Royal Commission into the Killing of Australian Women and Girls - Sign the Petition! c.org/ZBDCS2ZRZJ via @ChangeAUS

We are being ripped off big and long time - in 1998 tax from companies extracting and selling Australian gas was approx. same as now - but now these companies make 25 x more $$ selling Australian gas, AND our home prices are being pegged at global prices. #auspol www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

“It was clear that the CGT concession funnelled billions of dollars every year into the wealthiest parts of the country.” Wentworth alone got $1.75B in property investment tax breaks. They don’t need it. The money should be going to public housing #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Is Australia at war?! No! Our bombs and planes are being used in a war-adjacent manner | First Dog on the Moon #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How do we end up betraying ourselves, and so badly? ‘Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS’ #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gen Z earthquake. #auspol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Independent Senator for the ACT David Pocock has called for an inquiry into why gas companies pay less for gas exports than Australians pay in the beer excise. thepoint.com.au/news/260303-...

“It seems that too many of our major institutions are run by out-of-touch suits who consider art a kind of luxury widget created by especially colourful employees.” The politics, of course, nowhere so interesting as the art itself #ausart #art www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22721/...

The hardest part of a limited two-week military action is the first several years. Just ask Putin.

Those with moral courage lead and can build health and prosperity lasting for generations. Those that force respect from their bombs lose that respect as soon as they stop bombing. They leave nothing but rubble, death and poverty behind. No to #aukus #auspol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Coming from a consistent, coherent moral position, this senator shows a steadier heart and spirit than most in the major parties, and he has the courage to speak out. A chance to have a reasoned argument about something instead of jumping at every shadow. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Trump’s war may last years, as per Iraq, at horrifying cost to the Iranian people - in whose name the war is almost certainly not. The Aus Gov and her advisors appear to have pulled out the 2003 playbook. So…don’t expect sanity anytime soon #auspol www.smh.com.au/world/middle...

“As AI severs the link between time and output, and the foundation of modern labor contracts starts to give way…We are entering the first open conflict over the meaning of time since the Industrial Revolution” @australianunions.bsky.social #auspol www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/how-...

“As if the illusion of home ownership, the destruction of the planet and the enormity of public and private debt were not enough of a burden to leave for the next generation” — an earthquake of political change coming too… #auspol www.smh.com.au/national/wha...

Inspiration all round in the UK! #auspol www.smh.com.au/world/europe...

“This FY, taxpayers will hand over nearly $10.8bn to make it cheaper to use diesel and petrol…it is a clear fossil fuel subsidy and should be wound back, if not outright abolished, in this term of parliament.” Aus. Institute #auspol #envirinoment #climateheating www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

This article may suffer an excess of intelligent reasoning. Could it have looked a step further at an economic system that relies on breaking solidarity to squeeze advantage out of workers, and at the formation of political parties for that express purpose? Who can say? #auspol url-shortener.me/D0G6

This scary article referenced by Alan Kohler today ignores multiple obstacles to AI dominance: values, intent/meaning, complexities of human existence and experience not expressed as data, resources required for its current brute computing approach. #auspol #union shumer.dev/something-bi...

The beauty of this story is as unfathomable as the mysteries running through every nook of our lives. Would the universe exist without love? What class of particles would that be? #love #bestfriends #physics www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Beating the crap out of protestors calling for the same rights for Palestinians and Israelis is not OK. This is a complete failure @australianlabor.bsky.social @australianunions.bsky.social #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Mamdani read @pookleblinky.bsky.social and was like "OK let's try some more of that"

“Love, sadly, cannot be legislated.” #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Ye olde Sydney Opera House is packed for tonight's talk with @timbl.bsky.social inventor of the world wide web. Excited to hear his thoughts on how the community can reclaim the Web from corporate and dark forces. #www #community #foreveryone

For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch or (Rewatch) "The Mortal Storm" (1940) - Dir. Frank Borzage, about the rise of Nazism (starring Jimmy Stewart & Margaret Sullavan). It so infuriated Joseph Goebbels that he banned it in Germany & also all MGM films. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p12s...

