@d5vidchalmers.bsky.social
He / him. Climate change, economics, equality, music, literature, technology. I detest cars & fascists.
Always was, always will be, Noongar & Whadjuk boodja.
Always was, always will be, Noongar & Whadjuk boodja.
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Foreign aid must be the most misunderstood organ of government. The name gives the impression it’s a handout, but it’s a powerful tool of soft power & diplomacy.
Foreign aid programs serve the interests of the country GIVING the aid. It’s why they exist.
#auspol
Foreign aid must be the most misunderstood organ of government. The name gives the impression it’s a handout, but it’s a powerful tool of soft power & diplomacy.
Foreign aid programs serve the interests of the country GIVING the aid. It’s why they exist.
#auspol
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Just when you thought the NPA couldn’t get any worse.
Michelle Manook, Chief Executive of FutureCoal, will Address the National Press Club of Australia on “Thank You for Not Coaling.”
#Auspol #FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange
Michelle Manook, Chief Executive of FutureCoal, will Address the National Press Club of Australia on “Thank You for Not Coaling.”
#Auspol #FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange
GOOD CLIMATE NEWS: sometimes the PR efforts of the fossil fuel industry are just hilariously fucked
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Just when you thought the NPA couldn’t get any worse.
Michelle Manook, Chief Executive of FutureCoal, will Address the National Press Club of Australia on “Thank You for Not Coaling.”
#Auspol #FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange
Michelle Manook, Chief Executive of FutureCoal, will Address the National Press Club of Australia on “Thank You for Not Coaling.”
#Auspol #FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange
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An incredible moment for Australia. Congratulations to all the First Nations leaders who worked so tirelessly to make this happen, and to the Victorian Government and Parliament for embracing the opportunity to show genuine national leadership. #Treaty #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia’s first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners passed in Victoria
Step towards reconciliation hailed as ‘a historic moment’ with premier Jacinta Allan saying it gives Aboriginal Australians the power to shape policies that affect their lives
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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At the #RevenueSummit25, Australia Institute co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss said what Australia chooses to tax and subsidie plays a huge role in how he shape society.
"Santos has not paid company tax for 10 years in a row... these are choices we make as a society."
#auspol
"Santos has not paid company tax for 10 years in a row... these are choices we make as a society."
#auspol
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
At the #RevenueSummit25, Australia Institute co-CEO Dr Richard Denniss said what Australia chooses to tax and subsidie plays a huge role in how he shape society.
"Santos has not paid company tax for 10 years in a row... these are choices we make as a society."
#auspol
"Santos has not paid company tax for 10 years in a row... these are choices we make as a society."
#auspol
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“They include justifications 4 Australia’s continued export of F-35 fighter jet parts for Israel’s use in the Gaza genocide; responses to demands for Australia to sanction the Israeli govt; & lines on why the govt does not refer to Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide” #auspol #Gaza #talkingpoints
The government sending their "we're not complicit, but..." talking points to APAN is fucking hilarious
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Australian government’s full talking points on Gaza accidentally sent to Palestinian advocacy group
Government notes reveal they won’t back Gaza hospital proposed by Dr Mohammed Mustafa
www.deepcutnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“They include justifications 4 Australia’s continued export of F-35 fighter jet parts for Israel’s use in the Gaza genocide; responses to demands for Australia to sanction the Israeli govt; & lines on why the govt does not refer to Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide” #auspol #Gaza #talkingpoints
This is an interesting take, decoupling Chinese direct investment from geopolitics. It will be a tough sell in this China-hawk environment.
Labelling the present green FDI boom led by Chinese firms as BRI 2.0 only undermines the value of that project and adds geopolitical connotations that are unnecessary and, it appears, quite unwarranted. #auspol #china #BRI
China’s FDI, not the BRI, drives a global green transition
Over the past few years, outward Chinese foreign direct investment commitments in green manufacturing have grown rapidly and now dwarf the Marshall Plan in their scale.
johnmenadue.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is an interesting take, decoupling Chinese direct investment from geopolitics. It will be a tough sell in this China-hawk environment.
