Ash Anna
@ashhutch.bsky.social
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June 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Well that’s neat
Good luck finding out if US bases in Australia were used as part of the attack on Iran, writes Bernard Keane.
What was Australia's role in Trump's attack on Iran? You're not allowed to know
Other US allies are being transparent with their people about any role their nation played in the attack on Iran. But from Australia's leaders? Crickets.
www.crikey.com.au
June 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Well that’s neat
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Good thing we didn't vote for Dutton, or cripes, we'd have a govt that is full throated in its support for illegal bombing of a sovereign nation.
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Good thing we didn't vote for Dutton, or cripes, we'd have a govt that is full throated in its support for illegal bombing of a sovereign nation.
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The UN, international rules based order is pretty much done. And Australia’s govt said not a word of compliant.
Might is right.
Albanese has not grasped that China, North Korea, Russia and anyone else can now claim the precedent of the Iran Bombing as justification for “pre-emptive” attacks.
Might is right.
Albanese has not grasped that China, North Korea, Russia and anyone else can now claim the precedent of the Iran Bombing as justification for “pre-emptive” attacks.
June 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The UN, international rules based order is pretty much done. And Australia’s govt said not a word of compliant.
Might is right.
Albanese has not grasped that China, North Korea, Russia and anyone else can now claim the precedent of the Iran Bombing as justification for “pre-emptive” attacks.
Might is right.
Albanese has not grasped that China, North Korea, Russia and anyone else can now claim the precedent of the Iran Bombing as justification for “pre-emptive” attacks.
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The laws to gut our Environment Protection Act, rushed through for the salmon industry, might not even apply to the fish in Macquarie Harbour, according to legal advice.
"This is what happens when you avoid normal due parliamentary scrutiny and rush legislation," @eloise-carr.bsky.social.
Listen:
"This is what happens when you avoid normal due parliamentary scrutiny and rush legislation," @eloise-carr.bsky.social.
Listen:
Rushed salmon laws 'might not even apply to fish farms in Macquarie Harbour' says Australia Institute - ABC listen
Eloise Carr from the Australia Institute says the new law doesn't fix what the governemnt says it will.
www.abc.net.au
March 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The laws to gut our Environment Protection Act, rushed through for the salmon industry, might not even apply to the fish in Macquarie Harbour, according to legal advice.
"This is what happens when you avoid normal due parliamentary scrutiny and rush legislation," @eloise-carr.bsky.social.
Listen:
"This is what happens when you avoid normal due parliamentary scrutiny and rush legislation," @eloise-carr.bsky.social.
Listen:
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"The housing crisis is not a crisis that will be fixed by tinkering around the edges, you need proper reform.
"Neither of the major parties looks like they're at all interested in doing something major."
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
"Neither of the major parties looks like they're at all interested in doing something major."
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
March 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"The housing crisis is not a crisis that will be fixed by tinkering around the edges, you need proper reform.
"Neither of the major parties looks like they're at all interested in doing something major."
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
"Neither of the major parties looks like they're at all interested in doing something major."
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
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This election looks again like seeing migrants blamed for housing prices. But as @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social writes, the facts don't back that up.
At all.
Instead, we need to look at our tax system that has
turned housing into speculation #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/migrant...
At all.
Instead, we need to look at our tax system that has
turned housing into speculation #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/migrant...
March 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This election looks again like seeing migrants blamed for housing prices. But as @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social writes, the facts don't back that up.
At all.
Instead, we need to look at our tax system that has
turned housing into speculation #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/migrant...
At all.
Instead, we need to look at our tax system that has
turned housing into speculation #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/migrant...
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Australian art has long depicted outlaws, Khaled Sabsabi’s critics should remember. Let’s start with Ned Kelly | Ella Barclay
Australian art has long depicted outlaws, Khaled Sabsabi’s critics should remember. Let’s start with Ned Kelly | Ella Barclay
Sidney Nolan’s paintings of a notorious bushranger are national treasures. Great art should spark debate
Despite the perceived outrage at Khaled Sabsabi’s depiction of Hassan Nasrallah in his 2007 work You, Australian art has long made subjects of…
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Australian art has long depicted outlaws, Khaled Sabsabi’s critics should remember. Let’s start with Ned Kelly | Ella Barclay
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Finally. The RBA has cut rates by 25 basis points, to 4.1%.
