Helen

'Valley of death' or mountain of spin? Gas reservation must be retrospective to cut power bills - Michael West The price of electricity in Australia could be halved, but the Government is suckered by the gas cartel’s lies and spin. Rex Patrick reports

ICYMI #auspol

As sure as day follows night, the gas cartel is rolling out its spin campaign to avoid a retrospective gas reservation scheme. But let’s hope their day of reckoning is upon them. Australians first - it’s OUR gas! Go hard @albomp.bsky.social! #auspol

You look lovely and summer-y. Enjoy your lunch with family.

First whispers of discontent for Labor are coming from within Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s.

Amy Remeikis-
“Because if Labor is to act at all on what needs to be done, then it only has next year. The year after that is straight back into election mode, when reforms tend to be short term and even shorter-sighted.”

An actual decent FOI law change (rather than the friendless bill before the parliament now) would be to actually have some sort of penalty for documents of government that should be retained for FOI purposes but aren't (such as disappearing messages in certain apps)

Labor sat on the “jobs for mates” review for 2 years; they wrecked the NACC; they haven’t introduced whistleblower protection laws despite promises; they’re trying to crater FOI laws; the ANAO missed half its targets bc budget cuts… & they have the nerve to talk about the abuse of transparency laws.

“the overall effect, transparency advocates warn, is to create a parallel system of policy development that is largely invisible to parliament, the public and the media”.

Albo’s latest accountability avoidance trick:
#FOI does not even apply if you can disappear any inconvenient info. #auspol

Sad news but at least you know what happened ❤️

What temp you put in oven?

Bought a bread maker. Only done one loaf so far. Pretty happy with it except didn’t brown on top. Will put in oven to finish off next time. Hopefully looks better 😆

So nice to have some photos of when we were young, especially with mum and dad ❤️
They were few and far between (for most of us)

“Ah, might as well jump (jump!)
Might as well jump
Go ahead and jump (jump!)
Go ahead and jump”

How old were you then (if that is ok to ask)

Lovely 🙂

Showing my age lol

'There are still people recovering from the trauma': The Goldstein campaign was worse than we thought While the 2025 federal election inquiry has shown there was a clear rise in hostility at election booths around the country, Tim Wilson's electorate of Goldstein seems to have reached another level.

“Goldstone was a laboratory. The tactics tested on us in 2022 and refined in the Voice in 2023 were fully deployed in 2025, and they worked”

The distinction between Wlson's Liberal campaign and vicious attacks from proxies like Advance is, at best, unclear. #auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...

two panda bears are sitting next to each other holding wine glasses and cheering . Alt: two panda bears are sitting next to each other holding wine glasses and cheering .

About to pour a Chardonnay 🙂

In Sydney Australia it’s a great day to post this picture to your local council and State Government member!

Lol 😂

All those thinking the private sector would find a way to solve climate change, when of course all it was ever going to do was find ways to produce even more emissions and f*ck the environment royally.

Because well... that's all it ever has done.

“Graduating this year means a lot to all of us. We spent our 5th & 6th years of medical school during the war — learning through fear, loss and so much uncertainty. It hasn’t been easy, but we’re proud that we supported each other, and never gave up.”

The courage of Palestinian medical students.

This isn’t business as usual.

Potentially significant cuts are coming to the Australian Public Service and I want to know what this means for service delivery and for jobs.

Labor promised to protect the APS, they need to honour that promise.
www.afr.com/policy/econo...

Very thoughtful ❤️

Very sorry to hear, take care of yourself.

"Hello Deep State? Do you have a project that needs to be grossly mismanaged and barely functional?"

The consultants' consultants - GTFO. #auspol

[Bonus points to Dan for the North Face puffer vest]

These are diabolical pollution numbers that suggest we are on track for cataclysmic climate change.

48% is a country mile away from the 62% emissions reduction that Labor promised.

The Point Live — Daily Updates Stay updated with the latest from The Point.

It's the last day of parliament and I am all out of fucks to give:
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...

In the face of a worsening climate crisis, the work of CSIRO is vital to Australians and our future generations. We should be strengthening our research capacity, not running it into the ground. We must do all we can to save the CSIRO. That’s why we’ve secured a Senate inquiry.

Australians voted for climate action!

Australia Institute research shows that Australia is currently expanding fossil fuels.

We need stronger environmental laws that stop new coal and gas projects.

Sign your name here: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/strong_envir...