Reposted by Violet GreenPaul Karp @paulkarp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Why do people only require protection of their privacy from the sneaky glasses when they're in government buildings? I'm generally clothed in government buildings. 3243
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/08/2026So good that the RBA is worried about wage growth driving up inflation... 14284104
Reposted by Violet GreenThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15/07/2026What’s the point of increasing gas exports for the Australian government and the Australian people? With the current gas tax legislation, it’s pointless. Co-CEO Richard Denniss breaks down who wins and who loses in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?”. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social 25715
Reposted by Violet GreenMatt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Actually flawless. 124100862304
Reposted by Violet GreenThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14/07/2026A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year. That's enough to eliminate the annual $4 billion cost of out-of-pocket expenses for GP visits. ✍ Sign the petition for a plebiscite on a 25% gas export tax ⤵️ theaus.in/4ygY36E 04617
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I see oil prices are rising again, so a bad news on the stock exchange... well unless you make money when oil and gas prices go up... #TaxTheGas 413529
Reposted by Violet GreenThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 14/07/2026Builders have to pay for bricks. Bakers have to pay for flour. It’s pretty obvious that the gas industry should have to pay for gas. Co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks this issue in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?” #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social 317064
Reposted by Violet GreenMatt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Not that anybody on earth cares but the White House is 225 years old. 1613331
Reposted by Violet GreenJennifer Crawford @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The most frustrating thing is that so many of us just want a quiet life, free to just do our do, not hurt anyone, have a bit of fun, eat nice food, enjoy beauty all around us, be safe and sound. And yet, a tiny handful of self absorbed arseholes who wish to fuck the world for their own $$ benefit. 2338783
Reposted by Violet GreenIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Look at all that trickling down.... 1153
Reposted by Violet GreenDanielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Nothing else to say. 8578011989
Reposted by Violet GreenIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Hey Aussies, Let's keep this circulating. Steer clear of sick or dead birds, but report them. #birdflu #Australia #H5N1 04225
Reposted by Violet GreenMatt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 12/06/2026AI Data Centre plumber. @theageaustralia.bsky.social 3299130
Reposted by Violet GreenJeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026lord, give me the strength to endure another week where the media discuss the CGT changes with the intensity of a terrorist attack while a third of the country struggle to afford food 728192
Reposted by Violet GreenSue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This explains a lot. 04730
Reposted by Violet GreenThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 20/05/2026"Australians deserve to get a fair return on the export of our gas." "Companies can export it...but they should be paying us 25% of whatever they get for that gas." - @davidpocock.bsky.social 👏👏👏 #auspol 415557
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Just a reminder - you only pay 47% tax on income earned *above* $190,000. If you earn $200,000 you pay an average tax rate of around 30%. 22380118
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 18/05/2026But surely the announcement of the gas reservation policy has absolutely smashed Santos and Woodside?? 28612
Reposted by Violet GreenMelissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Aldi fixing social cohesion 1920354
Reposted by Violet GreenJenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Could someone, anyone, explain why a piñata is a good idea for a kid’s birthday party? 992
Reposted by Violet GreenThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 29/04/2026When food banks are unfunded and everyday Aussies are going without, the need for a 25% tax on gas exports is crystal clear. Australian gas belongs to the Australian people, and they deserve to get a fair return. @davidpocock.bsky.social #auspol 717584
Reposted by Violet GreenTrish Fraser @trishf42.bsky.social · 24/04/2026"Australia hasn’t produced urea here since December 2022, when Incitec Pivot closed its Gibson Island fertiliser plant in Brisbane after failing to secure affordable long-term gas supply." What's that we've been saying about gas?theguardian.comFertiliser is in short supply. What does it mean for Australia’s farmers – and your bread?Australia is more vulnerable to fertiliser disruption than fuel. Experts say the impact depends on how long the strait of Hormuz is shut 47034
Reposted by Violet Greenstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 24/04/2026David Pocock shreds the idea that gas giants choosing to invest in pipes should mean they avoid tax "No other sector in our economy gets the raw material for free"🔥 Tax breaks for big corps who get our resources for $0 doesn’t make us the lucky country—but the stupid country.🙄 24529174
