Dib71
@dibs71.bsky.social
Auspol tragic, dog lover and panic merchant for the next generation.
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Billionaires and business laughing all the way to the bank. Corporate socialism is acceptable of course
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Billionaires and business laughing all the way to the bank. Corporate socialism is acceptable of course
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I was once a senior public servant. FOI laws don’t discourage frank, fearless advice. They discourage BAD advice.
Bureaucrats mostly hate them (a lot) because they take up so much time. But it’s nothing to do with not wanting to be seen giving frank, fearless advice.
Bureaucrats mostly hate them (a lot) because they take up so much time. But it’s nothing to do with not wanting to be seen giving frank, fearless advice.
Labor is using robodebt to justify curtailing freedom of information laws. It's grubby, self-interested — and easily disproven.
Behind Labor's Big Lie about FOI
www.crikey.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I was once a senior public servant. FOI laws don’t discourage frank, fearless advice. They discourage BAD advice.
Bureaucrats mostly hate them (a lot) because they take up so much time. But it’s nothing to do with not wanting to be seen giving frank, fearless advice.
Bureaucrats mostly hate them (a lot) because they take up so much time. But it’s nothing to do with not wanting to be seen giving frank, fearless advice.
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Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Keep this story in the news.
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
"Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney"
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
The US citizens disdain of govt "handouts" using taxpayer $ to help make their lives better is mind boggling. They seem happy paying taxes for the govt to give to big corporations and billionaires.
The Democratic Party’s rival factions might actually have managed to find an economic message they can agree on, Rogé Karma argues:
Democrats Finally Realize It Isn’t 2016 Anymore
Members of the left and the center seem to have concluded that, to win elections, each side needs to become more like the other.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The US citizens disdain of govt "handouts" using taxpayer $ to help make their lives better is mind boggling. They seem happy paying taxes for the govt to give to big corporations and billionaires.
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The BCA keeps saying Victoria is the worst place to invest… and yet business investment keeps growing faster there than just about anywhere else…
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251120-...
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251120-...
Contrary to BCA claims, Victoria actually among strongest places for business investment according to actual data
Despite continual demonisation of Victoria’s economy and suggestion that the state is a bad place to invest, the most recent state economy figures show that the Victoria remains a very popular place f...
thepoint.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The BCA keeps saying Victoria is the worst place to invest… and yet business investment keeps growing faster there than just about anywhere else…
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251120-...
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251120-...
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paging @leanaustralia.bsky.social & the allegedly pro-environment Labor MPs Josh Burns, Renee Coffey, Ged Kearney, Jerome Laxale, Alicia Payne, Sally Sitou, Kate Thwaites & Josh Wilson — anyone in Labor give a rats about Big Business hijacking & pile driving regression into #EPBC laws??
Coalition to help Labor rush through new nature laws if environmental protections dropped
Coalition to help Labor rush through new nature laws if environmental protections dropped
Sussan Ley’s offer allows a clear path to pass laws to rewrite Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in final sitting week
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The Coalition has offered to help Labor rush through new nature laws if it agrees to gut environment protection, challenging Labor to side with business interests over green groups to implement the long-awaited changes.
Environmental lawyers are urging the government against further weakening already flawed laws at the “behest of industry”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
paging @leanaustralia.bsky.social & the allegedly pro-environment Labor MPs Josh Burns, Renee Coffey, Ged Kearney, Jerome Laxale, Alicia Payne, Sally Sitou, Kate Thwaites & Josh Wilson — anyone in Labor give a rats about Big Business hijacking & pile driving regression into #EPBC laws??
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apnews.com/article/mide... toll reaches 33 in some of the deadliest Israeli strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire's start
Death toll reaches 33 in some of the deadliest Israeli strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire's start
Israeli strikes across Gaza over a roughly 12-hour period have resulted in the deaths of 33 people. The strikes late Wednesday and early Thursday have been some of the deadliest since Oct. 10 when the...
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
apnews.com/article/mide... toll reaches 33 in some of the deadliest Israeli strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire's start
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We should be pouring money into research and poaching people who otherwise would usually be headed to US
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
We should be pouring money into research and poaching people who otherwise would usually be headed to US
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@albomp.bsky.social, this is absurd. Every dollar spent on research pays back more, why are we being so short sighted?
#CancelAUKUS
#AusPol
#CancelAUKUS
#AusPol
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
@albomp.bsky.social, this is absurd. Every dollar spent on research pays back more, why are we being so short sighted?
#CancelAUKUS
#AusPol
#CancelAUKUS
#AusPol
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We must be clear about one thing: banning machetes and tightening policing powers are only part of the response. Without addressing the deeper social determinants of violence, we risk treating symptoms while the underlying disease continues to spread. #auspol #VicPol #machete
Beyond machete bans and new laws – tackling youth violence
Victoria's machete ban sends an important signal, but the real enemy is disconnection, the absence of belonging, purpose, opportunity and hope.
johnmenadue.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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My column - Japan imports stonks of our gas for powering its electricity and yet Japan has cheaper electricity than Australia, what the?? #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia?
The broken nature of Australia energy market has been highlighted by a report that Japanese households pay less for electricity than Australians do, despite Japanese electricity being reliant on Austr...
thepoint.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My column - Japan imports stonks of our gas for powering its electricity and yet Japan has cheaper electricity than Australia, what the?? #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251118-...
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Yes, sadly it is real.
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yes, sadly it is real.
