83% of Australians think we should make more goods domestically, even if they cost more. Yet our manufacturing sector just fell into recession. The gap between public sentiment and policy is vast. We need to boost #resilience.
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Australia ranks 104th out of 143 countries for economic complexity — just above Côte d'Ivoire, just below Botswana. For one of the world's wealthiest nations, that's a wake-up call. #AustralianEconomy #auspol
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~30 multinationals earn ~$14bn per year from Australian government contracts. Meanwhile local firms are underpaid, locked out, and unable to build sovereign capability. Time to change the system.
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Qatar and Australia export roughly the same amount of LNG. The Qatari government collects more than five times the revenue Australia does, says @grogsgamut.bsky.social.
Something has gone very wrong. #AustralianPolitics #SovereignDefence #auspol #AUKUS
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80–90% of Australia's petrol and diesel is imported. 90%+ of our medicines come from overseas. We have zero semiconductor fabrication. Marc Ablong maps the vulnerabilities — and the way forward. #AusPol
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Australia's 2024 National Defence Strategy is clear: "warning time" no longer applies. Major conflict is possible in the near term. Yet we remain a reliant, not a resilient, nation. That has to change.
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Australia has the 4th largest rare earth reserves in the world yet China almost has a monopoly on rare earth extraction and processing for critical technology. The opportunity — and the urgency — could not be clearer. 🇦🇺
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The Australian Government spends $100bn a year procuring goods and services. The results? Billions wasted. Sovereign capability hollowed out. Multinationals rewarded. It's time for serious reform. #AusPol
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Australia is the least self-sufficient nation in the OECD. Our manufacturing base has collapsed. Our fuel reserves could last weeks. It's time to fund our own defence — starting with a fairer resources tax, says @grogsgamut.bsky.social
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#fuelcrisis #defense #resilience
Australia is a reliant - not a resilient - nation...in a very timely Special Edition, former public servants, economists & defence experts lay out a roadmap for turning strategic vulnerabilities into economic success.
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The gas cartel will make super profits from the Iran war as the price of OUR gas soars internationally. It’s right for @albomp.bsky.social to impose a 25% gas export tax.
Unsurprisingly, driven by insatiable greed, the gas cartel is crying “wolf”. #auspol
"It's time to call BS on the idea that we can't afford to look after Australians.
"Subsidies that largely go to Clive Palmer, Gina Rinehart, BHP, Rio Tinto are growing faster than the NDIS."
@rodcampbell.bsky.social on Australia's out-of-control fossil fuel subsidies. #auspol
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A far-away strait is blockaded for a week & Australia is talking fuel crisis, interest rates & recession...Not the sign of a resilient country.
April AQ is a special edition on turning strategic risk into economic success.
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Do you need something beautiful today? To be transported from an uncertain world, to a world of ice and wonder? In a blast from the past, listen to Prof Emma Johnston's 'Ode to Antarctica' - originally published in AQ. She is greatly missed...
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Heritage charm vs. housing crisis — Australia's suburbs are caught in the middle. The battle over Mentone Station is just one flashpoint in a generational conflict reshaping our cities. 🏘️ #AustralianHousing #UrbanPlanning #HousingCrisis
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From ancient remedies to modern political battles — the fight over who controls birth control is far from over. A fascinating and urgent deep dive in AQ's latest issue. 💊 #ReproductiveRights #WomensHealth #BirthControl
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How does a democracy re-elect a self-proclaimed autocrat — twice impeached, linked to insurrection? AQ Australian Quarterly digs into the forces that brought Trump back to power. A must-read. 🇺🇸 #Trump #MAGA #Democracy #USPolitics
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Labor has been forced to dump its terrible changes to FOI. But what changes would improve the law, make it better for FOI practitioners & citizens? In the new AQ, Dr Lauren Gray lays out what we really need, and why the erosion of FOI is costing all of us.
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A US court has SLAPPed @Greenpeace with a $345m penalty, siding with fossil fuel company Energy Transfer...want to know more about the wave of SLAPP suits trying to silence dissent both in the US and #Australia?
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Aussies are rightly concerned about the potentially disastrous #AUKUS deal - yet the government refuses to admit the risks of paying the US $368 BILLION with no guarantee of receiving anything for it. Parliamentary enquiry now, consider signing the petition!
Canada, Australia, the EU and India could be the axis of a new bloc of influence that no longer lets Russia, the US, and China veto or block international action.
Let's hope that this moment marks the point at which we realise that a new way is possible.
To stop allowing the big boys to cheat the rules just because they say they are beyond any repercussions...
Carney is out of the blocks diversifying Canada's economy - in Australia, walking the tightrope between China/US is no longer bearing the fruits it once did and is now multiplying our risks.
Australia has long been pulled between superpowers; @auspol is obsessed with offending China or offending the US - but what if the age of superpowers could be brought to an end with strategies that consolidate the interests of the middle powers?
If you haven't already, spend 15 minutes watching #MarkCarney's speech at Davos - one for the ages. @Albo will be watching it closely and let's hope he capitalises on its invitation - "Nostalgia is not a strategy," the old geopolitical order is not coming back.
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Efficiency shouldn't come at the cost of democracy. Dr. Lauren Gray argues the new #FOI reforms risk curtailing accountability and shielding governments from scrutiny. 🇦🇺 #Auspol #Transparency #Corruption
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Save the suburb or save the future? The clash between NIMBYs and YIMBYs is reshaping Australian cities. 🏠 In the new AQ, Zachary Ingmire examines the generational divide over density and the cost of preserving the past. #HousingCrisis #auspol
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How did the US elect a wannabe autocrat? The roots of Trump’s return lie in decades of inequality and the abandonment of the working class. 🇺🇸 In the new AQ, we unpack the economic & social decay that fuelled the MAGA movement. #Trump #USPolitics #auspol
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From ancient times to modern debates, the battle over reproductive autonomy continues. Diana Wyndham explores "Who Controls Birth Control?" in the latest AQ: Australian Quarterly.
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Australia's future scientific leaders tackle policy challenges evidence-based solutions for #complexproblems. Hear from Young Tall Poppies from around the country on the real issues facing us all: aips.org.au/aq-magazine/...
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