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"Each new fossil fuel extraction facility will contribute to higher insurance costs overall," "The more transparency the public has about how this is affecting their cost of living...the more we build community support for strong action on climate." @katechaneymp.bsky.social at Politics in the Pub

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

Are you struggling to pay your bills? Because the gas industry isn't. Gas companies exported $149 billion worth of Australian gas, and paid ZERO royalties. How is that fair? #auspol Add your name to the petition to make them pay their fair share of royalties > theaus.in/collect_gas_...

submitted 14 hours ago • 10 comments

Friends don’t let friends buy & eat Tasmanian farmed salmon. It’s produced & farmed irresponsibly, harms the local environment inc the ancient & endangered Maugean skate - & is owned by multinationals who pay little to no tax Friends don’t let friends buy & eat Tasmanian farmed salmon #auspol

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

AUKUS will be used for generations as an example of the perfect meeting of dumb policy and dumb politics.

submitted 4 days ago • 39 comments

Very key point made here. Any "shortage" is due solely to exports. We don't need more gas, we need to send less to Japan which has so much it exports our gas to other countries! (also worth charging the companies to mine our gas and also to tax them properly) www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

submitted 4 days ago • 28 comments

Congrats, ALP you really thought this one through

submitted 4 days ago • 54 comments

80% of Australia’s gas is exported. We don’t need any more gas. We don’t have a gas shortage. Keep on saying and sharing it, folks!

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

2 weeks ago, the media parroted Dutton’s inference that caravan explosives were part of an anti-Jewish terror plot. Now we know the explosives were decades old, had no detonator, and were likely tied to crime gangs. When will the media stop being Dutton's megaphone for fear-mongering and lies?

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare. Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.

submitted 13 days ago • 45 comments

Despite our government calling it a technology sharing agreement, AUKUS ties us to US foreign policy for decades, and to a degree to US domestic policy. Finding a way out of AUKUS is essential. Difficult, but essential. #AusPol

submitted 14 days ago • 34 comments

"Fire is a natural process – albeit...as climate change worsens, landscapes like the Grampians will face more frequent, large wildfires. The best action we can take is to pressure governments to seriously address climate change and implement meaningful solutions." theconversation.com/grampians-na...

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

The AUKUS concept mixes two versions of the Virginia class SSN with a third, new UK design. This is unworkable logistically & impractical for Australia. It’s not a smart or achievable solution, it’s just lazy & stupid policy that has ceded our sovereignty. (1/3) #auspol #AUKUS #U-SUKA

submitted 15 days ago • 19 comments

Ok now I have seen enough. 🙄🙄🙄🙄 An $800 million AUD downpayment for submarines we will never get … But only to see more US bases in our sovereign soil. This ALP government has to go. #auspol #WTFAlbo #AUKUS

submitted 16 days ago • 35 comments

$800 million and that’s just the down payment for this years Grift Party … 🥳🤢🤑 This shit will be going on for decades. #auspol #AUKUS #U-SUKA

submitted 16 days ago • 10 comments

"What AUKUS is about in the American mind is turning the suckers in Australia, locking us up for 40 years with American bases all around [...] So AUKUS is really about, in American terms, the military control of Australia." (PJK Aug24)

submitted 16 days ago • 14 comments

I just can’t believe we’re doing this. Not a single credible expert says it’s good for us. The only reason we’re doing it is so Labor is seen to be strong on defence & so they don’t get wedged by LNP/Murdoch/Stokes/Nine/ABC (they will anyway) #auspol

submitted 16 days ago • 51 comments

Dutton has no viable policies, no costings & no details - which is why he avoids being pinholed at press conferences. The ONLY strategy he has is to attack Labor & create culture wars, division & distraction - all for political gain He is not a legitimate leader www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 16 days ago • 13 comments

So we’re signed up for AUKUS with a country that openly defies/denies international law. That could take our defence forces to some even darker places.

submitted 16 days ago • 61 comments

Remember too - AUKUS is a defence counter against our largest trading partner. No one has ever explained how that will work #auspol

submitted 16 days ago • 20 comments

Richard Marles is very happy to get a pat on the head for giving away your money. 🤦‍♂️ #AUKUS #auspol

submitted 16 days ago • 40 comments

AUKUS is one of the stupidest deals I’ve ever seen anyone sign up for and I will never understand why we have.

submitted 16 days ago • 44 comments

#auspol LNP details to be released 👇 AFTER THE ELECTION . Spending Cuts . Reintroduce INDUE card . Nuclear roll out

