Giles Brunning
@gilesb.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, guitarist, and content guy.
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Let's get this straight.
Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election.
After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties.
Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election.
After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties.
Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Let's get this straight.
Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election.
After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties.
Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Adani donates $600k the Qld LNP before election.
After the election, Qld LNP ends legal action over $400 MILLION in unpaid royalties.
Dodgy, dodgy, dodgy. Thread.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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If you wanna get really mad and see some parallels with current #ICE lawlessness, watch The Alabama Solution on HBO Max. State-sponsored torture, slavery, and murder perpetrated and enabled by people who go to church every Sunday. Just disgusting. play.hbomax.com/movie/a03598...
Watch The Alabama Solution | HBO Max
Watch The Alabama Solution on HBO Max. Plans start at $10.99/month. Inside one of the nation's deadliest prison systems, incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up.
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January 31, 2026 at 6:40 AM
If you wanna get really mad and see some parallels with current #ICE lawlessness, watch The Alabama Solution on HBO Max. State-sponsored torture, slavery, and murder perpetrated and enabled by people who go to church every Sunday. Just disgusting. play.hbomax.com/movie/a03598...
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Smart work at Brisbane airport. The fire alarms go off and all the passport control gates automatically stop working, trapping everyone in the arrivals hall. It takes skill to design a system so poorly. #BrisbaneAirport #Brisbane #AirportSecurity
January 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Smart work at Brisbane airport. The fire alarms go off and all the passport control gates automatically stop working, trapping everyone in the arrivals hall. It takes skill to design a system so poorly. #BrisbaneAirport #Brisbane #AirportSecurity
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Sanctioned for being an international judge www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Sanctioned for being an international judge www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Happy new year from the shadow of the incredible Mount Fuji 🗻
December 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Happy new year from the shadow of the incredible Mount Fuji 🗻
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As I understand today's discussion, we can stop an ISIS cell by policing the speaker list at writer's festivals and the BA syllabus at Unis. And by "stopping demonstrations." This is madness.
December 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
As I understand today's discussion, we can stop an ISIS cell by policing the speaker list at writer's festivals and the BA syllabus at Unis. And by "stopping demonstrations." This is madness.
The biggest racists in Australia are currently saying the Prime Minister didn’t do enough to combat antisemitism. Irony is dead.
December 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The biggest racists in Australia are currently saying the Prime Minister didn’t do enough to combat antisemitism. Irony is dead.
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Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
A plan where nothing can possibli go wrong
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A plan where nothing can possibli go wrong
Related to wolves (ish)
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Related to wolves (ish)
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Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia?
Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on The Point.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on The Point.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
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 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Japan imports Australian gas yet has cheaper electricity than Australia?
Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on The Point.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Australia Institute Chief Economist Greg Jericho explains on The Point.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Miss you every day, sis. Happy 50th 💙
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Miss you every day, sis. Happy 50th 💙
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Australia Institute research shows the gas industry pays ZERO royalties on more than half the gas exported from Australia.
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Australia Institute research shows the gas industry pays ZERO royalties on more than half the gas exported from Australia.
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
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The obsessive focus by political media on coalition policy deliberations … maybe talk about something that has a real world impact? This constant propping of a two-party formula just because it suits your notion of horse race politics is beyond dull.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The obsessive focus by political media on coalition policy deliberations … maybe talk about something that has a real world impact? This constant propping of a two-party formula just because it suits your notion of horse race politics is beyond dull.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
Think.
Talk issues not numbers.
Do better.
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"The miners will scream. The captured press will print their talking points. The Minerals Council will commission studies proving that apocalypse awaits if we tax them fairly...
What we need is the spine to reject a century-old deal that was rotten from the start."
urbanwronski.com/2025/11/01/t...
What we need is the spine to reject a century-old deal that was rotten from the start."
urbanwronski.com/2025/11/01/t...
The Worst Deal in History: Why Mining Has Ransacked Australia While the Press Looked Away
How Australia became the world’s cautionary tale in resource management. The mining industry didn’t steal our wealth. We handed it over. The press, owned by the same mining interests si…
urbanwronski.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"The miners will scream. The captured press will print their talking points. The Minerals Council will commission studies proving that apocalypse awaits if we tax them fairly...
What we need is the spine to reject a century-old deal that was rotten from the start."
urbanwronski.com/2025/11/01/t...
What we need is the spine to reject a century-old deal that was rotten from the start."
urbanwronski.com/2025/11/01/t...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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“With 94 seats, its largest majority since 1943, Labor governs with the courage of a bunny caught in the headlights, terrified of using its power. Keating would have reshaped the country with these numbers.”
theaimn.net/the-governme...
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The Government That Isn’t: Labor’s Masterclass in Looking Busy
Let’s be kind. Just sitting in the driver’s seat is enough for some. Then there’s the Competence Trap: the myth that good administration is an end in itself. Of course, we can’t rule out stage [...]
theaimn.net
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“With 94 seats, its largest majority since 1943, Labor governs with the courage of a bunny caught in the headlights, terrified of using its power. Keating would have reshaped the country with these numbers.”
theaimn.net/the-governme...
theaimn.net/the-governme...
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BREAKING: Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials say.
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza kill at least 60 people, including children, local officials say
Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children. That's according to local hospital officials on Wednesday.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
BREAKING: Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials say.
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Amazon announces they are laying off the largest amount of workers ever in the company’s history.
30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.
30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Amazon announces they are laying off the largest amount of workers ever in the company’s history.
30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.
30,000+ workers will lose their jobs.
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Aust’s $20m purchase of missiles from an Israeli arms company for its “iron fist” weapons system on infantry vehicles has been condemned as “morally questionable” & reflective of a “troubling acceptance” of Israel’s conduct in Gaza.”
No shit. Unforgivable
No shit. Unforgivable
Australia’s $20m ‘iron fist’ deal with Israel’s largest arms company signed two weeks before UN genocide finding
Experts criticise federal government’s contract with Elbit Systems as ‘troubling acceptance’ of Israel’s conduct in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Aust’s $20m purchase of missiles from an Israeli arms company for its “iron fist” weapons system on infantry vehicles has been condemned as “morally questionable” & reflective of a “troubling acceptance” of Israel’s conduct in Gaza.”
No shit. Unforgivable
No shit. Unforgivable