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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 2h

A very strong TrueNorth newsletter this afternoon.
We have such GREAT journalism in Australia - by independent news media publishers.
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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 17h

NZ Initiative represents at least $12.7 trillion in business interests
#NZInitiative claims to be working towards a "free, prosperous, fair, & cohesive society." Their list of members reveals their deep conflicts of interest #nzpol #AtlasNetwork #Neoliberalism #NZI
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NZ Initiative represents at least $12.7 trillion in business interests

NZ Initiative claims to be working towards a "free, prosperous, fair, and cohesive society." Their list of members reveals their deep conflicts of interest.

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 1d

I use this in my defamation class

youtu.be/kecnSHmznic?...

Honest Government Ad | Anti Protest Laws (SA)

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 1d

Labor only ever wins government with Greens preferences. They then sell these voters to Santos.

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 1d

Cook your kids for fun and profit with gas!

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Sunshine Coast News ~ Australia @sunshinecoastnews.bsky.social · 1d

Tax Dodgers?
Hold my beer...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1d

It's good that the govt is rolling out a robotax scheme to get old debts from individuals, that should fix things....

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tables showing from 2013-14 to 2023-24 Santos Ltd had $46.7bn in revenue and paid $0 tax

Year Total income ($m) Taxable income ($m) Tax payable ($m)
2014-15 $3,389.4 $0.0 $0.0
2015-16 $3,476.0 $0.0 $0.0
2016-17 $3,715.3 $0.0 $0.0
2017-18 $3,498.0 $0.0 $0.0
2018-19 $4,360.6 $8.3 $0.0
2019-20 $5,013.9 $29.0 $0.0
2020-21 $4,070.3 $68.8 $0.0
2021-22 $4,746.0 $74.1 $0.0
2022-23 $6,257.4 $19.8 $0.0
2023-24 $8,210.3 $21.2 $0.0
Total $46,737.3 $221.2 $0.0

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 1d

#Auspol has Dutts' got a new gig?

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

You have got to be joking hahaha

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 1d

America is in crisis.

So it's a small relief that the rest of the world is actually getting remarkable stuff done with energy. We just passed a huge milestone globally!

Now back to work on America.
billmckibben.substack.com/p/something-...

Something extraordinary just happened

But of course there's a but. Or two.

billmckibben.substack.com

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 1d

"Taxpayers’ Union boss Jordan Williams threatened legal action..."

Quelle surprise LOL

Here he is at an #AtlasNetwork 'investor summit'.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

When Labor and Liberals sit down to settle environment laws, there is an invisible but powerful presence in the room with them: the fossil fuel lobby.

Precisely why the 'two-party system' is so toxic for the national interest. #ClimateCrisis #auspol

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broken" and outdated environment laws.

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broken" and outdated environment laws.

www.abc.net.au

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 1d

Why is he dealing with the Libs? He doesn’t have to #auspol

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broken" and outdated environment laws.

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broken" and outdated environment laws.

www.abc.net.au

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

#Climate breakdown already having a massive impact on crop yields

By 2050, the world is projected to need 50% more food, at a time yields of key crops could be down 30%

More than a halving of calories per head

Just think about that for a moment

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

One year’s worth of bread lost in UK to wrecked harvests since 2020, report finds

Worsening droughts and floods have destroyed wheat for 4bn loaves of bread and forced record levels of imports

www.theguardian.com

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

>200 submissions to Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy

Look forward to having a read of subs from: @caadcoalition.bsky.social, @commsdeclare.bsky.social, @cssn.org, @drilledmedia.bsky.social, @ketanjoshi.co, @pennytangey.bsky.social & more!

Submissions

www.aph.gov.au

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Prof. Amanda Wise @amandawise.bsky.social · Aug 5

Please help us save the discipline of sociology at Macquarie University www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...

SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY

We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics. Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and mos...

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Mandy Stefanakis @mstefanakis.bsky.social · 2d

I think there are more outcomes than those of which we are made aware because they happen without much fanfare. Barbara Pocock’s work on the corruption of consultancy firms is an example. Importantly, public servant and ministerial misdeeds are made public in all their tawdry glory.

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know about this one, but thanks for the alert.

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Birdie Carrington @bcarrington.bsky.social · 6d

‘Changes to the act would remove references to “protecting the environment” and “promoting the social and economic welfare of the community and a better environment”, replacing them with phrases such as “promote productivity through the development and management of the state and its resources”

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 2d

*closes eyes and considers what kind of resources it would take to truly mitigate the climate crisis*

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 2d

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Triassic @triassic.bsky.social · 2d

If only an investigative journalist could find out what's going on and who is behind all this!!?

Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 2d

Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society are 2 of the 550+ member organisations of the #AtlasNetwork in 100 countries. Some 200 are in the US.
#auspol your main Atlas orgs are the Institute of Public Affairs and the Centre of Independent Studies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

Kamala Harris: "It feels chaotic, but what I would offer you is what we are witnessing is the swift implementation of a plan that was decades in the making. Project 2025 didn't just drop out of thin air. That's a product of decades of work. Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation ... "

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Prof. Amanda Wise @amandawise.bsky.social · 20d

1/At Macquarie Uni we are losing 50% of our units in my faculty. This is on top of cuts in 2020. We estimate by next year my faculty will be teaching 80% fewer subjects than pre Covid. Disciplines being cut do not have declining enrolments. @jennaprice.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social

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Kimberley Crofts 🍉 @ktcita.bsky.social · 8d

The EDO have released a briefing note in response to Minns and Scully’s proposed changes to the EP&A Act. They view the Bill as “retrograde” and likely to result in negative consequences for community, the environment, and for planning itself. www.edo.org.au/wp-content/u...

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Elaine Johnson @elainejohnson.bsky.social · 7d

There’s some pretty alarming stuff happening in NSW right now with big changes to the planning laws being rushed through Parliament.

The proposed amendments create major corruption risks and should be closely reviewed by ICAC.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NSW’s fast-track planning laws could allow mines to be approved without environmental assessment

Environmental assessments could go out the window for mining projects, windfarms and other developments, green groups say

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 2d

It has drawn out the expert analysts of disinformation as well as its most loopy practitioners

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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 2d

Can you help us boost this signal? UTS colleagues are doing a governance project to talk back to the consultant led 'reform' of their university.

Please repost!! UTS people please have your say!

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UTS Governance Project Survey: A Staff-Led Collaborative Project

The UTS Governance Project is an independent, staff-led initiative to strengthen transparency, accountability and participation in how our university is run. Inspired by the ANU Governance Project, ...

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