@horizon20.bsky.social
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“Australia is rich,” writes Richard Denniss. “Despite this, our business community remains determined to keep this one of the lowest taxed countries in the world, which makes those of us who rely on public schools, public hospitals and public transport feel poor.” satpa.pe/9b4Zc6Z
The fight Chalmers has to have
ANALYSIS: Having finally persuaded most voters that it is the better economic manager, Labor is well placed to pursue an obvious solution to the problems to come.
satpa.pe
December 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“Australia is rich,” writes Richard Denniss. “Despite this, our business community remains determined to keep this one of the lowest taxed countries in the world, which makes those of us who rely on public schools, public hospitals and public transport feel poor.” satpa.pe/9b4Zc6Z
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“Australia’s race discrimination commissioner says social media companies have allowed racist and antisemitic hate to flow ‘unchecked’”
Anyone who has spent time on Musk’s Twitter, FB, or Insta knows this to be true.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Anyone who has spent time on Musk’s Twitter, FB, or Insta knows this to be true.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Social media companies allow antisemitic hate to flow ‘unchecked’, Australia’s race commissioner says
Giridharan Sivaraman warns of a surge of racially motivated violence in wake of Bondi shooting, saying ‘it’s going to get worse before it gets better’
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Australia’s race discrimination commissioner says social media companies have allowed racist and antisemitic hate to flow ‘unchecked’”
Anyone who has spent time on Musk’s Twitter, FB, or Insta knows this to be true.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Anyone who has spent time on Musk’s Twitter, FB, or Insta knows this to be true.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Concerns have been raised that the adoption of the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism would make drawing the line between antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel "very difficult."
But for the Israel lobby, that conflation is the aim. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But for the Israel lobby, that conflation is the aim. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Peak Jewish body calls Labor’s plan to combat antisemitism an essential ‘first step’ but some warn it risks division
Critics of proposed changes in response to Bondi beach terror attack say they could be used to ‘pursue agendas that divide communities’
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Concerns have been raised that the adoption of the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism would make drawing the line between antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel "very difficult."
But for the Israel lobby, that conflation is the aim. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
But for the Israel lobby, that conflation is the aim. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Will the Australian mainstream news media (I'm thinking esp. Ch7 and Ch9) do a report on how Pauline Hanson and James Ashby took advice from the NRA on how to water-down Australia's gun laws in exchange for donations from the gun industry? 🤔 #auspol #BondiBeach #GunLaws
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Will the Australian mainstream news media (I'm thinking esp. Ch7 and Ch9) do a report on how Pauline Hanson and James Ashby took advice from the NRA on how to water-down Australia's gun laws in exchange for donations from the gun industry? 🤔 #auspol #BondiBeach #GunLaws
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www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati... Obscene salaries are fine if schools don't get public money. If they won't tell, gov can assume "independence", so no public money. If they are able to run a school well without subsidy & overpay leadership, they have enough. @janecaro.bsky.social
Private schools’ million-dollar principals
The government is yet to compel private schools to publish their principals’ salaries, despite concerns that taxpayers are supporting packages up to $1 million a year.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati... Obscene salaries are fine if schools don't get public money. If they won't tell, gov can assume "independence", so no public money. If they are able to run a school well without subsidy & overpay leadership, they have enough. @janecaro.bsky.social
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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Australia's arts funding is amongst the lowest in the developed world.
"If we brought it into line with the average, we'd have an extra $5 billion a year to spend on the arts in Australia," says @mhharrington.bsky.social.
"Imagine the fun we could have." #auspol
🎧 theaus.in/48S3jCZ
"If we brought it into line with the average, we'd have an extra $5 billion a year to spend on the arts in Australia," says @mhharrington.bsky.social.
"Imagine the fun we could have." #auspol
🎧 theaus.in/48S3jCZ
December 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Australia's arts funding is amongst the lowest in the developed world.
"If we brought it into line with the average, we'd have an extra $5 billion a year to spend on the arts in Australia," says @mhharrington.bsky.social.
"Imagine the fun we could have." #auspol
🎧 theaus.in/48S3jCZ
"If we brought it into line with the average, we'd have an extra $5 billion a year to spend on the arts in Australia," says @mhharrington.bsky.social.
