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Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
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Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
kazcooke.bsky.social
So ... a dangerous abuser accuses his partner or ex-partner of a violent crime (this is common) & get the cops to charge her, usual delays until it's dropped/heard and now the govt will cut off the accused's entitlements, making her - & her children - wholly dependent on her abuser? Get out of it.
jeremypoxon.bsky.social Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 3d
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime

@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today

Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
"Labor’s plan to cancel the welfare benefits of people accused of serious violence or sexual offences has come under fire by more than 100 academic and legal experts. “This represents a dangerous departure from fundamental legal principles that underpin Australia’s social security and criminal justice systems,” the 116 signatories wrote in the letter to be tabled by independent Senator Lidia Thorpe in parliament on Monday. The so-called Schedule 5 amendment was quietly tacked onto an unrelated bill previously introduced by Social Services Tanya Plibersek in late October with no announcement or prior notice by the government."
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
sajilicious.bsky.social
Our #tax policy is leading to higher inequality.

50% of our wealth holdings are in real estate and 22% in super, and 20% in shares.

All areas with significant tax breaks.

#auspol

youtube.com/watch?v=EjjW...
This inequality isn't inevitable
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
tangonovember.bsky.social
So called ceasefire just took pressure off Israel and the US as they continue to commit genocide and mass murder daily #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Video appears to show Israeli soldiers 'executing' two Palestinians in West Bank
Video has emerged appearing to show two Palestinians being 'executed' by Israeli forces in the West Bank, with the Israeli military saying it has launched an investigation into the incident.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
catmanforever.bsky.social
This about sums it up perfectly. #auspol #aupol
robertarnol.bsky.social Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 2h
Morning. ☕️
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
rhythmnation.bsky.social
lol #auspol
joshtaylor.bsky.social Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 16h
lol X is a hellhole but sometime still amusing
A tweet from Senator Andrew Bragg asking "Why is YouTube being banned? Is this still Australia? #redtape" It has a community note stating: He voted for the bill that made it possible
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
neolibs4oblivion.bsky.social
We heavily tax productive workers

We heavily subsidise idle landlords

The productive workers then hand over a huge amount of their after tax income to the idle landlords, who receive more subsidies as they snap up yet more existing property

Australia increasingly resembles a feudal society
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
richarddenniss.bsky.social
Budgets are about priorities. The idea is to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of

In Australia we spend $14 billion per year on fossil fuel subsidies & we are cutting science jobs at CSIRO…

As i said, budgets are about priorities #climate

thepoint.com.au/news/251127-...
If the Government's top priority is productivity, slashing the CSIRO budget does not make sense
Research and development is one of the major drivers of productivity and the CSIRO has a long track record of making productivity enhancing breakthroughs.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
simonrosenberg.bsky.social
"The allegations about MA Services raise serious questions for the Albanese government...it also been paid $1.1m to guard the National Anti-Corruption Commission."

Yet another potential perceived conflict of interest for the #NACC commissioner to have forgotten about?
www.smh.com.au/national/wat...
Watchdogs spent millions with security firm linked to Finks bikie gang
The company is tied to the outlaw motorcycle gang partly through its involvement in a controversial security deal on Nauru.
www.smh.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
gergyl.bsky.social
About bloody time. Thread.
1earthmedia.bsky.social 1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 23h
Adani have formally dropped their 5 1/2 year SLAPP court action against Ben Pennings.

To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.

#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
Stop Adani
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
peggysanders.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11....
Jakarta is now the world's largest city dwarfing Australia's entire population
For decades Tokyo held the title of the most populous city on the planet. Yet the Indonesian and Bangladeshi capitals have overtaken the Japanese megacity.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
awlandscapesa.bsky.social
Thursday birdsday!
This magnificent wedge-tailed eagle was photographed on take-off during recent fieldwork. Australia’s largest bird of prey, the wedgie can grow to a wingspan of up to 2.8m, although the ones found on the Nullarbor tend to be smaller.
#wildoz #birdsofaustralia #birds
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
fiercedinosaur.bsky.social
#auspol
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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fiercedinosaur.bsky.social
#auspol
cathlovercath.bsky.social Cat Lover Cath @cathlovercath.bsky.social · 21h
So the Libs are having a sook at their presser saying that “the native forestry industry will be killed off in 3yrs”. I’d say that’s a good thing, no?
#AusPol
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
fiercedinosaur.bsky.social
#auspol
siriusstar3.bsky.social Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 21h
“Mr Albanese said he was persuaded by the arguments of business groups” Never science or environmental organisations.
Ecocidal weasel @albomp.bsky.social will always put profits, self interest, and corporations before people and planet 🌏

#FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange
#Auspol
larissawaters.bsky.social Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 23h
But Labor still refuses to take meaningful climate action.

They refuse to take into account climate damage when approving a coal or gas project.

This is the best we could get from a party captured by its fossil fuel donors.

But we’ll keep fighting.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
jilllovesjazz.bsky.social
Any fellow #SouthAustralia #Adelaide dwellers might want to read the #algalbloom expert’s article👇. Please share this too… its relevant to all of us
#Auspol #SAparli
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
jimpembroke.bsky.social
Coalition "furious" that destroying native forests won't continue.
Furious!
Evidence, the LNP and ALP are not the same.
#auspol
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
martin-english.com
The Albanese Government is facing mounting criticism over a last-minute legislative amendment that could see thousands lose social security payments before being found guilty of any crime.
#AusPol
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
Government legislation a 'dangerous departure from the Rule of Law'
The Albanese Government is facing mounting criticism over a last-minute legislative amendment that could see thousands lose social security payments before being found guilty of any crime.
thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
fiercedinosaur.bsky.social
#auspol
dancerv.bsky.social Dancer (The) @dancerv.bsky.social · 22h
For my whole life (and longer than that) the #CSIRO has been one of Australia's National Treasures. It's done amazing work, and supported both the economy and the environment, despite repeated attempts by successive governments to gut it, and to blunt its many benefits. #auspol
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au
Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels, with 94 new coal and gas projects in the pipeline.

Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-onl...
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
lisazed.bsky.social
Priority of any govt is to ensure the security of the people. #Coalition Pollies who cannot accept climate change is the greatest threat to that security & have no place in any AU parliament.
They should resign, clearing the way for those who can.
#auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
Coalition politicians who can't accept the threat of climate change should resign
Politicians who cannot accept climate change is humanity's greatest threat should have no place in the Australian parliament.
johnmenadue.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
ettemedia.bsky.social
Days after new data found Aboriginal people 15x more likely to be searched by VicPol than white people, Vic police were granted powers to search people without a warrant. This is why we must be critical of hysterical reporting about "machete epidemics" — who gains from these exaggerated crime waves?
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
phantom-rooster.bsky.social
What the hell is wrong with this government? Or is it just Albo and a select few neoliberal mates making these insidious decisions?
#auspol
davidshoebridge.bsky.social Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 2d
Last night @davidpocock.bsky.social and I read onto the Hansard an interview by the President of Nauru that the Albanese Government has been desperately trying to keep secret.

It shows Nauru plans to send refugees to places they fled. No wonder the secrecy.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
kate-eviva.bsky.social
Urgent need for expert and scientific research. As far as I can tell we do not fully understand the recharge process or the impact of sea levels or weather on it. Urgent job for #CSIRO !!
#auspol
politikarma.bsky.social Rod Moffatt @politikarma.bsky.social · 1d
Recharge rate of aquifers was, without CSG, already declining, and less than discharge rate.
This critical imbalance will likely become irreversible under unfettered CSG extraction
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Reposted by Hagatha @Hagatha42.bsky.social
johnmenadue.com
Australia’s offset markets treat ecosystems as interchangeable – but nature is not fungible. Biodiversity laws built on this fiction can't protect what is unique and irreplaceable. #AusPol #Environment #Biodiversity #Conservation #ClimatePolicy #NatureRepair #PublicPolicy
Nature doesn't have an offset account
Australia’s climate and biodiversity laws rely heavily on offset markets that treat ecosystems as interchangeable. But nature is not fungible, and the growing evidence of unique, localised species shows why offset systems are structurally incapable of protecting what is irreplaceable.
johnmenadue.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM