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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🇦🇺 households are dealing with interest rate rises while corporate profits increase & multinational tax loopholes remain unaddressed. In this ep we talk about this + the trade-offs around AI & update on what’s happened lately in the senate & in parliamentary inquiries. youtu.be/90IuwGjfzz8
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Who pays? - AI, rate rises and our biggest tax bludgers
YouTube video by David Pocock
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Labor does not consult with or listen to the wider population or to Labor constituencies in the poorer half of the community. Rather, it is a classical crony government, in many respects worse than the Morrison government, governing for its mates, its donors and itself.” #Auspol
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Albanese has shifted his party sharply to the right in pursuit of his aim of making Labor
"the natural party of government"
". Doing so is helping to squeeze the Coalition between Labor and Pauline Hanson's One Nation party. Not coincidentally his policy shifts have made Labor more attractive to an array of fundamentally anti-Labor vested interests and put Labor in their thrall. Mates, cronies, party donors, lobbyists and insiders work to the
disadvantage of the interests of the constituencies he has pretended to champion.
Albanese knows this but thinks he can get away with it. Those fashioning the pitch for the Greens as a party of wider influence would argue that Albanese and Labor can no longer be seen to be a progressive party, or a socially democratic one. Labor's internal administrative structures have atrophied, to the benefit of party insiders, who have always included Albanese himself. The party conference is about as responsible to or responsive to a wider Labor membership as the Chinese Communist Party. As in China, party meetings are stage-managed to predetermined
conclusions.
Is this an Albanese Liberal government, or a Labor one? Many of Labor's old constituents see the broad policies of the Albanese government as
being in no significant way different from those of the Coalition parties which preceded it. It has become at least as deceitful and dishonest about sincere action on climate change. It is now the party of big coal and big gas. Nearly always, more frequently under present environment management, the interests of the fossil fuels industry, and their subsidiary the West Australian government, will be preferred over environmental, heritage or Aboriginal interests. That the handmaiden of this surrender is the environment ministerNor has Labor, on its record, any reason for seeing strident criticism from within as some sort of undeserved betrayal. The Albanese government deserves no leave pass. Nor anything like a pass mark for generally good conduct. It is not a model of good
government, of effective government or efficient government. It has become the problem.
Good intentions cannot excuse bad performance Insiders and intimates of ministers get secretive deals and jobs, some of which involve a major corruption of principles of open, transparent and accountable government. Labor does not even have open debate within its caucuses, because the two senior faction leaders, Albanese and Richard Marles, play the politics of reward and punishment, and the
allocation of jobs, not by merit but by loyalty and silence. Labor does not consult with or listen to the wider population or to Labor constituencies in the poorer half of the community. Rather, it is a classical crony government, in many respects worse than the Morrison government, governing for its mates, its donors and itself. It treats public money and things as spoils to be distributed among its own. It listens primarily to vested interests paying for their access. Labor has consciously nobbled many of the watchdogs and anti-corruption agencies. Indeed, Labor has attempted to completely strangle freedom of information and might have succeeded had it not been for Green and
independent outrage. Labor policies and practices on immigration neither follow the party's own policies nor the
nation's broad economic interests but are a reprehensible piece of pandering to
manufactured One Nation panic. This has not been an occasion in which the party, perhaps reluctantly, switches to accommodate vagaries of public opinion. Labor's policies damage the nation economically,
morally, socially and culturally.
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Number two on the Climate News Weekend Watchlist is this excellent new explainer video by Max Fisher who explains all the changes to stocks and flows in the global fossil fuel supply chain. The video includes some excellent explanations about the latest impacts globally. Really worth watching!
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The oil apocalypse is here
YouTube video by Max Fisher
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Frances @franceswilmore.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
So how is Netanyahu any different to this murderer Prime Minister? #auspol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies in The Hague
Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 19/08/2026
Thank you for promoting our fantastic public ownership policies Senator Roberts! 🫡
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Robynne @haddagutful.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So many people I speak to are the same. Filled with fury at this government for enabling genocide, accelerating climate change , ignoring the electorate in favour of the 1% and attacking the disadvantaged. Can’t even respond to this H5 catastrophe , leaving it to well meaning individuals w no PPE Ca
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"There is an age-old maxim in Australian political circles...of the Labor Party being 'shit light'. That is: the 'lesser evil' compared to the Liberal Party’s more overt comic-book villainy. ...The Labor Party is not the lesser evil. It is the more competent evil." 💥🎯💯👏👏👏
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The largest population problem our climate has, is the explosion in the billionaire population.
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a woman is sitting in a bathtub with the words `` let them eat cake '' written on the bottom .
ALT: a woman is sitting in a bathtub with the words `` let them eat cake '' written on the bottom .
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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A page anyone thinking of voting for One Nation should visit as it shows who they truly are: theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senat...
theyvoteforyou.org.au
Find out how Pauline Hanson votes on issues that matter to you
Discover how Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Senator for Queensland Pauline Hanson votes in the Australian Parliament
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Mark Humphries @markhumphries.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A brief reminder of the sorts of candidates that choose to run for One Nation, “one of the gayest parties in Australia”.
