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Colin James PhD
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Living on Awabakal land in Australia, never ceded.
Lawyer, coach, educator, researcher, and runner ...sort of.
Selected publications - https://tinyurl.com/5dxv67v9
NEW BOOK OUT NOW on trauma-informed law - https://tinyurl.com/cht8rdtc
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Big Oil, Big miners, Big commerce, the Big 4 banks, the Big 4 insurance companies, ...etc.
Are Australian politicians in the pockets of industry, dishing out tax concessions and subsidies at the people's expense?
thepoint.com.au/news/251210-...
‘Economic power is political power’: Grace Blakeley calls for Australians to fight back
Author of Vulture Capitalism, Grace Blakeley, has told Australian consumers they need to stand up to the huge companies which dominate their way of life.
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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In Australia, the Robodebt scandal, a massive government scam of the people, is continuing to cause disruption and dysfunction, impacting thousands of people in need.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
The welfare system isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control
The problem with having pattern recognition is that you can always see the fires before they start. Governments are a bit like that, too.  It’s not that they don’t see the fire before the smoke, it’s...
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Build more houses!
Australia has a housing crisis due to successive government inaction. Fixing it isn’t complicated, governments just don’t want to do it. - Richard Denniss
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Climate-denialists speed up the Earth's demise.
In preparation to overturning the Clean Air Act, freeing polluting industries to maximise profits, Trump's hand-picked "EPA" has retracted references to human-caused climate warming.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...
Deleting climate science: the Trump EPA rewrites the causes of warming
The Trump administration has removed references to human-caused climate change and key scientific data from EPA websites, alarming climate scientists and health experts.
johnmenadue.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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No.
Octopus could be the next commercially farmed seafood. Should it be? — Fast Company
They’re clever, they’re otherworldly, and if a growing band of companies and scientists have their way, they’re going to be raised for human consumption. Inside the birth of a new and controversial in...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Oil companies have a long history of obnoxious behaviour. What Chevron did to Steven Donziger is disgraceful. Don’t be misled into thinking they behave within the constraints expected of business. Big oil sees itself running the world. Cf Rachel Maddow, big oil’s culpability for making Putin worse.
Steven Donziger • Following ••. 17h • Today is the day four years ago that I was released from the Danbury prison after being sentenced for contempt in the nation's first private corporate prosecution. The first picture is me leaving the prison grounds minutes after my release; I had lost 25 pounds while inside The third picture is of me and my wife Laura in the prison parking lot just after I emerged. The last picture is with my law school professor Charles Nesson, a big-time advocate and a huge font of support. I considered myself a corporate political prisoner courtesy of Chevron, whose lawyers had stepped into the shoes of the government to jail me after we won the landmark $10 billion Ecuador pollution case. It was an outrageous miscarriage of justice condemned as illegal by five jurists from the United Nations and five federal judges. It happened anyway. Chevron wanted to silence me; instead we grew stronger. While I often think of my brothers back in Danbury - several of them political prisoners in my opinion - I want to express my deep gratitude to all who helped lift us through this immense challenge. I especially want to thank Laura and Matthew for never wavering and my friends Bill and Lynne Twist for posting my record-breaking (for a misdemeanor) $800,000 bond. Steven Donziger • Following 17h • 0 I'll repeat now what I said then: I discovered a world of deep humanity had arisen out of the pain inside those walls. Far more than out here. The pain had produced a culture teeming with life. People helping each other. People listening to each other. People giving a shit about those the courts had considered unwanted and disposable. The resilience permeated the entire place. I was nicknamed "The Counselor" in Danbury. So many inmates asked me for "advice" on their cases. I always explained I was disbarred and could not give advice. "It's a very bad idea to ask advice from a lawyer who himself is in prison," I warned my friends. That usually elicited a laugh. I was one of them and they loved it. And they liked that I fought so hard for my clients that a judge saw fit to jail me. I'm deeply grateful. Thinking of my friends still suffering from Chevron's pollution in Ecuador. The battle continues. U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prison deral Correction stitution Danbur ocracynow, podcasters @krystalball and alps, and the wondrous @briebriejoy are the re age of my Chevron-funded corporate prosecut ing major traction. ay 857 of my detention. Home is my new jail ce Daily Show - Top stories - We st coice ironmental Lawyer Steven Donziger Released erve Rest of Prison Sentence from Home I lived in Ecuador many years ago. My late husband took me to the main library in Quito and showed me a book that described how Shell oilmen in the 1950s hunted indigenous people in the jungle and killed them as if they were deer. Reply 14 • 1h The Rockefellers sent in missionaries with guns to co-opt and eliminate indigenous tribes. It sounds bizarre and conspiratorial, but it's the gospel truth.
