"It's about values, it's about our sense that this is ultimately unfair." @lindsayowens.bsky.social from @groundwork.bsky.social on the consolidation of corporate power, World Cup ticket prices & the US economy under Trump. 🎧 theaus.in/4oJeKDv @emmashortis.bsky.social

The latest Dollars & Sense is up. Talking about inflation CGT and the press gallery. australiainstitute.org.au/post/inflati...

Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis. Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention. So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption. 1/ Here it is - in one🧵

"He's been having the mullet" Proof that migrant families understand the essence of Australian cultural life better than a certain senator. Go Socceroos. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

There are no neat dividing lines between sport & politics. And Donald Trump seems to be going out of his way to reinforce that point. @lindsayowens.bsky.social joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss World Cup ticket prices & the consolidation of corporate power under Trump. 🎧 theaus.in/4oJeKDv

Incredible that giving Elon land for free to play with rockets wasn't even the worst suggestion

"Donald Trump was never anti-war." @emmashortis.bsky.social & @mattduss.bsky.social on Trump's violent foreign policy. "If he imagines it can be a quick, glorious victory, as he believes Venezuela was, then he will almost certainly do Cuba." 🎧 theaus.in/4vPI8dq

Always a treat to have Matt on After America.

As usual, @mattduss.bsky.social brings the most radical ideas! Rules-based order but for real? What? Plus a great chat about what a more progressive US-Australia relationship might look like.

Rules-based order...but let's do it for real? "I want a world that's based on rules & not just the power of violence." @mattduss.bsky.social & @emmashortis.bsky.social discuss American power & progressive foreign policy on the latest episode of After America. 🎧 theaus.in/4vPI8dq

Donald Trump pledged to reach a better deal with Iran than the Obama administration negotiated in 2015. He hasn’t – and probably won’t. @mattduss.bsky.social & @emmashortis.bsky.social discuss the war on Iran, Cuba, UFC & prospects for a more progressive Australia-US alliance. 🎧 theaus.in/4vPI8dq

Cuts to NDIS funding would have a serious, lasting impact on people living with disability & their families. @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss new house price data & what it could mean if the government’s NDIS cuts pass through parliament. 🎧 theaus.in/4eDkVFz

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The latest Dollars & Sense is up - talking GDP, datacenters and minimum wage (and @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social being a content creator) australiainstitute.org.au/post/data-ce...

Security boi brain really is something. www.aspistrategist.org.au/sorry-mr-car...

Australians lose $32 billion to gambling every year. "We are the biggest losers in the world per capita when it comes to gambling," says Martin Thomas, CEO of the Alliance for Gambling Reform. "It's reshaping a whole generation." 🎧 bit.ly/4nXsbPW @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol

We had our own little Shangri-la Dialogue right here in the People's Republic of Victoria. Spoke about Aukus, the Australia-US alliance & Pete Hegseth's atrocious US flag pocket square.

"So instead of some new submarines, or a new submarine, that we're *definitely* going to get... "It's all gonna be old submarines that we're *definitely* going to get?" @emmashortis.bsky.social & @angusrb.bsky.social on the latest update to the AUKUS submarine deal. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4u5tWf5

As Trump blusters over Iran, prospects for real peace in the region slip further away. @emmashortis.bsky.social examines the latest AUKUS submarine announcement & how the Trump administration is facilitating the demise of the international order the US helped create. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4u5tWf5

My late grandma was the last Broncos supporter in my family. We went to every home game together for years. I'm supremely confident she would go fucking nuclear on the club if she was around to see this.

“Dr Orr believes Australia ultimately faces only two viable strategic paths: complete military integration with the United States, or the pursuit of its own nuclear deterrent.” Men. Like can you just not.

On Football Christmas, this made me pretty sad.

The US & Australian governments insist that the AUKUS submarine deal is "full steam ahead". But there appears to be a big gap between that political rhetoric & the reality, says Guardian journalist Ben Doherty. "The US is getting slower at building submarines, not faster." 🎧 theaus.in/43vlCKI

Despite the global upheaval caused by the Trump administration, the Australian government is trying to plough on with AUKUS as if Biden was still in charge. Guardian journalist Ben Doherty joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss Australia's gamble on the AUKUS submarine deal. 🎧 theaus.in/43vlCKI

To be better than 2015 deal, Iran has to: Give up all HEU and not produce any for 15 years, agree to very few centrifuges and stocks of U gas or ore so it cannot build even 1 bomb for 15 years, accept the most intrusive IAEA inspections, ban all weapon related work forever. I'll wait for text.

Outstanding piece by Ben Doherty. He went to Tony Abbott's talk so you don't have to. #auspol

Had a fun time discussing gas with @grogsgamut.bsky.social & saying the word 'memewar' into a microphone.

The latest Dollars & Sense pod is up - Fear campaigns, lies and misinformation: calling bullshit on them all australiainstitute.org.au/post/fair-di...

Australia could raise around $17 billion a year – enough to fund free childcare – with a 25% gas export tax, but the government is choosing not to. @grogsgamut.bsky.social examines Australia's gas giveaway, the post-budget meme-wars & the “death tax” scare campaign. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4tPVYv7

"The security boys just go wild for it." @emmashortis.bsky.social on the 'Thucydides trap' & false narratives about war being inevitable. "What some blokes thought about war several millennia ago is not really relevant to our significantly changed circumstances." 🎧 theaus.in/4di7GcT

In which I am *very* rude about national security boys who think they understand the “lessons” handed to us by some long-dead Ancient Greek dudes

Stuck in a quagmire of its own making in Iran, the Trump administration has little to show for its diplomatic efforts in Beijing. @emmashortis.bsky.social examines the fallout from Trump's China trip & why Trump’s approval rating is still hitting new depths. 🎧 theaus.in/4di7GcT

Is the MAGAverse starting to crack? Had fun making this from our recording with @jamespwest.bsky.social from @motherjones.com a couple of weeks back. @emmashortis.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au youtu.be/In4ajoxKoFo?...

The latest Dollars & Sense is up - taking about the budget, wages and other stuff australiainstitute.org.au/post/budget-...

"A majority think that Trump is a greater threat to world peace than the leaders of the two most powerful authoritarian states." - @emmashortis.bsky.social 52% of Australians now believe Trump is a greater threat to world peace than Vladimir Putin (17%) or Xi Jinping (16%). 🎧 theaus.in/4d6h2IA

Now everybody can get a sense of what it was like to get stuck in the muddy Carrara carpark having lost by 30 to the Adelaide Rams.

I present to you the leader of our primary security ally.

🚨🎙️ BUDGET POD 🎙️🚨 @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social examine the government’s important housing reforms, its “brutal” cuts to the NDIS & why some “broken promises” may not be such a big deal in the eyes of Australians. #auspol #budget2026 🎧 theaus.in/4tvG2hm

Wrote about this in a bit more detail over @thepointau.bsky.social live blog, where @amyremeikis.bsky.social is bringing you all the analysis that matters. live.thepoint.com.au?post=aae2e46...

The 100th episode of After America went up today! Really proud of this little community we’re building. And really proud to make it with @angusrb.bsky.social. theaus.in/4d6h2IA

"Even if Trump goes away tomorrow...there's no going back to a previous version of America." @emmashortis.bsky.social on the radical changes underway in the US & what they mean for Australia on the 100th episode of After America. "The America we thought we knew is gone." 🎧 theaus.in/4d6h2IA

A majority of Australians now think Trump is a bigger threat to world peace than either Putin or Xi. On the 100th episode of After America, @emmashortis.bsky.social & @angusrb.bsky.social discuss new polling on Australians’ views of Trump & the deadlock between the US & Iran. 🎧 theaus.in/4d6h2IA

100 episodes of After America. It's been quite a journey. @emmashortis.bsky.social australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-uni...

The United States is "in an increasingly weak position" in its war on Iran. Allan Behm & @emmashortis.bsky.social on why skilled, sustained diplomacy - not military force - is necessary to end the war. 🎧 theaus.in/3QMtAw5

Oh hey the @australiainstitute.org.au also has some polling research out today, also bad for Donald Trump! More than half of Australians now believe that President Donald Trump is a greater threat to global security than Russian President Vladimir Putin (17%) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (16%).

The US Supreme Court has gutted the Voting Rights Act, a decision that's already having serious implications for American democracy. Allan Behm & @emmashortis.bsky.social discuss the war on Iran, US troop withdrawals from Germany & the Supreme Court’s voting rights ruling. 🎧 theaus.in/3QMtAw5

"The tax system makes it easier for a professional property investor to buy their 60th house than it does for someone to buy their first. "That is so obscene." @larissawaters.bsky.social joins @ebonybennett.bsky.social to discuss Australia's housing crisis & taxing the 1%. 🎧 theaus.in/4tB6M0C

+1 cooked unit for the nation's capital.