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Simmo

@simmo-bsky.bsky.social
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secularist, atheist, humanist, humourist, scientist, member of the radical centre

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Twitter Exile @twitter-exile.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#PeteWhishWilson Nobody is talking about this... We all need to wake up to this! The rise of #OneNation is so off the charts it defies usual political explanations. #Greens won't let this potential foreign interference slide by unchecked. Nothing less than our democracy is at stake. #AUSPOL
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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Inequality does not merely impair economic performance; it is also a profound and direct threat to democracy," writes Professor @josephestiglitz.bsky.social in @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Extreme inequality is not a given. It is a political choice and we can unmake it
After a year examining global inequality alongside leading economists and experts, Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz describes the crisis as both vast in scale and dangerous in trajectory. He outlines a ...
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please vote for politicians who are going to tax the mega rich.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Today, millions of Australians celebrate as David McBride is released from prison, a prison he should never have been in.
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
You're not gonna trade your way out of this
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Watch the documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6hb...
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Britain’s Inequality Problem...And How I’d Solve It | How To Get Filthy Rich | Channel 4 Docs
YouTube video by Channel 4 Documentaries
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The highest taxpayers are not the same as the richest people.
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
If unstopped, the trillionaires will eventually have no choice but to take everything from you, your children and your grandchildren. Here's how it happens (and how to stop them). youtu.be/Gd0gmxd36FI
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Elon Musk is the world's first trillionaire. How scared should you be?
YouTube video by Garys Economics
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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I think about this a lot. 🤔
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
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What a trillion dollars costs democracy
Democracy cannot survive trillionaires. We need to start taxing billionaires properly.
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Extreme wealth accumulation is a threat to democracy (@gabrielzucman.bsky.social)
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Juliet Lamont was raped and tortured by Israeli soldiers. this is her story, told by Andrew Brown. #gaza #flotilla #auspol #IDF michaelwest.com.au/israeli-sold...
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Israeli soldiers raped her. Australian customs threatened her - Michael West
Gaza flotilla participant raped and tortured by a foreign military, while her own country ransacked her luggage, seized her phone and laptop.
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A group of Australian citizens were kidnapped on international waters and beaten on camera by their captors - Israel Jillian Segal, the most prominent Israel advocate in Australia, has so far said *nothing* about the welfare of her fellow Australian citizens, nor condemned Israel's brutal actions .
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 14/03/2026
Allegra Spenders proposal puts a spotlight on just how starved Australia is of independent sources of policy thinking untainted by vested interests. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/12/a...
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Australia's tax system is unfair to young people — and Spender's plan proves we desperately need independent policy
Independent MP Allegra Spender has done more to provide an independent examination of the need for tax reform than anything the government has done in four years.
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Where are all the strong sensible candidates for the upcoming SA state election? It seems there are plenty of fringe right wing parties plus the traditional big 2. But that’s it. Where are the candidates who promise taxing the super rich, to fix wealth inequality and look after the middle class?
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 22/02/2026
If Albo is right that children are obliged to lie in the bed that their mother made, why is he sleeping at the Lodge and not a public housing flat, while the children of the "ISIS brides" must remain in a refugee camp in Syria? Seems a little inconsistent, logically, just saying.
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Tony @tonyshepherd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Here's a nice clear wide-eyed view of housing unaffordability, taxation & the new poverty developing across the anglosphere - don't imagine it's 'immigrants' or any other billionaire funded diversion into One Nation. Listen closely and vote accordingly. youtu.be/cB9pK0qHSoA
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Gary Stevenson warns Australia's housing future is on the brink | The Business | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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Millionaire economist's dire warning for Australian property market
British economist Gary Stevenson is on a speaking tour, warning Australia will follow the path of the UK with "poverty exploding" unless politicians deal with inequality.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
One Nation, Liberals, Labor, they are all the same. They refuse to take on corporate power, refuse to invest in public housing and essential public goods, then play politics with immigration to divide and distract us.
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
AOC nails it. Showing a greater understanding of economics than most economists
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Kubar69 @kubar69.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Labor You Lost My Support By Daniel Kaan (Every day Australian) I wrote the following letter to Senator Penny Wong. ------- Senator Wong P1
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Billions lost in revenue from the gas cartel, billions sent to two G7 nations to boost their submarine industrial capability, while we sabotage our future by starving CSIRO of funds. A 'dumb present' denying our children a 'smart future'. #auspol
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CSIRO funding falling short by ‘at least’ $1 billion
Internal correspondence and Senate submissions show the CSIRO is running out of money and may lose its position as a leading research agency.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Tax wealth Not work
