Patti Brook

ANU spent $605,958 on Chancellor Julie Bishop’s office in a high-rise glass tower in Perth last year and $473,455 to the end of September this year. The university paid at least $800,000 for renovations to the office in 2021, and rent amounted to $15,000 a month. FFS!!

Labor and LNP voting against a motion to recognise Israel's genocide in Gaza

If you weren't already convinced of what complict scum our entire political class is

When student loan repayments bring in over three times more revenue than the petroleum resources rent tax (PRRT), it’s clear the system is broken.

I welcome the govt’s 20% HECS cut, but there’s much more to do. Degrees are still too expensive, and this cut doesn’t help students starting this year.

Zali Steggall says it’s time to stop pretending gas is needed, as gas companies are taking us for a ride.
“Australia does not have a gas shortage problem. We have lots of gas.”
Says moving toward electrification is better tor ppl’s “health & their wallets.” #HouseOfReps

According to Al Jazeera, Israel has violated the ceasefire agreement at least 393 times since October 10.

the man who lost his shit on the public broadcaster at Victoria Police investigating catholic church rapists and “resigned” two days later.

Appointment to the National Library of Australia Council The Albanese Labor Government has appointed the Hon Christopher Pyne as a member to the National Library of Australia Council for a three-year term.

What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social

‘Pry open the jaws of Treasury’ to fund CSIRO amid hundreds of job losses, Labor MP Ed Husic tells own party Husic, who oversaw CSIRO cuts as the former science minister, said some in government see scientific agency funding as a ‘cost’ not an ‘investment’ Ed Husic has challenged his own government to “pry open the jaws of Treasury” to boost funding for Australia’s national scientific agency after it announced up to 350 research jobs would be cut to deal with an imminent budgetary cliff. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) announced on Wednesday it would look to cut between 300 and 350 research unit roles as part of efforts to narrow its research scope and address an ageing property portfolio in need of urgent modernisation. Continue reading...

‘Pry open the jaws of Treasury’ to fund CSIRO amid hundreds of job losses, Labor MP Ed Husic tells own party

Nothing says ‘new pathway’ better than turning up with John Howard 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ #auspol

Zoe Daniel has unleashed on Tim Wilson saying he’s now “compromised” after taking a Net Zero policy to the election & turning his back on the ppl of Goldstein
“To stay in the party at all, I think is really problematic.”
“He failed. He’s ineffective.”🔥 #Abc

11th November 1975, a pivotal moment for Australian politics and me The point.com.au

@mikepbowers.bsky.social "I felt like I knew the Prime Minister, ridiculous I know I really didn’t, but he called me ‘young Bowers’

I stopped telling my friends at school that I knew the Prime Minister, they used to give me too much grief."

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Inside Labor’s plan to tax EVs Labor’s plan to tax electric vehicles has stalled on the conflicting goals of budget repair and emissions reduction.

New Zealand introduced an EV tax. Within three months, EV sales fell from 45 to 15 per cent. In the search for revenue lost from fuel excise, Australia wants to avoid making the same mistake. satpa.pe/uIVC3Fo

Kath and Jenny lost their sons following illegal robodebts, the ongoing secrecy of the NACC is compounding their trauma. They deserve answers and accountability.

Norway struck oil in the 60s. Now it has trillions. This is how Australia compares Norway struck oil in the 1960s. Now, almost a quarter of its national budget is funded through its sovereign wealth fund. How does Australia compare with taxing its resources?

This shows just how stupid, shortsighted, captured and corrupt Australia's political class are, they have torched our potential collective prosperity.

Will they do the same with a rare and precious minerals boom?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

ANU bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments Exclusive: University says Elbit Systems, whose drones have been used extensively in Gaza, not on any controversial weapons list when shares bought and sold this year

“incredibly stupid”, “absolutely disgraceful”…

Despite ANU’s own socially responsible investment policy, the university invested in and profited from Elbit systems shares - “a key enabler of the Israel Defense Forces in its commission of war crimes”. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The Greens have just secured a Senate inquiry into the capital gains tax (CGT) discount, exposing one of the most regressive tax breaks in Australia’s system which is inflating house prices by incentivising speculative investment in property!

Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests Exclusive: As jobseekers continue to have payments suspended, advocates call for the regime to be stopped until it’s proven to be lawful

Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests
“The numbers are so unimaginably high, it is actually easy to lose sight of how crazy this all is,” @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org @antipovertycentre.org

#NobodyDeservsePoverty

Fortescue: Fuel Tax Credit makes diesel 'artificially cheap', overhaul needed for climate A Fortescue executive has called for a major overhaul of Australia’s $11 billion fuel tax credit scheme, arguing it undermines the nation’s climate goals by making diesel “artificially cheap”.

Even the big iron ore miner, Fortecue, says its time to rein in Australia’s $10 billion per year expenditure on diesel fuel subsidies…imagine all the housing, renewables and cheap education we could have if we took #climate or tax policy seriously.

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This has been quickly rammed through by the government, and deserves media coverage

The government is amending legislation to allow them to cancel welfare payments of people who are merely ACCUSED of a crime. Deeply authoritarian and absolutely insane to administer

"I had actually been diagnosed with malnutrition and scurvy.

I know the outcome of not buying the things I need for my health, but I also know that sometimes I don't have a choice" - @artistaffame.bsky.social

Watch the full segment here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Xc...

Taking from the young, giving to the old: how our tax system is letting us down Many older Australians enjoy incomes in their 60s of the average working 40 year-old. Younger people bear the brunt of this support. How did we get here?

Taking from the young, giving to the old: how our tax system is letting us down theconversation.com/taking-from-...

Bill Gates says climate crisis won’t cause ‘humanity’s demise’ in call to shift focus to ‘improving lives’ Billionaire’s statement comes a day after UN said humanity missed 1.5C climate target and warned of devastation

He is tech billionaire and major landowner... not a vaccines expert or a climate scientist
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING: Wind power just supplied 150% of South Australia’s electricity demand. Fossil fuels? A heroic 1.5%. Thoughts and prayers to everyone who said “renewables will never keep the lights on.” Must be hard watching your entire argument get blown away.
reneweconomy.com.au/wind-hits-re...

The 'systemic failure' behind Australia's dental super surge A 12-fold increase in Australians raiding their retirement nest eggs to fund expensive dental treatments in recent years has been labelled a "systemic failure".

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times, add basic dental to medicare - its not rocket science @albomp.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

BREAKING: At least 18 Palestinians have been killed and about 50 others injured in Israeli air strikes across Gaza, medical sources on the ground told Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/11lhsx

Is it cheaper to end poverty than to maintain it? Research says yes In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the moral dimension, would it be cheaper to end poverty than to maintain it?

In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the moral dimension, would it be cheaper to end poverty than to maintain it?

‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health? Period blood has long been thought of as ‘stinky and useless’, but startups are exploring using the fluid to test for a wide range of health conditions – including difficult-to-diagnose endometriosis

‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Yes indeed: Mining giants must pay rent tax so Australians don’t miss out on critical minerals cash boom, MPs say

www.theguardian.com/australia-news…