Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Under Labor we have seen wages flat line, the rise of the far right and record war profits from fossil fuels going untaxed. We think these are ‘somewhat concerning’. 48551194
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialLaki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 40mGreat story, involving watermelons growing on this land in Egypt well for the first time and cucumbers growing to the size of baseball bats on Colorado rooftops. Why? Because they like the shade too, when it's really hot. 043
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialThe DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 3hZero tax on $51BN of revenue. But they chased people until they suicided for Robodebt. How have we not burned down the oligarchy already. JFC 15534
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 10hA Northern Territory body with ZERO full-time staff is the de facto national regulator for online gambling. Last year, Australians lost $36 billion gambling. @justinedavismla.bsky.social tells @ebonybennett.bsky.social about this extraordinary situation on Follow the Money 🎧 theaus.in/4jhnKz9 38956
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialResist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 17hActually, the IDF removed almost 150 journalists from their database - Interesting.. 🤔🤔 Here's the real list of all 367 journalists murdered by Israel in the last 1091 days 👇stopmurderingjournalists.comStop Murdering Journalists - Databases for PalestineIsrael is on a journalist mass-murdering spree. 12021
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to tax gas? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to build public housing? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to end AUKUS? Greens are happy to be constructive about things that materially benefit the public. We are not a rubber stamp. 33490167
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialBarbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 6hLabor’s 5% deposit scheme conned 1st homebuyers into massive debt & many risk owing the bank. The Greens want big banks to be required to offer low-interest mortgages for 1st homebuyer owner-occupiers so more early repayments go to paying off the loan, not to bank profits. 26115
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialJewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 4hNAZA - the film Netanyahu doesn't want you to see - is coming to Australia. We're partnering with @madmanfilms.bsky.social for special preview screenings on 11 October in Sydney and Melbourne, featuring @sarahschwartz.bsky.social and Antony Loewenstein. Grab tickets here: www.madman.com.au/naza/ 513166
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialJenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 4hThe true cost of AUKUS will be over $500 billion. Please repost. Australians need to know this. @albomp.bsky.social #AUKUS #LaborSellout independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...independentaustralia.netAUKUS public inquiry asks what Parliament won’tWith AUKUS costs soaring and scrutiny lacking, a public inquiry is asking the questions Parliament has failed to confront. 012
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialIndependent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5hAUKUS public inquiry asks what Parliament won’t independentaustralia.net/politics/p… #Auspolindependentaustralia.netAUKUS public inquiry asks what Parliament won’tWith AUKUS costs soaring and scrutiny lacking, a public inquiry is asking the questions Parliament has failed to confront. 133
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialMingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 8hAnd he didn't do it alone. 12857021556
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 5hPlantations will carry more of Australia’s timber supply as native forest logging declines. How they are planned, harvested and managed will determine whether biodiversity is protected or pushed aside, David Lindenmayer writes. #Forests #Biodiversitypearlsandirritations.comPlantations are the future of timber. Biodiversity cannot be an afterthoughtAs plantations supply more of Australia’s timber, how they are established and harvested will increasingly shape biodiversity. Good management can make a substantial difference. 0145
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 6hWe have a right to know where #AUKUS nuclear waste will be buried, and how our Foreign Investment Review Board decides if Aussie companies can be sold to foreigners. Despite the Govt appealing my #FOI wins, and seeking legal costs if I lose, I’m in for the fight. Game on! #auspol 717967
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialJonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026a great pity. had the rare gift of being able to make a point without commentary. i know it's unfashionable to say, but we will miss his gentle gravity: a thing only earned with experience. 510714
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 5hPenny Wong is "deeply concerned" by the "humanitarian crisis" in Gaza. She also doesn't want to see "Palestinian jobs and livelihoods affected" by sanctions against Israeli invaders in the West Bank. The gaslighting rhetoric from Wong is utterly shameful. 😔 #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine 176526
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialDavid Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 8hIt lectures on Australian taxation but pays none itself. News Australia Holdings racked up 10 years of paying zero tax. It earned $1.89 billion in revenue, made more than $300 million in profit (a record for the past decade) & contributed zero. #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/01/n...crikey.com.auNews Corp celebrates more than a decade of paying zero tax in AustraliaNews Corp continues to make serious money in Australia while paying no tax. But even the Murdoch monolith isn't the nation's worst tax dodger. 911159
