I hope you enjoy this artwork as much as I did. Arcangelo Sassolino’s “in the end, the beginning” is truly spectacular. Currently on display at MONA.

The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]

I’m over delusional “free market” Americans claiming “capitalism is the only political ideology that doesn’t kill people!” Comrade, your capitalism is killing 45,000 citizens every year just to allow corporations to profit from medical treatments Who knows how many die for profit in other areas?

James Packer - he’s filthy rich and still filthy on Dan Andrews for daring to tax the money laundering Crown Casino when Packer was at the helm. We venture inside the head of the billionaire ex media mogul this week on “Truth Lies & Media!”💥 Apple & Spotify 🎙️ Promo Match Frame Editing #auspol

I’m serving classic Hoodoos today and you really should leave this record lying around for your teenagers to discover, it will get them through a lot. Brilliant reappraisal of the amazing “Stoneage Romeos” here: www.theguardian.com/music/articl... #ausmusictshirtday

Xania Monet’s music is the stuff of nightmares. Thankfully her AI ‘clankers’ will be limited to this cultural moment | Van Badham https://www.europesays.com/uk/583687/ Xania Monet is the latest digital nightmare to emerge from a hellscape of AI content production. No wonder…

👇🏻Van Badham, right on the money as usual

contributions from Van Badham, Christopher Bryant, Ryan Enniss, Oliver Hetherington-Page, Daniel R Nixon, Robert Reid, Oliver Ross, Marissa Saroca, Sophie Smyth, Rhen Soggee, Michael Theo, Axle Whitehead.

Westpac’s work-from-home complaint was a cultural miff that doesn’t resonate in today’s Australia | Van Badham

America! Your expats and your friends are *always* with you! Sending you love and courage and #NoKings solidarity and frog costumes from Melbourne, Australia. Make fascism history again!

Authoritarians fear only one thing: DEFIANCE‼️ (Downtown Portland)

This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.

Is anyone else getting pitched lots of “Putin is kind to dogs” vids in their other feeds/timelines? Do the bots think I’ll trade basic democracy for more dogs? Because if that’s their offer then they can…get out of my dream journal.

Judith from Mosman is spending $500k to stop four-storey apartments near public transport. Not to fix the housing crisis, just to keep it out of her postcode. The problem isn’t migrants. It’s people like Judith deciding who gets to live near a train and who gets to commute for two hours.

Having dealt with Americans on planes before I cannot see how this is a remotely good idea

Instead of this Howard gave our mineral wealth to Gina & Clive who used that wealth to pay for right wing political campaigns & animatronic dinosaurs And they still want Australians to work on “African wages” & be able to deny workers their entitlements This 👇is soooo much better

Believe it or not this is an improvement from where it was under former Coalition Energy Minister, Angus Taylor, who allowed us to have as little as “19 to 24” days of petrol while outsourcing our strategic reserves to THE UNITED STATES Literally half a world away, on the other side of the PACIFIC!

Super is about making sure retirement is super for everyone. And sustainable economic development means Australians have a stable democracy while working and in retirement. Unionised workers delivering the goods once again….

The only surprise is that it’s taken this long for the UK to begin raising taxes after Brexit TBF the Tory Party was never going to raise taxes after promising Brexit would lower taxes (which was a total lie)

People say Australia has a “productivity problem” when in reality we have “mining dependency” A simple Google search returned the below information We have a problem with capital not being invested in the diversity of industries needed to weather downturns in mining demand Tariffs haven’t helped…

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Trump’s Republicans expect air traffic controllers to work for free while they keep the government shut down Air traffic controllers were already working excessive overtime, under staffed & struggle to get people to stay in the job Seems dangerous to me…

If your company CEO is this politically naive then I hate to think how bad your products and service would be…another executive who needs proper board intervention

I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you. Shocked to learn that the screaming man waving a chainsaw who promised to smash the very government he wanted to be President over is having an economic crisis & that the orange coloured man who shut down the government he presides over is bailing him out. Shocked.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The latest federal opinion polling has put Labor clearly ahead of the struggling Liberals. Support for One Nation is stronger than for the Greens in some results.