"Imagine the fun we could have." #auspol
🎧 theaus.in/48S3jCZ
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Who could have predicted any of this? Oh that’s right - anyone paying attention
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
The welfare system isn't just on fire, it's burning out of control
A second report into the use of job-seeker mutual obligations is even more damning then the first – but will the government act?
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Who could have predicted any of this? Oh that’s right - anyone paying attention
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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$256 million to clean up one mine. Like the oil industry, this is something miners should be paying to clean up themselves, with trailing liability to ensure they can't dump the bill on us www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Govt's whopping $256m clean up bill for one coalmine
The Government will have to fork out $256m to clean up Stockton coal mine on the West Coast - more than triple earlier estimates.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
$256 million to clean up one mine. Like the oil industry, this is something miners should be paying to clean up themselves, with trailing liability to ensure they can't dump the bill on us www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Really don’t think Australia banning social media for under 16s is *quite* going to cut it.
We need democratically elected govts to bring big tech under legislative control while we still have them.
F*ck Musk, F*ck Zuck, F*ck Bezos, F*ck Thiel etc. Because all they are interested in is f*cking us.
We need democratically elected govts to bring big tech under legislative control while we still have them.
F*ck Musk, F*ck Zuck, F*ck Bezos, F*ck Thiel etc. Because all they are interested in is f*cking us.
Here is the whole Trump, Brexit, Russia story neatly summed up for you
The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power
The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power
December 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Really don’t think Australia banning social media for under 16s is *quite* going to cut it.
We need democratically elected govts to bring big tech under legislative control while we still have them.
F*ck Musk, F*ck Zuck, F*ck Bezos, F*ck Thiel etc. Because all they are interested in is f*cking us.
We need democratically elected govts to bring big tech under legislative control while we still have them.
F*ck Musk, F*ck Zuck, F*ck Bezos, F*ck Thiel etc. Because all they are interested in is f*cking us.
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“Australia just quietly made medical history... because we listened to science
ZERO cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Aussie women under 25 in 2021... the first time since national records began in 1982
Thanks to HPV vaccination & better cervical screening”
H/t Snarky Gherkin
ZERO cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Aussie women under 25 in 2021... the first time since national records began in 1982
Thanks to HPV vaccination & better cervical screening”
H/t Snarky Gherkin
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
“Australia just quietly made medical history... because we listened to science
ZERO cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Aussie women under 25 in 2021... the first time since national records began in 1982
Thanks to HPV vaccination & better cervical screening”
H/t Snarky Gherkin
ZERO cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Aussie women under 25 in 2021... the first time since national records began in 1982
Thanks to HPV vaccination & better cervical screening”
H/t Snarky Gherkin
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I refuse to believe this is a real guy. No one’s *that* Australian
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I refuse to believe this is a real guy. No one’s *that* Australian
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#theausinstitute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#theausinstitute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
“We live in one of the richest countries in the world, that can afford to drop a lazy $360 billion on a bad idea . . . yet, when it comes to health, education, aged care, apparently, so many of these things are unaffordable.” - Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute
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How is it a "high profile" rapist gets their identity protected "for legal reasons."
Oh. I see. Money equals power. It's just not good enough. #auspol #MVAW #MVAC
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Oh. I see. Money equals power. It's just not good enough. #auspol #MVAW #MVAC
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Man from high-profile Melbourne family found guilty of raping woman while pretending to be her boyfriend
Jurors return verdicts on two rape charges in Victorian trial of man who cannot be identified for legal reasons
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
How is it a "high profile" rapist gets their identity protected "for legal reasons."
Oh. I see. Money equals power. It's just not good enough. #auspol #MVAW #MVAC
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Oh. I see. Money equals power. It's just not good enough. #auspol #MVAW #MVAC
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Blatant corruption on full display.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Blatant corruption on full display.
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City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
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“If you say you did not have good visibility of the target, the question would be how did you know it presented a threat and why did you engage it?” said Maj. Gen. Mick Ryan, a retired officer in the Australian Army. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Hegseth Invoked the ‘Fog of War’ in a Boat Strike. What Does That Mean?
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“If you say you did not have good visibility of the target, the question would be how did you know it presented a threat and why did you engage it?” said Maj. Gen. Mick Ryan, a retired officer in the Australian Army. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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just how polluting are #diesels in Australia?
Very.
