@mithril123.bsky.social
Worth a go in Oz
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wales could tax disused plots of land to encourage house building
A Welsh government minister said the plans are about "getting more houses built", not raising money.
www.bbc.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Worth a go in Oz
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Not since Andrew Peacock will we have the chance to enjoy such coiffured incompetence
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Live: Angus Taylor overwhelmingly wins Liberal leadership, Jane Hume voted deputy
Angus Taylor has been chosen as the new Liberal leader after defeating Sussan Ley 34 votes to 17, with Jane Hume elected deputy. Follow live.
www.abc.net.au
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Not since Andrew Peacock will we have the chance to enjoy such coiffured incompetence
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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#BREAKING 🚨 Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas says NSW premier Chris Minns "is responsible for every single injury" at the Sydney march against Isaac Herzog
Protesters were pepper-sprayed and punches thrown, with Thomas saying it "felt like war being waged on us by police"
Protesters were pepper-sprayed and punches thrown, with Thomas saying it "felt like war being waged on us by police"
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 AM
#BREAKING 🚨 Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas says NSW premier Chris Minns "is responsible for every single injury" at the Sydney march against Isaac Herzog
Protesters were pepper-sprayed and punches thrown, with Thomas saying it "felt like war being waged on us by police"
Protesters were pepper-sprayed and punches thrown, with Thomas saying it "felt like war being waged on us by police"
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It's time for the Australian Government to admit we can’t insure our way out of the climate crisis.
It's impossible to get insurance against likely events, and climate disasters are becoming more and more frequent. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
It's impossible to get insurance against likely events, and climate disasters are becoming more and more frequent. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 5:48 AM
It's time for the Australian Government to admit we can’t insure our way out of the climate crisis.
It's impossible to get insurance against likely events, and climate disasters are becoming more and more frequent. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
It's impossible to get insurance against likely events, and climate disasters are becoming more and more frequent. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
"Glencore is a company whose criminality is genomic. In its very DNA lies a flagrant disregard for the law and, indeed, human life. Rio Tinto might just as well explore a merger with the Camorra."
Target acquired - Aim, shoot, fire !
Shame its behind a paywall
www.afr.com/companies/mi...
Target acquired - Aim, shoot, fire !
Shame its behind a paywall
www.afr.com/companies/mi...
Finally, the Rio Tinto-Glencore deal is recognised as the joke it is
What would Rio Tinto shareholders have got out of this? The copper assets could never compensate for the cultural cancer it would have brought.
www.afr.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:14 AM
"Glencore is a company whose criminality is genomic. In its very DNA lies a flagrant disregard for the law and, indeed, human life. Rio Tinto might just as well explore a merger with the Camorra."
Target acquired - Aim, shoot, fire !
Shame its behind a paywall
www.afr.com/companies/mi...
Target acquired - Aim, shoot, fire !
Shame its behind a paywall
www.afr.com/companies/mi...
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"If Australia was serious about investing in health and education, it would be really simple.
"We would stop giving gas away for free and we'd transfer more money to the states to spend on health and education."
- co-CEO Richard Denniss on FIVEAA Adelaide
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
"We would stop giving gas away for free and we'd transfer more money to the states to spend on health and education."
- co-CEO Richard Denniss on FIVEAA Adelaide
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 AM
"If Australia was serious about investing in health and education, it would be really simple.
"We would stop giving gas away for free and we'd transfer more money to the states to spend on health and education."
- co-CEO Richard Denniss on FIVEAA Adelaide
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
"We would stop giving gas away for free and we'd transfer more money to the states to spend on health and education."
- co-CEO Richard Denniss on FIVEAA Adelaide
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
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The shocking brutality behind Gaza’s crumbling ceasefire
The shocking brutality behind Gaza’s crumbling ceasefire
The shocking brutality behind Gaza’s crumbling ceasefire
www.independent.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The shocking brutality behind Gaza’s crumbling ceasefire
“Please tune out Bibi Netanyahu,who exploits tragedy to attack allies only to deflect from his own profound failures as a leader”. Replace Bibi with LNP leadership and there you have it
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
Australia is right to support a two-state solution: former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert
Benjamin Netanyahu had no right to claim Australia “poured fuel on the antisemitic fire” that caused the Bondi massacre, writes Israel’s former prime minister.
www.smh.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
“Please tune out Bibi Netanyahu,who exploits tragedy to attack allies only to deflect from his own profound failures as a leader”. Replace Bibi with LNP leadership and there you have it
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
How did we end up with a Woolies and Cole’s (capitalist) model and here in Switzerland they have 2 co-operatives as their largest food retailers ?
