Here's an idea for tax reform:

1. stop subsidising gas and coal mining
2. start making them pay their fair share of tax

You can help by adding your name to our petition to increase the PRRT: theaus.in/increasePRRT #auspol

70% of regional Australians in renewable energy zones support the development of renewable energy projects on local farmland, a new survey has found.
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Fuck sake

Superannuation is not for inheritance, and the benefits should not go to those who are using them only to avoid paying tax. #auspol

@grogsgamut.bsky.social
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Labor’s push to ban social media for teens while ignoring the harm of gambling ads is a glaring double standard. Why fast-track unproven social media laws but sideline gambling ad reform—something over 70% of Australians support?

#BanGamblingAds

Anthony Albanese and Mark Dreyfus have failed whistleblowers and Australians. It’s been left to the crossbench (Pocock, Lambie, Haines & Wilkie) to introduce a Bill to strengthen Australia's whistleblower protection laws and establish a Whistleblower Protection Authority. 🤷‍♂️ #auspol

"a year after her death, the recommendations of the brave Peta Murphy with multi-partisan support showed us a path forward, but our government caved in to vested interests."

Tim Costello on the government's failure on gambling advertising reform. #auspol
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Today I introduced this in Parliament. It’s time the Big Tech giants were made to manage their algorithms to make our online experience safe, time we stopped asking users and parents to be the solution to social media harm. The operators of these platforms should step up. My Bill would achieve that.

Lest we forget

Gutless from Govt.

There’s a clear path through parliament for gambling advertising reform with support of crossbench - even the coalition to a point.

Why won’t they prioritise an issue that’s so important to our communities & protecting young people?
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Robodebt brought fear and misery to tens of thousands of Australians. Some killed themselves. Yet still these four arseholes escape untouched.

This is a good result for Albanese but let no one ever forget that the Bali 9 would have faced justice in Australia were it not for their betrayal by then AFP Cmr Mick Kelty (later disgraced when he alerted Ben Roberts-Smith he was being investigated for war crimes).
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This is our newest arrival. I found him on the streets absolutely broken yesterday. He had given up.

I’m very hopeful we can help him recover and give him hope again.

I called him Pedro. His life is already improving (1/5) 🧵

It seems employer lobby groups will say anything to wind back workers rights. Here ACCI says small business owners are suffering from mental health problems because of multiemployer bargaining. Small businesses are exempt from multiemployer bargaining!!!!

Our kids need some protection from the absurdly powerful tech giants. There’s no duty of care, no reg’s, they can just mess with whoever they want. Age bans may not be it, but who’s got something else? It’s just left to parents to battle the tech giants, brain manipulation, algorithms, culture,

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