Alan Berry
@trueblueberry.bsky.social
late boomer thinker. repost equals interest not necessarily agreement. I have opinions take it or leave it. Sarcasm rules. I love a good pisstake. Oh, philosophy and cats. #auspol.
Reposted by Alan Berry
"New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has revealed that Australia’s poaching of skilled health workers from Pacific Island nations is leaving their health systems on the brink of collapse."
👇
👇
"Australia and New Zealand 'offloading' care crisis to Pacific neighbours: report" #ThePoint
An excellent and vital report by Fiona Macdonald
thepoint.com.au/news/251211-...
An excellent and vital report by Fiona Macdonald
thepoint.com.au/news/251211-...
Australia and New Zealand 'offloading' care crisis to Pacific neighbours: report
New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has revealed that Australia’s poaching of skilled health workers from Pacific Island nations is leaving their health systems on the b...
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has revealed that Australia’s poaching of skilled health workers from Pacific Island nations is leaving their health systems on the brink of collapse."
👇
👇
Reposted by Alan Berry
Amid the tribal fury and competing media narratives @ajgardineresq.bsky.social gets the settings right on Anika Wells. It's bad, but there are worse
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/hypocrisy-bl...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/hypocrisy-bl...
Hypocrisy Blitzkrieg: Anika Wells' expenses meltdown opens can of worms - Michael West
The media pile-on over Anika Wells's excessive expenses has again underlined mass media and political hypocrisy.
michaelwest.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Amid the tribal fury and competing media narratives @ajgardineresq.bsky.social gets the settings right on Anika Wells. It's bad, but there are worse
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/hypocrisy-bl...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/hypocrisy-bl...
Reposted by Alan Berry
Nearly 100 delegates from two dozen unions and peace organisations from Australia discussed the need to build the peace movement and how to go about it. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
Unions discuss renewed commitment to peace
Nearly 100 delegates from two dozen unions and peace organisations discussed the need to build the peace movement and how to go about it. Tim Gooden reports.
www.greenleft.org.au
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Nearly 100 delegates from two dozen unions and peace organisations from Australia discussed the need to build the peace movement and how to go about it. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/ne...
Reposted by Alan Berry
"Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty
For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families t...
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
Reposted by Alan Berry
Were I in a govt that really cared about kids, I’d be banning new coal and gas mines with rather more fervour than the current ban on social media.
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
The November monthly temperatures have been released and 2025 looks set to be the 2nd hottest year on record.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Were I in a govt that really cared about kids, I’d be banning new coal and gas mines with rather more fervour than the current ban on social media.
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
Reposted by Alan Berry
"7 out of 10 kids have been exposed to harmful content online."
Tik Toks by Albanese Govt ministers boasting about their social media ban for under 16's. No mention of the harmful impact of gambling ads. Or the Govt's refusal to address that issue. 😠 #auspol #SocialMediaBan #GamblingAdBan
Tik Toks by Albanese Govt ministers boasting about their social media ban for under 16's. No mention of the harmful impact of gambling ads. Or the Govt's refusal to address that issue. 😠 #auspol #SocialMediaBan #GamblingAdBan
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"7 out of 10 kids have been exposed to harmful content online."
Tik Toks by Albanese Govt ministers boasting about their social media ban for under 16's. No mention of the harmful impact of gambling ads. Or the Govt's refusal to address that issue. 😠 #auspol #SocialMediaBan #GamblingAdBan
Tik Toks by Albanese Govt ministers boasting about their social media ban for under 16's. No mention of the harmful impact of gambling ads. Or the Govt's refusal to address that issue. 😠 #auspol #SocialMediaBan #GamblingAdBan
Reposted by Alan Berry
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
Reposted by Alan Berry
Robodebt crook Kathryn Campbell has dinner with Chief of the Army while still under investigation by the NACC https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2025/12/11/robodebt-crook-kathryn-campbell-has-dinner-with-chief-of-the-army-while-still-under-investigation-by-the-nacc/ #auspol
kangaroocourtofaustralia.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Robodebt crook Kathryn Campbell has dinner with Chief of the Army while still under investigation by the NACC https://kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2025/12/11/robodebt-crook-kathryn-campbell-has-dinner-with-chief-of-the-army-while-still-under-investigation-by-the-nacc/ #auspol
Reposted by Alan Berry
🔥Things heat up as David Shoebridge skewers NACC Commr Brereton for not even meeting the “minimum expectation” on conflict of interest after his secret IGADF role was exposed, as Brereton says he didn’t have to tell colleagues why he recused himself, but they “knew” anyway.🤦♂️💥
December 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🔥Things heat up as David Shoebridge skewers NACC Commr Brereton for not even meeting the “minimum expectation” on conflict of interest after his secret IGADF role was exposed, as Brereton says he didn’t have to tell colleagues why he recused himself, but they “knew” anyway.🤦♂️💥
Reposted by Alan Berry
“Tasmania is preparing to borrow close to a billion dollars to build a stadium the state will not own, on recycled land it does not control, for a league it cannot negotiate with, to host little more than a dozen games a year.”
theaimn.net/mockery-of-d...
theaimn.net/mockery-of-d...
Mockery of Democracy: Now Brought to You by Sportsbet
The Stadium Tasmania Cannot Afford to Build – Yet Cannot Refuse Tasmania is preparing to borrow close to a billion dollars to build a stadium the state will not own, on recycled land it does [...]
theaimn.net
December 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
“Tasmania is preparing to borrow close to a billion dollars to build a stadium the state will not own, on recycled land it does not control, for a league it cannot negotiate with, to host little more than a dozen games a year.”
theaimn.net/mockery-of-d...
theaimn.net/mockery-of-d...