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"Australia does not suffer from a lack of empathy. It suffers from selective empathy. .. nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who is allowed to mourn" Andrew Brown on #Bondi #indigenous #auspol #antisemitism michaelwest.com.au/mourning-bon...
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Mourning Bondi. Australia's hierarchy of grief - Michael West
Australia suffers from selective empathy. And nowhere is that clearer than in the way our political and media class decide who can mourn.
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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
We have two mass gun killers in Australia on the run right now and neither killed due to antisemitic reasons. And neither are immigrants.
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Calls to tax super-rich more as number of global billionaires hits record
Oxfam Australia is calling on the federal government to tax the super-rich to help tackle growing inequality, as billionaires grow their wealth by more than half a million a day on average.
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It’s January 3rd. Why hasn’t the Sydney test started? #ashes
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
The Boxing Day test must be given to Adelaide. It’s the only thing that makes sense. Melbourne have lost the right. www.espncricinfo.com/story/ashes-...
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ICC rates MCG Boxing Day Test pitch 'unsatisfactory'
The ICC has a four-tier pitch-rating system, with "unsatisfactory" in third place; the rating also means that the MCG will be handed a demerit point
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 30/12/2025
"Don't think for a minute you don't have power... don't think for a minute you can't make change." - Richard Denniss. See more from the Climate Integrity Summit here: australiainstitute.org.au/event/cli…
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Extreme religious fundamentalism is a cancer. Anti semitism is a cancer All race hate is a cancer Netanyahu is a war criminal Israel is committing genocide Albanese is a weak PM but is not responsible for anti semitism Netanyahu drives anti semitism None of these things is mutually exclusive
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
"Low and middle-income earners are subsidising the retirement incomes of seniors with significant wealth in addition to their homes." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Certainty in the rearview mirror as 2025 economy goes wild
This year saw economies survive tariff shocks and markets burst through record highs, but it doesn't feel like a party because so many people aren't invited.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Please don’t give civilians guns. Please don’t selectively give paramilitary groups guns either
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Honor Laois 🦘#DoNoHarm🦘 @honorlaoiss.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Bernie Sanders on FB re what anti-semitism is and is not.
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 01/11/2025
The story of inequality is unmissably generational: young Australians today face a tougher reality than their parents and grandparents.
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5 charts that show how young Australians are getting screwed
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Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
How Wealth Inequality Affects You
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Yesterday, when Richard Boyle received ‘no conviction’, the judiciary gave whistleblowers a little bit of hope. Today the Labor Party and the Coalition hit back to ensure potential whistleblowers understand they won’t be supported if they tell the truth. #shameful #auspol
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 22/08/2025
Jon asks why the GOP's "one is too many" logic applies only to immigrants and not mass shootings
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Making billions by taxing wealth rather than work - now that’s an idea from The Australia Institute that takes us in the right direction news.com.au/national/polit…
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Simmo @simmo-bsky.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Tax wealth Not work
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Trains Trams Tracks @trainstramstracks.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
They’re building rainbow cycle tunnels in Norway. With no cars. Nice video by Critical Mass Bergen.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
. @albomp.bsky.social’s Govt says shop around for cheaper power. What a joke! Energy costs are through the roof because the ALP/LNP duopoly won’t rein in the gas cartel that owns them. If you’ve had enough, ditch the duopoly and shop around for independents. #auspol
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Australians urged to shop around as power prices set to rise up to 9% from July
Government encourages households to search for better offers as default prices rise on higher generation and transmission costs
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stuart8.bsky.social @stuart8.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
It is also important to stand up against those who weaponise Anti-semetism by using claims of anti-semetism to silence those who disagree with them on issues with no connection whatsoever to Israel or Jewish people.
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 10/02/2025
JOIN CANADA
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
!content warning! I really hope the seven high court justices who unanimously quashed Pell’s conviction in a properly constituted criminal court - the guilty verdict was upheld on appeal by the Vic Supreme Court - are having a good long think today.
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Statement on my speech at a comedy event pillorying Peter Dutton’s racist, ignorant and monolithic conception of Jewish people
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Climate 200 @climate200.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Did you see this news!? Heather Ruddock, the wife of former attorney-general Philip Ruddock, has quit the Liberal Party. She said an unnamed federal Coalition MP told her that tertiary-educated women were “not the demographic we’re going for” So she's voting independent🔥
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Liberal stalwart’s wife defects over ‘incredible disconnect’ within party
Heather Ruddock has quit the Liberal Party and endorsed the community independent candidate taking on Liberal MP Julian Leeser in the Sydney seat of Berowra.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 23/01/2025
Australia is increasingly criminalising peaceful protests while allowing corporate lobbying to thrive. As @jack-thrower.bsky.social writes - Protesting fines are expensive; lobbying is cheap. #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/compare...
Charts showing the penalty for protesting in each state versus the price of a meeting with a minister. 

	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA	Tas
Maximum penalty for anti-protest laws	$22,000	$21,000	$7,740	$50,000	$9,750
Cost to meet with minister	$1,500	$1,500	$2,000	$4,000	$4,000
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