gailo
@gailo.bsky.social
Retired remedial therapist… lifelong Essendon supporter!!! Luv my Bombers & our Bomber Tribe. Love trees & nature
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“The easy thing for the RBA to do is raise rates, point to the overall inflation figures and hope no one looks any further. The smart move is to look closer, and wait,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute.
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/49O0mE3
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/49O0mE3
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 AM
“The easy thing for the RBA to do is raise rates, point to the overall inflation figures and hope no one looks any further. The smart move is to look closer, and wait,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute.
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/49O0mE3
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/49O0mE3
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Uses for the flag.
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
January 29, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Uses for the flag.
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
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story from another angle.
Plus:
Jane Mayer - Dark Money
Nancy MacLean - Democracy in Chains
Mehrsa Baradaran - Quiet Coup
David Brook - The Republican Noise Machine
Oreskes & Conway - Merchants of Doubt
Not many name the Atlas Network but they describe its work with academic/investigative rigour.
Plus:
Jane Mayer - Dark Money
Nancy MacLean - Democracy in Chains
Mehrsa Baradaran - Quiet Coup
David Brook - The Republican Noise Machine
Oreskes & Conway - Merchants of Doubt
Not many name the Atlas Network but they describe its work with academic/investigative rigour.
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 PM
story from another angle.
Plus:
Jane Mayer - Dark Money
Nancy MacLean - Democracy in Chains
Mehrsa Baradaran - Quiet Coup
David Brook - The Republican Noise Machine
Oreskes & Conway - Merchants of Doubt
Not many name the Atlas Network but they describe its work with academic/investigative rigour.
Plus:
Jane Mayer - Dark Money
Nancy MacLean - Democracy in Chains
Mehrsa Baradaran - Quiet Coup
David Brook - The Republican Noise Machine
Oreskes & Conway - Merchants of Doubt
Not many name the Atlas Network but they describe its work with academic/investigative rigour.
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John Howard (and his Liberal cult members) are delighted by this of course 🤬
Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined.
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined.
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined
Exclusive: Acoss report shows property investors received $12.3bn in tax concessions in 2025, while the share of social housing dropped to a record low
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:36 PM
John Howard (and his Liberal cult members) are delighted by this of course 🤬
Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined.
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined.
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
POV only but, in Australia we have maintained a separation between, religion, politics & the law.
Those lines are being eroded now.
Those lines are being eroded now.
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 AM
POV only but, in Australia we have maintained a separation between, religion, politics & the law.
Those lines are being eroded now.
Those lines are being eroded now.
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AUS mainstream news media:
A white man:
• didn't throw a bomb, he threw a
"device intended to explode"
• at an #InvasionDay rally crowd
NOT attempted mass murder, it took days to call it a "potential terrorist attack"
• can't report his identity due to "concerns for HIS safety"
🤔 #auspol #journalism
A white man:
• didn't throw a bomb, he threw a
"device intended to explode"
• at an #InvasionDay rally crowd
NOT attempted mass murder, it took days to call it a "potential terrorist attack"
• can't report his identity due to "concerns for HIS safety"
🤔 #auspol #journalism
January 29, 2026 at 2:48 AM
AUS mainstream news media:
A white man:
• didn't throw a bomb, he threw a
"device intended to explode"
• at an #InvasionDay rally crowd
NOT attempted mass murder, it took days to call it a "potential terrorist attack"
• can't report his identity due to "concerns for HIS safety"
🤔 #auspol #journalism
A white man:
• didn't throw a bomb, he threw a
"device intended to explode"
• at an #InvasionDay rally crowd
NOT attempted mass murder, it took days to call it a "potential terrorist attack"
• can't report his identity due to "concerns for HIS safety"
🤔 #auspol #journalism
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🧵 Farage’s Reform in the UK is supported by billionaires and built on driving bigotry, particularly Islamophobia. Gina Rinehart’s One Nation 😳 is following the same route.
Bigotry is surging in the UK. We’ve seen where this politics has taken the US. #auspol
open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
Bigotry is surging in the UK. We’ve seen where this politics has taken the US. #auspol
open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
MAGA politics being fostered in Australia and the UK
There are many parallels between the growth of Nigel Farage's Reform in the UK and Pauline Hanson's One Nation. They deserve our focus.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:13 AM
🧵 Farage’s Reform in the UK is supported by billionaires and built on driving bigotry, particularly Islamophobia. Gina Rinehart’s One Nation 😳 is following the same route.