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialDavid Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 11hAdani owes Queenslanders millions in royalties from the Carmichael coalmine. Premier David Crisafulli let them off the hook in Aug 2025 by abandoning the court case initiated in 2023. Adani donated thousands to the LNP prior to the Qld election. #qldpol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...thepoint.com.auWhat did Adani get for the money it gave to the Queensland Liberal National Party?If only we knew then what we know now. In August 2025, Queensland’s LNP Government announced it was abandoning a court case against Adani over unpaid coal royalties, a case that started in 2023 under ... 1110068
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialDavid Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 11hNSW Attorney-General Michael Daley has been contacted for comment. The Greens are reporting that the NSW government is joining the Queensland government to defend in the High Court Qld Premier David Crisafulli's speech criminalisation laws. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAustralia news live: NSW seeks to join Queensland in ‘from the river to the sea’ ban case – as it happenedThis blog has now closed 2178
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialmarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 28/09/2026Google is updating its satellite images of Gaza. The comprehensiveness of effort required to reduce an urban landscape to this is beyond imagining. Literal carpet bombing. 31342198
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 4hGovernments’ own security assessments warn of conflict, migration, food shortages and economic instability as climate and ecosystems break down. So why is so much of the evidence still being withheld from the public? Julian Cribb writes. #ClimateCrisis #auspolpearlsandirritations.comGovernments know how dangerous climate collapse is. Why aren’t they telling us?British intelligence warns that climate and ecosystem collapse could drive conflict, migration, famine and economic instability. Yet governments continue to conceal the full scale of the threat. 22618
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 10hWhile the women left out of this story ‘wait’ for answers on sexual assault allegations, the bloke made centre of this story ‘can’t wait’ to have it all swept under the rug & be able to hang out with the boys again. 2515860
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialBarbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 11hA dozen federal public servants are earning over $1 million a year at the Future Fund Management Agency. We’re not talking about Secretaries who run big government departments but employees. How can the government justify this? What kind of APS work warrants $1 or $1.5 mil? 911343
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialThe Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 02/09/2026The ABC wants to dismantle the department behind some of its best television – and the best Australian television ever.theconversation.com5 programs that show what ABC Indigenous made possible – and what we could lose if it’s axed 01613
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialMaranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 7h2/ The 2002 Arab peace initiative offered Israel normalization with Arab & Muslim states including Iran & Iraq at the time in exchange for peace & Palestinian statehood. For over 20 years, that offer has stood. 3/ 144
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialMaranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 7hFULL SPEECH: South Africa Directly Charges Israel with Genocide at UN Podium! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRPI...youtube.comFULL SPEECH: South Africa Directly Charges Israel with Genocide at UN Podium!YouTube video by Times Now World 21613
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialFarts are Funny @greasydump.bsky.social · 8h#Democrat #Republican #Democrats #Republicans #MAGA #US #USA tax $ providing bombs to commit this #Palestinian #Gaza #genocide #ethnostate #WestBank #Lebanon #GolanHeights land theft #apartheid #Israel www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8cY...youtube.comFamilies in Gaza bury 105 people found under rubble years after strikesYouTube video by Al Jazeera English 046
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialMaranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 7h'We Have Failed Palestine’: Irish PM Holds Nothing Back In Fiery Takedown Of Bibi Over Gaza At UNGA www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jho...youtube.com‘We Have Failed Palestine’: Irish PM Holds Nothing Back In Fiery Takedown Of Bibi Over Gaza At UNGAYouTube video by Hook Global 1910
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialmariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 14hwww.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comMatt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlitExclusive: Climate Change Authority chair says planning commission did not account for climate-related economic damage in NSW 0127
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Of 24,650 recorded deaths in #Gaza that year, 70.1% were attributed to direct Israeli attacks, making them the leading cause of death. Heart disease ranked second at 7.7%." www.threads.com/@vpalestinet... #BDS #BoycottIsrael #GazaStrip #FreePalestine #Israel #News #Palestine #WorldNews 8136129
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 17hThis is what genocide looks like in the early decades of the 21st century www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comNew Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in GazaSatellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire 37541
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialFloyd, of the K floyds @floydthek.bsky.social · 14hMemo to Albanese... 0248
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax. 38538284
