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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 10h

Agreed

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 1d

This could have been Australia, but thanks to John Howard, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, the Minerals Council and the BCA, we wasted nearly 20 years subsidising gas and coal instead. What a waste.

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

China ≠ just coal plants and solar exports. The deeper shift: electrifying everything it can. Strategic, because China relies on imported fossil fuels. Coal is still king in the power mix—for now. But the balance is changing year by year.

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Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.

To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?

Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 1d

Making his point for him -- just asking about the power of the gambling lobby gets Senator David Pocock booted from sports club the Prime Minister heads. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 22h

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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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 2h

We need that woman on Instagram who teaches imaginary kindergarten kids to give them a lesson today about how “sometimes we don’t with the prize but that’s ok, because we should always keep trying to do our best…”

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 1h

Lucy Hamilton
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Lucy Hamilton | Substack

Doctoral candidate. Researching fossil fuel’s architecture of influence operations’ Christian Nationalism. Click to read Lucy Hamilton, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 1h

Lucy Hamilton with a cogent insight into just how ****ed the US is:
@lucyham.bsky.social

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Stop crediting Trump for the US government

Authoritarians gain power by building a fearsome reputation. Trump is the face of a posse of people and groups. We must not strengthen him, or allow them to hide.

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@gfelljones.bsky.social @20244202.bsky.social · 1d

Bishop's judgement flawed. . .at whose cost?

Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Bring Back @cosmicpinot.bsky.social Brian
' ... Bell ... Hired by ANU as a “rock star prof” a few years earlier, she was tapped by Bishop to replace the popular Brian Schmidt .. who had decided to .. to return to full-time science. @fmols.bsky.social

www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/12/g...

When Bell resigned, staff cheered. The ANU drama reveals a broken university sector

The downfall of now-ex ANU boss Genevieve Bell is just a microcosm of a broader crisis in Australian university governance.

www.crikey.com.au

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Bring Back @cosmicpinot.bsky.social Brian
' ... Bell ... Hired by ANU as a “rock star prof” a few years earlier, she was tapped by Bishop to replace the popular Brian Schmidt .. who had decided to .. to return to full-time science. @fmols.bsky.social

www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/12/g...

When Bell resigned, staff cheered. The ANU drama reveals a broken university sector

The downfall of now-ex ANU boss Genevieve Bell is just a microcosm of a broader crisis in Australian university governance.

www.crikey.com.au

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 1d

🤔 'Dump the Duopoly/Crush The Cartel'

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

If you want a top shelf EPBC Act 2.0 you know what to do.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Australia's much loved wildlife and places sorely need greater care and legal protection.

Our latest for @aunz.theconversation.com.

theconversation.com/labor-is-clo... With good friends and colleagues, @drphilmccormack.bsky.social & @yungenchee.bsky.social.

Labor is close to a deal on environmental law reforms. There are troubling signs these will fall short

Labor is close to a deal on its environmental law reforms. Will they strong enough to protect nature?

theconversation.com

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My Giddy Aunt (Australia) @mygiddyaunt.bsky.social · 1d

Labor don't care - about the optics or their constituents. They are so arrogant.
#LaborIsBought #auspol #VestedInterests #ISupportPockock
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

New Australia Institute analysis reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

Audited accounts show the ANU made a $90 million surplus in 2024 and increased the value of its net assets.

#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 1d

onya RP👏

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, in reply to a question about #FOI, @albomp.bsky.social went out of his way to take a swipe at me. His words were unbecoming of a PM, but I’m glad my #transparency efforts are getting under his skin. It shows our anti-secrecy campaign is having an impact. #auspol

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 1d

"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.

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for posting BB. 2 things- 1. MG on a TAI webinar indicated she could only countenance a majority govt.
'This bill is a serious test for the Liberals. An aspiring government'
2. Albo ≠ FOI - is this not a govt acting in self interest, hostile to democracy & not doing best for nation?

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Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 1d

"The prime minister has never liked FOI".

Michelle Grattan writes on the murky origins of the Govt's proposed Freedom of Information legislation.

Coalition has criticised, but not confirmed it will vote against, the legislation. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom of information?

Crossbenchers are joining forces to condemn the government's FOI bill, calling for its withdrawal and an independent inquiry. Will the Coalition stand for transparency?

www.abc.net.au

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Robyn @jailbirdstreet.bsky.social · 1d

Competence & vision = Greens.
Greed & bullshit = LNP aka Lying Nasty Party

Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 2d

Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition
@fmols.bsky.social
theconversation.com/competence-a...

Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition

Winning government from opposition broadly involves three stages: establishing competence, offering an alternative vision of government, and surviving the campaign.

theconversation.com

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Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 1d

I accidentally inspired one of the best things I've read in years www.woroni.com.au/words/all-of...

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 2d

onya Ebony

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Gas exports have meant Australian households and businesses have paid billions of dollars more for energy over the last decade.

For more info ⤵️
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Gas exports have tripled Australian gas prices and doubled electricity prices

New Australia Institute research reveals that gas exports have led to the tripling of wholesale east coast gas prices and doubling of electricity prices, since exports began in 2015.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Steel and aluminium manufacturers are feeling the effects of high gas prices driven up by exports.

Australia Institute research shows gas exports have TRIPLED Aus gas prices and DOUBLED electricity prices.

📺 Deputy Director Ebony Bennett on ABC News Breakfast
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol

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Gus - Dinky-di Aussie - Free Palestine @guslabor.bsky.social · 2d

So taxpayer funded welfare payments for capitalist corporations

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 2d

👏absolutely

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