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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 18h

But their majority is massive and the Liberals are in a disarray.
They can afford to be completely spineless and pathetic thanks to this buffer.

Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 18h

What's the point of democratic elections when ministers simply work for extractive lobby groups?
Donors are their real constituents.

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 19h

Watt's the Environment Minister? A man who is actually the Minister for Fossil Fuel Company Profits. Who's the Minister for Fossil Fuel Company Profits? Watt.

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry kids, believe us, we tried, really hard, to push our political leaders to do better.

"Watt’s rejection of an independent, arms-length approval process will anger environment groups but sidesteps a fresh fight with miners and Western Australia’s Labor government."

www.afr.com/politics/fed...

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 18h

Trump is a disaster. He is burning democracy to the ground.

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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... I know Daniel I also seen the distress this battle with Centrelink and dewr caused him

Centrelink illegally cancelled Daniel’s jobseeker payment. He fought back against the system – and won

After taking his case to the administrative review tribunal, Daniel’s complaint then went to the commonwealth ombudsman, which is now investigating Centrelink

www.theguardian.com

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

Policy brainstorming session

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

Littleproud always struck me as confidently unintelligent.

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

Putting these two divas together might blow up the party.

I really hope that happens...

Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

As an experiment, I asked ChatGPT to give me a walking route in my neighbourhood and to describe the scenery. I've also asked it to describe plot features of movies I've seen. It spews out bullshit.

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

I have Fibro. It has no biomarkers. Ergo my symptoms are figments of my imagination and my doctor's invented an illness for me.

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

Ignore them. They're a posturing attention seeker enamoured of their own brilliance.

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

This.

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elkelktick.bsky.social @elkelktick.bsky.social · 1d

When this pandemic started I had some small hope that it would raise awareness about post-viral illnesses, ME/CFS, and other understudied chronic conditions and I’ve been appalled that it’s gone completely in the other direction. People are so eager to be cruel to protect their own fantasies.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d

“When you have a disability people can’t see, you don’t get the same level of empathy. It feels like the world has moved on.”

It’s shameful how society is gaslighting people who are experiencing chronic illness and ignoring an ongoing public health crisis.

Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation

Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.

www.rollingstone.com

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

Most Greens voters aren't going to put L-NP ahead of Labor.

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Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 @adamfare1996.bsky.social · 1d

“If that disabled person can do this job, then you can work too”

By that logic…. Where’s your Olympic medal?
Why aren’t you a brain surgeon?

Oh… yeah… because not everyone can do everything… even if you’re not disabled.

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

Watt is cementing his legacy as a koala killer and climate arsonist.
We tried to reason with him and he didn't listen.

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry kids, believe us, we tried, really hard, to push our political leaders to do better.

"Watt’s rejection of an independent, arms-length approval process will anger environment groups but sidesteps a fresh fight with miners and Western Australia’s Labor government."

www.afr.com/politics/fed...

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

Bootlickers.

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 1d

I suspect if we don't set up a more equitable tax system, social spending will be slashed at some point. This would be a disaster with our growing inequality crisis.

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Glenn Connley @glennconnley.bsky.social · 1d

So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas.

Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas

And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil

This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

‘For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle

The federal government this week overhauled its superannuation tax reforms. Now the union movement says it should radically overhaul taxes on gas exports.

www.smh.com.au

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 1d

What’s actually “disappointing” is the fact your party is responsible for funding these services and is choosing not to.
Either fund these services or run them publicly. Don’t complain on Instagram about your own failure to do either of these things.
Pathetic.

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MJ O’Neill 🏳️‍⚧️ @mjoneillchw.bsky.social · 2d

Basically, the Australian political class as a whole is aligned on one central belief - that poor people should be subject to worse laws and treatment than rich people. That’s Centrelink, robodebt, mutual obligations, ndis, all of it.

Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of very talented lawyers and legal academics/analysts are easily absorbed trying to understand 'mutual obligations' on its own terms. But the aim is, as in Robodebt, simply to construct a vaguely-deniable parallel rule of law for recipients.

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 2d

-Hi, can I interest you in being bullied and gaslit in exchange for survival money?
-Sure, why not? Where do I sign?

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Rob of Melbourne @robert24039377.bsky.social · 2d

NACC sounds like a very expensive social club.

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