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Mosman Resources @mosmanresources.bsky.social · 11h

Fascism and conspiracies prosper when governments become secretive and particularly when they reduce transparency and accountability. Our political duopoly are promoting and even encouraging this social disruption and degradation of our democracy.

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 1d

An utterly shameful list of murderous, ecocidal, omnicidal acts by a government that loves to claim it cares

The strategy of trying to get Labor and the bureaucracy to act is an abject failure. Government is a failed institution, most clearly when it comes to climate.

Time to build the next system

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Jenothee @jenothee.bsky.social · 1d

Tldr:
ALP and LNP are one in the same because they live in the pockets of fossil fuel donors.
Indies and Greens need to hammer on this point.
#auspol

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Jenothee @jenothee.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering the Anne Aly meet & greet I went to pre-election. Asked her why ALP wont work with the Greens. She said its the Greens who wont work with the ALP. She also tried to say the Greens have corporate donors but looked sheepish when I asked if they were from fossil fuel corps.
#auspol

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Anti corruption @againstcorruption.bsky.social · 1d

#auspol
Well that seems a tad corrupt

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

Warnings about how to avoid a paper trail that might later be accessed by an FOI request are part of the induction kit for new political staffers. Even the acronym has its own crude nickname in the ministerial wing: “FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.” satpa.pe/zPB9QFA

Inside Albanese’s FOI reforms: ‘He hates transparency’

Labor’s reforms to freedom of information laws are opposed by every public submission made to the Senate, with the government’s record on secrecy worse than Scott Morrison’s.

satpa.pe

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 2d

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 14h

The Govt has spent $600K on lawyers to keep early warnings signals of further Snowy 2.0 cost blowouts from the public. With the matter now in the Full Federal Court, the price of this secrecy to the taxpayer will likely avalanche to >$1M 🤦‍♂️. #FOI #auspol

Snowy 2.0 legal cost avalanche - more public money spent hushing more public information - Michael West

The Government confessed to the Senate it spent $600K on lawyers to stop Snowy 2.0 cost and schedule blowouts from being made public.

michaelwest.com.au

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @mylesjaybee.bsky.social · 11h

Albo’s new FOI laws:
40-hour cap.
No anonymous requests.
Fees to ask questions.
Proof of identity to hold power accountable.
They’ve turned “Freedom of Information” into “Freedom from Information.”

#FuckOffIdiot #auspol

“He hates transparency,” one Labor adviser tells The Saturday Paper. “Loathes it.”

Freedom of information requests have always inspired a certain degree of fear and dislike in Canberra.

Warnings about how to avoid a paper trail that might later be accessed by an FOI request are part of the induction kit for new political staffers.

Even the acronym has its own crude nickname among those who walk on the ministerial wing’s mid-blue carpet: “FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.”

That longstanding aversion is now being written into law, with Attorney-General Michelle Rowland introducing the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 on September 3, a bill that seeks to tilt the system firmly away from disclosure.

If passed without amendment, the proposed law will impose a 40-hour processing cap on all FOI requests, allowing Commonwealth agencies to refuse broad or complex requests. It will empower them to reject applications they deem vexatious or harassing and ban anonymous requests by requiring applicants to identify themselves and, in some cases, provide proof of identity.

The bill would, for the first time at the federal level, allow fees to be charged for lodging requests and seeking reviews – adding a direct financial hurdle for those trying to obtain documents. It also seeks to widen cabinet and deliberative-process exemptions, which are often used to deny FOI requests, and allow for the routine redaction of public servants’ names from released material.

Government insiders present these measures as a way to modernise and streamline an overloaded system, arguing that the FOI system is being used in ways that go far beyond its original purpose of exposing corruption or maladministration.

Other arguments being advanced in favour of the bill are that some applicants – including advocacy groups, political opponents and even commercial consultants – have turned FOI into a tactical weapon. It is

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 11h

2/2 A timely article on the status quo spruikers [like Albo] from @juliannes.bsky.social who was on #SundayShot last week. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Adopting a ‘she’ll be right’ attitude to Australian politics may be seductive, but it certainly isn’t guaranteed

Australians are rightfully proud of their robust election process, yet surveys suggest very few fully understand it

www.theguardian.com

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 11h

Oh no, here we go again. Are we heading for another (rushed) agreement to solidify our role as the world’s quarry?

