Government-Owned Steelworks in Whyalla Not Viable Says Guy Behind $600B Nukes Plan

Did you know covid-19 vaccine booster shots are still a thing in Australia? Just got my 12-monthly booster at the chemist. Booked online, and had the most recently approved variant (JN1) vaccine in my arm within half an hour, free at the point of care (paid for by taxes). Get yours if you can! 🦠💉💪🏻

Did you know that @vanbadham.bsky.social and I do a politics, economics and civil society podcast?

With over a million downloads and my health improving here’s the first episode for 2025!

#auspol

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Van Badham & Ben Davison explaining WHY in 2025 it is imperative to return this Labor government & continue the (not perfect), but good work it has been doing after 9 years of grifting LNP govt. The pod cast does run for over an hour, but if you can spare the time, I def recommended listening.

The once mighty Age runs this “working class man” bullshit without once mentioning the Nuclear Potato is worth .. Three. Hundred. Million. Dollars.
#ThatsNotJournalism

2022 Aus Fed Election
Right Wing parties won 59 of 151 seats in House of Reps.

Of those wins
- 31 seats (>1/2) were won by <7% margin (2 party preferred)
- 13 seats won by less than 2.9% 2PP.
Preferences matter, put LP, LNP, NP, KAP, ONE etc & RW Independents *Last*
Let's wipe them all out #Auspol

As per usual, once it was revealed the German market attacker was anti-Islam, pro-Zionist, pro-Israel, the media focussed on his mental instability as the cause, and a wide range of other issues that made him drive his car into a crowd of people. #auspol

an hour ago, france connected its first nuclear reactor to the grid this century.

construction was to take 56 months.

timeline:
• decision: 2004
• initial works: 2006
• reactor concrete: 2007
• grid connection: 2024
• commercial operation: 2025Q1

…20+ years end to end.

Wild that Australian news keeps verbatim quoting Netanyahu without routinely adding that's he's genocidal piece of shit responsible for murdering tens of thousands of children. By all means, quote what he says, but I guarantee, whatever it is, the baby-killing context is more important.

Just because the pro-Israel pro-genocide lobby and pro-Israel pro-genocide supporters keep screaming that we are witnessing a rise in "anti-Semitic" incidents in Australia, does not make that fact.

These groups are renowned liars. #auspol #StopIsrael #EndTheGenocide

Why do we read news reports of Israeli "settler violence" in the #WestBank? They're not settlers; they're invaders! These Israeli "settlements" in Palestinian territory are illegal under international law. Surely the correct term is "Israeli invader violence". 🤔 #FreePalestine #RecognisePalestine

Another important post we can’t fit on here because of word count limits, witches.

So here it is as screenshots (and alt text for those who need it).

Now is the time for us to really fight.

Who’s in?

#VileKyle
#ToYourBrooms

So did all these news orgs just schedule these pieces for *after* the election or what

A question for Bishop Bird, of Ballarat, who instructed his lawyers to go all the way to High Court to avoid paying damages to a complainant of child sexual abuse on basis that priests aren’t technically employed by his diocese:
Did your priests accept JobKeeper during COVID pandemic?
If so, why?