SherCampbell@bsky.social

Over to you @albomp.bsky.social.
Our defence and foreign affairs ties to the US are increasingly dangerous.

And to start, #DitchAUKUS. #auspol

Brilliant idea!

We need major changes to the way we deal with climate disasters.

Nick Dyrenfurth & I argue that this should be a big part of Australia’s prodictivity reform agenda
#auspol

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Childcare is just the latest failure of Australia’s privatisation push. It’s time for an ideology overhaul | John Quiggin Even the Productivity Commission is backing away from the for-profit model. We need to ensure that our human services serve humans

"For-profit corporations have no place, or at most a peripheral place, in the provision of basic human services, including health, education and childcare.
'People before profit'...is much closer to the truth than 'competition and choice'.” - John Quiggan #auspol
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Also supply fantastic restaurants. Did the dopes that head the USA government think any of this through?

There appears to be a really weird belief amongst these sort of people whipped up against Universities that society doesn’t need teachers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, scientists, and a bazillion other experts that literally prevent societal collapse.

They want to imprison anyone for burning down a Tesla.

For 20 years.

How much for burning down the stock market?

The LNP don't like their own words repeated back to them, which is why they're infuriated by this ad.

Which is also why you should share it.

Breaking with the US will be painful for Australia in many ways – but it’s inevitable | John Quiggin The first Australian response to Trump was denial, then (unsuccessful) bargaining. Now there’s anger and depression as the tariffs sink in. Eventually must come acceptance

US is no longer part of Australia's economic and geopolitical future, says @johnquiggin.bsky.social:
"This creates an opportunity to finally engage fully with our region and become, politically and economically as well as geographically, an Asian nation." #auspol
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Yes, Australia can defend itself independently Australia fears abandonment, but when it happens, Australia copes remarkably well. It can do so again in an era of fading American influence in Asia.

"We’ve always done the big things our own way: the Australian ballot, compulsory voting, federalism, superannuation, health, education, immigration, firearms. So why not defence?"

Time to plan for a post-American future - which means independent defence policy.
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American economic policy:

He’s virtually psychotic.

"We don't like your tuxedo. So very disrespectful to us. Ten percent tariff for you."

Bingo

Australians have a lot to be proud of, including our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The US drug companies want to water it down, and we need our elected leaders to be brave in defending it. In an increasingly dangerous world, we will need leaders to be braver than they have been for decades

Maybe Taylor could give us his nuclear costings? Watch him run away from a question because he cannot answer it.

Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Those who rewrite their history are racist, misogynist, fascist....and doomed.

'Dirty money': Outrage over war memorial taking money from weapons makers The national symbol for Australia's fallen soldiers has taken large sums of money from weapons makers, a move former staff call "inappropriate".

"it should not be accepting money from merchants of death"

Current and former Australian War Memorial board members have close ties to global weapons corporations.
And see no problem with sponsorship from war profiteers. #4Corners #auspol
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Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be ‘crazy’ if Taiwan tensions flare Nominee for undersecretary for defense policy says Aukus deal to deliver Virginia class submarines could leave US sailors ‘vulnerable’

flick off AUKUS, both the US and UK say they can't deliver.

So, when do we get our Royal Commission into Murdoch Australian politicians?

The momentary slip from Trump that plucked at Australia’s deep fear of abandonment US president, questioned about Aukus defence deal during meeting with UK prime minister Keir Starmer, replied ‘what does that mean?’

Right now, I'd say very few Australians have a "deep fear of abandonment" by the US.

Far more frightening - thanks to what Malcolm Turnbull calls 'bipartisan gaslighting' - is that we will be stuck with them.

Time to #DitchAUKUS. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

This period is producing artefacts that will be looked back on with the same sort of amazed horror we feel when reading stories from ancient or medieval history (or from the totalitarian regimes of the 20th Century)

Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 32 MILLION! 👏

LETS DO THIS!

The stitch-up electoral donations "reforms" the government is ramming through parliament with Coalition support will be absolutely ripe for a constitutional challenge, because it directly undermines an aspect of what the implied freedom guarantees - a level playing field.

The universe speaks in mysterious ways.

“Game of narrative”: Prof Sachs on dictatorship vs democracy and phoney wars - Pearls and Irritations I don't believe the US has any right or any ability to put in place a democracy in any other country...This is not democracy. Jeffrey Sachs.

"This is not democracy. This is a game. And it’s a game of narrative," writes Professor Jeffrey Sachs.

"Everything is phoney, everything is narrative."

Transcript from a speech by Professor Jeffrey Sachs at the Cambridge Students Union, Oct 2024.
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Hold on to the truth… A recording from Jim Acosta's Substack live video

Hey guys! I’ve started something new. My new Substack… Go check it out! jimacosta.substack.com/p/hold-on-to...