The $300 energy rebate won't be extended for struggling citizens in 2026 but The commonwealth government and the NSW government will underwrite costs from Snowy-Hydro to guarantee affordable power for the Tomago aluminium smelter owned by Rio Tinto it's unclear how much this will cost... 🤦‍♀️

Australia Institute research shows 80% of Australia’s gas is exported by multinational gas corporations, who then tell us we have a gas shortage. Big Gas is Taking the Piss. Add your name to the call to fix Australia's gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem

Even more US military assets coming to Australia. More US bases. More US weapons. Celebrating a dominant foreign government sending its military into our harbours and cities and taking multiple footholds here … it’s cringeworthy, tragic and wrong.

Fresh insight into why Labor is refusing to release the AUKUS review. US Undersecretary of Defence Elbridge Colby is backgrounding journalists on the upcoming US National Defence Review, calling Israel an “partner” and Australia “dependent.” That’s how they think. thenightly.com.au/politics/aus...

Why do Australian taxpayers have to cover Rio Tinto's energy costs? It's the world's second largest mining company! FFS! Sick of this crap. #auspol

'So far, Australia has forcibly sent four men to Nauru from [the "NZYQ" cohort], in exchange for more than $400m upfront and up to $70m a year. The scheme is expected to cost Australia $2.5bn over 30 years.' Fighting Tories doesn't come cheap.

Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, spotted at Donald Trump’s 1920s, Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson was also reportedly there, but her office declined to confirm whether Hanson attended.

Why isn't non-Murdoch media asking Lachlan Murdoch every day why his Fox Network is Trump's chief propaganda unit? Why does he get to hide out in Australia while running cheerleading for the ruin of America's justice, health & rights systems?

We don’t have a gas shortage, we have a gas export problem. Santos are gaming the system and pushing up the price of gas paid by 🇦🇺 households & industry. We don’t need new projects, we need to reserve uncontracted export gas for 🇦🇺 now! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

SA is showing leadership and common sense by banning AI in election ads. The Federal govt should follow their lead and protect our democracy from the misuse of generative AI. www.innovationaus.com/sa-cracks-do...

Fun fact: Santos has paid $0 in corporate tax in the last 10y while selling $48bn of Australian gas. Santos buys gas domestically and sells it overseas, increasing the price of Australian gas in our own market. Our govt must reserve gas for our domestic industries and homes.

Electricity generated from renewable sources has surpassed the amount of electricity generated from coal in Australia for the first time. www.theguardian.com/... One Big Chart from @nickevershed.bsky.social

Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The People vs. Robodebt illustrates one of the most shameful episodes in modern Australian history. Why those senior figures who birthed this disgusting tumour are not in jail is beyond comprehension. #auspol www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

We don’t share values with that country anymore. Call out any Australian politician you hear/see saying that we do. It’s a fantasy to hold onto the idea that we do and should remain close to the United States.

What good is your performative recognition of Palestine when in the next breath you sign a cheque for $10m to Elbit Systems – the Israeli arms giant whose drones and targeting systems are used to massacre Palestinians, including the strike that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom?

The way this country continues to systemically punish our most vulnerable to truly shocking. More than 300,000 Australians had Centrelink payments cancelled illegally, new analysis shows www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Good news. #Trump has given Australia valid reason to pull out of #AUKUS & #ANZUS. Both are useless and grossly and undeniably expensive. Trump's diary confirms no #Albanese meeting www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/u...

This is very good news. Meeting Trump is a bad idea that never helps anyone or any country. Stay as far away from the fetid, racist, sex pest as you can. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia must stop outsourcing our security to the US. As @johnmenadue argues, it’s time to disengage diplomatically from a dangerous ally and stand on our own two feet. #AUKUS #AusPol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...

What arrogance for Australia to behave in such a way with Vanuatu No wonder the deal was not ready for Anthony Albanese to sign. We must stop behaving like an overbearing and patronising colonial master. #auspol #vanuatu #pacificnations

@sallymcmanus.bsky.social How is it possible that the HWU Victoria continue to operate with the very same 'union representatives' who stood by and enabled Diana Asmar et al to rort union funds for personal gain? Health Workers deserve better than that.

It's been so many years that I forgot how demeaning and infuriating applying for JobSeeker is. I'm on hour three of filling in forms and I only just got to the new horror that is Workforce Australia Job Seeker Snapshots. And I won't even speak to a human until mid next week at the earliest.

They banned plastic straws to save the turtles, and then quietly approved seven major coal mine expansions in just 90 days, locking in enough carbon to double Australia’s annual emissions. That’s like quitting heroin… and replacing it with a full-blown meth habit. #auspol #ClimateCrisis

So turns out it's not a $400m deal Australia has done with Nauru - it's a $2.5 billion over the next 30 years 🤯 Big revelation at snap senate inquiry hearing asking the Dept of Home Affairs about the Govt’s agreement with Nauru to send asylum seekers there.

The modern ALP are very very bad at institutional partisan politics. It is in their BEST interests to massively EXPAND open government through FOI and concrete it in, because they govern in a way that more harm will come to the Libs then themselves. Plus it's good www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia just cracked the code on shipping hydrogen around the world – and it's not what you'd expect. Here's why this changes everything. Forget giant pressure tanks and cryogenic nightmares....

It’s time to quit AUKUS. The US is not a reliable or trustworthy nation. AUKUS is bleeding Australia of much needed cash. Spend OUR money on housing, health, free education k to university, renewables, infrastructure, FNs & closing the gap, women & girls, aged care, public servants, NACC/ICAC…

The US wants Australia for the money, it wants us for the bases, and then they treat us with contempt.

“Australia currently hosts more than 260 data centres, about a third of which are in Sydney… all 89 of those located there currently draw from the public drinking water supply — but this can't last forever.” #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Radioactive waste … Defence … six year #FOI battle. It could just as easily be an Australian story. 1/2 #auspol

Dear AUS PM @albomp.bsky.social Are there ANY procedures in place for interviewing dual Australian-Israeli citizens returning to Australia who served with the IDF in Gaza? What if there was video of them boasting about committing war crimes? Would there be ANY consequences? #auspol #GazaGenocide

The apartment lights go out. The smart shutters start to roll up. An internet-connected boiler is remotely turned on. But the residents didn’t trigger any of these actions. It’s a demonstration of how AI can be hacked to create real-world havoc.

And, another ugly cheater to the core... with his "nobody does it better than, ME" Face plant, 🙏🏼‼️

The revolving door between government jobs and the defence industry is especially problematic when we see massive contracts awarded without due process. My CleanUp Politics Act would close that door & stop senior public servants & politicians using insider knowledge in their post-politics careers.

ACTU priority: Time to bite the bullet’ on ending tax benefits for wealthy property investors ~ Cap Gains Tax Discount and Neg Gearing. Key to fixing massive intergenerational housing inequality. Momentum builds. #auspol

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Despite being a convicted rapist in custody awaiting sentence, Gareth Ward, the MP for Kiama, remains a member of the Legislative Assembly, drawing a base salary of more than $170,000 courtesy of NSW taxpayers.

Its much worse than you Know: the Southern ocean current has inverted: instead of pumping cold fresh nutrient filled water north to cool and feed the oceans, it is pumping warm salty nutrient poor water north causing massive weather changes. The Ocean food chain is broken: bsky.app/profile/ogre...

Humpback whales now migrate weeks early, signaling big ocean changes ->Earth.com | #Wildlife #Ocean #Whale | More info from EcoSearch

Reminder: If you hear anyone claiming the #MarchForHumanity #SaveGaza March across the Sydney Harbour Bridge today in support of Palestine is somehow anti-Semitic,the Jewish Council of Australia supports it. 👇 And here's their full media release: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/08/medi...

It's like the Australian government is taking my hard-earned tax dollars and putting them into the pockets of a twice-bankrupted sex predator and rumoured paedophile.

The federal government has found consultancy firm PwC Australia is an ethically sound company and lifted a long-term ban on it working with departments, despite an ongoing police investigation into the company. But the firm, which sold its entire government consulting business for just $1…

Don't know about Morrison. But the (Australian) guy that started Hillsong, Brian Houston, definitely could've been there. It fits the timeline. Don't know if Morrison knew Houston back then. We definitely deserve to need to know.

Labor has subsidised the US war machine to the tune of $1.6 billion (so far) for absolutely nothing in return 🤷

An Aboriginal man has been kept in isolation for 500 days in Yatala prison in South Australia. The legal limit for isolation is 15 days. He was charged with assaulting a prison officer in an act he says was self defence. His Elders are extremely concerned and this torture must end.

Xi’s warm welcome of Albanese, and predictable press conference, is designed to remind Australia (and the world) that they have choices. The US is no longer the only superpower on the block. #auspol #ChinaVisit

The evidence of the direct export of several F-35 aircraft parts from an Australian RAAF base by plane to Israel means that the Australian Government is directly breaching the International Court of Justice and UN calls. @PeterCronau #auspol #Israelpalestine

Just a reminder

this is the big news we should be sharing today www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...