Who got the rough end of the pineapple ?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coop_(S...
Who got the rough end of the pineapple ?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coop_(S...
Coop (Switzerland) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
How did we end up with a Woolies and Cole’s (capitalist) model and here in Switzerland they have 2 co-operatives as their largest food retailers ?
Who got the rough end of the pineapple ?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coop_(S...
Who got the rough end of the pineapple ?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coop_(S...
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The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
August 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
What’s the number of empty long term rentals in Oz? And could the govt incentivise their sale / lease ?
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
Empty home crisis: Why aren't they being used to solve shortages?
There are almost 720,000 empty homes in England. And many more on social housing waiting lists. Is using one to help solve the other a case of a missed opportunity?
bbc.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
What’s the number of empty long term rentals in Oz? And could the govt incentivise their sale / lease ?
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
Ah Services Australia. It’s all in the name isn’t it.
Wasted tens of millions of $ on a Whole of govt ERP template ‘Servicing’ the big 4 and SAP whilst ‘No Services’ at all for some of the more marginalised people in society
#big4
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Wasted tens of millions of $ on a Whole of govt ERP template ‘Servicing’ the big 4 and SAP whilst ‘No Services’ at all for some of the more marginalised people in society
#big4
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
'Should have learned from Robodebt': Welfare payments unlawfully cut off
Almost a thousand jobseekers had their income support payments unlawfully terminated over two years, the federal watchdog has found, cautioning the breach likely had a "profound if not catastrophic" i...
www.abc.net.au
August 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Ah Services Australia. It’s all in the name isn’t it.
Wasted tens of millions of $ on a Whole of govt ERP template ‘Servicing’ the big 4 and SAP whilst ‘No Services’ at all for some of the more marginalised people in society
#big4
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Wasted tens of millions of $ on a Whole of govt ERP template ‘Servicing’ the big 4 and SAP whilst ‘No Services’ at all for some of the more marginalised people in society
#big4
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - genocide in Gaza, lack of courage at the top of the BBC, and how Ukraine could still win alastaircampbell.org/2025/07/425-...
425. Israel, Gaza, and the Definition of Genocide
Is the Israeli government creating a prison camp for Palestinians in Rafah? Why did the BBC drop its documentary investigating Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system? How is Trump still gett...
alastaircampbell.org
July 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - genocide in Gaza, lack of courage at the top of the BBC, and how Ukraine could still win alastaircampbell.org/2025/07/425-...
Once again doing the work of our somnambulic regulators, national treasure #AdeleFerguson #SMH
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Profit comes before safety inside Australia's childcare centres
For those like me who have been investigating childcare for almost a year now, the news was horrifying but not a surprise.
www.abc.net.au
July 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Once again doing the work of our somnambulic regulators, national treasure #AdeleFerguson #SMH
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The NACC, taking a tabloid media approach to rooting out corruption.
2 years in and someone’s got a job for their Fiancé !
How about taking Chris Master on to take a look at the AFP ? “The Moonlight Nation” would be a great reveal
#NACC
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
2 years in and someone’s got a job for their Fiancé !
How about taking Chris Master on to take a look at the AFP ? “The Moonlight Nation” would be a great reveal
#NACC
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Talk him through the lie’: Senior public servant promoted sister’s fiance, forged signature
The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s report included details of text messages between the sisters where they laughed about the plan.
www.smh.com.au
June 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The NACC, taking a tabloid media approach to rooting out corruption.
2 years in and someone’s got a job for their Fiancé !
How about taking Chris Master on to take a look at the AFP ? “The Moonlight Nation” would be a great reveal
#NACC
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
2 years in and someone’s got a job for their Fiancé !
