“Like all wars, what’s unfolding in the Middle East is a humanitarian disaster,” said Richard Dennis, co-CEO of The Australia Institute.
“It is also an economic disaster, which will impact Australian households."
Read more: https://theaus.in/4cGs1bU
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I disagree with this Economist article. I explain why in a recent substack piece I published today. See below for the link.
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
‘Countries that claim to oppose unprovoked wars have, with the commendable exception of Spain, welcomed this one.’
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on the war on Iran:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
And a reminded that the LNP built a fuel stockpile for Australia …in the US. Has everyone conveniently forgotten? www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04...
The newly amalgamated Adelaide University brings utter shame upon itself in its first months of operation.
In a statement following this shocking act, it risibly claims it is a place where "exchange of ideas can happen freely".
Not if the ideas include a defence of the remaining Gazans, it seems.
This aged well. No really - it did.
A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000
miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.
They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.
Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.
Watch how they vote this week.
The majority of America’s teachers — a whopping 71% — have at least one side job because they’re so underpaid.
Meanwhile, the country is about to be launched into a long, drawn-out war that has already cost an estimated $2 billion.
Priorities.
Priorities.
Next weekend - don’t miss @emmashortis.bsky.social talking all things AUKUS with @davidshoebridge.bsky.social and Dr Jamie Reilly.
🗓️ Saturday 14 March
⏱️6-8pm
📍Main Hall, Pennant Hills Community Centre, Pennant Hills NSW
Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/aukus-public-meeting
WeSteRN CiViLizAtiOn
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse.
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“For Anthony Albanese – as well as Mark Carney and Keir Starmer – to go along with Trump and Netanyahu’s cynical ploy negates any sense of moral authority we possess – a catastrophe for the rules-based order.” – Allan Behm
🎧 Listen now to After America: https://theaus.in/4u6wwCR
“Australia has a gas export problem. Gas exports have led to the tripling of wholesale east coast gas prices and doubling of electricity prices, since exports began in 2015,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director of The Australia Institute.
Read more: https://theaus.in/47ise1i
So-called journalists: Indonesia is not a “Muslim state”, and there is more than one Ayatollah in Iran (in fact there are lots). Sigh
A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.
We mustn’t let this war do so.
“Be they centre-right or centre-left . . . they either do something about this or they die.” - Gary Stevenson
“This is terminal.”
Read more: https://theaus.in/4ccZkTK
See Gary Stevenson live Sunday 1 March. Tickets: thinkable.events.
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Australia, you are being scammed! #IEEFA shows Japanese export 40% of Aussie gas exports. Yep, they on-sell our gas for a profit while the corporations cry poor about tax and royalties and gas shortages @kimwingerei.bsky.social
#auspol #whatsthescam
michaelwest.com.au/australian-g...
Gas companies just keep on taking the piss. Pity the ATO tax stats exist.
‘During the Vietnam War, heroin was so readily available in Indochina that a New York Times report claimed that between 10 and 15 per cent of lower-ranking enlisted men were addicted.’
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on the connection between war and drugs.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
"Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry & provides free education. Australia subsidises its fossil fuel industry & charges kids a fortune to go to university" – Dr Richard Denniss
"The resources underneath Australia belong to the people of Australia, not to the gas companies" - Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz.
Listen to the full webinar here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/event/why-democracies-need-to-collect-more-corporate-tax/
Gee, all those courses the Bondi shooters studied must have had a major impact… oh wait.
“The only priority of childcare providers should be the children in their care. They should not be distracted by the idea of keeping their shareholders happy.”
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/how-to-fix-australias-broken-childcare-system-so-everybody-wins/
Print featuring a plant with dark green speared leaves and blue and yellow flowers against a white background
'Running Iris' linocut by Australian printmaker Rachel Newling #WomensArt
This is absolutely obscene. Tax the rich.
While we're being told there isn't enough Australian gas for Australians, Japan is making billions selling our gas to other countries!
Japan is reselling more Australian gas than is used in Victoria, NSW, QLD, Tasmania, SA, and the NT COMBINED!
@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
“The fascists did break down Varoufakis’s door. They did take his father, and countless more, never to be seen again. Now, they are knocking on ours.” My response to Raise Your Soul by @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social in the latest Australian Book Review: www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
