Larissa Waters asks former Treasury chief Ken Henry if it’s too simplistic to say wartime gas profits from the war on Iran can either go to Australians, or to overseas investors & shareholders.
Henry “That’s not simplistic, that’s how it is!” “It is as simple as that.” 💥 #auspol

Not falling for them apples

“Who Would Jesus Bomb?” - Rainbow Girls YouTube video by Rainbow Girls

I'm an atheist, but this is good www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQa3...

Australia's Gas Giveaway — Live Revenue Tracker Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports would raise $17 billion each year to fund essential services. Nearly $50 million every single day, seven days a week, flowing to multination...

@australiainstitute.org.au is counting how much revenue Australia has missed out on by failing to tax gas exports every second.

It's up to $68 billion and rising!

gas.australiainstitute.org.au

Why Iran makes Pauline Hanson more dangerous

Marcia Langton on One Nation: "Every time a Labor leader avoids confrontation for fear of alienating regional voters drifting towards One Nation, those voters are left entirely in Hanson’s hands. That is why the timidity of the major parties is not a secondary matter." satpa.pe/AO1QmP4

I have always seen myself as ‘progressive’ – but with AI it’s time to hit the brakes | Peter Lewis At a time when the populist right is on the rise, progressives are shooting blanks while history rushes headlong into an automated future Canberra rolled out the red carpet this week to one of the AI overlords whose technology is driving the world down the path of creative destruction. Anthropic’s CEO Dario Amodei, the putative “good” tech oligarch, was spinning his version of a machine-driven future with the elan of a man who has untangled the mysteries of the universe – or at least built a predictive text model that can scrape the output of humanity and spit out compelling summaries of our collective consciousness. He regaled the prime minister, assorted elected officials and the tech sector’s glitterati with his pitch for good AI that would transform the economy, before becoming the first to sign up to the government’s new datacentre principles, conveniently released just a week earlier. It was compelling shill and, to be fair, Amodei is not the worst of the gods. He created Anthropic after leaving Open AI when the company dispensed with its not-for-profit, “safety first” mission. He regularly shares thoughtful essays on the path of technology and has been open about his fears for the impact of his own products. He broke with the Trump administration over the limits to how his technology would be used to spy on citizens and enable autonomous weapons, turning himself into an enemy of the state. Continue reading...

I have always seen myself as ‘progressive’ – but with AI it’s time to hit the brakes | Peter Lewis

“That decision to stop compulsory activities, taken almost 6 years ago to the day, was coupled with a payment that doubled JobSeeker, lifting it to the poverty line. These were decisions that met the moment we were in.“

Whee! A crow riding a plastic lid like it’s a snowboard.

America needs a movement to curb billionaires' power | Steven Greenhouse The country’s 900 billionaires have far too much influence over our government and economy. Here’s how we can reduce the power of the ultra-rich

America needs a movement to curb billionaires' power | Steven Greenhouse

Australian fossil fuel subsidies growing faster than NDIS, hitting $16.3 billion in 2025-26 Australian state and federal governments provided $16.3 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel producers and major users in 2025-26, according to new research from The Australia Institute.

Read the report ⤵️
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Hell yes! @birdlifeoz.bsky.social

"The far-right are benefitting from simply being the most obvious alternative to a failing status quo."

@garyseconomics.bsky.social on wealth inequality & how far-right parties have become the Steven Bradburys of global politics.

🎧 theaus.in/4rM2fYh

'The People's Economist' Gary Stevenson urges Australia to tax wealth properly, or wealth inequality will only worsen.

Listen to Follow the Money for more from Gary: https://theaus.in/4rM2fYh

Australia Institute Deputy Director Ebony Bennett asks The People's Economist Gary Stevenson, why don't Government's tax wealth properly?

Listen to Follow the Money for more from Gary: https://theaus.in/4rM2fYh

Don't forget to raise the rate. That's help Australians need.

An expert in budgie smugglers is surely the answer.

185 million. How many casual staff would that have secured? Utter travesty.

What should a writers’ festival be? There are cultural events that entertain, and there are rare ones that reorganise how a society encounters ideas. The Jaipur Literature Festival is the latter. Founded in 2006 by Namita Gokhale, Willi...

What should a writers’ festival be? www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/2026... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Single frame. Angus Taylor at table with generic colleague at whiteboard holding marker. On whiteboard, two headings: “GOOD IMMIGRANTS” and “BAD IMMIGRANTS”. Under first: “# People like us; # Business people; # Wealthy people; # Cheap labour”. Nothing yet under second. Taylor says: “Well, we DON’T want the kinds of people that come from repressive terrorist regimes…” Colleague says: “You mean, the people most likely to need somewhere safe to flee to?”

Bad immigrants.
My @smh cartoon.

The Claim:
Senator David Pocock has produced viral social media content claiming that Australia’s beer tax raises more revenue than the gas industry pays in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT).

Verdict:
True

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rX1tHU

Nice photo. Looks like he's got a flag stuck in his parietal lobe. That would explain a few things.

Asking Angus Taylor to unpack what he means when he talks about 'Australian Values' should be the basic duty of everyone in the media pack & every TV & radio i'viewer when they ask him a question
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Radio Mix - Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

Streets of Minneapolis (Radio Mix)

Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny

When both sides chant 'lower tax', the country pays in division As the Coalition reasserts “lower tax” as political identity and Labor rushes to deny the high-tax label, Australian politics is losing the language needed to fund shared purpose, rebuild trust and sustain public life.

When both major parties compete to look “low tax”, politics loses the language – and permission – to fund the public goods that hold society together, Stewart Sweeney writes.
#auspol #TaxPolicy #PublicGoods #SocialCohesion

Speaking of prosperity, gee up and raise the rate.

They won't find ALL the hollows.
They won't be able to extract ALL the hollows.
Many hollows will break, while attempting to extract and relocate them.
Gliders won't use many of the relocated hollows.
Greater gliders WILL die.
This is a disgrace!

Prove that you're human song

Herzog says demonstrations undermine his and Israel’s rights.
There is no right to commit genocide.
No right to slaughter civilians and children.
No right to starve people.
No right to breach international law.
No right to use apartheid.
No right to silence concerned Australians.

Cruelty as policy only works until the public recoils Trump’s immigration crackdown reveals how governments test public tolerance for cruelty exercised in the name of order – a lesson with clear echoes in Australia’s own recent history.

Trump’s masked immigration raids have tested how much cruelty the public will tolerate in the name of order. The backlash shows there are limits – and the lesson is not just for the US, writes Jack Waterford.
#PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #USpolitics #ruleoflaw

Schools aren’t designed for autistic children – these are the sensory challenges they face Loud classrooms are a key cause of distress for autistic children.

theconversation.com/schools-aren...