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Labelling the present green FDI boom led by Chinese firms as BRI 2.0 only undermines the value of that project and adds geopolitical connotations that are unnecessary and, it appears, quite unwarranted. #auspol #china #BRI
China’s FDI, not the BRI, drives a global green transition
Over the past few years, outward Chinese foreign direct investment commitments in green manufacturing have grown rapidly and now dwarf the Marshall Plan in their scale.
johnmenadue.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Maybe he should receive a Robodebt Notice to pay it back???
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Maybe he should receive a Robodebt Notice to pay it back???
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Quite understandable perhaps when one recognises our #ClimatePolicies are being written by the #fossilcriminals for the #capturedstate?
#ExistentialEmergency
#EcologicalEmergency
#auspol
#wapol
#ExistentialEmergency
#EcologicalEmergency
#auspol
#wapol
How did we get to the shitshow of Australia's 2035 62% emissions reduction target (aligned w >2.4°C of warming above pre-industrial levels)?
Find out in @marchudson.bsky.social's rollicking romp through a history of spine-deforming acts of climate target bastardry
Find out in @marchudson.bsky.social's rollicking romp through a history of spine-deforming acts of climate target bastardry
Australia and its climate targets - a dismal history (1988-2025)
allouryesterdays.info/2025/09/20/a...
allouryesterdays.info/2025/09/20/a...
September 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Quite understandable perhaps when one recognises our #ClimatePolicies are being written by the #fossilcriminals for the #capturedstate?
#ExistentialEmergency
#EcologicalEmergency
#auspol
#wapol
#ExistentialEmergency
#EcologicalEmergency
#auspol
#wapol
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Paul Kelly - Sleep, Australia, Sleep (Official Video)
YouTube video by Paul Kelly
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Recognising Palestine when Gaza has essentially been levelled? Still shipping arms to the terror regime. Still calling to exclude Hamas but not to exclude Netanyahu. Still unable to say #genocide. Performative irrelevance.
Still #ComplicitinGenocide
#StoptheGenocide
#auspol
#wapol
Still #ComplicitinGenocide
#StoptheGenocide
#auspol
#wapol
September 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Recognising Palestine when Gaza has essentially been levelled? Still shipping arms to the terror regime. Still calling to exclude Hamas but not to exclude Netanyahu. Still unable to say #genocide. Performative irrelevance.
Still #ComplicitinGenocide
#StoptheGenocide
#auspol
#wapol
Still #ComplicitinGenocide
#StoptheGenocide
#auspol
#wapol
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#Auspol. Remember Australia, Murdoch owns FOX. We need that Royal Commission into Murdoch Media to proceed and Media Integrity ( truth in media ) Legislation in Australia. @albomp.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
#Auspol. Remember Australia, Murdoch owns FOX. We need that Royal Commission into Murdoch Media to proceed and Media Integrity ( truth in media ) Legislation in Australia. @albomp.bsky.social
This says a lot about the Government's priorities... #auspol
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Greg Jerico: He’s right on the money re Woodside WA NW shelf approval.
There is nothing in it for Australua at all. Zero. Zilch.
The cost of this approval is extraordinary.
You have to have rocks in your head.
There is nothing in it for Australua at all. Zero. Zilch.
The cost of this approval is extraordinary.
You have to have rocks in your head.
September 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Greg Jerico: He’s right on the money re Woodside WA NW shelf approval.
There is nothing in it for Australua at all. Zero. Zilch.
The cost of this approval is extraordinary.
You have to have rocks in your head.
There is nothing in it for Australua at all. Zero. Zilch.
The cost of this approval is extraordinary.
You have to have rocks in your head.
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Thinking about Charlie Kirk and the Australian reaction.
First of all, the Australian media's first response was to repeat the propaganda they'd been fed. Several outlets used the same photo of Kirk throwing MAGA hats to the crowd.
A right-wing politician who'd lost her public role...
First of all, the Australian media's first response was to repeat the propaganda they'd been fed. Several outlets used the same photo of Kirk throwing MAGA hats to the crowd.
A right-wing politician who'd lost her public role...
