@michtull.bsky.social
the cause of labour is the hope of the world
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The Labor Gov, under @stevenjmiles.bsky.social chased Adani for this money. The new LNP government recently abandoned the court action, essentially giving away $400 million worth of coal to Adani.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Queensland government strikes deal with mining giant to defer coal royalties
The government has promised every deferred dollar will be repaid with interest by Bravus, formerly known as Adani, but won't reveal details, such as when the money will be paid.
www.abc.net.au
October 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The Labor Gov, under @stevenjmiles.bsky.social chased Adani for this money. The new LNP government recently abandoned the court action, essentially giving away $400 million worth of coal to Adani.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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'we were trying to bomb a camera'
August 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
'we were trying to bomb a camera'
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First Matthew Knott's words were quietly scrubbed in his discredited article, now Matthew Knott himself has been quietly scrubbed from #Insiders.
August 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
First Matthew Knott's words were quietly scrubbed in his discredited article, now Matthew Knott himself has been quietly scrubbed from #Insiders.
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'Care and support is the glue that keeps our community together, and that is valuable and understandable for the whole community, even the weird economists.'
Me from November last year on productivity, care work and only counting some things
www.bluntshovels.au/the-value-of...
Me from November last year on productivity, care work and only counting some things
www.bluntshovels.au/the-value-of...
The value of care
The latest in my series in care work, this time looking at how mainstream economics values care, or not, and how that impacts the NDIS.
www.bluntshovels.au
August 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
'Care and support is the glue that keeps our community together, and that is valuable and understandable for the whole community, even the weird economists.'
Me from November last year on productivity, care work and only counting some things
www.bluntshovels.au/the-value-of...
Me from November last year on productivity, care work and only counting some things
www.bluntshovels.au/the-value-of...
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“If the world continues to tolerate the murder, starvation and persecution of journalists, it is not only journalism that will suffer, but also accountability, democracy and the possibility of a more just future.”
On Gaza’s killing fields, journalism faces its darkest hour – but that won’t stop us reporting
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On Gaza’s killing fields, journalism faces its darkest hour – but that won’t stop us reporting | Asef Hamidi
Israel’s actions are an assault not only on individual reporters but on the entire global public’s right to know the truth, says Asef Hamidi of Al Jazeera
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“If the world continues to tolerate the murder, starvation and persecution of journalists, it is not only journalism that will suffer, but also accountability, democracy and the possibility of a more just future.”
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As limited aid trickles into Gaza, Israel’s strategy of ‘engineering chaos’ by shooting at aid-seekers and permitting looters to steal aid ensures that food doesn’t get to starving Palestinians. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/isra...
Israel claims it’s allowing aid into Gaza, but its ‘engineering of chaos’ ensures the aid doesn’t reach starving Palestinians
As limited aid trickles into Gaza, Israel’s strategy of ‘engineering chaos’ by shooting at aid-seekers and permitting looters to steal aid ensures that food doesn’t get to starving Palestinians.
mondoweiss.net
August 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
As limited aid trickles into Gaza, Israel’s strategy of ‘engineering chaos’ by shooting at aid-seekers and permitting looters to steal aid ensures that food doesn’t get to starving Palestinians. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/isra...
This is a good idea @jimchalmers.bsky.social
We can do this …we have the $, facilities and know-how. Always a good idea to invest in science…and here’s a unique opportunity to jump to the front of the international pack.
ps: there might be a chance for a cancer vaccine too
We can do this …we have the $, facilities and know-how. Always a good idea to invest in science…and here’s a unique opportunity to jump to the front of the international pack.
ps: there might be a chance for a cancer vaccine too
The Australian govt should immediately announce $500m funding for mRNA vaccine development.
Get those scientists here.
Just an amazing opportunity handed to us by the brain worm infested loon.
Get those scientists here.
Just an amazing opportunity handed to us by the brain worm infested loon.
FFS:
RFK Jr. announced "that $500 million worth of vaccine development projects, all using mRNA technology, will be halted."
In his statement, RFK Jr. said "we're moving beyond the limitations of mRNA and investing in better solutions."
Antivaxxers continue to despise and lie about mRNA tech.
RFK Jr. announced "that $500 million worth of vaccine development projects, all using mRNA technology, will be halted."
In his statement, RFK Jr. said "we're moving beyond the limitations of mRNA and investing in better solutions."
Antivaxxers continue to despise and lie about mRNA tech.
