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We are often told that we need to keep exporting gas to places like Japan, or risk a geopolitical disaster.
📺 Dr Yuki Tanabe explained at last year's Climate Integrity Summit why Japan doesn't need Australia's gas. #auspol
📺 Dr Yuki Tanabe explained at last year's Climate Integrity Summit why Japan doesn't need Australia's gas. #auspol
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 AM
We are often told that we need to keep exporting gas to places like Japan, or risk a geopolitical disaster.
📺 Dr Yuki Tanabe explained at last year's Climate Integrity Summit why Japan doesn't need Australia's gas. #auspol
📺 Dr Yuki Tanabe explained at last year's Climate Integrity Summit why Japan doesn't need Australia's gas. #auspol
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smarter people than me have noted that Louise Adler’s anti-zionist stance as a Jewish woman has been systematically erased from mainstream coverage of AWW, and why.
![Earlier this week, former festival board member Tony Berg, who is of Jewish heritage, made an extraordinary accusation of “hypocrisy” against the director of Adelaide Writers week, Louise Adler, saying she had lobbied for the removal of Friedman from the festival lineup [for calling Arab peoples in three countries insects, and worse]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsq2lir4527hv77tlxahhq6i/bafkreibzxhqrqr7p2mcxx5g3gizyr5vbp2yineqngrxzdj45cmo557a5sa@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 AM
smarter people than me have noted that Louise Adler’s anti-zionist stance as a Jewish woman has been systematically erased from mainstream coverage of AWW, and why.
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“The challenge here is that we don’t just rush to legislating what seem like easy solutions, especially easy solutions that wedge a particular group or appease a particular group,” - said Dr Richard Denniss on the Follow the Money podcast.
🎧 Listen now
📖 Read more: thepoint.com.au/news/260116-...
🎧 Listen now
📖 Read more: thepoint.com.au/news/260116-...
January 16, 2026 at 1:44 AM
“The challenge here is that we don’t just rush to legislating what seem like easy solutions, especially easy solutions that wedge a particular group or appease a particular group,” - said Dr Richard Denniss on the Follow the Money podcast.
🎧 Listen now
📖 Read more: thepoint.com.au/news/260116-...
🎧 Listen now
📖 Read more: thepoint.com.au/news/260116-...
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Opposition seem to think they can be defined by just what they are against. I want to know what they are for. That is what I’m trying to do. Not playing politics, I have not been shouting, banging lecterns, I have not been engaged in performative conduct
Australia news live: PM says dealing with Coalition like ‘trying to grab smoke’ and tells opposition to put ideas forward on hate speech laws
Follow updates live
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January 15, 2026 at 11:50 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Opposition seem to think they can be defined by just what they are against. I want to know what they are for. That is what I’m trying to do. Not playing politics, I have not been shouting, banging lecterns, I have not been engaged in performative conduct
The AUKUS deal will cost taxpayers at least $368bn to build nuclear submarines for the U.S. with zero guarantee of a single submarine for Australia. Join me in signing the @australiainstitute.org.au petition demanding more scrutiny nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...
Petition: Launch a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS
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January 16, 2026 at 1:46 AM
The AUKUS deal will cost taxpayers at least $368bn to build nuclear submarines for the U.S. with zero guarantee of a single submarine for Australia. Join me in signing the @australiainstitute.org.au petition demanding more scrutiny nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...
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Richard Flanagan on AWW in the smh. The smh have themselves cancelled a commissioned piece by Randa Abdel Fattah. I am so sick of white males explaining other white males back to us with zero race or gender literacy.
archive.md/2026.01.09-2...
archive.md/2026.01.09-2...
archive.md
January 9, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Richard Flanagan on AWW in the smh. The smh have themselves cancelled a commissioned piece by Randa Abdel Fattah. I am so sick of white males explaining other white males back to us with zero race or gender literacy.
archive.md/2026.01.09-2...
archive.md/2026.01.09-2...
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open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... This was the unspoken
• Articles suggesting that the illegal occupation was a natural outgrowth of a highly militarised state, driven by an expansionist ideology of Jewish supremacy that necessarily dehumanises Palestinians – not ok.
