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Gavin Miller
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Scientist, student of the Anthropocene, skeptic/sceptic, 'dump the duopoly 2025'
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euanritchie.bsky.social
Minister Watt really is making a mockery of this critically important environmental law reform. If he wanted, he could act on the advice of scientists and experts, and amend Labor's bills, and the Greens would agree to support them. Summon the courage, Murray. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of ‘coin toss’
Labor is continuing talks with both sides and could be prepared to give more ground
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
glmiller.bsky.social
🤔 @browne90.bsky.social is there a name for this deceptiion ie. like 'greenwashing'?
“Companies like to talk up their charitable giving,” said Bill Browne, director of the Australia Institute’s Democracy & Accountability program.
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
Overstated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies exposed in new report
A new report into 20 of the country’s biggest corporations has found examples of them overstating how generous their reported contributions to the community were.
thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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richarddenniss.bsky.social
Australian companies like Westpac and Woolworths exaggerating how much they give to charity…who’d have thought! Great work @browne90.bsky.social

thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
Overstated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies exposed in new report
A new report into 20 of the country’s biggest corporations has found examples of them overstating how generous their reported contributions to the community were.
thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
Insult to injury.
My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Street scene. Two Aussie white males departing the scene on the left. Young female passer-by on right. Centre, woman in burka crying, with young child cuddling her. Another woman in casual clothes attending to her, says, “Are you OK?” Woman in burka says “They called me Pauline!”
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
glmiller.bsky.social
'departing ministers face an 18-month “cooling-off” period during which they are barred from lobbying on matters they handled in office.

Ordinary MPs and senators face no such restrictions. '
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
Where are they now: The politicians who lost their seats
Almost 40 politicians lost their seats or retired at the last election. Some have since become lobbyists, been elected to state parliaments, returned to the bar or become publicans.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
some of it's described in the Guardian piece below. LNP are also guided by what Big Business wants. BCA Letter here www.bca.com.au/our-insights...

(inexplicably, The Group of Eight universities has endorsed the BCA Letter, undermining a lot of their own staff🤬)
Coalition to help Labor rush through new nature laws if environmental protections dropped
Sussan Ley’s offer allows a clear path to pass laws to rewrite Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in final sitting week
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
Watt's of the Groucho Marx school of policy making — "those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others!"

Actually most of Labor is, Watt's just more nakedly expedient & less inclined to conceal it
yungenchee.bsky.social Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 6d
#EPBC Environment Minister "Watt, is open to a deal with the Coalition [..] including revising a new provision designed to block projects that cause an “unacceptable impact” on the environment"

'Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well, I have others!' - Groucho Marx #LaborValues
Coalition and Labor negotiate nature laws as Greens warn compromise would show it was ‘written for big business’
Murray Watt says other parties must decide ‘whether they want to see us do a deal with the other side of politics’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
"Ley said the fact that Watt was simultaneously negotiating with the Coalition & the Greens showed that his main motivation was a “political fix”.

“Right now, we have an environment minister with two sets of amendments, one in each hand. They’re radically different, these amendments”

It's true👇
Screenshot from Guardian Australia's liveblog Revealed: Labor's offer to get Greens to back EPBC overhaul - Dan Jervis-Bardy Guardian Australia has obtained the separate sets of concessions that the Albanese government is prepared to make to its nature laws to secure the Greens or the Coalition's support. The proposed concessions to the Greens, circulated on Tuesday morning, include: - Limiting the fast-tracking of fossil fuel projects under bioregional plans - Limit the new "streamline assessment pathway" to restrict fossil fuel projects - Limit the proposed new "national interest" exemption to exclude fossil fuel projects - Reversing proposed changes that would have handed the so-called "water trigger" to state governments - Require that the minister retain the power to declare that a project requires Commonwealth approval, even under deals to devolve decision-making powers to the states. - Require that the states have agreements to assess projects under federal nature laws before allowing them to have power to make decisions under the laws The government has also offered to subject native forest logging to national nvironmental standards within three years, although the detail of that amendment is still being worked through. The Greens will no doubt discuss its position on the EPBC laws at their regular Tuesday morning party-room meeting although it's unclear if a final position will be settled. Screenshot from Guardian Australia's liveblog Labor's offer to the Coalition to get it to back nature laws revealed - Dan Jervis-Bardy As for the Coalition, the government has offered five concessions. They include: - So-called "stop-work" orders that halt projects can only be in place for a maximum of 14 days - Clarify that maximum fines for breaches of nature laws ($1.6m for individuals, $825m for businesses) would only apply in the "most serious and egregious cases" - Allow the minister to sack the chief executive of the independent environment protection agency (EPA) for poor performance. - Allow the minister to set "directions" to the chief executive of the EPA - Retain one of the existing project assessment pathways that requires proponents to submit "preliminary documentation" ahead of a decision. The list of amendments does not include any changes to a new "unacceptable impact" definition that would, if met, result in the immediate refusal of a project.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
Money is used for general trade and is backed by gold, silver or the State. Cryptocurrency isn’t used for general trading and is backed only by the perception or those that have ‘invested’ in it. #EmperorsClothes www.afr.com/opinion/is-b...
Is bitcoin the biggest honeytrap in history?
Depending on your timing, the cryptocurrency – which has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme – could easily be the best or worst investment you have ever made.
www.afr.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
Atop Mountain Wyndham.
November 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
Register here👇
Online event registration - Rex Patrick on AUKUS
Event Timing: Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 - 7pm AEST/8pm AEDT Link will be automatically generated and emailed 24 hours before the event Contact us at email
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November 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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mrrexpatrick.bsky.social
I’m a former submariner who’s been to sea on conventional, AIP and nuclear powered submarines. I’m a former senator who knows how Canberra works. Tomorrow night I will participate in an webinar about #AUKUS. It’s not a podcast, but a conversation you can join in on. #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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igfbss.bsky.social
The contract was issued under the Lib government - so pushing the money to mates as always.
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
glmiller.bsky.social
kaboom: govt using consultants 😡
michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 21h
Pollies and public servants grifted by consultants. @joshbarnettmw.bsky.social goes inside the BOM $96m fancy website spend, and the rest.

