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Antony Green @antonygreenelec.bsky.social · 6h

How optional preferential voting (OPV) will help the Minns government win March's NSW election. And why OPV will force the Coalition and One Nation to reciprocate on preferences to minimise the exhausted preferences that boost Labor's chances. antonygreen.com.au/nsw2027-how-...

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 8h

This was our reaction to the VIC parliament report into last summer's fires. The recommendations are really solid & we need to implement as many as possible before the start of fire season. www.melbournefoe.org.au/response_to_...

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FoE reaction to the VIC bushfire inquiry report

Mobilise! Resist! Transform!

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 13h

In the latest episode of “What’s the Point?” co-CEO Richard Denniss examines neoliberalism, and just how damaging it has been to our economy. Listen here or wherever you listen to your podcasts! ⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/post/whats-the-point-of-neoliberalism/

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 7h

It's clear that Angus doesn't understand the issue of immigration and how it sits within broader considerations of economics and culture. Nor does he care: he's just spouting the talking points he's been given.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 7h

I am re-reading the draft of our book in order to prepare for a talk I'm giving next week and it is both reaffirming and painful. I can hear myself when I read the words - which I prefer not to do - and it's holding up.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 8h

I would love sponsors! It’s a great cause

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 10h

Management at every one of those enterprises should be fired

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 11h

That’s funny and sad and true

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 18h

I’m sure writing a good campaign slogan is really hard in 2026 - and I’m probably late to the party here - but what in the mood board does “Real Change has a Plan” mean?

Jess Wilson Liberal Victoria

Real Change has a Plan.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 14h

Reál Changé is a liberal party strategist of French origin who is learning Canva but doesn’t yet know the rules about posting stuff publicly.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 15h

The new Melbourne Metro station at Town Hall has been named the World's Most Beautiful Station (2026) - www.railexpress.com.au/town-hall-st... I'm curious to hear from people who've used it - especially neurodivergent folks - as to what they think of it.

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Town Hall Station named one of the most beautiful in the world

Melbourne’s Town Hall Station has been named one of the world’s most beautiful stations by the Prix Versailles.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 15h

So we think it's a good idea for them to electrify but we'll keep opening up more coal and gas

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 18h

Conducted some research recently into public transport infrastructure and had a few participants using these devices - they're such a good tool for people.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 18h

Australia playing a leadership role at COP31 while approving new coal and gas projects - massive ones - at home, to be exported and burned abroad, is the height of hypocrisy. Packaged up with a patronising visit to Fiji.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He’s not a smart man. In fact, of all the human traits that we admire in others, he possesses none of them.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

… Then you are accepting, in that argument, that a price on CO2 would create a disincentive to emit carbon; and thereby make the case for a price on carbon, without a need for offsets. So just do that. And, if you want to undertake reforestation with the proceeds: go for it.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Let us assume for the moment that an offset makes sense: we create a price on a tonne of CO2 and allow people who put CO2 into the air to pay people who take CO2 from the air. The logic being that one mechanism creates both incentive and disincentive…

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The ones that keep being involved in these accidents: absolutely. 100% agree with you. And… every day you’ll see more and more people commuting to work at 15km/h on step-through e-bikes; and we need to see more of them.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Power-assisted bicycles are a transformative mode of transportation. Theyre playing a significant role in reducing emissions and congestion. Electric motorbikes should be treated like their petrol-powered counterparts. They should be licensed, insured, and ridden on roads.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s the same in NSW unless marked as a shared path. Someone drunk and high is a danger no matter what their mode of transport; and these electric motorbikes are a real danger when sober.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And that concentration of market power means higher prices across the board. Including in food producing regions. Small producers are closer to the land, and more likely to practice good land management and adopt a ‘walk softly’ approach to agriculture… I could go on.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Small producers are vital to the prosperity of rural communities. They sustain a complex social fabric that is hard to rebuild once lost. Large producers will settle on a smaller number of produce types, so we lose diversity.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Budgets are about choices, Tim. And we’re making some doozies

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That’s the kind of dream that just goes round and round

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's just driving disaffection at this point. And for all the nonsense policies that ON/LNP spout, that isn't communicated through most of the media these voters consume.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If the Treasurer refuses to do anything that will combat prices, then the RBA will keep mashing that Interest Rate Rise button.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One more lane and he’d have been fine

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

‘Investigation’ is probably overstating it given how obvious this has been all along.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

‘Unproven’ is putting it mildly

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Do you think they’ll bill her for the medical treatment?

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ah, yes: another business continues to just copy our ideas and passing them off as ‘new’.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m going to try real hard to quell my disappointment

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have a few ideas on how to cut federal spending. Top of the list is the diesel fuel rebate. Aligning the tax-free threshold for pension income with EVERY OTHER form of income. Limiting the number of properties that an individual can claim on negative gearing. That's about $40bn/yr.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's always wild to me that these two bands played college parties together in Athens, Georgia in the early '80s.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Love this collab with the B-52s singer, Kate Pierson

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Whatever excuse Sydney Swans have for awarding Heeney best and fairest for 2026 won’t wash. Once again failing to meet the moment.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I cannot believe that. WTF are they thinking

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That is religious nationalism. Straight up.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Electric bikes are one of the biggest contributors to the decline in petrol & diesel demand globally. I think that has something to do with the vehemence with which they're being targeted; and the conflation of electric motorbikes with power-assisted commuter bicycles.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I paid more company tax THIS QUARTER than News Corp and Santos combined in a decade.

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Once again, I paid more corporate tax than Santos

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