How about taking Chris Master on to take a look at the AFP ? “The Moonlight Nation” would be a great reveal
#NACC
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
If every country did this, no one could be wedged by big tech and their political playthings …
“Canada's 3% digital services tax has been a sticking point in its relationship with the US since the law was enacted last year. The first payments are due on Monday.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Canada's 3% digital services tax has been a sticking point in its relationship with the US since the law was enacted last year. The first payments are due on Monday.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says he is cutting off trade talks with Canada
Canada had been hoping to secure a trade deal with the US next month to avoid steep tariffs.
www.bbc.com
June 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
If every country did this, no one could be wedged by big tech and their political playthings …
“Canada's 3% digital services tax has been a sticking point in its relationship with the US since the law was enacted last year. The first payments are due on Monday.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Canada's 3% digital services tax has been a sticking point in its relationship with the US since the law was enacted last year. The first payments are due on Monday.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Those additional hours performed by workers have not been matched by business investment in systems and technologies”
Lazy C level business culture prioritising share buybacks and dividend returns. We paid gold not peanuts, yet we still got monkeys!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Lazy C level business culture prioritising share buybacks and dividend returns. We paid gold not peanuts, yet we still got monkeys!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Working longer hours is killing productivity, report warns
Australia is facing an urgent productivity problem, with a new report showing the country is at a standstill.
www.abc.net.au
May 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“Those additional hours performed by workers have not been matched by business investment in systems and technologies”
Lazy C level business culture prioritising share buybacks and dividend returns. We paid gold not peanuts, yet we still got monkeys!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Lazy C level business culture prioritising share buybacks and dividend returns. We paid gold not peanuts, yet we still got monkeys!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Gareth Evans was Oz Foreign Minister and the architect of the 1991 Paris Peace Accord, which ended war in Cambodia
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘The time is right’: Labor luminary calls for Netanyahu sanctions, Palestine statehood
Gareth Evans, Labor’s longest-serving foreign minister, rejected claims that recognising a Palestinian state would reward Hamas’ terrorism.
www.smh.com.au
May 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Gareth Evans was Oz Foreign Minister and the architect of the 1991 Paris Peace Accord, which ended war in Cambodia
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Democracy requires the losers to accept the decision of the electorate.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Australians can’t stand sore losers. How did politicians miss the memo?
The growing complaint about the historic May 3 election isn’t only that our voting system is busted. To some, it represents a full-blown conspiracy.
www.smh.com.au
May 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Democracy requires the losers to accept the decision of the electorate.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Interesting to see how this plays out. Government is trying multiple policies including big hike in capital gains tax to promote ownership over lordship.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Spain clamps down on Airbnb as tourism backlash returns for summer
The Spanish government calls for the removal of almost 66,000 property listings saying they breach tourism rules.
www.bbc.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Interesting to see how this plays out. Government is trying multiple policies including big hike in capital gains tax to promote ownership over lordship.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BREAKING NEWS | Spain will propose to the UN that the International Court of Justice rule on Israel's blockade of humanitarian aid in Gaza
ÚLTIMA HORA | España planteará a la ONU que la Corte Internacional de Justicia se pronuncie sobre el bloqueo de Israel a la ayuda humanitaria en Gaza
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
May 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
BREAKING NEWS | Spain will propose to the UN that the International Court of Justice rule on Israel's blockade of humanitarian aid in Gaza
Delusional Reyonlds …
“we have to understand why women have turned away from our party and change."
Maybe buying a bigger mirror would be a good start
#ABC #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
“we have to understand why women have turned away from our party and change."
Maybe buying a bigger mirror would be a good start
#ABC #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
'People aren’t relating to us': Linda Reynolds unloads on Liberal Party
Retiring Liberal senator Linda Reynolds labels the party's federal election campaign a "comprehensive failure", blasting it for not doing more to increase female representation.
www.abc.net.au
May 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Delusional Reyonlds …
“we have to understand why women have turned away from our party and change."
Maybe buying a bigger mirror would be a good start
#ABC #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
“we have to understand why women have turned away from our party and change."
Maybe buying a bigger mirror would be a good start
#ABC #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...