@Libraryadvocate.bsky.social
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High school library worker, trying to encourage reading. Grandmother. Social justice. Living on Kaurna Land. LGTBIA rights. CIS female. Equity, equality and recognising that Western civilisation has a lot to answer for. Free Palestine
"The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) estimated that in 2024 Japan’s on-sold up to 812PJ of Australia’s gas that it imported. That amount was more than all the gas used in the eastern states of Australia (including South Australia)"
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 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) estimated that in 2024 Japan’s on-sold up to 812PJ of Australia’s gas that it imported. That amount was more than all the gas used in the eastern states of Australia (including South Australia)"
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Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Pressed to outline how the LNP will reduce emissions with their new energy plan, Sussan Ley says they’ll rely on “breakthrough technologies” in about “25 years time”😳 - ones not invented yet & “we’re not talking about today”🤔
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
There you have it. As bonkers as it gets. #auspol
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Is there any oversight ... at all ... where the ubiquitous sushi stalls in every shopping centre, mall, airport, etc. that offer only salmon, source their produce??
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Is there any oversight ... at all ... where the ubiquitous sushi stalls in every shopping centre, mall, airport, etc. that offer only salmon, source their produce??
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
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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
Fingers crossed we get to see it.
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
SWS - Aurora
www.sws.bom.gov.au
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Fingers crossed we get to see it.
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
www.sws.bom.gov.au/Aurora
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Sometimes a headline says all you need to know.
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Sometimes a headline says all you need to know.
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And, if you’d like to do something genuinely meaningful about the climate crisis, and building a new world of deep democracy and mutual aid and direct action, register for the @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade here
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025rego?r...
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025rego?r...
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
And, if you’d like to do something genuinely meaningful about the climate crisis, and building a new world of deep democracy and mutual aid and direct action, register for the @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade here
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025rego?r...
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025rego?r...
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Heads up extreme wealth enthusiasts - do you know how much is a trillion dollars? No you don't nobody does! Read this cartoon to find out... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy? | First Dog on the Moon
Look at all those zeroes – look at them!
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Heads up extreme wealth enthusiasts - do you know how much is a trillion dollars? No you don't nobody does! Read this cartoon to find out... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They don't make 'em like this anymore. Fantastic!!!
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
The Gillies Report Il Dismissale
YouTube video by NockturneSA
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
They don't make 'em like this anymore. Fantastic!!!
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So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
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Dear @AlboMP & @AnikaWells check it out:
Sportsbet false reporting of dividends paid, false reporting of related party transactions, false reporting of GST, inadequate disclosure of netting off gains and losses on betting activity
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
Sportsbet false reporting of dividends paid, false reporting of related party transactions, false reporting of GST, inadequate disclosure of netting off gains and losses on betting activity
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
A hot mess. The 'irregulation' of sneaky Sportsbet - Michael West
The accounts of Sportsbet are a hot mess. An independent analysis finds multiple breaches of accounting standards, ergo the laws of Australia.
michaelwest.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Dear @AlboMP & @AnikaWells check it out:
Sportsbet false reporting of dividends paid, false reporting of related party transactions, false reporting of GST, inadequate disclosure of netting off gains and losses on betting activity
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
Sportsbet false reporting of dividends paid, false reporting of related party transactions, false reporting of GST, inadequate disclosure of netting off gains and losses on betting activity
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/a-hot-mess-t...
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Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world.
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world.
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The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
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Shortly I'll be speaking on ABC North Queensland about this.
Dingoes ARE NOT domestic dogs, multiple lines of evidence demonstrate this.
Dingoes ARE NOT ideal pets, they require extensive and special care.
Dingoes ARE very important to First Nations peoples, and Australia's ecosystems.
This proposed change is a very bad idea www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Dingoes ARE NOT ideal pets, they require extensive and special care.
Dingoes ARE very important to First Nations peoples, and Australia's ecosystems.
This proposed change is a very bad idea www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Queensland considers changes that could see dingoes in dog parks
People could be allowed to keep dingoes as pets in Queensland under proposed changes to biosecurity regulations, but experts say the native animal is fundamentally different to domestic dogs.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Shortly I'll be speaking on ABC North Queensland about this.
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Ty @jennaprice.bsky.social for this article (🔗 below), particularly for sharing a quote that exposes the minister actively lying about what her proposal does.
It will not at all work like a payment suspension for someone on remand – it is a payment cancellation and there is no access to ART review.
It will not at all work like a payment suspension for someone on remand – it is a payment cancellation and there is no access to ART review.
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ty @jennaprice.bsky.social for this article (🔗 below), particularly for sharing a quote that exposes the minister actively lying about what her proposal does.
It will not at all work like a payment suspension for someone on remand – it is a payment cancellation and there is no access to ART review.
It will not at all work like a payment suspension for someone on remand – it is a payment cancellation and there is no access to ART review.
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Poverty exists because public resources have been stolen and given away.
Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.
Charity is an admission of government failure.
#AusPol
Poverty exists because public resources have been stolen and given away.
Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.
Charity is an admission of government failure.
#AusPol
One in five Australian households 'severely food insecure', report finds
A new report from Foodbank finds 20 per cent of Australian households have skipped meals or days of eating in the year to July.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Poverty exists because public resources have been stolen and given away.
Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.
Charity is an admission of government failure.
#AusPol
Poverty exists because public resources have been stolen and given away.
Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.
Charity is an admission of government failure.
#AusPol
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Here's @lucyham.bsky.social. 'Eugenics is back on the menu, boys'
Eugenics is back on the menu, boys - The Shot
The new name for the ideology, human biodiversity (HBD), is handy: it’s not just race science that this marketing of biological determinism promotes. It allows for the idea that class, like Murray arg...
theshot.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Here's @lucyham.bsky.social. 'Eugenics is back on the menu, boys'
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Fantastic way to destroy recreational fishing in Tasmania. Well done to the fuckheads responsible for approving this decision.
Fantastic way to destroy recreational fishing in Tasmania. Well done to the fuckheads responsible for approving this decision.
Antibiotic approved for Tasmania's farmed salmon — but don't eat fish caught nearby
The industry's use of the drug is in response to an "endemic" bacterial disease that caused the deaths of up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon from January to April, resulting in dead fish material washing u...
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Fantastic way to destroy recreational fishing in Tasmania. Well done to the fuckheads responsible for approving this decision.
Fantastic way to destroy recreational fishing in Tasmania. Well done to the fuckheads responsible for approving this decision.
Kind of assumed Australia would have shucked off the monarchy once Elizabeth died. And realised that Australians held their against the Japanese. Who we have more in common with than Trump
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Kind of assumed Australia would have shucked off the monarchy once Elizabeth died. And realised that Australians held their against the Japanese. Who we have more in common with than Trump
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Who supports the Albanese Govt's new environment laws?
• Chevron
• BHP
• the Minerals Council of Australia
• the Business Council of Australia
Who doesn't support the new laws?
• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Greenpeace
• the Climate Council
• the Wilderness Society and more. 🤔 #auspol
• Chevron
• BHP
• the Minerals Council of Australia
• the Business Council of Australia
Who doesn't support the new laws?
• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Greenpeace
• the Climate Council
• the Wilderness Society and more. 🤔 #auspol
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Who supports the Albanese Govt's new environment laws?
• Chevron
• BHP
• the Minerals Council of Australia
• the Business Council of Australia
Who doesn't support the new laws?
• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Greenpeace
• the Climate Council
• the Wilderness Society and more. 🤔 #auspol
• Chevron
• BHP
• the Minerals Council of Australia
• the Business Council of Australia
Who doesn't support the new laws?
• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Greenpeace
• the Climate Council
• the Wilderness Society and more. 🤔 #auspol
My gas bill has gone up from $120 in the last quarter to $197 in a 2 person rented household. I have gas hot water, and a oven and stove that I dont use. The dishwasher installed in the property and my washing machine use electricity to heat the water. We shower every 3-5 days. Make it make sense!
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My gas bill has gone up from $120 in the last quarter to $197 in a 2 person rented household. I have gas hot water, and a oven and stove that I dont use. The dishwasher installed in the property and my washing machine use electricity to heat the water. We shower every 3-5 days. Make it make sense!
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Hey can you do something about climate change? No but here's some free electricity! Cool no worries tku. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Three hours of complimentary artisanal electricity? What will you do with yours? | First Dog on the Moon
Mine bitcoin (do not do this)
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Hey can you do something about climate change? No but here's some free electricity! Cool no worries tku. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It's Melbourne Fucup day
Honest Government Ad | The Melbourne Cup
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It's Melbourne Fucup day
For all those teachers out there xxx
Does Australia hate tiny children? Of course not. But what about... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia’s teacher shortages are some of the shortest (longest?) in the world! | First Dog on the Moon
Imagine having the responsibility to mould the tiny minds of the next generation and you have to buy your own clag
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
For all those teachers out there xxx
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The BYD overstocking cars in Aus scam
"selling (carbon) credits to other manufacturers not meeting their targets .. they can make $7,050 per vehicle imported."
#auspol #whatsthescam @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/carbon-credi...
"selling (carbon) credits to other manufacturers not meeting their targets .. they can make $7,050 per vehicle imported."
#auspol #whatsthescam @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/carbon-credi...
Carbon credits driving car imports. What's the scam with Byd? - Michael West
The world's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, China's BYD, is holding 13,000 more cars in stock in Australia than it needs for sales.
michaelwest.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The BYD overstocking cars in Aus scam
"selling (carbon) credits to other manufacturers not meeting their targets .. they can make $7,050 per vehicle imported."
#auspol #whatsthescam @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/carbon-credi...
"selling (carbon) credits to other manufacturers not meeting their targets .. they can make $7,050 per vehicle imported."
#auspol #whatsthescam @kimwingerei.bsky.social
michaelwest.com.au/carbon-credi...