Gill King
@gillking.bsky.social
I help people, communities, & organisations to overcome barriers & make conscious choices, to align what they do with their values & concerns. Focus: integrity for a future flourishing in a safe, healthy & habitable climate.
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Gill King
@gillking.bsky.social
· Nov 20
The only flag we need, because we all share the one and only planet on which we live.
Humanity must work as one to stop and reverse damage to the climate, and to adapt to the consequences of damage already done.
#ClimateActionNow
Humanity must work as one to stop and reverse damage to the climate, and to adapt to the consequences of damage already done.
#ClimateActionNow
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Are you wearing your Aussie band t-shirt today? 👕
Australia Institute research shows the number of Aussie artists being streamed online has gone down in recent years, and it's got a lot to do with the algorithms! 🎶
#auspol #ausmusictshirtday @mhharrington.bsky.social
Australia Institute research shows the number of Aussie artists being streamed online has gone down in recent years, and it's got a lot to do with the algorithms! 🎶
#auspol #ausmusictshirtday @mhharrington.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Are you wearing your Aussie band t-shirt today? 👕
Australia Institute research shows the number of Aussie artists being streamed online has gone down in recent years, and it's got a lot to do with the algorithms! 🎶
#auspol #ausmusictshirtday @mhharrington.bsky.social
Australia Institute research shows the number of Aussie artists being streamed online has gone down in recent years, and it's got a lot to do with the algorithms! 🎶
#auspol #ausmusictshirtday @mhharrington.bsky.social
If only everyone were so caring about other people (and their own health).
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If only everyone were so caring about other people (and their own health).
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Oz Music T-Shirt day.
Get 'em out kids!
Get 'em out kids!
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Oz Music T-Shirt day.
Get 'em out kids!
Get 'em out kids!
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Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
Thank you @edhusicmp.bsky.social for daring to #TellTheTruth about Australia's domestic gas supply & price.
#auspol
#auspol
Thank you, Ed Husic.
But would be great if Labor MPs could advocate sensible policies *before* they were kicked out of Cabinet. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But would be great if Labor MPs could advocate sensible policies *before* they were kicked out of Cabinet. #auspol
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‘Our gas, our prices’: Ed Husic breaks ranks with Labor to demand an end to ‘profiteering’ by exporters
Labor MP backs independent’s call for cheaper energy on the east coast by forcing producers to sell cheaper fuel for Australian use
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November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Thank you @edhusicmp.bsky.social for daring to #TellTheTruth about Australia's domestic gas supply & price.
#auspol
#auspol
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Watt's of the Groucho Marx school of policy making — "those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others!"
Actually most of Labor is, Watt's just more nakedly expedient & less inclined to conceal it
Actually most of Labor is, Watt's just more nakedly expedient & less inclined to conceal it
#EPBC Environment Minister "Watt, is open to a deal with the Coalition [..] including revising a new provision designed to block projects that cause an “unacceptable impact” on the environment"
'Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others!' - Groucho Marx #LaborValues
'Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others!' - Groucho Marx #LaborValues
Coalition and Labor negotiate nature laws as Greens warn compromise would show it was ‘written for big business’
Murray Watt says other parties must decide ‘whether they want to see us do a deal with the other side of politics’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Watt's of the Groucho Marx school of policy making — "those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others!"
Actually most of Labor is, Watt's just more nakedly expedient & less inclined to conceal it
Actually most of Labor is, Watt's just more nakedly expedient & less inclined to conceal it
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"Ley said the fact that Watt was simultaneously negotiating with the Coalition & the Greens showed that his main motivation was a “political fix”.
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"Ley said the fact that Watt was simultaneously negotiating with the Coalition & the Greens showed that his main motivation was a “political fix”.
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”
It's true👇
Sign now to defend our ABC from Murdoch's attacks! getup.to/lXkVeOCgCeKNSE #SaveOurABC
Defend our ABC!
Our ABC is under attack by far-right wreckers – we're fighting back.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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At what point will the Liberals decide to turn off the tap that is damaging our climate? Surely being able to actually survive is the #1 priority. @sussanley.bsky.social #ClimateActionNow #auspol
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November 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
At what point will the Liberals decide to turn off the tap that is damaging our climate? Surely being able to actually survive is the #1 priority. @sussanley.bsky.social #ClimateActionNow #auspol
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“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture on the verge of descending into barbarism.”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
April 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture on the verge of descending into barbarism.”
Hannah Arendt
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Sign our petition calling on the Australian government to make the gas industry pay its fair share!
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✍️ SIGN: Demand the gas industry pays its fair share. Fix the PRRT!
The government collects more money from HECS than it does from the PRRT.
Australians are missing out on important revenue for public services while gas companies make record profits.
We need to inc...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Sign our petition calling on the Australian government to make the gas industry pay its fair share!
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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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Australia Institute research shows multinational gas export companies get over half of the gas they export from Australia royalty-free.
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia
✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_...
