James
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“In just four years, multinational companies made $170 billion exporting Australian gas royalty-free”
The Australia Institute
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
The Australia Institute
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“In just four years, multinational companies made $170 billion exporting Australian gas royalty-free”
The Australia Institute
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
The Australia Institute
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
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God forbid that we'd tax gas companies or tech giants or superannuation funds properly tho
🚨 BREAKING: Brand new @ACOSS report finds 1 in 7 Australians are living in poverty, including 757,000 children. Millions of families are struggling while our leaders sit on their hands and let it happen.
Poverty in Australia 2025: Overview – Poverty and Inequality
povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
God forbid that we'd tax gas companies or tech giants or superannuation funds properly tho
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I’m sure this point has been made elsewhere but not only did they openly lie about how many recommendations were in the robodebt final report, the one they erased was to reform FOI and now they’re heading in the opposite direction. Surprise is not a feature of my reaction.
Minister for protecting gambling is now minister for wrecking FOI
Labor plans to make it harder to access government information
A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.
www.abc.net.au
September 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I’m sure this point has been made elsewhere but not only did they openly lie about how many recommendations were in the robodebt final report, the one they erased was to reform FOI and now they’re heading in the opposite direction. Surprise is not a feature of my reaction.
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on the weekend I was talking to a bloke that runs a concrete business. A developer he did work for just phoenixed owing $4.7mil to sub-contractors. Sold his $4mil house to his wife for $40k just beforehand. Owes $1mil to the ATO. I get yelled at if there's a can of coke on a fuel reciept.
every damn housing announcement by MPs should include questions about how the hell this was ever allowed to happen, and what they are going to do now to fix it
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
He was trusted with $92m to build homes but allegedly spent it on gambling and cars
David McWilliams took millions of dollars from investors by saying he was building houses for people with profound disabilities. Despite having his assets frozen, Four Corners can reveal he is still l...
www.abc.net.au
August 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
on the weekend I was talking to a bloke that runs a concrete business. A developer he did work for just phoenixed owing $4.7mil to sub-contractors. Sold his $4mil house to his wife for $40k just beforehand. Owes $1mil to the ATO. I get yelled at if there's a can of coke on a fuel reciept.
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Why would anyone want to get relations ‘back on track’ with a nation committing genocide?
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
'Back on track'? Why that's the wrong question on Israel
After all we've seen in Gaza, when do we stop pretending that Israel has any moral authority to criticise any other nation state?
www.thenewdaily.com.au
August 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Why would anyone want to get relations ‘back on track’ with a nation committing genocide?
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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The "Canberra fix" we should worry about is how huge corporations devote all their efforts to protecting themselves and extracting favours from government.
A roundtable of corporate clowns exposes the real 'Canberra fix' plaguing our economy
www.crikey.com.au
August 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The "Canberra fix" we should worry about is how huge corporations devote all their efforts to protecting themselves and extracting favours from government.
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If we treat the housing crisis like we do climate change it will be easy to reach that target.
Just bring in 'housing offset schemes' where companies get ax breaks for not demolishing housing, experiment with 'housing capture and storage technology' etc
Just bring in 'housing offset schemes' where companies get ax breaks for not demolishing housing, experiment with 'housing capture and storage technology' etc
July 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
If we treat the housing crisis like we do climate change it will be easy to reach that target.
Just bring in 'housing offset schemes' where companies get ax breaks for not demolishing housing, experiment with 'housing capture and storage technology' etc
Just bring in 'housing offset schemes' where companies get ax breaks for not demolishing housing, experiment with 'housing capture and storage technology' etc
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One of the things I most resent about AI is the way it has inserted itself, unwelcomed, between me and my students, especially the ones I don't know all that well yet. I hate that every time I read a piece of student writing a small piece of me is thinking "is this a robot or a person?"
Numerous teachers told me that they are wasting many hours of their lives giving thoughtful feedback to robots
June 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
One of the things I most resent about AI is the way it has inserted itself, unwelcomed, between me and my students, especially the ones I don't know all that well yet. I hate that every time I read a piece of student writing a small piece of me is thinking "is this a robot or a person?"
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ACT Senate 2CPs
Pocock 75.6-24.4 Liberal
Labor 72.3-27.7 Liberal
Pocock 60.0-40.0 Labor
Lib result so terrible that even if only one of Pocock or Labor contested Libs still wouldn't have won a seat.
Pocock 75.6-24.4 Liberal
Labor 72.3-27.7 Liberal
Pocock 60.0-40.0 Labor
Lib result so terrible that even if only one of Pocock or Labor contested Libs still wouldn't have won a seat.