• Articles suggesting that the illegal occupation was a natural outgrowth of a highly militarised state, driven by an expansionist ideology of Jewish supremacy that necessarily dehumanises Palestinians – not ok.
Genocide isn't a mistake. Which is why the media can't tell you the truth about Gaza
A new film about Hind Rajab's murder points to a deeply sick Israeli society, driven into the darkest of places by a racist ideology that says Jewish lives count, Palestinian lives don’t
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan... This was the unspoken
• Articles suggesting that the illegal occupation was a natural outgrowth of a highly militarised state, driven by an expansionist ideology of Jewish supremacy that necessarily dehumanises Palestinians – not ok.
• Articles suggesting that the illegal occupation was a natural outgrowth of a highly militarised state, driven by an expansionist ideology of Jewish supremacy that necessarily dehumanises Palestinians – not ok.
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ninety people who have withdrawn from AWW are listed at the end of this article, with two especially notable, Richard Fidler and Julia Baird, given the number of ABC big names who have not withdrawn (but still can! It’s not too late mate).
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
'Wickedness thrives in darkness': Former Adelaide Festival leaders pen scathing letter on Writers' Week - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Eleven SA art directors pen a scathing letter criticising Adelaide Festival Board's decision to drop a Palestinian author from Writers’ Week.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 10, 2026 at 10:04 PM
ninety people who have withdrawn from AWW are listed at the end of this article, with two especially notable, Richard Fidler and Julia Baird, given the number of ABC big names who have not withdrawn (but still can! It’s not too late mate).
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
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The focus on the ‘sensible centre’ has created a bad map where the road leads to nowhere, ignoring evidence when convenient and stifling democratic debate.
Order a copy of Dead Centre:
https://australiainstitute.org.au/store-dead-centre-vantage-point-issue-2/
Order a copy of Dead Centre:
https://australiainstitute.org.au/store-dead-centre-vantage-point-issue-2/
January 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The focus on the ‘sensible centre’ has created a bad map where the road leads to nowhere, ignoring evidence when convenient and stifling democratic debate.
Order a copy of Dead Centre:
https://australiainstitute.org.au/store-dead-centre-vantage-point-issue-2/
Order a copy of Dead Centre:
https://australiainstitute.org.au/store-dead-centre-vantage-point-issue-2/
Email SBS NOW to counter pro-Israel pressure campaign, and demand SBS oppose Israel's genocide, apartheid & illegal occupation at Eurovision 2026!
boycotteurovisionaustralia.good.do/sbs2026/emai...
boycotteurovisionaustralia.good.do/sbs2026/emai...
SBS: Cut the mic on genocide at Eurovision 2026! ✂️🎤
Email SBS NOW to counter the pro-Israel pressure campaign, and demand SBS oppose Israel's genocide, apartheid & illegal occupation at Eurovision 2026!
boycotteurovisionaustralia.good.do
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Email SBS NOW to counter pro-Israel pressure campaign, and demand SBS oppose Israel's genocide, apartheid & illegal occupation at Eurovision 2026!
boycotteurovisionaustralia.good.do/sbs2026/emai...
boycotteurovisionaustralia.good.do/sbs2026/emai...
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“[Australia gives] more than half of the gas we export away for free, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni." – Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO, The Australia Institute
✍️ Add your name to the petition urging the government to fix the gas export scam: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Add your name to the petition urging the government to fix the gas export scam: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“[Australia gives] more than half of the gas we export away for free, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni." – Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO, The Australia Institute
✍️ Add your name to the petition urging the government to fix the gas export scam: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Add your name to the petition urging the government to fix the gas export scam: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
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www.sbs.com.au/news/article... The president of Slovenian broadcaster RTV — one of the networks to exit the contest — noted that while the EBU banned Russia from Eurovision almost immediately after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, it "does not dare reject Israel".
Russia was banned from competing in Eurovision. Why has Israel been allowed to?
