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Albanese carefully but successfully defied Trump on Palestinian recognition, climate change action and social media bans, while still scoring a White House meeting next month and a warm greeting at a cocktail party the president hosted.
Albanese’s New York risks pay off
Frank Sinatra once sang that if you can make it in New York, you can “make it anywhere”. It could well be the anthem for Anthony Albanese’s assertive trip this week, putting his stamp on Australia’s sovereignty at the apex world forum of the United Nations General Assembly.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Albanese carefully but successfully defied Trump on Palestinian recognition, climate change action and social media bans, while still scoring a White House meeting next month and a warm greeting at a cocktail party the president hosted.
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Electricity generation costs would be up to 50% higher in Australia without renewables, analysis shows
Electricity generation costs would be up to 50% higher in Australia without renewables, analysis shows
Griffith University experts reveal that the 30% increase in consumer power bills since 2021 would have been worse under fossil fuel only scenario
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The cost of generating electricity would be up to 50% higher today if Australia had relied solely on coal and gas instead of pursuing renewables, according to new analysis.
Right-leaning politicians and climate deniers have seized on the 30% increase in electricity bills since 2021 to call for new coal-fired power plants to replace renewable projects, claiming it would bring down energy bills. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Electricity generation costs would be up to 50% higher in Australia without renewables, analysis shows
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The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.
Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism
theconversation.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.
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“[hastie] has picked a hell of a day to say he will die on the hill of net zero… millions of australians were just warned about the potentially catastrophic impacts of climate change and he is saying to them ‘i don’t give a stuff’.”
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Hastie threatens to quit frontbench, issues net zero ultimatum to Ley
Andrew Hastie’s opposition to net zero emissions is well known, but his provocative comments about quitting the frontbench are a fresh test of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s authority.
www.smh.com.au
September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“[hastie] has picked a hell of a day to say he will die on the hill of net zero… millions of australians were just warned about the potentially catastrophic impacts of climate change and he is saying to them ‘i don’t give a stuff’.”
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“Morally, sociologically and politically, the way forward on pokies reform is blindingly clear, and our failure to take the necessary steps is a blight on our national character,” writes Tim Costello. “This issue is the equivalent of America’s failure to deal with their gun problem. satpa.pe/ySP2JaX
Why the pokies keep beating Australians
satpa.pe
September 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“Morally, sociologically and politically, the way forward on pokies reform is blindingly clear, and our failure to take the necessary steps is a blight on our national character,” writes Tim Costello. “This issue is the equivalent of America’s failure to deal with their gun problem. satpa.pe/ySP2JaX
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I tossed around various headline ideas for this piece, ie: “No raucous in this caucus” or “All quiet in the ambition factory”. Who would have thought the largest ever Labor backbench would turn out to have its smallest voice.
September 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I tossed around various headline ideas for this piece, ie: “No raucous in this caucus” or “All quiet in the ambition factory”. Who would have thought the largest ever Labor backbench would turn out to have its smallest voice.
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Arundhati Roy’s fierce memoir on life with her mercurial mother
Arundhati Roy’s fierce memoir on life with her mercurial mother
Mother Mary comes to me is a raw, bruising, yet life-affirming portrait of Arundhati Roy's mother.
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September 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Arundhati Roy’s fierce memoir on life with her mercurial mother
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The West Australian government announces a new marine park to safeguard an enormous stretch of coastline adjacent to Ningaloo Reef.
New marine park to protect WA's world-famous Exmouth Gulf
The West Australian government announces a new marine park to safeguard an enormous stretch of coastline adjacent to Ningaloo Reef.
www.abc.net.au
September 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The West Australian government announces a new marine park to safeguard an enormous stretch of coastline adjacent to Ningaloo Reef.
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And yet everyone is clutching pearls over a former premier being in a photo in China www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
US imposes sanctions on Palestinians for requesting war crimes investigation
Groups based in Gaza and Ramallah had asked international criminal court to investigate Israel over genocide claims
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
And yet everyone is clutching pearls over a former premier being in a photo in China www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Meanjin published the cream of Australia’s writers. With its sudden closure, a vital, 85-year thread of our cultural conversation will fall silent.
Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin
theconversation.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Meanjin published the cream of Australia’s writers. With its sudden closure, a vital, 85-year thread of our cultural conversation will fall silent.
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It is never acceptable to physically threaten a journalist — it is particularly unsettling that Mr Katter would invite journalists to attend a press conference and then threaten them for simply asking a reasonable question.
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Bob Katter threatens journalist over reference to Lebanese heritage
Federal MP Bob Katter was speaking outside the Queensland Parliament with state members of the Katter's Australia Party about his intention to attend a March For Australia event this weekend.
www.abc.net.au
August 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
It is never acceptable to physically threaten a journalist — it is particularly unsettling that Mr Katter would invite journalists to attend a press conference and then threaten them for simply asking a reasonable question.
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One that millions of Australians can related to.
A very sad reaction from a wounded man, hiding his heritage in exchange for perceived inclusion.
The colony pushed the brown out of him, and he's threatened violence to threats to his perceived security of being "Australian".
A very sad reaction from a wounded man, hiding his heritage in exchange for perceived inclusion.
The colony pushed the brown out of him, and he's threatened violence to threats to his perceived security of being "Australian".
August 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
One that millions of Australians can related to.
A very sad reaction from a wounded man, hiding his heritage in exchange for perceived inclusion.
The colony pushed the brown out of him, and he's threatened violence to threats to his perceived security of being "Australian".
A very sad reaction from a wounded man, hiding his heritage in exchange for perceived inclusion.
The colony pushed the brown out of him, and he's threatened violence to threats to his perceived security of being "Australian".
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Qantas had long argued outsourcing 1820 union ground-handling staff in 2020 was a commercial decision made during the bleakness of early Covid. The court found it was made to illegally purge unionised labour. satpa.pe/UECQsC5
‘Jetstar with a paint job’: Inside the $90 million Qantas fine
After five years of failed appeals and obfuscation, Qantas has been fined a record $90 million for breaching industrial laws when it outsourced its ground crews.
satpa.pe
August 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Qantas had long argued outsourcing 1820 union ground-handling staff in 2020 was a commercial decision made during the bleakness of early Covid. The court found it was made to illegally purge unionised labour. satpa.pe/UECQsC5
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Former AFL player Mitch Brown creates history by becoming the first person in the league's 129-year history to reveal he is bisexual.
Ex-West Coast defender Brown becomes AFL's first openly bisexual player
Former AFL player Mitch Brown creates history by becoming the first person in the league's 129-year history to reveal he is bisexual.
www.abc.net.au
August 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Former AFL player Mitch Brown creates history by becoming the first person in the league's 129-year history to reveal he is bisexual.
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Fair call. So now we know that the antisemitic attacks in Australia have come from two sources: a foreign regime and organised crime, both acting opportunistically to foment exactly the moral panic we've been enduring. If only a little circumspection had been exercised by our governments and media.
Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil, ASIO believes.
Breaking: Diplomatic ties severed with Iran after ASIO names it as behind antisemitic attacks
Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil, ASIO believes.
www.abc.net.au
August 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Fair call. So now we know that the antisemitic attacks in Australia have come from two sources: a foreign regime and organised crime, both acting opportunistically to foment exactly the moral panic we've been enduring. If only a little circumspection had been exercised by our governments and media.
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Nowhere near enough is being made of Google taking a clear, intentional and planned step into the techno-fascist position on energy and climate
It literally came with its own PDF white paper. This is clear and intentional and thought-through.
www.desmog.com/2025/08/19/g...
It literally came with its own PDF white paper. This is clear and intentional and thought-through.
www.desmog.com/2025/08/19/g...
Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’
Interior Sec. Doug Burgum told an AI conference that data centers should be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear. Ruth Porat called his comments "fantastic.”
www.desmog.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Nowhere near enough is being made of Google taking a clear, intentional and planned step into the techno-fascist position on energy and climate
It literally came with its own PDF white paper. This is clear and intentional and thought-through.
www.desmog.com/2025/08/19/g...
