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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3h

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 1h

You know the generational bargain is corrupted when couples with kids can’t buy a first home. Maybe bigamy is the solution. Unorthodox solutions appear all we have.

Suggest new reality tv series: first homebuyers want a throuple. theconversation.com/buying-with-...

Buying with a sibling or rentvesting: some unorthodox approaches to buying a first home

While these strategies work for some people, they are not necessarily possible for most aspiring first home owners.

theconversation.com

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 2m

'can't think of anything good about a skull'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKc...

Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?"

YouTube video by CrystalRoseCreations

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 14m

We've always been at war with eurasia

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 10m

Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas, possibly?

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 16m

Can anyone?

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 15m

woohoo. Go DrMR, go👏

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 1h

Today I’m suggesting an amendment to the government’s proposed legislation for a Cente for Disease Control. I’m pushing the govt to include preventative health care- like considering the mental health impact of gambling harm- from its first day.

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 19m

does this proposal have merit? Very keen to have a robust, respectful discussion about this. I keep an open mind. Cheers
theconversation.com/why-the-rise...

Why the rise of ‘cartel parties’ in Australia threatens our democracy

When politicians act like managers rather than representatives, accountability, transparency and scrutiny suffer.

theconversation.com

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 21m

harking back to this:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

How Healthy Is Australia's Democracy? - ABC listen

Disenchanted voters, misinformation, spam texts and "hate media". In the last five weeks of election campaigning, Australia's democracy has been put to the test. We take the temperature with two democ...

www.abc.net.au

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 21m

harking back to this:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

How Healthy Is Australia's Democracy? - ABC listen

Disenchanted voters, misinformation, spam texts and "hate media". In the last five weeks of election campaigning, Australia's democracy has been put to the test. We take the temperature with two democ...

www.abc.net.au

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 21m

@jillesheppard.bsky.social 🤔is the 2party system still your favoured model?
Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition
theconversation.com/competence-a...

Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition

Winning government from opposition broadly involves three stages: establishing competence, offering an alternative vision of government, and surviving the campaign.

theconversation.com

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 21m

@jillesheppard.bsky.social 🤔is the 2party system still your favoured model?
Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition
theconversation.com/competence-a...

Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition

Winning government from opposition broadly involves three stages: establishing competence, offering an alternative vision of government, and surviving the campaign.

theconversation.com

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1h

If you stopped bank robbers it would kill the whole robbery industry

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 54m

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 1h

Yup…

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 2h

Thinking this is a classic example of the evils of centrism you talk about in your book
Labor not negotiating with the Greens and independents so they can introduce a crap bill and claim it was the best they could do because of the LNP

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 2h

maybe dump the deceitful duopoly/ corrupted cartel parties
theconversation.com/why-the-rise...

Why the rise of ‘cartel parties’ in Australia threatens our democracy

When politicians act like managers rather than representatives, accountability, transparency and scrutiny suffer.

theconversation.com

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 2h

How does Australia fix the housing affordability crisis when ‘O’Neil’s [Housing Australia] agency…[is] an “incompetent hellhole”’?

The rich and connected are so busy looking after themselves they’re not at all interested in fixing the nation’s problems!
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Labor’s housing agenda in crisis amid complaints, resignations

A senior whistleblower says a slew of top executives at the agency in charge of Labor’s housing agenda quit amid claims of bad behaviour.

www.smh.com.au

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 2h

Govt = duopoly/cartel parties = self-interest ≠ national best interest

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 3h

@albomp.bsky.social says #FOI costs the Govt too much. When I FOI’ed Treasury in 2023 for briefs it had provided Jim Chalmers on stage 3 tax cuts, the Govt spent $53K resisting public disclosure. They lost! The taxpayers lost! FOI is not costing too much - Govt secrecy is. #auspol

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 2h

Q. why can't we have nice things like govts that put nation's best interests first instead of the duopoly/cartel parties horse-trading, self-interested 🐃that's an insult to our 'democracy'?

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 2h

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 2h

We're paying over half a billion dollars to prop up criminal-created global miner Glencore's Mount Isa copper smelter ... for just 2 years!

And we're taking how much ownership, for all that money? Don't answer that.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Mining giant gets $600m worth of taxpayer funds to keep refinery open

The last Australian copper smelter processing third-party product will stay open after its owner accepted a support package.

www.abc.net.au

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 11h

GT was/is amazing and spoke with great authority. Australia needs to hear more of her wise words.

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