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"Australian media’s intrinsic racism, overwhelming whiteness, and obsession with disciplining and demonising anyone who critiques those things has helped normalise white supremacist rhetoric and bolster the far-right"
September 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"Australian media’s intrinsic racism, overwhelming whiteness, and obsession with disciplining and demonising anyone who critiques those things has helped normalise white supremacist rhetoric and bolster the far-right"
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It's a choice to show protestors throwing back the gas canisters but not the cops firing them. Not a single image was of the joyful stuff like dancing etc. It was all the "clash" shit
June 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
It's a choice to show protestors throwing back the gas canisters but not the cops firing them. Not a single image was of the joyful stuff like dancing etc. It was all the "clash" shit
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There is no way to protest that will earn the respect of your political opponents. You will never be peaceful enough. You’ll either be too poor, criminal, and uncouth, or too rich, out-of-touch, and snobbish.
June 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
There is no way to protest that will earn the respect of your political opponents. You will never be peaceful enough. You’ll either be too poor, criminal, and uncouth, or too rich, out-of-touch, and snobbish.
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Like, we can't blame the Japanese forever. Labor is making a decision here: they have agency and power and they are using both of those things to choose to make climate change worse.
May 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Like, we can't blame the Japanese forever. Labor is making a decision here: they have agency and power and they are using both of those things to choose to make climate change worse.
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Super interesting to hear a generation of younger Greens activists baulk at the idea of the party running bland centrist campaigns like it did last election www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/16/t...
The Greens must radicalise, or perish
'If we stop talking about Gaza, we stop demanding racial justice, we stop demanding economic justice, and we just try and be like some centrist climate movement — then what separates us from the teals...
www.crikey.com.au
May 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Super interesting to hear a generation of younger Greens activists baulk at the idea of the party running bland centrist campaigns like it did last election www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/16/t...
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Eveyone & their brother is using ChatGPT to avoid doing the reading/homework & we’re all going to suffer bc of it.
May 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Eveyone & their brother is using ChatGPT to avoid doing the reading/homework & we’re all going to suffer bc of it.
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Here's the top 4 reasons for housing crisis (LNP & ALP have no policies addressing these);
1. low wages impact on birthrates means every 3 years 1Mio workers leave but only <500k locals, so import >500k migrants or GDP ⬇️.
2. Neg gearing existing homes.
3. TAFE fucked
4. 500k shortstay homes (5%)
1. low wages impact on birthrates means every 3 years 1Mio workers leave but only <500k locals, so import >500k migrants or GDP ⬇️.
2. Neg gearing existing homes.
3. TAFE fucked
4. 500k shortstay homes (5%)
Peter Dutton blames immigration, yoga teachers & the CFMEU for Australia's home ownership issues. #ausvotes
April 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Here's the top 4 reasons for housing crisis (LNP & ALP have no policies addressing these);
1. low wages impact on birthrates means every 3 years 1Mio workers leave but only <500k locals, so import >500k migrants or GDP ⬇️.
2. Neg gearing existing homes.
3. TAFE fucked
4. 500k shortstay homes (5%)
1. low wages impact on birthrates means every 3 years 1Mio workers leave but only <500k locals, so import >500k migrants or GDP ⬇️.
2. Neg gearing existing homes.
3. TAFE fucked
4. 500k shortstay homes (5%)
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I try not to dunk on folks here, so I didn’t Qskeet, but I suggest folks stop talking about Wikipedia like it’s garbage when it’s decent basic information and a solid stating point. AI, ads, junk algorithms, rightwing media moguls, and fact-averse govts have changed the landscape
April 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I try not to dunk on folks here, so I didn’t Qskeet, but I suggest folks stop talking about Wikipedia like it’s garbage when it’s decent basic information and a solid stating point. AI, ads, junk algorithms, rightwing media moguls, and fact-averse govts have changed the landscape
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“Israel's military has completed trials of an advanced weapon made by a Canberra-based defence supplier.”
Australian complicity in this genocide is abhorrent and so is the Labor government’s continued lying about it. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04....
Australian complicity in this genocide is abhorrent and so is the Labor government’s continued lying about it. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04....
Australian weapon trialled by Israel's military ahead of potential sale
The Defence Department told the ABC that “Australia has not supplied weapons or ammunition to Israel” since the Gaza war began in 2023.
www.abc.net.au
April 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
“Israel's military has completed trials of an advanced weapon made by a Canberra-based defence supplier.”
Australian complicity in this genocide is abhorrent and so is the Labor government’s continued lying about it. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04....
Australian complicity in this genocide is abhorrent and so is the Labor government’s continued lying about it. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04....
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I wish we could just openly describe this as exactly what it is: a copy-paste of Trump's cruel, authoritarian crackdown on anyone too openly opposing the weaponised mass murder of families in Gaza.
You don't need to dance around the doublespeak of these murderous scumbags. Just say it out loud.
You don't need to dance around the doublespeak of these murderous scumbags. Just say it out loud.
What does 'woke' mean? Peter Dutton's warning to schools is deliberately vague
Schools and universities with "woke" curriculums have been put on notice by Peter Dutton who doesn't want young people "indoctrinated".
www.sbs.com.au
April 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I wish we could just openly describe this as exactly what it is: a copy-paste of Trump's cruel, authoritarian crackdown on anyone too openly opposing the weaponised mass murder of families in Gaza.
You don't need to dance around the doublespeak of these murderous scumbags. Just say it out loud.
You don't need to dance around the doublespeak of these murderous scumbags. Just say it out loud.
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In #Budget25, Beer excise is a bigger revenue raiser than the PRRT, one of our main taxes on the gas industry.