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The Albanese government’s nature reforms would change biodiversity offsets policy, including by setting up a “restoration contributions” fund. Guardian Australia reporting exposed major failures with a similar scheme in NSW. Experts are warning the federal plan could repeat those mistakes
Biodiversity offsets failed to protect habitat in NSW. Now federal Labor is about to make the same mistakes, critics warn
Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Albanese government’s nature reforms would change biodiversity offsets policy, including by setting up a “restoration contributions” fund. Guardian Australia reporting exposed major failures with a similar scheme in NSW. Experts are warning the federal plan could repeat those mistakes
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There are four leaks to plug for Trump: the survivors, Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein Estate, and the 1000+ FBI and DoJ employees he locked in a building and forced to remove his name from the files.
Good luck, asshole.
Good luck, asshole.
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There are four leaks to plug for Trump: the survivors, Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein Estate, and the 1000+ FBI and DoJ employees he locked in a building and forced to remove his name from the files.
Good luck, asshole.
Good luck, asshole.
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When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying.
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying.
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
As the climate crisis intensifies, Chevron is once again "increasing investments in oil and gas exploration," Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
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Don’t hobble Victoria with complaints about taxes, debt and deficit
Big business never tires of saying taxes are bad, yet those same companies thrive on the very services taxes pay for. #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251113-...
Big business never tires of saying taxes are bad, yet those same companies thrive on the very services taxes pay for. #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251113-...
Don’t hobble Victoria with complaints about taxes, debt and deficit
Big business never tires of saying taxes are bad, yet those same companies thrive on the very services taxes pay for.
thepoint.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Don’t hobble Victoria with complaints about taxes, debt and deficit
Big business never tires of saying taxes are bad, yet those same companies thrive on the very services taxes pay for. #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251113-...
Big business never tires of saying taxes are bad, yet those same companies thrive on the very services taxes pay for. #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251113-...
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For years they droned on about “the Deep State” - a powerful cabal that controlled everything.
Then they set their sights on “the Epstein list” - a powerful cabal that preyed on children.
(Spoiler: it’s the same cabal)
Now they’re in power, guess who is protecting this cabal?
They are.
Odd.
Then they set their sights on “the Epstein list” - a powerful cabal that preyed on children.
(Spoiler: it’s the same cabal)
Now they’re in power, guess who is protecting this cabal?
They are.
Odd.
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
For years they droned on about “the Deep State” - a powerful cabal that controlled everything.
Then they set their sights on “the Epstein list” - a powerful cabal that preyed on children.
(Spoiler: it’s the same cabal)
Now they’re in power, guess who is protecting this cabal?
They are.
Odd.
Then they set their sights on “the Epstein list” - a powerful cabal that preyed on children.
(Spoiler: it’s the same cabal)
Now they’re in power, guess who is protecting this cabal?
They are.
Odd.
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“The United States is dusting off its old regime-change playbook in Venezuela. Although the slogan has shifted from “restoring democracy” to “fighting narco-terrorists”, the objective remains the same, which is control of Venezuela’s oil.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Venezuela’s oil, US-led regime change and America’s gangster politics
The flimsy moral pretext today is the fight against narcotics, yet the real objective is to overthrow a sovereign government and the collateral damage is the suffering of the Venezuelan people. If thi...
johnmenadue.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“The United States is dusting off its old regime-change playbook in Venezuela. Although the slogan has shifted from “restoring democracy” to “fighting narco-terrorists”, the objective remains the same, which is control of Venezuela’s oil.”
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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Economic Complexity Index (ECI) is a holistic measure of the knowledge/productive capabilities of a country. ECI indicates a lot about long term prosperity and resilience. Here’s how Australia is trending compared with our Asian neighbours. 1/2 #StopJustExportingRocks #auspol
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Economic Complexity Index (ECI) is a holistic measure of the knowledge/productive capabilities of a country. ECI indicates a lot about long term prosperity and resilience. Here’s how Australia is trending compared with our Asian neighbours. 1/2 #StopJustExportingRocks #auspol
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We are letting Big Tech steal our data, undermine our privacy, avoid our taxes, kill our companies, exhaust our natural resources, harm our kids, prop up the Kremlin, and enable scammers. And the EU responds by *deregulating*?
Can you think of a connection between these two FT headlines?
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We are letting Big Tech steal our data, undermine our privacy, avoid our taxes, kill our companies, exhaust our natural resources, harm our kids, prop up the Kremlin, and enable scammers. And the EU responds by *deregulating*?
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Political pragmatism is "killing us" - Richard Dennis:
This centrism aligns with the status quo and can be a tool for opposing reforms, ultimately hindering progress on evidence-based solutions and harming society by perpetuating inaction on harmful practices.
This centrism aligns with the status quo and can be a tool for opposing reforms, ultimately hindering progress on evidence-based solutions and harming society by perpetuating inaction on harmful practices.
September 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Political pragmatism is "killing us" - Richard Dennis:
This centrism aligns with the status quo and can be a tool for opposing reforms, ultimately hindering progress on evidence-based solutions and harming society by perpetuating inaction on harmful practices.
This centrism aligns with the status quo and can be a tool for opposing reforms, ultimately hindering progress on evidence-based solutions and harming society by perpetuating inaction on harmful practices.
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“The rich get breezy upper stories with the view, pool and state-of-the-art amenities, while the poor are hidden away downstairs with a discreet entrance and no access to facilities”
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Poor doors’: affordable housing tenants have to use back entrance to access Barangaroo apartments
Those paying discounted rent at Watermans Residences can’t use pool or gym, either. Critics say segregation ‘a dystopian microcosm of housing inequality’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“The rich get breezy upper stories with the view, pool and state-of-the-art amenities, while the poor are hidden away downstairs with a discreet entrance and no access to facilities”
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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