But what will happen to steel wool?????
Nice post by @browne90.bsky.social
live.thepoint.com.au
But what will happen to steel wool?????
Nice post by @browne90.bsky.social
live.thepoint.com.au
“The debate over the capital gains tax discount comes down to a very simple question: who do you think should pay more income tax?” writes Matt Grudnoff, Senior Economist at The Australia Institute.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/3OHEXVa
New research by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis shows Japan is emerging as a major player in global gas trading, despite producing no liquefied natural gas of its own – and it’s all thanks to Australia.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/46w403A
It's sick, especially reading it this week.
"leaders [must be] honest with the Australian people about the real deterioration of our security environment."
Amen. Read it here..if you can stomach it:
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Or:
archive.md/der3L#select...
3 years ago this week "experts" predicted war between Australia & China...within 3 years
China was our "greatest threat".
Remember that as the USA and Israel pile war on top of genocide.
🚨 BREAKING: Andrew Tate’s mafia-linked gambling businesses in Romania are tied to a violent organised crime case that has been stalled in court for over 2 years - and may expire before any verdict.
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Nice work @rodcampbell.bsky.social!
you can read Rod's account of the publicly discredited but perversely financially rewarded Rocky Hill mine economist here (another feather in the cap of Big4 consultant Ernst & Young aka EY?)
If you'd like to watch Rod, myself, Mark Zirnsak (Tax Justice Network), Osmond Chiu (CPSU) etc., the stream is up on YouTube --
Rod and I were on from ~10am although unfortunately my tech issues led to a rocky start! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7mD...
Thanks, Stranger!!
20.02.2026 01:18 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
After revealing penalties on PwC inc a Ban after their Global Tax Scandal - never eventuated - Australia Institute’s Rod Campbell pushes for new legislation so consequences can proceed
“There is zero consequence for any economist who essentially lies for their client.”💥 #auspol
Recent?! Mate, it's so fresh it's steaming!
20.02.2026 01:12 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0This! - "Bank profits don't come from thin air...they come from you".
19.02.2026 02:54 — 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
sure...
18.02.2026 10:35 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wow, maybe we should come out for a Politics in the Pub event?!
18.02.2026 10:34 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
WA Labor Party policy is to ban fracking across all of WA
Fracking's already banned the Southwest, Peel & Perth Metropolitan regions & the Dampier Peninsula
BUT WA might allow Black Mountain Energy to frack in the #Kimberley⁉️
Keep up the pressure on WA EPA & Cook's WA Labor govt
@rodcampbell.bsky.social onya mate!
thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
Ultimately, the beer vs gas thing is a bit of a silly...pissing contest.
What's important is that Australians are not getting a fair return for all the Australian gas that multinational companies sell overseas.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/big-gas...
The gas lobbyists weren't happy with this.
So they decided to compare beer excise with not just petroleum tax, but with company income tax and every other payment the gas industry makes to gov.
I fixed this one:
This all started with David Pocock's viral video from Senate Estimates, in which a Treasury official literally looks up the books and tells the senator that beer excise is bigger than petroleum tax.
A must-watch if you haven't seen it: www.youtube.com/shorts/UZln5...
Do beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies?
Yes, they do!
Beer excise > PRRT
Beer drinkers' income tax > gas company income tax
Thread below, full details here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/tax-b...
Enough giggling about Angus already!!
The Federal Gov is subsidising environmental destruction!!
Good stuff from @biodivcouncil.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
What’s concerning is not that Angus Taylor has no policies or any idea,
but that according to Libs themselves he’s the ‘smartest’ in their shadow cabinet.
The party’s now a joke, and he’s the punchline.
#auspol #WellDoneAngus
“The time for action is now. The ongoing delays torment those who are losing their jobs, livelihoods or simply remaining silent due to a lack of protection and support. When whistleblowers don’t speak up, everyone suffers."
Read the full article: https://theaus.in/4bYxw5y
"Democracy dies in darkness is the Washington Post's credo...someone just turned the lights out at the Washington Post."
"It's a dark day for democracy in that country."
The Guardian's Ben Doherty & @emmashortis.bsky.social on the mass layoffs at the Jeff Bezos-owned paper.
🎧 theaus.in/4rhMet1
A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17bn every year.
Aussies pay more tax on beer than the gas industry pay on gas exports.
End the scam: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem_b?utm_campaign=petition&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_term=CLI_FossilFuel&utm_content=0
"The LNP were effectively giving Queensland's coal to Adani for free."
After the LNP abandoned a court case against Adani over unpaid coal royalties, it looks pretty dodgy that the data shows they received over half a million dollars in donations from Adani.
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
A great piece on what it's like to be on the other end of social misery amelioration services, and to work in them. Bad and hard, in short, with the prospect of some upside. But it shouldn't be so hard.
12.02.2026 09:53 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This is cooked.
Bulldoze 182ha of koala habitat now.
Fix it up within 20 years.
Oh look, Murray Watt's dpt just approved a new coal project.
Good bye koalas. Good bye climate.
epbcpublicportal.environment.gov.au/all-referral...
"In short, Housing First means no preconditions for housing. It does not mean providing housing and working out the support later. Yet this is precisely how the NSW Government interprets it. What is presented as innovation is, in practice, business as usual."
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