Liz Furler

Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless ...

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Ian Verrender: The solution? Siphon gas from domestic market.

The end result domestic gas prices on Australia’s east coast have trebled, resulting surging electricity prices that have put Australian households and energy intensive businesses under extreme pressure.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Volksentscheid für Grundeinkommen in Hamburg gescheitert - WELT Das Experiment «Hamburg testet Grundeinkommen» kommt nicht zustande. Das Votum der Bürger war klar.

Disappointing news out of Germany where voters in Hamburg voted against a referendum to do a basic income experiment where 2,000 people would have gotten €1,346 a month for 3 years. 63% voted no, and 37% voted yes.

For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.

Global warming from Woodside’s massive Scarborough gas project off WA would lead to 484 additional heat-related deaths in Europe alone this century, and kill about 16M additional corals on the Great Barrier Reef during each future mass bleaching event,

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The social media age ban may actually mean more people have more data collected about them - it means the risk from hacks and leaks may increase and goes against 'data minimisation' principles according to @drwaus.bsky.social

Senator David Pocock has been turfed out of the Australian Parliament Sports Club! What?! | First Dog on the Moon Was it for unsportspersonlike conduct? No it is much funnier than that

Gamblobbying! Even worse than it sounds and it has infected parliament! omg www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One in seven Australians living in poverty: report Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

While the media and political class fixate on tinkering with superannuation, a new report finds that 1 in 7 Australians are living in #poverty.

And it's 1 in 6 children.

In such a wealthy nation, this is an obscene policy choice. #inequality #RaiseTheRate #auspol
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Leo Puglisi from @6newsau.bsky.social gave evidence to the parliamentary inquiry on the social media age ban - I asked him about the real impacts on young people. This isn't about protection, it's about control. You can't lock kids out of news and social connection and call it safety.

As of now there is nothing Albanese's govt has done that has changed the country in any structural way.

No change at all to how the fundamental debates of the nation are addressed.

Treasurer announces rework of stalled superannuation tax increase plan Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces the federal government's stalled superannuation tax increases will be reworked after criticism over the plan.

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Albanese strikes again. So much revenue foregone now. This wasn't Chalmers call. The Greens wanted the threshold indexed as well which didn't make sense to me. #auspol

Treasurer announces rework of stalled superannuation tax increase plan Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces the federal government's stalled superannuation tax increases will be reworked after criticism over the plan.

They are so pathetic. There isn't a business lobby in existence they can't cave to.
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Israel raids homes of West Bank prisoners set to be released in deal Families of captive Palestinians threatened not to celebrate release of family members following ceasefire deal

What is our government going to do about occupation ?

A cease fire won’t work, unless Israel is punished / made to respect international law. If we as general assembly members vote for Israel to leave Palestine, they should. If they don’t, punish them. #auspol

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Another example of what we'd see more of with universal basic income.

Lack of China capability can only do harm to society: Our current situation is a disgrace In March 2023, the Australian Academy of the Humanities sounded the alarm on the decline in our understanding and knowledge of China through a report on “Australia’s China Knowledge Capability”.

Australia the stupid country

China is our biggest trading partner, by far.

Our slavish dependence on Amerika for our foreign and defence policies damages our perspective and options with China

We may as well shoot ourselves in the foot if this persists

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Miners to get an early look at Labor’s new green laws Tom Rabe WA political correspondent Oct 12, 2025 – 3.26pm The Albanese government will give mining companies and other stakeholders draft extracts of its environmental protection laws before they go to parliament, as Environment Minister Murray Watt tries to rebuild trust after earlier negotiations on the reforms collapsed in acrimony.

The ALP might as well merge with the Minerals Council of Australia

We're told the online age verification codes will prevent young people from seeing sexual or violent content but it's simply not true. Those searching in a logged out state can still search for this content.

Companies are going to be age checking all of us for nothing!

The rising risks of vaccine reluctance The latest drop in childhood immunisation rates has raised concerns among medical authorities that some communities are losing herd immunity to diseases such as measles.

Before the pandemic, the WHO identified vaccine hesitancy as a major threat to global health. Today it warns that misinformation threatens decades of progress that has seen an estimated “150 million lives saved by vaccines in the past 50 years”. satpa.pe/k4BCf7t

“If govts are not actively out there detecting+combating it, sending out strong, positive messaging supporting vaccination, all you’ve got is a stage full of disinformation.” Trouble is public trust in our (neolib) govt/regulators is at all time low...deservedly. Different strategies needed.

Austria faces Eurovision dilemma over potential Israel boycott The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, scheduled for Vienna next May, is the focus of a growing political controversy, as members of Austria’s ruling party warn that the country could pull out of hostin…

Spain Iceland Slovenia the Netherlands and Ireland have all said if Israel is included in Eurovision, they’ll pull out. Austria says they won’t host it if Israel is banned, and Germany will pull out if Israel isn’t included

Learned nothing. #Genocide

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“Tony Blair should be heading to The Hague, not to Gaza.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains why Tony Blair should be on trial for war crimes in Iraq, instead of planning to destroy Gaza further with Trump on ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored.’

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Seychelles presidential election: Opposition leader Patrick Herminie defeats Wavel Ramkalawan Patrick Herminie has defeated Wavel Ramkalawan in a runoff, gaining 52.7% of the vote, official results show.

Seychelles presidential election: Opposition leader Patrick Herminie defeats Wavel Ramkalawan

#ClimateReality #HeatRecords #Japan

Articles like this prove the failure of political journalism, not the failure of the citizenry

Zionists v Keane, Riemer, Kostakidis. Australia's massive test cases for free speech - Michael West Zionist lawsuits against Mary Kostakidis and Sydney Uni academics John Keane and Nick Riemer are a mighty test case for free speech in Australia

The Zionist lawsuits against @marykostakidis.bsky.social John Keane & Nick Riemer are a massive test for free speech in Australia, and costly. We check the claims. Keane kicks off in the morning.
#auspol
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A closer look at the ANU books reveals a hard truth about these job cuts The leadership of the Australian National University (ANU) has been claiming it is in financial crisis, with the former vice-chancellor declaring the institution was living beyond its means.

A brilliantly clear and concise account by @australiainstitute.org.au of the disgraceful & dishonest behaviour of ANU leadership.

How TF serial grifter Julie Bishop is still there is beyond me...

#auspol

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Austn elections are now a process for selecting individuals for lifelong membership of a "club" which facilitates their rotation in governance+snr management roles across for-profit+N-F-P sectors (both public+private) as long as the individs keep delivering for the neolib status quo/agenda.

Inside Albanese’s FOI reforms: ‘He hates transparency’ Labor’s reforms to freedom of information laws are opposed by every public submission made to the Senate, with the government’s record on secrecy worse than Scott Morrison’s.

Warnings about how to avoid a paper trail that might later be accessed by an FOI request are part of the induction kit for new political staffers. Even the acronym has its own crude nickname in the ministerial wing: “FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.” satpa.pe/zPB9QFA

The first rule of Australian Parliamentary Sports Club is you better be careful about what you say about Australian Parliamentary Sports Club. Or else

YouTube video by The West Report You’re Paying More Tax Than These Mining Giants ft. Punters Politics | The West Report

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#NeoLiberalism is #Political #Cancer <- #EndOligarchy, #auspol.