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If dystopia is the new norm, @amyremeikis.bsky.social asks, does it have to be so dumb?

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It's all just so stupid, isn't it? - Amy Remeikis
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the flurry of crises – and that's by design, writes Amy Remeikis
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November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Politics 101: Learning the wrong lesson every time

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Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time
If one thing is true for all mainstream political parties, it’s that they will always learn the wrong lessons.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Spoke to the lovely people at 7am Podcast about why nothing shill save Sussan Ley’s leadership and why the Coalition’s ongoing climate mess sucks for us all

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November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There are very important things charities should do. Just providing outsourced government services isn't one of them.
When public services become PR: How charities and corporations blur the line between care and self-promotion
There are certainly cases where working with a charity lets government draw on specific expertise and enhance service delivery. But too often, that’s not the case.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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All of this and also try telling it to Bob Brown and Rodney Croome as well.
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the dire state of our press, writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social

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Australian journalism prizes 'objectivity' over truth
The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the state of our press
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October 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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It’s truly not that complicated

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October 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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"It does not matter if Albanese meets Trump or not. Nothing said in that room would be binding for any longer than it takes the President to finish a Big Mac. "
The Pacific has dealt Australia two smackdowns. That's a problem
The Pacific has lost patience with Australia – proving that the old ways of doing business with our regional neighbours no longer cut it.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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The Coalition is choosing to ignore its own history. Labor isn’t brave enough to push back. And now we’re having an immigration discussion that is AT THE BEHEST OF LITERAL NAZIS. FFS

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Fascism rises, and we are caught between craven and unwilling
Here we are. Trapped between those who flirt with far-right ideologies for political gain and those unwilling to make the stand it demands.
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September 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
If events around the world are sending you insane you’re not alone, and there’s a name for it

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If events around the world are sending you insane, you're not alone
The normalisation of blatant inequality, outrage and a broken world order is sending us insane, but there is an alternative.
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June 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Coalition's predictable split is a poser for Labor.

Will Labor save the Libs or govern for all of us?
Why this all-too predictable divorce is really a big question for Labor
Once the schadenfreude settles, there are some very serious questions to be asked about the Coalition’s split.
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May 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The whole scam is falling apart. Even the largest carbon offset company is disowning the govt certification scheme.
May 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Here it is, finally. The truth.

In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product
May 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The end of the road for carbon offsets.
Energy Australia apologises to 400,000 customers and settles greenwashing legal action
Energy Australia says carbon offsetting ‘not the most effective way’ to reduce emissions
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May 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Liberal Party is lost in the wilderness of irrelevancy.

Just ignore them.
Liberal party is lost in the wilderness of irrelevancy
The Liberal party is so convinced of its own reflection is has offered up continuity with change as the best answer for moving forward.
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May 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Nothing now stands the way of Labor and ambitious, progressive reform
"What the Liberal Party does next is important to them and irrelevant to Australia."
Nothing stands the way of Labor and ambitious, progressive reform
The big question now is whether the second term Labor government will make the big changes that Australians clearly want and need.
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May 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We're about to see who the Australian Labor party is.
Australia rejected the right's agenda, we'll see if Labor do the same
We are about to find out whether the Labor government has the bravery to govern without the approval of right-wingers.
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May 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Alternate headline - Don’t fuck it up
If Labor doesn’t do something with power this time round (assuming the polls and vibe are right) to materially change people’s lives for the better, they risk consigning themselves to irrelevancy
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If the Albanese government is re-elected, it needs to do more
If Albanese and Labor don’t do something with power to measurably improve people’s lives this time around, they risk losing it all.
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May 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A big lie exposed. The Japanese do not need our gas!
The real beneficiaries of Australians gas exports
Australians are often told they face gas shortages, while, thanks to Australia, Japan has adequate gas and also on-sells to other countries.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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