Perth Listens
@perthlistens.bsky.social
Newly formed community group in the Federal seat of Perth. Doing politics differently, starting with listening. On Whadjuk Noongar country.
Victorians go to the polls in November. There’s a lot at stake for climate action, integrity in politics, gender equity and more. Not just in Victoria but federally. Help communities win, donate to C200's community accelerator fund now. #Independents #Auspol www.climate200.com.au/community-ac...
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One Nation’s Trump-style divisive politics are a danger to our democracy, women's rights and climate action... but we have a plan.
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Independent Australian media have clocked that One Nation is copying Netanyahu campaign ads, says @lucyham.bsky.social. Something we woudn't expect mainstream media to inevestigate. #auspol lucyham29.substack.com/p/brief-who-...
Brief: Who is running marketing for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation... apart from pro-Israel figures.
It has just been revealed that One Nation’s latest advertisement is an AI slop (almost) word-for-word copy of an ad for Netanyahu. The video for their Victorian launch was more toxic AI slop.
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Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
🇦🇺 households are dealing with interest rate rises while corporate profits increase & multinational tax loopholes remain unaddressed. In this ep we talk about this + the trade-offs around AI & update on what’s happened lately in the senate & in parliamentary inquiries. youtu.be/90IuwGjfzz8
Who pays? - AI, rate rises and our biggest tax bludgers
YouTube video by David Pocock
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A beautiful morning to join Perth Listens meet and greet in Stuart Street Reserve at 11am. We will be near Parkside Coffee on the southern side of the park. Grab a coffee and come and tell us what matters to you. No speeches. No agenda. Just coffee and conversation. #Auspol
Our fucking sovereign wealth fund is making money from students paying $519 a week to share a room while Youth Allowance is $677 a fortnight. We're using public wealth to profit from a housing crisis instead of fixing it. How completely insane have we become? #auspol
Future Fund earns big returns on extortionate student accommodation - Michael West
As rents and cost of living rise, Future Fund is making strong returns from Australian housing, including student accommodation.
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For Australians dealing with a cost-of-living crisis due to soaring oil prices that have led to huge profits for gas companies, the figures are a slap in the face. Read the full piece on The Point: https://sbrew.link/jiwpRnTN
Political Gadgets - Find My Electorate helps find your electorate, and maps state and local government boundaries. #Auspol
Political Gadgets@politicalgadgets.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Find My Electorates gadget now comes with added mapping. Why? To be honest mostly because it's pouring with rain in Sydney and I was looking for something to do... https://politicalgadgets.com/electorate_finder/
Interesting synopsis of Australia's intergenerational report 👇 More workers, higher household incomes, more tax revenue and a larger productive economy. And the energy transition is a defining structural shift where Australia has advantages if we play our cards right. #renewables #Auspol
David Lamond@davidlamond.bsky.social · 2w agoIs #auspol really “cooked”? Yeah … nah! @snarkygherkin.bsky.social substack.com/@snarkygherk...
Australians have embraced clean energy because it works, and communities like Kooyong rejected expensive, slow, risky nuclear fantasies in favour of faster action on climate change in 2022 and 2025.
Dr Monique Ryan, independent MP for Kooyong, doing the work for all Australians 👇 Support, donate, vote independent. #independents #Auspol
Dr Monique Ryan@mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 3w agoIt's an outrage that foreign tech company's agent can hack one of our key health care agencies - and that we only learn about it months later when the US tech company bothers to email our government.
Incoming electoral reforms will cap the amounts parties can spend on election campaigning, but it’s still far too high. Here’s what the rules should be instead.
New rules finally put a ceiling on money in politics – but the cap is double what it should be
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Woohoo 💃 welcome @voices-of-hasluck.bsky.social Doing politics differently for our neighbours in Hasluck, Western Australia. Support, donate, vote independents. #independents #Auspol
Voices of Hasluck@voices-of-hasluck.bsky.social · last mo.We believe there is a better way of doing politics. One where community is at the heart of our democracy. Where people come before powerful interests. Where our representatives listen, work with us, and act in our community's best interests. Add your voice: tinyurl.com/voicesofhaslucksurvey
Perth Listens hold regular meet and greets to hear from the people of Perth about what matters to them. Join us at 11am on Saturday 3rd October in the Stuart Street Reserve, Perth. No speeches. No agenda. Just coffee and conversation. #Independents #Auspol www.perthlistens.com.au/civicrm/even...
Meet & Greet in Perth
2026-10-03 • 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM Stuart Street Reserve Stuart Street Perth, WA 6000 Australia Join us at Stuart Street Reserve in Perth for our October Meet & Greet. If you've been wondering what Pert...
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Reminder for people living in the Federal electorate of Perth 👇 Perth Listens is keen to hear from you. Our Listening Report will be built around responses to the survey here www.perthlistens.com.au/surveys/comm... Support, donate, vote independent. #independents #Auspol
Perth Listens@perthlistens.bsky.social · 3w agoLive in the Federal electorate of Perth? Perth Listens invites you to complete our Community Listening Survey, to understand what matters to you. Your responses will form part of our Community Listening Report. #PerthListens #Auspol www.perthlistens.com.au/surveys/comm...
In Australia, participation in the democratic process is compulsory. https://michaelwest.com.au/democracys-despair-new-donation-laws-to-entrench-uniparty-power/
Independents work hard for all Australians. #independents #Auspol
The Point@thepointau.bsky.social · 3w agoAn independent politician in the Northern Territory is taking on some of Australia’s biggest betting companies, after accusing the Albanese government of squandering its chance to tackle the powerful sector. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/new/260921-n...
Remember when the Labor Government were spruiking their industrial relations reforms? ‘Same job, same pay!’ Senator Fatima Payman on being the only independent parliamentarian without any personal staff 👇 #Auspol
The Point@thepointau.bsky.social · 3w ago‘I wish I didn’t have to resort to such a tactic, but I was out of options, and I knew this was a surefire way to get the Prime Minister’s attention’ writes Senator Fatima Payman. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Live in the Federal electorate of Perth? Perth Listens invites you to complete our Community Listening Survey, to understand what matters to you. Your responses will form part of our Community Listening Report. #PerthListens #Auspol www.perthlistens.com.au/surveys/comm...
Community Listening Survey - Perth Listens
Tell Us What You Think If you live in the Federal electorate of Perth, we’d love you to complete our Community Listening Survey so that we can understand what matters to you. Results from this survey and our Community Conversations will be compiled into a Community Listening Report, to be released in 2027. Your responses […]
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Perth Listens is one of Australia's community groups who are committed to listening to and engaging with the local community. Our work has boosted Australia's ranking in one of the world's leading democracy indexes. #independents #Auspol
Dr Monique Ryan@mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 4w agoThese community groups have supported the rise of so-called community independent candidates, who purposefully focus on meaningful representation, promising to listen to and engage with the local community, free from the constraints that may come with party affiliation." www.idea.int/publications...
Things you love to see: "The rise of independents and teals...have helped boost Australia’s ranking in one of the world’s leading democracy indexes." citynews.com.au/2026/austral...
Australia rises as US plunges in world democracy report | Canberra CityNews
The year 2025 is being described as the worst of the century for freedom of expression, media rights, access to justice and more.
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Nicolette Boele (independent rep, Bradfield) asked the Treasurer for a nationally consistent definition of affordable housing, so affordable homes can be made for key workers. Treasurer confirmed Govt will. Independents work for all Australians. #Auspol www.nicoletteboele.com.au/housing_peti...
“Affordable housing” should mean homes we can afford
#BoeleForBradfield
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Labor's failure to explain, debate and engage deepens distrust in government. Democracy is not a spectator sport: join your local community group and find your voice. #PerthListens #Auspol
Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com · last mo.Labor may be governing competently behind the scenes, but too often the public is brought in only after insiders have reached agreement. That failure to explain, debate and engage is helping deepen distrust in government, Jack Waterford writes. #auspol #Albanese #Democracy
The duopoly re-wrote the rules to rig elections in their favour. Independents Zoe Daniel and Rex Patrick are fighting back, taking their case all the way to the High Court. Watch this case. Democracy is not a spectator sport. #Auspol
Peggy Sanders@peggysanders.bsky.social · last mo.Anne Twomey: This needs to be challenged before 2028 federal election. #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Doesn't believe in viruses? Bacteria? E-Coli not a thing in the bush, then?
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last mo.Gippsland councillor and One Nation candidate Ben Lucas pleads guilty to health code violations
No delusions here about what we've become - a base for B-52s (and anything else Washington fancies) B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Upgraded Australia Base share.google/eHpH8kptrq57...
B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Upgraded Australia Base
Air Force B-52 bombers landed at an air base in northern Australian in a demonstration of the U.S. ability to project force in the Pacific.
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The electorate of Farrer produces 6% of Australia's food. The 40% figure MP David Farley frequently quotes applies to the entire Murray-Darling Basin area which includes parts of NSW & Victoria. It's 1 million square kilometres in size. #auspol www.aap.com.au/factcheck/on...
One Nation MP muddles figures on food production
David Farley MP claimed that 40 per cent of Australia's food comes out of his Farrer electorate, but the real figure is much lower.
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