Spanish officials have diplomatically refrained from blaming Morocco for a surge of migrants in recent days. But few think its government is innocent

A migrant surge tests Spain’s open policies

It is also angering the rest of Europe

bit.ly

Labor promises cost-of-living relief and more tax cuts, but that leaves the structures driving insecurity largely untouched. The real issue is not just the cost of living – it is the cost of capitalism, Stewart Sweeney writes. #auspol #Labor #Economy

Labor should talk about the cost of capitalism

Labor’s promise to ease living costs and cut taxes may offer relief, but it avoids the deeper question of who owns, controls and profits from the systems making life insecure.

pearlsandirritations.com

I thought it was this one.

The Economist@economist.com · last wk.

Dutch know-how may have just tilted the global balance of power. Register for free to get the full picture

"Australia’s biggest industrial emitters are being paid to pollute, new analysis finds" Tegan George thepoint.com.au/new/260731-a...

Australia’s biggest industrial emitters are being paid to pollute, new analysis finds

New analysis has found Australia’s biggest industrial emitters received around $22 in Fuel Tax Credit rebates for every dollar they spent complying with the federal government’s emissions reduction po...

thepoint.com.au

Kmart is selling home-brand pervert goggles for $89. (Pretty urgent we do something about all this eh?)

This! www.smh.com.au/national/for...

Forgot password? From food apps to help lines, tech is being used to frustrate us

What starts with a craving for takeaway, leads to a frustrating password verification loop. Soon we are all spiralling.

smh.com.au

Tech companies need to generate huge revenues fast—or the economy could be in trouble, @annielowrey.bsky.social argues:

The AI Bubble Is No Ordinary Bubble

Tech companies need to generate huge revenues fast, or the economy could be in trouble.

bit.ly

Hum a few bars and I’ll fake it

Matt Bevan@mattbevan.bsky.social · 3w ago

The historically accurate version is a Greek dude just making it up one day and telling people about it.

Sadly, this is correct

Richard Murphy@richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 3w ago

I had some hopes. John Healey has shattered them www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/07... John Healey outlined what he saw as the role of the Treasury in a speech yesterday. It was pure George Osborne. There is no hope for Burnham with Healey in No. 11.

Beetaloo dreaming

Tim Lyons@picketer.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wait, WTF?

Oh dear. The Burnham Govt will fail, then. This was the litmus test.

Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org · 3w ago

It's great that Burnham has committed to keeping the existing fiscal rules... but our numbers show his headroom is narrowing. The latest episode of High Resolution digs into the challenges facing the new PM 👇 buff.ly/YC754Cy

Control the growth of private rents and re-link Local Housing Allowance to private rental costs www.jrf.org.uk/housing/how-...

📣 📣 📣 The Australian Social Policy Conference draft program is now available on our website: www.aspc2026.com/program Check it out and register to join us for what promises to be an excellent #ASPC2026 in sunny ☀️ Meeanjin / Brisbane, at The University of Queensland - 30 Sep-2 Oct 2026 🫶

Misinformation is rife on social media and plays a key role in fuelling racist abuse, violence and even riots But the way we regulate it is - bluntly - rubbish In the second part of my look at social media regulation, I focus on our flawed approach to misinformation and how we might improve it:

How do you solve a problem like social media? Part II - misinformation

Misinformation and disinformation are among the worst online scourges, with huge real-world impacts. Why are our regulations so weak? And are there risks in making them stronger?

chamindajayanetti.substack.com

With bills still set to rise over £150 this October, this money would have been better spent on more targeted support.

What could be more poisonous to productivity than the Aussie habit of endless speculation in land, fuelled by tax breaks?

Dr Peter Davidson@pagdavidson.bsky.social · last mo.

So Paul Sakkal, do you really think that sprinkling the fairy dust of neoliberalism - slashing care services, income tax and regulation of AI, will stop inflation in its tracks? www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

So Paul Sakkal, do you really think that sprinkling the fairy dust of neoliberalism - slashing care services, income tax and regulation of AI, will stop inflation in its tracks? www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

One neglected economic element in Labor’s agenda will come back to bite them, and us

Can Albanese and Chalmers find a fresh model for growth that stops Australia turning into a permanently sclerotic nation where people feel more and more glum? It’s not looking good.

smh.com.au

Segal's disgraceful agenda laid bare: 'The conflict in Gaza was over represented' So, dont look here, look somewhere else! www.smh.com.au/national/ant...

