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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 4h

Plus the damage to the ABC’s reputation as a trusted broadcaster, which you can’t put a dollar figure on

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 4h

Lattouf unlawful termination case has cost ABC at least $2.5m, Hugh Marks tells estimates

Public broadcaster failed to follow its own processes, boss says, and it was ‘not a good reflection on the organisation’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Antoinette Lattouf unlawful dismissal case had “many failings” and has cost the ABC more than $2.5m in external costs alone, ABC managing director Hugh Marks has told Senate estimates. In his first appearance before parliament in the role, Marks said the public broadcaster failed to follow its own processes, resulting in the ABC breaching the law and accruing substantial external and in-house legal costs. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 4h

I have not actually read the new climate obstruction book yet but my mate sent me this really excellent extract

www.routledge.com/Climate-Obst...

Corporate Ventriloquism

Corporate ventriloquism is a rhetorical process by which companies transmit messages through other entities, usually of their own creation, to construct and animate an alternative ethos, voice, or identity that advances their interests.

Some companies have used corporate ventriloquism to advance their agendas through support for community organizations.

Ventriloquism Companies may create front groups and information campaigns, but also leverage corporate social responsibility strategies that invest in community development. Such strategies have been used for decades as a means for industry actors to underscore their legitimacy and to shore up the perception that they are positive social contributors to the environments in which they operate.

Research has shown how extractive industries such as coal have invested heavily in local communities to sow solidarity and support for the industry.

Material investments such as parks, community centers, sponsored events (concerts, car shows, etc.), and museums are not only a means of winning support through material investment in communities (a form of philanthropy or bribery), but also of symbolically “branding” the community and of making it more difficult for the community to oppose industry goals.

Similarly, investor-owned utilities sponsor sports stadiums and museums—branding efforts that double as philanthropy—in their efforts to effectively blur the line between public and private interests.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 18h

you'd never guess from reading today's @australia.theguardian.com article on the rising fortunes of One Nation that they're a hateful, racist party

Well, they are.

Not sharing the Dan Jervis-Bardy piece

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Jul 23

All 4 senators of the racist One Nation party: Pauline Hanson, Malcolm Roberts, Warwick Stacey & Tyron Whitten, turned their backs in blatant disrespect during the Acknowledgement of Country at the opening of Federal Parliament

But all that's tickety-boo for Labor & the Coalition

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 8d

WoodCIDE is contempt for society personified
Shame that the ruling classes dance to their tune

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 9d

It's actually WORSE

Labor SA Premier Malinauskas has also teamed up with Woodside to GASLIGHT THE PUBLIC

No, WoodCIDE & Premier Malinauskas, ⬆️ FOSSIL GAS production INCREASES C & GHG pollution to our shared atmosphere & worsens #ClimateBreakdown—⬆️ FOSSIL GAS supply is NOT "a net zero solution"☠️

Screenshot of a Woodside Energy LinkedIn quote-post of a post from Liz Westcott

It reads:
"Our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Australia Liz
Westcott caught up with the South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas at The Australian's Energy Nation Conference and thanked him for his powerful endorsement for the role of gas."

Liz Westcott's post reads:
"It was great to catch up with Peter Malinauskas at The Australian's Energy Nation Forum in Sydney.

The Premier shared a compelling example of the role gas can play in decarbonisation.

He said that the Whyalla steelworks transitioning from a blast furnace burning metallurgical coal to using gas for direct iron production would halve the annual emissions of the steelworks.

But the Premier said to achieve it, South Australia will need a lot more gas than is currently available.

To put it another way, he said his support for gas is underpinned by his support for net zero.

At Woodside we wholeheartedly agree. Increased gas supply is a net zero solution.

Thank you for your unequivocal advocacy Premier."

