“The Japanese government is getting more revenue from taxing Australian gas than the Australian government is.”

Konrad Benjamin nails the root of the problem: to stop large industries from ripping us all off, politicians need to stop “going to work in the industries that they literally wrote the rules for”🔥
Rules that as Dr Denniss points out, see gas co’s “pay more in PR than PRRT”💥

You paying attention, @albomp.bsky.social & @jimchalmers.bsky.social. Many get it, do you? Will you act for Australians or international investors?

Sarah Ferguson asks if we should ‘give something back’ to gas giants in exchange for a tax.
David Pocock “why we bargain with them?”
“I don’t think we need to give anything back. We just want a return for our gas!” 🔥 #auspol

Woolworths engaged in ‘marketing magic’ to trick customers, consumer watchdog tells court The trial between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the supermarket giant began in the federal court in Sydney on Tuesday

This fake ‘on special’ pricing yo-yo bullshit by supermarkets needs to be stopped.
If the can sell it at the ‘on special’ they can sell at that price all the time

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Should all be thrown onto a blazing mound of billionaire oligarchs 🤣

Give them an eviction notice
Leave it in the ground.

#ClimateCriminals are ripping us off while destroying our future.

Konrad Benjamin on fire in today’s gas tax inquiry, says those claiming “we can’t afford anything” are full of it, we have plenty of resources to benefit from
“This gas issue is the perfect eg of how it’s a lie”
“We’ve been sold out”🔥 #auspol @punterspolitics.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au

The Australian government: Bribing the USA to not completely take us over, while also letting them completely take us over, dig us up, sell us out, and use us as a waste disposal site.

#auspol #australia #duopolycon #evilempire

Susan McDonald went on to ask Dr Denniss if he is trying to kill off the fossil fuel industry.
Denniss “No, I want to milk it!”💥

Origin, Shell and Santos dominate almost the entire eastern market. Time to tax them 25% and introduce new laws that require them to prioritise Australian domestic customers. Up to now they’ve received a free pass to rort the Australian taxpayers for their companies financial benefit.

Won’t somebody save these hundreds of turtles condemned to death? | First Dog on the Moon There is a whole dam full of water right there but the turtles can’t have it

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West Bank: Jewish settlers attack Taibeh residents - Vatican News The three parish priests of the Latin, Greek Orthodox, and Melkite churches denounce repeated violence against Christian residents and their property ...

#Zionist terrorists continue to attack Christian villages in the #WestBank of The State of Palestine 🇵🇸

Calling these criminals is an insult to peaceful & law-abiding #Jews ✡️

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Minns doubles down on ‘rational’ anti-protest law despite NSW’s highest court ruling it unconstitutional Greens criticise premier’s ‘extraordinary attack’ on judiciary and urge him to accept he ‘got it wrong’

NSW anti-protest public assembly restriction declaration struck down as unconstitutional but Premier Chris Minns is carrying on with it.

Anything we in Qld can do/say to help try to change his mind? We know all about making bad decisions. #nswpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Chocolate Ragdoll cat sitting under a rustic chair.

Have had the in the past. But after the last, an Staffordshire X adopted by my daughter murdered my neighbour's chickens, we are solely indoor cat people.

Yes! A must read. Do not look away!

Ireland's president calls for UN renewal to 'save us from hell' Ireland's Connolly told Defence of Democracy conference attendees they must cooperate to fight against a growing tide of "might is right"

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The Australian idea of social cohesion, is when everyone gets to wear the same kind of handcuffs.

Jewish man among first charged in pro-Palestinian slogan crackdown that reminds some of 1970s Queensland Stephen Heydt says he spoke in a custom-made T-shirt and was ‘charged with two offences: one for the shirt, one for the chanting’

Good article. The police presence on the weekend was absolutely ridiculous and bullying, definitely not contributing to "Social Cohesion".

#auspol
#qldpol
#RiverToSea

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Can't help but feel I may once have bought an ice cream from this van, once upon a time in Williamstown. 😂

Spectator sport is a gross misallocation of brain bandwidth. If you are so in love with sport, get out and participate.

Border-Collie? Looks like she has a lot of bounce.

* #streetphotography

Hope the pup is on the mend.

Wise move.

Two men silhouetted by the early morning sun holding a conversation in the street beneath my hotel window in the French Pyrenees. On my way to Barcelona to photograph the architecture of Antonio Gaudi.© 1969 Tri-x film, Nikon F, Nikkor 105mm F2.5 lens.

Mine. Early morning conversation, French Pyrenees, 1969
#streetphography #photography

Negative selection. People who are weak, troubled, and/or incompetent are willing to do his bidding and put up with his crap. These people have no other viable path to high office or power. Look at the people who surround any autocrat or dictator.

Trump Is dooming his party to a midterm blowout It's almost as though he wants Republicans to lose.

New in PN: Trump Is dooming his party to a midterm blowout

"The difference between '18 and '26 is that not only has Trump become even more repellent, his actions have made everything worse. In fact, it’s hard to imagine what more he could do to enrage voters & ensure his party’s defeat in November"