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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 11h

This is absolutely brilliant TAI. Pls consider Doug Cameron's advice towards the end of webinar. + condider supporting
@australiainstitute.org.au
big thanks to @emmashortis.bsky.social - ripper of a discussion

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Submarine Dreams: understanding Australia's commitment to AUKUS

YouTube video by The Australia Institute

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h

While the media and political class fixate on tinkering with superannuation, a new report finds that 1 in 7 Australians are living in #poverty.

And it's 1 in 6 children.

In such a wealthy nation, this is an obscene policy choice. #inequality #RaiseTheRate #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

One in seven Australians living in poverty: report

Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

www.abc.net.au

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Michael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 12h

"The so-called 'independent research' gives vested interests a veil of credibility, which they exploit to lobby parliamentarians and the broader public, distorting the framing of policy debates"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

ACCC urged to probe 'distorted research' behind government gas policy

Advocacy group Climate Integrity has accused the gas industry of using "distorted research", produced by the accounting firm EY, to influence the Australian government's Future Gas Strategy.

www.abc.net.au

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Sherry @sherrysovern.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks Paul!

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15h

All these prolonged genocide just to avoid prison. Now Isreal is the most disliked state on earth.

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Michelle Fahy @michellefahy.bsky.social · 2d

[NACC CEO] told the hearing Mr Brereton had not informed him he was continuing work for the IGADF in this capacity.

Asked if Mr Brereton's advice or contribution had "fed into ministers and external agencies", the Inspector General of the ADF replied: "Yes, Senator."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Corruption watchdog head 'consulted' for ADF inspector general 11 times

Paul Brereton and Labor politicians had previously stated he had stepped away from the body and resigned as assistant inspector-general of the ADF prior to taking on the top integrity job.

www.abc.net.au

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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 11h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... He spent the day sifting through shattered concrete and twisted metal for any sign of them. All he managed to find were some shards of their skulls and parts of their hands.

‘My heart is broken’: Palestinians begin searching the Gaza rubble for their dead

Using manual tools and their bare hands, people start the immense task of trying to find their loved ones’ remains

www.theguardian.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 12h

Why is the gas industry notorious for paying so little tax, despite making billions in revenue?

Santos has made it 10 years in a row paying no tax!

@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
#auspol

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 14h

Apparently Israeli soldiers set fire to homes, food and a sewage treatment plant after the ceasefire. Anyone calling that army “moral” is corrupt. From @dropsitenews.com, where the best of The Intercept can be found. www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...

In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump's announcement on Thursday that both Hamas and Israel had signed off on an agreement to stop the fighting, the Israeli military launched an arson spree, setting fire to civilian infrastructure, including the destruction of an essential sanitation plant in
Gaza City. The destruction of Palestinian structures following the departure of soldiers who had used them as temporary bases has been a hallmark of Israel's approach to Gaza for two years. In July, Israeli reporter Yuval Abraham
collected testimonies from soldiers describing a myriad of arson methods. "Every Arab house we entered had olive oil [...] We poured the oil on the sofas, on anything flammable in the apartment, and then we ignited [it] or threw in a smoke grenade. This was a common practice," one of them described.

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 11h

Andrew Roff’s debut novel, Here Are My Demands, looks forward to an imagined future – but seems more concerned with now.

What will Australia be like in 2058? A new novel imagines division, unemployment – and activism

theconversation.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19h

It is slightly funny that Türkiye and Australia are fighting over COP31 hosting rights while their biggest gas companies team up to see who be the worst climate criminals

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Woodside’s 16.5 Mt/y Louisiana LNG Project Gains Turkish Support in HOA
Jacob Dick photo
By Jacob Dick on October 02, 2025 at 9:05 a.m.
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International
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Woodside Energy Group Ltd. is looking to place a significant portion of the capacity of the first phase of its Louisiana LNG export project under contract as a part of a tentative supply deal with Türkiye’s state-owned pipeline company.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 20h

As climate change increasingly becomes a threat not just to homes, but to the very foundations of retirement, even the most careful savers are finding personal effort can’t outpace the risks woven deeply into the financial system.

@adamlmahoney.bsky.social reports

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Climate Change Puts A Generation’s Retirement On The Line

Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails–leaving workers on their own in old age.

inthesetimes.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 11h

✍️ Add your name to the petition calling on the Australian Government to launch a Parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS:

nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...

