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The Victorian government calls for tenders after it approved exploration licenses for two new gas projects in the Otway and Gippsland basins.
Victoria green-lights new gas exploration in Gippsland and the Otways
The Victorian government calls for tenders after it approved exploration licenses for two new gas projects in the Otway and Gippsland basins.
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The Victorian government calls for tenders after it approved exploration licenses for two new gas projects in the Otway and Gippsland basins.
Reposted by Stephen Mitchell
If the Albanese Government listened to our civil society they way they listen to FM radio hosts, News Corp and whichever stupid American cunt is waving his book around this week maybe we'd have a serious government with a mature attitude to reform. We do not.
December 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
If the Albanese Government listened to our civil society they way they listen to FM radio hosts, News Corp and whichever stupid American cunt is waving his book around this week maybe we'd have a serious government with a mature attitude to reform. We do not.
"Let them eat cake" variation no. 1053
"If you can't be grateful, you're feeling depressed. So let's just feel grateful"
Merry Christmas and happy 2026 from Sarina Russo
Merry Christmas and happy 2026 from Sarina Russo
December 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
"Let them eat cake" variation no. 1053
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While those on government income support, including pensioners, receive a pitiful level of monetary support - politicians, who are already generously remunerated receive a minimum of $322 per day tax free in meal & travel allowance.
This is grossly inequitable
#auspol
www.ipea.gov.au/travel/trave...
This is grossly inequitable
#auspol
www.ipea.gov.au/travel/trave...
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
While those on government income support, including pensioners, receive a pitiful level of monetary support - politicians, who are already generously remunerated receive a minimum of $322 per day tax free in meal & travel allowance.
This is grossly inequitable
#auspol
www.ipea.gov.au/travel/trave...
This is grossly inequitable
#auspol
www.ipea.gov.au/travel/trave...
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The laws were drafted with the intent of making every user have to identify themselves, not just under 16s.
To use features of Bluesky, we now have to provide a Face Scan (HELL NO!!!), Credit Card (HELL NO!!!) or ID Scan (HELL NO!!!) to a third party provider.
To use features of Bluesky, we now have to provide a Face Scan (HELL NO!!!), Credit Card (HELL NO!!!) or ID Scan (HELL NO!!!) to a third party provider.
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The laws were drafted with the intent of making every user have to identify themselves, not just under 16s.
To use features of Bluesky, we now have to provide a Face Scan (HELL NO!!!), Credit Card (HELL NO!!!) or ID Scan (HELL NO!!!) to a third party provider.
To use features of Bluesky, we now have to provide a Face Scan (HELL NO!!!), Credit Card (HELL NO!!!) or ID Scan (HELL NO!!!) to a third party provider.
"The ban may keep some children out (if they don’t circumvent it), but it does nothing to fix the harmful architecture awaiting them upon return....We need meaningful change toward a digital duty of care, where platforms are legally required to anticipate and mitigate harm."
I am one of those people who think people under 16 aren't the real problem #Auspol
Banning kids from social media doesn’t make online platforms safer. Here’s what will do that
theconversation.com/banning-kids...
Banning kids from social media doesn’t make online platforms safer. Here’s what will do that
theconversation.com/banning-kids...
Banning kids from social media doesn’t make online platforms safer. Here’s what will do that
The ban may keep some children out, but it does nothing to fix the harmful architecture awaiting them when they return.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"The ban may keep some children out (if they don’t circumvent it), but it does nothing to fix the harmful architecture awaiting them upon return....We need meaningful change toward a digital duty of care, where platforms are legally required to anticipate and mitigate harm."
Reposted by Stephen Mitchell
The most effective way to protect children & young ppl online is by protecting all social media users through better regulation, stronger data protection laws & better platform design.
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The most effective way to protect children & young ppl online is by protecting all social media users through better regulation, stronger data protection laws & better platform design.
Reposted by Stephen Mitchell
We've designed cities to be hostile to children's play; we've closed libraries, public swimming pools; installed street furniture that stops them skateboarding; moves them on if they're 'loitering'. And now we've banned social media so they'll 'get outside and play'.
