G20 Member Countries: The Twenty Economies Shaping Global Policy. caused 80 per cent of climate change North America: United States, Canada, Mexico Europe: France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Türkiye, Russia Asia-Pacific: China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Australia +

G20 Member Countries: Complete List and Economic Profiles

All 20 members of the G20: the 19 countries plus the European Union. Economic weight, GDP share and role of each member in global governance.

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Late to the party, but how much do we freaking LOVE @kirstyhowey.bsky.social ? ❤️

Josh Taylor@joshtaylor.bsky.social · 2w ago

Lol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The AFR is reporting a deal has been done. Over our dead bodies (literally), and the opposition of the AHRC. #Auspol #NDIS #Disability #HumanRights www.linkedin.com/posts/cat-w-...

Human Rights Commission urges Australian Government to ‘hit pause’ on NDIS reform Bill | Cat W.

In the same HOUR the Australian Human Rights Commission is calling for the Government to halt the NDIS Bill, the AFR is reporting a deal has been done. I’d say over our dead bodies, but that is what...

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This is Gina Martin ⬇️ who founded and ran a campaign that made upskirting a specific sexual offence in England and Wales. It became law in 2019. She's now calling for Kmart Australia to withdraw Anko Surveillance Glasses. FYI @violetblue.bsky.social

Demand Kmart take the Anko surveillance glasses off the shelf

Camera glasses are moving quickly into the mainstream. Meta has sold more than 7 million pairs and hired Kylie Jenner to sell more. At $89, against several hundred dollars for the Meta version, the te...

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Freda Wallace She/Ra@missfreda.bsky.social · 2w ago

From Gina Martin

Slight problem referring racism to the police force, when the police force is racist in Australia. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

'Our only option': Aboriginal police officers take racism allegations to court

Current and former Aboriginal community police officers have launched a class action alleging they were racially vilified, abused and underpaid while working for the NT Police Force.

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Fahad Ali@fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 9h ago

Contempt is an offence under the Royal Commissions Act 1902. It's not enough to kindly ask people to not engage in racism when that racism is being egged on by the press. The Commissioner should refer those responsible to the AFP. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Can we stop the "soaring EV Sales are making a difference" BS @drilledmedia.bsky.social @akshatrathi.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social? #thewaroncars

Fred Nurk@f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · last wk.

@lorak.bsky.social "EVs are estimated to avoid around 600 million litres of petrol use each year." So, that's only 30,564,000,000 liters instead of 31,164,000,000. 6.8 barrels per person instead of 7, right @davidfickling.bsky.social ? Australia = still the largest users per capita. #energysky

“We wasn’t going to give up. We was gonna continue to fight, but I’m glad that we did get a really good outcome from the High Court, and we’re really happy,” she said. “Those elders that have passed on, they would be really happy and proud of what we have achieved for our country.” 🖤💛❤️✊🏽

The Guardian 🤖 - Northern Territory (unofficial)@theguardian-nt.bsky.social · 13h ago

NT government had granted 30-year licence to grow fruit and vegetables but native title holders say it threatened sacred sites and the fragile desert environment. Native title holders have won a high court appeal, overturning the largest groundwater licence ever granted in the Northern Territory, …

“the proposed cuts to the NDIS - & potentially her own care - instilled fear in her & the wider disabled community. NDIS support is something she has had to fight for, advocating for herself..”Fight, fight, fight for everything. It's never been easy," Ms Carlson said” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

'Where are the fakers'? NDIS recipient slams argument for overhaul

NDIS recipient Nicci Carlson, who is in constant pain and may soon lose her eyesight, says cuts to the scheme are making vulnerable people living with a disability scapegoats for Australians hit hard ...

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These issues go back 200 years in some cases.

'Our only option': Aboriginal police officers take racism allegations to court

Current and former Aboriginal community police officers have launched a class action alleging they were racially vilified, abused and underpaid while working for the NT Police Force.

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Australia’s rate of homelessness was 47 people per 10000 last census, which is more that double that of USA. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social

Jim Chalmers@jimchalmers.bsky.social · 2d ago

BREAKING: New numbers show that more businesses were created in July than in any other month on record.

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The vulnerable workers bearing the cost of providing Australia with cheap food

Behind the fruit and vegetables on Australia's supermarket shelves are workers whose stories are rarely heard.

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This is the story behind the food on our supermarket shelves Across two continents, this investigation asks why exploitation persists despite decades of promises to stamp it out, and who is responsible for ensuring the food we buy is produced fairly? #food #fraud #slavery youtu.be/IgyIVjnLakM?...

Is chocolate really ethically, sustainably or responsibly sourced? | Four Corners

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth

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A quick reel of photos from our assignment on Cocoa production in Ghana, West Africa. #chocolate #cocoa #farming #photography #4corners

To accommodate the growing number of spectators and designers, the event is taking place over two shows under the stars at the newly built Charles Darwin University campus in the Darwin CBD before a sold-out crowd, with the first held on Sunday.

Australia's biggest showcase of Indigenous fashion hits the runway

Held across two sold-out shows in a new location, this year's Country to Couture features 21 collections crafted by artists and designers from communities across the country.

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Because the Australia Institute are hardcore lobbying for a gas tax which enables their funding billionaire Andrew Forrest to profit from gas imports, renewables and data centers, that’s why. fyi @akshatrathi.bsky.social

The Point@thepointau.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Why data centre greenwashing is about to explode” by climate analyst, @ketanjoshi.co Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

May the racist be pounded into paste by angry powerlifting women who deserve their time in the sun. ✊🏿

'I am racist and did it on purpose': Belgian powerlifter sabotaged during world championship

While the athlete initially defended the staff member, it later emerged that he acted purposely and with a racist motive.

