Deb McAteer
@debmcat.bsky.social
Amateur sewist. Learning consultant.
Politics, climate, social justice.
Politics, climate, social justice.
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What is it with privileged, powerful people in this country?! They appear to assume the rules simply don’t apply to them. And in so many respects the rules aren’t applied to them. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Anti-corruption chief kept consulting role after saying he had resigned
The head of the national anti-corruption commission told a Senate inquiry he had resigned his role at the defence force's investigative arm. But the ABC has learned he continued consulting for them, a...
www.abc.net.au
September 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
What is it with privileged, powerful people in this country?! They appear to assume the rules simply don’t apply to them. And in so many respects the rules aren’t applied to them. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
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I signed this to prevent the State Library of Victoria (one of my favourite places on earth) from becoming a fun park. It's a library and it needs librarians! In 2025, spaces like this have never been more vital.
Hands off our State Library!
Library workers deliver essential services to 2.8 million people in our community each year. They run information services, connect people online, hold free workshops, develop community connections an...
www.megaphone.org.au
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I signed this to prevent the State Library of Victoria (one of my favourite places on earth) from becoming a fun park. It's a library and it needs librarians! In 2025, spaces like this have never been more vital.
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I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
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OH MY GOD thank you Chris - Australia's Safeguard mechanism is pretty much the same (and worse in many ways as its open to external carbon credits as well as 'in-scheme' ones)
We've seen ultra-polluters *being paid* more, even w/ rising emissions
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
We've seen ultra-polluters *being paid* more, even w/ rising emissions
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
OH MY GOD thank you Chris - Australia's Safeguard mechanism is pretty much the same (and worse in many ways as its open to external carbon credits as well as 'in-scheme' ones)
We've seen ultra-polluters *being paid* more, even w/ rising emissions
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
We've seen ultra-polluters *being paid* more, even w/ rising emissions
australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-saf...
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There is $1 million budgeted for the legal assistance needed for NACC to properly reconsider the Robodebt referrals - this funding ends in February 2026 and I hope for all of us that means there will be answers and accountability at this time (6+ years after Robodebt ended).
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
There is $1 million budgeted for the legal assistance needed for NACC to properly reconsider the Robodebt referrals - this funding ends in February 2026 and I hope for all of us that means there will be answers and accountability at this time (6+ years after Robodebt ended).
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We are meant to believe the NACC is still trying to establish if somebody should be held to account on #Robodebt.
They are now preparing for their Xmas time-off while victims and their families have to see off yet another year without justice. I’ll be thinking of them this Xmas.
They are now preparing for their Xmas time-off while victims and their families have to see off yet another year without justice. I’ll be thinking of them this Xmas.
It’s almost 2yrs since the day Commissioner Catherine Holmes handed down her final report on Robodebt & referred those responsible for criminal prosecution. It was a day we felt like finally something was happening.
I’m so sorry to all victims who are STILL waiting for justice.
I’m so sorry to all victims who are STILL waiting for justice.
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
We are meant to believe the NACC is still trying to establish if somebody should be held to account on #Robodebt.
They are now preparing for their Xmas time-off while victims and their families have to see off yet another year without justice. I’ll be thinking of them this Xmas.
They are now preparing for their Xmas time-off while victims and their families have to see off yet another year without justice. I’ll be thinking of them this Xmas.
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So glad to be with a bunch of protesters in Newcastle who did more for the climate in one weekend than the Australian Labor Party has done in 3 years
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
So glad to be with a bunch of protesters in Newcastle who did more for the climate in one weekend than the Australian Labor Party has done in 3 years
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A well-deserved third #Walkleys Award for cartoons to David Pope. #GazaGenocide
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A well-deserved third #Walkleys Award for cartoons to David Pope. #GazaGenocide
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The success rate for NHMRC Ideas Grants announced yesterday was just over 8%. That means 11 of every 12 people who applied got rejected. This is a culture changing level of rejection and frankly a point of national shame. This is a crisis for research.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The success rate for NHMRC Ideas Grants announced yesterday was just over 8%. That means 11 of every 12 people who applied got rejected. This is a culture changing level of rejection and frankly a point of national shame. This is a crisis for research.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
I will not rest until we see this resolved.
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"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
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How ludicrous for Labor to cut $5 billion in public services during a cost of living crisis. Every six months the government pays around $5b in Fuel Tax Credits to mining corporations to burn fossil fuels. If Labor is going to cut spending, cut handouts to fossil fuel barons.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
How ludicrous for Labor to cut $5 billion in public services during a cost of living crisis. Every six months the government pays around $5b in Fuel Tax Credits to mining corporations to burn fossil fuels. If Labor is going to cut spending, cut handouts to fossil fuel barons.
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David Pope in Canberra Times
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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Please don't embarrass my murderer friend
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Please don't embarrass my murderer friend
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
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im bullying the richest man in the world 😭
It soothes my bitter heart to know that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he will never, ever be funny
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t.co/QhuKU9HCxA
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
im bullying the richest man in the world 😭
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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This story by Sarah Martin has generated huge interest today all around the world. A question it poses for Aus - why is Roblox not in the government's social media ban?
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated p...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This story by Sarah Martin has generated huge interest today all around the world. A question it poses for Aus - why is Roblox not in the government's social media ban?
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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www.smh.com.au/business/com...
“Four Corners is the longest running show in Australian television history, first airing in 1961. It is one of the ABC’s most important programs, and one of the last remaining in-depth investigative news programs in the world.”
“Four Corners is the longest running show in Australian television history, first airing in 1961. It is one of the ABC’s most important programs, and one of the last remaining in-depth investigative news programs in the world.”
ABC Four Corners boss departs amid probe into investigative reporter
The boss of the ABC’s flagship news program has resigned, though the broadcaster says the decision is unrelated to an investigation into one of its top reporters.
www.smh.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
www.smh.com.au/business/com...
“Four Corners is the longest running show in Australian television history, first airing in 1961. It is one of the ABC’s most important programs, and one of the last remaining in-depth investigative news programs in the world.”
“Four Corners is the longest running show in Australian television history, first airing in 1961. It is one of the ABC’s most important programs, and one of the last remaining in-depth investigative news programs in the world.”
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Excellent by @ketanjoshi.co
"Australian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove it"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
"Australian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove it"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove it
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Excellent by @ketanjoshi.co
"Australian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove it"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
"Australian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove it"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Both @australianlabor.bsky.social and ACTU's @sallymcmanus.bsky.social need to get THIS 👇 message out to all Australian workers. Fight division. Fight racism and bigotry. Fight the greed of unprincipled bosses. #auspol #UnionStrong #NoRoomForRacism
October 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Both @australianlabor.bsky.social and ACTU's @sallymcmanus.bsky.social need to get THIS 👇 message out to all Australian workers. Fight division. Fight racism and bigotry. Fight the greed of unprincipled bosses. #auspol #UnionStrong #NoRoomForRacism