Jane Cowley
@its2hard.bsky.social
Politics, community indies, wildlife, gardens, tennis and books… just a few of my favourite things.
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Jane Cowley
@its2hard.bsky.social
· Mar 26
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Election season just around the corner #auspol2025 so you’ll need some good independent media to help. Here is a fantastic daily dose of it that will keep you up to date and be better informed on all the issues and happenings and it’s free.
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Taking from the young, giving to the old: How our tax system is letting us down https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/taking-from-the-young-giving-to-the-old-how-our-tax-system-is-letting-us-down #auspol
Taking from the young, giving to the old: How our tax system is letting us down
Australians are retiring with unprecedented levels of wealth. This wealth, which is primarily held in housing, investment properties and superannuation, allows retirees to draw incomes to support their retirement.
johnmenadue.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Taking from the young, giving to the old: How our tax system is letting us down https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/taking-from-the-young-giving-to-the-old-how-our-tax-system-is-letting-us-down #auspol
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Having lived in occasional close proximity to the climate wars for 20 years or so, my belief is still beggered when groups like the nationals behave with such childish obstinacy, narrow self interest and denial. What planet are they actually living on?
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Having lived in occasional close proximity to the climate wars for 20 years or so, my belief is still beggered when groups like the nationals behave with such childish obstinacy, narrow self interest and denial. What planet are they actually living on?
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Matt Canavan couldn’t give a shit about the cost to the planet of fossil fuel emissions - denies that there is a cost - but suddenly cares about koalas endangered by wind farms.
Sure thing. #insiders
Sure thing. #insiders
October 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Matt Canavan couldn’t give a shit about the cost to the planet of fossil fuel emissions - denies that there is a cost - but suddenly cares about koalas endangered by wind farms.
Sure thing. #insiders
Sure thing. #insiders
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By the way, I was right about it being Reagan’s last speech. It’s here: youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8
The video would probably piss Trump off. So please don’t make it go viral.
The video would probably piss Trump off. So please don’t make it go viral.
The last speech of Ronald Reagan as president was on immigration
YouTube video by Montclair Immigration Network
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
By the way, I was right about it being Reagan’s last speech. It’s here: youtu.be/2R8QxCD6ir8
The video would probably piss Trump off. So please don’t make it go viral.
The video would probably piss Trump off. So please don’t make it go viral.
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Good story from @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social on @michaelwest.com.au.web.brid.gy on the Government's broken promises on Australian content quotas & the diabolical impact on our local screen industry.
Are there any multi-nationals to which this Govt won't capitulate?
michaelwest.com.au/burke-gets-n...
Are there any multi-nationals to which this Govt won't capitulate?
michaelwest.com.au/burke-gets-n...
Burke gets Netflixed. Secret lobbying did the trick for the big streamers - Michael West
Arts Minister Tony Burke promised we'd have Aussie content on our streamed TV services like Netflix. But he’s done nothing except block FOIs
michaelwest.com.au
October 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Good story from @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social on @michaelwest.com.au.web.brid.gy on the Government's broken promises on Australian content quotas & the diabolical impact on our local screen industry.
Are there any multi-nationals to which this Govt won't capitulate?
michaelwest.com.au/burke-gets-n...
Are there any multi-nationals to which this Govt won't capitulate?
michaelwest.com.au/burke-gets-n...
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Always remember - gas companies hate selling gas to Australians and none of the proposals for new gas fields (which are not needed) will be for domestic use.
So do not buy any of the spin.
So do not buy any of the spin.
Here's the ACCC today saying that gas exporters are ripping us off. Again.
"gas being offered & supplied by the exporters to the domestic market has declined over time, while LNG export volumes have increased."
@australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social
www.accc.gov.au/system/files...
"gas being offered & supplied by the exporters to the domestic market has declined over time, while LNG export volumes have increased."
@australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social
www.accc.gov.au/system/files...
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Always remember - gas companies hate selling gas to Australians and none of the proposals for new gas fields (which are not needed) will be for domestic use.
So do not buy any of the spin.
So do not buy any of the spin.
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Bad guys.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
August 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Bad guys.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.
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Aaron's been doing some amazing work on this issue
The rewriting of propaganda from the Sydney Morning Herald
Massola still didn't explain how or why or what prompted Matthew Knott to seek out a comment from Yousef in the first place.
Who prompted Matthew to do that? Who gave him the contacts?
The rewriting of propaganda from the Sydney Morning Herald
Massola still didn't explain how or why or what prompted Matthew Knott to seek out a comment from Yousef in the first place.
Who prompted Matthew to do that? Who gave him the contacts?
Claim a quote from a Hamas co-founder who’s in prison unable to comment.
Quietly rewrite when busted.
Pull Knott from the Insiders sofa and send Massola instead to waffle about "offices".
Keep running the smear anyway.
That’s SMH. That’s #Insiders. That’s garbage.
Quietly rewrite when busted.
Pull Knott from the Insiders sofa and send Massola instead to waffle about "offices".
Keep running the smear anyway.
That’s SMH. That’s #Insiders. That’s garbage.
August 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Aaron's been doing some amazing work on this issue
The rewriting of propaganda from the Sydney Morning Herald
Massola still didn't explain how or why or what prompted Matthew Knott to seek out a comment from Yousef in the first place.
Who prompted Matthew to do that? Who gave him the contacts?
The rewriting of propaganda from the Sydney Morning Herald
Massola still didn't explain how or why or what prompted Matthew Knott to seek out a comment from Yousef in the first place.
Who prompted Matthew to do that? Who gave him the contacts?
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These aren’t small edits. They’re substantial and making them without disclosure is unethical.
In print, it’s impossible. Online? Two readers can see 'the same' article hours apart and get different facts.
That's not journalism.
Attached image shows them side by side.
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In print, it’s impossible. Online? Two readers can see 'the same' article hours apart and get different facts.
That's not journalism.
Attached image shows them side by side.
/11
August 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
These aren’t small edits. They’re substantial and making them without disclosure is unethical.
In print, it’s impossible. Online? Two readers can see 'the same' article hours apart and get different facts.
That's not journalism.
Attached image shows them side by side.
/11
In print, it’s impossible. Online? Two readers can see 'the same' article hours apart and get different facts.
That's not journalism.
Attached image shows them side by side.
/11
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Can housing be built for living, not flipping? Nightingale Housing are carbon-smart, not-for-profit apartments, sold at cost, capped on resale, and community-designed. It’s not utopia, it’s proof that homes can be beautiful, affordable and community focused. 👀⬇️
Nightingale Housing — Homes built for people, not profit.
Nightingale Housing is a not-for-profit organisation building apartments that are socially, financially and environmentally sustainable. We believe that homes should be built for people, not profit.
www.nightingalehousing.org
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Can housing be built for living, not flipping? Nightingale Housing are carbon-smart, not-for-profit apartments, sold at cost, capped on resale, and community-designed. It’s not utopia, it’s proof that homes can be beautiful, affordable and community focused. 👀⬇️
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Minister Murray Watttf is going to artificially aerate Macquarie Harbour (surface area a mere 32,000 ha), by burning bulk diesel on a few noisy barges ... in order to subsidise a foreign owned non-taxpaying open water salmon feedlot operation.
Your Labor political party, working for you.
Your Labor political party, working for you.
August 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Minister Murray Watttf is going to artificially aerate Macquarie Harbour (surface area a mere 32,000 ha), by burning bulk diesel on a few noisy barges ... in order to subsidise a foreign owned non-taxpaying open water salmon feedlot operation.
Your Labor political party, working for you.
Your Labor political party, working for you.
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I mean, if you’re worried about falling revenue, the govt could just stop giving away $10bn in fuel tax credits, which even the OECD says is just an industry subsidy that should be dumped.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
EV drivers set to pay road user charges as record number of electric cars selling in Australia
PM says sustainable revenue for roads is needed as report shows nearly one in 10 new car sales are electric vehicles
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I mean, if you’re worried about falling revenue, the govt could just stop giving away $10bn in fuel tax credits, which even the OECD says is just an industry subsidy that should be dumped.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mass starvation expert Alex de Waal warns the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is the “most intense, most severe,” and “minutely engineered” act of deliberate starvation since World War II.
#GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide
#GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide
July 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Mass starvation expert Alex de Waal warns the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is the “most intense, most severe,” and “minutely engineered” act of deliberate starvation since World War II.
#GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide
#GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide
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Are you (or is someone you know) in the Sydney based federal seat of Bennelong?
John Howard's old seat is now held on a 9.3% margin by Labor's Jerome Laxale. Extraordinary!
Please sign this Dear Jerome open letter regarding their recent Woodside decision #auspol > docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
John Howard's old seat is now held on a 9.3% margin by Labor's Jerome Laxale. Extraordinary!
Please sign this Dear Jerome open letter regarding their recent Woodside decision #auspol > docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Are you (or is someone you know) in the Sydney based federal seat of Bennelong?
John Howard's old seat is now held on a 9.3% margin by Labor's Jerome Laxale. Extraordinary!
Please sign this Dear Jerome open letter regarding their recent Woodside decision #auspol > docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
John Howard's old seat is now held on a 9.3% margin by Labor's Jerome Laxale. Extraordinary!
Please sign this Dear Jerome open letter regarding their recent Woodside decision #auspol > docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Christiane Amanpour explains that Iran wanted to make deal with the US & its delegation was feeling optimistic over the next round of talks.
Note, one of Israels frst targets when they launched their unprovoked attack on Iran was the head of the Iranian delegation
Note, one of Israels frst targets when they launched their unprovoked attack on Iran was the head of the Iranian delegation
June 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Christiane Amanpour explains that Iran wanted to make deal with the US & its delegation was feeling optimistic over the next round of talks.
Note, one of Israels frst targets when they launched their unprovoked attack on Iran was the head of the Iranian delegation
Note, one of Israels frst targets when they launched their unprovoked attack on Iran was the head of the Iranian delegation
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Wild @roycerk2.bsky.social story: @monashuniversity.bsky.social were so ashamed of the luxury Italian conference they held in partnership with openly evil fossil fuel company Woodside that they deleted the entire website moments after the conference was done.
Keynoted by Tim Wilson (!)
Keynoted by Tim Wilson (!)
Monash staff say Woodside-backed climate conference highlights concerns about energy giant partnership
Senior lecturer says staff and students have struggled to get answers from university leadership about arrangement
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Wild @roycerk2.bsky.social story: @monashuniversity.bsky.social were so ashamed of the luxury Italian conference they held in partnership with openly evil fossil fuel company Woodside that they deleted the entire website moments after the conference was done.
Keynoted by Tim Wilson (!)
Keynoted by Tim Wilson (!)
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10 years after gas exports from Queensland began, all of the gas companies involved, bar one, have not paid a cent in company tax.
This is despite them selling $125 billion worth of LNG out of Queensland, and reporting $330 billion in total Australian revenue. #auspol
This is despite them selling $125 billion worth of LNG out of Queensland, and reporting $330 billion in total Australian revenue. #auspol
June 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
10 years after gas exports from Queensland began, all of the gas companies involved, bar one, have not paid a cent in company tax.
This is despite them selling $125 billion worth of LNG out of Queensland, and reporting $330 billion in total Australian revenue. #auspol
This is despite them selling $125 billion worth of LNG out of Queensland, and reporting $330 billion in total Australian revenue. #auspol
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Tony Barry nails it.
As long as Sky After Dark remains the Liberal Party’s policy incubator, expect more trash-tier pre-selections and policy ideas straight from the bin.
Extinction awaits.
As long as Sky After Dark remains the Liberal Party’s policy incubator, expect more trash-tier pre-selections and policy ideas straight from the bin.
Extinction awaits.
May 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Tony Barry nails it.
As long as Sky After Dark remains the Liberal Party’s policy incubator, expect more trash-tier pre-selections and policy ideas straight from the bin.
Extinction awaits.
As long as Sky After Dark remains the Liberal Party’s policy incubator, expect more trash-tier pre-selections and policy ideas straight from the bin.
Extinction awaits.
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I've worked with two majority governments - Coalition and Labor.
It doesn't stop me fighting for my community and having influence.
It doesn't stop me fighting for my community and having influence.
May 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I've worked with two majority governments - Coalition and Labor.
It doesn't stop me fighting for my community and having influence.
It doesn't stop me fighting for my community and having influence.
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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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Absolutely the vibe the world needs RN
Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
May 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Absolutely the vibe the world needs RN