@trforpeace.bsky.social
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This week we will see Treasurer Chalmers factor in Cyclone Alfred into budget. Why are we paying for the damages? Why aren’t fossil fuel companies being charged a levy on every tonne of export coal and gas to provide disaster relief? Either we pay or those responsible for disaster do. #auspol
March 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This week we will see Treasurer Chalmers factor in Cyclone Alfred into budget. Why are we paying for the damages? Why aren’t fossil fuel companies being charged a levy on every tonne of export coal and gas to provide disaster relief? Either we pay or those responsible for disaster do. #auspol
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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
To repeat: "A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for."
Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
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I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
January 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
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A graph that tells a story. Blue is the $billions revenue made by the Oil & Gas sector. Orange is the $billions revenue made by the government. Both Labor and Liberal governments have supported this loss of $billions revenue for the Australian people to fund the infrastructure and services we need.
January 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A graph that tells a story. Blue is the $billions revenue made by the Oil & Gas sector. Orange is the $billions revenue made by the government. Both Labor and Liberal governments have supported this loss of $billions revenue for the Australian people to fund the infrastructure and services we need.
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In Australia its a cheaper to cause an oil spill than to get a nursing degree
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
Accused by a whistleblower of covering up an oil spill that killed dolphins and sea snakes, Santos get fined just $10k 🤯
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Santos spends up to $US3.3m per year on a private jet for their executives so I don’t think AUD10k is going to hurt them.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Gas giant Santos fined $10,000 for 25,000-litre oil spill off Pilbara coast
The energy giant has pleaded guilty to causing an oil spill in 2022, that leaked 25,000 litres of oil off WA's north-west coast. Santos will pay a $10,000 fine and $9,700 in court costs for failing to...
www.abc.net.au
January 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
In Australia its a cheaper to cause an oil spill than to get a nursing degree
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
In Norway they tax their oil industry and give kids free degrees while in Australia we subsidise the oil industry and charge kids a fortune to go to uni
Priorities matter
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Treat the Coalition’s nuclear policy as what it is. A distraction.
December 13, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Treat the Coalition’s nuclear policy as what it is. A distraction.
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On Thursday the 2024 issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social comes out and they have given me the platform to explain why Gisèle Pelicot is my hero and how she radically changed the conversation about shame and sexual assault
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
December 10, 2024 at 10:43 PM
On Thursday the 2024 issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social comes out and they have given me the platform to explain why Gisèle Pelicot is my hero and how she radically changed the conversation about shame and sexual assault
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
It is my proudest writing.
app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...
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How in the fuck do we live in a country where @senatorwong.bsky.social will suspend another Senator for ripping up a piece of paper but won’t suspend the Israeli Ambassador for representing a country slaughtering tens of thousands of children?
#NewsCorpse
#NewsCorpse
November 27, 2024 at 8:07 PM
How in the fuck do we live in a country where @senatorwong.bsky.social will suspend another Senator for ripping up a piece of paper but won’t suspend the Israeli Ambassador for representing a country slaughtering tens of thousands of children?
#NewsCorpse
#NewsCorpse
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We dunno how many times we have to say this: there’s NO SUCH THING as a moderate LNP politician.
Because if they were in ANY WAY moderate or progressive in their views, they WOULDN’T BE IN THE FUCKING LNP.
Every time the media say “moderate Liberal”, they’re LYING. THEY DON’T EXIST.
#FuckSake
Because if they were in ANY WAY moderate or progressive in their views, they WOULDN’T BE IN THE FUCKING LNP.
Every time the media say “moderate Liberal”, they’re LYING. THEY DON’T EXIST.
#FuckSake
November 28, 2024 at 9:19 AM
We dunno how many times we have to say this: there’s NO SUCH THING as a moderate LNP politician.
Because if they were in ANY WAY moderate or progressive in their views, they WOULDN’T BE IN THE FUCKING LNP.
Every time the media say “moderate Liberal”, they’re LYING. THEY DON’T EXIST.
#FuckSake
Because if they were in ANY WAY moderate or progressive in their views, they WOULDN’T BE IN THE FUCKING LNP.
Every time the media say “moderate Liberal”, they’re LYING. THEY DON’T EXIST.
#FuckSake
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Just a quick heads-up: nobody with any choice in where they buy groceries should be shopping at Woolworths anyway quite apart from how they treat workers simply because they’re one of the biggest funders of Rupert Murdoch, Kerry Stokes and Kyle Sandilands.
#VileKyle
#NewsCorpse
#VileKyle
#NewsCorpse
December 4, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Just a quick heads-up: nobody with any choice in where they buy groceries should be shopping at Woolworths anyway quite apart from how they treat workers simply because they’re one of the biggest funders of Rupert Murdoch, Kerry Stokes and Kyle Sandilands.
#VileKyle
#NewsCorpse
#VileKyle
#NewsCorpse
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"Are we mugs? Absolute mugs?"
Gary Adshead at 6PR can't believe the gas industry is calling to import more gas when 80% of Australia's gas is exported overseas, mostly royalty-free.
@rodcampbell.bsky.social dismantles the gas shortage myth.
#auspol #climate
Gary Adshead at 6PR can't believe the gas industry is calling to import more gas when 80% of Australia's gas is exported overseas, mostly royalty-free.
@rodcampbell.bsky.social dismantles the gas shortage myth.
