@virbonus.bsky.social
Had 1000+ followers on Twitter where I used my real name. Live in Sydney Australia. Retired.Worked as researcher and policy adviser in labour market and vocational education and training. Lifelong environmentalist.
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Almost half being threatened with suspension? In the last quarter? Well done #Labor Can’t even fix this ghastly cruelty for private profit. #BringBackCES www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Almost half of people using employment providers threatened with payment suspensions, new data shows
Government not maintaining ‘effective oversight’, with majority of decisions being overturned, commonwealth ombudsman found
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Almost half being threatened with suspension? In the last quarter? Well done #Labor Can’t even fix this ghastly cruelty for private profit. #BringBackCES www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
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As SAPOL disperse protestors at the energy and mining conference underway at Adelaide Convention Centre - Ecologists in the conference room next-door issue urgent national call: ‘Australia must act now to protect nature’
#ESA2025 conference statement.
#ecology #climatechange #biodiversity
#ESA2025 conference statement.
#ecology #climatechange #biodiversity
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
As SAPOL disperse protestors at the energy and mining conference underway at Adelaide Convention Centre - Ecologists in the conference room next-door issue urgent national call: ‘Australia must act now to protect nature’
#ESA2025 conference statement.
#ecology #climatechange #biodiversity
#ESA2025 conference statement.
#ecology #climatechange #biodiversity
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Pollies and public servants grifted by consultants. @joshbarnettmw.bsky.social goes inside the BOM $96m fancy website spend, and the rest.
(Could have gone to CSIRO scientists)
#pwc #deloitte #accenture
youtu.be/mBbHzJC-aaY?...
(Could have gone to CSIRO scientists)
#pwc #deloitte #accenture
youtu.be/mBbHzJC-aaY?...
Why was the BOM website so expensive? | The West Report
YouTube video by The West Report
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November 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Pollies and public servants grifted by consultants. @joshbarnettmw.bsky.social goes inside the BOM $96m fancy website spend, and the rest.
(Could have gone to CSIRO scientists)
#pwc #deloitte #accenture
youtu.be/mBbHzJC-aaY?...
(Could have gone to CSIRO scientists)
#pwc #deloitte #accenture
youtu.be/mBbHzJC-aaY?...
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Doomsayers proved wrong again as businesses expand and prosper https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/doomsayers-proved-wrong-again-as-businesses-expand-and-prosper,20107?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=IA_Feed #auspol
Doomsayers proved wrong again as businesses expand and prosper
Official data on Australia’s economy continue to undermine the Albanese Government’s critics.
independentaustralia.net
September 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Doomsayers proved wrong again as businesses expand and prosper https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/doomsayers-proved-wrong-again-as-businesses-expand-and-prosper,20107?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=IA_Feed #auspol
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The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years.
CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.
But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures.
Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.
But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures.
Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
August 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years.
CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.
But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures.
Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.
But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures.
Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
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What 200,000 or more people called with a single voice was #SanctionIsrael - why can’t we talk about that? - not views of NSW police on their dodgy views of potential risks that never looked like eventuating #MarchforHumanity
August 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What 200,000 or more people called with a single voice was #SanctionIsrael - why can’t we talk about that? - not views of NSW police on their dodgy views of potential risks that never looked like eventuating #MarchforHumanity
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Listen up, Australia! 👇
July 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Listen up, Australia! 👇
Have I missed the condemnation of Trump's actions in California from our Federal Government?
June 9, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Have I missed the condemnation of Trump's actions in California from our Federal Government?
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In an angry statement, Pacific Elders warn Australia that approving more fossil fuel projects “compromises the security of our Pacific communities and grossly undermines the spirit of partnership and trust in our Pacific family.”
pacificelders.org/statement/au...
pacificelders.org/statement/au...
Australia's decision to extend the Woodside gas project and implications for co-hosting COP31 with the Pacific — Pacific Elders Voice
The Pacific Elders’ Voice notes with deep concern the recent decision by the Government of Australia to extend the lifetime of its Woodside North West Shelf Extension gas project until 2070.
pacificelders.org
June 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
In an angry statement, Pacific Elders warn Australia that approving more fossil fuel projects “compromises the security of our Pacific communities and grossly undermines the spirit of partnership and trust in our Pacific family.”
pacificelders.org/statement/au...
pacificelders.org/statement/au...
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Further evidence that you’ll find gagged scientists and corrupt politicians behind every approval for more fossil fuels in Australia.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
May 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Further evidence that you’ll find gagged scientists and corrupt politicians behind every approval for more fossil fuels in Australia.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Unprecedented peril: disaster lies ahead as we track towards 2.7°C of warming this century
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
Unprecedented peril: disaster lies ahead as we track towards 2.7°C of warming this century
All of human civilisation emerged during unusually benign climate conditions. As temperature records fall and climate damage intensifies, we are beginning to see what happens when we leave it behind.
theconversation.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Unprecedented peril: disaster lies ahead as we track towards 2.7°C of warming this century
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
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Labor’s “light on the hill” now runs on gas flares and shareholder dividends …
#auspol #WTFAlbo #ClimateVandals #NatureVandals
#auspol #WTFAlbo #ClimateVandals #NatureVandals
Excellent article from Ben Eltham. The ALP has become a party of gas evangelists, while endlessly blabbing about net zero. Empty words contradicted by massively destructive action.