We should export processed minerals, not raw! #ValueAddHere. 1/2 #auspol

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Shelley McNicholl @shell3070.bsky.social · 11h

Best wishes to the 18 people who are going to watch this steaming pile of shit.
#Auspol

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 9h

Getting involved in local politics with others in my community is one of the best things I've ever done.

Remember - no one is coming to save us but us. We all have a role to play. Time to step up!

Please sign up to get involved in a local group in your community #auspol

Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 10h

Whenever I'm feeling anxious (a lot right now) - I reflect on what more I can do - & know that the solutions to the events we see here & OS are to go local

There are Voices of type groups across Aust to get involved with & make a difference #auspol

Find your group here > tinyurl.com/mr4buy48

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 12h

Great run-down of the mutual obligations system — both it's current unlawful administration, and it's rotten ideological underpinnings that destroys lives — by @amyremeikis.bsky.social here: www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

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Linotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 10h

#auspol
Centrism loves its closed doors

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 14h

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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John Pollock @karlcotton.bsky.social · 7h

Australia could learn from this initiative. Rather than demonising asylum seekers and sending to the Nauru gulag let’s welcome them into our communities and we all benefit. #auspol #closenaurugulag

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

www.theguardian.com

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My Giddy Aunt (Australia) @mygiddyaunt.bsky.social · 6h

I wonder if the well funded zionist lobby's plan in Oz is to keep suing and harassing until they get a favourable legal decision and set a precedent? 🤔
There's also the added advantage of general intimidation and white anting while they're at it. #auspol

marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 6h

Our client Dr Nick Riemer on the 18C case against him and his colleague Prof John Keane

Anti-Zionism on trial - ABC listen

University of Sydney academics Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane will be facing the Federal Court on Monday 13th October after university colleagues made a complaint of anti-Semitism against the...

www.abc.net.au

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 6h

Have you caught today's #SundayShot ? #auspol

Dave Milner. Joel Jenkins. Greg Jericho and making her debut - Ronni Salt!

Watch on YouTube here > youtu.be/lcYUot1qnNs?...

Or listen on Podcast here > podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @mylesjaybee.bsky.social · 5h

Australians don't want a close partnership with the United States, can't you fucking read the room!?

But hey, it's not that Albanese, is it you cunt, you are just doing what your billionaire donors tell you to eh?!
#auspol

Anthony Albanese @albomp.bsky.social · 12h

I look forward to continuing Australia’s close partnership with the United States.

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 5h

This silent group at the pro-Palestine anti-genocide rallies in Sydney always have a sombre tone of grief, mourning and solidarity with the people of Palestine. #auspol #SaveGaza #FreePalestine #SanctionIsrael

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Elyon Black @elyonblackstar.bsky.social · 18h

Sensitive ♥

#JayVik #Arcane

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alex䷰trismegistus @technihilism.bsky.social · 10h

it's beyond fucking tiring that a party with an obsession for holding people accountable for every single cent of welfare payments is handing out "how to crime" guides to their fucking employees #auspol

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 14h

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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aries⚡️ @ariespsyche.bsky.social · 1d

💤💤💤 #jayvik #arcane

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栗 @lilyalwei.bsky.social · 1d

#jayvik ❤️‍🔥

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Jayces big tits @never-god.bsky.social · 1d

a distant dream

drawing of naked viktor from season 1 seen from behind wrapped in jayce blanket

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 1d

The way you'll bring this up and get a chorus of "Oh, I never thought of that" from cis people when it lives eternally in our heads....

moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 1d

Make no mistake, when the state imprisons a trans woman in a men's prison, it intentionally procures her for the purpose of having her raped. The statistics are extremely clear-cut and consistent in every jurisdiction where they have been collected. There is no way around them

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