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Australia: the land of a fair go… If you’re rich. Follow the money.

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Who Really Pulled the Rug? A Three-Part Investigation. The Architects - Who Got Rich and How They Did It
Part 2: The Architects – Follow the Money to the Mates By Sue Barrett  This is Part 2 of our investigation. Yesterday, we documented how the Australian fair go was systematically dismantled – wages de...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Democracy Watch AU Report: Who Really Pulled the Rug?
Not migrants with no political power. Not women fighting the same rigged system for generations.

Following the Money Behind Australia's Anger
Part 1 of 3-part investigation: open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...
#auspol
Who Really Pulled the Rug? A Three-Part Investigation. Following the Money Behind Australia's Anger
Part 1: The Evidence - How They Dismantled the Australian Fair Go
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December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Welcome to Democracy Watch Australia, a non-partisan, citizen-led movement to monitor & assess the ethical health of Australia’s levels of power (politicians, parties, govts, govt institutions & media) using AI & the 8 Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement.

More info coming soon.
Watch this space.
May 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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pennytangey.bsky.social
Conversation in my house this morning:
Me: Kris is coming to fix the bathroom.
Child: Who's Kris.
Me: He's a man who fixes things.
Child: Is he the one who pulled all the bras out of the wall?
Me: No.

Let me make this conversation make sense for you...
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak” www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak” | Books+Publishing
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December 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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euanritchie.bsky.social
Looking for something great to read over the holiday season?

@aunz.theconversation.com asked a bunch of us for suggestions. My choice, Natalie Kyriacou’s 'Nature’s Last Dance' theconversation.com/best-books-o...
Best books of 2025: our experts share their picks
We found out the favourite 2025 books of 35 expert readers – and the Books & Ideas team shares our own picks, too.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Who would be a young person? A new terrible study
First Dog on the Moon
We must not let things be this way! Yet while we should do everything to change these things we do not
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Who would be a young person? A new terrible study | First Dog on the Moon
We must not let things be this way! Yet while we should do everything to change these things we do not
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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daryltractor.bsky.social
Blistering. Well worth a watch.
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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If dystopia is the new norm, @amyremeikis.bsky.social asks, does it have to be so dumb?

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It's all just so stupid, isn't it? - Amy Remeikis
You may be feeling overwhelmed by the flurry of crises – and that's by design, writes Amy Remeikis
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November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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ausindimedia.bsky.social
“Every regime that’s successfully transitioned from democracy to autocracy has followed roughly the same progression. The specifics vary, but the structure is depressingly consistent.

And it’s being deployed in America right now, with surgical precision.”

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Quiet, Piggy: How Calling a Female Reporter Livestock Became Just Another Tuesday in the Death of American Democracy (Part 3)
This is the final part of a three-part analysis examining how Donald Trump’s “quiet piggy” comment reveals the systematic dismantling of democratic norms. Part One explored how the flood-the-zone stra...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Sunday Shot starts at 9am! We're joined by @eddyjokovich.bsky.social and @drdemography.com, & an interview with Sean Kelly. Join us for a chat about the PM, the UN's colonisation or "peace" plan for Gaza, and the further disintegration of Western politics.
Believe It or Not - November 23 - Liz Allen, Eddy Jokovich and Sean Kelly
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
kendald.bsky.social
If you only read one article today, make it this one. open.substack.com/pub/suebarre...
A User Guide: Protecting Your Brain's Fairness Detector From Manipulation & BS
Question of Fairness Article 3: Why Defending Compassion Is the Most Radical Act Left
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November 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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When politicians talk about unemployment as a single number, they erase this reality. The barriers facing older people, the single parents juggling caring responsibilities, people with disabilities still battling discrimination, & people who don’t have qual, & money for transport.
#Auspol #Jobseeker
Excerpt from article This year, Anglicare Australia's Jobs Availability Snapshot shows that for every entry-level job advertised in Australia, there are 39 people on JobSeeker competing for it. Last year it was 33. The year before that, 26. The pool of people needing these jobs is rising, while the pool of suitable jobs is shrinking. Of those 39, 25 are people with the kinds of barriers that make other roles impossible people without qualifications, people with disabilities, older workers who have been pushed out of long careers, young people who've never been given a chance. These are the people the system claims it is helping. They are the people routinely blamed for being out of work. But the truth is that they cannot get jobs that do not exist. Our national debate pretends as though all jobseekers can simply try harder and land a job. It is an argument that wilfully ignores the reality of a labour market where entry-level jobs have nearly collapsed. These jobs now make up just one in ten job vacancies - down from one in four over the last 20 years. The rungs at the bottom of the ladder have been kicked out, and then we wonder why people can't climb. When politicians talk about unemployment as a single number, they erase this reality. They erase the barriers facing older people who take twice as long to find work. They erase the single parents juggling caring responsibilities while being forced onto JobSeeker once their youngest child turns eight. They erase people with disabilities still battling discrimination. They erase people who don't have qualifications, money for transport, or the luxury of waiting for the "right fit." They erase everyone who needs those entry-level jobs that never come. This debate has consequences - very real, very cruel ones.
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Independent media has a future when young authors have opportunity, support, mentoring, and resources to share their fresh perspectives and inventive solutions freely and fearlessly. P&I supports young writers. Can you help? #auspol #fundraising
Nurturing the next generation of voices
One of the things that sets P&I apart is the seniority and deep experience of many of our authors. And that will not change, facts and historical understanding of issues are essential if we are to tackle the huge issues confronting us all. But the other essential element is fresh thinking and the kind of sparkling hope and action that young Australians bring to the table.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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John Menadue, who was Gough Whitlam’s Secretary of PM & C at time, tells his story of dismissal. Revealing.
People are finally spilling the beans before they die. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
What would Whitlam think of the Albanese Government?
Gough Whitlam’s head mandarin and Pearls & Irritations founder & editor-in-chief John Menadue shares what he sees as the lessons of the Whitlam years, one of which is that the powerful can never be tr...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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thejuicemedia.com
Friends, can I ask a favour.

