Governments are designing tax laws based on advice from the BIG4, who also advise the super rich on how to avoid said taxes, based on the loopholes that have been designed into the laws based on the advice from the BIG4!!! youtu.be/vPZRDt1kcV8

We're early!

A 5% wealth tax on Australia’s billionaires just last year could have raised $17.4bn – enough to deliver cheap childcare for all families, extend energy bill relief for another two years and increase the humanitarian budget almost seven times over, Tierney said. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"If you give me $1.5b AUD then I'll keep the peace" www.reuters.com/world/europe...

On a train for my first day back on site (been wfh the past two weeks and had flu). One person had too much perfume on and now someone else has music on too loud through their headphones and I can hear it! Sensory overload!! 🤯

“A report by climate scientists and financial experts has warned that the world may have seriously underestimated the rate of warming and faces “planetary insolvency”..” Read more at www.newscientist.com/article/2511...

Oh dear :( youtu.be/ygdX7ueucic?...

Western Australia! I am going to be in your soon! I'm bringing my latest solo show, Unbelievable to Perth Fringe World and Rocky Fringe. Unbelievable is a storytelling show that audiences in Melbourne loved! Come see it for yourself! fringeworld.com.au/whats-on/luc...

Are we trying to cram all of the year's news into January or something

“Don’t feel for a minute that we don't have power. Don't think for a minute we can’t drive change.” – Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO of The Australia Institute Read more from Dr Richard Denniss on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260109-...

On the phone with them right now. You can host the armed goons terrorizing our families, or you can host us.

FFS World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What the actual fucking fuck is this hell scape?

The world is so fucked right now. I just tried to give a loved one a pen to travel with, but they realised the pen says Trans Rights and they're travelling through LA, so they said they'd better not take that pen 🤦 Also I was going to post this on IG and then though I'd better not!

Jan 2026 is here! 2026 is here and I'd like to cheer you up a bit

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I think 12 ye old me's reading of WH contributed to me letting people treat me badly - I thought love was supposed to be painful, violent, uncontrollable! This article is the first I've read that resonates with my realisation of how utterly dysfunctional that was! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251... 👇

Wow. So the government could have introduced other policies that protect all of us? Who'd have thunk that was an option...

At this rate the plaque will be underwater before very long...

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

2026 is shaping up to be a big year of action across the West. Sunbury locals gathered 3,264 signatures for a petition to halt the proposed waste incinerator — triggering a debate in Parliament early next year. Bring it on! #SpringSt

Australia Institute research shows Australian nurses pay more in tax than the gas industry. How’s that fair? Sign our petition calling on the government to fix our gas export problem: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem

WOW! Just when I thought things couldn't get much worse...

"The Australian Government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply all of Australia’s gas power stations for 60 years” – Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, The Australia Institute ✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...

Capitalism: What’s yours is mine, what’s mine is mine, what’s theirs is mine, all mine mine mine.

👇"We’re being sold a myth that technology will be our salvation, when, in fact, digitalization with no regard for its consequences is killing us www.jackcentral.org/opinion/god-...

A quite balanced piece about the action by these brave souls from @risingtideaus.bsky.social THANK YOU from me to you!

In amongst all the steps backwards that governments seem to be making, there are also the occasional forward steps. Tuesday December 9th. #vicpol #springst

NGL at one point during the day I wasn't sure I had the spoons to go to the Midsumma festival program launch, but I had great company and we had a lovely evening and I even got excited - about queer art, queer joy, and queer community 💓💜💙

"a multibillionaire... might view democracy as a potential threat to net worth. Control over a significant share of the dwindling number of media outlets would enable you to effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of you and other plutocrats www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Elon Musk's Reality Distortion Machine Just Glitched www.readtpa.com/p/elon-musks...

Sometimes it takes a comedian like Rhys Nicholson to point out why the government's policy is laughable. #SpringSt #FridayFunny #RelaxTheLaws www.instagram.com/p/DRBLML2CDS8/

Today, the Vic Upper House will debate our motion to decriminalise cannabis as a simple and modest step towards a legal market. We’re wearing ‘Labour for cannabis reform’ t-shirts to remind the government that their own members have voted for change. It's time. #SpringSt

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Beautiful words about this important moment

Ending poverty would create conducive environments, improve the quality of life for children, and significantly reduce behaviours that put children at risk.

"Tougher sentencing is the easy path... we need investment in a better community... early interventions... mentoring, education alternatives and pathways to skills and trades. none of these interventionist options are as expensive as holding a kid in jail for years" www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

"If NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon is seriously expecting anyone to buy his “the Nazis ate our homework” excuse for why his force didn’t prevent this from happening, or take any action to end it, then he’s already marked himself as the wrong man for the job" www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/11/n...

Upsurge in White Nationalism Signifies the Deep Divisions in Australian Society. Paul Gregoire, published on 16 Sep 2025. Fact Checked. www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/upsurge...

It’s November 2025! Fringe is over and life is moving pretty fast!

"It doesn't matter whether the National Party believes in climate change, I promise everybody's insurance company believes in climate change." - co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks the National Party abandoning net zero on ABC News #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

This really stood out for me: If we can afford inequity, we can afford to fix it... The AIHW underscores the need for housing-first models: secure homes as the foundation for wellbeing, not the pay off for surviving without one open.substack.com/pub/thespenc...

Phew! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The final nail in the coffin of a habitable planet Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green Datacentres’ total electricity consumption could double from 2022 levels to 1,000TWh (terawatt hours) in 2026 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Fear not fellow Melburnians! Susan Ley's claim that we're the crime capital is unfounded! theconversation.com/is-melbourne...