would deliver affordability. Rents are at record highs, mortgage stress is entrenched, and homelessness is growing in every capital city. The market delivers what maximises the developer's profit #auspol
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The great failure of the property industry
In every era, certain industries become so large, so politically embedded, and so culturally unexamined that their performance ceases to matter.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Exactly. Private landlords are the problem, not the solution, and we need to elect MPs who recognise this (eg the Greens).
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Be pretty great if these bad faith tax-dodging rorts were finally shut down.
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Worried by the ATO’s new trust crackdown? Here’s what you can do
Despite the practice being banned 25 years ago, the Australian Taxation Office says people are misusing the personal services income rules to avoid tax.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Be pretty great if these bad faith tax-dodging rorts were finally shut down.
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Any of the bullshitters who spread that "$40bn given to indigenous Australians" lie in 2023 figured out yet the answer to their bad faith question "where does that money go?!" Funny that none of them have bothered chasing it down. Almost like they never really believed it was true.
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Any of the bullshitters who spread that "$40bn given to indigenous Australians" lie in 2023 figured out yet the answer to their bad faith question "where does that money go?!" Funny that none of them have bothered chasing it down. Almost like they never really believed it was true.
New episode recorded; editing it now.
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
New episode recorded; editing it now.
The only thing correct here is that the Greens did not win anything by working with Labor this week. A much better outcome would have been holding them to the fire and delaying the vote. The only people who benefited from taking the environment off the legislative table before Xmas were the ALP.
Political journalists are so intensely bad at dealing with environment and climate issues, it is absolutely remarkable
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November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The only thing correct here is that the Greens did not win anything by working with Labor this week. A much better outcome would have been holding them to the fire and delaying the vote. The only people who benefited from taking the environment off the legislative table before Xmas were the ALP.
The Greens need to stop listening to idiot hacks who just want them neutered. "Vengeful voters" punished them for refusing to support ALP legislation? What? They passed the whole lot for the ALP before last Xmas. The Greens need to stop listening to, and trying to please, these buffoons.
Political journalists are so intensely bad at dealing with environment and climate issues, it is absolutely remarkable
archive.ph/tpFlb
archive.ph/tpFlb
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The Greens need to stop listening to idiot hacks who just want them neutered. "Vengeful voters" punished them for refusing to support ALP legislation? What? They passed the whole lot for the ALP before last Xmas. The Greens need to stop listening to, and trying to please, these buffoons.
As if you needed another reason not to visit that shithole
Foreign visitors will now pay a lot more to visit US national parks - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/foreign-visitors-will-now-pay-a-lot-more-visit-us-national-parks
Foreign visitors will now pay a lot more to visit US national parks
Part of an 'America-First' policy, they will also pay an additional $100 fee for the most popular parks
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November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
As if you needed another reason not to visit that shithole
Next episode scheduled to record Friday afternoon.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Next episode scheduled to record Friday afternoon.
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The government will be lazier without them because it benchmarks itself against the Coalition. The old slur about the ALP as Alternative Liberal Party may or may not have been true in the past but it is now
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The government will be lazier without them because it benchmarks itself against the Coalition. The old slur about the ALP as Alternative Liberal Party may or may not have been true in the past but it is now
Btw there should be more reporting on the basis of the Greens as the opposition vs "bipartisan" ALP/LNP on these issues, as the latter two are basically the same. The Greens are the only party really fighting on
* Affordable housing
* Actual environment protections
* Cost of living
* Civil liberties
* Affordable housing
* Actual environment protections
* Cost of living
* Civil liberties
Thanks Albo and the ALP for pushing prices up higher and flooding the market with more investors. Here they are boasting about being "back in force", as prices skyrocket. Max Chandler-Mather and the Greens were entirely correct. You can't improve affordability without ending their tax breaks.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Btw there should be more reporting on the basis of the Greens as the opposition vs "bipartisan" ALP/LNP on these issues, as the latter two are basically the same. The Greens are the only party really fighting on
* Affordable housing
* Actual environment protections
* Cost of living
* Civil liberties
* Affordable housing
* Actual environment protections
* Cost of living
* Civil liberties