@rukitty.bsky.social
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#esa2025 Greens need to not do a Safeguard or Nature Repair-style flop and not cave to these absurd crumbs offerings #EPBCAct
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Labor offers Greens forestry deal in exchange for support on environment laws
The ABC has been told the federal government is willing to ensure native forestry complies with tougher new standards within three years if the Greens back the reforms.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#esa2025 Greens need to not do a Safeguard or Nature Repair-style flop and not cave to these absurd crumbs offerings #EPBCAct
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
"In the bigger picture, the result adds to a string of tactical retreats for the small-target Albanese government... Woodside, meanwhile, seems to get whatever it wants."
@roycerk2.bsky.social does not miss in this excellent article
@roycerk2.bsky.social does not miss in this excellent article
reneweconomy.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"In the bigger picture, the result adds to a string of tactical retreats for the small-target Albanese government... Woodside, meanwhile, seems to get whatever it wants."
@roycerk2.bsky.social does not miss in this excellent article
@roycerk2.bsky.social does not miss in this excellent article
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Idc about any high minded analysis, the Mamdani thing is funny
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Idc about any high minded analysis, the Mamdani thing is funny
It seems obvious to me Labor aren't willing to do a deal with the Greens. That's fine *shrugs* the Greens should block it. If Labor aren't willing to do the minimums of protecting native forests and fighting Climate Change. Then let Labor explain that to the voters.
Once again Labor are blaming The Greens for being “blockers” instead of admitting that they are asking The Greens to vote for watered down climate and nature policies.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It seems obvious to me Labor aren't willing to do a deal with the Greens. That's fine *shrugs* the Greens should block it. If Labor aren't willing to do the minimums of protecting native forests and fighting Climate Change. Then let Labor explain that to the voters.
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The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves.
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves.
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
and the Genocide continues...
Israel is still holding 80 Palestinian medical workers hostage in its torture camps. There, Israeli soldiers and camp guards are beating, abusing, and starving them while denying them medical care.
Israel must be held accountable for its continued war crimes.
Israel must be held accountable for its continued war crimes.
The Gazan doctors still languishing in Israeli prisons
While some were released in the ceasefire, Israel still holds 80 Palestinian medical workers without charge. Their families are demanding their freedom.
ow.ly
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
and the Genocide continues...
Justice will have to be done. And Australia must play a role in seeking it.
The Gaza genocide is likely one of the leading causes of child death in the world, academics have found
Gaza genocide 'one of leading causes of child death in the world', study finds
www.thenational.scot
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Justice will have to be done. And Australia must play a role in seeking it.
When it comes to conspiracies I always think about the "accidental" death of a UN leader in a Chinese corruption scandal. I swear I've never seen another story about it since.
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
When it comes to conspiracies I always think about the "accidental" death of a UN leader in a Chinese corruption scandal. I swear I've never seen another story about it since.
Great Interview
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Great Interview
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NEW In the heart of the Eurasian steppe, a #BronzeAge metropolis has been unearthed, showing that the settlements of nomadic steppe societies were just as sophisticated as contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations.
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
NEW In the heart of the Eurasian steppe, a #BronzeAge metropolis has been unearthed, showing that the settlements of nomadic steppe societies were just as sophisticated as contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations.
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
🏺 #Archaeology
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The Gaza peace signing ceremony was the leaders of the US, Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey going "hey world, you can stop paying attention to this and feeling bad about it now"—without any Israelis or Palestinians participating—and much of the world going "thank you, finally, you guys are the best."
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Gaza peace signing ceremony was the leaders of the US, Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey going "hey world, you can stop paying attention to this and feeling bad about it now"—without any Israelis or Palestinians participating—and much of the world going "thank you, finally, you guys are the best."
Great article
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Great article
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Out the front… (sound up).
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Out the front… (sound up).
The biggest issue here is immediately after winning reelection Labor approved the North West Shelf and wrote an environmental policy which deliberately undermined climate action. The LNP don't believe in climate change but Labor absolutely won't do anything about it.
"Losing faith: new research shows young Australians have no confidence in either side of politics to tackle climate change"
#ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251114-...
#ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251114-...
Losing faith: new research shows young Australians have no confidence in either side of politics to tackle climate change
Fewer than a quarter of young Australians trust the nation's political leaders on climate
thepoint.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The biggest issue here is immediately after winning reelection Labor approved the North West Shelf and wrote an environmental policy which deliberately undermined climate action. The LNP don't believe in climate change but Labor absolutely won't do anything about it.
Its also good to remember just how immediately bad and unpopular Abbot's and Scomo's governments were. The problem with getting important reforms passed ala Rudd07 Carbon Trading is parliamentary numbers. If anything a better reform would be to get rid of 6 year senate terms.
