Reposted by Holly GoblinSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10/10/2026In the horror of a Genocide this is a moment of hope. 15 of the children from the Gaza Nipper’s program got back in the surf this week. 30 of the other nippers can’t be found, many have been killed. How has the world made the decision to send so many bombs and so few lifesavers? 11394137
Reposted by Holly Goblin🐈⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 11/10/2026Make landlords put them on all rentalstheguardian.comOur place in the sun: Australia’s uptake of solar panels is already through the roof. How much higher could it get?Sunshine, government subsidies and high power prices are driving record solar installations 2184
Reposted by Holly GoblinSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Penny Wong has had 24 hours, but still nothing. No statement of concern, no raised eyebrow... and no late signing of this very reasonable joint statement of foreign ministers. The Australian govt's craven failure to say [let alone do] anything critical of the Trump regime is humiliating. #auspol 1818580
Reposted by Holly GoblinSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"Government hypocrisy in maintaining the charade of Australia as a global climate leader is beyond belief, particularly its insistence that Australia is doing its utmost to assist 'Our Pacific Family'" #ClimateCrisis #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...pearlsandirritations.comAustralia’s climate policy – a crime against humanityAustralia cannot credibly claim climate leadership while expanding coal and gas exports that accelerate global heating, deepen Pacific vulnerability and lock in further human suffering. 49145
Reposted by Holly GoblinKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/10/2026Hi @techcrunch.com you had a typo in your headline, I fixed it for you 316552
Reposted by Holly GoblinNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 09/10/2026When you realise how history will judge you 1328284
Reposted by Holly GoblinSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Perhaps the most unsettling aspect of the #AI bandwagon is the degree to which significant investment decisions about the future of the economy are being made by foreign billionaires, with little consideration of the needs or desires of ordinary Australians." Must read from Ben. #auspol 03613
Reposted by Holly GoblinJean Proudman @bluejeans58.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“That Australia’s nuclear submarine project is a gargantuan Australian subsidy of America’s own defence has been hidden from Australians, deliberately.” 79345
Reposted by Holly GoblinSirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 07/10/2026More than 4,800 people died in 2024–25 waiting for funding they had already been assessed as needing. “People are dying” “It destroys people’s lives.” Social murder bought to you by anthony conman. #Auspolchange.orgSign the PetitionEnd algorithm-only aged care assessments. Let a qualified human decide. 15132
Reposted by Holly GoblinAnonymous Sewer Rat 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜🖤🤎 @anonymoussewerrat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Families who complain that NDIS Disability funds are slashed are then visited by child protection agencies. I can’t imagine this leads to feelings of security by anyone involved . #NDIS #DisabilityRights www.canberratimes.com.au/story/936455...canberratimes.com.auComplaining NDIS families face child protection threatsThe national disability agency is referring families that complain about support levels to child protection services, an autism... 3239
Reposted by Holly Goblin🐈⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 07/10/2026Under-pressure families suffering cutbacks to their disability supports are being referred to child protection services if they complain.canberratimes.com.auComplaining NDIS families face child protection threatsThe national disability agency is referring families that complain about support levels to child protection services, an autism... 42417
Reposted by Holly GoblinSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"The Prime Minister then spent the afternoon at a series of bilateral meetings, in which he expressed deep concern about the Pacific’s future and a firm commitment to being photographed looking concerned about the Pacific’s future." 37426
Reposted by Holly GoblinGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The "Kudelka Climate Cartoon Award announces 2026 longlist" thepoint.com.au/new/261009-k...thepoint.com.auKudelka Climate Cartoon Award announces 2026 longlistThe annual Stanley Awards, Australia’s premier awards for cartoonists, has announced its long list for best climate cartoon honours. Born out of a boycott of fossil fuel sponsorship, from this year th... 819464
Reposted by Holly GoblinMaranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Did you know that up to 35% of every dollar you spend on your power bill goes towards private profits? With your support, The Greens will: Create PowerNSW, a publicly owned non-profit energy company, that will slash your power bills. greens.org.au/nsw/campaign... greens.org.au/nsw/slashpow...cdn.greens.org.auClimate Change and Energy | The Australian GreensPrinciples The Australian Greens believe that: Human induced climate change poses the greatest threat to our world and civilisation and urgent and sustained local, national and global action is requir... 515656