December 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Good News Dept.
“After the rain there are always new beginnings.”
theconversation.com/the-5th-nati...
The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial is a collage of an exhibition, and a work of wonder
After the Rain, curated by Tony Albert, celebrates the resurgence of Australian Indigenous cultures in the aftermath of the loss of the referendum
theconversation.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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First-nation people dying in custody at record rates.
System failure, under-funding, or criminal negligence?
theconversation.com/number-of-in...
Number of Indigenous deaths in custody at record high
A new report shows 33 of the 113 deaths in custody in 2024–25 were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. It’s the highest number in 40 years.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
colinj51.bsky.social
Follow the money.
Venezuela has the world’s largest proven oil reserves and a long coastline on the Caribbean Sea, which is a vital sea lane for US goods travelling through the Panama Canal.
theconversation.com/why-is-trump...
Why is Trump so obsessed with Venezuela? His new security strategy provides some clues
The Trump administration is reviving the Monroe Doctrine for Latin America. The aim: keeping China out and securing oil and resources for itself.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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From FB
December 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Despite their relative wealth, Australians are moderate, at best, in generosity to charitable causes.
theconversation.com/how-charitab...
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Is the RBA past it's use-by date?
A growing proportion of the population is retired, with tax-free income from super and secure home ownership, immune to interest rate changes and spending not affected by interest rate rises. theconversation.com/as-the-popul...
As the population ages, the RBA’s interest rate policy is no longer fit for purpose
High rates of outright home ownership combined with tax-free super insulate older Australians from mortgage rate fluctuations.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Our boys are at risk of exploitation through their need to appear cool and "manly".
theconversation.com/from-violenc...
From violence to sexism, the manosphere is doing real-world harm
Normalising violence, worsening body image and sexist attitudes are among the manosphere beliefs that are bleeding into relationships and workplaces.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Nuclear weapons violate the Right to Life to the Right to Health- they are also a major problem when it comes to Eliminating Discrimination Against Women. On International Human Rights day, stand with us for human rights and an end to nuclear weapons. app.sosha.ai/s/3XsjKRyf
Stand with us
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December 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Ukraine's evolving 3-track plan for peace.
kyivindependent.com/zelensky-unv...
Peace deal, security guarantees, reconstruction — Zelensky unveils 3-track plan as talks intensify
The three texts cover a framework peace agreement, security guarantees, and Ukraine's reconstruction, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
kyivindependent.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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The trial, day one.
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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This could be a turning point.
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The Admiral Will Testify Against Hegseth #duet #petehegseth #admiral #illegalorder #military #oath
YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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“Offshore gas companies pay no royalties, which means they get the product that they’re selling for free.” – Senator Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens

✍️ Add your name to the petition calling on the government to fix our gas export laws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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As an Australian, this cause is close to my heart.
The Big Four banks think they are "too big to fail" and continue to exploit customers and others knowing governments will not object.
Please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/st... @getup.org.au
Stop the Big Banks Profiting from Poverty
Because what happened here isn’t an error. It shows how easily money can be taken from people who have the least ability to absorb the loss. For someone living on a pension or low income, a “small fee...
petitions.getup.org.au
December 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
"[State governments] are promoting the idea that burning huge quantities of plastic, clothing, and food waste is somehow the answer to the climate crisis. Yeah, right."

Read the full piece: https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251209-waste-incinerators-the-latest-bin-fire-in-australian-climate-policy
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I've loved Sigourney Weaver ever since one of my all-time favorite movies, ALIEN. Couldn't resist going all fanboy on her yesterday & asking for a photo. She told me she's now in the cast of The Mandalorian. Talk about bad timing: she's now in that galaxy far, far away, years after I checked out! 💔
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Mainstream media is understandably hesitant to report these events , however Youtube is happy to evidence how Trump challenges are growing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecMS...
Trump FREAKS OUT after Admiral STRIKES BACK HARD
YouTube video by Players Unlimited - Media
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December 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Country regions not only have higher rates of DV, but also much higher costs of responding and services to survivors.
womensagenda.com.au/politics/loc...
Cost of delivering regional domestic violence services 9 times more than major cities
The costs of delivering domestic violence services in regional, rural and remote communities is up to 8.94 times higher than cities.
womensagenda.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Not only in Australia, femicide is also rife in Brazil where over 1,400 women were killed by their male partners in 2024.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/huge-...
Huge women-led protests in Brazil call for end to femicide
Tens of thousands of people have marched in the streets across Brazil to protest against femicide and gender-based violence.
womensagenda.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM