BarryCotterell
@barrycotterell.bsky.social
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If we have special envoys to tackle racism for specific races and cultures who experience racism, why is there no special envoy to tackle racism against First Nations people? #campsovereignty
September 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If we have special envoys to tackle racism for specific races and cultures who experience racism, why is there no special envoy to tackle racism against First Nations people? #campsovereignty
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"Twenty-eight doctors from Gaza are being held inside Israeli prisons, eight of whom are senior consultants in surgery, orthopaedics, intensive care, cardiology and paediatrics"
Israel starves children while kidnapping doctors www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Israel starves children while kidnapping doctors www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Rising number of doctors among hundreds of medical staff detained in Gaza, say rights groups
Detention of Dr Marwan al-Hams by Israeli undercover unit on Monday takes number of doctors being held to 28, says Healthcare Workers Watch
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
"Twenty-eight doctors from Gaza are being held inside Israeli prisons, eight of whom are senior consultants in surgery, orthopaedics, intensive care, cardiology and paediatrics"
Israel starves children while kidnapping doctors www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Israel starves children while kidnapping doctors www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
There is a warning here for Australia in our extracting rare earth metals and rare earths www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/b...
China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare Earths
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
There is a warning here for Australia in our extracting rare earth metals and rare earths www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/b...
We need a royal commission into defence’s mishandling of procurement and contract management, with the implementation of the ensuing recommendations to be overseen by a PM&C-led taskforce. We also need a competent “Australian oriented’ defence minister www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/03/a...
Hegseth's Heroes lurch into action, but Australia's capability gap isn't weapons
The US defense secretary wants Australia to bloat its defence warchest with 3.5% of GDP funding. Where will that money come from? Hegseth and his supporters don't bother to say.
www.crikey.com.au
June 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
We need a royal commission into defence’s mishandling of procurement and contract management, with the implementation of the ensuing recommendations to be overseen by a PM&C-led taskforce. We also need a competent “Australian oriented’ defence minister www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/03/a...
This graph is remarkably straightforward.
Today the total profits and labour costs etc for Australian industry sectors for 2023-24 was released.
It is quite revealing which sectors get the favourable treatment such as $215bn gift from the govt of free gas to sell....
It is quite revealing which sectors get the favourable treatment such as $215bn gift from the govt of free gas to sell....
May 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels for a customer's energy use.
They are a sham
They are a sham
Time to step up @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
"offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels for a customer’s energy use. Even with carbon offsetting, the emissions released from burning fossil fuels for a customer’s energy use still contribute to climate change."
"offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels for a customer’s energy use. Even with carbon offsetting, the emissions released from burning fossil fuels for a customer’s energy use still contribute to climate change."
Today, EnergyAustralia has been forced to admit what @australiainstitute.org.au research has long shown: Carbon offsets are a total sham & do nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Time for the govt to stop trumpeting them as the answer. They are not
www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...
Time for the govt to stop trumpeting them as the answer. They are not
www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...
May 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels for a customer's energy use.
They are a sham
They are a sham
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Serious tax reform means:
"ending negative gearing, reducing the capital gains tax discount, increasing the GST and/or reintroducing an inheritance tax" says @alankohler.bsky.social.
But needs Albanese & Chalmers to show the policy courage of Hawke & Keating. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
"ending negative gearing, reducing the capital gains tax discount, increasing the GST and/or reintroducing an inheritance tax" says @alankohler.bsky.social.
But needs Albanese & Chalmers to show the policy courage of Hawke & Keating. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Australia's economy is a basket case again. Will Jim Chalmers take it on?
Is Albanese up for it? Does Chalmers have a "passion for bold policy" to indulge? Does the country need it?
www.abc.net.au
May 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Serious tax reform means:
"ending negative gearing, reducing the capital gains tax discount, increasing the GST and/or reintroducing an inheritance tax" says @alankohler.bsky.social.
But needs Albanese & Chalmers to show the policy courage of Hawke & Keating. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
"ending negative gearing, reducing the capital gains tax discount, increasing the GST and/or reintroducing an inheritance tax" says @alankohler.bsky.social.
But needs Albanese & Chalmers to show the policy courage of Hawke & Keating. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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This should be the absolute bare minimum for any party serious on climate, yet we have to fight tooth and nail for it
There will be a day when it it seems wild that this was ever such a radical position to hold
There will be a day when it it seems wild that this was ever such a radical position to hold
We’re calling on the next Parliament to be brave, to put climate science back into climate policy, and stop opening new gas and coal mines in Australia.
