Robert Long
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Public Education Union organiser and teacher TAFE NSW.
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Indivisible āš
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This is what democracy looks like.
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šøš¦š¦š¦š¼ We are Americans We are No-Kings Patriots We refuse to hate back We are Americans Country over party Constitution Rule of Law Community Fairness Love š» Bring your costume or inflata Make it fun Stay safe
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The workers need a fair deal - please sign:
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Fair deal for Timber Workers
On Father's Day this year, the NSW Government announced the creation of the Great Koala National Park by locking up 176000ha of working forest. The next day, me and my workmates (and people at 5 othe...
https://www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/fair-deal-for-timber-workers?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=96fba186-f82e-4655-99f1-854b486a82d5
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Join your union. A good news story for NSW TAFE teachers. These wage theft cases for Union members take months to resolve, but help to ensure other teachers donāt suffer the same loss of income.
join.nswtf.org.au
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Have you been underpaid too?
TAFE members have won more than $300k of backpay in the past four months thanks to the NSWTFās work to resolve issues concerning significant underpayments.
https://www.nswtf.org.au/news/2025/09/18/have-you-been-underpaid-too/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAM4sXtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtUSRl_4hKXwza0PuPzeA8T3ARZG6G_-hFTTekfYBW81_RjVNBCgIz0d6K37_aem_hsOMbj0m_8PDbT-ApQFnAQ
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Changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing are not the only things needed to solve Australiaās housing crisis, but theyāre the cornerstones of any approach capable of arresting the raging home price growth that is making a bad problem rapidly worse.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21465/...
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The cunning design of Laborās housing policy
Got $75,000 and never owned a home? The Albanese government is here to underwrite your $1.5 million Sydney property purchase through its newly relaxed and expanded Home Guarantee Scheme. First-home bu...
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21465/2qo3bsUu
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The first intergenerational report prepared by Treasury was published in 2002 ā all the problems that are now WERE PREDICTED āintergenerational bastardryā.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Australian concept of a āfair goā is a furphy ā especially when it comes to tax, education and care
For years, policymakers and politicians thought they could square the circle: a market-driven economy with a robust social safety net. But that has become harder
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/31/the-australian-concept-of-a-fair-go-is-a-furphy-tax-education-and-care?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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This Wed 3rd Sept 2025 is our opportunity to recognise and celebrate the efforts of TAFE students, teachers, and support staff for their contributions to our local communities, workforce and economy
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Antoinette Lattouf
5 months ago
Iām confused: did a memo go out this week saying itās finally okay for politicians and the press to be outraged that Israel is starving Palestinians? If so, I didnāt see the memo. But I did see the evidence of this war crime back in late 2023. Where are we at? Starving is bad, bombing is ok?
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Simon Rosenberg
5 months ago
The Israeli Ambassador to Australia should not still be here.
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Rick Morton
5 months ago
The curious case of the disappearing smoking data. The Roy Morgan release was unequivocal: smoking rates among young adults are up after vaping ban which had "demonstrably failed". And then it disappeared and was replaced with something more amenable.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
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Exclusive: Smoking data taken down after link to vape ban
A report showing increased smoking and vaping among young Australians was pulled after it embarrassed the government and led to complaints from other researchers.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/2025/07/19/exclusive-smoking-data-taken-down-after-link-vape-ban
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Simon Rosenberg
6 months ago
š§µ What Zohran says.
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NTEU ACT
6 months ago
"I'm furious on behalf of my colleagues. I'm furious about the way they've been treated and how it suggests we have to compete with each other. "But, we're sticking together."
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'Awful': Amelia's in an ANU redundancy pool with two close colleagues
The Australian National University announces more staff cuts across academic and professional roles, as part of its broader goal to save $250 million by the end of the year.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-03/anu-announces-more-job-cuts-as-it-seeks-to-save-millions/105489748
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Max Berger
6 months ago
Authoritarians depend on fear. Democracy depends on each other.
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Very clever political cartoon about the top 1% loud scare campaign about paying little extra tax. @GoldingCartoons
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Captain Quoll
7 months ago
This graph is remarkably straightforward.
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Superannuation stoush āIf we canāt even roll back tax concessions for which, everyone agrees, thereās no policy intent or purpose, that is only going to affect 0.5 per cent of Australians, then what hope have we got of getting more serious tax reform up?ā
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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Super stoush reveals tealsā leanings
The attacks on Laborās proposed superannuation tax reform have exposed inconsistencies in the progressive agendas of the independents.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/05/31/super-stoush-reveals-teals-leanings?utm_source=bsky
7 months ago
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Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends
7 months ago
Help Murray Watt to choose the future and world heritage over Woodside's 4.3 billion tonnes of climate emissions.
knittingnannas.org/2025/05/26/a...
