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The Aukus nuclear submarine deal and Australia’s involvement in military conflicts will be considered by a secretive new committee of federal parliament, dubbed a “closed shop” by the Greens over plans to exclude minor parties and independents.
Everything else is s**t
Albanese Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus –but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will b appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Albanese Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus –but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will b appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will be appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The Aukus nuclear submarine deal and Australia’s involvement in military conflicts will be considered by a secretive new committee of federal parliament, dubbed a “closed shop” by the Greens over plans to exclude minor parties and independents.
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The EPBC is a planning instrument and while this bill is stronger with the Greens’ amendments, it will not secure a safe climate and protect biodiversity.
Read more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-onl...
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australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-onl...
The only thing that can save the environment is stopping new gas and coal
The EPBC is a planning instrument and while this bill is stronger with the Greens' amendments, it will not secure a safe climate and protect biodiversity.
australiainstitute.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The EPBC is a planning instrument and while this bill is stronger with the Greens’ amendments, it will not secure a safe climate and protect biodiversity.
Read more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-onl...
Read more ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-onl...
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The Government's changes to our environment laws fail to address the biggest threat to our environment - climate change caused by fossil fuels.
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Government's changes to our environment laws fail to address the biggest threat to our environment - climate change caused by fossil fuels.
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
🔊Co-CEO Leanne Minshull
@leanneminshull.bsky.social #auspol
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Excellent question from @mon4kooyong.bsky.social on the disgusting deal done with Nauru - pathetic response from @tonyburkemp.bsky.social echoing the type of bullshit language used by Scott Morrison #auspol #qt
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Excellent question from @mon4kooyong.bsky.social on the disgusting deal done with Nauru - pathetic response from @tonyburkemp.bsky.social echoing the type of bullshit language used by Scott Morrison #auspol #qt
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It's the last day of parliament and I am all out of fucks to give:
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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live.thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It's the last day of parliament and I am all out of fucks to give:
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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"The... massive windfall gain for gas companies has not led to a windfall in revenue of the government in the form of the petroleum resource rent tax – if anything, revenue has fallen." – Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, The Australia Institute
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"The... massive windfall gain for gas companies has not led to a windfall in revenue of the government in the form of the petroleum resource rent tax – if anything, revenue has fallen." – Greg Jericho, Chief Economist, The Australia Institute
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/gas-exp...
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It’s clear the only thing Labor responds to is political pressure.
Help us take on the big corporations & the major parties.
Join the Greens >> greens.org.au/join
Help us take on the big corporations & the major parties.
Join the Greens >> greens.org.au/join
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greens.org.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It’s clear the only thing Labor responds to is political pressure.
Help us take on the big corporations & the major parties.
Join the Greens >> greens.org.au/join
Help us take on the big corporations & the major parties.
Join the Greens >> greens.org.au/join
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Labor’s draft laws were written to fast-track corporate profit.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Labor’s draft laws were written to fast-track corporate profit.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
Now, native forest logging will be included under Federal enviro laws, after being exempt for over two decades.
We’ve closed the loopholes for land clearing, giving protections to critical habitat & the reef.
Reposted by Liz Furler
But Labor still refuses to take meaningful climate action.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
But Labor still refuses to take meaningful climate action.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.
This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.
But we’ll keep fighting.
Reposted by Liz Furler
The Greens have secured enviro laws with new protections for native forests & stopped Labor from fast-tracking coal & gas.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Greens have secured enviro laws with new protections for native forests & stopped Labor from fast-tracking coal & gas.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
We’ve got outcomes that forest campaigners have fought for across decades.
We’ve made it harder for big corporations to keep wrecking our environment.
Reposted by Liz Furler
Reposted by Liz Furler
It will only affect First Peoples, migrants, refugees, single parents, workers earning under $80k p.a., Muslims, homeless & all Centerlink recipients. It has been crafted so as not to affect a single hair on the head of the LibLAb constituency or poor unfortunates referred to the LibLab NACCery.
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It will only affect First Peoples, migrants, refugees, single parents, workers earning under $80k p.a., Muslims, homeless & all Centerlink recipients. It has been crafted so as not to affect a single hair on the head of the LibLAb constituency or poor unfortunates referred to the LibLab NACCery.
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We know and we are sorry...
Colombian President Petro Says Venezuela Oil 'At Heart' of Trump Aggression | Common Dreams
"He’s not thinking about the democratization of Venezuela, let alone the narco-trafficking," said the Latin American leader. "In general, all of the wars of this century had to do with oil."
www.commondreams.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We know and we are sorry...
Can you say 'death to the IDF'? NSW Police say no.
A Wagga Wagga artist is contesting a fine for 'offensive language' – a case that could have major implications for free speech in NSW.
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
A Wagga Wagga artist is contesting a fine for 'offensive language' – a case that could have major implications for free speech in NSW.
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
Can you say 'death to the IDF'? NSW Police say no.
A Wagga Wagga artist is contesting a fine for 'offensive language' – a case that could have major implications for free speech in NSW.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Can you say 'death to the IDF'? NSW Police say no.
A Wagga Wagga artist is contesting a fine for 'offensive language' – a case that could have major implications for free speech in NSW.
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
A Wagga Wagga artist is contesting a fine for 'offensive language' – a case that could have major implications for free speech in NSW.
open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
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unfortunately, choosing a 'fixer' instead of a principled approach to what sustains our lives & livelihoods seems entirely consistent with the worldview & modus operandi of the Albo govt
🧵The @albomp.bsky.social govt’s regard for the environment lies somewhere between indifference & hostility
Devolving Cwealth powers of enviro protection to the states & territories under Bilateral Agreements is a continuation of the contempt with which they have treated environmental policy-making:
Devolving Cwealth powers of enviro protection to the states & territories under Bilateral Agreements is a continuation of the contempt with which they have treated environmental policy-making:
Devolving Commonwealth powers for environmental protection & assessment to states & territories is a longstanding goal of Big Business that the LNP repeatedly failed to accomplish
👀post👇 for why It's a terrible idea
Will the @albomp.bsky.social govt deliver to Big Business what the LNP couldn't❓
👀post👇 for why It's a terrible idea
Will the @albomp.bsky.social govt deliver to Big Business what the LNP couldn't❓
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
unfortunately, choosing a 'fixer' instead of a principled approach to what sustains our lives & livelihoods seems entirely consistent with the worldview & modus operandi of the Albo govt
Reposted by Liz Furler
Leak comes as OBR accidentally uploaded their forecasts early (not HMT's fault!)
But surely huge consequences for OBR - blind fury about this in government
But surely huge consequences for OBR - blind fury about this in government
BREAKING The entire Budget has leaked early
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Leak comes as OBR accidentally uploaded their forecasts early (not HMT's fault!)
But surely huge consequences for OBR - blind fury about this in government
But surely huge consequences for OBR - blind fury about this in government
Reposted by Liz Furler
Philippine socialist leader: Youth upsurge challenges corruption, dynastic rule https://www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/world/philippine-socialist-leader-youth-upsurge-challenges-corruption-dynastic-rule #auspol
Philippine socialist leader: Youth upsurge challenges corruption, dynastic rule
Major anti-government protests took place in the Philippines on September 21 — adding to the youth-led anti-government protests across the region. To get a sense of this movement, Green Left spoke to Sonny Melencio, chairperson of the Party of the Labouring Masses (PLM).
www.greenleft.org.au
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Philippine socialist leader: Youth upsurge challenges corruption, dynastic rule https://www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/world/philippine-socialist-leader-youth-upsurge-challenges-corruption-dynastic-rule #auspol
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A clear distinction between universities boards ( packed with business managers ) with their top level management and academics - the academics being grounded in evidenced based decision making and data
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A clear distinction between universities boards ( packed with business managers ) with their top level management and academics - the academics being grounded in evidenced based decision making and data
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😳 wtf?
Australia's top universities seek changes to key environmental reform
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
😳 wtf?
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Where can I sign up for "personalized up-to-the-minute weather forecasts accurate to 10 metres"?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Have you seen the new BoM website? Everyone is so mad about it | First Dog on the Moon
We just want things to work! Why is that too much to ask at the end of the world?
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Where can I sign up for "personalized up-to-the-minute weather forecasts accurate to 10 metres"?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Neoliberal IFS wants govt to ditch the triple lock on state pension.
Silence on corporate welfare, taxing the rich/corporations.
UK state pension is almost the worst in Europe.
2m retirees live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
How many pensioners does the IFS kill?
archive.ph/AaLRa
Silence on corporate welfare, taxing the rich/corporations.
UK state pension is almost the worst in Europe.
2m retirees live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
How many pensioners does the IFS kill?
archive.ph/AaLRa
The UK must remove the pension triple lock
With each economic shock, it ratchets up the value of state retirement payments relative to average earnings
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Neoliberal IFS wants govt to ditch the triple lock on state pension.
Silence on corporate welfare, taxing the rich/corporations.
UK state pension is almost the worst in Europe.
2m retirees live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
How many pensioners does the IFS kill?
archive.ph/AaLRa
Silence on corporate welfare, taxing the rich/corporations.
UK state pension is almost the worst in Europe.
2m retirees live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
How many pensioners does the IFS kill?
archive.ph/AaLRa
Reposted by Liz Furler
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"If what we want is a more peaceful world, do we really want a financial system that was framed in wartime for the benefit of one party?" 👇terrific discussion.
youtu.be/Ze82ybiBnac?...
youtu.be/Ze82ybiBnac?...
Former Fed Insider Explains New BRICS Monetary System
YouTube video by Reinvent Money
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"If what we want is a more peaceful world, do we really want a financial system that was framed in wartime for the benefit of one party?" 👇terrific discussion.
youtu.be/Ze82ybiBnac?...
youtu.be/Ze82ybiBnac?...
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Carbon removal isn’t an option I’m afraid. There is simply no extant or likely future tech, nature based or mechanical, that can do this at a scale relevant for climate policy. This was a pretty disappointing discovery for me too 😞. Also adds to the urgency of ending fossil carbon burning.
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Carbon removal isn’t an option I’m afraid. There is simply no extant or likely future tech, nature based or mechanical, that can do this at a scale relevant for climate policy. This was a pretty disappointing discovery for me too 😞. Also adds to the urgency of ending fossil carbon burning.
Science is crystal clear here. Our only chance to recover back to a stable and safe climate is to accelerate the phase-out of fossil-fuels, remove carbon and invest in nature (on land and in the ocean), and do that without trading off between them.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Science is crystal clear here. Our only chance to recover back to a stable and safe climate is to accelerate the phase-out of fossil-fuels, remove carbon and invest in nature (on land and in the ocean), and do that without trading off between them.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...