Bigotry is surging in the UK. We’ve seen where this politics has taken the US. #auspol
open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
Bigotry is surging in the UK. We’ve seen where this politics has taken the US. #auspol
open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
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For non-Australians, Western Aus, like Queensland, is = Red State (but WA has lots more White South African immigrants). There’s a photo of a single 👮♂️ chatting calmly with the terrorist after the attempted explosion. Terrorist’s name suppressed.
Compare the constant media hysteria re Bondi #Auspol
Compare the constant media hysteria re Bondi #Auspol
The same media orgs trivialising a racist White terrorist in Perth Australia who only didn’t kill and maim many in a crowd because his bomb failed are in a chorus screaming about an 🇦🇺 flag burning. (Not about the Aboriginal flag burnings on social media, note.) You’re being manipulated #auspol
January 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
For non-Australians, Western Aus, like Queensland, is = Red State (but WA has lots more White South African immigrants). There’s a photo of a single 👮♂️ chatting calmly with the terrorist after the attempted explosion. Terrorist’s name suppressed.
Compare the constant media hysteria re Bondi #Auspol
Compare the constant media hysteria re Bondi #Auspol
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podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
ICE executions of innocents, threats to allies, corruption and lies.
Is there a legal way to get rid of the Orange fascist?
Yes there is.
“Truth Lies & Media” special edition is hot off the press with Prof Emeritus Damien Kingsbury!
On Apple&Spotify🎙️
#auspol
ICE executions of innocents, threats to allies, corruption and lies.
Is there a legal way to get rid of the Orange fascist?
Yes there is.
“Truth Lies & Media” special edition is hot off the press with Prof Emeritus Damien Kingsbury!
On Apple&Spotify🎙️
#auspol
Truth, Lies and Media
News Podcast · Updated Weekly · Broadcast journalist Nicole Chvastek and Australia's pre-eminent journalism ethics expert Denis Muller seek out the media industry's good, bad and ugly, taking you behi...
podcasts.apple.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:55 PM
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
ICE executions of innocents, threats to allies, corruption and lies.
Is there a legal way to get rid of the Orange fascist?
Yes there is.
“Truth Lies & Media” special edition is hot off the press with Prof Emeritus Damien Kingsbury!
On Apple&Spotify🎙️
#auspol
ICE executions of innocents, threats to allies, corruption and lies.
Is there a legal way to get rid of the Orange fascist?
Yes there is.
“Truth Lies & Media” special edition is hot off the press with Prof Emeritus Damien Kingsbury!
On Apple&Spotify🎙️
#auspol
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Statement by the iconic Hoodoo Gurus 🎶to Pauline Hanson and her gang of goon racists:
“We wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire.”
#auspol
“We wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire.”
#auspol
January 27, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Statement by the iconic Hoodoo Gurus 🎶to Pauline Hanson and her gang of goon racists:
“We wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire.”
#auspol
“We wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire.”
#auspol
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Bad guys with guns.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
January 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Bad guys with guns.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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FFS, this is not a "black hole".
JFC. It's not the 1980s anymore.
There's not a mistake in the figures. A black hole is John Howard in 1987 getting his sums wrong.
The $57bn is a difference between 2 projections made 9 months apart and they are over the next 10 years (lulz)
FMD.
JFC. It's not the 1980s anymore.
There's not a mistake in the figures. A black hole is John Howard in 1987 getting his sums wrong.
The $57bn is a difference between 2 projections made 9 months apart and they are over the next 10 years (lulz)
FMD.
January 27, 2026 at 9:21 PM
FFS, this is not a "black hole".
JFC. It's not the 1980s anymore.
There's not a mistake in the figures. A black hole is John Howard in 1987 getting his sums wrong.
The $57bn is a difference between 2 projections made 9 months apart and they are over the next 10 years (lulz)
FMD.
JFC. It's not the 1980s anymore.
There's not a mistake in the figures. A black hole is John Howard in 1987 getting his sums wrong.
The $57bn is a difference between 2 projections made 9 months apart and they are over the next 10 years (lulz)
FMD.