This is a good lesson for Australia. If you can't do anything in a 3 year term, you can't do it in 4, or apparently 5. The problem is not the term length, the problem is the culture and incompetence of the politics of the people who rise to the top in our parties.
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Its also good to remember just how immediately bad and unpopular Abbot's and Scomo's governments were. The problem with getting important reforms passed ala Rudd07 Carbon Trading is parliamentary numbers. If anything a better reform would be to get rid of 6 year senate terms.
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This is a good lesson for Australia. If you can't do anything in a 3 year term, you can't do it in 4, or apparently 5. The problem is not the term length, the problem is the culture and incompetence of the politics of the people who rise to the top in our parties.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is a good lesson for Australia. If you can't do anything in a 3 year term, you can't do it in 4, or apparently 5. The problem is not the term length, the problem is the culture and incompetence of the politics of the people who rise to the top in our parties.
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Me Too gets talked about as a reaction to Trump’s first election in quasi-psychoanalytic terms, like it was a repressed confrontation with an unreachable, displaced enemy. But you could also see it as a very straightforward and conscious retort to Trumpism’s professed values!
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Me Too gets talked about as a reaction to Trump’s first election in quasi-psychoanalytic terms, like it was a repressed confrontation with an unreachable, displaced enemy. But you could also see it as a very straightforward and conscious retort to Trumpism’s professed values!
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Responding to our 'More homes, better cities' Grattan report, Professor Nicole Gurran wrote that our plan to boost housing supply needed a 'reality check' in part because 'building completions fall when prices stagnate'. Here's why that argument misses the mark. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Responding to our 'More homes, better cities' Grattan report, Professor Nicole Gurran wrote that our plan to boost housing supply needed a 'reality check' in part because 'building completions fall when prices stagnate'. Here's why that argument misses the mark. 🧵
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Liberals are having a Joyce Carol Oates love-fest because ultimately it doesn't matter how Islamophobic you are, as long as you can do a Pelosi clapback at Musk
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Liberals are having a Joyce Carol Oates love-fest because ultimately it doesn't matter how Islamophobic you are, as long as you can do a Pelosi clapback at Musk
It was @alicektg.bsky.social who noted in an interview with George Megalogenis most millennials will not vote for a party who does not take Climate Change seriously. The reason LNP are failing in urban/suburban seats is because that is where millennials and Gen Z live and work.
New figures show Coalition's 'existential' millennial problem getting worse
As Liberals prepare to fly to Canberra to hash out their net zero stance, results from the Australian Election Study suggest those under 45 have continued to drift away from the Coalition.
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It was @alicektg.bsky.social who noted in an interview with George Megalogenis most millennials will not vote for a party who does not take Climate Change seriously. The reason LNP are failing in urban/suburban seats is because that is where millennials and Gen Z live and work.
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Whitlam Dismissal take
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Whitlam Dismissal take
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
The greatest achievement of the Dismissal has been the crushing of the ALP’s ambition to actually bring a better world into being.
Hawke sealed the deal by making the mark of success decent management of a capitalist economy.
Now it’s just ambition to be in government.
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I will not be watching or reading any "analyses" about the Democratic party in D.C. I know all about them & their complicity. I'm not interested and I choose to reclaim my time and attention.
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I will not be watching or reading any "analyses" about the Democratic party in D.C. I know all about them & their complicity. I'm not interested and I choose to reclaim my time and attention.
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
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Israeli occupation forces forcibly expelled the elderly Palestinian Umm Zuhri Shweiki from her home in Silwan’s Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, handing the property to Israeli settlers.
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Israeli occupation forces forcibly expelled the elderly Palestinian Umm Zuhri Shweiki from her home in Silwan’s Batn al-Hawa neighborhood, handing the property to Israeli settlers.
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If Chris Minns stubbed his toe, he'd say the answer is more police powers.
Cops aren't the solution to racism, they're the problem.
It's already a crime to incite hatred based on race, but the cops didn't care - in fact they approved the Form 1 for the rally!
Cops aren't the solution to racism, they're the problem.
It's already a crime to incite hatred based on race, but the cops didn't care - in fact they approved the Form 1 for the rally!
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
If Chris Minns stubbed his toe, he'd say the answer is more police powers.
Cops aren't the solution to racism, they're the problem.
It's already a crime to incite hatred based on race, but the cops didn't care - in fact they approved the Form 1 for the rally!
Cops aren't the solution to racism, they're the problem.
It's already a crime to incite hatred based on race, but the cops didn't care - in fact they approved the Form 1 for the rally!