In defiance of the science, our research shows that Australia is the world's 3rd largest fossil fuel exporter.
📝 theaus.in/stop_new_fossil_fuels
In defiance of the science, our research shows that Australia is the world's 3rd largest fossil fuel exporter.
📝 theaus.in/stop_new_fossil_fuels
May 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This should be the absolute bare minimum for any party serious on climate, yet we have to fight tooth and nail for it
There will be a day when it it seems wild that this was ever such a radical position to hold
There will be a day when it it seems wild that this was ever such a radical position to hold
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Energy, insurance, and food are all getting more expensive.
But the one group paying none of the costs are the giant fossil fuel exporters causing the problem in the first place
Join @richarddenniss.bsky.social to discuss the solutions!
📅Mon 28 April 6.30pm
📍Fremantle Town Hall #auspol
But the one group paying none of the costs are the giant fossil fuel exporters causing the problem in the first place
Join @richarddenniss.bsky.social to discuss the solutions!
📅Mon 28 April 6.30pm
📍Fremantle Town Hall #auspol
April 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Energy, insurance, and food are all getting more expensive.
But the one group paying none of the costs are the giant fossil fuel exporters causing the problem in the first place
Join @richarddenniss.bsky.social to discuss the solutions!
📅Mon 28 April 6.30pm
📍Fremantle Town Hall #auspol
But the one group paying none of the costs are the giant fossil fuel exporters causing the problem in the first place
Join @richarddenniss.bsky.social to discuss the solutions!
📅Mon 28 April 6.30pm
📍Fremantle Town Hall #auspol
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And if you are in Chisholm, the Liberal candidate Dr Katie Allen, voted to repeal the medivac legislation when she was an MP for Higgins.
She chose the party line over medical ethics.
If you needed another reason not to vote for her as your representative
She chose the party line over medical ethics.
If you needed another reason not to vote for her as your representative
Remember when Dutton refused to allow appropriate medical care for an 11 year old boy with a difficult fracture (after we’d trafficked him to a tiny island without proper medical care or education). Dutton spent millions of dollars fighting against bringing people to Aus for proper care. #auspol
April 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
And if you are in Chisholm, the Liberal candidate Dr Katie Allen, voted to repeal the medivac legislation when she was an MP for Higgins.
She chose the party line over medical ethics.
If you needed another reason not to vote for her as your representative
She chose the party line over medical ethics.
If you needed another reason not to vote for her as your representative
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There are so many things that should disqualify #TrumpLite Dutton from standing for any public office, let alone PM.
His refusal to accept the scientific evidence on climate change amounts to criminal negligence. #DontRiskDutton #ausvotes #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
His refusal to accept the scientific evidence on climate change amounts to criminal negligence. #DontRiskDutton #ausvotes #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Peter Dutton insists he ‘believes in climate change’ after refusing to say if impacts of global heating worsening
Climate scientists, environmentalists, Labor and Greens condemn opposition leader for comments at Wednesday election debate
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
There are so many things that should disqualify #TrumpLite Dutton from standing for any public office, let alone PM.
His refusal to accept the scientific evidence on climate change amounts to criminal negligence. #DontRiskDutton #ausvotes #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
His refusal to accept the scientific evidence on climate change amounts to criminal negligence. #DontRiskDutton #ausvotes #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Dutton is woefully incompetent. On every issue, his policies are clueless thought bubbles, lacking any planning or depth. They're worse than Morrison's policy announcements at pressers (that had zero actual legislative content or follow-up). Dutton's policies are dangerous. #auspol #AusVotes25
April 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dutton is woefully incompetent. On every issue, his policies are clueless thought bubbles, lacking any planning or depth. They're worse than Morrison's policy announcements at pressers (that had zero actual legislative content or follow-up). Dutton's policies are dangerous. #auspol #AusVotes25
It was a mistake .
I just made the same mistake two days in a row.
OOPS!
I just made the same mistake two days in a row.
OOPS!
April 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
It was a mistake .
I just made the same mistake two days in a row.
OOPS!
I just made the same mistake two days in a row.
OOPS!
