Quick #Dismissal pop quizzz. Which current Aus MP/Senator wrote this? Answer below.

Don Farrell asked why after all this time, the #NACC still hasn’t made any major findings of corruption. “That’s an indication that the system is working. There is no corruption, & I say that's a good thing!” Appalling response. It doesn’t even make sense. Makes my blood boil.

Politics cannot be fixed by removing the politicians. Reflections on citizens' juries and "mini-publics" from my time as a citizens' juror. On @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

It wasnt our enviro laws that were too weak to protect the Skate or stop the North West Shelf, it was our Ministers. Thats why Labor is trying to get the Coalition to help them water them down…to save Enviro Ministers the embarrassment of always saying yes #climate thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

"The fact the Greens want to stop native forest logging and the Nationals want to speed up land clearing is not proof that any legislation Labor drafts must fit in the “sensible centre.” - @richarddenniss.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Hooray…Its not just fossil fuel expansion where Australia leads the world… thepoint.com.au/news/251104-...

Thanks Grog, let me save y'all a click or two:

"It doesn't matter whether the National Party believes in climate change, I promise everybody's insurance company believes in climate change." - co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks the National Party abandoning net zero on ABC News #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

Great episode with @rodcampbell.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social covering EPBC reforms, 'national interest' trump card if laws threaten to actually work, "critical minerals" (what even are they?) & yet another Adani scam-dal well worth a listen!

"The vast majority of Australians want fewer guns in the country." Great coverage of @australiainstitute.org.au research on gun theft. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

The Australia Institute proudly co-hosted a climate summit yesterday, attended by people from all over Australia. And although there were lots of different views, everyone agreed on one thing: it's time to stop the expansion of fossil fuels. #auspol @leanneminshull.bsky.social

Labor's EPBC "reforms": 👎native veg clearing loopholes unaddressed 👎NO climate trigger 👎NO fully independent EPA decision maker 👎bilateral agreements devolving Fed powers to states/territories 👎allowing pay-to-destroy enviro offsets are ESPECIALLY BAD for the NT ✍️Watt via Environment Centre NT

Top article here by TAI's @rodcampbell.bsky.social on gun control/ownership 👏 iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2501...

@rodcampbell.bsky.social's Five fun/not-fun facts about Australia’s environment laws ps the @albomp.bsky.social gov made that current law in point 4, removing the Enviro Minister's ability to revoke a previous decision irrespective of new info/evidence 👉 live.thepoint.com.au/2025/10/the-...

My guest post on @amyremeikis.bsky.social 's live blog. Follow along here: live.thepoint.com.au

When @australiainstitute.org.au polled NSW residents last year, only 7% correctly identified less than 10% as the amount Westpac contributes to the running of the rescue helicopter. Your taxes, not corporate largess, keep the choppers in the air. australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-muc...

Many NSW residents don't realise that the "Westpac" Rescue Helicopter's operations aren't funded by Westpac, but by taxpayers. Ripper piece from @sydmorningherald.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

What did we learn from yesterday's election data drop and why will we have to wait till February for the full picture? @rashidajourno.bsky.social explains on SBS News. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

This is humiliating for The Australian - whose rep signed a press policy from the Pentagon so censorious and restrictive even *Newsmax* wouldn’t sign it. #auspol

"Perhaps the single most effective democratic reform open to this Parliament is a large increase in the number of parliamentarians." "More MPs would mean more local concerns are better represented." Australia Institute researcher Skye Predevac @skyelark.bsky.social #auspol

The big gas and oil companies have been having it their way for too long. We are calling for a 25% tax on gas exports. This would have raised $17.1 billion in the 2023-2024 financial year. Enough to build 50,000 new homes.

New Australia Institute research reveals that QLD has missed out on almost $400 million after Adani sold discounted coal to Indian companies. ‘It’s time Australian governments started charging for Australian resources and stopped giving them away for free.’ @rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol

My new report is out - Adani sold coal at mates rates to India, avoiding $400m in royalty payments to Queensland ...and Qld's LNP gov doesn't seem to care. Thread below on how they did it. Write up in @australia.theguardian.com @australiainstitute.org.au www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Ok, here's what we got. The Department is cancelling welfare payments unlawfully, so paid Deloitte $440k to do an assurance review, even though the Secretary used to work there, & when Deloitte concluded they couldn't assure the unlawful system, DEWR tried to bury the report, but

BREAKING: AFR reports #Macquarie is backing another gas fracking pilot project in the Beetaloo Basin, this time for Tamboran Resources. This comes just months after Macquarie received a 35% shareholder strike against its fossil fuel financing activity. #climate #auspol

Instead of praising Trump the media should be asking why it took him so long & why he waited for the US & Israel to become completely isolated from the world for him to lift a finger when there was an obvious genocide going on. Trump & Netanyahu will forever be war criminals.