#auspol #climate
December 4, 2024 at 12:19 AM
"Are we mugs? Absolute mugs?"
Gary Adshead at 6PR can't believe the gas industry is calling to import more gas when 80% of Australia's gas is exported overseas, mostly royalty-free.
@rodcampbell.bsky.social dismantles the gas shortage myth.
#auspol #climate
Gary Adshead at 6PR can't believe the gas industry is calling to import more gas when 80% of Australia's gas is exported overseas, mostly royalty-free.
@rodcampbell.bsky.social dismantles the gas shortage myth.
#auspol #climate
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Rural and regional schools have even less resources. Some of the most isolated schools only survive due to the hard work of teachers and the community. We also need to have a campaign where the Murdoch press stops denigrating our teachers.
December 4, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Rural and regional schools have even less resources. Some of the most isolated schools only survive due to the hard work of teachers and the community. We also need to have a campaign where the Murdoch press stops denigrating our teachers.
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Jane Caro: “Education is used by the rest of the world to at least try to break down the class system.
Almost alone in the developed world, Australia is using it to build one”.
““ @janecaro.bsky.social https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/july/jane-caro/class-warfare-education
Almost alone in the developed world, Australia is using it to build one”.
““ @janecaro.bsky.social https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/july/jane-caro/class-warfare-education
Class warfare
Australia’s education funding model protects and entrenches the gap between schools, and it’s steadily getting worse
www.themonthly.com.au
December 4, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Jane Caro: “Education is used by the rest of the world to at least try to break down the class system.
Almost alone in the developed world, Australia is using it to build one”.
““ @janecaro.bsky.social https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/july/jane-caro/class-warfare-education
Almost alone in the developed world, Australia is using it to build one”.
““ @janecaro.bsky.social https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/july/jane-caro/class-warfare-education
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💔 Every week in Australia, this number grows.
We need 365/24/7 action and leadership.
Violence against women is not inevitable - it is preventable.
🔸 Fully fund frontline services
🔸 Invest in data to inform intervention
🔸 Change the systems that fail victims and survivors
Enough is enough.
December 4, 2024 at 5:20 AM
💔 Every week in Australia, this number grows.
We need 365/24/7 action and leadership.
Violence against women is not inevitable - it is preventable.
🔸 Fully fund frontline services
🔸 Invest in data to inform intervention
🔸 Change the systems that fail victims and survivors
Enough is enough.
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You undermine our democracy by aiding & abetting this #JasonClare We should not be isolated from the challenges of our fellow citizens.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Twenty private schools with wealthiest parents received $130m total in Australian public funds in 2023
Data comes as education minister remains stalled in negotiations with states and territories over contributions to Schooling Resource Standard
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:06 PM
You undermine our democracy by aiding & abetting this #JasonClare We should not be isolated from the challenges of our fellow citizens.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The utter absurdity of seeking global agreements on hydrocarbon reductions. It's like inviting the Mafia to global conferences on fighting organised crime - and giving them the power of veto.
Nations failed to agree on a treaty to curb plastic pollution after two years of divisive negotiations, as oil suppliers including Saudi Arabia and Russia blocked attempts to limit production.
- Bloomberg
- Bloomberg
December 2, 2024 at 10:11 AM
The utter absurdity of seeking global agreements on hydrocarbon reductions. It's like inviting the Mafia to global conferences on fighting organised crime - and giving them the power of veto.
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This year our Christmas tree is 8 sticks and a piece of rope
December 1, 2024 at 1:37 AM
This year our Christmas tree is 8 sticks and a piece of rope
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Israeli Holocaust historian on Gaza: “That is genocide.”
Genocide studies professor Omer Bartov discusses Gaza, Israel's far right, antisemitism, and more with Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Watch here:
zeteo.com/p/that-is-ge...
Genocide studies professor Omer Bartov discusses Gaza, Israel's far right, antisemitism, and more with Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Watch here:
zeteo.com/p/that-is-ge...
'That Is Genocide!' Israeli-American Holocaust Historian Tells Mehdi
A powerful, wide-ranging conversation, plus audience Q&A, on Gaza, Israel, antisemitism, and more, with Omer Bartov, the world-renowned Holocaust and Genocide Studies professor.
zeteo.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Israeli Holocaust historian on Gaza: “That is genocide.”
Genocide studies professor Omer Bartov discusses Gaza, Israel's far right, antisemitism, and more with Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Watch here:
zeteo.com/p/that-is-ge...
Genocide studies professor Omer Bartov discusses Gaza, Israel's far right, antisemitism, and more with Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Watch here:
zeteo.com/p/that-is-ge...
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So let us get this straight: Increasing the minimum wage is socialism, but corporations keeping wages low by forcing workers on to public assistance is the free market?
November 17, 2024 at 3:38 AM
So let us get this straight: Increasing the minimum wage is socialism, but corporations keeping wages low by forcing workers on to public assistance is the free market?
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www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Treaties are valid
Treaties are valid
Why Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke's haka inside NZ parliament was 'a challenge to the challenger'
Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke's viral protest inside New Zealand's parliament was an objection to a piece of legislation that is "looking for a problem where there isn't one".
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2024 at 4:47 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Treaties are valid
Treaties are valid
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Arrived here today after the noise of the USA!
November 15, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Arrived here today after the noise of the USA!