Read our advisory committee member, Josh Bornstein's important contribution in the ABC today (link in bio) about why Albanese should not have invited Herzog to Australia. Rescind the invitation, now.

From the cos-play executives to the hand that pulled the trigger…“After such knowledge, what forgiveness?” These killers, deep down, must know that they will not be forgiven.” Masked government thugs snuffed out Alex Pretti’s life in broad daylight | Moira Donegan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Canada’s PM: We know the old order is not coming back.…we can build something bigger…stronger, more just. This is the task of the middle powers, the countries that have the most to lose from a world of fortresses and most to gain from genuine cooperation. #auspol www.weforum.org/stories/2026...

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Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see. Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him. It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.

If you’re only out for yourself, think the world can be run like a machine, and suck all the resources out of your community - you’re no patriot, no friend of anybody, really: you’re a parasite offering short-term gain for long term pain - *no* to #aukus : www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Global union “when we negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate from weakness. We accept what’s offered, compete with each other to be the most accommodating..the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination” @australianunions.bsky.social #auspol www.smh.com.au/world/europe...

Great analogy from one of the only effective leaders of - not so much The Left as ‘what’s left’ - of democratic political leaders of any strength in the US. Caucusing international support for a coming showdown of some kind… #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Waging economic war on allies to force them to surrender territory seems …very ancient Rome. How do we stand by fellow democracies and keep trade open with the morally bankrupt at the same time? #solidarity #auspol @australianunions.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

What feels like a hostage video from the Gov of Minnesota. Does Trump want them to go violent? Does he want to martial law the place, and outlaw the Democrats as a political party? That man cannot and will not face an election he will lose. #solidarity #resist #democracy youtu.be/y2Z3ZUbL2e0?...

If the ‘mechahitler’ cesspit, porn & abuse generating AI — from nazi-saluting, ‘who needs democracy anyway’ Silicon Valley types — is part and parcel of US defence systems, then that’s the best reason yet to say NO to #aukus #auspol @australianlabor.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Cathy Wilcox, demonstrating what moral authority actually looks like

Solidarity with Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah. We stand against this retrograde decision and with the countless authors withdrawing in support of Randa and her work.

"Jewish safety is inseparable from the safety of Muslims, Palestinians, migrants and everyone targeted by racism." Yes, and let's please include Indigenous people in this conversation and not forget about the shockingly racist campaign against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. #Auspol

“A master class of poor governance” - Louise Adler in excellent interview 7.30 in iview iview.abc.net.au/show/7-30

"There has certainly been a history dating back to 2023 of lobbyists, pro-Israel lobbyists, arguing against the inclusion of Palestinian writers In the festivals that I've directed," she said.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

“Through its policies and military activities, the government of Israel has deliberately inflicted conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of Palestinians in Gaza and then denied the very help that could save them.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Boards should never be involved in arts programming. There is no festival now. A good option is for the board to apologise, sack themselves, and let the festival start anew - (and for an otherwise excellent premier to apologise as well) #auspol #solidarity www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“anyone can agree with a true statement. The distinguishing mark of loyalty – the proof of submission – is the willingness to repeat something everyone knows is false.” #auspol www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

Suppress one you start suppressing them all. We need solidarity around human rights including the right to speak out against injustice @australianunions.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social - not this kind of reactionary arse-covering #auspol #solidarity www.smh.com.au/national/pol...

Australia has allies in Europe, India, the Pacific and Africa, and the non-maga US who continue to share our values of democracy and human rights. These values can’t be easily erased but we must strengthen our democracy, community solidarity at every level. #auspol www.smh.com.au/world/europe...

Despite what we are often told, this line from Mamdani’s inauguration speech is what true pragmatism actually looks like: “Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”

Where do we find “value/s” and whether something is, on that basis, ‘right’ or ‘wrong’? Science can’t answer but can take us tantalisingly close to asking a good question. (This vid published 3 yrs ago): #community #life #decisions #philosophy #science youtu.be/I8p1yqnuk8Y?...