Sustainable Australia Party
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NOW | Create a fair and sustainable Australia | Independent community movement with science and evidence-based policies. 🌏 | Auth'd by William Bourke 20 Burlington St Crows Nest NSW.
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"This ship changes the game:" World's largest all-electric ferry launches in Tasmania
World's largest 100% battery electric ship launches at shipyard in Hobart, headed for service ferrying passengers and vehicles between Argentina and Uruguay.
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THIS is what Australia's economy should prioritise - value-added manufacturing - not property speculation. 👩🔧
📰 The world’s largest 100 per cent battery electric ship has been officially launched at a shipyard in Hobart... by Tasmanian ship builder, Incat... 👇
thedriven.io/2025/05/02/t...
📰 The world’s largest 100 per cent battery electric ship has been officially launched at a shipyard in Hobart... by Tasmanian ship builder, Incat... 👇
thedriven.io/2025/05/02/t...
📰 "If we allow for scientific infrastructure to be closed down, [it's gone]." ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/science...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/SCIENCE 👩🔬
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/SCIENCE 👩🔬
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
📰 "If we allow for scientific infrastructure to be closed down, [it's gone]." ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/science...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/SCIENCE 👩🔬
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/SCIENCE 👩🔬
📰 ...falling birth rate reflects growing economic pressure and declining confidence among younger generations. The evidence shows that housing costs, insecure work, and slow wage growth are reshaping family decisions. ➡ michaelwest.com.au/the-great-au...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
📰 ...falling birth rate reflects growing economic pressure and declining confidence among younger generations. The evidence shows that housing costs, insecure work, and slow wage growth are reshaping family decisions. ➡ michaelwest.com.au/the-great-au...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📰 31% expected utility bills to be their biggest source of financial stress in the new year. This was behind only rent or mortgage payments (38%)... ➡ www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/sal...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/POLICIES
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/POLICIES
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
📰 31% expected utility bills to be their biggest source of financial stress in the new year. This was behind only rent or mortgage payments (38%)... ➡ www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/sal...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/POLICIES
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/POLICIES
📰 ...overriding local planning processes could lead to inadequate infrastructure for Parramatta’s rapidly growing community… and this risks serious impacts to Parramatta’s liveability and economic performance…” ➡ www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🏡
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🏡
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
📰 ...overriding local planning processes could lead to inadequate infrastructure for Parramatta’s rapidly growing community… and this risks serious impacts to Parramatta’s liveability and economic performance…” ➡ www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🏡
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🏡
📰 “We estimate that, over the last three years, if we hadn’t been removing cats, they would have eaten 32,000 giant geckos, which are endangered…" ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/animals_and_biodiversity 🦎
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/animals_and_biodiversity 🦎
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
📰 “We estimate that, over the last three years, if we hadn’t been removing cats, they would have eaten 32,000 giant geckos, which are endangered…" ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/animals_and_biodiversity 🦎
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/animals_and_biodiversity 🦎
📰 …would-be homebuyers area increasingly abandoning their dreams of a freestanding house for more budget-friendly townhouses and units. ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
📰 …would-be homebuyers area increasingly abandoning their dreams of a freestanding house for more budget-friendly townhouses and units. ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📰 The Mount Barker Residents Association were concerned about the rate of the town’s growth, and that it’s been “too fast to enable infrastructure to keep up”. ➡ www.indailysa.com.au/news/in-dept...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🚜
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🚜
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
📰 The Mount Barker Residents Association were concerned about the rate of the town’s growth, and that it’s been “too fast to enable infrastructure to keep up”. ➡ www.indailysa.com.au/news/in-dept...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🚜
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🚜
📰 All around Australia, home owners are taking a second look at their garages and wondering if they can be put to much better use… ➡ www.theage.com.au/property/new...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
📰 All around Australia, home owners are taking a second look at their garages and wondering if they can be put to much better use… ➡ www.theage.com.au/property/new...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📰 This means that in total 3.28 million Australians (20.7% of the workforce) were either unemployed or under-employed – an 11th straight month above 3 million people. ➡ www.roymorgan.com/findings/100...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/ECONOMY 👩🔧
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/ECONOMY 👩🔧
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
📰 This means that in total 3.28 million Australians (20.7% of the workforce) were either unemployed or under-employed – an 11th straight month above 3 million people. ➡ www.roymorgan.com/findings/100...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/ECONOMY 👩🔧
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/ECONOMY 👩🔧
$130,000! 👇
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
$130,000! 👇
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
📰 “Simply rezoning more land won’t deliver more homes...” PIA CEO Matt Collins said. “...weakening planning just adds pressure to infrastructure, increases congestion, and makes communities worse off.” ➡ architectureau.com/articles/pla...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
📰 “Simply rezoning more land won’t deliver more homes...” PIA CEO Matt Collins said. “...weakening planning just adds pressure to infrastructure, increases congestion, and makes communities worse off.” ➡ architectureau.com/articles/pla...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📰 These include Whyalla on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, the Victorian border town Swan Hill and Tasmania’s port hub of Burnie. ➡ insight.domain.com.au/research-ins...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
📰 These include Whyalla on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, the Victorian border town Swan Hill and Tasmania’s port hub of Burnie. ➡ insight.domain.com.au/research-ins...
