Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.sociali-had-a-dream.bsky.social @i-had-a-dream.bsky.social · 9hForget oil, the next world war will be for water, and data centres suck up the stuff like there's no tomorrow! 022
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16hThe 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 920896
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 12hMembers should absolutely have a say in the leadership of the Greens. So let's make it happen. Join our movement. 1718052
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 15hDavid 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”💥 3328495
@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 11hThe 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.comReform wasn’t meant to be easy. Here’s how the battles for Medicare and child support defeated vested interestsIdeas are cheap. Getting major reforms through is the hard part, but we’ve done it before. 010
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 13hWe 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 719769
@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 16hGreat 1min 28sec explanation of the absurdity of raising interest rates when inflation is not caused by demand. youtu.be/vOxBR_LlKno?...youtu.beWhy raising interest rates will make this crisis worseYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 010
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 18hThe 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 1115888
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19hOur AUKUS partner with our “shared values” Our defence strategy is making us less safe. 3019449
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialSimon 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 1311634
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 19hHey @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 55921
@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 19hTech 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.comThe AI Buildout Is a Boon for the Fossil Fuel Industry—With Ketan JoshiParis 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. 121
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 20hFuture Fund earns big returns on extortionate student accommodation Sam Connor reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/future-fund-earn… 34822
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialmariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 714047
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialEtte Media @ettemedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ette 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.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. 39044
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialRichard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026How 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.youtu.beHow the AI boom could make you poorerYouTube video by Richard J Murphy 66538
@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026aljazeera.comWhat’s behind French student protests that turned violent?The school protests coincide with public sector strikes over planned budget cuts. 000
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialMatt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Why do we need politicians and economists while we have the Reserve Bank governing our lives? Richard Sykes, Bell Park @theageaustralia.bsky.social letters 311443
@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There 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.auHow 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... 010
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Emma 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.comIsraeli forces overwhelmed by violent settlers in ‘terrorist attack’ on Palestinian familySettler violence in West Bank makes everyday life ‘untenable’ for Palestinians, says ICRC after assault on family trying to return home in Jalud 54431
@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Norway'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.auWeapons makers among the Future Fund's investmentsThe federal government has quietly published the Future Fund's half-yearly report and it reveals a portfolio that includes weapons makers and SpaceX. 000
Reposted by @lizglab.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. 33496170
Reposted by @lizglab.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’. 49557197
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Got a bit angry today in my column www.theguardian.com/business/gro...theguardian.comIf turbocharged petrol prices are driving up inflation, then why are Australia’s unemployed on the line? | Greg JerichoAvoiding a rise in unemployment is important for the RBA – but apparently not a dealbreaker 1416951
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Last month Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher told the National Press Club that Santos and the gas industry had not lost its social license 1218978
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Defence 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. #auspoljohnmenadue.comWhy Britain cannot deliver SSN-AUKUS on scheduleBritain 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... 513258
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialPlant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 30/09/2026 13148731567
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Shoebridge wins Greens leadership. May be missed in Estimates but will put the heat on the Epstein parties michaelwest.com.au/greens-newco...michaelwest.com.auGreens reveal new leader after former head steps down - Michael WestThe Greens have appointed newcomer David Shoebridge as their new leader after Larissa Waters stepped down due to ill health. 1419557
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialRaimo 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 #WorldNewsenglish.palinfo.comIsraeli special forces shoot, arrest Palestinian man north of RamallahIsraeli 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... 1107
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialBelinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I 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. 242
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/202694-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. 17188126
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialA Moveable Feed @amoveablefeed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The 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 316147
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 153163785518
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialDeepcut 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." 02812
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialDeepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026For a glimpse into @DavidShoebridge's vision, he wrote this for Deepcut a month ago. www.deepcutnews.com/p/we-can-bea...deepcutnews.comWe can beat the 1 per cent – David ShoebridgeAustralia’s Left must unite and rise to meet the moment 713383
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialmarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 28/09/2026The 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. 314648
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Joint statement from Senator David Shoebridge and Senator Steph Hodgins-May 71370125
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialBlair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bastards - 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 0143
@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Isn't it time for us to act to change our scandalous housing crisis?apnews.comThousands of people take to the streets of Madrid to protest against Spain's housing crisisTens 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... 021
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialMeriendismo 🍉 @meriendismo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026David 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 010222
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.social💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good afternoon rebels... 39536
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialDeepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Albanese'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.comThe great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard FlanaganAustralians should be furious that Anthony Albanese has opened the floodgates to American AI companies 5177105
@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wow! The most worrying issue forUkrainian people is Government corruption! Recent polling by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) 010
Reposted by @lizglab.bsky.socialBrent 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.comHow Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streetsUnder 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 15652217