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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press
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Every solution begins with a conversation. Building capability to get seats at tables where decisions are made & lead conversations that replace rigged systems with fair ones. Same skills build better everywhere. Follow me: https://suebarrett.substack.com/
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When Your Brain Hurts, You're Doing It Right. We’re optimising for comfort when we should be optimising for capability.
Humans become really good at optimising for comfort. But comfort and capability pull in opposite directions.

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When Your Brain Hurts, You're Doing It Right
We’re optimising for comfort when we should be optimising for capability.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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We Reward Our Best with Honours. Why Do We Accept the Worst in Politics?

This Australia Day, I'm calling for an Australian Representative Standard - 8 measurable benchmarks to hold every politician accountable.

Read the full argument 👇
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We Reward Our Best with Honours. Why Do We Accept the Worst in Politics?
On Australia Day, it's time to demand a Representative Standard we can hold every politician to.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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When the World Tilts: Finding Our Sea Legs Through Political Vertigo. How One Conversation Turned Overwhelm into Agency and Revealed the Good News They Won’t Tell You About.
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

#auspol #PoliticalVertigo #Leadership #RenewableEnergy #GoodGovernance
When the World Tilts: Finding Our Sea Legs Through Political Vertigo
Every Solution Begins with a Conversation: How One Conversation Turned Overwhelm into Agency and Revealed the Good News They Won’t Tell You About.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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🇨🇦 Mark Carney's Davos speech is the blueprint for 21st century leadership we desperately need. He's charting a 3rd path between superpowers: strategic autonomy through partnerships, not subordination. Australia must seize this same opportunity. 👇 #auspol
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Mark Carney's Davos Address: A Blueprint for Bold, Principled Leadership in Turbulent Times
Canada charts a third path between superpowers. Australia must seize this opportunity too.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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The Danger When Crisis Becomes Theatre: Why Australians Are Demanding Better Leadership
How political opportunism, bad faith accusations, and rushed legislation replaced genuine leadership after the Bondi tragedy.

#auspol

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The Danger When Crisis Becomes Theatre: Why Australians Are Demanding Better Leadership
How political opportunism, bad faith accusations, and rushed legislation replaced genuine leadership after the Bondi tragedy.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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marnshibski.bsky.social
Agree.

‘I urge our political representatives to represent all of us. And to implement real solutions to community safety and social cohesion problems, not quick fixes that erode our freedoms and exacerbate the problems they are meant to solve.’

#auspol
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Banning slogans won’t build social cohesion
After Bondi, New South Wales politicians want to ban words and slogans. But rushed laws could punish political speech, not protect the public.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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Louise Adler sets out powerfully how the Adelaide Writers Week debacle was not a one-off.

But part of a dangerous anti-democratic pattern of efforts by the Israel lobby, the Murdoch media, and their political supporters to cancel Palestinian voices and silence dissent. #abc730 #auspol
January 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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This 👇
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4.4M views · 57K reactions | The 7-Stage Collapse Pattern: Spain, Britain, USSR... USA Is At Stage 5 | The Parallel Truth
The 7-Stage Collapse Pattern: Spain, Britain, USSR... USA Is At Stage 5
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January 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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A must read with clear tools to identify & dismantle authoritarianism.
Australia is further down that path then we care to admit
January 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Absolute must-read. Cracking piece.

‘Authoritarianism is rising all around us. It does not arrive with a flourish of trumpets or the march of boots; often, it arrives in the quiet room where a festival board decides which ideas are “safe” and which must be scrubbed from the record.’
January 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Stem the tide. Find your voice and join the chorus. #Auspol
January 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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ICYMI, an excellent piece on creeping authoritarianism and how to resist.
Particularly good on mainstream media's pernicious role:
January 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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The Rising Tide of Authoritarianism: Why I Refuse to Be Silenced.

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The Rising Tide of Authoritarianism: Why I Refuse to Be Silenced
Jane Caro said authoritarianism 'thrives on controlling, squashing and censoring ideas it does not like. I refuse to participate in that.' Here's why her refusal matters for all of us.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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Yay, the Age published my letter about David Bowie for tomorrow's publication
January 9, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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Ten Years Gone, Forever Ahead: what would David Bowie do in 2026?
How Bowie's prophetic wisdom can help us unrig aborjen system and redefine our humanity.

