Sean Macleod

Nuclear outpaced fourteen to one by wind and solar in Europe Key points Limiting warming to 1.5°C is the internationally recognized target of the Paris Agreement, as reaffirmed at recent UN climate summits. However, scientific assessments indicate that this thr...

"The high costs and long timelines of new nuclear power plants severely limit any impact on near-term decarbonization goals. Wind and solar are achieving rapid scale and greater cost-effectiveness, making them central to immediate emissions reduction"

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What a debt we owe @asherwolf.bsky.social.

I've seen ABC refer to the Nazi rallies as "anti mass immigration rallies" over and over, exactly what Nazis want labelled as, legitimising them.

In contrast, not once have I heard the Palestine rallies called anti-genocide or anti-colonial. I wonder what that's about 🙄

Maybe you should release a statement condemning the neo-Nazi rallies taking place?
Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal:
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Labor plans to make it harder to access government information A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.

Minister for protecting gambling is now minister for wrecking FOI

Labor plans to make it harder to access government information A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.

Government secrecy and obfuscation was one of the key reasons we chucked out Morrison and his putrid pals. What the hell is the former Minister for Gambling doing now?

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Despite $22bn promise, Adani has paid zero corporate tax in Australia and experts think it won’t ever pay a cent Adani’s Australian assets regularly report annual losses despite strong revenue, in part due to big related-party payments

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The suckers here are us...

The unexamined precursor to Robodebt How a long-forgotten episode involving the wrongful conviction of 15,000 Australians for unproven welfare offences prompted the creation of the Robodebt scheme

Chris Rudge has a peer reviewed article out which reveals an estimated 15,000 social security recipients were wrongfully convicted of criminal offences between 1991 and 2011 in a scandal he is calling ‘the omissions affair’. This was the precursor to Robodebt welfare.substack.com/p/the-unexam...

Oh well at least we have the NACC to expose any corruption 🤗

Story in The Australian Super tax ‘the last straw’ for this cattle farmer Helen Trinca Craig Huf, a farmer from Burringbar in far north NSW, will pull one of his farms out of super because of the tax on unrealised capital gains Cattle farmer Craig Huf says the federal government’s proposed superannuation tax will likely be the “straw that breaks the camel’s back” forcing him to pull his $3m farm out of his self-managed super fund.

Good!!! A farm is NOT MEANT TO BE IN YOUR SUPER!!!

The ONLY reason anyone would put a farm in their super IS TO AVOID PAYING TAX!!

U.S. socked with 15 billion-dollar weather disasters during the 1st half of 2025 » Yale Climate Connections Four of the top 20 costliest weather disasters have occurred in the last year.

Of the 20 costliest weather disasters in history, four have occurred in just the last year.

Screenshot of a Bluesky post Lauren Follow @laurenkayes.bsky.social It's so cool that cities are like "oweeease only turn your AC on if you're actively dying and don't go below 79 " while the Al nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits Jun 22, 2024 at 5:58 PM

Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.

Happy NACCiversary. Celebrating two years of not very much - Michael West The NACC celebrates its second anniversary this week, but has the much-heralded initiative lived up to its expectations?

Monday July 7 anniversary Robodebt Royal Commissioner Catherine Holmes’ referral report NACC - included sealed chapter - recommended 6 individuals for civil and criminal prosecution for their roles in the illegal Robodebt scheme. michaelwest.com.au/happy-nacciv....

For all those reactionary centrists who thought Kim Williams might not be a Murdoch-adjacent plant at the ABC. #auspol

US tech giants Amazon, Google, Meta, Netflix, Disney took $A15B in revenue from the lucrative Australian market yet paid only $A254M in local tax through creative (profit shifting) evasion. David Chau ABC finance. Hey @jimchalmers.bsky.social

Federal court rules ABC unlawfully terminated Antoinette Lattouf after ‘orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists’ Journalist was taken off air three days into five-day contract in December 2023 after sharing Gaza post on social media

finallly someone with institutional authority has said it: the Aust executive class panic and fold when targeted by highly orchestrated pro-Israel campaigners.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

Here's something absolutely cooked about books in Australia Winning authors pay tax. Mug punters, that's another story.

If you win the Miles Franklin Literary Award, you'll receive $60,000 but pay as much as $20,000 of that back in tax.

