Glenn Connley
@glennconnley.bsky.social
Senior Media Advisor at The Australia Institute
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Loving how commentators are describing it as a battle for the soul of the LNP as though that is a thing that has ever existed.
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Loving how commentators are describing it as a battle for the soul of the LNP as though that is a thing that has ever existed.
When the book about the death of the Liberal Party of Australia is written, this photo of these grinning clowns will be on the cover. So proud to be so obviously on the wrong side of history. They deserve what’s coming.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When the book about the death of the Liberal Party of Australia is written, this photo of these grinning clowns will be on the cover. So proud to be so obviously on the wrong side of history. They deserve what’s coming.
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Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own?
Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today!
My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today!
My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Why does the Albanese Government treat Japan’s energy security as more important than our own?
Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today!
My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Let's hope someone asks Japan's Ambassador when he speaks at the National Press Club today!
My piece at @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Honest Government Ad | Watch out, Canada
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Slowly but surely Australians are starting to understand how they've been screwed by the gas industry and our gutless governments. If only we had a government with a bit of ticker. Or an opposition that had anything relevant to say about anything except itself.
thepoint.com.au/news/251112-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251112-...
Independents’ warning on resources: don’t repeat mistakes of gas exports to Japan
Australians are being massively ripped off. We are paying higher prices for our gas than many of the countries that import our gas.
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Slowly but surely Australians are starting to understand how they've been screwed by the gas industry and our gutless governments. If only we had a government with a bit of ticker. Or an opposition that had anything relevant to say about anything except itself.
thepoint.com.au/news/251112-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251112-...
So, we have a supposedly-progressive government with a massive House majority that could easily pass effective laws to protect the environment - yet their first choice is a dirty deal with the coalition.
Thank goodness for (overworked, under-resourced) crossbenchers holding them to account.
Thank goodness for (overworked, under-resourced) crossbenchers holding them to account.
The EPBC nature laws the govt wants Parliament to pass today would delegate project approvals to the states.
For months the WA govt has been hiding its own report, which shows that its gas industry is driving increased emissions globally.
For months the WA govt has been hiding its own report, which shows that its gas industry is driving increased emissions globally.
Secret report challenges government claim WA gas will help world decarbonise
A secret report undermines the WA government's claim that domestic gas production is helping the rest of the world decarbonise, while the state's own greenhouse gas emissions rise.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So, we have a supposedly-progressive government with a massive House majority that could easily pass effective laws to protect the environment - yet their first choice is a dirty deal with the coalition.
Thank goodness for (overworked, under-resourced) crossbenchers holding them to account.
Thank goodness for (overworked, under-resourced) crossbenchers holding them to account.
"Like a donut, there is nothing in the centre of Australian politics"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
It wasn’t the laws that were too weak to stop those projects, it was the ministers
The Prime Minister is betting that by 2028 people will forget the North West Shelf and EPBC backflips, but it would be a brave backbencher willing to make that same bet.
thepoint.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"Like a donut, there is nothing in the centre of Australian politics"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
What a shock. Taxing the companies which make billions extracting and selling Australia's natural resources raises a lot of money to spend on schools, hospitals, roads and transport.
Even bigger shock - the Murdoch media thinks it's a bad idea 🤭
Even bigger shock - the Murdoch media thinks it's a bad idea 🤭
October 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
What a shock. Taxing the companies which make billions extracting and selling Australia's natural resources raises a lot of money to spend on schools, hospitals, roads and transport.
Even bigger shock - the Murdoch media thinks it's a bad idea 🤭
Even bigger shock - the Murdoch media thinks it's a bad idea 🤭
Reposted by Glenn Connley
October 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Australia and others use the false narrative that China is aggressively asserting ownership of the entire South China Sea to justify sending warships to piss them off.
Here's some interesting context which, frankly, makes us look a bit naive and foolish.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/what-is...
Here's some interesting context which, frankly, makes us look a bit naive and foolish.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/what-is...
What is China really trying to achieve in the South China Sea and do Australian warships make things better or worse?
Ground-breaking new bilingual research by The Australia Institute reveals how tensions in the South China Sea are misunderstood and misrepresented in Australia.
australiainstitute.org.au
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Australia and others use the false narrative that China is aggressively asserting ownership of the entire South China Sea to justify sending warships to piss them off.
Here's some interesting context which, frankly, makes us look a bit naive and foolish.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/what-is...
Here's some interesting context which, frankly, makes us look a bit naive and foolish.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/what-is...