Strong from Sussan Ley re Albanese Govt's proposed FOI crackdown: "This is not an administrative refinement or merely updating old laws, as the Prime Minister claims. It is a retreat from transparency. A truth tax on accountability." www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908628...

Finally a member of the Australian Government calling for Australia to reassert our sovereignty over our own resources, rather than letting Japan dictate our energy policy and endlessly rip us off. Thank you @edhusicmp.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Amazing/depressing stuff in #Estimates. Productivity Commish Chair Danielle Wood has been muzzled by the Government. Once a fierce critic of fossil fuel subsidies, now "not able to give an opinion" #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...

You scoff, but this is how we got Medicare. Sorry, I meant AUKUS

To the NACC: can you tell us why there haven't been any public hearings into the Robodebt matter? .... .... .... NACC says: No comment.

There are now more guns in Australia than before Port Arthur. The gun lobby says it is "winning". Expect more of this. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

My guest post on @amyremeikis.bsky.social's blog. Shock, shock. Gambling companies paying no tax. live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/10/aust...

Independent Senator David Pocock and Labor's Penny Wong clashed in Senate estimates yesterday over whether the Parliamentary Sports Club could be considered a lobby group, as reported in Crikey last week. The club is registered as such, and lists Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its clients.

"whatever the code of lobbying or whatever"....

Just in case you were wondering...

There are more guns in Australia than ever before. The gun lobby says it is "winning". Howard-era promises remain unfulfilled and laws being weakened. Expect more of this. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Hey @albomp.bsky.social, what would The Donald say if an Aus company exported $17 B of American gas and didn't pay any tax? Texas' ConocoPhillips results in the latest ATO data. @australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social

Be more like Colombia @albomp.bsky.social Your failure to act is against the will of your citizens - we demand real action! substack.com/@dee1337977/...

New government data confirms gas exporters continue to pay no tax “It beggars belief that a company like Santos can spend a decade selling almost $50 billion worth of gas and not pay a cent of tax on it," said @rodcampbell.bsky.social. #auspol Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/new-gov...

Big congrats to Santos Ltd!! 10 years. $46.7 billion in sales. ZERO TAX New ATO data out today. @markogge.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au data.gov.au/data/dataset...

‘Anyone worried about the cost of the NDIS rising should be a lot more worried about what's in this Climate Risk Assessment.’ ‘Someone is going to pay for the houses that get destroyed.’ - Richard Denniss co-Chief Executive Officer @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Dan Tehan on #abc730 insists being smashed in a record election landslide defeat is no reason to stop pursuing Nuclear. Uses Dutton’s same debunked theories, claims Renewables don’t provide base load power. Rejects expert advice. Sorry to any Lib diehards but your party is dead.

Int. law expert Chris Sidoti says after ICJ ordered nations to act to prevent Israel’s genocide, govt should’ve conducted review to identify anything that could be aiding Israel “There should have been a review…If it exists, make it public. If it doesn’t exist, do it!”💥 #NPC

The Australia Institute presents Barrie, Bowers and Friends! Barrie Cassidy and Mike Bowers (@mikepbowers.bsky.social) will be joined by @amyremeikis.bsky.social, with more friends to be announced soon! Join us 6pm Monday 17 November at Sydney Town Hall. 🎟️ events.humanitix.com/barrie-bower...

Always remember - gas companies hate selling gas to Australians and none of the proposals for new gas fields (which are not needed) will be for domestic use. So do not buy any of the spin.

Here's the ACCC today saying that gas exporters are ripping us off. Again. "gas being offered & supplied by the exporters to the domestic market has declined over time, while LNG export volumes have increased." @australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social www.accc.gov.au/system/files...

The NT government couldn't be more of a cowboy outfit if it had chaps and a hat.

The costs of climate damages are rising and local government revenue isn’t keeping up. ‘It’s the fossil fuel companies that are causing climate change that should be paying for some of the damage.” - Rod Campbell, Research Director @rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol

Hey @AlboMP, @SenatorWong, this is how to deal with mining companies and genocidal govs... easternherald.com/2025/07/26/c...