Does resource scarcity really lead to violence?
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Richard Boult, Active Citizen (he) #auspol #ukpol #climate #MMT #socialism #ecosocialism #energysky #greensky Save the World from CO2 now! Make a Better Society. Earth can provide the needs of the 99%, but not the greed of the 1% Sydney, Australia.
“An actual king... had to come back here to remind us to wake the f**k up” Jon Stewart
![Single frame. Title - instruction: “[place cartoon here - ed]”. Appearance of yellow torn out lined note paper held in place by sticky tape. Text: “The Herald-Sun has this week published an AI cartoon, where previously they might have commissioned one of their (dwindling) stable of artists. And it makes sense. (Not the cartoon.) After all, what is a cartoon, but a picture with a caption and maybe some helpful labels to make a point? In this case, a point the editor who prompted it wanted to make.
I mean, how hard can cartooning be? We would all be doing them if it weren’t for our lack of drawing skill (and some cartoonists aren’t very skilled, let’s face it), and AI means nobody has to pay the outrageous fees that “artists” charge, while they can “borrow” their existing work to train AI. It’s literally a no-brainer!” (Small picture of a brain crossed out) “We can only hope they can keep up the quality, once the AI can only be trained using other AI cartoons.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:udzkh2jubo3w6ei42ftanhhj/bafkreienll3o4kbt6srhmsbo3wzlxmns7h6sjewulopapubzjbgjqtaovq)
Alboweasel's phone call with Trump. " All the way with Trump D J "
New York should have put Trump on trial back in 2011 for eating his pizza with a fork #TDS30
A voluntary assisted dying (VAD) bill has finally been re- introduced to Northern Territory (NT) parliament, after years of campaigning. But the Country Liberal Party (CLP) is intent on making it unnecessarily restrictive. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1459/ne...
Lia Finocchiaro criticised over the NT’s obstructive VAD bill
A voluntary assisted dying bill has finally been re-introduced to Northern Territory parliament, after years of campaigning. But as Suzanne James reports, the Country Liberal Party is intent on making...
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The data centre industry’s greenwashing is buried in grey areas and jargon, and the government isn’t doing enough to fix it. In his latest article, Senior Research Associate Ketan Joshi explains what their proposed new regulations will mean for Australia. #auspol
Why does the Reserve Bank want to make Australians feel poorer? 🤔 Co-CEO Richard Denniss answers this question and more in the latest episode of 'What's the Point?' 🏦🏦🏦 #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
Richard Denniss is going on tour for his new book, More Fool Me: How the gas industry tricked Australia. You can book tickets via our events page: https://australiainstitute.org.au/events/ The essay is out now: https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/more-fool-me-vantage-point-issue-6
The NT wait list for social housing in its urban centres ranges from six to 10 years long. Yet the government’s housing strategy makes no quantitative commitment in the short to medium term to construct new social housing dwellings. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1459/ne...
NT gov’t releases investor-focused housing strategy
The Greens said while the NT has some of the worst protections for renters in Australia, the Country Liberal Party is doing nothing to address the problem. Stephen W Enciso reports.
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of one’s life. That said, the grandfathered arrangements should be gradually phased out. We need to overcome the injustices that property owners had built in for themselves and against the rest. (Battler-bashing GST as a replacement for wealth tax.)
changed to debit card they'd deigned to allow me. So much work when I wasn't on all accounts. I was lucky that we had enough spare to keep the roof, pay the bills, but he'd done all that (a habit we fell into after his business degree). Had to find how to keep lights on in his chaos. Being widowed
🧵Thanks to @jimchalmers.bsky.social for not making being widowed harder. My husband died out of the blue not that long after Covid, and I had chosen to return to study instead of work after that interruption. Being stripped of a credit card (and no right to my own) felt humiliating. All bills to be
Is Australian climate policy finally heading in the right direction? @leanneminshull.bsky.social, @rodcampbell.bsky.social & @glennconnley.bsky.social discuss dodgy carbon credits coming under fire, the federal review of the Safeguard Mechanism & the demise of Climate Active. 🎧 theaus.in/4pXWYgb
This discussion took place in 🇦🇺 SA parliament in 1980. Thatcher took climate change as a given. The fossil fuel sector then chose to play games to protect profits. We knew. We could have adjusted with minimal disruption. #Auspol
All Our Yesterdays@allouryesterdays.bsky.social · last wk.August 5, 1980 – carbon dioxide build-up discussed in the South Australian parliament allouryesterdays.info/2026/08/04/a...
America's contribution to increasing food waste, and increasing rampant obesity.
The Daily Show@thedailyshow.com · last wk.Who doesn't love America's pastime: getting wrecked on two pounds of hotdog meat?
The Nannas talked about five promises MPs have “not yet kept”. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1459/ne...
Knitting Nannas tell NSW MPs: ‘Do a lot better’
The Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends reminded politicians of their responsibilities to protect the environment, phase out coal and generally telling them to “do a lot better”. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Green Left journalist Ben Radford joined Green Left Radio on July 17 to talk about the Colombian presidential election, where a far-right candidate narrowly defeated the left-wing candidate. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1458/wo...
Green Left Radio: Understanding the Colombian elections
Ben Radford joined Green Left Radio to talk about the recent Colombian presidential election.
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Did this cartoon for Cheek media early in the week when I heard that the $89 Anko glasses sold out at Kmart…
RBA governor Michele Bullock last week suggested that increases in interest rates are ‘not really’ an increase in the cost of living, but they really are. In his piece in The Guardian, Chief Economist Greg Jericho breaks down what these rises really mean for Australian households. #auspol
What a hilarious take from Murdoch culture warrior (and radical conservative Catholic, Islam…sceptic? 😬) Greg Sheridan. Remember, “left” in the US argues for universal healthcare that the rest of us take for granted. 🙄 #Auspol
Neo Nazi interacting Hugo Lennon (Scotch College alumnus) & The Noticer (Neo Nazi-linked News) are both receiving money from FB’s owner as content creators. #Auspol
A good message to get across when discussing with Labor supporters why Alboweasel is a crap leader for the people! #auspol @australianlabor.bsky.social
Bowerbird@bluebowerbird.bsky.social · 6d agoAlbo was a numbers man - a strategist. He never really wanted to be leader and is actually a bit insecure about it so he's constantly trying to prove how PM-like he can be, trying not to frighten the big end of town or swinging voters. He has no real vision beyond maintaining power.
Albo was a numbers man - a strategist. He never really wanted to be leader and is actually a bit insecure about it so he's constantly trying to prove how PM-like he can be, trying not to frighten the big end of town or swinging voters. He has no real vision beyond maintaining power.
Because Australia gives so much of our gas away for free, Japan gets it so cheap that it makes a profit selling it on to other countries! Join the call for a national plebiscite to introduce a 25% gas export tax: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au/
To see more about our good news click on the image and then on the links - there's more good news there too. knittingnannas.org/2026/08/07/g...
Good News August 7, 2026
Huge Native Title win, fast fashion regulation, and green iron on the way in this week’s good news!
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So this week I mentioned how Atlas Network interconnected actors had a hand in causing both the water poisoning in Flint, Michigan *and* the system that made George Floyd’s murder by police in Ferguson, Missouri. You can see the Deep South in this movement, bringing Segregation back & making it hurt
Lucy Hamilton@lucyham.bsky.social · last wk.Remember how Flint, Michigan was poisoning its Black children with lead in water? Jason Stanley explains in this article that it was Atlas Network partner’s project to help two private companies. The toxic water cost the city more than the original safe. Never trust privatisation. #auspol #SpringSt