Five countries have now pledged to boycott the song contest's 2026 edition. Here's what you need to know.
www.sbs.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
www.sbs.com.au/news/article... The president of Slovenian broadcaster RTV — one of the networks to exit the contest — noted that while the EBU banned Russia from Eurovision almost immediately after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, it "does not dare reject Israel".
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Imagine being stupid and weak enough to be an Evangelical Christian? I mean truly the dumbest fucking loser pieces of shit in America. Complete idiot tools
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Imagine being stupid and weak enough to be an Evangelical Christian? I mean truly the dumbest fucking loser pieces of shit in America. Complete idiot tools
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Australia Institute research shows that Australia is expanding gas and coal, with 94 new fossil fuel projects in the pipeline.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign our petition to fix our environmental flaws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign our petition to fix our environmental flaws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is expanding gas and coal, with 94 new fossil fuel projects in the pipeline.
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign our petition to fix our environmental flaws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.
Sign our petition to fix our environmental flaws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visited Jeffrey Epstein's home for a "cocktail party" documents released by the US government show kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2025/11/16/f...
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visited Jeffrey Epstein's home for a "cocktail party" documents released by the US government show
Kevin Rudd, former Australian Prime Minister, visited global paedophile Jeffrey Epstein at his New York home for a small cocktail party in the dining room in September 2014, documents released by the ...
kangaroocourtofaustralia.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visited Jeffrey Epstein's home for a "cocktail party" documents released by the US government show kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2025/11/16/f...
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🧑🎓 Australian students pay more in HECS than the gas industry pays in PRRT!
💸 But Big Gas are in Brisbane today trying to get our politicians to cut their taxes even MORE!
#auspol
💸 But Big Gas are in Brisbane today trying to get our politicians to cut their taxes even MORE!
#auspol
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🧑🎓 Australian students pay more in HECS than the gas industry pays in PRRT!
💸 But Big Gas are in Brisbane today trying to get our politicians to cut their taxes even MORE!
#auspol
💸 But Big Gas are in Brisbane today trying to get our politicians to cut their taxes even MORE!
#auspol
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🚨 U.S. warships crawling the Caribbean, tensions between U.S, Venezuela over oil & “election fraud,” Petro not buying the narrative. He’s connecting it to desperate elite cover-up—to protect Epstein files, bury client list, & spark a regional implosion
🚨 U.S. warships crawling the Caribbean, tensions between U.S, Venezuela over oil & “election fraud,” Petro not buying the narrative. He’s connecting it to desperate elite cover-up—to protect Epstein files, bury client list, & spark a regional implosion
🚨 BREAKING: Colombian President Labels Trump Regime A "Global Pedophile Protection" Network
Warships. Oil. Epstein. Slavery. This isn’t a movie plot—it’s Latin America’s powder keg, and President Petro just lit the fuse.
deanblundell.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-c...
🚨 U.S. warships crawling the Caribbean, tensions between U.S, Venezuela over oil & “election fraud,” Petro not buying the narrative. He’s connecting it to desperate elite cover-up—to protect Epstein files, bury client list, & spark a regional implosion
🚨 U.S. warships crawling the Caribbean, tensions between U.S, Venezuela over oil & “election fraud,” Petro not buying the narrative. He’s connecting it to desperate elite cover-up—to protect Epstein files, bury client list, & spark a regional implosion
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Australia Institute research shows the gas industry pays ZERO royalties on more than half the gas exported from Australia.
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Australia Institute research shows the gas industry pays ZERO royalties on more than half the gas exported from Australia.
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Experts have said anti-abortion tactics from the US that focus on late-term abortion – which happens rarely, and for medical reasons – are being imported to Australia to “chip away at rights”.
Experts have said anti-abortion tactics from the US that focus on late-term abortion – which happens rarely, and for medical reasons – are being imported to Australia to “chip away at rights”.
Bill to restrict late-term abortion defeated in South Australia after emotional debate
Amendment would have watered down law to allow abortion only where it would save life of mother or another foetus, or for significant risk of abnormalities
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Experts have said anti-abortion tactics from the US that focus on late-term abortion – which happens rarely, and for medical reasons – are being imported to Australia to “chip away at rights”.
