Live like Debbie.

#politas @ruthforrestmlc.bsky.social talks about Moral Injury in her speech. "Moral injury refers to the distress that arises when people feel betrayed by events that violate their core values."

Politics is not a horse race (or a football match) with winner take all and the losers assigned to irrelevance. Half of the Tassie population (let's not argue people numbers) doesn't want the stadium and the reasons why still exist as do the feelings left by divisive politics. #taspol

This is reasoned, inclusive politics at work. #politas

Love, loss, and community. When confronting the challenges we have with climate change and democracy, so many things lead towards stronger community. open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

NOTICE TO MEDIA: I do not care about political party organisation issues. I care about policies and a political party's ability to make them happen. I care about Australia and how we look after each other and us being a good global citizen. Nationals and Liberals are not relevant now #auspol

This is not about whether we want an AFL team or not. It is about can we afford the stadium - we can't! But no amount public concern seems to make the Government take a responsible position. They simply use the child's argument I WANT IT! #politas #nostadium tasmaniantimes.com/2025/10/afl-...

This has been a failure decades in the making. Each one of us needs to do our best best to change this. We are running out of time. Our first step is understand what is happening. This is article by Sue Barrett is a good start #auspol open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...

If you are wondering why our political structures aren’t working well for you - follow the money - be aware of these insidious dark influences. It’s getting very serious folks…

"The breakdown in trust in society is due to the people in power who abuse that trust, not Norm and Jenny on the corner, not the people wanting to stop children being burned alive in Palestine, not the people wanting to stop the death of the planet." - the wonderful Ronni Salt #auspol

There has been adequate time to fix this. This is a betrayal of the Australian people and to the future. It short changes our ability to provide government services. No fence sitting on this one - it is just one big fail

Tasmania’s Madeleine Habib is the skipper of one of the vessels in the new flotilla heading for Gaza, the aptly named Conscience. There are 92 on board, mainly medics and journalists. Thanks to Helen Burnet for the update. youtu.be/Fc_74e05SHI?... #politas #auspol

Feeling powerless against Israel's genocide actions. You can sign this petition to the Australian Government to expel the Israeli Ambassador. As a country we must do more than 'being concerned' #auspol www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

The question is as simple as it has always been: why should Australians pay more, fall further behind on climate, accept fewer choices, just to prove loyalty in somebody else’s contest, and at the end of the day, still get outdated cars with months of waiting period? #auspol #AUSChina #ChinaThreat

Quietly and slowly the people are rising up against the Trump administration and his enablers. This time it is the military chiefs and the power of silence in his presence

#auspol hey @albomp.bsky.social you would be well advised to have a listen to these videos by these two Australian doctors who talk about the vile tortuous trauma and violence your ‘friends’ have been busy with the past two years #SanctionIsraelNOWNowNow #ExpelTheIsraelibassador #EndTwoWayArmsTrade

Based on all the data collected, the death toll in Gaza is at least 680,000 and 380,000 are infants under five years of age. Largest cohort of child amputees. #Auspol #Genocide Complicit spineless weasel @albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social

It is way past time that Australia reconnects to our moral values as a global citizen. Greg Barns outlines the case that we should stand with the International Criminal Court and their employees. Certainly we should be calling out the bad behavior of traditional allies. #auspol

‘People in their 30s today, Wood told us, are the first generation to be worse off than those born in the previous decade in terms of earnings, housing affordability, budget burden and climate impacts’

I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage

‘Then as elites extract more wealth from the people and the land, they make societies more fragile, leading to infighting, corruption, immiseration of the masses, less healthy people, overexpansion, environmental degradation and poor decision making by a small oligarchy’,Luke Kemp.Tas comes to mind.

Failure of analysis scrutiny of major public expenditure must be stopped. These are financial time bombs Pay attention #taspol

Will it ever happen?

Fixing the nation’s broken environment protection laws is the most important reform the Albanese government can pursue to boost productivity, according to former treasury secretary Ken Henry. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

There are some powerful arguments for addressing poverty. Another great opportunity for Government to lead the discussion and reform. This Guardian article is very informative www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol

Neoliberalism was always just an idea, an untested theory, that made more sense to those that could grab the money from the top. It has never worked for the broader population. Today it represents a massive opportunity for positive reform and a better future. A GREAT READ

I support @franceskalbs.bsky.social and her important work chronicling #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide. #IStandWithFrancescaAlbanese #FreePalestine

Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more. 📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.

A pure example of hypocrisy ....

"The press was meant to be a watchdog, the Fourth Estate. Instead, it’s become a concierge service for fascism—polishing propaganda with a patina of objectivity while our democracy burns." Lessons from the US which we would do well to observe in Australia. #auspol

You do have to wonder at what point those that support this horrendous legislation will be held to account. It is clearly not in the interest of their constituents. Australia, we must not follow this in any way #auspol

Powerful words from @dncameron.bsky.social on the state of the ALP from this week's #SundayShot. Full episode at youtu.be/4RTr4kzWYZw

Dear Jim Chalmers, re yer pending Tax Summit, Google asserts its revenue in Australia is $2B but they are raking $8.2B offshore in 'service fees'. Might be a few dollars there for you #auspol youtu.be/Y1eQQIdQ270?...

I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage #DoIt

“How dare you justify a genocide on the Palestinians?” This is the moment Belgian politician and member of the Flemish Parliament, Jos D'Haese, slammed Israel’s ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, Idit Rosenzweig-Abu, over the war on Gaza.

The biggest problem with the ALP right now is it is led by someone who irrationally hates the Greens. He doesn't really like to "fight Tories"; he loves to fight the party that reveals his actual lack of "left-wing" positions. Someone needs to tell him to get over his uni politics crap.

"Insanity is doing the same war over and over again and expecting different results."

Good on Alan Kohler, telling it like it is, Superannuation was great until John Howard turned it into a tax dodge for the rich youtu.be/m_uheqGIVAo?... #auspol

This. This exactly. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

Is anyone surprised that Trump wants to be the person that drops the biggest bombs - there are no other considerations. Deaths, consequences, another war, domestic economy, relations with allies …..

Let the democracy rebuild begin. vt.tiktok.com/ZSk4paJsF/

America…. A citizen hero and appalling police behaviour

A minimum for Australia should be to stand up for decent humanitarian values and speak up against genocide. Even better we should act through our Government to penalise Israel for it's atrocities

The Tasmanian salmon industry wouldn't exist if they had to pay for all the damage they are doing to our amazing waterways. In spite of the evidence the Government rolls on supporting this toxic industry. "It's about jobs" they say - no, there are more jobs in keeping Tassie pristine

The final act of the last parliament was to gut Australia’s environment laws. The first act from the new government is to trash climate credibility, with Woodside’s huge pollution bomb. The Enviro minister has failed at the first hurdle. Trashing the environment, not protecting it.

The total external cost to the CDPP of prosecuting whistleblower Richard Boyle has been at least $325,063 and counting. That doesn't include internal legal and staffing costs. An obscene use of public funds!

We can see problems in our democracies, inequality, lack of appropriate action on the climate crisis. We can see fascism and can feel rather powerless. Informed and together we are not. This is a very informative conversation on how we got here from at least from 1947 youtu.be/XK1CG-AIUTg?...

What is happening in Gaza is genocide. We can see it. It is criminal. In Australia we have been taking a 'neutral' stance much to the horror of so many of us. We are marginalising those who stand up. Great writing by Ghaith Krayem. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05...