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A reminder: heatwaves like we're experiencing in Australia this summer are life-threatening! Yes, that is true. Bear that in mind as you go about your day. Keep cool. Drink water. Don't exercise in the heat. 🥵
January 27, 2026 at 9:24 PM
A reminder: heatwaves like we're experiencing in Australia this summer are life-threatening! Yes, that is true. Bear that in mind as you go about your day. Keep cool. Drink water. Don't exercise in the heat. 🥵
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NACC still "considering investigating" Robodebt figures. Is Scott Morrison one of the Robodebt 6?
@yelgeb.bsky.social #auspol #robodebt
michaelwest.com.au/the-robodebt...
@yelgeb.bsky.social #auspol #robodebt
michaelwest.com.au/the-robodebt...
The Robodebt six. Is the NACC protecting Scott Morrison? - Michael West
The NACC is considering investigating those deemed most responsible for Robodebt, and whether to make the hearing - any hearing - public.
michaelwest.com.au
January 27, 2026 at 9:35 PM
NACC still "considering investigating" Robodebt figures. Is Scott Morrison one of the Robodebt 6?
@yelgeb.bsky.social #auspol #robodebt
michaelwest.com.au/the-robodebt...
@yelgeb.bsky.social #auspol #robodebt
michaelwest.com.au/the-robodebt...
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Superb idea from @mon4kooyong.bsky.social
“When it comes to climate hazards, people act faster when they immediately grasp what’s at risk. Declaring a
Category 4 ‘Heatwave Santos’ or ‘Heatwave Woodside’ would be more salient than communicating a ‘temperature
spike’."
“When it comes to climate hazards, people act faster when they immediately grasp what’s at risk. Declaring a
Category 4 ‘Heatwave Santos’ or ‘Heatwave Woodside’ would be more salient than communicating a ‘temperature
spike’."
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Superb idea from @mon4kooyong.bsky.social
“When it comes to climate hazards, people act faster when they immediately grasp what’s at risk. Declaring a
Category 4 ‘Heatwave Santos’ or ‘Heatwave Woodside’ would be more salient than communicating a ‘temperature
spike’."
“When it comes to climate hazards, people act faster when they immediately grasp what’s at risk. Declaring a
Category 4 ‘Heatwave Santos’ or ‘Heatwave Woodside’ would be more salient than communicating a ‘temperature
spike’."
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There have been recent reports that an American company, Energy Fuels, is bidding to takeover Australian Strategic Materials (ASM). The takeover bid is subject to a number of conditions, including government approvals.
Read the full piece on The Point: theaus.in/3NEw6TA
Read the full piece on The Point: theaus.in/3NEw6TA
January 27, 2026 at 12:37 AM
There have been recent reports that an American company, Energy Fuels, is bidding to takeover Australian Strategic Materials (ASM). The takeover bid is subject to a number of conditions, including government approvals.
Read the full piece on The Point: theaus.in/3NEw6TA
Read the full piece on The Point: theaus.in/3NEw6TA
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“Australia’s health system is under strain. The reason is simple. Ours isn’t a health system. It’s an illness system: too reliant on hospitals and specialists, neglecting prevention and primary care,” writes Luke Slawomirski.
Read Luke Slawomirski’s article on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rh9wil
Read Luke Slawomirski’s article on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rh9wil
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 AM
“Australia’s health system is under strain. The reason is simple. Ours isn’t a health system. It’s an illness system: too reliant on hospitals and specialists, neglecting prevention and primary care,” writes Luke Slawomirski.
Read Luke Slawomirski’s article on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rh9wil
Read Luke Slawomirski’s article on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rh9wil
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www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
The billionaire fossil fuel companies and their bribed political mates are literally killing us
The billionaire fossil fuel companies and their bribed political mates are literally killing us
Climate change 'made January heatwave five times more likely'
A study by World Weather Attribution has analysed temperatures during the intense early January heatwave. It found that what was once a rare event is now happening far more often.
www.abc.net.au
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
The billionaire fossil fuel companies and their bribed political mates are literally killing us
The billionaire fossil fuel companies and their bribed political mates are literally killing us
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Record temperatures, bushfires, meh fire up those data centres that use stonks of water and require a shit tonne of electricity
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Labor to fast-track data centre approvals as OECD flags energy strain
The global body said the cloud computing boom meant Canberra would need to make additional efforts to meet its 2050 net zero carbon emissions target.
www.afr.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Record temperatures, bushfires, meh fire up those data centres that use stonks of water and require a shit tonne of electricity
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
www.afr.com/politics/fed...