May 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
ACT Senate 2CPs
Pocock 75.6-24.4 Liberal
Labor 72.3-27.7 Liberal
Pocock 60.0-40.0 Labor
Lib result so terrible that even if only one of Pocock or Labor contested Libs still wouldn't have won a seat.
Pocock 75.6-24.4 Liberal
Labor 72.3-27.7 Liberal
Pocock 60.0-40.0 Labor
Lib result so terrible that even if only one of Pocock or Labor contested Libs still wouldn't have won a seat.
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Three Chinese warships sailed into Sydney Harbour in June 2019
At the time reportedly unannounced
The Government of the day was … umm … the LNP Government
The Defence Minister was Linda Reynolds
The Home Affairs Minister was - checks notes - one Peter Dutton ...
#auspol
At the time reportedly unannounced
The Government of the day was … umm … the LNP Government
The Defence Minister was Linda Reynolds
The Home Affairs Minister was - checks notes - one Peter Dutton ...
#auspol
March 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Three Chinese warships sailed into Sydney Harbour in June 2019
At the time reportedly unannounced
The Government of the day was … umm … the LNP Government
The Defence Minister was Linda Reynolds
The Home Affairs Minister was - checks notes - one Peter Dutton ...
#auspol
At the time reportedly unannounced
The Government of the day was … umm … the LNP Government
The Defence Minister was Linda Reynolds
The Home Affairs Minister was - checks notes - one Peter Dutton ...
#auspol
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Of course they came first for Trans Men and Women because that’s what the Nazis did.
You go after the smallest most vulnerable groups and then you see you get away with it and you keep on going.
You go after the smallest most vulnerable groups and then you see you get away with it and you keep on going.
Really good post from @michaelwaters.bsky.social . defector.com/the-trans-sp...
The Trans Sports Ban Portends Something Much Darker | Defector
On Jan. 14, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban trans girls and women from every level of sport, in every state in America. The text of the cynically titled “Protection of W...
defector.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Of course they came first for Trans Men and Women because that’s what the Nazis did.
You go after the smallest most vulnerable groups and then you see you get away with it and you keep on going.
You go after the smallest most vulnerable groups and then you see you get away with it and you keep on going.
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#Breaking: Jacqui Lambie announces a Bill to restrict the pay of Departmental Secretaries. While most Australians are struggling with the cost of living crisis, Secretaries are on $900K+ salaries; some are on more than a million. #ForServiceNotProfit #auspol 1/2
January 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
#Breaking: Jacqui Lambie announces a Bill to restrict the pay of Departmental Secretaries. While most Australians are struggling with the cost of living crisis, Secretaries are on $900K+ salaries; some are on more than a million. #ForServiceNotProfit #auspol 1/2
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A bit of a personal note. I’m working on a paper on wage theft from staff at Australian universities at the moment.
The level of wrongdoing is nuts. We’re up to $265m in underpayments that have been admitted to by Australian public universities.
No university VCs have faced any consequences
The level of wrongdoing is nuts. We’re up to $265m in underpayments that have been admitted to by Australian public universities.
No university VCs have faced any consequences
January 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A bit of a personal note. I’m working on a paper on wage theft from staff at Australian universities at the moment.
The level of wrongdoing is nuts. We’re up to $265m in underpayments that have been admitted to by Australian public universities.
No university VCs have faced any consequences
The level of wrongdoing is nuts. We’re up to $265m in underpayments that have been admitted to by Australian public universities.
No university VCs have faced any consequences
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We need a balanced industry policy that prioritises manufacturing here. Throwing another $200M at one of billionaire Gina Rinehart’s mines to export processed rocks for foreign value-adding while the Whyalla steelworks withers away shows @albomp.bsky.social’s got the balance wrong. #auspol
Commonwealth to invest a further $200m in rare earth mining project backed by Gina Rinehart
National reconstruction fund to buy stake in Arafura Rare Earth’s planned facility 135km north of Alice Springs
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We need a balanced industry policy that prioritises manufacturing here. Throwing another $200M at one of billionaire Gina Rinehart’s mines to export processed rocks for foreign value-adding while the Whyalla steelworks withers away shows @albomp.bsky.social’s got the balance wrong. #auspol
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No, I don't f**king want to pay for AI that I never asked for. So please ask me if I want it first, and when I say "No", leave my plan alone.
More multinationals shovelling craphole AI down your throat.
More multinationals shovelling craphole AI down your throat.
