This frivolous and conspicuous squillionaire consumption is a drain on housing construction resources that is desperately needed to build housing during the housing crisis, not a useless mansion. #auspol

Andy Fleming@slackbastard.bsky.social · 4d ago

More importantly, 'Antony Catalano wants permission to build a third luxury home to expand his planned controversial family estate in Byron Bay, in a proposal that would take his total outlay to more than $67 million.' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

this may seem like a joke but it is actual policy in the usa

Capital wants you to ruin your body for their productivity #auspol

I wrote this back in 2011 and it is still a banger alexwhite.org/2011/05/from... #auspol

From Progressive Australia: "Beyond preoccupations" | Alex White

A friend of mine recently asked me "why socialism?" -- why would progressive people on the left still call themselves socialists or argue that our goal should

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Gently pushing back on neoliberal economics that aim to depoliticise economics. #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Absolute classic #auspol

Call me crazy but introducing marketisation to vital health products and medication seems like a catastrophically bad idea. The reason why supermarkets & petrol companies offer discounts is because they're profiting massively - why would we want that with medicine? #auspol

Grattan Institute@grattaninstitute.bsky.social · 3w ago

Your supermarket can discount bread. Your servo can discount petrol. But strict rules stop your pharmacy discounting most medicines. It’s time to rebalance the scales and get patients a better deal: grattan.edu.au/news/let-pha...

"An economic crisis, for instance, engenders on the one hand discontent ... and spontaneous mass movements, and on the other conspiracies among the reactionary groups" Every resurgence of fascism bears witness to a failure of moderation and centrism. #auspol

Looks like wanting to cut penalty rates and paid parental leave is actually pretty unpopular www.nine.com.au/australia-ne... #auspol

The ultra-rich corporate executives and billionaires have a vested interest in keeping you focused on other issues. They won’t want you taking a look at why their prices have skyrocketed and how they benefit from draining your wages and income. alexwhite.org/2026/07/what... #auspol

This is very silly and sad if true. #auspol

When the state sells off public assets like electricity, water, or housing, it encloses the commons. It transforms essential human needs into commodities that must prioritise profits. www.theage.com.au/national/ris... #auspol

It is utter nonsense that sacking 80,000 workers, or increasing the mortgage payments for a worker on avg income will reduce the cost-of-living crisis or inflation, which is largely caused by corporate profiteering & international shocks to supply chains. alexwhite.org/2026/07/rese... #auspol

US billionaires, eh?

#auspol #costofliving

can't get in the way of those profits www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

This principle doesn't apply to people on the NDIS who'll be kicked off tho...? #auspol

Better candidates are not enough substack.com/@alexwhite/n... #auspol

Increasing "foreign direct investment" is not a sign of a healthy, productive economy. It more often tracks the transition from national ownership to permanent subordination to Wall St and US Empire. #auspol www.afr.com/policy/econo...

Australia's anti-monopoly laws are utterly fucked. www.realcommercial.com.au/news/bunning... #auspol

Right-wing economists continue to try to convince you that sacking 80,000 workers will magically reduce the cost-of-living crisis AND tackle the rise of the far right. #auspol

Right-wing economists continue to try to convince you that sacking 80,000 workers will magically reduce the cost-of-living crisis AND tackle the rise of the far right. #auspol

These "centrists" would rather have Trump and white supremacist Christofascism than ever allow moderate social democrats...

Truthout@truthout.org · last mo.

Centrist Democrats are gearing up to organize against progressives and democratic socialists, who have been racking up victories over the last two years by presenting themselves as an alternative to a failed status quo that lost the 2024 election to President Donald Trump.

@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Just saw you on Adam Conover with Ed Zitron - didn't realise you were a solid leftie, which is very good. 👍

Great thread #auspol

Lucy Hamilton@lucyham.bsky.social · last mo.

Listening to what functioned as the Atlas Network panel at the Advance conference a few months back, Daniel Wild performed a bizarre culture warrior radical performance. His fellows were lame with “woke will destroy us” but Wild was next level. open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...

"Global leaders are banking on tech advances to solve climate change." It's a lie. projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c... #auspol #climate #carboncapture

A textbook symptom of over-accumulation and the deepening contradictions of late-stage capitalism - the ultra-rich have so much money and nowhere profitable to invest it and so instead goes into frivolous, unproductive and absurd speculative assets like a T-Rex handbag.

Why is One Nation surging? When living standards stall, the entire economic and political system faces a legitimation crisis where the old political narratives lose all credibility. People correctly register that their stress is caused by the system. alexwhite.org/2026/06/econ... #auspol

The technocrat measures the citizen by their literacy, while citizens starve for honesty. A truth told with bad intent beats all the data you can invent. alexwhite.org/2026/06/disi... #auspol

Feeling disillusioned? | Alex White

In March 2026, the ABC had a writeup of the McKinnon Foundation's poll that found that most Australians are thoroughly disillusioned with politics.

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Instead of cutting the NDIS, why not tax gas exports and introduce an ultra-wealth tax? #auspol