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Action of the Week 25 May 2025
In the next week Murray Watt plans to make a very big and consequential decision about the North West Shelf gas project. Heās brand new in the Environment job but hasnāt spoken to the Traditional Oā¦
https://knittingnannas.org/2025/05/26/action-of-the-week-25-may/
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Rob Arnol
7 months ago
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Remember, it took just 72 years from the beginning of the colonisation of Tasmania to the death of Truganini.
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They resisted the world's most powerful empire, but are not recognised
They fought to defend their land, families and culture, and drove the colonial powers to a state of panic, losing everything in the process. But Tasmanian Aboriginal resistance warriors still have no ...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-31/aboriginal-resistance-warriors-forgotten-history-tasmania/105356890?utm_source=abc_news_app
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ABC News Bot (unofficial)
7 months ago
Decades after Aboriginal families were forcibly relocated from their homes on the banks of the Murray River at Robinvale, the community is working to reclaim the site through an annual cultural event.
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River of tears now brims with hope as traditions pass to new generation
Decades after Aboriginal families were forcibly relocated from their homes on the banks of the Murray River at Robinvale, the community is working to reclaim the site through an annual cultural event.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-31/first-nations-cultural-camp-murray-river-robinvale-thelma-chilly/105290106
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Owen From Ohio
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Exclusive: How Abbott and Credlin control the Liberals
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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Exclusive: How Abbott and Credlin control the Liberals
Liberal MPs reveal how the former prime minister and his close confidante have been at the centre of a string of disastrous decisions that led to the partyās stunning election loss and the collapse of...
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/05/24/exclusive-how-abbott-and-credlin-control-the-liberals?utm_source=bsky
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7 months ago
Better tell Albo.
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Leigh continues: āWeāre certainly more unequal than we were. āIād be concerned about consumption inequality, wealth inequality and income inequality. All of those measures have risen over the last generation.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Andrew Leigh says Australia one generation from āUS-style inequalityā as Productivity Commission targets corporate tax
Of all Andrew Leighās many portfolios, he considers productivity the most important. But can the governmentās reforms bear fruit by the next election?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/19/labor-andrew-leigh-focus-productivity-after-us-inequality-warning?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Peter Murphy
7 months ago
After a landslide election win, a newly re-elected Labor Govt ministry has been sworn in. So the first topic of discussion for the panel on last Sunday's
#Insiders
? The Coalition! *sigh* 8min in and I may have to stop watching. It's insultingly irrelevant. š
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stranger
7 months ago
SkyAfterDark RWNJ Peta Credlin has called on Labor to stop their Tax on people with $3million+ in Super saying multibillionaire corporate magnate Gerry Harvey has labelled it āstupidity of the highest orderā š¤£ Iām liking this tax even more now.
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Jo Dyer
7 months ago
This is quite an extraordinary table from Streem showing how many seats each party would have won if their share of seats matched their share of media coverage during the campaign. You're not imagining it. The Murdoch press et al didn't shut up about Dutton. Lucky no-one was listening.
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The LNP and the real hate media It should finally be recognised that Sky News and certain newspapers are no longer news services, and they are in part responsible for the resounding thrashing of Peter Dutton and his team
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The Coalition and the real hate media
As editor of the British tabloid rag The Sun in the 1980s, Kelvin MacKenzie had a favourite description of how to make the lives of public figures unpleasant ā his journalists were instructed to āstic...
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2025/05/09/the-coalition-and-the-real-hate-media?utm_source=bsky
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You will not be surprised that @PeterDutton_MP & his LNP COALITION WILL RIP $431 MILLION FROM TAFE students, teachers, support staff and local colleges We must continue the rebuilding of TAFE after the disaster of the last LNP govt
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When will Peter Dutton visit a location where he is proposing a nuclear site?
www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
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'Absolute muppet': Voters clash with anti-nuclear protesters who delay Dutton press conference
Peter Duttonās campaign event in the ultra-marginal seat of Gilmore has been interrupted by wild anti-nuclear protesters, causing the Opposition Leader's press conference to be delayed.
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/antinuclear-protesters-hijack-dutton-campaign-event-in-gilmore-clashing-with-voters-and-delaying-press-conference/news-story/89d5b4e0ca5f53046043e4622091cc84?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5fVEYFi3GDyQ5ihCoCttiKEebKo3vrAJNyiTi51UtiZUXq10AdCMIVKFf7wA_aem_xYwDCRxCKltG6d590efoqA#
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Is Peter Duttonās leadership weak? Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has refused to say whether a Liberal Party candidate who apologised for derogatory social media posts should be disendorsed ahead of Saturday's federal election.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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Dutton won't say if Liberals should dump candidate over offensive posts
In the social media posts, Liberal candidate Vivek Singha used a derogatory term for Indigenous Australians and made disparaging comments towards federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek's persona...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-28/vivek-singha-fowler-candidate-liberals-social-media-peter-dutton/105223186?utm_source=abc_news_app
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Over more than two decades in parliament, Dutton has assembled extraordinary personal wealth ā routed through family trusts, investment companies and real estate deals, most of it invisible to voters.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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How much are Dutton and Taylor actually worth?
The opposition leader and his prospective treasurer are among the richest people to ever sit in parliament ā although their wealth is held in a series of complex arrangements that would breach the min...
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/04/26/how-much-are-dutton-and-taylor-actually-worth?utm_source=bsky
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Kon Karapanagiotidis
8 months ago
The ASRC has so far held 4 Federal Election Candidates Forums. All candidates are invited to each forum. Most importantly to give refugees attending a chance to ask each candidate where they stand. For a fourth time in a row the Liberal Party candidate declined to attend.
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Louise Milligan
8 months ago
Iāve been working on Monday's election
#4Corners
. It's a bit spicy. A bit sweary. IMHO, a cracking good watch. Spent some time on the buses. It was... real. Or, to be precise, it wasn't real at all. But insight into a high stakes election in a high stakes world.
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Michael West
8 months ago
Liberal & Labor powerbrokers behind new dark money campaign outfit - adds to far-right Advance Aust - to hit Teals & Greens
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Investigation by Wendy Bacon &
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michaelwest.com.au/labor-and-li...
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Dark Money: Labor and Liberal join forces in attacks on Teals and Greens - Michael West
Teals and Greens are under attack from another pro-fossil fuel pro-Israel lobby, as well as far-right lobbyists Advance Australia.
https://michaelwest.com.au/labor-and-liberal-powerbrokers-join-to-attack-teals-and-greens/
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Donāt Risk Dutton Another back flip. Duttons Coalition confirmed it would axe Laborās tax breaks for electric vehicle drivers ā just two days after he ruled out scrapping it. So tax break for purchasing petrol - no tax break electric cars. Canāt trust Dutton - canāt believe a word Dutton says.
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the Juice Media
8 months ago
Peter Dutton made a new election ad, and itās surprisingly honest and informative.
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Honest Peter Dutton Ad
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euE8eZTyQQg
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The Australia Institute
8 months ago
#5: Close superannuation tax loopholes The Albanese Government proposed to reduce concessions on super balances over $3 million. This would only affect the top 0.5% of super balances and help restore fairness.
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The Australia Institute
8 months ago
#4: Close tax loopholes for luxury utes Huge, American-style utes have increased in number on our roads, fuelled by tax concessions: exemptions from the Luxury Car Tax and loopholes in the Fringe Benefits Tax.
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The Australia Institute
8 months ago
#3: End fossil fuel subsidies In 2023-24, the Federal Government provided $11.8 billion in fossil fuel subsidies, with increases forecast for future budget years.
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The Australia Institute
8 months ago
#2: Reform negative gearing & the capital gains tax discount The combination of these tax concessions for housing investors has inflated house prices well beyond incomes and made it harder for people to buy a home to live in.
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The Australia Institute
8 months ago
#1: End the gas industryās free ride In 2023-24, just $1.1bn was raised by the PRRT. Australia collects 5x more from students repaying HECS!
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The Australia Institute
8 months ago
Policy of the Day: Five ideas to make our tax system better. If we make the gas industry pay their fair share, reduce loopholes that benefit the wealthy, and stop subsidising fossil fuels, we can collect more revenue to build world-class services that a country like Australia deserves.
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The Australia Institute
8 months ago
"Government should be involved in the housing market."
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on the important role government can play (and indeed already does) in housing. Hear more on the latest episode of Follow the Money.
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SallyRCbra
8 months ago
About Atlas network
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Brian Tyler Cohen
8 months ago
But sure, meritocracy. Got it.
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Tammy Wolffs
8 months ago
James Patterson just accused the Government of not releasing policy detail. Kept a straight face, tooš
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Pup Fiction
8 months ago
I would like JD Vance to visit Donald Trump and bring Liz Truss along just to be sure
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