Quentin Dempster
@quentindempster.bsky.social
Australian journalist, author.
Pauline Hanson obviously wants Australia to ban Muslim immigration but won’t say so out loud. The Faragists now coalescing in our country use the dogwhistle “mass” migration but so far have not put up legislation to embed religiously intolerant “values” in our immigration laws.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Pauline Hanson obviously wants Australia to ban Muslim immigration but won’t say so out loud. The Faragists now coalescing in our country use the dogwhistle “mass” migration but so far have not put up legislation to embed religiously intolerant “values” in our immigration laws.
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Award winning journalist @quentindempster.bsky.social on the importance of freelance journalists in our media landscape and the threat of AI.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Award winning journalist @quentindempster.bsky.social on the importance of freelance journalists in our media landscape and the threat of AI.
Media companies need to PAY UP and stop making deals with AI companies that don't include consent and compensation for media workers.
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No wonder PM Albanese now appears ambivalent about hosting COP26 in SA next year. World attention would focus on his export coal/gas (gaslighting) hypocrisy: an embarrassment for Australia. AFR reports 👇 big decision expected this week. Bonn?
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
No wonder PM Albanese now appears ambivalent about hosting COP26 in SA next year. World attention would focus on his export coal/gas (gaslighting) hypocrisy: an embarrassment for Australia. AFR reports 👇 big decision expected this week. Bonn?
“Disclosure without consequences. A smoke alarm without batteries - installed when the house is already ablaze”. Carmen Lawrence 👇 exposes the Faustian “trigger” PM Albanese proposes in his EPBC Act. Coal/gas: let ‘er rip.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Disclosure without consequences. A smoke alarm without batteries - installed when the house is already ablaze”. Carmen Lawrence 👇 exposes the Faustian “trigger” PM Albanese proposes in his EPBC Act. Coal/gas: let ‘er rip.
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NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: California now has nearly 17,000 megawatts of battery storage – reaching one-third of the way to our 2045 goal.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
We're deploying more battery storage than any state in America, building a stronger grid, cutting pollution, and securing a safer future for our nation.
While Gina/Advance/IPA/Murdochs/Faragists/preferential Pauline take over the Liberal Party, a big window has opened for more meritorious independents (think ‘teals’) to run in marginal LNP (and some ALP) seats across federal electorates. Libs may have signed their own death warrant. 👇
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
While Gina/Advance/IPA/Murdochs/Faragists/preferential Pauline take over the Liberal Party, a big window has opened for more meritorious independents (think ‘teals’) to run in marginal LNP (and some ALP) seats across federal electorates. Libs may have signed their own death warrant. 👇
Sussan Ley and the federal parliamentary Liberal Party display “contempt for the future”. Saturday Paper editorial 15/11/25. >> Zero sense www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Zero sense
Sussan Ley says she’s not worried about upsetting “people in Paris”. It’s a neat way of explaining how little she understands the Paris Agreement, a failure of comprehension so great she seems to beli...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Sussan Ley and the federal parliamentary Liberal Party display “contempt for the future”. Saturday Paper editorial 15/11/25. >> Zero sense www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The Liberal Party has lost the Australian business sector with its “sheer fatuousness and contradictions” by abandoning net zero 2050. AFR editorial 15-16/11/25. The so called party of rational market economics relegates itself to the political fringe. 👇✅
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Liberal Party has lost the Australian business sector with its “sheer fatuousness and contradictions” by abandoning net zero 2050. AFR editorial 15-16/11/25. The so called party of rational market economics relegates itself to the political fringe. 👇✅
Re net zero dispute: Phil Coorey AFR observes PM Albo is watching closely. “.. not everyone in government will be heartbroken should Australia ultimately fail to host next year’s” UN COP conference in Adelaide.
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Re net zero dispute: Phil Coorey AFR observes PM Albo is watching closely. “.. not everyone in government will be heartbroken should Australia ultimately fail to host next year’s” UN COP conference in Adelaide.
The Faragists, backed by Gina, are about to trigger a full blast Australian fear campaign on net zero target and “mass” migration. Resolve polling indicates electors remain undecided on these political pressure points.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Faragists, backed by Gina, are about to trigger a full blast Australian fear campaign on net zero target and “mass” migration. Resolve polling indicates electors remain undecided on these political pressure points.
Folks, this now successful campaign to capture the federal parliamentary Liberal Party re dumping net zero 2050, has been bankrolled by an “enshitification” online outfit called Advance -bankrolled by Gina Rinehart, an Australian coal/gas oligarch and Trumpist.
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Folks, this now successful campaign to capture the federal parliamentary Liberal Party re dumping net zero 2050, has been bankrolled by an “enshitification” online outfit called Advance -bankrolled by Gina Rinehart, an Australian coal/gas oligarch and Trumpist.
The subversives. Sponsored by Gina, Advance, IPA, the Murdochs, Sky After Dark, preferential Pauline and the Beetrooter. Australia’s 2025 climate/energy war has just been declared by vested coal/gas interests. First capture? The federal parliamentary Liberal Party.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The subversives. Sponsored by Gina, Advance, IPA, the Murdochs, Sky After Dark, preferential Pauline and the Beetrooter. Australia’s 2025 climate/energy war has just been declared by vested coal/gas interests. First capture? The federal parliamentary Liberal Party.
