So, you've decided to write a terrible EV piece. An early column, because I'm away this Friday.

So, you've decided to write a terrible EV piece.
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Pink moon a fav 👍

Dear person who left their AirPods Pro at East Balmain wharf last night, please turn them onto list mode so that I can get them back to you.

No, taxes don't double the price of petrol in Australia It has been claimed the Australian government doubles petrol prices through taxes, but that's not the case.

The amount of tax Australians pay on petrol at the pump is being massively inflated in social media posts.

www.aap.com.au/factcheck/no-taxes-dont-...

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Trump posts graphic video of woman’s killing in Florida President’s post on Truth Social is in keeping with a pattern of using shocking video to sow fear about immigration and justify mass deportation

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Israeli settlers deface, set fire to West Bank mosque during Ramadan Attack on Nablus-area mosque is latest in surge of Israeli settler and military violence targeting Palestinians.

I just hope that everyone lamenting that attack on a Michigan US synagogue and antisemitism are also posting about this atrocity 👇🏼

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...

Good on you Nick wholeheartedly agree 👍

Sign the Petition Stop the construction of Trump Tower on the Gold Coast

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Trump is a criminal and is currently committing crimes against humanity, our country should have nothing to do with him, please consider

Vale

#ValeRobHirst

> 39k signatures. Keep up the momentum

Incredibly moving interview with Sydney philosophy professor Peter Slezak, son of Holocaust survivors.

“Recognising Palestine was the right thing to do - in fact it was long overdue. How on earth can that be connected to two mass murders who commit an atrocity?”

Petition: We will not be divided after Bondi.

Add your name:

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Don’t look back in anger - The Shot I’m angry. We’re all angry. Perhaps that’s part of the problem. At the moment, we’re angry at two twisted individuals...

@ronnisalt.bsky.social is one of Australia's most gifted writers. This is unarguably one of her most powerful and important pieces. Read it, share it, reflect upon it, and act for peace, compassion, empathy, and understanding.

Thank you, @ronnisalt.bsky.social.

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Australia needs strong nature laws Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) believes that social and environmental issues cannot be separated from each other. As a result, FoEA is a social and environmental justice organisation. We seek t...

Federal Labor went to the last election with a promise to fix our broken nature laws. After years of delays, they have introduced new laws to Parliament. But they’re not good enough & will fail to protect nature.

The laws must be strengthened.

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OBSERVED EFFECTS OF UBI No significant reduction in labor supply (38 studies meta-analysis) Increased self-employment (301%) and part-time employment (17%) Slight decrease in alcohol and tobacco use (31 studies meta-analysis) New mothers extend their maternity leaves Birth weights improve due to better maternal nutrition Graduation rates and educational outcomes improve Hospitalization rates decline (8.5%) Crime goes down (15%–42%) especially illegal hunting (95%) Domestic violence decreases (30%–51%) Trust increases (13% in politicians | 6% in other people) Home ownership rates increase (17%–26%) Food security increases as does consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables Improved cognitive functioning (43%) and personality traits (31%) Savings go up, debts go down Source: scottsantens

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.

This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

Truthful American History

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Screenshot of Juliet’s Instagram post, with screenshot of her email to DFAT. Email reads: I am absolutely flabbergasted that you have not responded? If your job is not to protect the lives of Australian citizens and uphold human rights, pray tell, what is your job?! Her captions: My 7th email to DFAT to get consular support... No Reply.

Screenshot of Juliet’s Instagram post text: As WAHOO gets closer to Gaza, some 420 nautical miles, around the drive from Sydney to Brisbane, and enter the 'critical zone' - the area where the Israeli Occupation Forces usually violently intercept humanitarian flotillas, I have emailed the Department Of Foreign Affairs seven times to ask them for help, but with no response. My family and friends have called them and they were told 'she should consult the Smart Traveller website. We are peaceful ordinary citizens doing what our government should be doing - delivering baby food and medicine to the remaining Palestinians left alive who have been intentionally starved and slaughtered by genocidal Zionists. In international waters. We deserve protection. The IOF has already bombed us twice on this mission destroying boats and they are now threatening an escalation in their attacks, a boat prison and lengthy prison terms. And I am told to look up the Smart Traveller website. WTAF. Thank you Albo. Very kind of you Penny. Your government is rotten to the core.

Juliet Lamont is one of the Aussies currently sailing to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Despite 7 emails from herself, and many calls from family & friends, the Australian Government refuses to respond, let alone help.

Contact the gov here:

freedom-flotilla.good.do/samudflotill...

#AusPol

Anti-immigration march?
No, Nazi’s are nazi’s.

Attack & destroy Camp Sovereignty (est. ~20yrs ago) part of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander movement, acknowledging genocide, sovereignty & working towards treaty.
Peacefully ✊🏾✌🏽
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

From holes in the earth to powerhouses: The solar potential of abandoned pit mines is huge. Turning abandoned open-pit mines into solar farms could resolve growing land-use tensions and unlock vast, underused infrastructure for renewable energy deployment.

Why not put solar farms in places already disturbed that aren’t being used otherwise—especially defunct open-pit mines w/ their roads & grid connections? New global study finds 61.8K mines that together cover 47.9K km2, enough for 4,764 TWh/yr of solar.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/07/from...

Marion Scrymgour makes history as first Aboriginal person to chair the House of Representatives Tiwi and Anmatjere woman Marion Scrymgour MP has made history as the first Aboriginal person to chair the House of Representatives Chamber.

Tiwi and Anmatjere woman Marion Scrymgour MP has made history as the first Aboriginal person to chair the House of Representatives Chamber, as a member of the Speaker’s Panel.
womensagenda.com.au/politics/loc...

The Israeli military had a message to the Handala freedom flotilla. Huwaida Arraf had a message back to them, explaining international law and their rightful and just mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza with a civilian vessel ‘Handala’.

More than any other sitting politician, on defence matters I trust this former lieutenant colonel, Andrew Wilkie, who resigned his post over the lies being told to justify the Iraq invasion.
Leave the nuclear warships to the Americans. Australia's small, fast fleet is best for Australia.

#auspol

Sign the Petition Stop Scott Morrison's Order of Australia

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Peter Dutton says.... #auspol