Image shows a smiling Liz Westcott (left) and a smiling Peter Malinauskas (right)

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 3d

Fri 3 Oct: week 19 protesting the @albomp.bsky.social govt's approval of Woodside's North West Shelf Extension to 2070, secured by secret negotiations of pollution conditions acceptable to WoodCIDE

'Enviro Champion' Josh Burns totally MIA as Labor backs fossil fuels & ever ⬆️ C+GHG pollution

Protestors hold up large banners opposite Labor MP Josh Burns' St Kilda office
Orange banner says PHASE OUT COAL & GAS EXPORTS
Dark orange banner says STOP NEW GAS IN WA AND NT

A collection of placards laid out in front of Josh Burns office
From left to right, they say:
IT'S TIME TO SPEAK OUT JOSH
END FOSSIL FUELS
LABOR IS ASLEEP ON CLIMATE
DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY
LABOR GREENLIGHTS WOODSIDE CLIMATE BOMB

Image of a crinkled poster of Josh Burns pictured next to a seal
It reads: Environment Champion Josh Burns
A rosette badge on the lower right says 'Seal of Approval'
Bottom of poster reads: LEAN Labor Environment Action Network

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 6h

Watch it here! Wawa was just getting out of Oxford when our cohort arrived. The first Black woman to achieve the Rhodes, Truman, and Udall scholarships.

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 11h

TUNE INTO MY FRIEND'S WAWA'S INTERVIEW ON THE DAILY SHOW WITH JOSH JOHNSON!!!!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoB...

Wawa Gatheru - Closing the Climate Work Gap Through Black Girl Environmentalist | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

www.youtube.com

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 6h

This is devastating but hard to think of more important journalism. 18,457 children have been killed in Gaza (many more not accounted for). Here, The Guardian prints their names and beautiful faces and tells us what they were like before Israel stole their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 7h

unequivocal support for and unending pride towards our students last night and always www.voxweb.nl/en/pro-pales...

Pro-Palestine activists occupy Goudsmitpaviljoen: ‘We are not going to allow research to be done in this building’ - Vox magazine

Pro-Palestine activists occupied the Goudsmitpaviljoen behind the Huygens building this morning. They have locked the building from the inside and a number of activists are also at the door, secured t...

www.voxweb.nl

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 8h

the hysterically overwrought, bloviating ones from the likes of ADVANCE & IPA are also available for perusal

these I predict, will serve as teaching materials for courses on critical thinking, media literacy etc

www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

Excerpt from the IPA's submission to the Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy

"The Institute of Public Affairs has also revealed that in practice enforcement of misinformation and disinformation policies tends to be biased. Under the Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation, social media companies promise to make efforts to address misinformation and disinformation on their platforms. This is commonly outsourced to third-party factchecking organisations such as AAP FactCheck, RMIT FactLab, and the ABC (formerly RMIT ABC Fact Check, now ABC News Verify) to adjudicate whether claims or statements are misinformation or disinformation. The IPA's analysis found these entities are consistently biased in how they respond to claims by or about political parties and in relation to major public policy debates. The analysis found:
• Between 2019 and February 2024, factchecking organisations collectively conducted 249 investigations into claims by or about political parties or figures, with 65 per cent of verdicts being favourable to the political left, while 35 per cent were favourable to the political right.
• Of the 534 fact checking investigations undertaken in relation to statements made about Covid-19 policy, 502 (94 per cent) targetted critics of the official response to the pandemic."

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 8h

>200 submissions to Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy

Look forward to having a read of subs from: @caadcoalition.bsky.social, @commsdeclare.bsky.social, @cssn.org, @drilledmedia.bsky.social, @ketanjoshi.co, @pennytangey.bsky.social & more!

Submissions

www.aph.gov.au

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Penny Tangey @pennytangey.bsky.social · 1d

I am very pleased to hear this. I will be writing and encouraging others to as well.

Comms Declare @commsdeclare.bsky.social · 1d

There’s hope in Victoria for a ban on these sponsors. Pls email the Education minister commsdeclare.org/2025/10/07/v...

