Pocock repeats calls for 25% tax on gas exports β as it happened
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... I think if the federal govt was actually willing to tax things like our gas exports, to potentially bring in a windfall profit tax, because we can we know gas exporters, potentially fuel companies, making windfall profits off this war in the Middle East.
13.03.2026 12:34
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Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal-funded disinformation network βAdvanceβ is now attacking one of the nationβs best and most respected journalists, over doing his job and pointing out the bleeding obvious regarding Israel and the US.
This is where we are, Australiaβs MAGA.
13.03.2026 08:44
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Opinion | Europe Is in Great Danger. It Has Itself to Blame.
βAlternatives to this vassalage exist. Indeed, Spain offers clues as to what a more independent course would look like.β
Keep going, Prime Minister Pedro SΓ‘nchez!
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/o...
13.03.2026 08:33
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Yeah right, so you smash down an inquiry into the gas industryβs exploitation of Australia. Hollow words from Labor on the fossil fuel industry.
12.03.2026 11:34
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He said we were all the sons and daughters of God and we all had the divine within us. Itβs the church after him that changed his message. He had a revolutionary message, but it wasnβt the one that many who claim to follow him now, follow
12.03.2026 05:58
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Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/03/11/n...
11.03.2026 01:47
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It is not part of our alliance to participate in illegal war crimes. And I assume that is why our government is refusing to be involved in the attacks on Iran. Quite rightly. We havenβt sunk to the moral depravity of the US regime quite yet.
10.03.2026 03:20
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Australians don't want to get dragged into Trump & Netanyahuβs illegal war on Iran. Labor shouldnβt be sending troops to help a military thatβs killed 150 schoolchildren in a primary school bombing. To keep civilians safe we should be urging peace, not sending missiles.
10.03.2026 01:20
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The US will only defend us if itβs in their interests. If Trump or someone like him stays in power β alliances are not worth the sheets of paper theyβre written on. If itβs in their interest to help, then they may help. If it is not then they most certainly will not. Ukraine was an airtight allyβ¦
10.03.2026 03:18
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Our solar has still produced on these cloudy and rainy days; and has still filled up the battery. I was surprised the system is do sensitive! Iβm very happy, and we want to change our second car to electric now as well.
10.03.2026 03:14
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Which country in the Middle East is the most likely to violently attack its neighbours?
10.03.2026 01:55
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The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: The Truth Behind the US/Israeli Strike on Iran
YouTube video by Antony Loewenstein
The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: The Truth Behind the US/Israeli Strike on Iran.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MGL...
08.03.2026 11:24
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Energy markets will force Trump to end his reckless war very soon
The president promised to fill the US strategic petroleum reserve βright to the topβ when he took office. He didnβt
Trump βis learning the hard way that swarms of cheap drones can quickly exhaust the US arsenalβ¦ a form of asymmetric attrition known as βfiring gold at plasticβ. The US is reportedly wasting Patriots worth $4mβ¦to shoot down $20,000 Shahed-136 drones.β
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/da4e0e3...
03.03.2026 19:52
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China and Russia are looking on as U.S. depletes its arsenal for a war that doesnβt even benefit itself. If they keep going this way, letβs see how long it takes for China to attack Taiwan, knowing thereβs just an inept U.S. drunkenly tripping around the globe, losing its defences and its power
04.03.2026 02:50
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Interviewer: "What's your take on how he's framing the economy?"
Me: "It's that he's lying."
27.02.2026 01:46
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And every one of the owners of the biggest platforms has allowed or ensured the severe enshittification of its service, & in many cases an increase in the abuse and disrespect of women & the endangerment of children. Boy billionaires, making the world worse for everyone else as fast as they can.
27.02.2026 05:03
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The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: Pauline Hanson and the Mainstreaming of Far-Right Politics
YouTube video by Antony Loewenstein
The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: Pauline Hanson and the Mainstreaming of Far-Right Politics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Hz...
#Auspol #Australia
24.02.2026 01:15
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Pathetic sycophants.
And this is what the once proud democracy of the U.S. has sunk to. Once the envy of the world, where all over the globe ppl wanted to support America, *be* America. Now U.S. is just another ruthless dictatorship, nothing special or new. And itβs the GOP that did it
25.02.2026 04:21
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Listening to Trump's SOTU address... it's not the roll out of his demented "greatest hits" that's appalling...
But the rolling, thunderous applause after every one of his vile utterances and flat- out lies.
Feeling for American friends right now. How to come back from this?
25.02.2026 03:56
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Albo doesnβt require loyalty of the media, judiciary, public service, comedians, tourists, studentsβ¦.. you get the picture.
But Albanese will pay the ultimate price if he keeps stifling his colleagues who represent us. Heβll lose, leaving us to live with the lying lunatics of the Far Right
25.02.2026 04:02
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Call their bluff and let them F-off, as they contribute very, very little to Australia.
25.02.2026 02:07
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Why Australia taxes beer more effectively than its gas exports
Far from fixing the problem of low PRRT revenues, PRRT revenue is expected to fall further over coming years, while beer
Independent Senator David Pocock has added his voice to calls for a 25% tax on gas exports.
@markogge.bsky.social explains why Australia taxes beer more effectively than its gas exports.
Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qOyo05
25.02.2026 01:08
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Schiff: I've not missed the State of the Union in the 25 years I've been in Congress, but we have never had a president violate the constitution every day with seeming impunity.
We can't treat this as some new normal, so I'm here boycotting...
25.02.2026 01:38
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