Reposted by Violet GreenAustralian Politics 🇦🇺 @auspol.info · 19/04/2026I hope that the spending is not entirely on USA items? 011
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The gas industry's new argument for keeping the PRRT is that they will have to pay more PRRT than a 25% gas export tax so a 25% gas tax would be bad. Yeah. Uhuh. 25211
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/04/2026BP: "PRRT has allowed Australia to become one of the largest exporters of gas in the world creating significant economic benefits." Are those benefits the higher gas and electricity prices?🤔 14814
Reposted by Violet Greenjudithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Very true... 43281542177
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Just in case you're wondering why the gas industry hates the idea of a 25% gas export tax and wants to keep the PRRT 17371190
Reposted by Violet GreenPossum @pollytics.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The problem with the NDIS - and there is a problem - is the same one Australia always faces. If you let small businesses exploit the public purse, they'll exploit it mercilessly (remember pink batts or any one of a 100 such programs). The key is in the system design, not the auditing of it. 42424119
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Am shocked the invisible hand led to shitty outcomes just like it did the last time, and the time before that, and the time before tha... 1224253
Reposted by Violet GreenStejwill @stejwill.bsky.social · 30/03/2026This is wrong @albomp.bsky.social #auspol 084
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Part 2 in "Just how big is the oil and gas industry". The private adult education sector pays almost as much in wages as does the gas industry. Profits are a tad different. live.thepoint.com.au/2026/03/the-... 9265149
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Just me doing my regular check up on how Santos and Woodside are going live.thepoint.com.au/2026/03/the-... 917577
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/03/2026You'll often hear how the gas industry is vital for Australia because it's so big. But really the only thing big about it is its profits. 318288
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/03/2026You often hear from gas companies that "yeah but we pay state royalties!!!" Lol nope. WA drivers pay more in rego and licence fees than gas companies pay WA in royalties. Heck WA gamblers pay more tax. And that's incredible given WA does NOT have pokies in pubs and clubs 11285135
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/03/2026The Gas industry now saying a 25% export tax would "stop investment in new gas supply, leading to gas shortfalls" Bullshit. Utter bullshit. 83% of Australia's gas is exported. THERE IS NO SHORTAGE 38495190
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Giddy up www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...abc.net.auLabor explores new gas tax to shield from Iran war shockThe prime minister's department has requested options to impose a new tax on gas giants to help shield Australians from the economic shock of the Middle East war. 2718940
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/03/2026RBA governor: "Excess demand, excess demand, excess demand" Uhuh, real unit labour costs falling, consumption growth weak, wage growth stable.... but... hmmm... errr look at that datacenter investment!!!! 1413826
Reposted by Violet GreenTim Rust @timrust.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Pleased to hear Alan Kohler ask the same question I have: "How does raising our interest rates open the Straits of Hormuz?" 14720
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 02/03/2026With profits in December having a jump and wages not, this is what the latest graph of wages and profits since 2001 looks like 69550
Reposted by Violet GreenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/03/2026It is sad to see the good name of the FIFA Peace Prize tarnished in this way. 1849281
Reposted by Violet GreenDr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 27/02/2026This is the very question I put to the Aged Care Minister in Question Time two weeks ago. Isn’t a computerised assessment system which cuts support for vulnerable Australians, causing distress and suffering, just another form of Robodebt?abc.net.auAlgorithm denies high level care for Melbourne man with advanced MNDGraham Crossan cannot eat, talk or breathe unassisted but he's been denied funding for high-level care due to a new way of assessing aged care funding. 1111355
Reposted by Violet GreenAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026If Reform had won this, it would be all over our media as an ‘unstoppable force’ and Hanson would be platformed as saying it was inevitable here. But no one ever treats a progressive win in the same way. That’s an ‘outlier’ 22610196
Reposted by Violet Greenstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Tim Wilson smashed for failing to answer on his party’s lack of housing policy, says “we’ve just had an election”🤔 Ferguson “the election was some time ago…” “We can’t ignore the fact that viewers would have heard No actual answer…”💥 No, we can’t ignore that fact. 🙄 #auspol 3617453
Reposted by Violet GreenAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Holy fkn shizballs!!!! Thank you to everyone who has embraced this. You’re incredible - and also - not alone. It’s a mess, no one has fixed what he helped break and if anything comes from this, it’s a reminder of what we need to do to fix this 3651691
