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@lizglab.bsky.social
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MBA. Interests: MMT, ecological economics, corruption, democracy, inequality. Western Bulldogs. Co-founder of Voices of Kooyong. Currently Bunurong land. Ex classical concert pianist.

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i-had-a-dream.bsky.social @i-had-a-dream.bsky.social · 9h
Forget oil, the next world war will be for water, and data centres suck up the stuff like there's no tomorrow!
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16h
The ICHTHYS project in the NT, two thirds owned by Japanese company INPEX (incl part owned by the Japanese govt). $52bn in income. $0 in company tax $0 in PRRT But apparently if we do a 25% export tax they might get upset so we can't do it because it is vital for our economy
Year	Total income $	Tax payable $	PRRT
2018-19	$802,110,813	$0	$0
2019-20	$6,378,812,227	$0	$0
2020-21	$6,106,449,154	$0	$0
2021-22	$7,281,757,071	$0	$0
2022-23	$11,973,514,434	$0	$0
2023-24	$10,661,856,034	$0	$0
2024-25	$172,738,325	$0	$0
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12h
Members should absolutely have a say in the leadership of the Greens. So let's make it happen. Join our movement.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 15h
David Shoebridge unloads on 2GB’s James Willis for distorting compassion for Palestinians facing genocide as “anger & hate” & fires back on claim he only targets Israel reminding him of his record “it may be convenient for u not to report that, but that’s u not doing your job”💥
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 11h
The Bogeyman of socialism was used to try to prevent Medicare. Labor won the 1972 election, but medical bodies still resisted the reform. The General Practitioners Society asked GPs to distribute letters that included the line: “The control of our country has fallen into the hands of socialists.”
theconversation.com
Reform wasn’t meant to be easy. Here’s how the battles for Medicare and child support defeated vested interests
Ideas are cheap. Getting major reforms through is the hard part, but we’ve done it before.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 13h
We 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
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 16h
Great 1min 28sec explanation of the absurdity of raising interest rates when inflation is not caused by demand. youtu.be/vOxBR_LlKno?...
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Why raising interest rates will make this crisis worse
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 17h
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 18h
The Govt has appealed another of my #FOI wins to the Federal Court. Again it’s seeking costs against me if I’m unsuccessful defending my win. It turns out winning an FOI in a Tribunal is expensive - and that’s exactly the message the Govt wants to send to citizens. 1/2 #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19h
Our AUKUS partner with our “shared values” Our defence strategy is making us less safe.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"he came straight out of the blocks with over-the-top rhetoric...and a strident left-wing economic agenda." Shoebridge is labelled "over-the-top", "strident" and "radical" because he's a challenge to the cosy toxic centrist neoliberal consensus of Australia's political and media class. #auspol
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 19h
From 2018.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 19h
Hey @albomp.bsky.social - maybe NOW is a good time to develop a spine, and reclaim our defence strategy from the neo-Nazis running The Pentagon? #EndAUKUS #auspol
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 19h
Tech companies are working with the fossil fuel industry to push unnecessary data center projects while misrepresenting the climate impact—and governments are letting it all happen.
thenation.com
The AI Buildout Is a Boon for the Fossil Fuel Industry—With Ketan Joshi
Paris Marx talks to Ketan Joshi about how the data center buildout is driving a surge in fossil fuel investment, and how it’s all playing out in Australia.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 20h
Future Fund earns big returns on extortionate student accommodation Sam Connor reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/future-fund-earn…
Michael West Media story graphic
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Ette Media @ettemedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ette Media, in partnership with mathematician and data analyst Dr Richard Bean, reviewed and analysed 42 interviews from ABC's 7.30 programme between mid-2022, when Sarah Ferguson began her stint as host, until the end of August 2026. We've made this article free to access. Read the deep dive below:
ettemedia.com
War of words: How ABC 7.30’s interview approach differs widely by conflict
An exclusive data analysis of interviews conducted on ABC’s 7.30 — and what they tell us about the broadcaster's bias.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How the AI boom could make you poorer youtu.be/7nDJ23DK_Eo?... You may not use AI, but it's going to cost you dearly, from increasing the price of your mortgage or rent to hiking the price of electricity. AI will not be coming cheap.
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How the AI boom could make you poorer
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
aljazeera.com
What’s behind French student protests that turned violent?
The school protests coincide with public sector strikes over planned budget cuts.
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why do we need politicians and economists while we have the Reserve Bank governing our lives? Richard Sykes, Bell Park @theageaustralia.bsky.social letters
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are solutions. Shame that neither Labor, the Coalition, nor One Nation have any interest in governing for ordinary people. They are too busy doing what their big business donors tell them.
abc.net.au
How to solve Australia's housing crisis - ABC listen
“Will the Albanese government's faltering steps towards national leadership on housing turn into a confident stride or stagger to a halt?” That’s the question asked in a new book by Matt Lloyd-Cape t...
