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The Aus's Dennis Shanahan devoted a column to @australiainstitute.org.au 's new report on declining media power & this was the best he could do: "the big election editorial has never counted for much with voters. To suggest there’s been a decline of their influence ignores the political reality." 🧵

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This is funny cos less than 2 years on, all is forgiven by carbon market bro cos Shell is BACK TO BUYING CARBON CREDITS🎊 In the 👀 of carbon market bros, Shell & TotalEnergies are ⚡ENERGY LEADERS⚡⚖️BALANCING EMISSIONS⚖️ & deserving of KUDOS👏 (Never mind their NEW Oil & Gas fields & projects...)

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Canada - building more public houses and using less steel (and therefore less coal). Australians are routinely told neither is possible. woodcentral.com.au/how-canada-p...

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If you're a connoisseur of carbon capture/credit scams, then don't miss this Icelandic epic from @heimildin.bsky.social heimildin.is/grein/24581/...

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Excellent work by @emmashortis.bsky.social drawing attention to this oil and gas rig that popped up while we were distracted by the election. Not only is the gas rig next to a Marine National Park, it now stands as a backdrop to the world famous Twelve Apostles #auspol

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“The endorsement of newspapers used to be much sought-after, but these days such endorsements are practically irrelevant,” said @joshuablackjb.bsky.social, report co-author. A new report explores the declining influence of media endorsements and leaders’ debates on election outcomes. Read:

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Despite the endorsements of all News Corp mastheads and the AFR, the Coalition suffered a major defeat. “This research shows that Australia’s major media outlets have little influence over how Australians actually vote," said report co-author @skyelark.bsky.social. #auspol

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The Guardian published an article yesterday citing claims from a researcher that the rental crisis is "overblown."

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We all have power. We all have a choice of how we use it. "Whether we are casting a vote, filing a story, advising a minister, attending a protest, or writing a law – history will remember those who chose to act & those who looked away." @pollyjhemming.bsky.social at the #ClimateIntegrity Summit

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"No Power Greater: A History of Union Action in Australia" is officially on the shelves of bookstores across Australia! Filled with exciting and inspiring stories of collective action by working people and the struggle for economic equality - hope you enjoy it!

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I love my aunts, but Amy's are clearly more interesting... "[Ley] rolls out [her punk story] the way your eccentric aunt might drop in that she once dated Robert Mugabe over family lunch."

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Great new report on LNG shipping from Solutions for Our Climate (Korea). LNG trade enables emissions nearly as big as China! @australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social forourclimate.org/research/581

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Twiggy Forrest gets it... www.smh.com.au/business/com...

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Which Australian states play the biggest role of primary extraction for fossil fuels (most of which is exported overseas)? - QLD and NSW are the worst for coal, by a huge margin - WA is the worst for gas , but QLD and NT are bad too - Vic never extracted that much gas

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Tasmanian salmon - an industry with lots of revenue, lots of pollution, and, as @rodcampbell.bsky.social writes, almost no tax paid #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/tasmani...

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Authors and publishers need urgent assistance to keep Australia’s literary culture thriving - we are in danger of losing Australian voices writes @alicektg.bsky.social #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/authors...

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Overhaul the tax system you say? OK. End the Capital Gains Tax discount... improve the PRRT... bring in a wealth tax.... also a broad super profits tax. Cheers, thanks for the suggestion.

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' @amyremeikis.bsky.social tells it how it is! @australiainstitute.org.au www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

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This is a relief, but it will only really matter if there's a new focus on holding Labor to account - in much higher resolution and at a much higher frequency. Renewables, transport and heavy industry progress should all be tracked without bias. "Give them more time" is no excuse, now.

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Laura Tingle asks “who’s going to be going back into culture wars after this election result?” “Not just in politics, Newscorp was in it up to their armpits.”🔥💯 #AusVotes25

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Today's retail trade figures show the RBA failed when it did not cut rates in April #OffTheCharts @grogsgamut.bsky.social australiainstitute.org.au/post/retail-...

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Great piece on the pathetic Sinophobia that made it into the tail end of #AusVotes2025. @australiainstitute.org.au @yuan-frank.bsky.social @joshuablackjb.bsky.social australiainstitute.org.au/post/knee-je...

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Unsure about the opposition's policies? It's your own fault, because as Skye Predavec writes, Peter Dutton has been "very clear"... repeatedly. #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/this-el...

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The debate about defence ignores that Australia is already a spends a huge amount on defence and the military. As @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social writes lifting spending to 3% of GDP would be more than Sth Korea! #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/austral...

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Apparently the Aus election is all about the outta suburbz... Yet outer-metro seats have fewer journalists than regional/rural. Aus democracy needs investment in local news! New report out today w @stephenlongaus.bsky.social and Skye Predavec @australiainstitute.org.au

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Look at all those jobs the gas industry is creating with Australian gas...in Singapore. 🤦 All construction of Santos' Barossa kit overseas, to be floated to Aus. Big gas is taking the piss. @australiainstitute.org.au

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Both major parties talk big about how important it is to prevent domestic and family violence but as @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @jack-thrower.bsky.social note - when you look at the size of spending a lot of other things seem more important... #OffTheCharts australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-tal...

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“Economics says to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of, yet Dutton seems to want less EVs & more American-style utes. “He would scrap the EV tax break – which it supported until Monday – because ppl who buy EVs can afford them. Surely the same should apply for big utes.”

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Great piece on early voting and its downside. Eg - Labor lost last Qld election, got less votes pre-poll but more votes on polling day. @australiainstitute.org.au @thenewdaily.bsky.social www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

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Nice @rodcampbell.bsky.social demonstration here of the sheer scale of Australia's export of fossil gas - Inpex alone exports more than domestic consumption for SA, Vic, NSW. Aus' gas export industry is a profit engine for multinationals: nothing more australiainstitute.org.au/report/big-g...

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If you're not reading @amyremeikis.bsky.social's blog, you're not really into #auspol!

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Some Australian politicians made an early choice about who they would stand with. The Liberal’s No 1 Senate candidate in South Australia Senator Antic isn't shy about his political allegiance. He’s happily embraced an indecent lawless authoritarian, wannabe dictator. #auspol

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This this this 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Great pic of Ted O'Brien at the Easter anti-nuke protest! More in @townsvillebulletin.bsky.social story, feat @australiainstitute.org.au polling on lack of support for nuke costs.

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Japanese gas exporter INPEX operates a gas export terminal in Darwin. Our research found that INPEX: + Exports more gas than is used in NSW, Vic & SA combined + Sells no gas to Australians outside of emergencies + Pays no royalties or PRRT + Paid no corporate tax on $21 bn in gas exports since 2015

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Remembering when PM @albomp.bsky.social & Gas Minister Madeleine King celebrated Asia Pacific LNG's 1000th cargo & congratulated APLNG partners Conoco Phillips, Origin Energy & Sinopec during the Great Barrier Reef's mass coral bleaching event in 2024 (that was the 5th in 8 years) #AusVotes25

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