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I asked the @australiainstitute.org.au if the Government's FOI Bill would make another Robodebt more likely.
They said yes.
That alone is grounds enough to bin this bill!
They said yes.
That alone is grounds enough to bin this bill!
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I asked the @australiainstitute.org.au if the Government's FOI Bill would make another Robodebt more likely.
They said yes.
That alone is grounds enough to bin this bill!
They said yes.
That alone is grounds enough to bin this bill!
So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas.
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle
The federal government this week overhauled its superannuation tax reforms. Now the union movement says it should radically overhaul taxes on gas exports.
www.smh.com.au
October 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas.
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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My new report is out - Adani sold coal at mates rates to India, avoiding $400m in royalty payments to Queensland
...and Qld's LNP gov doesn't seem to care.
Thread below on how they did it.
Write up in @australia.theguardian.com
@australiainstitute.org.au
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
...and Qld's LNP gov doesn't seem to care.
Thread below on how they did it.
Write up in @australia.theguardian.com
@australiainstitute.org.au
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Adani denies claims it sold ‘below-market coal’ leading to Queensland missing out on hundreds of millions in royalties
Adani has strongly rejected the Australia Institute’s findings, including that customers paid an average of $102 a tonne in 2022-23
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My new report is out - Adani sold coal at mates rates to India, avoiding $400m in royalty payments to Queensland
...and Qld's LNP gov doesn't seem to care.
Thread below on how they did it.
Write up in @australia.theguardian.com
@australiainstitute.org.au
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
...and Qld's LNP gov doesn't seem to care.
Thread below on how they did it.
Write up in @australia.theguardian.com
@australiainstitute.org.au
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
There's a coal royalty crisis in Queensland, all right. In fact, across Australia.
It's that the greedy, destructive bastards get away with paying bugger-all royalties.
Nobody's putting a gun to the heads of these filthy corporate giants.
Feel free to pack up and leave any time you like.
It's that the greedy, destructive bastards get away with paying bugger-all royalties.
Nobody's putting a gun to the heads of these filthy corporate giants.
Feel free to pack up and leave any time you like.
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
There's a coal royalty crisis in Queensland, all right. In fact, across Australia.
It's that the greedy, destructive bastards get away with paying bugger-all royalties.
Nobody's putting a gun to the heads of these filthy corporate giants.
Feel free to pack up and leave any time you like.
It's that the greedy, destructive bastards get away with paying bugger-all royalties.
Nobody's putting a gun to the heads of these filthy corporate giants.
Feel free to pack up and leave any time you like.
It cracks me up how the Oz and Hun go after the Allan govt. Day after day, it's the same old beat ups and unflattering photos.
Today, Victoria is unlivable due to crime and ungovernable due to the treaty 🤭
All the shouting and lies just backfire. Nobody's listening (/reading). Nobody cares.
Today, Victoria is unlivable due to crime and ungovernable due to the treaty 🤭
All the shouting and lies just backfire. Nobody's listening (/reading). Nobody cares.
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It cracks me up how the Oz and Hun go after the Allan govt. Day after day, it's the same old beat ups and unflattering photos.
Today, Victoria is unlivable due to crime and ungovernable due to the treaty 🤭
All the shouting and lies just backfire. Nobody's listening (/reading). Nobody cares.
Today, Victoria is unlivable due to crime and ungovernable due to the treaty 🤭
All the shouting and lies just backfire. Nobody's listening (/reading). Nobody cares.
Reposted by Glenn Connley
Fun fact: Santos has paid $0 in corporate tax in the last 10y while selling $48bn of Australian gas.
Santos buys gas domestically and sells it overseas, increasing the price of Australian gas in our own market.
Our govt must reserve gas for our domestic industries and homes.
Santos buys gas domestically and sells it overseas, increasing the price of Australian gas in our own market.
Our govt must reserve gas for our domestic industries and homes.
October 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Fun fact: Santos has paid $0 in corporate tax in the last 10y while selling $48bn of Australian gas.
Santos buys gas domestically and sells it overseas, increasing the price of Australian gas in our own market.
Our govt must reserve gas for our domestic industries and homes.
Santos buys gas domestically and sells it overseas, increasing the price of Australian gas in our own market.
Our govt must reserve gas for our domestic industries and homes.
Apart from that, it's all going swimmingly for the federal Liberals ...
October 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Apart from that, it's all going swimmingly for the federal Liberals ...
In the past hour:
Michaelia Cash: “Labor’s soft on borders”.