December 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We've designed cities to be hostile to children's play; we've closed libraries, public swimming pools; installed street furniture that stops them skateboarding; moves them on if they're 'loitering'. And now we've banned social media so they'll 'get outside and play'.
Reposted by Stephen Mitchell
Reposted by Stephen Mitchell
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
"Lawyers and firms extract obscene profits while access to remedies – be they civil, criminal, or administrative – remains closed to the majority. This is not merely a question of inefficiency...When wealth determines access to law, the system ceases to be just."
Australia's justice system still protects the wealthy https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/australias-justice-system-still-protects-the-wealthy,20457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=IA_Feed #auspol
Australia's justice system still protects the wealthy
The inequality is starkest in criminal justice. The poor are disproportionately incarcerated.
independentaustralia.net
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"Lawyers and firms extract obscene profits while access to remedies – be they civil, criminal, or administrative – remains closed to the majority. This is not merely a question of inefficiency...When wealth determines access to law, the system ceases to be just."
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If you are wondering what happened to the ALP and how they lost their values, the answer is quite simple. They figured out that corporates have more money than unions.
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If you are wondering what happened to the ALP and how they lost their values, the answer is quite simple. They figured out that corporates have more money than unions.
Reposted by Stephen Mitchell
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
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David Pope in Canberra Times
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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Australia once pursued a successful, bipartisan strategy of defence self-reliance. Calling today’s failures a national neurosis misses that history, writes Mike Gilligan.
#Auspol #Defence #BoyerLecture
#Auspol #Defence #BoyerLecture
A Boyer Lecture that misunderstands Australia’s defence history
The latest Boyer Lecture portrays Australia as trapped by anxiety about the United States. In fact, for decades the country pursued a deliberate, bipartisan strategy of defence self-reliance – abandoned only in recent years.
johnmenadue.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Australia once pursued a successful, bipartisan strategy of defence self-reliance. Calling today’s failures a national neurosis misses that history, writes Mike Gilligan.
#Auspol #Defence #BoyerLecture
#Auspol #Defence #BoyerLecture
The untouchable Stephanie Foster is the Australian Government sneering at taxpayers. Basically, punching us in the face with our own hand and saying, "Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself."
#auspol
#auspol
Stephanie Foster roasted after admitting has spoken to NACC Commissioner about her Chief of Staff’s corruption case & likely kept No record
Shoebridge “You have a chat with the Commr of the NACC about a corruption investigation about your own COS & u don’t even keep a record”🔥 #Estimates
Shoebridge “You have a chat with the Commr of the NACC about a corruption investigation about your own COS & u don’t even keep a record”🔥 #Estimates
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The untouchable Stephanie Foster is the Australian Government sneering at taxpayers. Basically, punching us in the face with our own hand and saying, "Stop hitting yourself, stop hitting yourself."
#auspol
#auspol
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Goodness me - wait times for the complaints line (NCSL) ballooned out to over an hour during this mutual obligations crisis
From Nov 2024 to Sep 2025, 141, 704 calls were abandoned
This is the line people need to call to, for example, get their payments turned back on after a wrongful punishment
From Nov 2024 to Sep 2025, 141, 704 calls were abandoned
This is the line people need to call to, for example, get their payments turned back on after a wrongful punishment
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Goodness me - wait times for the complaints line (NCSL) ballooned out to over an hour during this mutual obligations crisis
From Nov 2024 to Sep 2025, 141, 704 calls were abandoned
This is the line people need to call to, for example, get their payments turned back on after a wrongful punishment
From Nov 2024 to Sep 2025, 141, 704 calls were abandoned
This is the line people need to call to, for example, get their payments turned back on after a wrongful punishment
Reposted by Stephen Mitchell
I think it's appalling to display an image of this man, Ben Roberts Smith, given everything we know about him, in the 'Hall of Valour' at the War Memorial.
The CEO of the War Memorial says he "stands by it".