For more info:

australiainstitute.org.au/post/poll-in...

Listen to After America here:

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✍️PETITION: Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS

Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS NOW! Australia Institute research shows a majority of Australians support a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS ✍️ Add your name now >

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True Blue 🇦🇺🐨 @spbmckenna.bsky.social · 10h

🙄 Appears to forget???

I think Trump thinks that Trumpers are STUPID enough to believe he wasn't POTUS on Jan 6, 2021!

After all, they were STUPID enough to think that he'd bring prices down!

And STUPID enough to believe Trump knew nothing about Project 2025

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Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 10h

and there will be many more in quick succession. Climate change is real, and the results will be increasingly catastrophic.

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ — Guardian Australia

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

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Jane Doe 🐸✊🏽❤️ @noticingclimate.bsky.social · 11h

"I can’t tell the difference between the two major parties anymore." #auspol
Possibly because there isn't one:

Jane Doe 🐸✊🏽❤️ @noticingclimate.bsky.social · 11h

There's a difference in the duopoly?
#AusPol

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 13h

💯. Both the Liberals and Labor are now pro-poverty parties.

Yet another reason that the 'two party system' is increasingly dangerous for the nation's future.

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Kelanoa 😷 @kelanoa.bsky.social · 3d

Why are lobbyists in the "Parliament Sports Club" in the first place? They aren't MPs, Senators or staff.

"Being kicked out of the club for raising concerns around gambling lobbyists buying access to the club shows the influence vested interests have here in Parliament and just how normalised this has become," he said.

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LORI SCHAFFER @lorihjschaffer.bsky.social · 3d

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

Ludicrous. The NACC is supposed to be independent but Brereton keeps working for the ADF while overseeing potential corruption investigations about it?
The Kathryn Campbell conflict wasn't enough to demonstrate how costly and damaging this is? That mistake already cost the NACC $1.2m to rectify.

Corruption watchdog head 'consulted' for ADF inspector general 11 times

Paul Brereton and Labor politicians had previously stated he had stepped away from the body and resigned as assistant inspector-general of the ADF prior to taking on the top integrity job.

www.abc.net.au

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 3d

Australian newspapers are reporting only the ceasefire, not Israel’s violation of it. The bombing hasn’t stopped but that’s an inconvenient truth.

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Jen G Lambie @jenglambie.bsky.social · 3d

Why would ANYONE EVER trust Zionist Israel ?

Iran 🇮🇷 ???

@zionistfedaus.bsky.social

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Palestinians moving back towards Gaza City are being fired upon.

Israeli forces say the ceasefire does not exist until the government votes for it.

At least 8 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn.

(🎥 Al Jazeera)

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 3d

"There is a strong public interest in not releasing the information" FOI response to @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social

We pay politicians and they are refusing to tell how much of our money they are spending to bury nuclear waste for the US & UK

#AUKUS #auspol
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AUKUS nuclear waste costs? Government: we know but we're not saying - Michael West

The Government has calculated preliminary costs for the treatment and storage of high-level radioactive waste from AUKUS submarines.

michaelwest.com.au

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Steve Hayes @sxh.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine you're driving vehicle. You're unlicensed, unregistered, you're speeding. You hit two pedestrians, one of whom is flung 7 metres and dies from their injuries. Then you flee the scene. Later you send odious text messages about the victim to yout friends.

Would you expect a prison sentence?

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 4d

"left for dead on a Darwin road by a driver who did not stop to help, and then later sent text messages to his friends describing the victim as an "oxygen thief" and a "dog"."

This passes for justice, in the N.T. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

'There's no justice': Outrage as Jake Danby walks after fatal hit-and-run

A fatal hit-and-run case in Darwin has exposed deep disparities in the NT’s justice system, say Aboriginal leaders, as the victim’s family speaks out.

www.abc.net.au

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AAP FactCheck @aapfactcheck.bsky.social · 3d

A Nationals senator's claim that the CSIRO has said coal is Australia's cheapest power source omits crucial details.
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/se...

Senator's 'cheapest form of electricity' claim misleads

A Nationals senator's claim that the CSIRO has said coal is Australia's cheapest power source omits crucial details.

www.aap.com.au

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