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Are humans hardwired to self-destruct? www.youtube.com/live/Jqf5phO...
youtube.com
The Biology of Collapse with George Tsakraklides
YouTube video by Climate Chat
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"Yeah, your house burned down. But you shouldn't be complaining because global GDP increased by 3% last year!" --Roger Pielke Jr (essentially)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 29/07/2026
Opinion | America is already dead, though its zombie corpse still wanders the earth, writes John Birmingham. So why does Australia insist on feeding it via the AUKUS agreement? www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/29/d...
crikey.com.au
Australia is in a zombie alliance with Trump's America. Soon it will cannibalise itself — and us
America is already dead, though its zombie corpse still wanders the earth. So why does Australia insist on feeding it via the AUKUS agreement?
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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Unfortunately Labors capture by the Israeli lobby is also reflected by the Oil & Gas lobby. Labor no longer making policies for the future of all Australians but rather making policies to retain power. Look more like Liberal light more and more each day. The world is changing, that are in denial.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Very excited to have @fionakatauskas.bsky.social doing a thing for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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You can't offset extinction
The Point, helping readers make sense of the issues shaping their lives today.
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Paul Beckwith @paulhbeckwith.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My new video… Ongoing Global Warming Acceleration: 2026 to be Record Warm; Beaten by 2027: Latest by Dr. James Hansen youtu.be/-mSiNLRvaQc?... #climate #globalurgentwarning #globalwarming #oceans #weather #ClimateTech #heat #heatwaves #Europe #USA #Canada #Ottawa
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Ongoing Global Warming Acceleration: 2026 to be Record Warm; Beaten by 2027: Latest by James Hansen
YouTube video by Paul Beckwith
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K.A Nicholls @kanicholls.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Greta Thunberg was right. It's also notable that she went from a darling in neoliberal circles, until she rightfully spoke out that capitalism is perpetuating the climate emergency and prevents meaningful environmental action. Market profit prevents the change we need to do to exist.
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Valerie A. Traina @v3ndettaval.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
🔥 This is a beautiful, powerful piece about First Nations’ and allies’ resistance to the US War Machine in Australia‼️ My heart is with you guys, and my comrades and I are similarly working to end its presence throughout the world ‼️💪 Native peoples are courageous and inspiring ‼️❤️✊ #FreeTheWorld
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Building submarines is the “pride of the nation” says Marles and SA Premier says the scale of the AUKUS investment is equal to 15 hospitals! I’ll take hospitals before submarines any day. Jobs building hospitals, homes, and dealing with global warming better than warmongering!
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 24/07/2026
Whoa! More people have signed the Australia Institute's petition calling for a national vote on a gas tax than can fit into Adelaide Stadium! To add your signature to theirs, and get a fairer deal for Australia, simply follow the link below! ⤵️ gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au #auspol
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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Please add your signature, it costs nothing and could have a great impact
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21/07/2026
The U.S. government is trying to make daylight saving time permanent — again. But research suggests that daylight saving time is worse for your body than standard time. Here's what the science says:
washingtonpost.com
Why standard time is better for your health than daylight saving time
Proposed legislation would make daylight saving time permanent. But standard time is actually better for your body, according to science.
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We’re never going to live on Mars. We’re never going to live on the Moon. There is no Planet B. We need to take care of our magical mystical miraculous planet like it’s the only home we will ever have. Because it is.
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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
As a baby boomer our generation must accept responsibility for climate change impacts we now see. We knew the consequences of burning fossil fuels in the 70’s and 80’s and still went into business and made decisions to further their impact. We are the first generation to leave a lesser world.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Commiserations UK After @albomp.bsky.social's Labor came into power in Australia we got: 👎>46,000km2 opened 4 offshore Oil+Gas exploration 👎 #FutureGasStrategy to 2050 & beyond 👎 subsidies to fossil fuel industry of $15B in 2024-25, $16.3B in 2025-26 👎36 approvals of new/extension Coal+Gas projects
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 18/07/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for July 18, 2026 ~ Bonkers alert! "Civilization is currently living through break-neck climate change. It’s reflected in erratic climate system behavior. The entire global system has gone bonkers, unpredictable, ecosystems threatened everywhere."
counterpunch.org
Shocking Revelations Out of West Antarctica
It’s mid-winter but a large area of West Antarctica that should be frozen solid is not frozen. What’s up? Antarctica is the coldest spot on the planet
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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
See this Instagram post by @newstotrust www.instagram.com/reel/DagpDRP...
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Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️
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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
@albomp.bsky.social You are so out of touch with Australians but perfectly aligned with America, you are a traitor
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/07/2026
Trump is a rapist. Most of the people he's appointed to his cabinet and nominated to the Supreme Court face credible accusations of sexual harassment. He, his VP, and his sons are actively defending Andrew Tate from prosecution for sex trafficking and rape. Just some things I think about sometimes.