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialCraig's Late Night Douche Bag Patrol🦘🦘🦘 @vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social · 14hA German activist has released documents from inside a Caribbean gambling regulator. The leak revealed De-Anne Kelly's past involvement with LuckyBet casino. ABC News Australia. Yeah she is in trouble. Or should be. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...abc.net.auHoward-era minister voted to outlaw offshore casinos, then co-founded oneFormer federal minister De-Anne Kelly has been revealed as a co-founder of offshore casino LuckyBet. 2147
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialDavid Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Adani Mining's total income for 2024-25 from its Queensland Carmichael coalmine was $1,315,844,890. It's taxable income was zero. Since opening in 2021 its tax payable has been zero. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comBillions of dollars, none of it taxed: ATO reveals the tech giants paying zero income taxDatabase names big companies – including Microsoft subsidiary and Netflix – that pay little corporate tax but notes there could be legitimate reasons 149064
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialeveraldatlarge.bsky.social @everaldatlarge.bsky.social · 13hOn my way to #Uluru today ready for my walk around mountain that is spiritual heart of Australia on my 95th birthday on Monday at dawn. Hope to raise $100000 for #DorcasACTS a charity I founded that makes financial grants to people in crisis situations. Please donate at spiritwalker.org.au 0145
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialDr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 15hWelcome! On page 5 of this doc: www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor... There's a link to a list of all 550 or so 'think-tanks' comprising the global #AtlasNetwork bsky.app/profile/jere... 22917
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 18hSuperb #3RRR #SpinCycle 01Nov. @jessielilley.bsky.social and @rachelwithers.bsky.social discuss the Cornell University rape story. Outstanding convo with Guardian Aus' Sarah Martin re her Pauline Hanson podcast, The Populist. Superb. #auspol #Cornell7 www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...rrr.org.auPrograms: Spin Cycle – 1 October 2026, Spin Cycle — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent RadioAn episode of Spin Cycle on 1 October 2026 1104
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 14hFuture Fund earns big returns on extortionate student accommodation Sam Connor reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/future-fund-earn… 34620
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“What we are seeing now is a complete explosion of these melt rates, leading to the disintegration of glaciers. They’re really just falling apart" Europe's glaciers are accelerating even faster on the road to oblivion www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five yearsAlpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution 712169
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialPeter Hannam @peterhannam1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here’s a fuller view of September weather… by maximum temperatures, it was Australia’s third warmest September on record: 145
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialJane @janerefreshed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Another Gazan family - raising funds for their children Ziad & Mirna. Beautiful children! Free Palestine 🇵🇸🫒🍉 chuffed.org/project/zeya...chuffed.orgRebuilding Hope: A Lifeline for Ziad and Mirna in Northern GazaAs international humanitarian organizations like the UN OCHA and WFP have recently reported, the situation in Northern Gaza has reached a catastrophic level of famine, displacement, and infrastructure... 22942
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialElizabeth Sofia 💙🐈🐶🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️🌈 @skippjon1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🎉🎉🎉 12272331862
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 01/10/2026Eddie Perfect turns Molière satire Tartuffe into a black comedy about AIabc.net.au'It's coming for everything': Eddie Perfect on AI and his new satireWriter and actor Eddie Perfect's next show is a black comedy based on Molière's Tartuffe that replaces the 17th-century play's quasi-religious charlatan with an AI hairdressing robot. 0114
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 01/10/2026🇨🇭 Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 percent of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record. ➡️ u.afp.com/S96w 11914
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialMelissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026An update to Google Maps has revealed the extent of devastation during the three-year Gaza war and the severity of the continuing humanitarian crisis faced by the territory’s 2.3 million inhabitants. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comNew Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in GazaSatellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire 125
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All medical staff have been forced to withdraw from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza as Israeli tanks move towards the facility. There is supposed to be a ceasefire in Gaza, but War Criminal Israel will level one of the last hospitals with its tanks and no one will even say anything 23595387
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.socialNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026At what environmental cost? "Spacecraft is being landed in the sea with no plan to recover and recycle it...exploded in a huge fireball once it had hit the water" #PlanetaryBoundaries www.independent.co.uk/tech/spacex-...independent.co.ukSpaceX’s Starship dramatically explodes after first orbital tripMission was hit by technical problems as it flew around Earth 1941795976
Reposted by @chillipop2.bsky.social🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Gouldian finches 12-15cm tropical savanna and open woodlands of northern Australia. black faced male and the red faced female performing mating ritual hopping up and down Nest inside a a tree hollow both take turns incubating 16 days, feed chicks 25 days in the nest, and 3 weeks after fledging. 522073359
