110M pounds of plastic removed is real progress, but the ocean crisis is still upstream. Rivers and poorly managed urban waste continue feeding marine pollution at scale. Cleanup matters. Prevention matters more.
tinyurl.com/7aetbpwy #Plastic #PlasticPollution #OceanHealth #OceanCleanup
Criminalisation of speech in Queensland, Australia is shocking the world. Queenslanders aren't terribly surprised by it all.Workers & students have been protesting, being arrested & sent to prison by unjust govts since at least 1891. #qldpol www.australianworkersheritagecentre.com.au/discover/the...
Labor has wasted $53 billion on tax concessions for wealthy property investors since 2022. A further $190 billion will be wasted if Labor fails to wind back the capital gains tax discount & negative gearing. This foregone revenue should have built public & affordable housing.
robodebt, an illegal scheme extracting $750 million gave us $38 billion in JobKeeper to companies that did not need it, $100 million in Sports Rorts directed by political calculation, nine years without an integrity commission, and $14.5 billion in annual fossil fuel subsidies paid for by taxpayers.
Excellent article in @thepointau.bsky.social by @squigglyrick.bsky.social
"What if we just gave people money? The economics of time and freedom"
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
CSIRO have now lost more jobs under the Albanese Governmet than under the Abbott Government.
We have to do better on research funding and backing our scientists.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
“Fossil fuel subsidies harm the budget and make climate change worse,” said Rod Campbell, Research Director at The Australia Institute.
Read more: https://theaus.in/4lpmqJq
"A group led by top Hollywood executives and linked to the Israeli government is trying to smear a film about a little girl killed by Israeli forces."
Inside the Pro-Israel Campaign to Stop ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ From Winning an Oscar
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The Robodebt saga has highlighted serious concerns about corruption, as well as about the body charged with stamping it out.
“Over the past 25 years the problem hasn’t been the supply of homes. It’s been the supply of homes for people who want to own and live in them,” writes Richard Dennis, co-CEO of The Australia Institute.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4lmfdcV
New Australia Institute research shows that state and federal governments will provide $16.3 billion in subsidies in 2025/26 to some of the biggest, most profitable companies in Australia, an increase of 9.4 per cent on last financial year.
Read more on The Point: https://theaus.in/4bmdAaP
Transgender grooming conspiracy theory spreads to Australia.
A long-running, dangerous conspiracy theory that baselessly likens members of the LGBTQ+ community to paedophiles now zeros in on transgender people..
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BLEAK. Bleak. I’d been paying attention to Columbia selling out its governance to the Trump admin, not so much its stance on AI.
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2026...
It has been building towards the inevitable: entering the fray in the Middle East again – this time to fight Iran – in another war in which it is not threatened.
Australia commits to yet another perilous American military adventure
~ @davrosz.bsky.social
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You’re meant to tax things you want less of & subsidise things you want more of.
Yet Australian governments are handing out $16.3 billion in subsidies for fossil fuels.
@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss why on this episode of Dollars & Sense.
🎧 theaus.in/4bm3836
Environmental groups are urging the federal #government to act to prevent a #coal mine emitting masses of methane #pollution and destroying #koala habitat.
Deforestation isn't progress—it's betrayal of future generations. Amazon lost millions of hectares historically, Congo rising despite being vital carbon sink. Every choice counts: support sustainable living, demand zero-deforestation policies. We shape their inheritance. 🌏 #ProtectAmazonCongo
From the river to the beach, Australia won't have free speech
www.deepcutnews.com/p/a-list-of-...
“'The administration thoughtlessly terminated people with crisis experience, and now they’re left without depth in the bench in the middle of a wide scale and broadening crisis,' said a former official with more than a decade experience in evacuation operations..."
www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/p...
A single course of antibiotics can have lasting effects on your gut microbiome, with changes that last well beyond 4 years. Three types of antibiotics stood out for their long term disruptive impact (3 at left, Figure)
nature.com/articles/s41...
New Australia Institute research finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS).
Read more: https://theaus.in/3P2fV38
Strange how every “America First” move somehow ends up helping Moscow. What a coincidence.
Opinion | The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s reasons why Scott Morrison did nothing wrong on Robodebt are extraordinary and delusional, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/11/n...
(🚨) EXCLUSIVE: The Secret War Between Jared Kushner and Jeffrey Epstein Led to Epstein’s Death—and the Second Iran War
This book-length work acts as Book 4 of the 1200-pg. epic PROOF OF DEVILRY—a Proof Series entry that’s the most expansive journalistic enterprise related to Epstein ever published.
(🧵) BREAKING NEWS THREAD: Those of you who've been reading PROOF OF DEVILRY—the exhaustive exposé of the Trump-Epstein Scandal—are cheering today.
Congressional questioning confirms my reporting that one way Epstein helped interfere in the 2016 election was illegal in-kind campaign contributions.
