Lucy Best

All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”

Victoria’s gutting of Environment agencies poses grave threats to nature Victoria’s leading conservation groups have expressed alarm over the environmental implications of cuts to 1000 public sector jobs announced today following the Victorian government’s Silver cost-cutt...

environmentvictoria.org.au/2025/12/04/v...

"The Australian Government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply all of Australia’s gas power stations for 60 years” – Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, The Australia Institute

✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...

Capitalism: What’s yours is mine, what’s mine is mine, what’s theirs is mine, all mine mine mine.

God in gray bubbles: The cult of AI OPINION: Silicon Valley’s insistence that AI is the future looks a lot like religion. From ChatGPT church services to cult worship of AI Godheads, the relationship between AI and religion

👇"We’re being sold a myth that technology will be our salvation, when, in fact, digitalization with no regard for its consequences is killing us
www.jackcentral.org/opinion/god-...

A quite balanced piece about the action by these brave souls from @risingtideaus.bsky.social
THANK YOU from me to you!

Historic Apology To First Nations People Victoria will take an important step towards addressing past injustices towards Aboriginal people and building a stronger, united future, with an apology to First Peoples to be made in the Victorian P...

In amongst all the steps backwards that governments seem to be making, there are also the occasional forward steps.

Tuesday December 9th.

#vicpol #springst

NGL at one point during the day I wasn't sure I had the spoons to go to the Midsumma festival program launch, but I had great company and we had a lovely evening and I even got excited - about queer art, queer joy, and queer community 💓💜💙

Yay! Productive and fun!

Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed

"a multibillionaire... might view democracy as a potential threat to net worth. Control over a significant share of the dwindling number of media outlets would enable you to effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of you and other plutocrats
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Elon Musk's Reality Distortion Machine Just Glitched Musk's "maximally truth-seeking" AI briefly revealed what it really is: a tool for manufacturing reality that serves the world's richest man.

Elon Musk's Reality Distortion Machine Just Glitched
www.readtpa.com/p/elon-musks...

Rhys Nicholson on Instagram: "Speaking as a Victorian and a grown up, the tiniest bit of common sense and courage to have some pretty simple conversations around cannabis decriminalisation would be f... The conversation around cannabis decriminalisation is long overdue. It's time to explore the benefits of legalising cannabis, from reducing crime to creating new opportunities. Join the conversation a...

Sometimes it takes a comedian like Rhys Nicholson to point out why the government's policy is laughable. #SpringSt #FridayFunny #RelaxTheLaws
www.instagram.com/p/DRBLML2CDS8/

Today, the Vic Upper House will debate our motion to decriminalise cannabis as a simple and modest step towards a legal market.

We’re wearing ‘Labour for cannabis reform’ t-shirts to remind the government that their own members have voted for change.

It's time. #SpringSt

YouTube video by Legalise Cannabis VIC Our debate is TODAY! #VicPol #Auspol

youtube.com/shorts/f8y3Z...

Health concerns over waste incinerator planned for Sunbury Sunbury residents say they are tired of being the state's "dumping ground" after waste-to-energy facility proposed nearby a receives a cap license from Recycling Victoria.

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

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Beautiful words about this important moment

Poster The safest communities don't have the most cops, they have the most resources.

Ending poverty would create conducive environments, improve the quality of life for children, and significantly reduce behaviours that put children at risk.

I understand crime in Melbourne. ‘Adult time’ laws will only harm your friends and family I’m the director of what is probably the largest criminal law firm in Victoria. Yes, youth crime is a staggering problem, but the Allan government’s new jail laws will make us less safe.

"Tougher sentencing is the easy path... we need investment in a better community... early interventions... mentoring, education alternatives and pathways to skills and trades. none of these interventionist options are as expensive as holding a kid in jail for years"
www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

It's no accident that Nazis rallied in Sydney. Police waved them through — and now Minns wants to punish us all The existing law in NSW is more than adequate to have avoided the images of Nazis outside state parliament over the weekend.

"If NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon is seriously expecting anyone to buy his “the Nazis ate our homework” excuse for why his force didn’t prevent this from happening, or take any action to end it, then he’s already marked himself as the wrong man for the job"
www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/11/n...

Upsurge in White Nationalism Signifies the Deep Divisions in Australian Society The outpouring of anti-immigration sentiment at recent rallies is a clear indication that migrants are increasingly seen as the enemy, blamed for the hardships of white Australians.

Upsurge in White Nationalism Signifies the Deep Divisions in Australian Society. Paul Gregoire, published on 16 Sep 2025.
Fact Checked.
www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/upsurge...

It’s November 2025!

Fringe is over and life is moving pretty fast!

"It doesn't matter whether the National Party believes in climate change, I promise everybody's insurance company believes in climate change."

- co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks the National Party abandoning net zero on ABC News
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

Built for Inequity How Australia’s quiet architecture of policy and profit sustains disadvantage

This really stood out for me: If we can afford inequity, we can afford to fix it... The AIHW underscores the need for housing-first models: secure homes as the foundation for wellbeing, not the pay off for surviving without one
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Australian-first treaty legislation passes in Victorian parliament Historic legislation has passed that will see the creation of an Indigenous council that will be consulted on laws and policies affecting Indigenous communities.

Phew!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green Increase influenced by datacentre growth, with estimated power required by 2026 equalling that of Japan’s

The final nail in the coffin of a habitable planet
Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green
Datacentres’ total electricity consumption could double from 2022 levels to 1,000TWh (terawatt hours) in 2026

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

YouTube video by A Gringo,T-Rex & a Poop Eating Shih Tzu ''Lost Boys 1987'' - Welcome to Santa Carla - ''Murder Capital of the World''

Also, did that claim make anyone else immediately think of this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5G6...

Is Melbourne really the ‘crime capital of Australia’? Sussan Ley recently declared Melbourne the ‘crime capital of Australia’. But a closer analysis of the data shows a much more nuanced picture.

Fear not fellow Melburnians! Susan Ley's claim that we're the crime capital is unfounded!
theconversation.com/is-melbourne...

a church showing the difference between the two coal plans and the space in between is the number of emissions which will be released by shifting towards the worst coal plan which is 310,000,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent

a church showing the difference between the two coal plans and the space in between is the number of emissions which will be released by shifting towards the worst coal plan which is 310,000,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent

The Queensland Government's plan to extend coal's lifespan for 10 years or more is a great illustration of how "pragmatic realism" is deadly, and how the climate movement's persistent optimism isn't suitable for the times we're in now

New @crikey.com.au piece:

www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/20/q...

YES!