Tanya George

@lassiewelsh.bsky.social

50+ woman. 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Left of politics. Nature lover. Hoping to see real climate action and a retreat to compassionate politics.

The Greens are set to push Labor to dramatically toughen new laws designed to rein in big tech, with the minor party demanding changes that would give people more control over their social media feeds and take platforms to court directly. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Greens prepare for fight with Labor over social media algorithm reform, with ‘pervert glasses’ in its sights

Minor party plans to drive a bargain in exchange for support for digital duty of care legislation

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In the last 48 hours, Trump has invented an energy ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine, pretended that much of this year’s energy price surge is not because of his reckless war on Iran and cut a side deal to funnel billions to Russia for sanctioned diesel. Not a friend. End AUKUS.

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Delighted that Navi Pillay, chair of the UN commission which found Israel guilty of genocide in Gaza, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Let Trump and Netanyahu splutter and fume: the truth becomes ever harder to deny.

Seven of nine planetary boundaries have now been crossed, yet Australia still expands coal and gas while talking up its climate credentials. Humanity’s safe operating space is shrinking fast, Peter Sainsbury writes. #Climate #Environment #auspol

Peter Cronau: Runway extensions, new military infrastructure & US planning are transforming Cocos Islands into strategically important forward operating base, with little public debate about role Australia assuming in future conflict with China. #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...

Australian island base's hidden US military role

Runway extensions, new military infrastructure and US planning are transforming the Cocos Islands into a strategically important forward operating base, with little public debate about the role Austra...

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Australians shouldn’t be bluffed by businesses claiming they’ll go broke due to credit card charges ending. Before paying by card streamlined their accounting procedures businesses had costs associated with cash handling and security. They survived. #AusPol

More than half of rural Australia’s population growth since 2017 has come from overseas migration. Cut migration without a regional population strategy and many smaller communities could decline even faster, Stewart Lockie, Nick Osbaldiston and Rana Dadpour write. #auspol #Migration

He took his self entitlement when the global community shunned him and went home Ideology failure! Gaslighting isn’t working anymore No accountability here Vote only for community representatives that must be accountable directly to their communities

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