Pajero sport exceeding limits by double. Ford Ranger, Kia Carnival and Hilux emit over 500mg/km when the limit 280 mg/km. #health #auspol These polluting utes also get favorable tax incentives
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Very.
Pajero sport exceeding limits by double. Ford Ranger, Kia Carnival and Hilux emit over 500mg/km when the limit 280 mg/km. #health #auspol These polluting utes also get favorable tax incentives
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Two cars, similar size, but one emits 17 times more of a deadly pollutant
New rules around NOx, the most deadly form of vehicle pollution, come into force today, as testing reveals which popular models are pumping out more than others.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
just how polluting are #diesels in Australia?
Very.
Pajero sport exceeding limits by double. Ford Ranger, Kia Carnival and Hilux emit over 500mg/km when the limit 280 mg/km. #health #auspol These polluting utes also get favorable tax incentives
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Very.
Pajero sport exceeding limits by double. Ford Ranger, Kia Carnival and Hilux emit over 500mg/km when the limit 280 mg/km. #health #auspol These polluting utes also get favorable tax incentives
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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I wonder how long it will be before the weight of Israel’s barbarity and crimes alters the Australian governments response
This is a long piece. There is no need for further investigation.
#FuckIsrael #murder #torture #rape #genocide #auspol
popularresistance.org/more-horrifi...
This is a long piece. There is no need for further investigation.
#FuckIsrael #murder #torture #rape #genocide #auspol
popularresistance.org/more-horrifi...
More Horrific Than Abu Ghraib And Guantánamo - PopularResistance.Org
On June 19, 2024, Khaled Mahajneh, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, became the first lawyer to visit a notorious detention facility for Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, located inside the Sde Teiman ...
popularresistance.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I wonder how long it will be before the weight of Israel’s barbarity and crimes alters the Australian governments response
This is a long piece. There is no need for further investigation.
#FuckIsrael #murder #torture #rape #genocide #auspol
popularresistance.org/more-horrifi...
This is a long piece. There is no need for further investigation.
#FuckIsrael #murder #torture #rape #genocide #auspol
popularresistance.org/more-horrifi...
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Much of the US press is not "even acknowledging that they have a role in saving democracy, much less doing anything about it."
@sulliview.bsky.social is relevant to Australia.
Mainstream media too often treats the #FarRight as click bait. #auspol
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/do-better-...
@sulliview.bsky.social is relevant to Australia.
Mainstream media too often treats the #FarRight as click bait. #auspol
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/do-better-...
Do better, Big Journalism. Please do much, much better
Low points from the New York Times, the BBC, the Washington Post and the New Yorker. And some highs.
margaretsullivan.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Much of the US press is not "even acknowledging that they have a role in saving democracy, much less doing anything about it."
@sulliview.bsky.social is relevant to Australia.
Mainstream media too often treats the #FarRight as click bait. #auspol
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/do-better-...
@sulliview.bsky.social is relevant to Australia.
Mainstream media too often treats the #FarRight as click bait. #auspol
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/do-better-...
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More actions this morning from the formidable @risingtideaus.bsky.social activists taking the fight for a liveable climate to the world's largest coal export port (in Australia, where PM @albomp.bsky.social last week signed the #BelemDeclaration to phase out Coal, Gas & Oil)
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
More actions this morning from the formidable @risingtideaus.bsky.social activists taking the fight for a liveable climate to the world's largest coal export port (in Australia, where PM @albomp.bsky.social last week signed the #BelemDeclaration to phase out Coal, Gas & Oil)
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Why does the media never ask Zionists whether they support Palestine's "right to exist"? And, if they claim they do, to clarify their understanding of Palestine's borders and sovereignty? Jillian Segal is openly, defiantly pro-Zionist. What are her views? #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Why does the media never ask Zionists whether they support Palestine's "right to exist"? And, if they claim they do, to clarify their understanding of Palestine's borders and sovereignty? Jillian Segal is openly, defiantly pro-Zionist. What are her views? #auspol #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
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I think award season is now over. Mean Streak just won the Walkley Book Award to cap it off and I’m so thankful. Buy or borrow, the story is more fucked up than you think.
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I think award season is now over. Mean Streak just won the Walkley Book Award to cap it off and I’m so thankful. Buy or borrow, the story is more fucked up than you think.
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@deadder.bsky.social nails it again… 😳
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
@deadder.bsky.social nails it again… 😳