In a world where techlords rule us by whim, Australia’s stance against deepfakes is reason to celebrate | Van Badham

Proudly ANTIFA since at least 1933….

Australia will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions between 62% and 70% on 2005 levels by 2035 - press conference about to start - live updates here www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

For those playing along The USA is now at the Horst Wessel stage of rising fascism: Autocratic regime is behind in polls Institutions caving to financial threats Idolatry of grifters “Us” and “them” shifts to regime loyalists vs pro-democracy Corporations start to suffer despite pledges of loyalty

This "One fact we can all be sure of, however, is that whether the suspect was a groyper, a groupie, left, right, or a self-conceived banana person, a murder was committed because - in America - a kid disturbed enough to *fucking kill someone* faced no restrictions to obtaining a gun." Van Badham

Van Badham: Australians, stick it on your fridge, give thanks every day. This is why Australia will never have a Trump. While there is a trace of infectious MAGA-style extremism, as there is everywhere, it can never dominate. (Add in a strong union movement and The Labor Party). #democracyvaccine

To Americans wondering why Australians and other Anglophone nations feel the need to comment on your domestic politics @vanbadham.bsky.social had a nice succinct post that covers it.

Following the nazi attack on Camp Sovereignty, this Sat SEP 6 there's a community gathering w live music, workshops, stalls, food, speakers, dance performances ... Always was, always will be / An attack on one of us is an attack on us all Free family event (donations welcome) / No alcohol or drugs

I did an interview about “Sovereign Citizens” on ABC Riverina last week and people complained that I “went too far”. Friends, given the alleged circumstances of events in Porepunkah today, I don’t think I went far enough. Interview starts at 3:06 - www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

“Sovereign Citizens” are dangerous to democracy & physically dangerous to citizens in democratic nations Giving their conspiracies a platform to wrap their delusions in a false equivalence to free speech is disgraceful The Americanisation of Australia must end before more Aussies needlessly suffer

The idea of inflicting a 90s summer on children makes me anxious. Mainly because I was there | Van Badham

Parts of Australia are suffering another devastating drought, but you wouldn’t know it in the cities | Van Badham

If you're in Melbourne this show by Badham and McCartney is the one to see!

Hello! In case you are around Melbourne’s QV building this week (hint, to see my art exhibition Girl Masters: Badham/McCartney), I have set miniatures for sale in the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre SHOP! And YES!!! You *can* buy online! —> shop.qvwc.org.au/collections/...

Our obsession with spoiling pets has gone too far: your dog doesn’t care if its collar is from Burberry | Van Badham

We should tax billionaires the same way they become “billionaires” By taxing the unrealised gains that make up their vast “wealth” If you can use it for leverage to borrow more & become mega rich then we can tax it to redistribute resources where they are needed

Unless you’re already a billionaire, supporting public policy ideas from billionaires will not make you a billionaire. It’ll just keep you poor & billionaires rich. You think Musk, Bezos, Murdoch & Gina are engaged in policy issues for the benefit of others? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is true most of the time for most events that occur in western countries. Whether it’s an election, an act of violence, law reform, tax policy or environmental disaster; in person people are generally kind, listen and engage. Online tends towards conspiracy, rage & grievance.

A reminder that I’m doing an art exhibition in Melbourne with Lauren McCartney and you’re all coming. Details in pix, and tix for a preview/talk on June 10 here: events.humanitix.com/girl-masters...

Our Farrer Weekly Catch Up just went out to Members, Supporters and @followers ⭐️ Content to share ⭐️ Podcasts to listen to 👇 ⭐️ @sociallydemocratic.bsky.social ⭐️ @vanbadham.bsky.social @bendavison.bsky.social ⭐️ This weeks best social performer

A fluff ball with a monster face: what explains the luxury appeal of Labubu dolls? | Van Badham

Celebrating Public Education Day! Lifelong friends from Howrah Primary School, Clarence High and Rosny College have made huge contributions to health, education, the arts.Equity, fairness and access! #publiceducationday #proudtobepublic #teachersfederation