January 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
No, I don't f**king want to pay for AI that I never asked for. So please ask me if I want it first, and when I say "No", leave my plan alone.
More multinationals shovelling craphole AI down your throat.
More multinationals shovelling craphole AI down your throat.
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Government funded lawyers have convinced the new Administrative Review Tribunal of a secrecy loophole that’ll deny any public scrutiny of Dutton’s $331B nuclear power program🤦♂️. It’s a dangerous decision that I’m appealing in the Federal Court. 👇Read👇 #auspol
Dangerous Tribunal decision paves way for Dutton to keep nuclear blow-outs secret - Michael West
The new Administrative Review Tribunal just ruled the $2B, no $6B, no $12B Snowy 2.0 project immune from public scrutiny. The decision paves the way for secrecy over Peter Dutton’s nuclear. Rex Patric...
michaelwest.com.au
December 26, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Government funded lawyers have convinced the new Administrative Review Tribunal of a secrecy loophole that’ll deny any public scrutiny of Dutton’s $331B nuclear power program🤦♂️. It’s a dangerous decision that I’m appealing in the Federal Court. 👇Read👇 #auspol
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What a legacy of failure from successive Coalition/Labor governments. A manufactured crisis requiring us to import gas - when we’re one of the largest gas exporters. There’s no limit to the gas cartel’s manipulation of governments or the gouging of consumers. #auspol
‘Time is running out’: Victoria, NSW turn to gas imports as energy crisis nears
Governments are rushing to kickstart Australia’s first-ever gas imports, despite the nation being a top global exporter of the fossil fuel.
www.smh.com.au
December 26, 2024 at 9:36 PM
What a legacy of failure from successive Coalition/Labor governments. A manufactured crisis requiring us to import gas - when we’re one of the largest gas exporters. There’s no limit to the gas cartel’s manipulation of governments or the gouging of consumers. #auspol
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Our official inflation rate is but a fraction of the real cost increases being endured by the majority of Australians. At #election2025 Albo will be spruiking about the light at the end of the tunnel, but most electors will be distracted just trying to make ends meet. #auspol
December 25, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Our official inflation rate is but a fraction of the real cost increases being endured by the majority of Australians. At #election2025 Albo will be spruiking about the light at the end of the tunnel, but most electors will be distracted just trying to make ends meet. #auspol
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And still no local content quotas for the streamers, even while they collect govt subsidies AND avoid paying tax here
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
Investment in film and TV made in Australia plummets by almost 30%, report finds
Global streaming platforms biggest investors but Australian company Stan contributed the most locally produced titles
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 9:40 PM
And still no local content quotas for the streamers, even while they collect govt subsidies AND avoid paying tax here
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...
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Australians should probably be a little less smug about our healthcare as bulk billing doctors become rarer and rarer and gaps become wider. Where do you reckon this is going, exactly?
December 12, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Australians should probably be a little less smug about our healthcare as bulk billing doctors become rarer and rarer and gaps become wider. Where do you reckon this is going, exactly?
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This is an absolutely incredible example of how, if you ever decide to engage with a right-wing media outlet, *how* you do it almost perfectly. Bravo @risingtideaus.bsky.social!
Sky News Host PANICS During Climate Activist Interview
YouTube video by fusion
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:16 PM
This is an absolutely incredible example of how, if you ever decide to engage with a right-wing media outlet, *how* you do it almost perfectly. Bravo @risingtideaus.bsky.social!
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$28 million for Macquarie Harbour "to help salmon companies that are foreign-owned, been making a mincer out of us for years & years & years...their profits are huge & yet, they haven't paid any tax for 3 years.
Why aren't they cleaning up their own mess?"
- Senator Jacqui Lambie #auspol
Why aren't they cleaning up their own mess?"
- Senator Jacqui Lambie #auspol
December 6, 2024 at 12:51 AM
$28 million for Macquarie Harbour "to help salmon companies that are foreign-owned, been making a mincer out of us for years & years & years...their profits are huge & yet, they haven't paid any tax for 3 years.
Why aren't they cleaning up their own mess?"
- Senator Jacqui Lambie #auspol
Why aren't they cleaning up their own mess?"
- Senator Jacqui Lambie #auspol
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Bullshit. People who can afford it are taking up private health insurance because the public system is failing them.
#AusPol
#AusPol
Mental health, endometriosis treatment behind a spike in young people taking up private health insurance
Despite a cost-of-living crisis, young people aged 25 to 29 have had the biggest take-up of private health insurance over the last year.
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Bullshit. People who can afford it are taking up private health insurance because the public system is failing them.
#AusPol
#AusPol