Failing to fix the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax was a missed opportunity. Our research shows big gas continues to be a systemic non-payer of tax, while Australians miss out. #auspol
Failing to fix the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax was a missed opportunity. Our research shows big gas continues to be a systemic non-payer of tax, while Australians miss out. #auspol
March 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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“We’ve been saving up for a deposit on a 500g block for a few years now. But this new cash injection will allow us to buy a 1kg block outright. We’re pinching ourselves"
Family to Use $268 Tax Cut to Buy Block of Coles Cheese — The Shovel
“We’ve been saving up for a deposit on a 500g block for a few years now. But this should allow us to buy a 1kg block outright. We’re pinching ourselves"
theshovel.com.au
March 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“We’ve been saving up for a deposit on a 500g block for a few years now. But this new cash injection will allow us to buy a 1kg block outright. We’re pinching ourselves"
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Bleak but hugely insightful piece on Australian social attitudes by Rebecca Huntley. It'd be nice if the politicians spouting cheap talk about "social cohesion" took more notice of the real drivers of disconnection, like the housing crisis www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australians have lost hope in the fair go. This has profound implications for the election | Rebecca Huntley
The character of our country is changing radically – with profound implications for the federal election
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Bleak but hugely insightful piece on Australian social attitudes by Rebecca Huntley. It'd be nice if the politicians spouting cheap talk about "social cohesion" took more notice of the real drivers of disconnection, like the housing crisis www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Budget should include a massive and historic increase in funding for research. Not only is it needed, but we really should be poaching ever medical and scientific researcher from the US we can. Absolutely perfect timing.
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Budget should include a massive and historic increase in funding for research. Not only is it needed, but we really should be poaching ever medical and scientific researcher from the US we can. Absolutely perfect timing.
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i find this notion that public spending is illegitimate bizarre as a matter of economics but totally legible as a statement of moral economy. and as per any strict system of morality, the punishment is part of the appeal. they are punishing the american people for believing in the public good.
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
i find this notion that public spending is illegitimate bizarre as a matter of economics but totally legible as a statement of moral economy. and as per any strict system of morality, the punishment is part of the appeal. they are punishing the american people for believing in the public good.
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I don't align with the "energy transition will not happen" view, nor the "energy transition is guaranteed to happen" view
I think it all depends on how much effort and action is taken, and I worry that both views problematically downplay the need for immediate and more interventionist action
I think it all depends on how much effort and action is taken, and I worry that both views problematically downplay the need for immediate and more interventionist action
'The troubled energy transition' - a critique
Troubled by looking at laggards not leaders
electrotechrevolution.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I don't align with the "energy transition will not happen" view, nor the "energy transition is guaranteed to happen" view
I think it all depends on how much effort and action is taken, and I worry that both views problematically downplay the need for immediate and more interventionist action
I think it all depends on how much effort and action is taken, and I worry that both views problematically downplay the need for immediate and more interventionist action
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Australia's roads are filling up with bigger and bigger cars, fuelled by tax incentives for big utes regardless of what the ute gets used for.
Expanding roads and car parks to accommodate these behemoths would come at a huge cost.
Read more below ⤵️
Expanding roads and car parks to accommodate these behemoths would come at a huge cost.
Read more below ⤵️
Mega-car in a mini space: How SUVs are reshaping Australian car parks
A proposal to lengthen parking bays to accommodate enormous vehicles has attracted more than 1200 submissions.
www.smh.com.au
March 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Australia's roads are filling up with bigger and bigger cars, fuelled by tax incentives for big utes regardless of what the ute gets used for.
Expanding roads and car parks to accommodate these behemoths would come at a huge cost.
Read more below ⤵️
Expanding roads and car parks to accommodate these behemoths would come at a huge cost.
Read more below ⤵️
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This is how the ABC described Israel committing war crime by denying all aid to Gaza.
A compromised and morally bankrupt news organisation.
A compromised and morally bankrupt news organisation.
March 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This is how the ABC described Israel committing war crime by denying all aid to Gaza.
A compromised and morally bankrupt news organisation.
A compromised and morally bankrupt news organisation.
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These people have spent years saying the cancellation of college lectures was a slippery slope to totalitarianism. Now that marginalized minorities are losing their rights — literally the Niemöller poem — it's just an oopsie with no broader implications.
March 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
These people have spent years saying the cancellation of college lectures was a slippery slope to totalitarianism. Now that marginalized minorities are losing their rights — literally the Niemöller poem — it's just an oopsie with no broader implications.
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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
CDC Staff Prohibited From Co-Authoring Papers With World Health Organization Personnel
It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.
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If Trump doesn’t know what AUKUS is then we should definitely ditch the whole thing.
February 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If Trump doesn’t know what AUKUS is then we should definitely ditch the whole thing.
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“Promising to reduce the size of the public service is a cheap political stunt.”
New research shows that sacking public servants actually costs the country a fortune, as public jobs are replaced by consultants, contractors and labour hire workers.
New research from @futurework.org.au #auspol
New research shows that sacking public servants actually costs the country a fortune, as public jobs are replaced by consultants, contractors and labour hire workers.
New research from @futurework.org.au #auspol
Cutting the public service saves nothing
Reducing the size of Australia’s public service is often characterised as a way to save the country money and make government departments more efficient.
australiainstitute.org.au
February 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“Promising to reduce the size of the public service is a cheap political stunt.”
New research shows that sacking public servants actually costs the country a fortune, as public jobs are replaced by consultants, contractors and labour hire workers.
New research from @futurework.org.au #auspol
New research shows that sacking public servants actually costs the country a fortune, as public jobs are replaced by consultants, contractors and labour hire workers.
New research from @futurework.org.au #auspol
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These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."
The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
These stories amount to "the left was so annoying about pronouns or liberals made people feel so guilty about plastic straws they had no choice but to get on board with the second coming of the Third Reich and the destruction of the planet."