Reposted by Alan Berry
Ahahahaha, with what safe places for young people in our society?
📢 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is encouraging children to catch up face-to-face ahead of the under-16s social media ban.
PM Albanese delivers message to kids ahead of social media ban
www.smh.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Ahahahaha, with what safe places for young people in our society?
Reposted by Alan Berry
“I’d just like to commend Barnaby for his honesty in telling us that he was moving to One Notion because of their stand on things like Net Zero and Family Values…” (Satire alert).
theaimn.net/advance-or-i...
theaimn.net/advance-or-i...
Advance OR I Just Want My Country Back!!
Every now and then I see some list or other where the person laments what things were like when they were growing up. You know the sort of thing: Only white people were allowed in [...]
theaimn.net
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“I’d just like to commend Barnaby for his honesty in telling us that he was moving to One Notion because of their stand on things like Net Zero and Family Values…” (Satire alert).
theaimn.net/advance-or-i...
theaimn.net/advance-or-i...
Reposted by Alan Berry
It appears that the Climate Scientists blew it on their predictions. Several recent studies argue that the planet may have already warmed more than previously thought, which would mean the famous 1.5 degree threshold was breached years ago.
morningoverview.com/scientists-m...
morningoverview.com/scientists-m...
Scientists may have blown the global warming timeline – Morning Overview
morningoverview.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It appears that the Climate Scientists blew it on their predictions. Several recent studies argue that the planet may have already warmed more than previously thought, which would mean the famous 1.5 degree threshold was breached years ago.
morningoverview.com/scientists-m...
morningoverview.com/scientists-m...
Reposted by Alan Berry
What the social media ban assumes about our society is that the places where adults congregate to share ideas are never safe for children. And it’s wrong
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
What the social media ban assumes about our society is that the places where adults congregate to share ideas are never safe for children. And it’s wrong
Reposted by Alan Berry
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
Reposted by Alan Berry
'Australia’s children deserve the truth about climate change. They deserve to learn science that is free from corporate spin, especially when it comes to industries driving the crisis that will shape the rest of their lives.'
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Why fossil fuel influence in children's education is a democratic problem, not just a climate problem
Australia’s children deserve the truth about climate change. They deserve to learn science that is free from corporate spin, especially when it comes to industries driving the crisis that will shape t...
thepoint.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
'Australia’s children deserve the truth about climate change. They deserve to learn science that is free from corporate spin, especially when it comes to industries driving the crisis that will shape the rest of their lives.'
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Reposted by Alan Berry
Seen any bees lately? Butterflies? Xmas beetles?
Me neither.
@swelteringcities.bsky.social
#climateaction
Me neither.
@swelteringcities.bsky.social
#climateaction
A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity
Majority of local insect biomass decline linked to species loss
A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function.
www.idiv.de
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Seen any bees lately? Butterflies? Xmas beetles?
Me neither.
@swelteringcities.bsky.social
#climateaction
Me neither.
@swelteringcities.bsky.social
#climateaction
Reposted by Alan Berry
Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
Reposted by Alan Berry
Child abuse by "people of God" has serious consequences for the victims. The consequences for the perpetrators need to carry more perceived justice.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Cities 1,100 kilometres apart share dark bond linked to abuse
Newcastle and Ballarat are 1,100 kilometres apart but share a dark bond — scores of suicide deaths linked to historical Catholic clergy abuse.
www.abc.net.au
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Child abuse by "people of God" has serious consequences for the victims. The consequences for the perpetrators need to carry more perceived justice.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Reposted by Alan Berry
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
They’re not hiding the brutality anymore.
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
They want you to see it.
They want you to get used to it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Reposted by Alan Berry
“The reality of Aus democracy sold off does not mean the story is finished. Democracies evolve, and influence is only as strong as public willingness to accept it.”
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/australian-d...
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/australian-d...
Australian Democracy Sold Off to the Highest Bidder
Australian democracy sold off through donations, lobbying, and policy influence. Discover who benefits and what Australians can do to reclaim power.
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“The reality of Aus democracy sold off does not mean the story is finished. Democracies evolve, and influence is only as strong as public willingness to accept it.”
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/australian-d...
socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/australian-d...
Reposted by Alan Berry
A headline grabber today but Barnaby Joyce is just the latest in a long line of people signing up to One Nation. We've seen the same political soap opera plot play out since last century. It ends in tragedy & sometimes with Pauline Hanson in tears. #auspol 9now.nine.com.au/a-current-af...
From the vault: The extraordinary interview when 'devastated', 'disgusted' Pauline Hanson unleashed
9now.nine.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
A headline grabber today but Barnaby Joyce is just the latest in a long line of people signing up to One Nation. We've seen the same political soap opera plot play out since last century. It ends in tragedy & sometimes with Pauline Hanson in tears. #auspol 9now.nine.com.au/a-current-af...
Reposted by Alan Berry
“It is hard to understate what a complete disaster unlimited gas exports have been for Australian households and business,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director of The Australia Institute.
Read more here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-gre...
Read more here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-gre...
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“It is hard to understate what a complete disaster unlimited gas exports have been for Australian households and business,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director of The Australia Institute.
Read more here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-gre...
Read more here: australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-gre...
Reposted by Alan Berry