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia
✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_...
Japan and Australia’s gas-fuelled obsession endures under Asia Zero Emission Community
Japan and Australia enjoy a long-standing relationship when it comes to energy trade. According to Japan, “(t)he energy and resources sector is the
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October 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Australia Institute research shows multinational gas export companies get over half of the gas they export from Australia royalty-free.
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia
✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_...
Add your name to the call to impose royalties on all gas exported from Australia
✍️ nb.australiainstitute.org.au/collect_gas_...
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Because Australia gives so much of our gas away for free, Japan gets it so cheap it makes a profit selling it to other countries!
"We are disincentivising Japan to do anything about their emissions."
- Chief Economist Greg Jericho at our #RevenueSummit25
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
"We are disincentivising Japan to do anything about their emissions."
- Chief Economist Greg Jericho at our #RevenueSummit25
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Because Australia gives so much of our gas away for free, Japan gets it so cheap it makes a profit selling it to other countries!
"We are disincentivising Japan to do anything about their emissions."
- Chief Economist Greg Jericho at our #RevenueSummit25
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
"We are disincentivising Japan to do anything about their emissions."
- Chief Economist Greg Jericho at our #RevenueSummit25
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
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Essential workers facing a dearth of affordable rentals. An inadequate national patchwork of renters rights. Solutions? Fix the tax system, build affordable & public 🏘️ 🏠
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Australia’s rental affordability 'myth' that doesn’t match reality
Workers in critical sectors are frequently locked out of affordable housing — and not just in capital cities, a new report says.
www.sbs.com.au
October 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Essential workers facing a dearth of affordable rentals. An inadequate national patchwork of renters rights. Solutions? Fix the tax system, build affordable & public 🏘️ 🏠
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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- Masks aren't a free pass to break the law, but this won't target extreme protesters, it will target every day people
- For example for health reasons, people wear masks to not get sick, a legitimate reason to mask
- They also want to hide identity, due to family violence
3/5
- For example for health reasons, people wear masks to not get sick, a legitimate reason to mask
- They also want to hide identity, due to family violence
3/5
October 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
- Masks aren't a free pass to break the law, but this won't target extreme protesters, it will target every day people
- For example for health reasons, people wear masks to not get sick, a legitimate reason to mask
- They also want to hide identity, due to family violence
3/5
- For example for health reasons, people wear masks to not get sick, a legitimate reason to mask
- They also want to hide identity, due to family violence
3/5
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- Mask bans are hard to enforce fairly, how do you know who is immuncompromised in real time
- Blanket mask bans penalise many for the behaviour of a few
5/6
- Blanket mask bans penalise many for the behaviour of a few
5/6
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
- Mask bans are hard to enforce fairly, how do you know who is immuncompromised in real time
- Blanket mask bans penalise many for the behaviour of a few
5/6
- Blanket mask bans penalise many for the behaviour of a few
5/6
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I don't think we should talk about climate change anymore, we should talk about kitchen-table issues. Like how climate change will destroy your kitchen table and everything else you have
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I don't think we should talk about climate change anymore, we should talk about kitchen-table issues. Like how climate change will destroy your kitchen table and everything else you have
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Her point is that we need to raise productivity, reduce emissions and increase revenue… guess why does that? Yep a carbon tax.
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Her point is that we need to raise productivity, reduce emissions and increase revenue… guess why does that? Yep a carbon tax.
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She points out to meet our carbon reduction targets we need it basically double the cuts we’re currently doing
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
She points out to meet our carbon reduction targets we need it basically double the cuts we’re currently doing
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Now Dr Ingrid Burford talking on “Carbon Tax: The Price of Doing Nothing” #RevenueSummit
October 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Now Dr Ingrid Burford talking on “Carbon Tax: The Price of Doing Nothing” #RevenueSummit
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The ACTU’s Liam O’Brien talking about the rort that is the PRRT #RevenueSummit
October 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The ACTU’s Liam O’Brien talking about the rort that is the PRRT #RevenueSummit
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You can read more about it here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/actu-pl...
ACTU plan to tax gas exports would cut energy bills and allow government to triple spending on housing
Analysis by The Australia Institute shows ACTU Secretary Sally McManus’s call for a 25% tax on revenue from gas exports to replace the “broken” Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) would raise around $1...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
You can read more about it here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/actu-pl...
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More amazing form from Canberra Liberals - Elizabeth Lee and Peter Cain crossed the floor on, of all things, parliament sitting for an extra week and are now apparently suspended from the party room. #actpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Elizabeth Lee and Peter Cain suspended from Canberra Liberals party room
Canberra Liberals leader Leanne Castley has immediately suspended Elizabeth Lee and Peter Cain from the party room, and is seeking to remove them permanently.
www.abc.net.au
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
More amazing form from Canberra Liberals - Elizabeth Lee and Peter Cain crossed the floor on, of all things, parliament sitting for an extra week and are now apparently suspended from the party room. #actpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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