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Josh Grubbs@joshuagrubbsphd.com · last wk.

This really isn’t the app that I use for my fitness hobbies, but there is a major Nazi scandal going on in the powerlifting world right now where one of the beastiest (laudatory) women powerlifters in the world (Sonita Muluh) got robbed of a world record squat (over 700lbs) by a spotter

@akshatrathi.bsky.social When Fortescue is reliant on China buying his iron ore for processing, what else is he going to do?

Reuters@reuters.com · last wk.

Fortescue chair calls for fair negotiations with China reut.rs/4vMT7nL

If Andrew Forrest cared about climate, he would not be a billionaire who regularly uses his private jet. The only thing green about him is the money he’s prepared to make, damn the consequences. #AndrewForrest

Celebplanes.com@celebplanes.bsky.social · 4d ago

Andrew Forrest's Bombardier Global 8000 just touched down at YPPH (Perth) — 31m from ???. FL410 cruise · ~234 gal. #celebplanes #celebjettracking #privatejet #avgeek #andrewforrest #bombardierglobal8000 celebplanes.com/flight/14040

Why would any First Nations person listen to Noel Pearson when he's a paid director of #Fortescue who are being sued by the Yinjibarndi people for destruction of over 100 sacred sites?

Noel Pearson calls for dismantling of state Aboriginal affairs departments

The Indigenous leader speaks out as a major shake-up of the land rights system is announced at the Garma Festival, 50 years since the creation of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act.

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Fred Nurk@f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · last yr.

🧵1/3 "The Silence Of Fortescue's Noel Pearson". The Indigenous leader now serves as a director of Fortescue, the only major mining company running roughshod over the native title rights of its traditional owners. #Colonialism #AndrewForrest #NoelPearson #Australia

This is the largest electric ferry, actually the largest electric vessel of any sort, in the world -- built in Australia and being readied for delivery to South America. Australia has no operating electric ferries of any size.

go follow @news.abc.net.au@abc-news.bsky.social · 5d ago

Slow-motion big ship lift operation thrills spectators in Hobart: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/tasmania-incat-ferry-ship-lift-operation-black-marlin-hobart/106981888

Australia: Birds killed by 66 wind turbines in 1 year: 20 Birds killed by bushfires in summer 2019-20: approx 180 million What is having an impact on bird populations @kevinjkircher.com? #energysky #renewables

'Almost inconceivable': 3 billion animals believed killed or displaced in Australia's summer fires

The study, commissioned by WWF Australia and conducted by researchers from several universities, revises up the previous estimate of 1 billion animals impacted by the fires but is still based on "lowe...

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Ryan Cropp@ryancropp.bsky.social · 4w ago

Green groups have demanded stricter rules around the impact of renewables on native wildlife after a major developer revealed one of its wind farms in southern NSW had killed 20 wedge-tailed eagles in the past 18 months. www.afr.com/policy/energ...

Altman proclaiming the “singularity”; the Guardian publishing blather about possible AI consciousness; OpenAI and Anthropic blaming their cybercrimes on “rogue models”—the nonsense is coming fast and thick. Time for another MAIHT3k livestream with me & @alexhanna.bsky.social: Mon, Aug 3, noon PT

dair_institute - Twitch

Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).

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Really happy to support the work 404 does.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it www.404media.co/ai-company-t...

“Australia remains the world’s second-largest exporter of fossil fuel emissions, while governments continue approving coal and liquefied natural gas projects intended to operate well into the 2050s and, in some cases, the 2080s.” fyi @kevinjkircher.com #energysky

“Passed unanimously after hours of closed-door discussion among members & lawyers, it forgoes what was already Aust’s largest ever native title payout & instructs the Yinjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal Corporation to formally lodge an appeal before Aug 27 court deadline” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Pilbara traditional owners set to appeal Fortescue's $150m native title penalty

Yindjibarndi native title holders have voted to continue their decades-long legal battle with mining billionaire Andrew Forrest.

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Wanthiwa Yindjibarndi <3 forrest jumped at the chance to pay a pittance Fortescue's massive Solomon Hub has generated an estimated $80 billion in revenue since breaking ground in 2013. 240 sacred sites had been made inaccessible by mining operations, while at least 124 were destroyed.

Pilbara traditional owners set to appeal Fortescue's $150m native title penalty

Yindjibarndi native title holders have voted to continue their decades-long legal battle with mining billionaire Andrew Forrest.

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The judgment of other nations is clear: The fossil-fueled Australian govt's pretensions to be a climate leader are fraudulent. #ClimateCrisis #hypocrisy #auspol

ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 6d ago

Multiple sources say Australia has not yet succeeded in convincing world leaders and heads of government to attend a high-profile United Nations climate meeting in the Pacific.

"Today's decision is about the mining activities on our Ngurra (country) and a mining company that has went on deliberately and intentionally disrespecting the wishes of the Yindjibarndi people." TLDR: Andrew Forrest? Human Rights? 😂 #AndrewForrest #Fortescue

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 6d ago

Yindjibarndi vote to appeal $150m penalty against Andrew Forrest's Fortescue

@symbo1ics.bsky.social the content is bad enough, but that font is just the icing on one fucked up cake.

John Delmenico@thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 7d ago

we need to take social disability theory framework away from media people until they learn how to use it properly

The Australia Institute is funded by Andrew Forrest, who via his company Fortescue, remains our 2nd largest mining billionaire + polluter. For every dollar paid in carbon credits re: safeguard mechanism, Fortescue received $47 in taxpayer funded diesel subsidies. #AndrewForrest #Fortescue #Minderoo

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · 6d ago

“Every billion spent buying dodgy carbon offsets is a billion dollars that wasn’t spent on our low-carbon economy needs.” writes co-CEO Richard Denniss in the Financial Review. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social