It literally came with its own PDF white paper. This is clear and intentional and thought-through.
www.desmog.com/2025/08/19/g...
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I think it was when we changed the tax system and halved the tax on capital gain…imagine taxing passive income from investing at half the rate we tax wages and salaries…
And all those rich kids inheriting all those multimillion super balances rather than working to earn their own money…
bludgers!
And all those rich kids inheriting all those multimillion super balances rather than working to earn their own money…
bludgers!
August 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I think it was when we changed the tax system and halved the tax on capital gain…imagine taxing passive income from investing at half the rate we tax wages and salaries…
And all those rich kids inheriting all those multimillion super balances rather than working to earn their own money…
bludgers!
And all those rich kids inheriting all those multimillion super balances rather than working to earn their own money…
bludgers!
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‘Abundance’, by US journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, argues that lifting regulatory barriers is key to public-interest investment. It’s making waves in Canberra – Jim Chalmers calls it “a ripper” – ahead of next week’s Economic Reform Roundtable. satpa.pe/74Zg0QN
Risks in the race to deregulate
ANALYSIS: As the government strives to fast-track a green transition and manufacturing revival, it’s crucial to avoid ceding control to private enterprise.
satpa.pe
August 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
‘Abundance’, by US journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, argues that lifting regulatory barriers is key to public-interest investment. It’s making waves in Canberra – Jim Chalmers calls it “a ripper” – ahead of next week’s Economic Reform Roundtable. satpa.pe/74Zg0QN
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As the Australian economy struggles to solve big problems such as climate adaptation and affordable housing, it’s tempting to imagine a tidy overlay of the giant tech firms’ capabilities and interests of the wider community. But it’s dangerous, writes Alison Pennington. satpa.pe/WIlAohj
Risks in the race to deregulate
ANALYSIS: As the government strives to fast-track a green transition and manufacturing revival, it’s crucial to avoid ceding control to private enterprise.
satpa.pe
August 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
As the Australian economy struggles to solve big problems such as climate adaptation and affordable housing, it’s tempting to imagine a tidy overlay of the giant tech firms’ capabilities and interests of the wider community. But it’s dangerous, writes Alison Pennington. satpa.pe/WIlAohj
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Anthony Albanese joins a growing club of prime ministers and presidents personally berated by Benjamin Netanyahu, who is finding himself increasingly isolated on the world stage.
Netanyahu's criticism of Albanese is following a familiar playbook
Anthony Albanese joins a growing club of prime ministers and presidents personally berated by Benjamin Netanyahu, who is finding himself increasingly isolated on the world stage.
www.abc.net.au
August 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Anthony Albanese joins a growing club of prime ministers and presidents personally berated by Benjamin Netanyahu, who is finding himself increasingly isolated on the world stage.
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Bad news days for AI and everyone who slops it. 'If your incredible business idea – key word here, business – is to bake cakes for sale and then you complain that you have to pay for eggs and flour then I have some terrible news about your business idea and also quite possibly your soul and brain.'
'One of the proposed solutions to the fact that these AI companies are already stealing the work of creatives, writers and artists is not to wonder – not even performatively – about how to protect the output of the creators but to suggest formalising the theft'. rick-morton.ghost.io/crumbs-at-th...
Crumbs at the Slophouse
There was a man at the ice creamery the other day and I cannot stop thinking about him.
He looked about 50. No family in tow, indeed no other travelling friends or acquaintances in sight. From his pe...
rick-morton.ghost.io
August 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Bad news days for AI and everyone who slops it. 'If your incredible business idea – key word here, business – is to bake cakes for sale and then you complain that you have to pay for eggs and flour then I have some terrible news about your business idea and also quite possibly your soul and brain.'
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Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to seek approval for Israel to fully occupy the Gaza Strip on.ft.com/45oU8He
August 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to seek approval for Israel to fully occupy the Gaza Strip on.ft.com/45oU8He