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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 34m

ASIC’s Sarah Court says they could’ve fined ANZ over their ‘grubby’ misconduct into the Billions, but didn’t coz it’s “so high”, it’s “almost meaningless”🤔
McKim “it’s interesting words to use, ‘almost meaningless’…some might argue that $240mill is pretty meaningless to ANZ”💥 #Estimates

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 3h

Treasury official James Kelly grilled after claiming does not see any evidence of price gouging in the insurance sector bcoz their profits ‘don’t look excessive’
Nick McKim “they’re up 50% in the last financial year!” #Estimates

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 10h

"Undue support for the notion of antisemitism in Australia and its conflation with criticism of Zionism is at the heart of the problem here. Hence we have a press club in Australia that doesn’t want us to know about the slaughter of journalists in Gaza." #NPC
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Cancelling Chris Hedges: What price balance?

On its homepage you will read that “The National Press Club (NPC) is a vigorous champion of media freedom and a home away from home for journalists”.

johnmenadue.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4h

(🚨) BREAKING NEWS: Deranged Trump Lawyer Pam Bondi Says Americans Who Oppose Fascism Will Be Treated Exactly Like Foreign Narcoterrorists—Meaning That Summary Execution Via Domestic Military Strike Is on the Table

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David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 9h

Where’s the evidence for why these changes to create more secrecy and less transparency are supposedly needed?

Public service can’t point to any.

This is a terrible bill that should die an early death in the parliament.
region.com.au/no-bots-abou...

No bots about it, government can't even identify if an FoI request is AI-generated | Region Canberra

Federal Government officials have admitted they can’t identify Freedom of Information requests from artificial intelligence bots, or even if they…

region.com.au

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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks to recent price cuts, the well-equipped 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SEL RWD costs only $170 more than the Model Y Standard.
You should probably (definitely) buy the Hyundai over the Tesla."

www.edmunds.com/car-news/202...

www.edmunds.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 4h

Steel and aluminium manufacturers are feeling the effects of high gas prices driven up by exports.

Australia Institute research shows gas exports have TRIPLED Aus gas prices and DOUBLED electricity prices.

📺 Deputy Director Ebony Bennett on ABC News Breakfast
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 7h

More information on this to come today in Senate Estimates, where I am questioning the Department of Defence.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

Johnson and Lauer are stalling.

If Grijalva isn’t sworn in, it gives them time to pressure one of the 4 Republicans who signed the discharge petition to flip.

The reason they’re working this hard to shield the Epstein files is because Trump’s name is all over them.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 20h

Expel the Israeli ambassador

Find And Dandy @findanddandy.bsky.social · 20h

I wonder what it will take for this to take off? #auspol
we need action

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

e-petitions

www.aph.gov.au

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

Ed Husic, Labor MP, made some great points on Afternoon Briefing yesterday.

"The reason why prices are so high is because we export a phenomenal amount of gas."

We can remedy supply constraints without opening new gas projects by diverting uncontracted gas to the domestic market.

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 6h

Consultancy firm charging $440k for an AI generated report with huge errors? Ethical, apparently.

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 9h

David Shoebridge accuses AFP’s Ian McCartney of wanting to “maximise the media bang” on crime boss Masood Zakaria by hiding his illegal deportation to Sydney from NSW Police
IM “we refute those allegations”
DS “the problem u have, it’s in black & white in your own briefing!”🔥😳 #Estimates

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 22h

It has cost $1.138 million and counting for the independent lawyer the NACC has had to hire to fix the mess their Commissioner made of the Robodebt inquiry

Compromised decision making costs public money and trust.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 22h

Annual cost of Eton school fees: £53k

Average UK salary: £35k

Guess which one the right-wing press is more concerned about?

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@gfelljones.bsky.social @20244202.bsky.social · 9h

Unbelievable legal stupidity. . .

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 9h

A man arrested for holding a magazine with a picture of a sign that reads, "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."

Britain has gone completely mad.🤬

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 10h

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 8h

That tells you everything you need to know.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 8h

Greens Senator @nickmckim.bsky.social in estimates pointing out 82% of the benefit of the capital gains tax discount goes to the richest 10%, so why does the govt think that is good policy?
live.australiainstitute.org.au

Australia Institute Live: 'I'm very proud of the team I lead' says Sussan Ley as she's forced to fend off party room woes for the third day All the day's events, as it happens

It's the final day of the House sitting, with estimates hearings continuing and the Coalition still in a mess. All the day's events, with fact checks, live.

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Rationalist Society of Australia @ausrationalist.bsky.social · 1d

The Albanese government says it “continues to consider” the recommendations of an independent research and advisory body regarding reforms to the charities sector, including to religious charities, almost a year and a half since receiving them. Read more: rationalist.com.au/government-s...
#auspol

Government still “considering” recommendations regarding charities sector, says Treasurer | Rationalist Society of Australia

The Albanese government says it “continues to consider” the recommendations of an independent research and advisory body regarding reforms to the charities sector, including to religious charities, al...

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 8h

It's good that the govt is rolling out a robotax scheme to get old debts from individuals, that should fix things....

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tables showing from 2013-14 to 2023-24 Santos Ltd had $46.7bn in revenue and paid $0 tax

Year Total income ($m) Taxable income ($m) Tax payable ($m)
2014-15 $3,389.4 $0.0 $0.0
2015-16 $3,476.0 $0.0 $0.0
2016-17 $3,715.3 $0.0 $0.0
2017-18 $3,498.0 $0.0 $0.0
2018-19 $4,360.6 $8.3 $0.0
2019-20 $5,013.9 $29.0 $0.0
2020-21 $4,070.3 $68.8 $0.0
2021-22 $4,746.0 $74.1 $0.0
2022-23 $6,257.4 $19.8 $0.0
2023-24 $8,210.3 $21.2 $0.0
Total $46,737.3 $221.2 $0.0

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 9h

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...