August 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is a good idea @jimchalmers.bsky.social
We can do this …we have the $, facilities and know-how. Always a good idea to invest in science…and here’s a unique opportunity to jump to the front of the international pack.
ps: there might be a chance for a cancer vaccine too
We can do this …we have the $, facilities and know-how. Always a good idea to invest in science…and here’s a unique opportunity to jump to the front of the international pack.
ps: there might be a chance for a cancer vaccine too
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The Australian govt should immediately announce $500m funding for mRNA vaccine development.
Get those scientists here.
Just an amazing opportunity handed to us by the brain worm infested loon.
Get those scientists here.
Just an amazing opportunity handed to us by the brain worm infested loon.
FFS:
RFK Jr. announced "that $500 million worth of vaccine development projects, all using mRNA technology, will be halted."
In his statement, RFK Jr. said "we're moving beyond the limitations of mRNA and investing in better solutions."
Antivaxxers continue to despise and lie about mRNA tech.
RFK Jr. announced "that $500 million worth of vaccine development projects, all using mRNA technology, will be halted."
In his statement, RFK Jr. said "we're moving beyond the limitations of mRNA and investing in better solutions."
Antivaxxers continue to despise and lie about mRNA tech.
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
apnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Australian govt should immediately announce $500m funding for mRNA vaccine development.
Get those scientists here.
Just an amazing opportunity handed to us by the brain worm infested loon.
Get those scientists here.
Just an amazing opportunity handed to us by the brain worm infested loon.
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this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025
The employer lobby groups have been a handbrake on progress …eg BCA saying an emissions reduction target would wreck the economy.
They need to be called out. They’ve done no serious research or policy development work for more than a decade…they just refresh their talking points on company tax cuts
They need to be called out. They’ve done no serious research or policy development work for more than a decade…they just refresh their talking points on company tax cuts
Big business is behaving exactly as you would expect when it comes to the productivity summit, but their tantrums are not based in reality
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Productivity roundtable's challenge is not a lack of ideas
Here's why business is very worried about the coming productivity roundtable Jim Chalmers has called for later this month.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
August 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The employer lobby groups have been a handbrake on progress …eg BCA saying an emissions reduction target would wreck the economy.
They need to be called out. They’ve done no serious research or policy development work for more than a decade…they just refresh their talking points on company tax cuts
They need to be called out. They’ve done no serious research or policy development work for more than a decade…they just refresh their talking points on company tax cuts
The govt had said it’s when not if, and the PM has said that it will be done at a point to make the maximum impact…that sounds sensible to me…ie what other standard would use rather than maximum impact???
August 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The govt had said it’s when not if, and the PM has said that it will be done at a point to make the maximum impact…that sounds sensible to me…ie what other standard would use rather than maximum impact???
It’s a fair question. Perhaps the only coherence seems to be to economically weaken their allies and seed anti-US sentiment
August 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It’s a fair question. Perhaps the only coherence seems to be to economically weaken their allies and seed anti-US sentiment
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"We now have a 50% tariff on Brazil, because it puts in jail its insurrectionists. And so that means for those of us who drink Brazilian coffee: Your next coffee comes with an insurrection infusion fee, as we try to support those who put the coup in coup-pucino."
July 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"We now have a 50% tariff on Brazil, because it puts in jail its insurrectionists. And so that means for those of us who drink Brazilian coffee: Your next coffee comes with an insurrection infusion fee, as we try to support those who put the coup in coup-pucino."
Big productivity problem is the rba…seems they haven’t learned anything new
July 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Big productivity problem is the rba…seems they haven’t learned anything new
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From Lorena Allam - "Here’s some Indigenous truth-telling: structural police racism had a hand in the death of Kumanjayi Walker"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s some Indigenous truth-telling: structural police racism had a hand in the death of Kumanjayi Walker | Lorena Allam
After the inquest into the Aboriginal teenager’s death, the coroner found constable Zachary Rolfe operated in a system that failed on a number of occasions to ‘rein him in’
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
From Lorena Allam - "Here’s some Indigenous truth-telling: structural police racism had a hand in the death of Kumanjayi Walker"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bernard Keane written this same post a dozen times about different governments without ever explaining why the problem is excessive spending rather than inadequate tax revenue #auspol #crikey revenue.www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Queensland and NSW are spending addicts — and it's the lenders who win
Both the NSW and Queensland governments have the same disease as Victoria, the federal government and Tasmania: addiction to spending.
www.crikey.com.au
June 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Bernard Keane written this same post a dozen times about different governments without ever explaining why the problem is excessive spending rather than inadequate tax revenue #auspol #crikey revenue.www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Congratulations to @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social on today's victory! May her bravery & the judgment from Rangiah J send a clear message to panicked, supine cultural institutions to stop throwing their artists, journalists & other employees under the bus.