Antisemitism royal commission as it happened: ABC boss concedes error in correcting story about dying babies in Gaza

In a high-profile hearing day, which featured ABC and SBS executives, the royal commission heard that Jews believe the public broadcasters give too much attention to Gaza.

smh.com.au

Powerful read from Amy McQuire #NAIDOCWeek

One Nation is not new or unprecedented. It is a product of Queensland's specific brand of anti-Indigenous racism

Even weeds need specific conditions to grow, and it just so happens that One Nation thrives particularly well in the blood-soaked soil of Queensland.

blackwitness.com

Listen to all four episodes of an Australia Institute podcast series exploring why an amnesty is needed for the estimated 7,000 people who have "disengaged" from the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts 📖 Read the full piece: https://theaus.in/4p7MCKv

Framing AI as a US–China arms race isn't just wrong—it's dangerous. Our new anthology, Reimagining the AI Arms Race, features 10 essays by policymakers, academics & public intellectuals, incl. @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @alturobov.bsky.social exploring alternative ways. 👉https://shorturl.at/GR6yO

“I like Karl,” said the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns' Of course you do. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have always wished the best for Karl Stefanovic. But if he’s selling racists, thugs and conspiracy theorists, I hope he fails | Hugh Riminton

When I first met Stefanovic he was immediately likable. How has his compass shifted so far that he platforms a man who stirs up terrorist attacks on mosques?

theguardian.com

The $30 Billion Token Tab vs. the $100 Billion GPU Binge: users spend $30 billion on roiling boils of linear algebra while GPU makers and TSMC feast on an $100‑billion build‑out—and nobody really knows if it’s for genuine productivity or just option value on the First Coming of Digital God... 1/

Exponential View Has an Informed View of the Money Flows in the Generative-AI Economy: CHARTS OF THE DAY

The $30 Billion Token Tab vs. the $100 Billion GPU Binge: sers spend $30 billion on roiling boils of linear algebra while GPU makers and TSMC feast on an $100‑billion build‑out—and nobody really...

braddelong.substack.com

Did you know? In 2025, consumers reported to the FBI $389 million of losses to scams involving crypto ATMs, which can be used to quickly move victims’ funds overseas and beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement.

Crypto ATM operator Bitcoin Depot files for bankruptcy - ICIJ

With regulators cracking down on the cash-to-cryptocurrency kiosks in a bid to stop scammers, Bitcoin Depot has said that its business model is no longer viable.

buff.ly

Oz is not doing well here

The Economist@economist.com · last mo.

A common complaint among working parents is that child care has become too expensive. We analysed these costs in 36 countries to see how bad nursery bills are getting

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Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · last mo.

Johnson: If we lose the midterms, these Democrats will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors, friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.

2. Vlandis: whose desperate need to sign the biggest sports broadcasting deal ever drains the resources real journalists need to compete with the Stefanovices. One big gamble, literally! www.smh.com.au/business/com...

Nine, Foxtel win NRL rights in massive Australian sport media deal

The $5 billion deal would keep the sporting code with its current media partners and hand the NRL more money than the AFL’s rival arrangement.

smh.com.au

Dr Peter Davidson@pagdavidson.bsky.social · last mo.

The two men destroying Oz journalism: 1. Stefanovic! Who discovered the road to the alt universe of the far right is paved with gold. www.smh.com.au/business/com...

The two men destroying Oz journalism: 1. Stefanovic! Who discovered the road to the alt universe of the far right is paved with gold. www.smh.com.au/business/com...

Tone-deaf Stefanovic has the hide to bag the network that made him a star and paid him millions

Karl Stefanovic has espoused the virtues of free speech and the airing of different perspectives. Few would disagree. But it is hard to swallow such a sermon from the axed Today host.

smh.com.au

But their defence of Greenland was a success!

Luke Buckmaster@skillhello.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Viking related sports celebrations are pure cringe

Oh dear

Tax Justice Network@taxjustice.net · 2mo ago

⚽If financial secrecy had a league table, the World Cup hosts are top of the wrong one. Our new real estate secrecy index measures how weak transparency rules in property markets, combined with market size, opportunities for illicit finance. #FSI2026 👉 tinyurl.com/h4td8a2a #MoneyLaundering