Victoria to review school sponsorship rules with climate in mind - Comms Declare

There’s progress in the push to protect children from coal, oil and gas propaganda in Victorian public schools.

commsdeclare.org

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Cate Faehrmann MP @greencate.bsky.social · 14h

Traditional Owners don't want the Narrabri Gas project. NSW Farmers don't want it. Unions don't want it. Environmentalists don't want it. Locals don't want it.

Only Chris Minns and his gas cartel mates want the Narrabri Gas project. So whose side is Labor on?

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 14h

Labor pledged to save $6.4bn through cutting the government's use of consultants and external labour, and yet here they are forking out more. The government's focus must be on rebuilding the public service for core work functions.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 14h

if only @senatorwong.bsky.social had any shred of credibility left after 24 months of 'grave concern' over the livestreamed genocide of Palestinians

meanwhile, PM @albomp.bsky.social👇

Image of Labor PM Albanese (left) & Liberal opposition leader, Dutton (right) wearing jackets emblazoned with donor logos

Text reads: "We'd like to thank our sponsors..."

Albanese's red jacket features: Australian Hotels Association, Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA), TAB, Westpac, Santos, Pratt Industries, Uber, nab, Sportsbet, Woolworths

Dutton's black jacket features: Woolworths, Responsible Wagering Association (RWA), Clive Palmer, Uber, nab, Citileases, Santos, Westpac, Australian Hotels Association, TAB, Sportsbet, Coles, Hancock Prospecting

Source: Greens campaign material

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 15h

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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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 15h

Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 14h

now for the military kind of generals to stand up & warn against Hegseth!

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 15h

Great to see our research being used in Parliament!

Australia Institute research shows that the proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely, not less.

@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d

You can have a situation with rising renewable absolute output and percentages of total (and falling emissions intensity!), but also stagnant or even rising greenhouse gas emissions: when *demand* itself is rising fast.

This is very clearly the case in Aus, and it should trigger alarm bells

IN GOOD NEWS...
Renewables overtake coal for the first time on a monthly basis in Australia's main grid!
CCLIMATE COUNCIL.ORG.AU
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. crowd-funded science information

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 15h

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

Survey of 1,500 voting-aged 🇦🇺s finds 57% "agreed 🇦🇺 should impose similar sanctions on Israel as those against Russia after its illegal invasion of Ukraine"

"Asked whether a genocide is occurring in Gaza after the release of the UN commission of inquiry’s report in Sep, 58% of respondents agreed"

Over half of Australians support sanctions on Israel and its leaders for ongoing attacks on Gaza, poll shows

Survey finds 57% of respondents agreed government should impose similar sanctions on Israel as those against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine

www.theguardian.com

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drrebeccao.bsky.social @drrebeccao.bsky.social · 1d

While you’re explaining, also comment on your #NACC actions.

Asking for some friends …
#auspol
bsky.app/profile/thes...

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

The government’s much-vaunted anti-corruption commission stumbled – first in its handling of Robodebt referrals, now in its head’s continued ties to Defence. Can the NACC earn the public’s trust? satpa.pe/tURO763

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.

satpa.pe

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drrebeccao.bsky.social @drrebeccao.bsky.social · 1d

Please explain your duplicity @albomp.bsky.social
#Israel #Gaza #auspol

bsky.app/profile/pete...

Peter Cronau @petercronau.bsky.social · 7d

The direct trade in F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is substantial and continuing.

Declassified Australia’s new investigation lifts the lid…

declassifiedaus.org/2025/10/01/s...

SECRET CARGO: INSIDE AUSTRALIA’S COVERT F-35 PARTS PIPELINE TO ISRAEL - Declassified Australia

At least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month, leaked documents reveal.

declassifiedaus.org

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Tom Dowling @tomdowling.bsky.social · 1d

Send Albo a message by joining your local chapter of the Nationwide March for Palestine this Sunday.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 19h

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

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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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18h

People need to be able to say rude things about a guy who regularly talked about Black people like we aren't human, and the fact that Bsky seems more protective of a dead white man's memory than of living Black people's connection to community is a profoud, grotesque statement

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