Chris Dubrow

A Banksy artwork about injustice found on a wall near a courthouse in the UK has been washed away by authorities, except a dark foreboding silhouette remains, showing a ghostly figure with a hammer threatening a small man on the ground holding a sign or perhaps a tool.. the clean up has turned the picture into something new and striking

The state appears to be struggling at washing away injustice

RALLY TO SAVE MEANJIN

Thursday 11 Sep 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.

A number of Australian writers and editors will speak in support of this vital cultural institution

The FOI Amendment Bill 2025 makes it harder to hold govt to account: bans anonymous requests, adds a “transparency tax” fee, and expands secrecy. Parliament must reject it.

👉 www.oaf.org.au/2025/09/08/2...

#RightToKnow #FOI #auspol

Greenpeace Analyzes the Lewis Powell Memo: Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy - Greenpeace - Greenpeace Forty years ago, not only was Greenpeace formed, but a then-obscure corporate lawyer (later appointed by President Nixon to the Supreme Court) drafted a memorandum for the U.S. Chamber of…

Corporate governance of USA (& elsewhere) began with Lewis Powell's 1971 memo to US Chamber of Commerce, regarded as a blueprint.

Read a Greenpeace analysis of blueprint & what's happened since:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/greenpea...

The New Corporation is an update:
www.bing.com/videos/river...

Venn diagram with Bono in the left circle, an oboe in the right, and a bonobo in the centre.

Venn diagram

this looks great, particularly interested in digging into the sources here that I haven't heard of..

Every weekday I curate the best articles and commentary on the top news and issues of the day from our excellent independent news media publishers - who do the actual heavy lifting in public interest journalism.

Sign up to TrueNorth here #auspol > truenorthnews.substack.com

excellent read- phoenixing is a gold mine for dodgy company directors and urgently needs to be shut down.

Occasionally, it occurs to me that one day I will have to despatch my assassins to remove this upstart challenger, lest the world realise they have younger, smarter, much handsomerer alternative to my shitposting as a service. I think that day has arrived.

Concerning. Australia’s nuclear facilities at Lucas heights are used for the production of medical isotopes critical for Australian Medicine. It would be a huge deal if they have moved into work relating to the weird proposed AUKUS nuclear subs, even a perception it is defence related is alarming.

The results are in: ✅ The Greens’ ‘right to disconnect’ laws are good for workplace productivity and employer engagement.

Remember then all those employer groups (and the Coalition) were acting like the sky would fall in 🤣

i find the various flight tracker apps really useful. I didn't realise there is also this - An Earth wide 3d tracking viz of satellites and space junk - mesmerising.. and also disturbing platform.leolabs.space/visualization

Why are environmental protesters being criminalized? – DW – 05/18/2025 Climate and environmental protest is rising in line with increasing global temperatures. But new draconian penalties are putting people who rally against climate pollution in jail.

German news media using Australia as a harsh example on the global crackdown on climate protest - laws clearly orchestrated to defend fossil fuel interests. What a disgrace www.dw.com/en/why-are-e...

A comparison of the characteristics of people with disability in Australia according to whether they received NDIS funding A comparison of the characteristics of people with disability in Australia according to whether they received NDIS funding

Really important new research from Melbourne Disability Institute about disabled people who don't get NDIS support, showing how many need extra support. Also, that disabled people are so damn poor.

disability.unimelb.edu.au/home/project...

EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis EU data protection authorities find that the consent popups that plagued Europeans for years are illegal. All data collected through them must be deleted. This decision impacts Google’s, Amazon’s and ...

Huge news - EU court takes a massive swing at the entire “tracking based advertising industry” the big dogs of the internet - hoovering up what we do online AND where we go in real life - and selling that data on. Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X are all on notice www.iccl.ie/digital-data...

Huge LED billboard with Melbournes Flinders st station clock tower, sign says “Big Gas is taking the piss” with detail about gas companies getting more than half of OUR gas for free. From the Australia Institute

Thanks to the @australiainstitute.org.au doing the lords signage work in the Melbourne CBD - Big Gas is indeed taking the piss - big ups to @ebonybennett.bsky.social and the gang

Switzerland turns train tracks into solar power plants A Swiss start-up’s system to install and remove solar panels between train tracks is now being tested. The technology is attracting interest from other countries.

Switzerland turns rail tracks into solar powerplants. Peter Dutton announces this would pose a serious threat to Australian native railway hedgehogs that like to live in the ballast rocks www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-...

Liberals are putting Family First 2nd on their Senate how-to-vote.

Family First will:

– Allow religious schools to fire gay teachers
– Deny women reproductive healthcare options
– Strip rights from gender diverse people

What are the Liberals doing?

Screenshot from the They Vote For You website (by OpenAustralian Foundation) showing the 69 Labor and Coalition politicians who have Voted Consistently AGAINST No New Fossil Fuels Includes so-called pro-environment Labor MPs like Josh Burns, Josh Wilson, Sally Sitou, Alicia Payne, Kate Thwaites etc

An Uncommon Sense listener texted in about @oaf.org.au's excellent #TheyVoteForYou site

It's a terrific resource for examining the voting record of politicians

Here're ones who've voted consistently AGAINST no new fossil fuel projects—who do you spot? #AusVotes
👉 theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/260

I 😍 taxes also. Thank you for your good things Dr Denniss and gang, we see you

Is a home deposit now worth thousands in lost super at retirement? With home ownership more out of reach than ever for younger Australians, some are pondering whether their retirement fund would be better off used now, to buy a house.

Wrong question. Should be:

Why is the Coalition distracting us with stupid policy promises, instead of committing to fix the enormous damage they've done to housing, tax policy, and growing wealth inequality from Howard & Costello onwards? #ausvotes #ausvotes
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Great to see the new Footscray Rd bridge open! Part 1 of the new 2.5km elevated veloway
@bikewest.org

We’re stoked to announce a very special April Atonement exclusive collaboration with Catherine’s Kitchen- 4ZZZ’s Fig Jam!
Run, don't walk! 4ZZZ’s Fig Jam can be bought in person at reception only for $14. Don’t miss your chance to start your day with a big self esteem boost for breakfast. 

The always originate from the boring U.S.A and I for one demand Harry Butler gags for Australians

Guardian screenshot. Text "There were some exemptions to the tariffs, although those sectors could still be caught by future policy announcements. Trump’s wall of tariffs is likely to raise prices and cause chaos for business Read more Australia’s largest pharmaceuticals group, CSL, said “at this stage” its products were not subject to the 10% tariffs. “CSL is continuing to assess the broader impact of the tariffs and will monitor further announcements by the US government,” the vaccine maker said."

It's hilarious that CSL/Australian pharmaceuticals are exempt from the tariff
~a week ago they were specifically talked up as targets

Legalise it, sure, but we don’t need to burn things for energy anymore.

Auspol Alert: Baby kissers about

Yes!
Past time to make the #polluters pay!

Look. I made the same mistake once, but I was organizing a dinner not bombing Yemen.

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