If you *bet* on the winner of the Miles Franklin, your winnings are tax free.

Removing this tax is a small way we can support our authors, writes @alicektg.bsky.social.

So @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social has won her case against the ABC.

Now, how about ABC managers sit in court again, preferably in The Hague, for genocide apologia and warmongering?

Israel/US has killed half a million ppl in Gaza, and the state broadcaster has excused it every step

Budget reveals WA oil and gas royalties in rapid decline Shared revenue from Australia's largest mainland gas project has dropped by more than 70 per cent in three years, contributing less than 1 per cent of the state's revenue this financial year.

West Australians reading the latest budget should be outraged: "Australia is being robbed of its resources and our governments are entirely complicit," said @markogge.bsky.social speaking to ABC.

"WA motorists will be paying 6x the amount in car rego fees as the gas industry pays in royalties."

#AbolishCruelCoerciveMutualObligations

Australia's teen social media ban is a 'cursed monkey paw' problem A government commissioned survey shows that using online age assurance is wildly popular in theory, but is more complicated — and potentially less acceptable — in practice.

Most Australian support methods to enforce the teen social media ban, according to a government-commissioned survey

Most also have no idea how it works, don't trust platforms to protect their data, and expect that, at worst, it won't affect them.
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Media scare campaigns work: 21% of people - and 32% of 25-34 year olds - say the superannuation tax change will have an impact on their retirement plans even though it won't, for almost all of them.

If Santos is bought by an Abu Dhabi company, then they should be ineligible for Australian taxpayer subsidies & should be made to pay a flat rate of company tax of 30%

No tax minimisation

Australian taxpayers should not have to fund rich oil nations
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Protecting superannuation tax concessions for the wealthy won't help future generations.

Addressing climate change and the housing crisis will.

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

It’s almost 2yrs since the day Commissioner Catherine Holmes handed down her final report on Robodebt & referred those responsible for criminal prosecution. It was a day we felt like finally something was happening.
I’m so sorry to all victims who are STILL waiting for justice.

“Hahahahahahaha” – Emmanuel Macron

"Nice deal you got there" chaser.com.au/general-news...

Wealthy Australians are worried we might realise how rigged the system is in their favour | Greg Jericho The discussions around the absurdly small changes to tax on superannuation should be the start to addressing the growing wealth inequality in this country

The attempt to change super tax concessions has worried the extremely wealthy that people will realise just how rigged the system is in their favour. And they worry it might finally be the start of attempts to address the growing wealth inequality in this country
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Trump claiming that LA is "occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals"

If anyone you know believes this narrative, they're either very racist and totally down with fascism, or they're stupid as shit and need to avoid things like boiling water and sharp objects. Either way, keep your distance.

The characteristics of those who would pay Division 296 taxation Some public commentary tends to suggest that the main categories of individuals impacted by the proposed tax are current and retired farmers and elderly widows who like to punt big on tech stocks. The reality is quite different. It would be much more accurate to categorise those more commonly affected by the proposed tax as being older wealthy males living in affluent areas of capital cities or affluent retirement regions who have never had anything to do with primary production or the only connection is owning a boutique winery that is run at a tax loss. The ATO sample of individual taxpayer data can be used to estimate the characteristics of those would be affected by the new tax as the unit record data includes both superannuation balance and other demographic and financial data. ASFA analysis of that data indicates that in terms of national split of those likely to be affected, around 40 per cent of the total affected are female and 60 per cent male. Those affected are relatively old, with 85 per cent aged over 60 with 46 per cent aged over 70. As such many of the group would be receiving tax free income from superannuation and currently tax free investment earnings on their superannuation balance up to the level of the Transfer Balance Cap. However, not all are retired, with around 30 per cent receiving wage and salary income, and with around 5 per cent having wage and salary income over $200,000 a year. Around 5 per cent of those with over $3 million in superannuation have farm income either direct or through trust or partnership distribution, but in many cases it is not substantial, with other income received. At least some of those with farm income live in inner capital cities and could be described as Pitt Street or Collins Street farmers.

We always hear that farmers will be smashed by the super tax changes.

But last year ASFA noted that "The reality is quite different"
"nothing to do with primary production or the only connection is owning a boutique winery that is run at a tax loss." 😬
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