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Nick Feik
@nickfeik.bsky.social
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Writer, journalist, former editor of The Monthly. https://nickfeik.substack.com/ Email: nickfeik at proton dot me
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 10h
Reminder: Australia's only emissions reduction legislation - the safeguard mechanism - allows for unlimited use of offsets instead of requiring genuine cuts from polluters
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 15h
BTW this National Press Club story hasn't been reported in any major news outlet yet. Indies like Lamestream, We Used to Be Journos, Pearls and Irritations etc all over it.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 16h
The death of journalists in Gaza constitutes the worst crime against journalism in living memory, yet the NPC has never asked a speaker to address it.
Now they’ve cancelled the person who proposed speaking about it.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 17h
Is it relevant that the National Press Club sponsors include at least 5 corporations who work with the Israeli arms industry??
Incl:
Lockheed Martin
KBR
Raytheon
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d
It looks very much like the National Press Club statement lied about their cancellation of Chris Hedges. His appearance WAS confirmed, and even listed on the website, according to this.
(Hedges believes his talk on Gaza was cancelled following pressure from the pro-Israel lobby):
Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia  — Australian Friends of Palestine Association
AFOPA is responding to the Statement published on 4 October 2025 by the National Press Club of Australia ( NPC) in relation to their cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National ...
www.afopa.com.au
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d
Royal children’s hospital Melbourne
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aliciablackgirl.bsky.social @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 1d
Greta Thunberg will be in history books. never stop Greta. you are a beacon of hope. More guts than every leader in this world.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d
More detail here on the NPC cancellation of a journalist who was booked to speak about Gaza.
Incredible how badly our cultural institutions have failed us.
Exclusive: National Press Club cancelled Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for being “in favour” of Palestine
Correspondence obtained by Lamestream shows the NPC confirmed Chris Hedges as a speaker, before cancelling him due to "balance".
www.lamestream.com.au
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d
The TAS govt has just put fmr minister Roger Jaensch on the committee which is supposed to scrutinise the implementation of the many Commission of Inquiry recommendations … which was Roger Jaensch’s responsibility. #politas
Never change, TAS. This is sure to get to the bottom of whose fault it is.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 1d
It looks very much like the National Press Club statement lied about their cancellation of Chris Hedges. His appearance WAS confirmed, and even listed on the website, according to this.
(Hedges believes his talk on Gaza was cancelled following pressure from the pro-Israel lobby):
Statement on Cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National Press Club of Australia  — Australian Friends of Palestine Association
AFOPA is responding to the Statement published on 4 October 2025 by the National Press Club of Australia ( NPC) in relation to their cancellation of Chris Hedges’ confirmed appearance at the National ...
www.afopa.com.au
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 2d
In March 2025, the median Australian taxpayer earned $55,619 per year.
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 6d
Labor during the election: “we’ll fully fund public schools”

Labor after the election: “actually we meant private schools soz”
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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 3d
More than 2 years after the NACC was established, it hasn’t held a single public hearing. Now we learn the PM pushed to make it harder to hold them.

Public hearings are vital to building trust - the Govt should be making them easier, not harder.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/10...
Exclusive: Anthony Albanese overruled push for public NACC hearings
The Saturday Paper can reveal that the prime minister and other ministers from NSW intervened in cabinet to constrain the operations of the country’s leading integrity body.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d
Exactly the same thing could be asked about our broken universities, schools funding model, climate policy, corporate taxation, housing, arts, govt transparency, youth justice, mental health etc etc etc
When will our politicians have the courage to make meaningful change to our broken aged care system? | Julianne Schultz
The inspector general has applauded aspects of the new act but warns of a yawning gap between promise and delivery
www.theguardian.com
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 4d
Huge Palestinian solidarity protest in Italy with a National Strike & 2m taking part. That’s 3.4% of the population.
2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
apnews.com
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 4d
The man is a menace
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 4d
@nickfeik.bsky.social sets out mainstream media's woeful performance on what used to be "the greatest moral challenge of our time".

Little wonder that so many of us are turning to independent media. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 4d
Albanese was first elected on a pledge to “end the climate wars” and in a strange way he succeeded.
Today’s media would prefer not to engage in the troublesome realities of the climate issue, and just regurgitate Albanese's PR.
No science required: how the media regurgitated Albanese’s climate PR
The Albanese government sailed through its week of climate announcements, courtesy of media coverage that obsessed over the political fallout instead of the actual policy.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 4d
When the National Press Club is opposed to hearing from journalists
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 4d
What an incredible act of cowardice by the National Press Club.
WTF.
The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 4d
If you aren’t brave enough to tell the truth get tf out of the profession of journalism, because you’re ruining it for everyone.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 4d
What an incredible act of cowardice by the National Press Club.
WTF.
The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.
chrishedges.substack.com
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 5d
In other words: Hastie will be opposition leader at the next election, and it'll be a race election.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 5d
Liberals, after every election defeat:
We need a candidate who will run even further to the right. Go even harder on race-baiting. Let's find us a hard-right white guy who can only talk about culture wars.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 5d
lol this party is an absolute shambles
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 5d
#BREAKING 🚨 Andrew Hastie has quit the Shadow Cabinet, saying Sussan Ley "has made it clear that the shadow home affairs minister won't lead the Coalition's response to immigration matters or develop immigration policy"

Hastie says Ley "deserves the opportunity to lead"
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 5d
New:
Labor’s climate policies are genuinely atrocious, yet Aus political commentators gave Albanese the big thumbs up for the quality of his announcement.
Time to inject a bit of reality into issue, instead of regurgitating Albanese’s talking points.
The media regurgitated Albo's PR, but there's no commendable 'middle path' on climate targets
The Albanese government sailed through its week of climate announcement, courtesy of media coverage that obsessed over the political fallout instead of the actual policy.
www.crikey.com.au
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