#auspol #ALPfail #netzero #climateemergency #ecocide
www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/29/m...
#auspol #ALPfail #netzero #climateemergency #ecocide
www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/29/m...
Watt waves through Woodside, and Labor’s light on the hill becomes a gas flare
The newly minted environment minister faced a stark choice: protect the environment, or approve a massive fossil fuel development that will destroy the environment. He chose destruction.
www.crikey.com.au
May 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Labor’s “light on the hill” now runs on gas flares and shareholder dividends …
#auspol #WTFAlbo #ClimateVandals #NatureVandals
#auspol #WTFAlbo #ClimateVandals #NatureVandals
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Latest future predictions for climate from the @wmo-global.bsky.social
WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2025-2029)
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May 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Latest future predictions for climate from the @wmo-global.bsky.social
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Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
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Meanwhile, South Australia is in drought
High ocean temperatures with algal blooms are causing mass deaths of wildlife, the dead have been washing onto our beaches since March
#auspol
#FFS
#ClimateCrisis
#FFFuckwits making a killing!
High ocean temperatures with algal blooms are causing mass deaths of wildlife, the dead have been washing onto our beaches since March
#auspol
#FFS
#ClimateCrisis
#FFFuckwits making a killing!
Angela is one of thousands living through climate change - right now.
Meanwhile, Murray Watt is deciding whether to approve Woodside’s gas expansion - risking more harm to our communities.
🌊 Share this video to #StandWithSurvivors
🔥 Sign our Declaration bushfiresurvivors.org/declaration
#AusPol
Meanwhile, Murray Watt is deciding whether to approve Woodside’s gas expansion - risking more harm to our communities.
🌊 Share this video to #StandWithSurvivors
🔥 Sign our Declaration bushfiresurvivors.org/declaration
#AusPol
May 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Meanwhile, South Australia is in drought
High ocean temperatures with algal blooms are causing mass deaths of wildlife, the dead have been washing onto our beaches since March
#auspol
#FFS
#ClimateCrisis
#FFFuckwits making a killing!
High ocean temperatures with algal blooms are causing mass deaths of wildlife, the dead have been washing onto our beaches since March
#auspol
#FFS
#ClimateCrisis
#FFFuckwits making a killing!
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Ahmed Eldin | احمد الدين: "A senior Israeli lawmaker—Nissim Vaturi, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset—is calling for Gaza’s women and children to be separated so the men can be executed en masse. This is not a misquote. It’s a genocidal call from the heart of government. And the world says nothing."
May 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ahmed Eldin | احمد الدين: "A senior Israeli lawmaker—Nissim Vaturi, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset—is calling for Gaza’s women and children to be separated so the men can be executed en masse. This is not a misquote. It’s a genocidal call from the heart of government. And the world says nothing."
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I see no sane reason to do this.
But hey, I am not a grifting politician who needs a job after parliament.
We are poorly represented, poorly governed and sadly beholden to grubs who don’t give a fuck about you, the planet or history.
#auspol
But hey, I am not a grifting politician who needs a job after parliament.
We are poorly represented, poorly governed and sadly beholden to grubs who don’t give a fuck about you, the planet or history.
#auspol
May 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I see no sane reason to do this.
But hey, I am not a grifting politician who needs a job after parliament.
We are poorly represented, poorly governed and sadly beholden to grubs who don’t give a fuck about you, the planet or history.
#auspol
But hey, I am not a grifting politician who needs a job after parliament.
We are poorly represented, poorly governed and sadly beholden to grubs who don’t give a fuck about you, the planet or history.
#auspol
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Why wasn’t this on the news @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social ?
400,000 March for Palestine.
London hasn’t forgotten Gaza
400,000 March for Palestine.
London hasn’t forgotten Gaza
May 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Why wasn’t this on the news @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social ?
400,000 March for Palestine.
London hasn’t forgotten Gaza
400,000 March for Palestine.
London hasn’t forgotten Gaza
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Hard not to sense ABC News is getting worse, not better. #auspol #FuckZionism
May 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Hard not to sense ABC News is getting worse, not better. #auspol #FuckZionism
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"I would just ask the media ...look at the science, because your kids, our kids, everyone’s kids, are in for a hellish future in their lifetimes if we don’t get the climate crisis under control."
www.croakey.org/on-the-clima...
www.croakey.org/on-the-clima...
On the climate crisis, some free advice to the media
Introduction by Croakey: As environmental lawyer Senator Larissa Waters assumes her new role as Leader of the Australian Greens –
www.croakey.org
May 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"I would just ask the media ...look at the science, because your kids, our kids, everyone’s kids, are in for a hellish future in their lifetimes if we don’t get the climate crisis under control."
www.croakey.org/on-the-clima...
www.croakey.org/on-the-clima...