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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
3 per hour @albomp.bsky.social? Really? You're ok with exposing my kids to 3 predatory ads per hour? What is wrong with you?
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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Where is Pauline Hanson? Advance Australia Fair at the Wallabies vrs Ireland Rugby Union match to be sung be Raphael Wong. Now that’s a homogenous culture.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"'250 Years of Cruelty' – Viet Thanh Nguyen on the ‘American Empire' and How to Save the U.S." The liberation of the American peoples cannot be achieved without the shedding of imperial weight, writes the Pulitzer prize-winning author for Zeteo:
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'250 Years of Cruelty' – Viet Thanh Nguyen on the ‘American Empire' and How to Save the U.S.
The liberation of the American peoples cannot be achieved without the shedding of imperial weight, writes the Pulitzer prize-winning author in this somber essay marking the semiquincentennial.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Australians lost $104+ billion to gambling betw 1 July 2023 & 1 July 2026 That's ~$666 million per week Polling consistently shows Australians support a total ban on gambling advertising—nearly 4 in 5 Australians asked in the past month What can a govt with a 94 seat super-majority possibly do❓🤷
live.thepoint.com.au
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Infinite growth on a finite planet is a physical impossibility.
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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Please join the effort to stop gambling ads in Australia. Support a full gambling ad ban www.stopgamblingads.com.au?recruiter_id...
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Stop Gambling Ads
Australians lose around $31.5 billion a year to the gambling industry - the highest losses per person of any country in the world. Tell your MP to support a gambling ad ban.
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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
@albomp.bsky.social
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The jaws of the energy transition are closing. In 2005 fossil fuels made two-thirds of the world's electricity. Today it's 57.4%, with clean power (renewables + nuclear) at 42.6%. Fossil share peaked around 2012 and keeps falling. More in Sunday's Substack: janrosenow.substack.com
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neilforbes.bsky.social @neilforbes.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I just wrote to my MPs to act on genocide now. You can write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
actionnetwork.org
Write to Your MP: Act on Genocide Now
The Australian Government to meet its obligations under international law. Send a letter to your elected MPs calling on them to raise this in their party room and on the floor of parliament — and to d...
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Don’t call Zionists genociders. They take it as a compliment, trust me. Call them child murderers, perverts and terrorists. Detail is important here: it can break through moral decrepitude, sometimes
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Read @amyfallon.bsky.social at Crikey on how the Alliance Defending Freedom is coming after Australian freedoms for LGBTQIA people and then reproductive healthcare. Your body won’t be your own if they win, Aussies. I share my quotes with you here. 💜🏳️‍⚧️💜 #Auspol www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/24/a...
Lucy Hamilton, a UTS doctoral student focusing on the democracy crisis posed by the transnational right, says the AD's financial backing of Grover reflects a US body "determined to trap us worldwide in Handmaid's Tale teritory" by gaining access to the Australian legal system.
The ADF is all about "trans lawfare", Hamilton says, a long-term game of removing the civic gains of LGBTQIA+ people, with trans people a "soft target".
"People should be very worried," she tells Crikey. "This didn't happen quickly in the US or UK, but social cohesion is deeply damaged in both places."
Hamilton says propaganda that depicts trans women as threatening and encroaching on women's rights has effectively co-opted moderates, encouraging a brand of feminism that includes far-right goals punitive to other groups.Lucy Hamilton, a UTS doctoral student focusing on the democracy crisis posed by the transnational right, says the AD's financial backing of Grover reflects a US body "determined to trap us worldwide in Handmaid's Tale teritory" by gaining access to the Australian legal system.
The ADF is all about "trans lawfare", Hamilton says, a long-term game of removing the civic gains of LGBTQIA+ people, with trans people a "soft target".
"People should be very worried," she tells Crikey. "This didn't happen quickly in the US or UK, but social cohesion is deeply damaged in both places."
Hamilton says propaganda that depicts trans women as threatening and encroaching on women's rights has effectively co-opted moderates, encouraging a brand of feminism that includes far-right goals punitive to other groups.
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
A fearless, independent ABC that is free for all Australians is worth fighting for. Sign the petition to reject calls to defund the ABC force it onto a subscription model that would price out the Australians who need it most. Its far from perfect but well worth saving abcfriends.au/actions/keep...
abcfriends.au
Keep the ABC free for all Australians - ABC Friends
Calls to defund the ABC and force it onto a subscription model would destroy what makes the ABC unique: its obligation to serve every Australian, regardless
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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
#EV Charging companies in Australia! PLEASE get rid of that "Minimum Balance" BS.. its bad enough needing so many apps, let alone each wanting $50! especially when i dont fast charge often..
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Look, I don’t ride escooters, but if the concern is that they’re “cluttering public spaces, causing a rise in accidents and being used in criminal activities”, banning cars would be way more effective.
independent.co.uk
This major European city could be the latest to ban e-scooters
The transport option is practical and affordable, locals say, but also cause injuries and nuisance
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Still, I think Trump’s defining characteristic isn’t his evil but his stupidity. He’s profoundly, intensely stupid.
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