No sight or sound to mark passage but the feel of the passing wave. Micro-fissures.
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Mark Whalan retweeted
Labor in Victoria has approved 2 new fossil fuel projects in a week!
On Friday Labor approved a gas project off Gippsland’s Ninety Mile Beach.
Today they’ve greenlit Cooper Energy reopening gas fields off Gippsland’s coast.
These are the 6th & 7th projects approved this term.
Mark Whalan retweeted
Australia has let abuse of its representatives become ‘part of the job’ – and women bear the brunt
theconversation.com/australi…
Mark Whalan retweeted
Let them eat cake? That's so French Revolution.
Let them eat gherkins.
ALT Satirical political poster showing two men - Chancellor John Healey and Primer Minister Andy Burnham - pasted onto 18th‑century French aristocratic figures in powdered wigs, one declaring "LET THEM EAT GHERKINS!" beside a table piled with gherkins.
Mark Whalan retweeted
Big news. Woodside walks away from Greater Sunrise. Sells its 33% stake to Timor's state-owned oil and gas company Timor Gap for around $280 million AUD. Timor Gap will have full control of the asset after the sale. Some big questions looming now for Dili (and for Canberra)
Mark Whalan retweeted
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Mark Whalan retweeted
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.
Mark Whalan retweeted
Pat Conroy appoints former Rio Tinto CEO as National Armaments Manager. Highlights her ability to “change culture”.😳
Union busting, individual contracts, destroying communities, fly in/fly out, opposing collective bargaining, targeting union delegates. This culture?
WTF?
Mark Whalan retweeted
$2.2 million is an outrageous sum of money for one public servant to earn. What's more, 17 people in the Future Fund are now on more than a million - only one woman among them. Australians who can barely afford groceries right now, will share my outrage. tinyurl.com/mak89juh
Mark Whalan retweeted
No one should have to choose between the life they’ve built here in Australia and the parents they left behind. The Greens are fighting for a system that lets families have both. Because of a go-slow on processing by Govt a parent visa today means waiting 18 to up to 42 years.
Mark Whalan retweeted
Under the Greens plan, we’ll raise the tax-free threshold from $18,200 to $26,000.
That means the first $26,000 you earn is tax-free.
For almost every working Australian, that’s more than $1,000 in your pocket every year.
Homes should be for people, not profit. Vote [1] Greens. youtu.be/TQyFw4jGb-g?si=KsB_… via #greens
Mark Whalan retweeted
When commodity prices boom, Australians should get a fair share.
These resources belong to all of us, yet we’re getting a shocking deal.
Australia collects just 14% of the value of our petroleum in public revenue, while big corps take a record share of our economy in profits.
Mark Whalan retweeted
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.
Mark Whalan retweeted
The Greens are today announcing our plan to cut tax on work and put more money in people's pockets.
Every Australian will have an extra $1000, paid for by the 1%.
The cost-of-living crisis isn’t inevitable. We can change who pays tax and who gets relief.
Mark Whalan retweeted
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.
ALT DAVID SHOEBRIDGE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ADDRESS: An Alternative Vision for Australia. Wednesday, October 28. Live @ 12:30pm AEDT on ABC TV & iView
Mark Whalan retweeted
The antisemitism envoy told the Royal Commission that Gaza’s death toll was “grossly inflated” and that the UN accepted this. The UN said otherwise. When I asked she said she “notes” the UN’s views.
Mark Whalan retweeted
Great news 👏🏼 Western Australia will become the first state in the country to legalise plug-in solar panels and batteries. Now what about NSW? watoday.com.au/national/west…
Mark Whalan retweeted
@IllawarraGreens launch two new candidates for March 2027 NSW poll. Kit Docker in Keira & Malika Reece in Wollongong. Both outstanding candidates!! illawarragreens.org.au/
Mark Whalan retweeted
In one of the sunniest countries on Earth, and a world leader in rooftop solar, millions of Australian renters are still locked out because they don’t own the roof over their heads. This needs to change. #renterswantsolartoo
thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2…
