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A must read with clear tools to identify & dismantle authoritarianism. Australia is further down that path then we care to admit

Absolute must-read. Cracking piece. ‘Authoritarianism is rising all around us. It does not arrive with a flourish of trumpets or the march of boots; often, it arrives in the quiet room where a festival board decides which ideas are “safe” and which must be scrubbed from the record.’

Stem the tide. Find your voice and join the chorus. #Auspol

ICYMI, an excellent piece on creeping authoritarianism and how to resist. Particularly good on mainstream media's pernicious role:

The Rising Tide of Authoritarianism: Why I Refuse to Be Silenced. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Yay, the Age published my letter about David Bowie for tomorrow's publication

Ten Years Gone, Forever Ahead: what would David Bowie do in 2026? How Bowie's prophetic wisdom can help us unrig aborjen system and redefine our humanity. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

55% of mainstream media "news" is PR & wire copy. It's churnalism, not journalism. We're fed by a Managed PR Pipeline, not served by a Fourth Estate. Your 2026 media playbook includes: The 6-step framework from spotting rigged tables to building alternatives open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Every Solution Begins with a Conversation: What I discovered after writing 111 articles in 2025 and what I'm building in 2026. Happy New Year. Onward we press. Read the full article: open.substack.com/pub/suebarre... #auspol

Post 1: The old world is dying. The new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters. Our Moral Quest and Becoming Monster Slayers: The Path We Choose in 2026. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

They are watching. And they are terrified you might actually start building. Prove them right to be afraid. You know what to do.

Division is not an accident - it's an industry. Question of Fairness Article 6: They Fear Our Solidarity - How to Build Bridges of Fairness Across Weaponised Differences. Now we confront the decisive work: building the bridges that make us unstoppable. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Who Really Pulled the Rug? A Three-Part Investigation. Part 3 - How to Unrig the System. How the 'Wealth Paradox' Steals Your Future (And How to Take It Back) Read the Full Investigation Here: open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

🚨Democracy Watch AU Report: Who Really Pulled the Rug? Part 2- The Architects: Who Got Rich and How They Did It. Question: If the system is rigged against ordinary Australians, who actually rigged it? It's time to look up, not down. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Democracy Watch AU Report: Who Really Pulled the Rug? Not migrants with no political power. Not women fighting the same rigged system for generations. Following the Money Behind Australia's Anger Part 1 of 3-part investigation: open.substack.com/pub/suebarre... #auspol

Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data. It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1

🚨DEMOCRACY WATCH AU ALERT: When Your Groceries Become Surveillance: Why Every Australian Should Care About the Coles-Palantir Deal. Demand AI Regulation NOW and end Surveillance Capitalism. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

❓QUESTION OF FAIRNESS POST 5: The Limits of a Single Story - Why We Must Rethink Fairness for a Global Future. What would it look like to build a global fairness toolkit- one that doesn’t replace, but integrates? Read: “The Global Fairness Toolkit” ↓ open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

NDIS Computer-Generated Plans Prove We Can't Wait on AI Regulation. When government deploys algorithmic cruelty while claiming to deliberate carefully. Demand AI regulation NOW. Contact your local MP and Minsters Tim Ayres and Mark Butler #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

What he said: 💯 🎯

There's No Such Word As Can't: A Letter to Your Brave Inner Child. Reconnecting with your brave inner child who already knows the way forward. Onward we press. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Your Fairness Instinct is Universal. Your Cultural Toolkit Isn't. Welcome to Question of Fairness Article 4 where we explore how cultures across the globe have honed different tools for justice - and why the 'culture wars' are designed to keep you from using them open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

A User Guide: Protecting Your Brain's Fairness Detector From Manipulation & BS. Why Defending Compassion Is the Most Radical Act Left. New on Question of Fairness: 3 tactics they use. 3 countermeasures you can deploy. Here's how to fight back and reclaim fairness. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

CBA's Moral Compass Failure: Analysing Matt Comyn's Defence of the Indefensible. A Parliamentary Moment That Defines Modern Banking's Ethics Crisis. We scored Comyn's parliamentary testimony: 5.5 out of 7 for moral disengagement - RED ALERT territory #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

How Bad Faith Questions Destroy Democracy. Every solution begins with a conversation. But what happens when the question itself is designed to end conversation altogether? open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

We're Born Curious, Helpful, & Fair. Then Zuckerberg & Musk Figured Out How to Profit From Breaking Us. Here's my latest article & what we can do to reclaim ourselves. This is the turning point. What happens next is up to us. You know what to do. Onward we press. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Google has chosen to be one of those 1930s corporations that knew fascism is great for profits.