Reposted by Holly Goblin🐈⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 08/10/2026On this day in 2012, Gillard made sure that single mothers with kids over 8 were forced onto Newstart rather than the single parent payment, setting the living standards on those kids and the safety of their mother back. Years later Labor raised the age back to 14, not the original 16. 16130
Reposted by Holly GoblinIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 07/10/2026👇👇👇 4361124
Reposted by Holly GoblinAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Meanwhile Stephen Conroy is working for Palantir 1015179
Reposted by Holly GoblinGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Australia’s ‘sensible centre’ is shifting radically right" @amyremeikis.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/261...thepoint.com.auAustralia’s ‘sensible centre’ is shifting radically rightAustralia has a new centre. If any policy finds itself between Labor and One Nation, it’s now considered “the middle ground”. hat should be alarming for a number of reasons, not least because it does... 129735
Reposted by Holly GoblinThe Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"COPping it, Australian style" a new cartoon by @fionakatauskas.bsky.social See this afternoon's cartoon on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/261008-cop… 29335
Reposted by Holly GoblinSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Time to take it up to the greedy parasites; aka our supermarket duopoly. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 616150
Reposted by Holly Goblin🐈⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 07/10/2026She is also scared that if she cannot afford to rent a house on her own, she may have no choice but to move into a share house. At 71 :/abc.net.auSingles tax costs thousands of dollars a yearNot only is it harder to afford the cost of living as a single person, it can also be difficult to find an affordable home that meets your needs. 062
Reposted by Holly Goblinmarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 07/10/2026Portrait of a man wondering what it was all for 1923559
Reposted by Holly GoblinSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#AUKUS is a massive waste of money, is strategically stupid, and represents Australia giving up what little national sovereignty we have left for the privilege of being an ATM for the US and UK governments. And now we can add; corrupt. #EndAUKUS #aispol www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...aljazeera.comUS firm gets $2.9bn sub deal after boss joins war study with MuskAnduril said it would invest $3.7bn to develop shipyard that would build submarine parts. 515275
Reposted by Holly GoblinEtte Media @ettemedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026ICYMI: We analysed 42 interviews by ABC's 7.30 and found that guests from countries allied with Australia received different treatment than guests who weren't. Plus, deference was reserved for officials from Ukraine & Israel - even if their answers contradicted evidence.ettemedia.comWar of words: How ABC 7.30’s interview approach differs widely by conflictAn exclusive data analysis of interviews conducted on ABC’s 7.30 — and what they tell us about the broadcaster's bias. 18436
Reposted by Holly GoblinTim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026At some point we need to conclude that the waste, fraud and poor / bad outcomes for people is a feature, not a bug of voucher-based delivery of social services. It flows directly from the mode of economic organisation of the programs in their current forms. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...abc.net.auThey built a business empire that cashes in on veterans. It's made millionsThe companies in the VBA network have made millions turning veterans into valuable sales leads on an industrial scale. 1519381
Reposted by Holly Goblinmariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Same here. 1323165
Reposted by Holly Goblinbronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026this is so fucked - 2 of the staunch forest defenders who were arrested today have been given bail conditions including a curfew from 10pm to 7am every day until their court date in january. obscene overreach by cops trying to intimidate protestors 🙄 35421
Reposted by Holly GoblinDerek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hey, @australianlabor.bsky.social, stop being cunts. Don't fucking pixel bitch about the victims of Robodebt; it was an egregious crime committed by the state against it's most vulnerable. Just pay the compensation. #auspoltheguardian.com‘You’re denying what you did to my son’: mother of robodebt victim told she is ineligible for compensationCommonwealth lawyers argue Jarrad Madgwick, whose death by suicide was highlighted at royal commission, ineligible as he only received provisional debt notice 421061
Reposted by Holly GoblinDeepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026News Corp, Santos, Kogan paid $0 in tax. But sure, let’s blame ‘government spending’, @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes. "The system is made for corporations and those who own and run those corporations." www.deepcutnews.com/p/news-corp-...deepcutnews.comNews Corp, Santos, Kogan paid $0 in tax. But sure, let’s blame ‘government spending’ - Greg JerichoThe Coalition want to cut already-underfunded social and health services, while staying silent on the corporations paying nothing 18340
Reposted by Holly GoblinGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My latest for @deepcutnews.bsky.social on the we need less govt spending folk who pay no tax. open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...open.substack.comNews Corp, Santos, Kogan paid $0 in tax. But sure, let’s blame ‘government spending’ - Greg JerichoThe Coalition want to cut already-underfunded social and health services, while staying silent on the corporations paying nothing 111652
Reposted by Holly GoblinCam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026'Voters were asked: “Would you support or oppose publicly owned supermarkets being tried in Australia?” 84% said they strongly supported or somewhat supported the idea. Support was strongest among voters aged 25-34 (88%), Greens voters (96%) & women (88%).' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comMax Chandler-Mather pitches Mamdani-style $25bn plan to nationalise 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarketsFormer MP and Green Institute head says proposal for publicly owned supermarket chain will ease grocery prices 35118
Reposted by Holly GoblinBarbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Labor's spend on KPMG has nearly doubled from $32 mil in 2024-25 to $59 mil in 2025-26. Labor has been watching a repeat of scandals & still hasn’t delivered meaningful reform. The temporary month-to-month freeze on KPMG is nothing but a pathetic, tokenistic punishment. 720883
Reposted by Holly GoblinGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One of those "oh things are improving... wait, WTUF, the gap is that big?" graphs 1118969
Reposted by Holly GoblinTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 05/10/2026This, ladies, gentleman and others, is yet another reason that we do not support the billionaires behind Chemist Warehouse, Amcal and Discount Drug Stores (who are all the same people). 13417
Reposted by Holly GoblinProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy are staggering. This feels like cigarette producers touring oncology wards www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...abc.net.auLive: Albanese heads to pre-COP in Fiji, TuvaluAnthony Albanese will attend a pre-COP meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu today with Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen. Follow live. 19215100
Reposted by Holly GoblinTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026Oh wow. This is proper fucked. That list of folks eligible for a free vaccine is *narrow*. So anyway, we gave BHP $600m in diesel rebates this past year. You know they really needed them because in the same year the company booked a $14b profit.australianpharmacist.com.auFewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October - Australian PharmacistCOVID-19 vaccines move onto the NIP this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t? 30446227
Reposted by Holly GoblinAntipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 03/10/2026“When thinking about petrol prices, recall that Ampol’s interim profit this year rose 376%” 18440
Reposted by Holly GoblinGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Australia’s interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi” Yanis Varoufakis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi | Yanis VaroufakisInflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions 1427095
Reposted by Holly GoblinRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 329111004314
Reposted by Holly GoblinGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Our AUKUS partner with our “shared values” Our defence strategy is making us less safe. 3522759
Reposted by Holly GoblinThe Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Senator Lidia Thorpe explicitly named detention centres as “sites of systemic child abuse, operating in direct violation of this country’s domestic and international human rights obligations and all morality." Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/THUZhU4A 112558
Reposted by Holly GoblinNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Essential listening for anyone interested in the Greens:podcasts.apple.comDid the Greens Seize Their Moment? Plus, Nine's Turmoil and What Australia's AI Hack MeansPodcast Episode · Lamestream · 30 September · 1hr 20min 42510
Reposted by Holly GoblinGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hearing talk of a 15% fall in house prices. Yep. Will take us all the way back to Dec 2023 levels. You know, back when housing was so cheap. 1321755
Reposted by Holly GoblinSenator 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’. 53576203
Reposted by Holly GoblinAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This sort of fall takes house prices back to where they were only a few years ago, when the headlines were about the insane unaffordability. It's the more expensive homes (already over inflated) which are experiencing a drop - the lower end of the market has barely moved. 1325491