This is indefensible. Calls for people to lose their jobs and livelihoods are overdone in Australia. But how can these officers continue to be employed? Surely they must be charged with assault.

"Social cohesion is a scam, a strategy employed by the powerful to delegitimise and suppress the voices of the less powerful... If you are othered by powerful groups, you become the victim of cohesion, not the beneficiary; what you get from social cohesion is a punch from an armed official."

Crisis? What crisis? Govt's own docs prove that there was no "swarm" of FOI requests that required Australians' FOI rights to be restricted. No wonder govt delayed 150 days before releasing. @skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live blog: live.thepoint.com.au/2026/02/the-...

Most power-sharing agreements between major parties and minor parties/independents are public -- So why is the Coalition Agreement secret? @skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live blog live.thepoint.com.au?post=928adea...

According to new Australia Institute research, the inequality between private and public education will continue to grow, and Australian students, along with the Australian community and economy, will suffer. Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rsPW2I

The Nationals are the party of the bush, making Liberals the party of the city, right? In fact, Libs have lost most of their metro seats -- so One Nation's rise in the regions threatens the Libs as much as the Nats. @skyelark.bsky.social on @thepointau.bsky.social live.thepoint.com.au#732cfc1bdd

Triple J Hottest 100 out tomorrow! Last year just 27 Aus songs made it. Lowest since 1994!! Why? – Streaming favours the USA Thankfully, DJ Albo is in the house and can turn this around! Thread on how.

Last night, the Commonwealth passed its part of the most significant gun control reforms since 1996. But how did we get here? What does this legislation do? And how have the far-right taken advantage of Australia's gun laws? New from me on @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...

Hanson not exactly looking thrilled about Joyce's defection to One Nation in their publicity photos

Kerry O'Brien's warning that Labor wants to make it easier for govts to flout freedom of information laws confirmed. Fact check for @thepointau.bsky.social by @skyelark.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

The Actuaries Institute of Australia recently published our review of mortality in 2024, which you can find here. content.actuaries.asn.au/resources/re.... A quick summary of our major conclusions #thread.

The devil is in the devolution: are the states mounting an EPBC takeover? New from Simon Copland and @kirstyhowey.bsky.social: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Ausmusic tshirt day at work with @skyelark.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social ‪@alicektg.bsky.social‬ You can donate to musicians doing it tough here: ausmusictshirtday.org.au

@australiainstitute.org.au wearing aus music t-shirts today. You can donate to musicians doing it tough here: ausmusictshirtday.org.au

The public service is not bloated, and cuts will hurt Australians. Two charts on The Point from @grogsgamut.bsky.social show the context and costs of slashing APS budgets: thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

National Party members have effectively set the Coalition's climate policy, but who's in this influential group? The answer: a shrinking, aging membership - New from me on @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

This piece nicely encapsulates why independent journalism is increasingly trusted above mainstream. Skye Predavec accurately describes the $9 trillion claim as "gross misrepresentation". The take from most mainstream journos?: 'Mr Littleproud said...' #ClimateCrisis #auspol

This by @skyelark.bsky.social was such a brilliant slaughtering of the LNP’s $9tn claim. Ley won’t even say the number anymore #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

"Five times freedom of information shone a light on secretive government processes" @skyelark.bsky.social #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...

There's a common misconception that preferences explain the thumping majority Labor won at this year's election. Not true -- as @skyelark.bsky.social explains in @thepointau.bsky.social fact check thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

Australia gives parties and candidates generous taxpayer funding, but it comes too late -- after the election has already happened. @skyelark.bsky.social describes alternatives that make public funding available to new challengers -- when they can actually use it. On @thepointau.bsky.social

Australia should take many lessons from Mamdani's incredible victory, including learning from America on how to handle money in politics (yes, really) New from me on @thepointau.bsky.social 👇 thepoint.com.au/news/251108-...

Barnaby Joyce says almost a third of his electorate – equivalent to Sydney and Melbourne combined – will be "carpeted" in renewables. It might not surprise you to learn that he seems to have made it up out of thin air: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

A brilliant fact check by @skyelark.bsky.social "Will Net Zero cost $9 trillion to Australia?" #ThePoint (spoiler, not even fucking close) thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

Taking reader questions on @thepointau.bsky.social live blog: How many more seats would the Coalition lose if an election were held today? @skyelark.bsky.social answers -- live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...