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📰 ...over the full term, the total interest balloons from about $723,000 to more than $1.4 million. That’s an extra $700,000. ➡ switzer.com.au/the-experts/...
📌 Let’s create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Let’s create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
📰 ...over the full term, the total interest balloons from about $723,000 to more than $1.4 million. That’s an extra $700,000. ➡ switzer.com.au/the-experts/...
📌 Let’s create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Let’s create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📰 “You do see your products being copied... There is also the issue of product safety, anti-modern slavery protocols and a host of environmental, social and governance requirements..." ➡ [$] www.heraldsun.com.au/business/ada...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/ECONOMY 🪑
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/ECONOMY 🪑
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
📰 “You do see your products being copied... There is also the issue of product safety, anti-modern slavery protocols and a host of environmental, social and governance requirements..." ➡ [$] www.heraldsun.com.au/business/ada...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/ECONOMY 🪑
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/ECONOMY 🪑
📰 "The pension assumes that you are a homeowner in terms of what it pays out. Even the superannuation system to a large extent assumes you will be a home owner." ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📰 "The pension assumes that you are a homeowner in terms of what it pays out. Even the superannuation system to a large extent assumes you will be a home owner." ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📰 [Despite massive densification] Unit prices in Zetland during the same time period have also grown by 92%... ➡ www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
📰 [Despite massive densification] Unit prices in Zetland during the same time period have also grown by 92%... ➡ www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏡
📰 Even basic services such as [help with] showering require pensioners to make a financial contribution. ➡ michaelwest.com.au/pay-per-show...
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/AGEING 👵
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/AGEING 👵
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
📰 Even basic services such as [help with] showering require pensioners to make a financial contribution. ➡ michaelwest.com.au/pay-per-show...
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/AGEING 👵
📌 Let's create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/AGEING 👵
📰 ...making it more difficult to arrest canopy decline on private land. ➡ www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
📌 Let’s create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🌳🏡
📌 Let’s create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🌳🏡
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
📰 ...making it more difficult to arrest canopy decline on private land. ➡ www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
📌 Let’s create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🌳🏡
📌 Let’s create a fair and sustainable Australia:
www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/PLANNING 🌳🏡
📰 In the 12 months between June 2024 and 2025, the Australian Housing Urban Research Institute (AHURI) found rental affordability worsened in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast. ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏘
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏘
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
📰 In the 12 months between June 2024 and 2025, the Australian Housing Urban Research Institute (AHURI) found rental affordability worsened in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast. ➡ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏘
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www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/HOUSING 🏘
➡️ "Polling shows the community is overwhelmingly opposed to Australia’s rapid population growth. If our political elites refuse to address issues of importance to everyday Australians, more and more will turn to political alternatives. Cue Hanson from stage right."
www.crikey.com.au/2016/11/25/g...
www.crikey.com.au/2016/11/25/g...
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
➡️ "Polling shows the community is overwhelmingly opposed to Australia’s rapid population growth. If our political elites refuse to address issues of importance to everyday Australians, more and more will turn to political alternatives. Cue Hanson from stage right."
www.crikey.com.au/2016/11/25/g...
www.crikey.com.au/2016/11/25/g...