The Liberal Party Just Chose Destruction: Serving Vested Interests, Not Democracy Today's formal abandonment of net zero confirms a party with no vision, no values, no leadership - only destruction and imported extremism. suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-libera...

The Mamdani Moment: Why Governments Must Choose Regeneration Over Neoliberal Capture We cannot fix our problems with the thinking that created them. The old guard must step aside and make way for Re-Generation. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

QUESTION OF FAIRNESS Your brain is wired to detect injustice. It’s why kids yell “That’s not fair!” before they can tie their shoelaces. I’m starting a new conversation: 👉 This week’s question: What unfairness made your justice detector fire? Share your thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Tim Wilson's 6-month report card is in. Reality: ❌ Zero housing legislation passed ❌ Supported $40bn unrecovered JobKeeper ❌ Voted AGAINST Paid Parental Leave ❌ Ministers called his work "grandstanding" and lacking "competence" Activity ≠ Achievement open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

OPEN LETTER TO Tim Ayres & Clare O'Neil AI algorithms now decide who gets housing in Australia. 60-70% of property managers openly admit using AI to screen rental applications. Zero transparency. Zero accountability. Zero regulatory oversight. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

The Intimidation Must Stop: Standing With Australia's Doctors Who Speak for Gaza Thanks to the fearless reporting of @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social media Here is my contribution. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Australia's AI Policy Vacuum: When Government Retreats, Citizens Must Fill the Gap. Australia abandoned its AI regulation plan. Now citizens are filling the ethical vacuum government created. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Corporate Leaders - Your Performance Review is Due 40 Years of Corporate Leadership under Neo-liberalism Assessed. The Results are Damning: Moral Disengagement 6.5/7, Overall Performance 2.3/10 #auspol @deniseshrivell.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

The Atlas Network has a partner in #NZpol’s governing coalition. The Deputy PM is one of its longtermers, with a (14 day 🤣) “MBA” from Atlas head office and a career fighting for (fossil fuel) corps in front groups called think tanks. No surprise that the governing trio is playing Thatcher/Reagan.

I’ve just created a petition to refer Scott Morrison to the NACC for his involvement in signing the #AUKUS deal, then leaving office only to sit on boards of companies involved in defence. Will you please sign and share? We need our money back Thank you, Craig c.org/fzxb2ZWLCr

The Fifth Estate Toolkit: How to Hold Power Accountable Starting This Week. 3 free platforms, 5 simple actions, 3 hours this week. Track them. Score them. Replace them when necessary. Read the complete guide here: open.substack.com/pub/suebarre... #auspol @deniseshrivell.bsky.social

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it. Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

Note Thiel’s four-part lecture series on the Antichrist. We’re not in “normal” business times. His extreme Christian culture war operations are at work in #auspol, and his surveillance state is here.

Decoding Peter Thiel: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Power, Prophecy, and Projection. A tech billionaire warns of dystopian centralised control whilst building the surveillance technology to enable it. #auspol @lucyham.bsky.social @deniseshrivell.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

#Goldstein #TimWilson #LittleTimmy What a deplorable waste of a seat in parliament, when @zoedaniel.bsky.social could be there instead !! 🥂

Tim Wilson's "Big Liberal Energy": A Masterclass in Political Hot Air. From IPA ideologue to "moderate" chameleon, he delivers rhetoric without results. He delivers zero, not net zero but absolutely nothing tangible for us. #auspol @deniseshrivell.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Do you see me? Do you hear me? Does what I say matter? Every Solution Begins with a Conversation: Bridging Divides in an Age of Grievance. How real conversations disarm grievance peddlers, build bridges & create the solutions our fractured world desperately needs. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Liking this message: They want 1939 Germany. They'll get 1789 France.

This article focuses on Peter Thiel background to Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) as Christian Nationalist (& race science) body. Also substantially fossil fuel funded. Andrew Hastie is on that board with Howard, Abbott, Anderson & Stoker. #Auspol

Echoes of Nuremberg: The Chilling Parallels Between 1930s Germany & Today's America. When Flags Become Weapons: A Wake-Up Call for Australia to Recognise the Fascist Playbook. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...