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Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Net Zero hides a truth the mining giants understand perfectly: nothing has to change
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Presented with a massive side-eye to governments who can’t even equitably remunerate paid work, let alone unpaid labour.
Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion, new research shows. See how much your unpaid labour is worth
New analysis reveals just how much “invisible” caring and housework is worth to the economy.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Presented with a massive side-eye to governments who can’t even equitably remunerate paid work, let alone unpaid labour.
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11 November 1975.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
11 November 1975.
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Recognise him? It’s Al Capone! Al taught us when demand for drug (alcohol) is strong & availability restricted/illegal, supply shifts to black market & can get vy violent. Just what happened with cigs/vapes in Australia @jamomartin.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Recognise him? It’s Al Capone! Al taught us when demand for drug (alcohol) is strong & availability restricted/illegal, supply shifts to black market & can get vy violent. Just what happened with cigs/vapes in Australia @jamomartin.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social
It’s too late George (Brandis). Andrew Hastie (Lib., Canning) has already jumped the shark. He’s joined the illiberal Faragists and Trumpists. The key question: does Sussan Ley have the party room numbers to survive this week, then months, years to the 2028 election?
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It’s too late George (Brandis). Andrew Hastie (Lib., Canning) has already jumped the shark. He’s joined the illiberal Faragists and Trumpists. The key question: does Sussan Ley have the party room numbers to survive this week, then months, years to the 2028 election?
“Strategic voting” e.g. Labor voters giving first preferences to “teal” independents in House of Representative seats where ALP cannot win, is now an established pattern. @antonygreen.com.au
Excellent analysis by Green on Labor voters habits in last election strategically voting in seats where independents have the better option of winning, thus giving their 1st preference to the independent
The receipts? Well that’s in the higher senate vote recorded in certain electorates
#auspol
The receipts? Well that’s in the higher senate vote recorded in certain electorates
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FED2025 – Evidence on Labor Supporters Voting Strategically for Independents
It has long been a given of Australian politics that support for the two major parties is higher in the House than the Senate. But that rule was broken at the 2025 Federal election when Labor polle…
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November 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
“Strategic voting” e.g. Labor voters giving first preferences to “teal” independents in House of Representative seats where ALP cannot win, is now an established pattern. @antonygreen.com.au
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
Well what’d ya know? “Pentagon confirms the ‘benefit’ of AUKUS deal” for US defence policy. MKoziol SMH/Age. Yes $A368B to prop up US N subs production .. and Australia gets expanded US bases on its soil and is now a nuclear target in US war with China over Taiwan.
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Well what’d ya know? “Pentagon confirms the ‘benefit’ of AUKUS deal” for US defence policy. MKoziol SMH/Age. Yes $A368B to prop up US N subs production .. and Australia gets expanded US bases on its soil and is now a nuclear target in US war with China over Taiwan.
Nuremberg, Geneva, Rome genocide conventions: those violating human rights in 21C (Hamas, Netanyahu) must be held to account. Sydney Peace Prize Navi Pillay. Please note: neither Trump’s USA nor Albanese’s Australia have yet to uphold the rule of law = our moral abyss.
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Nuremberg, Geneva, Rome genocide conventions: those violating human rights in 21C (Hamas, Netanyahu) must be held to account. Sydney Peace Prize Navi Pillay. Please note: neither Trump’s USA nor Albanese’s Australia have yet to uphold the rule of law = our moral abyss.
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Excellent summary of current situation re international nuclear arms. New START treaty expires February 2026. Should be extended & new treaties developed to ban all nuclear weapons. @sanho.bsky.social @paulbongiorno.bsky.social @quentindempster.bsky.social
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If the US resumes nuclear weapons testing, this would be extremely dangerous for humanity
All of the nine nuclear-armed nations are investing huge sums in new weapons. And the numbers of nuclear weapons “available for use” is climbing again.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Excellent summary of current situation re international nuclear arms. New START treaty expires February 2026. Should be extended & new treaties developed to ban all nuclear weapons. @sanho.bsky.social @paulbongiorno.bsky.social @quentindempster.bsky.social
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Social media outfit Advance, bankrolled by Gina, backed by the Murdochs, IPA, Nampijinpa, Pauline Hanson, Tony Abbott, John Howard pays for what Steve Bannon calls “enshitification” = flooding a polity with “shit” - fear/propaganda. Now it’s “mass” migration and net zero 2050.
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Social media outfit Advance, bankrolled by Gina, backed by the Murdochs, IPA, Nampijinpa, Pauline Hanson, Tony Abbott, John Howard pays for what Steve Bannon calls “enshitification” = flooding a polity with “shit” - fear/propaganda. Now it’s “mass” migration and net zero 2050.
Cowardly, irresponsible. It looks like Australia’s L-NP Coalition will dingo out of net zero 2050. Awaiting Sussan Ley’s Liberal partyroom decision = leadership test. Failure to urgently mitigate emissions via new technologies exposes our children to ever increasing risk.
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Cowardly, irresponsible. It looks like Australia’s L-NP Coalition will dingo out of net zero 2050. Awaiting Sussan Ley’s Liberal partyroom decision = leadership test. Failure to urgently mitigate emissions via new technologies exposes our children to ever increasing risk.