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Forever wandering with the 3 Amigos/ cats...living on the unceeded lands of the Darumbal Nation "If you are accustomed to privilege, ewuality feels like oppression"

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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 18h
YES Finally. @albomp.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case
Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Fat parrots" 😂😂 Kakapo, right? Its Spring here so yes, most ducks are nesting. I live near a wetland. I'll see if I can get pics
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@australianlabor.bsky.social poverty policy Working as planned www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/410bcc...
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The growth of food insecurity
With 3.5 million households experiencing food insecurity last year, food banks are struggling to meet demand, while some communities can’t even access them.
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you drive mainly on bitumin, weekly under 500km, an EV will meet your needs. The EV truck/freight options are growing too, so that off road market will get serviced. Driving culture will shift, too *positive, as EV driving requires a shift in time expectations
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BYD are popular in my area. The Shark is the ute/4x4 option. Towing still needs hybrid. People here like their monster boats. But I can see the tech there improving
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
👋 recently took possession of a MG EV for regional Australia. They are excellant commuter cars Great for urban environments- regen breaking is a plus. I would not take it off road- but its not meant for that.
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 01/10/2026
For those without an AFR subscription, South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas has put a tech sector lobbyist and former policy liaison for OpenAI in charge of its AI Royal Commission. Perfect. No notes.
afr.com
Open AI’s former handler put on Labor’s AI royal commission
Sam Altman was never going to front a state royal commission but SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has still got some OpenAI pedigree involved.
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How convinient...
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How many football stadiums is that?
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What is Albo concerned about, exactly? Legitimate criticism of flawed, unbaked policy?
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doesn't mean they are socially beneficial policies. Or well designed. If another party points out the flaws in those policies, Labor can't whinge, whine & pout. A bit of reflection & hubris would do wonders for Labor. Shame their Green Grudge gets in the way.
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh FFS...I wonder how many businesses base their prices on the profit margin they desire, rather then the one thats realistic...
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy to decimate services to the vulnerable. Then they wake one morning & realise they need those services...
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Its also the perpetuation of dual myths. 1. That everyone is entitled to be wealthy 2. That there is a functional govt safety net I live in PHON heartland. People who benefitted from the mining boom have had their priviledge checked. They are not coping.
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
He he...reckon Shoebridge will make mincemeat of Watt on environmental policy & issues...🍿🍿🍿🍿
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Karvalas is not known for her analysis. Would struggle to describe blamange...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The latest corporate tax data just dropped. And congrats to Santos Ltd - 11yrs in a row of no company tax.
Table of Santos ltd company tax 2014-15 to 2024-25

Year	Total income	Company Tax
2014-15	$3,389,399,798	$0
2015-16	$3,476,002,729	$0
2016-17	$3,715,263,715	$0
2017-18	$3,498,043,596	$0
2018-19	$4,360,612,850	$0
2019-20	$5,013,931,702	$0
2020-21	$4,070,327,153	$0
2021-22	$4,746,037,784	$0
2022-23	$6,257,384,778	$0
2023-24	$8,210,276,022	$0
2024-25	$5,117,008,013	$0
Total	$51,854,288,140	$0
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kogan CEO in June: Ruslan Kogan says changes to Capital Gains Tax will attract migrants motivated by “sick NDIS scams” and the welfare system." Today ATO Tax data for Kogan Pty Ltd: Income: $642.3m Taxable income: $0 Tax paid $0
Screenshot: "Sick scame": Kogan boss unleashes on Albanese government's capital gains tax changes"

rich lister Ruslan Kogan has issued an epic rant about Anthony Albanese's tax changes, warning they risk attracting a specific type of migrant to Australia'sSpreadsheet screenshot of ATO corporate tax transparency data