(Could have gone to CSIRO scientists)
#pwc #deloitte #accenture
youtu.be/mBbHzJC-aaY?...
Why was the BOM website so expensive? | The West Report
YouTube video by The West Report
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November 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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danambergstrom.bsky.social
Seems that way - we now know that sick animals can travel to Heard - it really is remote. Bird botherers tell me they think that with Australia, sick birds don’t survive the migration. With Heard it may gave have arrived via the seals? I look forward to what the science says.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
“People often stop me in the street, at the airport, at footy games, and commend me for being brave,” writes Senator Fatima Payman in new book, A Time for Bravery, presented by Australia Institute Press.

Read the full extract of Senator Fatima Payman’s essay here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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danambergstrom.bsky.social
Very sad news showing that even world heritage status does not protect from a disease 😔
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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miriamcosic.bsky.social
I'm always grateful that philosophy allows us to be productively interested even in thinkers we disagree with. This, on Giorgio Agamben, also engages with Heidegger whom I've studied in greater depth.

The Apolitical Life
- by Adam Kirsch

#philosophy
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Apolitical Life | Adam Kirsch
The philosopher Giorgio Agamben exalts an ideal of what he calls “inoperativity”—a kind of passivity as an antidote to the West’s politics of power and domination.
www.nybooks.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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richarddenniss.bsky.social
Pauline Hanson’s use of the Burqa speaks volumes about her and the kind of country she wants

But Senator Fatima Payman’s essay on bravery speaks volumes about the need for quite a different Australia

Please read and share if your want to cleanse people’s feeds…

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
The Floor I Crossed Was Between Fear and Freedom
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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miriamcosic.bsky.social
Roaming YouTube for Jimmy Cliff videos, recalled the Oh, Pretty Woman clip from Roy Orbison's Black & White Night, with its unbelievable line-up and sensational guitar duel btw James Burton & Bruce Springsteen. And Springsteen throwing up his hands in admiration and defeat:

youtu.be/D3a8Seh3Cp4?...
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Black & White Night 30)
YouTube video by RoyOrbisonVEVO
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November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
"progressive politics is not just about climate targets and tax reform. It must also be about moral courage: the ability to say, “Not in our name,” when innocent lives are being destroyed and our government looks away."
grogsgamut.bsky.social Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1d
An excerpt from Senator Fatima Payman's brilliant essay from @australiainstitute.org.au latest book, "A Time For Bravery".

Rather topical given Hanson's bullshit yesterday
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
The Floor I Crossed Was Between Fear and Freedom
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
glmiller.bsky.social
Very very intriguing 🕵️
@emmashortis.bsky.social
Paul Kelly Editor-at-Large of The Australian begs to differ, 😂 well of course he does: 47min
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Did the US play a role in the Whitlam dismissal? - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/did-the...
Did the US play a role in the Whitlam dismissal?
Rumours about America's role in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam have circulated for decades – but is there any truth to them?
australiainstitute.org.au
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
⚫️ LIVE NOW: The Point Live with Amy Remeikis, Chief Political Analyst at @australiainstitute.org.au, is live now.

All the day’s parliamentary events, live as it happens on The Point ➡️ live.thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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peggysanders.bsky.social
“As the planet spirals toward environmental collapse, elders like Attenborough, Earle, Hansen and Suzuki have spent decades warning us – and offering hope. But the billionaires in bunkers aren’t listening. They are too busy getting rich off our destruction.” johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11....
The wisdom of the elders, the greed of the rich
As the planet spirals toward environmental collapse, elders like Attenborough, Earle, Hansen and Suzuki have spent decades warning us – and offering hope. But the billionaires in bunkers aren't listen...
johnmenadue.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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miriamcosic.bsky.social
Vale Jimmy Cliff ...

ex vibestudioai
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM