I've stopped using ChatGPT. Not as a gesture. As a values-based decision. 81% of the global market uses it. 92% of Fortune 500 companies. And it's now wired into the US military. Here in Australia, 69% of workers want tougher AI rules. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Really nice work documenting the way in which creeps like Wilson are given protected species status by the media, in this case, specifically by Nine Media.

Six articles. Six letters. Ten days. One question. Is Tim Wilson a protected species at Nine Media? The media response? Silence. Sympathy. Another platform. This is what that costs democracy. Full story here👇 #auspol #TimWilson open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Respect Has No Political Affiliation Tim Wilson hosted a forum Thursday night: "How Do We Build a Respectful Society?" It was theatre. Registration only. Every element designed to manufacture the appearance of community engagement rather than practice it. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

This week Chip Le Grand describes Tim Wilson as "one of the Liberal Party's deepest thinkers." As Jackson Lamb would say: explaining depth to Tim Wilson is like explaining Norway to a dog. Hope is not a strategy. Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/suebarre... #auspol

Tim Wilson Wants to Talk About Respect. But First, a Few Questions. He wants a lively conversation about civility & shared responsibility. The drinks are at bar prices. The irony is free. If you are going on Thursday: 7 Qs worth asking him. Go prepared. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

magnificent writing SB. (tremendously heartening you should write this. Oh the curiosity drive. Dilettante and polymath-pretender are terms I've ascribed to myself).

The education system didn't find me inadequate. It found me illegible. Those are not the same thing. The word that changed everything? Autodidact. Thanks to @glmiller.bsky.social, I finally wrote it down. Read more here👇 open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

The involvement of Advance to get him reelected is something we should all fear. They are going to become more divisive & brutal in their campaigning right up to next Fed election.

Tim Wilson: Product Placement, Not Public Servant. Within 48 hrs of his appointment, my mind went to 3 questions: 🧠 Dunning-Kruger effect? 💔 Empathy bypass? 🎯 Product placement for vested interests? The honest answer is probably all three. #auspol Read more👇 open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Sue Barret does a masterful take-down of Timmy. Please share far and wide. #Auspol

Hope Is Not A Strategy: Why Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson Is Unfit for the Job Treasurer Chalmers: "Long on ego, arrogance and entitlement, short on empathy or understanding." We deserve to know who their shadow treasurer really is. My full analysis 👇 #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

My latest letter to the Age about the Libs leadership spill.

9 Feb I reported antisemitic harassment to my federal MP #TimWilson. 42 minutes later, he responded from Canberra with screenshots of my business website, telling me I "put information in the public domain." This is what representation looks like in Goldstein 👇 open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Today, Angus Taylor became Liberal leader. They're calling it a "fresh start." It's not. It's the same playbook. Same donors. Same destruction. Same US-style politics that has captured our conservative parties and paralysed Labor. Read more 👇 open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Does this sound familiar? Do you have coworkers, stakeholders, clients, suppliers, politicians who behave like this? It may trigger PTSD. This is a strategy some people use to destroy systems and sabotage operations without getting caught. Deep breaths. Ommm www.facebook.com/reel/1337670...

Albanese’s stupid, immoral decision to invite Herzog has inflamed divisions in the local Jewish community too.

‘It could be the most divisive state visit to Aust since that of US president Lyndon B Johnson in Oct 1966 when the Vietnam war was at its height and Aust soldiers were being killed. What was the prime minister thinking when he invited Herzog?’ #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...

Robert Mann as a Jew ends this piece with a reminder: “Never again, to US” The pity is people like Robert Mann are ignored, while the Leibler’s and Jillian Segal’s opinions are considered worthy, despite all evidence. #auspol #fuckery #genocide johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...

Why I Cannot Stand By: Protesting Israeli President Herzog's Visit to Australia Join us. Monday, February 9. Protests across the country. #StandWithJewishCouncil #HerzogNotWelcome #AccountabilityForAll #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

When Your Brain Hurts, You're Doing It Right. We’re optimising for comfort when we should be optimising for capability. Humans become really good at optimising for comfort. But comfort and capability pull in opposite directions. suebarrett.substack.com/p/when-your-...

We Reward Our Best with Honours. Why Do We Accept the Worst in Politics? This Australia Day, I'm calling for an Australian Representative Standard - 8 measurable benchmarks to hold every politician accountable. Read the full argument 👇 open.substack.com/pub/suebarre... #auspol

When the World Tilts: Finding Our Sea Legs Through Political Vertigo. How One Conversation Turned Overwhelm into Agency and Revealed the Good News They Won’t Tell You About. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/suebarre... #auspol #PoliticalVertigo #Leadership #RenewableEnergy #GoodGovernance

🇨🇦 Mark Carney's Davos speech is the blueprint for 21st century leadership we desperately need. He's charting a 3rd path between superpowers: strategic autonomy through partnerships, not subordination. Australia must seize this same opportunity. 👇 #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

The Danger When Crisis Becomes Theatre: Why Australians Are Demanding Better Leadership How political opportunism, bad faith accusations, and rushed legislation replaced genuine leadership after the Bondi tragedy. #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

Agree. ‘I urge our political representatives to represent all of us. And to implement real solutions to community safety and social cohesion problems, not quick fixes that erode our freedoms and exacerbate the problems they are meant to solve.’ #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...

Louise Adler sets out powerfully how the Adelaide Writers Week debacle was not a one-off. But part of a dangerous anti-democratic pattern of efforts by the Israel lobby, the Murdoch media, and their political supporters to cancel Palestinian voices and silence dissent. #abc730 #auspol

This 👇 www.facebook.com/reel/8170005...

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...