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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
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
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
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
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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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.
December 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
app.sosha.ai
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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The trial, day one.
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 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
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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"[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
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
www.youtube.com
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
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
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