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Emma Graham-Harrison and The Guardian doing propaganda for Apartheid Israel 's genocidal regime. The Israeli occupation forces' troops were not 'overwhelmed'. They allowed the illegal colonialists to attack and burn the house and attack other homes. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Israeli forces overwhelmed by violent settlers in ‘terrorist attack’ on Palestinian family
Settler violence in West Bank makes everyday life ‘untenable’ for Palestinians, says ICRC after assault on family trying to return home in Jalud
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Norway's sovereign wealth fund — the world's largest — has been prohibited from investing in a number of companies that the Future Fund invests in. Why are we investing in these questionable companies?
abc.net.au
Weapons makers among the Future Fund's investments
The federal government has quietly published the Future Fund's half-yearly report and it reveals a portfolio that includes weapons makers and SpaceX.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why 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.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Under 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’.
Albanese says new Greens leader's remarks 'somewhat concerning'
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got a bit angry today in my column www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
theguardian.com
If turbocharged petrol prices are driving up inflation, then why are Australia’s unemployed on the line? | Greg Jericho
Avoiding a rise in unemployment is important for the RBA – but apparently not a dealbreaker
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last month Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher told the National Press Club that Santos and the gas industry had not lost its social license
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Defence Minister Richard Marles is oblivious to that which is obvious to everybody else: Britain cannot deliver our future #AUKUS subs on schedule (if at all). Luckily for Richard, it’s only our money and national security that’s at stake. #auspol
johnmenadue.com
Why Britain cannot deliver SSN-AUKUS on schedule
Britain says SSN-AUKUS remains on track. But its shipyards are already stretched while new reactor and workforce capacity is still being built. Australia is betting heavily on that gap being closed in...
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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Shoebridge wins Greens leadership. May be missed in Estimates but will put the heat on the Epstein parties michaelwest.com.au/greens-newco...
michaelwest.com.au
Greens reveal new leader after former head steps down - Michael West
The Greens have appointed newcomer David Shoebridge as their new leader after Larissa Waters stepped down due to ill health.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Israeli special forces shot & wounded a Palestinian man on Tuesday during a raid on a farmstead where he was staying near the village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, before... taking him to an unknown location." english.palinfo.com/news/2026/09... #FreePalestine #Israel #News #Palestine #WorldNews
english.palinfo.com
Israeli special forces shoot, arrest Palestinian man north of Ramallah
Israeli special forces shot and wounded a Palestinian man on Tuesday during a raid on a farmstead where he was staying near the village of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, before arresting him and taking hi...
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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I do like to listen to @janfran.bsky.social and @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social's podcast but they need to update their thinking about Ukraine. Australians are waking up to Zelensky's massive corruption, his Nazi ties, the pressganging of conscripts and the deranged European push to break up Russia.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen OBE, arrested under the Terrorism Act outside @labouruk.bsky.social conference. Her crime? Holding a piece of cardboard with the words “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on it. She was among hundreds doing the same.
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A Moveable Feed @amoveablefeed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The current El Niño isn't just a weather story. It's a stress test — for governments, supply chains, and every organization that still treats climate volatility differently than it treats interest rate risk. Subscribe free
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"We need to shout from rooftops that we will tax the super rich, we will throw open the doors of parliament to community and slam the doors shut on grifters."
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For a glimpse into @DavidShoebridge's vision, he wrote this for Deepcut a month ago. www.deepcutnews.com/p/we-can-bea...
deepcutnews.com
We can beat the 1 per cent – David Shoebridge
Australia’s Left must unite and rise to meet the moment
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Dark Fox @staunchatheist.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
AWESOME 💥💥💥
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William Murphy @futuredude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 28/09/2026
The difference between AI and social media is that one was created by men who decline any responsibility for the damage it wreaks, and the other was created by men who decline any responsibility for the damage it wreaks. Hope that’s cleared it up.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joint statement from Senator David Shoebridge and Senator Steph Hodgins-May
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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bastards - I’d boycott but since I refuse to go anyway (Sydney… some of the best coffee on the world made by independent cafe owners!). Get lost @starbucks! @sbworkersunited.org
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Isn't it time for us to act to change our scandalous housing crisis?
apnews.com
Thousands of people take to the streets of Madrid to protest against Spain's housing crisis
Tens of thousands of people have marched in Madrid to protest against Spain’s housing crisis and ask for protective measures for tenants, anti-fraud measures, and a ban on evictions without alternativ...
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Meriendismo 🍉 @meriendismo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
David Graeber would have loved this. Madrid, Puerta del Sol tonight. Madrid Housing Protest: Hundreds Pitch Tents in Puerta del Sol After Pensioner’s Eviction Sparks Outrage. I met David in OWS in 2011, with a group of Spanish "Indignados". They are occupying again. @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good afternoon rebels...
"Nobody knows how this ends. So why the fuck are we surrendering to the worst possible ending? Despair doesn't know the future any better than hope does. Optimism isn't naïve. It's a moral imperative." - David Graeber
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Albanese's proposal to water down Australian copyright to appease AI companies is a "terrible betrayal", writes Richard Flanagan in a blistering piece. "A government that doesn’t understand its nation’s culture is a government incapable of leading the nation." www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-great-...
deepcutnews.com
The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
Australians should be furious that Anthony Albanese has opened the floodgates to American AI companies
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wow! The most worrying issue forUkrainian people is Government corruption! Recent polling by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS)
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
theguardian.com
How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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