Saltonthat
@saltonthat.bsky.social
Aussie.Queenslander. PhD in social goings-on. Sometimes working with and within community for better things. Listening and learning. Humans are messy. A good day outside restores the soul.
A new Senate investigation says JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America processed massive sums tied to Jeffrey Epstein despite glaring red flags. Powerful institutions helped keep his operation running and every one of them must be held accountable. Follow the money, release everything.
Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
This is Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie furthering his consolidation of power. It may not be far away now to him becoming premier. Then things are going to get much worse. He's learnt from Joh & he has the rat-cunning to carry it out. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A new Queensland bill aims to ‘streamline’ major projects. Matt and Caitlin fear it could hand their farm to developers
Experts say new powers to bypass conservation and planning regulations are incredibly broad and could let the state effectively fast-track any project it wants
theguardian.com
NSW Police can already use Israeli-made Cellebrite technology to extract the entire contents of your phone. Now the NSW Government wants to expand those powers. Privacy surrendered in the name of safety is never returned. #auspol
Minns Labor Government to introduce new powers for police and Crime Commission targeting organised crime
The Minns Labor Government will introduce a new package of laws designed to target the modern operating model of organised crime and give NSW Police and the NSW Crime Commission stronger tools to disr...
nsw.gov.au
The party says a pause would give Canberra time to establish rules about issues such as energy use, water consumption, emissions and community impacts before any more large-scale projects get the green light. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/new/260803-g...
"Rebel News a Canadian-owned outlet whose Australian chief has been openly registering slogan-based micro parties to mislead left-leaning voters and their preferences straight to One Nation. He also is a convicted family violence offender.
@fernandolongo.bsky.social · 2d agoPauline Hanson is a coward - won't allow media outlets to question her - but happy to be questioned by far-right propaganda outlets #auspol All she has is bs - she's only out for herself - and will do whatever Gina Mineheart, her billionaire owner, wants her to do womensagenda.com.au/latest/from-...
Being a member of a political Party always requires silence to the dominant view...unless one develops factional power.
Jinjirrie@jinjirrie.bsky.social · 2d agoJeff Sparrow writes: 'A real response to #Gaza might contribute to a democratic revival. Social cohesion as a substitute for justice will not.' www.deepcutnews.com/p/why-social... #IsraelFascism #OzFascism #ZionismIsWhiteSupremacy #auspol
Almost 70% increase in cost of living (cosiliv??) is due to Excess Corporate Profits. Hello RBA?? Unregulated Capitalism is not serving us.
The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · 2d agoAustralia Institute research showed in 2023 that 69% of the inflation above the RBA's target after COVID was due to excess corporate profits. But the Reserve Bank continues to ignore profits driving inflation. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
“This [gambling reform] bill is all we get, and frankly, it's piss-weak – it's a piss-weak response to a public health crisis.” Shame on Albo. Shame on Labor. #GamblingCrisis #MurphyReport #auspol
"Why data centre greenwashing is about to explode” by climate analyst, @ketanjoshi.co Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
theconversation.com
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
vox.com
"The better Labor offer is not: we will help you pay the bills and reduce your taxes. It is: we will change the system that keeps raising the bills, rebuild the services that make life secure, and require those who have accumulated the most from Australia to contribute more to its future." #auspol
Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com · 4d agoLabor 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
Why is this supported or permitted. Not done for first nations, respect for women or islamophobia or many other more pressing social issues...
Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺@kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is ludicrous and unnecessary, and a complete over-reach, @albomp.bsky.social. Please listen to the majority of Australians. You need to review everything Jillian Segal is doing. Her plans are not conducive to social cohesion. They are divisive with predictable consequences. #auspol
Anyone meeting with Netanyahu on friendly terms after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him over war crimes and crimes against humanity has no place in government, in any country and at any capacity. Vote them out.
Even if Infantino goes, there would have to be very serious reform. In particular the way he - and Blatter before him - used development funding to bribe smaller nations to support him needs to be stopped. And the way the World Cup is structured.
We mustn’t gift public money to a new refinery. If it needs a ‘resilience’ leg-up, it should be done by equity stake - with a senior official on the board to guard against price gouging, tax evasion and to ensure national interest is ever present. #auspol
Australia's oil refinery plan presents perils to public purse - Michael West
Government explores feasibility of new Australian fuel refinery in league with Indian oil company Perdman. What is the risk to taxpayers?
michaelwest.com.au
The people who falsely accused an Olympian of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are the same people telling you to trust them about the war with Iran
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
I think it’s also extremely damning that the most recent winner and two of the next hosts are willing to never play another FIFA sanctioned match. Infantino needs to be investigated and be removed from his job.
I think it’s really cool that 55 countries hate private equity so much they said “fuck off, FIFA, if you sell the World Cup we’re starting our own tournament”
#auspol alphatacticus101.com/2026/07/29/s... The IHRA definition was never designed to be a legal instrument. Its primary drafter, Kenneth Stern, has repeatedly warned that it is being weaponised to suppress speech rather than fight antisemitism. He has called the trend “McCarthyism.”
State Capture by an Unrepresentative Few- How the Albanese Government Betrayed Australians by Embedding a Political Ideology into the Machinery of the State
“This paper traces the history of the IHRA definition, its legal and political controversies, and the implications of its adoption by the Australian government. We argue that this is not a ma…
alphatacticus101.com
This shit must stop. Segal is a social terrorist and a threat to Australian unity. Full stop. Fact. michaelwest.com.au/segal-propos...
Segal proposes antisemitism taskforce for health sector, education down to preschool - Michael West
Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, told the Royal Commission her national antisemitism taskforce would expand in health sector and education down to pre-school. Stephanie Tran report...
michaelwest.com.au
Almost 3 years of watching this, and you have people still believing in Israel's "right to exist" as a forced Jewish ethnic majority state. I just can't with some people. #GazaHolocaust #EndZionism #SanctionIsrael #FreePalestine