September 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Thinking about Charlie Kirk and the Australian reaction.
First of all, the Australian media's first response was to repeat the propaganda they'd been fed. Several outlets used the same photo of Kirk throwing MAGA hats to the crowd.
A right-wing politician who'd lost her public role...
First of all, the Australian media's first response was to repeat the propaganda they'd been fed. Several outlets used the same photo of Kirk throwing MAGA hats to the crowd.
A right-wing politician who'd lost her public role...
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I co-wrote a paper on Countering Violent Extremism for the NSW police in 2011 which argued that the focus on Islamic terrorism in the state was allowing the growth of right-wing extremist ideologies. All CVE programs were focused on Muslims. We argued it was a mistake
#Fascism #Australia #auspol
#Fascism #Australia #auspol
September 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I co-wrote a paper on Countering Violent Extremism for the NSW police in 2011 which argued that the focus on Islamic terrorism in the state was allowing the growth of right-wing extremist ideologies. All CVE programs were focused on Muslims. We argued it was a mistake
#Fascism #Australia #auspol
#Fascism #Australia #auspol
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If batteries are so good Chris why is gas at the heart of of ALP's energy policy, as approval of the massive Woodside "carbon bomb" out to 2070 shows? You could have gone with cheap renewables but chose fossil-fuels (& the donations) instead, and all Australians are now paying the price ... #auspol
September 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
If batteries are so good Chris why is gas at the heart of of ALP's energy policy, as approval of the massive Woodside "carbon bomb" out to 2070 shows? You could have gone with cheap renewables but chose fossil-fuels (& the donations) instead, and all Australians are now paying the price ... #auspol
Yet another "With Friends Like These" moment from our ALP government.
Shame!
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Shame!
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: Labor approves extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export project until 2070
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Yet another "With Friends Like These" moment from our ALP government.
Shame!
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Shame!
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"How much more evidence does Australia need that being a US 'ally' now brings no benefits in the event of a threat from a hostile power? Ask Ukraine. Ask Poland. Ask Qatar."
And then there is the 'descending into a fascist autocracy' thing.
Ditch #AUKUS. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/12/c...
And then there is the 'descending into a fascist autocracy' thing.
Ditch #AUKUS. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/12/c...
If America descends into fascism, does Australia just grin and bear it?
America is fast becoming a fascist autocracy; some argue it already has. Are Australian policymakers grappling with what this means for our security?
www.crikey.com.au
September 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"How much more evidence does Australia need that being a US 'ally' now brings no benefits in the event of a threat from a hostile power? Ask Ukraine. Ask Poland. Ask Qatar."
And then there is the 'descending into a fascist autocracy' thing.
Ditch #AUKUS. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/12/c...
And then there is the 'descending into a fascist autocracy' thing.
Ditch #AUKUS. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/12/c...
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Former despised PM, Howard, lost his own seat while in the top job, fuelled racism via the Children Overboard scandal for cheap populist support and sent Australia to war on nothing but a hideous, blatant lie
September 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Former despised PM, Howard, lost his own seat while in the top job, fuelled racism via the Children Overboard scandal for cheap populist support and sent Australia to war on nothing but a hideous, blatant lie
The murderers show no compunction slaughtering unarmed civilians engaged in protected activity.
Fuck these killers, and fuck our ‘antisemitism envoy’ who uses a definition that categorises criticism of Israeli atrocities as hate speech.
Fuck these killers, and fuck our ‘antisemitism envoy’ who uses a definition that categorises criticism of Israeli atrocities as hate speech.
I’d be surprised if this isn’t a pivotal report. The callous evil, the shrug of the shoulder indifference, the justification. No excuse. All the privilege and care in the world to create a monster like this.
#gaza #auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
#gaza #auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The murderers show no compunction slaughtering unarmed civilians engaged in protected activity.
Fuck these killers, and fuck our ‘antisemitism envoy’ who uses a definition that categorises criticism of Israeli atrocities as hate speech.
Fuck these killers, and fuck our ‘antisemitism envoy’ who uses a definition that categorises criticism of Israeli atrocities as hate speech.