Jana Armstrong. Layla Jeffrey. Lavanya Chappa. A 17-year-old Yolŋu girl. Four women and girls killed last week alone – the latest victims of a gendered violence epidemic that successive governments have paid little more than lip service to.

A shocking waste of taxpayer funds and completely avoidable. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/14/d...

Seriously, just accept the science. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...

Extreme wealth concentrates economic, political and technological power in the hands of a tiny few. Healthy democracies cannot ignore the question of limits. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...

15% of the $100 billion, is a "conservative estimate" of taxpayer losses to the Big Build scam. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/13/b...

Private schools are pushing to extend a $1.2 billion fund available only to their sector, even as public schools remain below their agreed funding standard. The sweetheart deal should end in 2029, Trevor Cobbald writes. #auspol #Education #SchoolFunding

Research by the Australia Institute shows Australians lost more than $104 billion to gambling between July 2023 and July 2026 – equating to an average of $666 million a week. Read more on The Point ⤵️ https://theaus.in/4fegb8H

At the moment, employers don't have to pay super to underage workers. But why? It's not like those workers don't have to pay tax. Why aren't they paid super? #auspol @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social

The first massacre may have been inadvertent. Strong evidence suggests a smallpox epidemic came from the British colony in 1789. It is likely to have spread thousands of kilometres north and west, lasting decades and killing as many as 220,000 Aboriginal people. theconversation.com/sydneys-1789...

Is it corruption? ...or are the major parties in Australia just lacking the intelligence to analyse complex situations? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/more_fool_me...

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor www.euromedmonitor.org/en

So what will replace democracy in our political systems? pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...

The Socceroos brought Australians of different backgrounds together around a shared hope. The World Cup reminded us that belonging does not require uniformity – only shared purpose, Mainul Haque writes. #Socceroos #MulticulturalAustralia #auspol

No ethics in business? A NSW steel factory is supplying Israel's IDF. www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-wollon...

Nothing to see here. Overlooking the anti in Anti-corruption? www.naccinspector.gov.au/system/files...

Despite the “ceasefire”, civilians are being killed regularly by Israel, and life for Palestinians in Gaza is a living hell, says Antony Loewenstein. The west’s political and media class does nothing, apart from supplying arms and diplo cover to genocidal Israel. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l...

Seriously, just sign the petition. $104 billion lost from Australian pockets since 1 July 2023. nb.australiainstitute.org.au/gambling?

Active US military member Major Jason Watson called for Trump’s and Vance’s impeachment during a protest event on the steps of the Capitol. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...

"You would have to go back way before the noughties to find tax reforms that will make Australia fairer than Labor's reforms passed this week," writes @ebonybennett.bsky.social, Deputy Director of The Australia Institute. Read the full article here ⤵️ https://theaus.in/3QHvcaS

History will expose how we calmly watched a genocide. 1,000 days with a relentless cycle of death, displacement and destruction, reproduced every second before the eyes of a watching world. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...

Good News Dept. Adding water to diesel in 35 peer-reviewed studies showed a 67% reduction in nitrogen oxides and a 68% reduction in particulate matter, the two most harmful outputs of diesel combustion. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/simply-add-w...

Woodside's carbon bomb. "Woodside wants you to think of Browse as just one gas field, tucked neatly 300km off the West Australian coast, minding its own business. Except, it isn’t. Browse is a carbon bomb, and it’s sitting in a queue." thepoint.com.au/opinions/267...

The Nannas are not impressed. The biggest coal project in NSW history, HVO, is now being assessed by the Independent Planning Commission (IPC). If approved, it will produce 430 million tonnes of coal over the next two decades. Submissions close on 29 July. knittingnannas.org/2026/07/07/h...

Sinister move? Big coal, oil and gas corporations are marketing to millions of Australian children through schools, museums, sporting clubs, scholarships and career pathway programs, trying to counter the environmental awareness movement. commsdeclare.org/cradle-to-ca...

A failure of legislation? In the NT near Daly Waters, Tamboran plans to drill through the Cambrian Limestone Aquifer – a vital groundwater system that supports pastoral stations, rivers, creeks, and iconic places like the Roper River and Mataranka Springs. envirojustice.org.au/beetaloo-fed...

Just stop it. The (scientific) case against logging in native forests. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ...

"This is the last time you will see me… They brought me here to kill me. I don't see myself surviving. This is the end." Can Israel sink even lower? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Hey Catholics! Surely this rippoff is a sin. www.crikey.com.au/2026/07/03/c...

The truth behind Palantir. But wait,...there's more! events.humanitix.com/burning-pala... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBW9...

Physicist & chemist Marie Curie was the: + First woman to win a Nobel Prize + First person & only woman to win twice + Only person to ever win a Nobel Prize in 2 different sciences: Physics (1903) & Chemistry (1911) Marie Skłodowska Curie died #OTD in 1934. #WomenInSTEM

NSW Police Minister snubs watchdog. theklaxon.com.au/police-minis...

Nothing to see here. theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

House prices are falling, but the sky isn't! And while there's a lot of worrying about the recent changes to the CGT discount and negative gearing, making housing cheaper, and therefore more affordable, is what it's all about. @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol

Infinite growth on a finite planet is a physical impossibility.

With nationalism on the rise globally, many are looking to promote 'progressive patriotism' as an alternative. But it isn't just about wearing a Socceroos jersey. It means implementing policies that put Australians first - like taxing big gas their fair share! @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

And yet, there is hope. The world of energy is changing markedly, and Australia is at the forefront of that change. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...

Are there still climate-deniers around? theconversation.com/the-worlds-o...

Murdoch's "News" media manufactures controversy to discredit both individuals and what they’re saying, with no regard for its impact on the person being targeted. theconversation.com/friday-essay...

"That does not mean abortion stops. "Safe abortion stops. Having access to healthcare and doctors and trained professionals - that's what stopped." Amy Remeikis on abortion restrictions in the US & recent efforts to roll back access in Australia. 🎧 theaus.in/4oSzIA0

Good News Dept. Pancreatic cancer research shows hope. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Will Trump kill this anti-cancer research? www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Under-reported: While the rich get richer, and richer. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...

"This report must be read, not because it tells us something we didn’t know, but because it records, in painstaking detail, something we already knew and have watched unfold for three years." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...

Follow the money: Deadly Benzene wafts over the Darwin community, and the NT Govt says nothing to see here. theconversation.com/darwin-resid...

Follow the money: Are the Big 4 really too big to fail? theconversation.com/not-fair-and...

Shocking news! BP funds dodgy research. www.propublica.org/article/wedg...

Follow the money and you'll find NSW Liberals. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Don't eat sugar. Is the Australian government funding Indonesian companies accused by the UN of displacing Indigenous peoples to make way for sugarcane production. www.deepcutnews.com/p/taxpayer-f...