He has no hope of winning but is standing to preference the LNP. Trumpet of Parrots
Trumpet of Patriots Wide Bay candidate Gabrial Pennicott was convicted & jailed for fraud in 2011. He skipped the country in 2004 after a series of failed investment & finance schemes in Victoria from 2001 to 2003. Extradited from Canada in 2007. #ausvotes www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Would you trust a person convicted for fraud to represent you in parliament?
An election candidate's acknowledgement of his criminal past has prompted questions over whether a section of Australia's Constitution should be updated.
www.abc.net.au
April 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
He has no hope of winning but is standing to preference the LNP. Trumpet of Parrots
Trump thinks the US is being ripped off but US companies are ripping Australians off big time by getting our resources for free. Thanks to John Howard et al
"You're not alone in thinking that Australia is getting taken for a ride.
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's fossil fuel exports."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social with @punterspolitics.bsky.social for our Big Gas event in Newcastle. #auspol
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's fossil fuel exports."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social with @punterspolitics.bsky.social for our Big Gas event in Newcastle. #auspol
April 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Trump thinks the US is being ripped off but US companies are ripping Australians off big time by getting our resources for free. Thanks to John Howard et al
Well now we know how Donald Dutton would perform as PM
April 7, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Well now we know how Donald Dutton would perform as PM
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love how everybody's like "why would a Russian asset crash the US economy?"
April 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
love how everybody's like "why would a Russian asset crash the US economy?"
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Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
March 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
On Saturday, US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s Medal of Honor webpage led to a “404” error message. The URL was also changed, with the word “medal” changed to “deimedal”.
Outrageous!!
Outrageous!!
March 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
On Saturday, US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s Medal of Honor webpage led to a “404” error message. The URL was also changed, with the word “medal” changed to “deimedal”.
Outrageous!!
Outrageous!!
Trump accuses others of what he is responsible for and bullys all
March 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Trump accuses others of what he is responsible for and bullys all
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This is the time for Albo to grow a spine and take on Trump because a) it’s the right thing to do and b) Australian voters would rally behind him. It’s an electoral gift. #Trumptarrifs
March 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This is the time for Albo to grow a spine and take on Trump because a) it’s the right thing to do and b) Australian voters would rally behind him. It’s an electoral gift. #Trumptarrifs
Australia's reaction to Trump’s tariffs should be to stop US firms repatriating profits in the resources and non-bank financial services and to tax them in Australia.
Australian resources, which are exhaustible, should be sold to benefit Australians and not given away as is currently happening.
Australian resources, which are exhaustible, should be sold to benefit Australians and not given away as is currently happening.
The steel/aluminium tariffs are worth next to nothing. What will matter will be agriculture and pharmaceutical tariffs if they occur. Australia's reaction then should be on US firms repatriating profits in the resources and non-bank financial services sectors to the same value. Target 'incidence'
March 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Australia's reaction to Trump’s tariffs should be to stop US firms repatriating profits in the resources and non-bank financial services and to tax them in Australia.
Australian resources, which are exhaustible, should be sold to benefit Australians and not given away as is currently happening.
Australian resources, which are exhaustible, should be sold to benefit Australians and not given away as is currently happening.
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The c-o-l problem's not due to any govt action or inaction (interest rates are Reserve Bank's problem & price controls are a no-no).
Labor has provided c-o-l relief (well detailed). LNP offers nothing, zero policy beyond "get country back on track".
Oz journos are failing to publicise the reality.
Labor has provided c-o-l relief (well detailed). LNP offers nothing, zero policy beyond "get country back on track".
Oz journos are failing to publicise the reality.
March 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The c-o-l problem's not due to any govt action or inaction (interest rates are Reserve Bank's problem & price controls are a no-no).
Labor has provided c-o-l relief (well detailed). LNP offers nothing, zero policy beyond "get country back on track".
Oz journos are failing to publicise the reality.
Labor has provided c-o-l relief (well detailed). LNP offers nothing, zero policy beyond "get country back on track".
Oz journos are failing to publicise the reality.
Tesla owners in Australia are revolting
March 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Tesla owners in Australia are revolting
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Time to mention Pine Gap and Tindall
Time to mention Pine Gap and Tindall
Australia had one trump card to shield it from the tariff war. It just disappeared
Australia has argued it should avoid planned US tariffs because of its long-running trade deficit with America. But that argument has disappeared in a sea of gold.
www.smh.com.au
March 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Time to mention Pine Gap and Tindall
Time to mention Pine Gap and Tindall