The CEO of the War Memorial says he "stands by it".
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I think it's appalling to display an image of this man, Ben Roberts Smith, given everything we know about him, in the 'Hall of Valour' at the War Memorial.
The CEO of the War Memorial says he "stands by it".
The CEO of the War Memorial says he "stands by it".
Reposted by Stephen Mitchell
In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
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🚨Nine Jewish groups are urging the Government to reject Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report", saying it's an attack on Australia's "democracy" and "freedoms" – benefitting the state of Israel.
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
Segal “threatening Australia’s freedoms and democracy”, Jewish groups warn - The Klaxon
A group of Jewish organisations has labelled Envoy Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report" an attack on Australia's “democracy” and “freedoms”, and say it must be rejected.
theklaxon.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
🚨Nine Jewish groups are urging the Government to reject Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report", saying it's an attack on Australia's "democracy" and "freedoms" – benefitting the state of Israel.
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive...
theklaxon.com.au/22ti
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“Our democracy depends on shared norms: that expertise matters, evidence carries weight, and truth is more than a viewpoint. When journalism collapses these distinctions, public debate becomes vulnerable to manipulation by those who profit from confusion and outrage.”
theaimn.net/the-moral-du...
theaimn.net/the-moral-du...
The Moral Duty Australia’s Media Can No Longer Ignore
What does it mean to give someone a platform? Not the right to speak, every Australian possesses that, but the power to amplify a message to millions. A platform is no neutral megaphone. It confers [....
theaimn.net
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“Our democracy depends on shared norms: that expertise matters, evidence carries weight, and truth is more than a viewpoint. When journalism collapses these distinctions, public debate becomes vulnerable to manipulation by those who profit from confusion and outrage.”
theaimn.net/the-moral-du...
theaimn.net/the-moral-du...
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🎥 “Piers, have you been there? Have you been there?”
Piers Morgan (X: @piersmorgan) describes Israel’s ruling coalition as “far-right headbangers” while Dave Rubin insists Israel has done “nothing wrong” in its two-year genocide of the Palestinian people.
Morgan notes that Smotrich and Ben-Gvir...
Piers Morgan (X: @piersmorgan) describes Israel’s ruling coalition as “far-right headbangers” while Dave Rubin insists Israel has done “nothing wrong” in its two-year genocide of the Palestinian people.
Morgan notes that Smotrich and Ben-Gvir...
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🎥 “Piers, have you been there? Have you been there?”
Piers Morgan (X: @piersmorgan) describes Israel’s ruling coalition as “far-right headbangers” while Dave Rubin insists Israel has done “nothing wrong” in its two-year genocide of the Palestinian people.
Morgan notes that Smotrich and Ben-Gvir...
Piers Morgan (X: @piersmorgan) describes Israel’s ruling coalition as “far-right headbangers” while Dave Rubin insists Israel has done “nothing wrong” in its two-year genocide of the Palestinian people.
Morgan notes that Smotrich and Ben-Gvir...
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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...
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
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...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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“The National Press Club of Australia lists 81 corporate sponsors on its website. Of those, ten are multinational weapons manufacturers or military services corporations, & another eleven provide services to the arms industry”. All cool & normal? #journalism #media michaelwest.com.au/weaponising-...
Weaponising media. National Press Club and its arms industry sponsors - Michael West
More than a quarter of the National Press Club’s sponsors are part of the global arms industry or working on its behalf.
michaelwest.com.au
November 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
“The National Press Club of Australia lists 81 corporate sponsors on its website. Of those, ten are multinational weapons manufacturers or military services corporations, & another eleven provide services to the arms industry”. All cool & normal? #journalism #media michaelwest.com.au/weaponising-...
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The NACC AGAIN apologises to Parliament for incorrect information provided about the actions of Commissioner Major General Brereton. For the NACC to have any chance of doing its job properly he has to go.
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The NACC AGAIN apologises to Parliament for incorrect information provided about the actions of Commissioner Major General Brereton. For the NACC to have any chance of doing its job properly he has to go.