@skyelark.bsky.social impactful article thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

Another historic achievement in transparency by the Albanese govt: cratering the FOI system. thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

"PM Albanese’s culture of secrecy, in three charts" Damning work by @skyelark.bsky.social on this govt's secrecy #OffTheCharts #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

Missed this form earlier this week. By @skyelark.bsky.social "The Federal Government spends more on shredders than FOI training" thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

Excited to be able to talk about this publicly now - The Point is now up and running and from Monday, you'll find my parliament blog on it 💃 thepoint.com.au

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme keeps Australian medicines affordable, and Big Pharma hates it. Now Trump is angling for Australians to pay US style prices for life-saving drugs. @skyelark0 explains ⤵️ #auspol

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...

Proposed changes to Australia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely according to new Australia Institute research. ‘Members of the public have a right to access government documents.' - Skye Predavec, Researcher @skyelark.bsky.social #auspol

"What this Bill would do is make it harder and more expensive for Australians to get information from the government." "FOI is not perfect, but this bill would make its issues much, much worse." - Australia Institute Researcher Skye Predevac #auspol @skyelark.bsky.social

"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

Albanese Govt plans to make cabinet docs harder to access, in defiance of Robodebt Royal Commission – which recommended making cabinet docs available for public scrutiny. More in @australiainstitute.org.au report with @skyelark.bsky.social australiainstitute.org.au/report/the-p...

There are almost double the number of voters per seat as there were in 1984, leaving Australians less represented than ever. Great article from @michellegrattan.bsky.social on the growing case to grow Australia's parliament: theconversation.com/grattan-on-f...

Australian artists helped the nation survive the COVID pandemic, but our governments have left them in the lurch. “If people can’t earn a living while making their art, newsflash, there’s not going to be a lot of art.” - Skye Predavec, Anne Kantor Fellow @skyelark.bsky.social #auspol

ANU has had a lot of gall recently, but it might be hard to top comparing David Pocock's motions on transparency to Trump's attacks on tertiary education. Read more on the @australiainstitute.org.au live blog 👇 live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/08/aust...

Australia's preferential voting system is often praised, and for good reason. But in terms of reflecting overall votes cast it's not much better than first past the post. My look at how our winner-takes-all voting system skews election outcomes for @australiainstitute.org.au 👇 #auspol

Australia has a politician problem: not too many, but too few. There are nine times the number of voters than in 1903, but the number of MPs has only doubled. Maybe it's time for our representative democracy to get a bit more representative? @australiainstitute.org.au #auspol

Australians lose $13 billion dollars every year on the pokies. The vast majority of this, over $10 billion in losses, comes from at-risk gamblers: those who are exceeding the low-risk gambling limit. New research from @skyelark.bsky.social ⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/post/most-ga...

On the National Day of Protest Rights, a reminder that Australians overwhelmingly support the right to peaceful protest - and believe that peaceful protest has a place in Australian democracy. #ProtectProtest australiainstitute.org.au/post/austral...

Analysis of the 2025 election makes it clear that minor party and independent preferences behind Labor’s landslide victory #OffTheCharts @browne90.bsky.social @skyelark.bsky.social @joshuablackjb.bsky.social australiainstitute.org.au/post/major-p...

The monopoly of major parties over Aussie elections has been eroding for a while, but now it's crumbling faster than ever before 👇

If you bet on the winner of the Miles Franklin, your windfall is tax free but if you win the Miles Franklin you pay tax. There's an easy and cheap way for the gov to help our best artists and writers. Make prizes tax free. Thanks to @charlottewood.bsky.social & Melissa Lucashenko for their thoughts

The ALP's landslide means this term of parliament has a slightly smaller crossbench, but that hides an ever-growing trend. More Aussies than ever are drifting away from the major parties 👇 #auspol

With Bradfield now called, @skyelark.bsky.social points out that the 2025 election was the first time where the votes for independents and minor parties were *larger* than for one of the ALP or LNP #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-202...

"the result in Calwell shows that the press has lost touch with the people, the result in Australia shows that the people have lost touch with the press" Absolute fire from @skyelark.bsky.social and @rodcampbell.bsky.social on the coverage of the most interesting electoral race in 2025