@viperz66.bsky.social
I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing, not ordinary Australians! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/climatedisas...
05.02.2026 06:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0“Australia doesn't have a gas supply problem, we have a gas export problem, and more and more Australians are waking up to the scam that has been happening for the last two decades.”
- David Pocock, Senator for the ACT
#auspol
One problem that Americans have to get past is that this *is* who they are.
It’s not an aberration - this is what the US society is.
All that time kidding yourself about being the greatest nation on earth you have been murdering your own citizens and those in other countries.
“When the IMF put out its January update to the October World Economic Outlook this week, there was actually precious little in it about Australia. Just one mention to be precise,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute.
Read Greg’s piece on The Point: theaus.in/4sSTqwQ
12.01.2026 22:09 — 👍 959 🔁 185 💬 110 📌 51
Solidarity with Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah. We stand against this retrograde decision and with the countless authors withdrawing in support of Randa and her work.
13.01.2026 02:26 — 👍 567 🔁 190 💬 12 📌 6
From elsewhere 😂😂😂
10.01.2026 03:25 — 👍 63 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 1
The PBS is a national treasure.
Australia Institute research shows the prices Australians would pay if Trump had his way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.🤯
#auspol
"What this report says is that flooding will be so common in large parts of Australia, you will not be able to insure.
"You can only insure against unlikely events."
-co-CEO Richard Denniss appearing at the Senate Environment Committee
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
"Let's Call the 'GREAT' Gaza Post-War Plan Exactly What It Is: Ethnic Cleansing"
The ridiculous and leaked 'Riviera' proposal offers Palestinians just $5,000 to leave & includes projects like the 'Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone,' writes Palestinian lawyer Diana Buttu for Zeteo.
“This cover-up is a national scandal. It confirms that Australia’s key regulators are either incompetent or captured by the gas industry, or both,” said @markogge.bsky.social.
“That there are no consequences for gas companies failing to act on a major leak of methane for 20 years is a disgrace."
Listen to the bloke who would get roasted by the menswear guy.
18.08.2025 05:32 — 👍 221 🔁 35 💬 14 📌 2
Foreign-owned gas corporations are getting over half the gas they export from Australia for FREE.
The gas industry is ripping Australians off, and our governments are letting them.
✍️Add your name to the call to tax the gas industry properly theaus.in/increasePRRT #auspol
"The UK has had an inquiry into AUKUS.
"The US is currently holding its own inquiry into AUKUS.
"Australia meanwhile, which bears the brunt of the cost and the risk of this deal, hasn't had an inquiry."
- Dr Emma Shortis, International & Security Affairs Director
#auspol @emmashortis.bsky.social
No public servant should be paid more than the Treasurer ($438K). We now have two federal departmental secretaries on more than $1M per annum, and many more not too far behind. They’re supposed to be there for public service, not profit. #auspol
01.07.2025 20:29 — 👍 86 🔁 35 💬 9 📌 3
Too often the political/bureaucratic/business elite nominate each other for top awards as part of their rations. If Scott Morrison gets an AC, it will completely undermine our honours system. He is a singularly most unworthy candidate. #BackScratch #auspol
06.06.2025 23:39 — 👍 452 🔁 145 💬 48 📌 19
$20 million capital gain, tax free.
In Australia we’ve been trained to think it is ‘normal’ not to tax capital gains of unlimited size on ‘family homes’
It’s not normal
It’s bad economics (driving excessive investment in huge houses)
Its bad for inequlity
And its not ‘normal’ in most countries
New data finds Americans are more likely to support labor unions over Big Business than at any time in the past 60 years.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
What do you call it?
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Group photo of Sesame Street workers holding their firsts high with graphics showing the logo of their new union and the winning vote tally, 55-19
Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social
Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”
I must be getting old…when i was studying economics productivity boosting was the job of CEOs not governments…productivity come from better training, better internal processes, better equipment and R&D…last time i checked they were bosses problems not something ‘big government’ can fix…
13.05.2025 04:30 — 👍 282 🔁 81 💬 35 📌 6One unforgettable story. Cold Chisel: The Big Five-O celebrates five decades of anthems that defined Australian music, from Khe Sanh to Standing On The Outside and Flame Trees.
Relive it all - 8.00pm Sunday, 11 May on Seven and 7plus.
Peter Dutton made a new election ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol
22.04.2025 23:41 — 👍 764 🔁 382 💬 53 📌 78
We're always told we 'can't afford' to lift JobSeeker or the pension. It's nonsense.
"We're so rich we can drop a lazy $360 billion on nuclear subs we didn't know we needed. But when it comes to helping unemployed people, 'Oh, money doesn't grow on trees.'"
@richarddenniss.bsky.social on #QandA.
Charts showing that the real value of award wages has fallen 3.8% since Sept 2020
A report out today by Chief Economist
@grogsgamut.bsky.social shows that not only do rises in minimum wages not affect inflation but award wages have lost around 4% of their real value compared to 2020
futurework.org.au/report/the-c...
Big gas gets most of the gas they sell for free, paying zero royalties. This rort has gone on for too long.
Add your name: theaus.in/collect_gas_...
Next week will be the Parliament's last chance to spare voters from an onslaught of outright lies in political ads.
87% of Australians support truth in political advertising laws. Our Government should do its job.
Sign and share > theaus.in/TIPApetition
Australia doesn’t have a gas "shortage" crisis. It has an integrity crisis.
This week AEMO will release its annual Gas Statement of Opportunities.
Before the onslaught of headlines of "catastrophic gas shortages", let's get a few things straight. 🧵 (1/5)
#auspol #climate
New research: More Australians consider Donald Trump a greater threat to world peace than Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping.
🔴 Trump (31%)
🟠 Putin (27%)
🟠 Xi Jinping (27%)
Almost half (49%) said they felt less secure since the election of President Trump. 17% feel more secure. #auspol
Big Gas is taking the piss. Help us spread the word, and share this. 👇
90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free.
To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax.
Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
