Gavin Miller

Bishop's judgement flawed. . .at whose cost?

When Bell resigned, staff cheered. The ANU drama reveals a broken university sector The downfall of now-ex ANU boss Genevieve Bell is just a microcosm of a broader crisis in Australian university governance.

Bring Back @cosmicpinot.bsky.social Brian
' ... Bell ... Hired by ANU as a “rock star prof” a few years earlier, she was tapped by Bishop to replace the popular Brian Schmidt .. who had decided to .. to return to full-time science. @fmols.bsky.social

www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/12/g...

🤔 'Dump the Duopoly/Crush The Cartel'

If you want a top shelf EPBC Act 2.0 you know what to do.

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

Labor don't care - about the optics or their constituents. They are so arrogant.
#LaborIsBought #auspol #VestedInterests #ISupportPockock
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New Australia Institute analysis reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

Audited accounts show the ANU made a $90 million surplus in 2024 and increased the value of its net assets.

#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

onya RP👏

Yesterday, in reply to a question about #FOI, @albomp.bsky.social went out of his way to take a swipe at me. His words were unbecoming of a PM, but I’m glad my #transparency efforts are getting under his skin. It shows our anti-secrecy campaign is having an impact. #auspol

AUKUS nuclear waste costs? Government: we know but we're not saying - Michael West The Government has calculated preliminary costs for the treatment and storage of high-level radioactive waste from AUKUS submarines.

"There is a strong public interest in not releasing the information" FOI response to @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social

We pay politicians and they are refusing to tell how much of our money they are spending to bury nuclear waste for the US & UK

#AUKUS #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/aukus-nuclea...

Thanks for posting BB. 2 things- 1. MG on a TAI webinar indicated she could only countenance a majority govt.
'This bill is a serious test for the Liberals. An aspiring government'
2. Albo ≠ FOI - is this not a govt acting in self interest, hostile to democracy & not doing best for nation?

Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom of information? Crossbenchers are joining forces to condemn the government's FOI bill, calling for its withdrawal and an independent inquiry. Will the Coalition stand for transparency?

"The prime minister has never liked FOI".

Michelle Grattan writes on the murky origins of the Govt's proposed Freedom of Information legislation.

Coalition has criticised, but not confirmed it will vote against, the legislation. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Competence & vision = Greens.
Greed & bullshit = LNP aka Lying Nasty Party

I accidentally inspired one of the best things I've read in years www.woroni.com.au/words/all-of...

onya Ebony

Gas exports have tripled Australian gas prices and doubled electricity prices New Australia Institute research reveals that gas exports have led to the tripling of wholesale east coast gas prices and doubling of electricity prices, since exports began in 2015.

Gas exports have meant Australian households and businesses have paid billions of dollars more for energy over the last decade.

For more info ⤵️
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Steel and aluminium manufacturers are feeling the effects of high gas prices driven up by exports.

Australia Institute research shows gas exports have TRIPLED Aus gas prices and DOUBLED electricity prices.

📺 Deputy Director Ebony Bennett on ABC News Breakfast
@ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol

So taxpayer funded welfare payments for capitalist corporations

👏absolutely

Whatever it takes to bail out corporations - that’s what voters voted for with a landslide!

They chose to ignore Labor’s corporate agenda, the flood of corporate lobbyists inside parliament - inside ministers diaries and offices

This is the totally inevitable outcome of sticking with a duopoly

All mines close; no exceptions. Mount Isa copper has been a fabulous resource for 100 years, but it's worked out as an underground mining operation. It closed in July.

There's ore left, at lower grade, but it will be open-pit mined and smelted in China. That is the future of the operation.

Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition Winning government from opposition broadly involves three stages: establishing competence, offering an alternative vision of government, and surviving the campaign.

Competence and vision: how to be a successful opposition
@fmols.bsky.social
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Why smelter bailout may not be the last - News | InDaily, Inside Queensland The federal government isn't ruling out further support for struggling minerals operations amid a global tussle for dominance in the sector.

'smelter bailout may not be the last' Article is for you gents:
@gergyl.bsky.social @gekko.bsky.social

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Has finding an affordable home in Australia just gotten harder? | Fiona Katauskas Thanks climate change

Astute work by @fionakatauskas.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How Albanese killed the climate wars Podcast Episode · 7am · 08/10/2025 · 15m

Some frank words about the hollow rhetoric that now stands as Labor’s climate policy, and how its PR-first strategy has been rewarded by the media. Thanks to 7am

If we want a better, more equal society, we need more tax. But more tax only works if big business pays their fair share | Grogonomics Trust in both the tax and political system will falter if people feel they are being punished for not paying tax while large companies legally get away with paying nothing

My column on tax, fairness and companies paying nothing.

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Ed Husic, Labor MP, made some great points on Afternoon Briefing yesterday.

"The reason why prices are so high is because we export a phenomenal amount of gas."

We can remedy supply constraints without opening new gas projects by diverting uncontracted gas to the domestic market.

We should never be surprised by the cruelty of humans - anyone who has read about Rhythm O, the 1970s performance art piece created by Marina Abramović could tell you that. She still bares the scars of people's glee at permitted punishment

David Pope in Canberra Times

These people basically admit their industry can only exist if it is allowed to steal.

"I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first."

🤔😂