"It should have happened last year, but thankfully the RBA has finally caught up with reality and delivered a real cost of living benefit for households."
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
"It should have happened last year, but thankfully the RBA has finally caught up with reality and delivered a real cost of living benefit for households."
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
February 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Finally. The RBA has cut rates by 25 basis points, to 4.1%.
"It should have happened last year, but thankfully the RBA has finally caught up with reality and delivered a real cost of living benefit for households."
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
"It should have happened last year, but thankfully the RBA has finally caught up with reality and delivered a real cost of living benefit for households."
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
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News Corp in Australia are running campaigns to try and incite violence towards Jewish people, and film / report on the incidents - this attempt was botched and now the internal documents planning the provocation in News Corp's system are leaked
@crikey.com.au
www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/14/n...
@crikey.com.au
www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/14/n...
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
News Corp in Australia are running campaigns to try and incite violence towards Jewish people, and film / report on the incidents - this attempt was botched and now the internal documents planning the provocation in News Corp's system are leaked
@crikey.com.au
www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/14/n...
@crikey.com.au
www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/14/n...
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From the river…
February 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
From the river…
“We could equally ask whether Australia can “afford” to give wealthy superannuants a huge tax break on their retirement savings. The Commonwealth actually “spends” more (by forgoing taxation) on superannuation tax concessions than on the NDIS, the lion’s share of which goes to the wealthy.”
I’ve got a piece up at Crikey today on the NDIS. There’s been a concerted campaign to attack the NDIS in recent months, and it’s been massively dishonest www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/24/b...
No, the NDIS is not ‘strangling’ the economy
Accusations against the NDIS are fuelled by a worldview that sees supporting the most vulnerable in our community as an unaffordable cost, while tactically ignoring the benefits.
www.crikey.com.au
January 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“We could equally ask whether Australia can “afford” to give wealthy superannuants a huge tax break on their retirement savings. The Commonwealth actually “spends” more (by forgoing taxation) on superannuation tax concessions than on the NDIS, the lion’s share of which goes to the wealthy.”
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SpaceX: Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn.
Everyone else: It blew up.
Everyone else: It blew up.
January 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
SpaceX: Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn.
Everyone else: It blew up.
Everyone else: It blew up.
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The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop.
I want our World Wide Web back.
I want our World Wide Web back.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop.
I want our World Wide Web back.
I want our World Wide Web back.
*chefs kiss*
One of the #auspol highlights of the year was the ABC doco ‘Nemesis’ about the Coalition’s decade in power. Particularly if you watched it with the subtitles ON…
January 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
*chefs kiss*
“Remember, every political party wants your first preference because it is worth $3.386 to them.” Cool!!
This election, come what may, I’ll take heart knowing that my $3 will go to smaller parties and independent voices who care about climate.
This election, come what may, I’ll take heart knowing that my $3 will go to smaller parties and independent voices who care about climate.
In which I have a bit of a rant about how shite the current climate change policy debate is just 5 months from the election.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair | Greg Jericho
I’ve been writing about climate change for years. I know my graphs won’t change minds, but facts matter
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“Remember, every political party wants your first preference because it is worth $3.386 to them.” Cool!!
This election, come what may, I’ll take heart knowing that my $3 will go to smaller parties and independent voices who care about climate.
This election, come what may, I’ll take heart knowing that my $3 will go to smaller parties and independent voices who care about climate.
2025 coming in hot with that “so your favourite author turned out to be a calculated, systematic abuser” energy.
tattoo artists getting ready for some coverup jobs on Neil Gaiman inspired pieces
January 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
2025 coming in hot with that “so your favourite author turned out to be a calculated, systematic abuser” energy.
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The latest Dollars & Sense pod is up - talkin' GDP
The economy is people - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-eco...
The economy is people - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-eco...
The economy is people
Immigration and public spending are barely keeping Australia out of a recession.
australiainstitute.org.au
December 5, 2024 at 5:40 AM
The latest Dollars & Sense pod is up - talkin' GDP
The economy is people - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-eco...
The economy is people - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-eco...