KOGAN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD: Total income $642,335,009; Taxable Income $0; Tax payable $0
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rather than hand-wringing & cluthching pearls over the market adjustment, @australia.theguardian.com could have put a postive spin on this. But no...
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Respect for me but not for thee...
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the HVO coal mine extension approval went through because the coal will be sold to countries with strategies to limit emissions. In other news, it’s fine if my kid trashes each room in my house so long as he promises me a wizard will magic it away.
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh please...Watt really means "stop shining a light on how environmentally destructive @australianlabor.bsky.social policies are..."
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
About bloody time
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Amazing how Netayahu finds threat leverage just before every election...
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey Brett...I, too, had a sh***y September. So I'm right there with you. Putting September in the rear mirror...
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a problem colonisers/settlers caused. The solutions are in the article. Both territory & Federal will ignore those solutions...
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The median Brisbane home was worth $1.05m, down by $59,000 since May. The Queensland capital had seen prices surge 18% over the preceding 12 months." Burying the lead 🙄
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is old news?
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Morning. ☕️
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cracker of a game. I actually felt sorry for the Dockers fans.
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"A long, long time ago, Albanese said he picked a side. He has never stopped counting those who didn’t pick his." That includes voters. Albanese has a nasty streak. Voters who challenge his policies are bus fodder. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/913e24...
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Inside Albanese’s factional dominance: ‘They’ve all been executed, except one’
Through brutal calculation, Anthony Albanese has achieved complete control over Labor’s faction system – a fact reflected in the party’s cautious approach to policy.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/09/2026
A massive Microsoft data centre was fined after a drone investigation revealed the use of illegally operating gas turbines -->> www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Now. That is anti-semitism. Let's see which MP condemns this leader of a Christian sect... www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
smh.com.au
Exclusive Brethren leader calls Jews ‘wicked’, ‘infidel’ as Liberals remain silent
The leader of the church, which secretly campaigned for the Coalition at the election using neo-Nazi associates, has described Jews as evil in leaked sermons.
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Israel retreating would be a step forward...
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So the war criminal Netanyahu gets to deliver a speech at the UN, but Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas is denied a US visa and can’t attend.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's the AFL Grand Final this weekend. It's a day of celebration for the millions of us who love the footy. But, while we enjoy the game and a BBQ, we also have to acknowledge that for far too many women and children Grand Final weekend means something else entirely.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 24/09/2026
Man allowed to address UN General Assembly while subject to an arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, sure why not
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So sorry...with Alba now
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The modern state of Israel. Insert Russia instead of Israel. See? The state of Israel is committing genocide. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
UN delegates walk out as Netanyahu attacks Israel's critics
Speaking to scores of empty chairs after a mass walkout, Benjamin Netanyahu uses his UN speech to lavish praise on Donald Trump, savage Zohran Mamdani and predict Iran's population will topple its rul...
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For the love of nature don't show the Minister for Mining the Environment. Watt will create a business case to destroy it...
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Compare and contrast:
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ed Sheeran wasn't available 😂
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please someone write again about Albanese's peerless political instincts
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Humans destroy their biosphere Then wring hands & clutch pearls 🙄🫩 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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Dana Bergstrom @danambergstrom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ummm 🤔 So we are going to curb gas fields and stop extending the life of coal fields and admit we are the 5th largest exporter of methane & 2nd largest exporter of coal. Excellent!
theguardian.com
No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York
Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICYMI 2/2 #duplicitous #climate #auspol australiainstitute.org.au/post/north-w...
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North West Shelf final approval a climate, economic and energy security disaster
Australia Institute analysis shows today's final approval of the 45-year expansion of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export terminal is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is a great insight from a young woman in Canberra on housing and time and multiculturalism www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
The woman who feels priced out of spare time

Rosie* is in her 30s and lives in Canberra. She captured the point vividly.

"Housing gets covered as deposits, rates, supply. Living it, the real cost is time. You work the hours the housing demands, in the suburb the housing pushed you to, and what gets sacrificed is the ability to sit down with the people around you.

"Multiculturalism worked in this country when people had time to spend with people unlike themselves. Not policy time — ordinary time. Backyards, front steps, sport, the shops, someone's kitchen. That's how a stranger stops being a category and becomes a neighbour.

"We have spent 30 years pricing that time out of people's lives and now we're surprised that cohesion is fraying and asking what went wrong with our values.

"When people are exhausted and stretched and never in the same room, difference stops being interesting and starts being threatening. That's not a failure of tolerance. It's a failure of time. That's what I'd want people in power to understand."
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Salmon industry supported/protected by @australianlabor.bsky.social Why are Labor hell bent on encouraging extinction?
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Spacekat9 @spacekat9.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"While Australia’s domestic demand for natural gas has decreased, the country is one of the largest exporters of liquefied natural gas, exports continuing to increase over the past year." Do as I say, not as I do 🙄
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