Our latest Honest Government out is a serious warning to Canada from Australia, which acts as a cautionary tail about the harms of the gas (LNG) export industry... Hence the cameo (spoiler alert) from our own aussie climate criminals, Woodside Energy

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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Our debut on The Point
Copyright is dead. When it comes to AI my property has been stolen all the same
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November 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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ausindimedia.bsky.social
“When only half your workforce can rely on permanent full-time employment with leave entitlements, you don’t have an economy. You have a crisis.”

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The Precariat Grows: Labor’s Toothless Reforms Can’t Stop the Casualisation Juggernaut
Despite world-leading reforms, half of Australian workers remain trapped in insecure employment while the young bear the brunt. The numbers don’t lie, even when the politicians do. Australia’s precari...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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🧵Out Now! Tiny Moments of Joy: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand

It's officially live!
Today's the launch day for Tiny Moments of Joy and we couldn't be happier to share the news with you.
You can get your copy here:

www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...

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The first image is the cover of Tiny Moments of Joy: Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand. It's a deep pink colour with a white and orange serif font. There is a border of pale ferns and the vibe is of calm and chill, maybe invoking the desire for a cosy chair and a cup of your favourite beverage... and hopefully ca The second image is of the inside of a book, propped open at the middle by a ceramic red loveheart and a bunch of stones that were found on a beach in Golden Bay a few months ago. I knew they'd come in handy. Rocks are the best souvenirs. The book's interior is white paper with black writing, centred with a vignette per page. Looking at this picture, you now know that this is not an illustrated book, the words draw the pictures, but you get the impression that you will not need pictures because you will enjoy these words very much.
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Greener banking in #Australia: how to put your #money where your values are

#Banking is an unavoidable fact of modern life, but where you choose to put your money can make a difference

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Greener banking in Australia: how to put your money where your values are
Banking is an unavoidable fact of modern life, but where you choose to put your money can make a difference
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Watch me embarrass myself in tech terms on the #SundayShot tomorrow morning. Otherwise watch it for the awesome hosts and the epic Ketan Joshi.

#Auspol
Join us on Sunday Nov 2 at 9am (AEDT) With panelists Lucy Hamilton and Ketan Joshi And a special guest interview with Aust Conservation Foundation's Brendan Sydes Your alternative to Insiders hosted by Jo Dyer & Dave Milner Find us streaming live on YT here THE SUNDAY SHOT Use #SundayShot on socials
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Rent doesn’t differ if you're 19 or 21. So why should your wage?
Same work, same rent, same bills — same pay.
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Morning - I have had three coffees so far and a cookie - The Point Live is with you:
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The Point Live: Albanese government vows to pass environment laws
The Albanese government has returned to parliament determined to do a deal to pass its environmental legislation and wants to do it with the Coalition, which is barely holding it together. All the da...
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October 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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“People aren’t buying their shit anymore”: They think they can make you forget what you’ve seen

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“People aren't buying their shit anymore”: They think they can make you forget what you’ve seen - The Shot
Like colours, neurodivergence and political ideology, being a dickhead operates on a spectrum. From narcissistic middle managers, to people that...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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People are like “the problem with you leftists is you’re annoying” Yes. We know we are annoying. We annoy each other all the time. We are insufferable but we are also correct.
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM