Regional Australians are feeling lonely, but these Old Bastards are helping http://dlvr.it/TW59y5

Great Aussie satirists, well worth a watch 😄

the Juice Media@thejuicemedia.com · 7h ago

Here's the full version of our latest Honest Government Ad (post Brazil / Serbia elections); in landscape format, for those like me who still can't get their head around vertical videos. PS. Thanks for all the awesome feedback on this latest HGA and to all the folks who signed up to our Patreon 💛🙏

Will you introduce a wealth tax to address this obscenity!? #auspol #greens

Senator David Shoebridge@davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 13h ago

We need to address inequality right now. The country's wealth is being siphoned up to a tiny ultra-rich. The top 1% have more wealth than the bottom 75% combined. Just look at the average wealth of the 1% over the past few decades compared with everyone else.

Is the $21 increase for jobseeker an interim measure on the way to a guaranteed liveable income, or is it replacing your commitment to lift every income support recipient above the poverty line? #auspol #Greens

Senator David Shoebridge@davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 13h ago

And we won’t leave people behind. We’ll provide the same $1,000 boost for people on income support, so millions of single Australian pensioners, carers, students and jobseekers get cost-of-living relief too.

It’s no time for tinkering and trade-offs that will barely be noticeable to the people who need help the most – whether they’re in a low-paid job, on Centrelink, or both. Greens coming out with a policy that “increases” JobSeeker less than what Morrison did in 2022 is not how you tackle poverty.

Greens launch $21-a-week tax cut in bid to 'replace Labor'

New Greens leader David Shoebridge will address the National Press Club, proposing a new tax cut and a welfare boost and declaring he will pursue "rivers of gold" from the resources sector.

abc.net.au

EU Climate Action Commissioner, the former McKinsey & Shell employee, Wopke "I have a weakness for business people" Hoekstra warns Europe to prepare for a 3°C warmer world Totally bonkers, disingenuous framing of a catastrophic scenario as a new "baseline against which resilience is calibrated"

How the EU adaptation framework vastly underplays the risk of a 3°C world

Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable - but it makes it seem so

strategicclimaterisks.substack.com

Euronews@euronews.com · yesterday

EU wants capitals to adjust to warming of 3°C ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/rkI2

Our country stands at a critical crossroads. Change must occur - but what kind of change? And crucially, for who? I'm presenting our alternative vision for this country at the National Press Club this Wednesday, 12:30pm AEDT. Tune in live on ABC TV & iView.

We keep telling the government - we don't want automated robo-debt, or data centres everywhere, or aged-care assessment by algorithm, or non-professional NDIS decisions. Employ real people. Pay real wages. Fix hospitals & schools. Tax the squillionaires & giant companies. Can't be any clearer.

Penny Allman-Payne@pennyallmanpayne.com · 2d ago

Older people have been saying this for months. Labor's automation of aged care assessments has been a disaster, under-assessing need and priority, denying care and driving up waitlists. It's past time to bin the whole thing and put humans back in charge of decision-making.

Democracy rewards the Salesmen and not the Statesmen.

We could just stop harrassing people in poverty, raise the fucking rate and tax the fuck out of rich bastards!

Antipoverty Centre@antipovertycentre.org · yesterday

Why does the government insist on trying to recover blood from a stone? If they want to aggressively recover so-called debts from people who've relied on Centrelink payments, they should at least wait until they can actually afford to live. @kristin8x.antipovertycentre.org on the latest debt BS

When public servants give evidence in a public hearing, about jobs that the public pays them to do, their answers should be direct, unambiguous, and detailed. That is the contract between the public and government. Any suggestion otherwise goes against that agreement.

#TaxWealth globally or this all ends very messily

The blistering @franceskalbs.bsky.social UN report you won't see much in the media. Captured media/journalists complicit in Gaza genocide Story by Aleta Moriarty #ABC #BBC #CNN #NYT #Murdoch #Israel michaelwest.com.au/un-puts-medi...

UN puts media giants on notice over Gaza as journalists' death toll spirals - Michael West

UN Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese has released a blistering report on media complicity in war crimes as Israelis head to the polls

michaelwest.com.au

"Carpet bomb them all". Speaking to The Guardian at an event ahead of Israel’s elections, a young Israeli woman called for Palestinians to be forcibly displaced from the Gaza Strip, saying they should be killed if they cannot be removed.

The lessons from Brazil and Serbia? Don't concede one inch of ground to the far right. Don't appease. Don't triangulate. Don't grovel. Don't say they have "legitimate concerns". Mobilise your base, and fight them with all the democratic means at your disposal.

Monstrous beyond all reckoning. The US is using remote sensing *designed for humanitarian purposes* for the opposite purpose, potentially drowning civilians en masse. Trump hates Somalis. His troops appear to be exploiting the weather to help slaughter them. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño

Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliber...

theguardian.com

We literally measure success by how quickly we consume the planet's resources. 🤦🏻‍♂️FFS

The capitalist 1% need us watched, tracked and intimidated while surveillance drones become the new normal and our privacy is quietly dismantled, all dressed up as public safety when it's really about power, control and keeping the masses in line… Fuck them! #auspol

'You won't hear us coming': Police surveillance is ramping up across Australia

Police forces across the country are increasingly integrating drones into their operations, concerning rights organisations.

sbs.com.au

Almost 150,000 Australians are being hit with Centrelink repayment debts that had been paused for years and calculated using the unlawful "income apportionment" method. It was a similar method to that used in Robodebt, and tallied up $4.4 billion in debts over two decades.

Centrelink 'hounding' Australians to pay back billions in debt calculated by 'unlawful' method

Almost 150,000 Australians are being hit with Centrelink repayment debts that had been paused for years and calculated using the unlawful "income apportionment" method.

au.finance.yahoo.com

NEW rights guide for people in employment services How to resist job agency bullshit, avoid punishments, and find the easiest pathway through mutual obligations. Share far and wide Online version here: t.co/t4HSnyzbuq Order a physical copy here: t.co/iCxKnNTWY9

#RealHeroes against #Fascism, #Brazil and #Serbia.

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 2d ago

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

AI companies say their products can cure cancer, take us to Mars, but apparently not respect the copyright of artists and creators... that just doesn't add up. Maybe the Minister isn't afraid but artists and others are!

BREAKING: Clueless PM apparently entirely unaware that tone-deaf philanthropy-porn photo-ops merely highlight his utter failure to raise up the most vulnerable. No One Left Behind™ #AusPol

Anthony Albanese@albomp.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal is bringing a little bit of joy to Australian families doing it tough. And that’s something our whole Parliament can support.

Rinse. Repeat. Fitzroy yuppies remain undefeated. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Lidia Thorpe rebukes defiant Hanson over bus attack cartoon

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has defended a cartoon showing independent senator Lidia Thorpe being run over by a bus.

theage.com.au

Use of automation in Australia's aged care system lacks safeguards and has led to unfair outcomes for elderly patients, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Automated aged care algorithm needs a human override, ombudsman finds

A damning report has laid bare serious concerns about the use of Australia's automated aged care funding system.

abc.net.au

Can we please do this in Australia? Pretty please?

Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 3d ago

The achievement of Serbian students overthrowing Aleksandar Vučić can't be overstated. In 2024, they began protesting. In 2025, they transformed a protest movement into civil dissidence. In 2026, they became a political party — and two months later, crushed a corrupt state-entrenched authoritarian.

I've used cannabis and I've struggled with mental health. I know firsthand how THC can worsen anxiety, so why the fuck are we prescribing high-strength cannabis for mental health conditions when there's evidence it can increase the risk of psychosis? Who's protecting patients? #auspol

#OneNation is #Hate in far more ways than this. Their #Rhetoric alone is #Violence to many groups. They should face #Consequences. That's how you maintain #SocialCohesion against these assholes, @albomp.bsky.social Never placate #Fascism at the expense of others if you want a stable society.

Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS@euanritchie.bsky.social · 3d ago

Why is Pauline Hanson not facing charges already? www.news24.com.au/politics/aus...

First movie you saw that made you cry from your soul?

Cosmic Clau@cosmicclau.bsky.social · 3d ago

First movie you saw that made you cry from your soul?

The world's 100 richest hoard US$7.46 TRILLION, enough to fund nearly 22 years of payments to almost eliminate extreme poverty, or more than 20 years of climate adaptation in developing countries. Just 100 people... meanwhile, billions struggle to survive. What a fucked up system!! #SocialistSunday