June 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Congratulations to @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social on today's victory! May her bravery & the judgment from Rangiah J send a clear message to panicked, supine cultural institutions to stop throwing their artists, journalists & other employees under the bus.
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From 1 July minimum and award wage workers will receive a well-deserved pay rise of 3.5%
And with inflation falling, every dollar of that pay rise will go just that little bit further, helping workers get ahead of cost-of-living pressures.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
And with inflation falling, every dollar of that pay rise will go just that little bit further, helping workers get ahead of cost-of-living pressures.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Inflation eases back more than expected in May
Consumer prices rose 2.1 per cent over the year to May, down from 2.4 per cent the previous month, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
www.abc.net.au
June 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
From 1 July minimum and award wage workers will receive a well-deserved pay rise of 3.5%
And with inflation falling, every dollar of that pay rise will go just that little bit further, helping workers get ahead of cost-of-living pressures.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
And with inflation falling, every dollar of that pay rise will go just that little bit further, helping workers get ahead of cost-of-living pressures.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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Pretty amazing figures from this paul krugman article:
Almost half US farm workers are ‘unauthorised’ migrants.
Wonder how much they’re paid?
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Almost half US farm workers are ‘unauthorised’ migrants.
Wonder how much they’re paid?
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
June 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Pretty amazing figures from this paul krugman article:
Almost half US farm workers are ‘unauthorised’ migrants.
Wonder how much they’re paid?
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
Almost half US farm workers are ‘unauthorised’ migrants.
Wonder how much they’re paid?
substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
Personal staff for
cross benchers was also set on a per member formula …with extras for shadow ministers of the opposition.
The obvious reason the Govt gets more personal staff is ministerial responsibilities.
cross benchers was also set on a per member formula …with extras for shadow ministers of the opposition.
The obvious reason the Govt gets more personal staff is ministerial responsibilities.
June 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Personal staff for
cross benchers was also set on a per member formula …with extras for shadow ministers of the opposition.
The obvious reason the Govt gets more personal staff is ministerial responsibilities.
cross benchers was also set on a per member formula …with extras for shadow ministers of the opposition.
The obvious reason the Govt gets more personal staff is ministerial responsibilities.
When the greens won more seats they actually did get more staff…each new mp got the same staff allocation as every one else and therefore the total number of greens staff increased in line with their increased parliamentary representation.
Now the Libs get less cause they lost a bunch of seats.
Now the Libs get less cause they lost a bunch of seats.
June 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
When the greens won more seats they actually did get more staff…each new mp got the same staff allocation as every one else and therefore the total number of greens staff increased in line with their increased parliamentary representation.
Now the Libs get less cause they lost a bunch of seats.
Now the Libs get less cause they lost a bunch of seats.
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What does apartheid look like in 2025? Israel is building tunnels to confine Palestinians below ground — while settlers travel freely above. A plan to erase Palestinian geography, visibility, and rights.
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/isra...
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/isra...
Israel is building a tunnel to cut off Palestinians from the heart of the West Bank
Israel is constructing tunnels that Palestinians will be required to pass through in the heart of the West Bank, making large parts of the occupied territory accessible only to Israelis. The aim is…
mondoweiss.net
June 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What does apartheid look like in 2025? Israel is building tunnels to confine Palestinians below ground — while settlers travel freely above. A plan to erase Palestinian geography, visibility, and rights.
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/isra...
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/isra...
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“It’s the largest redistribution from poor to rich in a single bill in American history.”
It's a play in three regressive parts:
1. Tax cuts for the rich.
2. Spending cuts on the poor.
3. Tariffs that hit low-income folks hardest.
It's a play in three regressive parts:
1. Tax cuts for the rich.
2. Spending cuts on the poor.
3. Tariffs that hit low-income folks hardest.
June 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“It’s the largest redistribution from poor to rich in a single bill in American history.”
It's a play in three regressive parts:
1. Tax cuts for the rich.
2. Spending cuts on the poor.
3. Tariffs that hit low-income folks hardest.
It's a play in three regressive parts:
1. Tax cuts for the rich.
2. Spending cuts on the poor.
3. Tariffs that hit low-income folks hardest.
they’ve got a point…
June 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
they’ve got a point…