Experts have said anti-abortion tactics from the US that focus on late-term abortion – which happens rarely, and for medical reasons – are being imported to Australia to “chip away at rights”.
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A thinktank known for its rejection of the climate crisis and a conservation group that has opposed renewable energy projects refused to identify their funders during a fiery Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation on Wednesday.
A thinktank known for its rejection of the climate crisis and a conservation group that has opposed renewable energy projects refused to identify their funders during a fiery Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation on Wednesday.
Climate-sceptic IPA refuses to reveal funders in fiery Senate inquiry
Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart has previously donated to Institute of Public Affairs but thinktank won’t say if she remains a donor
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A thinktank known for its rejection of the climate crisis and a conservation group that has opposed renewable energy projects refused to identify their funders during a fiery Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation on Wednesday.
A thinktank known for its rejection of the climate crisis and a conservation group that has opposed renewable energy projects refused to identify their funders during a fiery Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation on Wednesday.
Stop arms for genocide in Sudan actions.eko.org/a/uk-governm...
UK Government: stop arms for genocide in Sudan
RSF paramilitaries just murdered 460 patients, families and medical staff in a maternity hospital in Darfur, in western Sudan. This is the latest horror in Sudan’s two-year genocidal war which has see...
actions.eko.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Stop arms for genocide in Sudan actions.eko.org/a/uk-governm...
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Australia Institute co-Chief Executive Officer Dr Richard Denniss spoke to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee on Monday.
You can read more from Dr Denniss on universities here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/imagine...
You can read more from Dr Denniss on universities here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/imagine...
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Australia Institute co-Chief Executive Officer Dr Richard Denniss spoke to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee on Monday.
You can read more from Dr Denniss on universities here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/imagine...
You can read more from Dr Denniss on universities here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/imagine...
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TONIGHT!
Join Western Sydney Uni VC Prof George Williams, the Hon Dr Andrew Charlton MP, and more for a conversation about fixing Australia's universities!
📅 Western Sydney Uni, Parramatta
📍5.30pm, Wed 12 Nov
This is a FREE event, RSVP here! ⤵️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aiming_higher
Join Western Sydney Uni VC Prof George Williams, the Hon Dr Andrew Charlton MP, and more for a conversation about fixing Australia's universities!
📅 Western Sydney Uni, Parramatta
📍5.30pm, Wed 12 Nov
This is a FREE event, RSVP here! ⤵️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aiming_higher
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
TONIGHT!
Join Western Sydney Uni VC Prof George Williams, the Hon Dr Andrew Charlton MP, and more for a conversation about fixing Australia's universities!
📅 Western Sydney Uni, Parramatta
📍5.30pm, Wed 12 Nov
This is a FREE event, RSVP here! ⤵️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aiming_higher
Join Western Sydney Uni VC Prof George Williams, the Hon Dr Andrew Charlton MP, and more for a conversation about fixing Australia's universities!
📅 Western Sydney Uni, Parramatta
📍5.30pm, Wed 12 Nov
This is a FREE event, RSVP here! ⤵️
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aiming_higher
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“Moderates want net zero to be retained in some form, fearful the party could lose more ground in city seats if it abandons the climate target”
Of course the real pressure is coming from the big polluters & lnp refuse to stand up to them. The elephant in the room👇🏻
“Moderates want net zero to be retained in some form, fearful the party could lose more ground in city seats if it abandons the climate target”
Of course the real pressure is coming from the big polluters & lnp refuse to stand up to them. The elephant in the room👇🏻
November 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“Moderates want net zero to be retained in some form, fearful the party could lose more ground in city seats if it abandons the climate target”
Of course the real pressure is coming from the big polluters & lnp refuse to stand up to them. The elephant in the room👇🏻
“Moderates want net zero to be retained in some form, fearful the party could lose more ground in city seats if it abandons the climate target”
Of course the real pressure is coming from the big polluters & lnp refuse to stand up to them. The elephant in the room👇🏻