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

"The case of Lalor retweeting Israeli articles shared by Jewish human rights activists, and the similar case of Antionette Lattouf, are examples of the disproportionate reach and power of Zionist interests and the state of Israel." theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

submitted 18 days ago • 1215 comments

Donald Trump has broken ‘what was left of international law’ – @emmashortis.bsky.social live.australiainstitute.org.au

submitted 19 days ago • 14 comments

And there you have it. From the horse’s mouth.

submitted 19 days ago • 66 comments

I note with extreme interest, the ABC has spent millions settling cases in the past few years with white men that they clearly have not wanted to enter into an open court battle with. The ABC however, is happy to aggressively witch-hunt a Lebanese woman to the ends of the earth. Why? #LatouffvABC

submitted 20 days ago • 82 comments

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social's critique of the BBC's promotion of far right UK politics could equally be applied to Australia's ABC for their daily uncritical platforming of Dutton. Plus the ABC's reports on the Labor Govt's policies & legislation invariably open with #DuttonSays #auspol #AusVotes2025

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Dear @australianlabor.bsky.social THIS 👇 needs to be the template for every campaign ad. Let Albo stand on his record AND make Dutton explain his record of opposing everything. #auspol #AusVotes2025 Image credit: @michaelspring17.bsky.social

submitted 21 days ago • 16 comments

Psyche!

submitted 20 days ago • 276 comments

Political bribery (donations) data out so a glimpse of who owns the politicians .. and why they shirked reform. eg: "Sportsbet $88k, Tabcorp $60k, Lottery Corp $44k, 'Responsible Wagering Australia' $66k michaelwest.com.au/mystery-mone...

submitted 21 days ago • 20 comments

A cautionary tale for Australia's ABC.

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Where are they dumping the nuclear waste? Australia has agreed to take AUKUS submarine waste of the US/UK but @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social efforts to find out have been met with secrecy and threats #auspol michaelwest.com.au/aukus-agency...

submitted 21 days ago • 18 comments

Peter Dutton is a Public Servant, a representative of the people …. Paid for by the public treasury. Let’s axe him first … #auspol #DuttonTheDud #TemuTrump

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Dutton today on Jews in Australia: "I’ve never seen an element of society ostracised in such a way" Yeah, that's why they have a much lower life expectancy, earn 25% less than everyone else, and are 17 times more likely to be incarcerated... Oh wait, no that's another group.. can't think who.

submitted 24 days ago • 80 comments

Nine days ago www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

submitted 24 days ago • 11 comments

Peter Dutton wants your tax dollars for a plan he hasn’t thought through.

submitted 25 days ago • 10 comments

Australian inflation figure comes in at 2.4%. Goods inflation is now at its lowest level since 2016, raising hopes of an interest rate cut next month.

submitted 26 days ago • 12 comments

Months of @sarahschwartz.bsky.social making this point, followed by a week of rightwing media proving her point, culminate in this perfect distillation of how hollow Dutton's "anti-antisemitism" crusade is Bravo to Sarah for calling it out, at great personal cost www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

The whole gang is waiting for Trump to do just one tiny smart thing. Hopeless vigil. #pets #dogs #cats

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

HUGE BREAKING NEWS: Pete Buttigieg is seriously considering running for Senate in Michigan after Gretchen Whitmer says she wouldn’t run for the open seat. Smash that RT if you agree Secretary Buttigieg would make a FANTASTIC Senator!! 💙💙

submitted 26 days ago • 1099 comments

Who remembers the #LNP's penalty rate cuts? Who could forget the the #LNP's penalty rate cuts? #LNPNeverAgain #auspol

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

And it’s getting worse … Who has all the wealth in Australia 🤔 And who will get more of it soon … 🤑🤑🤑 #auspol

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Sussan Ley's failure to mention one word in her Australia Day address speaks volumes Convicts, barbecues and Captain Cook all got a namecheck in Ley's January 26 address. Omitting Blackfellas continues a dangerous denial of history, writes John Paul Janke. www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...

submitted 27 days ago • 6 comments

WA's gas and electricity prices have TRIPLED since 2020, after the WA Gov let Woodside export domestic gas reserves. Now Woodside want a 50 year extension for their North West Shelf export terminal. If it's approved, it will lock in higher prices for DECADES. #auspol @markogge.bsky.social

submitted 27 days ago • 9 comments

My latest. The Albanese govt's reforms are not being given the credit they deserve. The focus group-driven mantra of a ‘do nothing’ govt cannot be sustained if our erstwhile political commentators bothered to look at what the govt has actually done #auspol johnmenadue.com/mainstream-m...

submitted 27 days ago • 9 comments