Ted O’Brien: “Labor spends, we’ll cut”.
Has someone turned the clock back a year or ten?
Do these clowns realise they were slaughtered using these same tired, false lines only 5 months ago?
They are irrelevant.
Michaelia Cash: “Labor’s soft on borders”.
Ted O’Brien: “Labor spends, we’ll cut”.
Has someone turned the clock back a year or ten?
Do these clowns realise they were slaughtered using these same tired, false lines only 5 months ago?
They are irrelevant.
October 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In the past hour:
Michaelia Cash: “Labor’s soft on borders”.
Ted O’Brien: “Labor spends, we’ll cut”.
Has someone turned the clock back a year or ten?
Do these clowns realise they were slaughtered using these same tired, false lines only 5 months ago?
They are irrelevant.
Michaelia Cash: “Labor’s soft on borders”.
Ted O’Brien: “Labor spends, we’ll cut”.
Has someone turned the clock back a year or ten?
Do these clowns realise they were slaughtered using these same tired, false lines only 5 months ago?
They are irrelevant.
AUKUS signed and waved through in 24 hours.
The coalition's defence-spending-to-2.5%-of-GDP policy announced less than a day after the shadow minister heard about it.
Yet it takes years to get not-even-half-decent environmental laws passed in Australia.
Our nation's priorities are screwed.
The coalition's defence-spending-to-2.5%-of-GDP policy announced less than a day after the shadow minister heard about it.
Yet it takes years to get not-even-half-decent environmental laws passed in Australia.
Our nation's priorities are screwed.
October 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
AUKUS signed and waved through in 24 hours.
The coalition's defence-spending-to-2.5%-of-GDP policy announced less than a day after the shadow minister heard about it.
Yet it takes years to get not-even-half-decent environmental laws passed in Australia.
Our nation's priorities are screwed.
The coalition's defence-spending-to-2.5%-of-GDP policy announced less than a day after the shadow minister heard about it.
Yet it takes years to get not-even-half-decent environmental laws passed in Australia.
Our nation's priorities are screwed.
Do you earn the minimum wage?
Perhaps you pick up a casual shift to pay your energy bills.
Either way, you pay more tax than Santos.
Crikey, I contributed more in five minutes than Santos contributes in a decade when I paid gst on my coffee this morning.
Our tax system is cooked.
Perhaps you pick up a casual shift to pay your energy bills.
Either way, you pay more tax than Santos.
Crikey, I contributed more in five minutes than Santos contributes in a decade when I paid gst on my coffee this morning.
Our tax system is cooked.
Big congrats to Santos Ltd!!
10 years. $46.7 billion in sales.
ZERO TAX
New ATO data out today.
@markogge.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au
data.gov.au/data/dataset...
10 years. $46.7 billion in sales.
ZERO TAX
New ATO data out today.
@markogge.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au
data.gov.au/data/dataset...
October 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Do you earn the minimum wage?
Perhaps you pick up a casual shift to pay your energy bills.
Either way, you pay more tax than Santos.
Crikey, I contributed more in five minutes than Santos contributes in a decade when I paid gst on my coffee this morning.
Our tax system is cooked.
Perhaps you pick up a casual shift to pay your energy bills.
Either way, you pay more tax than Santos.
Crikey, I contributed more in five minutes than Santos contributes in a decade when I paid gst on my coffee this morning.
Our tax system is cooked.
The ANU's audited accounts show it made a $90m surplus last year. It says you can't count nearly $250m of its income, so it actually made a huge loss. While it spends lavishly on its executives, it sacks teachers and cuts courses.
This is so dodgy.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-anu...
This is so dodgy.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-anu...
The ANU’s hidden $90m budget surplus
New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.
australiainstitute.org.au
October 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The ANU's audited accounts show it made a $90m surplus last year. It says you can't count nearly $250m of its income, so it actually made a huge loss. While it spends lavishly on its executives, it sacks teachers and cuts courses.
This is so dodgy.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-anu...
This is so dodgy.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-anu...
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If paracetamol causes autism, I wonder what causes you to become an orange far quit? Bleach martinis?
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If paracetamol causes autism, I wonder what causes you to become an orange far quit? Bleach martinis?
Albanese carefully avoids being locked in a room with the orange mad man - again. He does a lot wrong, but the PM has played this beautifully so far.
September 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Albanese carefully avoids being locked in a room with the orange mad man - again. He does a lot wrong, but the PM has played this beautifully so far.