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Ten Years Gone, Forever Ahead: What Would David Bowie Do in 2026?
How Bowie’s Prophetic Wisdom Can Help Us Unrig Broken Systems and Redefine Our Humanity
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January 6, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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55% of mainstream media "news" is PR & wire copy. It's churnalism, not journalism. We're fed by a Managed PR Pipeline, not served by a Fourth Estate.

Your 2026 media playbook includes: The 6-step framework from spotting rigged tables to building alternatives

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Every Solution Begins with a Conversation. Our First for 2026: Who Do We Trust to Tell Us the Truth?
The Managed Public Relations Pipeline Has Taken Our Seats in the Media. Here Is How We Take Them Back.
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January 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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Every Solution Begins with a Conversation: What I discovered after writing 111 articles in 2025 and what I'm building in 2026.

Happy New Year.

Onward we press.

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Every Solution Begins with a Conversation: What was revealed in 2025
Speaking Up About What I've Always Known: Business Ethics and Democratic Accountability Are the Same Work - And What I'm Building in 2026
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December 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Post 1:
The old world is dying. The new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.
Our Moral Quest and Becoming Monster Slayers: The Path We Choose in 2026.
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Our Moral Quest and Becoming Monster Slayers: The Path We Choose in 2026
Join the Conspiracy of Decency: Unite Your Quest and Become a Monster Slayer. It’s Time for The Moral Revolution
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December 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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They are watching. And they are terrified you might actually start building.

Prove them right to be afraid.

You know what to do.
suebarrett.bsky.social Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · Dec 13
Division is not an accident - it's an industry.
Question of Fairness Article 6: They Fear Our Solidarity - How to Build Bridges of Fairness Across Weaponised Differences.

Now we confront the decisive work: building the bridges that make us unstoppable. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...
They Fear Our Solidarity: How to Build Bridges of Fairness Across Weaponised Differences
Question of Fairness Article 6: Division is not an accident - it's an industry. We unpack six tactics used to keep us apart and provide the cultural tools and practical steps to unite for justice.
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December 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Division is not an accident - it's an industry.
Question of Fairness Article 6: They Fear Our Solidarity - How to Build Bridges of Fairness Across Weaponised Differences.

Now we confront the decisive work: building the bridges that make us unstoppable. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...
They Fear Our Solidarity: How to Build Bridges of Fairness Across Weaponised Differences
Question of Fairness Article 6: Division is not an accident - it's an industry. We unpack six tactics used to keep us apart and provide the cultural tools and practical steps to unite for justice.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Who Really Pulled the Rug? A Three-Part Investigation. Part 3 - How to Unrig the System.

How the 'Wealth Paradox' Steals Your Future (And How to Take It Back)

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Who Really Pulled the Rug? A Three-Part Investigation. How to Unrig the System
Part 3: The Path Forward - What Unrigging the System Actually Requires
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December 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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🚨Democracy Watch AU Report: Who Really Pulled the Rug? Part 2- The Architects: Who Got Rich and How They Did It.

Question: If the system is rigged against ordinary Australians, who actually rigged it?

It's time to look up, not down.
#auspol

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Who Really Pulled the Rug? A Three-Part Investigation. The Architects - Who Got Rich and How They Did It
Part 2: The Architects - Follow the Money to the Mates
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December 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Democracy Watch AU Report: Who Really Pulled the Rug?
Not migrants with no political power. Not women fighting the same rigged system for generations.

Following the Money Behind Australia's Anger
Part 1 of 3-part investigation: open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...
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Who Really Pulled the Rug? A Three-Part Investigation. Following the Money Behind Australia's Anger
Part 1: The Evidence - How They Dismantled the Australian Fair Go
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December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.

It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
Robert Reich
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December 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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🚨DEMOCRACY WATCH AU ALERT: When Your Groceries Become Surveillance: Why Every Australian Should Care About the Coles-Palantir Deal.

Demand AI Regulation NOW and end Surveillance Capitalism.
#auspol
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When Your Groceries Become Surveillance: Why Every Australian Should Care About the Coles-Palantir Deal
From your grocery run to disability support plans: why Australia's failure to regulate AI is already harming real people, and what you can do about it right now.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM