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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 18h

My guest post on @amyremeikis.bsky.social's blog.

Shock, shock. Gambling companies paying no tax.
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/10/aust...

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 21h

Independent Senator David Pocock and Labor's Penny Wong clashed in Senate estimates yesterday over whether the Parliamentary Sports Club could be considered a lobby group, as reported in Crikey last week. The club is registered as such, and lists Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its clients.

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 20h

"whatever the code of lobbying or whatever"....

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 21h

Independent Senator David Pocock and Labor's Penny Wong clashed in Senate estimates yesterday over whether the Parliamentary Sports Club could be considered a lobby group, as reported in Crikey last week. The club is registered as such, and lists Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its clients.

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 22h

Just in case you were wondering...

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 2d

Here's our research on this.
australiainstitute.org.au/report/austr...

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 2d

There are more guns in Australia than ever before.

The gun lobby says it is "winning".

Howard-era promises remain unfulfilled and laws being weakened.

Expect more of this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Between '50 and 100 shots' discharged in Sydney shooting, man critical

NSW Police say the alleged gunman had been "firing indiscriminately at passing vehicles including police vehicles".

www.abc.net.au

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 3d

Hey @albomp.bsky.social, what would The Donald say if an Aus company exported $17 B of American gas and didn't pay any tax?

Texas' ConocoPhillips results in the latest ATO data. @australiainstitute.org.au @markogge.bsky.social

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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 6d

Be more like Colombia @albomp.bsky.social

Your failure to act is against the will of your citizens - we demand real action!

substack.com/@dee1337977/...

Dee (@dee1337977)

Support Palestine’s inherent right to self-determination and liberation 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

substack.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 5d

New government data confirms gas exporters continue to pay no tax

“It beggars belief that a company like Santos can spend a decade selling almost $50 billion worth of gas and not pay a cent of tax on it," said @rodcampbell.bsky.social. #auspol

Read: australiainstitute.org.au/post/new-gov...

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 6d

Big congrats to Santos Ltd!!

10 years. $46.7 billion in sales.

ZERO TAX

New ATO data out today.
@markogge.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au
data.gov.au/data/dataset...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 7d

‘Anyone worried about the cost of the NDIS rising should be a lot more worried about what's in this Climate Risk Assessment.’

‘Someone is going to pay for the houses that get destroyed.’

- Richard Denniss co-Chief Executive Officer

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 7d

Dan Tehan on #abc730 insists being smashed in a record election landslide defeat is no reason to stop pursuing Nuclear. Uses Dutton’s same debunked theories, claims Renewables don’t provide base load power. Rejects expert advice. Sorry to any Lib diehards but your party is dead.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 7d

Int. law expert Chris Sidoti says after ICJ ordered nations to act to prevent Israel’s genocide, govt should’ve conducted review to identify anything that could be aiding Israel
“There should have been a review…If it exists, make it public. If it doesn’t exist, do it!”💥 #NPC

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 7d

The Australia Institute presents Barrie, Bowers and Friends!

Barrie Cassidy and Mike Bowers (@mikepbowers.bsky.social) will be joined by @amyremeikis.bsky.social, with more friends to be announced soon!

Join us 6pm Monday 17 November at Sydney Town Hall.

🎟️ events.humanitix.com/barrie-bower...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7d

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.

Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 7d

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...

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 7d

The solution to this is easy:

1/ Stop unrestricted gas exports.

2/ Reduce Australian domestic gas prices with uncontracted gas.

3/ Make gas exporters pay their fair share of taxes and royalties.

4/ Approve no new gas projects.

Sign the petition here!
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...

✍️ PETITION: Fix Australia's Gas Export Problem

✍️Sign the petition: Fix Australia's Gas Export Problem

nb.australiainstitute.org.au

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 7d

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...

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 13d

The NT government couldn't be more of a cowboy outfit if it had chaps and a hat.

Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 26d

Jesus wept! Is this peak gas industry shitfuckery?!...

Boss of EPA in the NT has a side hustle with lobbyists for fossil fuel companies.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 20d

...or at least in the mining data I was looking at recently, clearly it's in the overall ABS trade stats that Declassified are referencing. Will have a look! Can't believe I missed this.

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks, I hadn't seen this and it doesn't come up yet in trade data.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 21d

The costs of climate damages are rising and local government revenue isn’t keeping up.

‘It’s the fossil fuel companies that are causing climate change that should be paying for some of the damage.”

- Rod Campbell, Research Director

@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 21d

Hey @AlboMP, @SenatorWong, this is how to deal with mining companies and genocidal govs...
easternherald.com/2025/07/26/c...

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 26d

"NT EPA had a "quasi-police position, yet the head of it has taken on a consultancy, the full content of which he doesn't seem to be aware"

Paul Vogel's LinkedIn page...a veritable trainwreck of conflicts of interest

Screenshot of Paul Vogel's LinkedIn page

The About section reads:
"I am a government environmental regulation and strategy specialist with more than thirty years' experience advising governments and businesses on complex environmental issues and the environmental and social acceptability of development. I also have extensive experience as a Chairperson.

Particular skills | hold include strategic positioning to regulators, policy formulation, strategy implementation, corporate governance and regulatory reform, risk management and stakeholder engagement.

Highlights of my career have seen me manage the reform of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process in Western Australia, utilise a culture-change program to effectively transform South Australia's EPA into a risk-based and outcome-focused organisation, and to be recognised for my successful efforts to implement reforms in South Australia that delivered compliance cost savings to business and improved stakeholder relationships.

Currently, I am a Strategic Adviser for Perth-based strategic communications consultancy, Cannings Purple, Chairperson of the Northern Territory EPA, Deputy Chair of a national cooperative research centre on mine closure (CRC TiME), member of the NT Planning Commission and run my own strategic environmental consultancy. I also am a member of the AICD and the Environmental Consultants Association."

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 26d

Jesus wept! Is this peak gas industry shitfuckery?!...

Boss of EPA in the NT has a side hustle with lobbyists for fossil fuel companies.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 27d

The ACT would be wrong to copy new election finance rules which have been proposed federally and in South Australia.

Our research shows that a “reimbursement” model for public funding, as recommended by the ACT Electoral Commission, would favour wealthy incumbents at the expense of new entrants.

ACT should not copy unfair and undemocratic electoral changes - submission

The ACT would be wrong to copy new election finance rules which have been proposed federally and in South Australia, according to a submission to a Parliamentary Inquiry into last year's territory ele...

australiainstitute.org.au

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