Patrick (Paddy) O’Leary

MEDIA RELEASE: Globally Significant Arafura Swamp IPA Launched Spanning 1.3M hectares, Arafura Swamp Indigenous Protected Area was made operational this week and includes the globally significant wetland Gurruwiling.

Huge congratulations to our partners at Arafura Swamp corp for taking their Indigenous Protected Area from the planning to operational stage today after many years work. Challenges to come but a day to celebrate. #CountryNeedsArafuraSwampMob

Labor’s 5% deposit scheme will only make the banks richer – and that’s the point The government’s new housing policy will see banks pocket billions in extra interest and saddle a generation with more debt

Labor’s 5% deposit scheme will push 🏠 prices up & make the housing crisis worse. Instead: build public & affordable housing, fix CGT & NG taxes & cap rents. There are solutions. www.deepcutnews.com/p/labors-5-d...

‘For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle The federal government this week overhauled its superannuation tax reforms. Now the union movement says it should radically overhaul taxes on gas exports.

We need positive public investment for climate and environment and many other things. This is part of how we pay for it www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Turn on your TV’s tonight to watch our doco on Indigenous Protected Areas. 8:30pm on @NITV

is the other element here that we are paying exorbitant consultancy rates as taxpayers when public servants could simply plug these things into chat gpt instead presumably

‘Robust’. Jaysus.

Dangerous conspiracy theories ‘translate into real-world violence’ The alleged gunman behind Tuesday’s Porepunkah shooting that left two police dead is believed to have been a self-proclaimed sovereign citizen.

Disturbing to think right now the NSW govt is weakening protections against people like this accessing guns in an effort to pander to the shooters party. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

The people with over $3m in their super can cope if they just cut down on the shop-bought lattes and smashed avocado toast brekkys. Time for another slew of pieces by the journos that wrote those ‘insights’ about young people trying to get a roof over their heads.

Is regulation really to blame for the housing affordability crisis? The government wants to cut red tape to improve housing supply. But homes will only become more affordable if other changes are also adopted, including tax reform.

Interesting piece suggesting the govt's crackdown on 'redtape' is an excuse for not acting more directly on homes policy and rents. Developers landbanking, rent reform and tax reform too hard for timid govt so focusing on this to look like they're getting tough?
theconversation.com/is-regulatio...

Unbelievable that both our major parties have signed up for the clearly dud deal on AUKUS subs. Leaves Australia exposed, cedes our sovereignty over our own defence capability and drains our taxes for our essential needs by $360b for next 20 years. Shocker. Hope we have a plan B #AUKUS #4Corners

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It may possibly bc they can amend charges later and think the 2nd degree ones are the broadest framework to charge him in the first instance..but don't know that for sure...just guessing.

How can you have integrity in govt if you make an clear commitment before an election, then turn around and break it when in government? Only one way to restore integrity here. Restore the $12m that was promised to the NT budget. Territory residents sign below. Non NT residents pls share. #Shame

How can you have integrity in govt if you make an clear commitment before an election, then turn around and break it when in government? Only one way to restore integrity here. Restore the $12m that was promised to the NT budget. Territory residents sign below. Non NT residents pls share. #Shame

This is a really insightful and somewhat sobering piece.

He’s also been a consistent supporter of Indigenous Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas. He has a deeper and more practical understanding of remote communities than most in the parliament.

Do you work for a big 4 consultant? Convert that finding into a 20 slide PowerPoint and you could. You’d have to stop giving this quality away for free tho.

O’Leary?

WA State Election 2025: Where the Pollies Stand on Aboriginal Rangers Where do the major parties stand on Aboriginal Rangers in the 2025 WA Election?

Wondering where the main parties in the WA election stand on backing Indigenous Rangers ?
Find out here: www.countryneedspeople.org.au/wa_party_pos...

We need to back each other and keep pushing for more positive action from our governments and pollies of all stripes. Sign the petition below to back nature, culture, and people & for a better future for us all. #CountryNeedsUs #Environment #Auspol #AusVotes2025

Good on you

We need to get behind positive things that benefit everyone. If you’re in West Australia sign the petition below supporting Indigenous Rangers funding in WA.

Yes it’s part of accepting that there is a solid percentage of people who may just not like or have time or inclination to find out about politics in any depth. So don’t vote based on the same drivers that others do.

Fascinating analysis of fact that around 19m voters in U.S. that voted Dem in 2020 don’t vote AT ALL in 2024! So no rightward shift as much as Dems failing to motivate what should have been their constituency.

If you think about it it’s most likely around say 15 to 20% of people who’s experience is things are getting worse. May not follow policy closely & therefore figure the other side is worth a try. Politics / policy is just not a big part of their consideration or not in depth.

Absolutely. But key is to separate out what can and does work well from what’s not working. When govt works well can be transformative. Plus Govt’s can do things private sector and NGOs can’t or won’t do.

Yep. Nobody should be complacent. Tho it would be interesting to hear more about the academy. Which feels increasingly disappointing in some respects and too often tending into personal positioning over nuts & bolts thinking. Or maybe the incentives make it so. And that can happen across all spheres

As with govt. Equally important to focus on what it gets right not its every failing in an imperfect world. While keeping expectation and pressure on for quality performance and change.

Not to say that careful thinking in academy or govt isn’t valuable. But it can miss huge chunks of knowledge & knowhow that doesn’t sit in academy or govt. It’s much easier to critique campaign failures than build real successes.

Lots of theorising about change leads to successful careers for those who’ve never actually done it. So academia can be pretty self regarding in that way. ‘Ok u may have run a successful campaign but where’s your publications list?’ Armchair campaigning doesn’t win much often.