We've seen seemingly endless scandals from consultants that the Government spends billions on.

Barbara Pocock joins the Aus Institute's Bill Browne Bill Browne & host Ebony Bennett to discuss exposing the consultancy cover-up.

FREE, register:
australiainstitute.org.au/event/exposing… #auspol

I'm in the The Sydney Morning Herald today making the point that talking about violence, and telling boys and men to change, is not a prevention strategy. Government needs to take action at the level of policy and regulation. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Like Elijah McClain, whose death helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests, Demetrio Jackson was among dozens of people who died after they were chemically sedated during police encounters.

A three-year investigation led by the AP takes a closer look at these incidents.

Oh man, I viscerally hate Simon Lyndon bc of the amazing role he played in Blackrock
Like the poor actor who played Joffrey
#australianstory

I feel so bad for these parents #abc730

Latest from AAP #news feed #auspol
Resistance warrior wins international environment prize.
Fighting billionaires and their proposals for coal mines may not be a typical way to spend your youth – but Murrawah Johnson comes from a long line of ...
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“We've become addicted to explosions.” Stunning work by Bellingcat tracking the scale of home demolitions by a single IDF unit in Gaza. “Behind each ruined building, there is a decision & an action which has been carried out by a specific unit or person.” bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

Leaders from the Torres Strait are suing the Federal Govt for failing to protect their communities from climate change.

With final hearings this week, for the communities involved, the outcome is a question of survival.

A thread 🧵
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2… #auspol #climate

The Tasmanian government ran the business case past its own department, came up with this with almost comically optimistic predictions then signed a contract with the AFL where we’re on the hook for pretty much everything. Sport tends to make people very stupid.

'When we are putting Tasmanian salmon branded as “responsibly sourced” and “ethically produced” between our lips we are swallowing with it the Maugean skate' - Richard Flanagan in The Monthly

That crispy-skin salmon fillet looks a little different now

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Things we know about Scott Morrison:

He never says sorry

But he always wants sympathy

He never takes responsibility

But he is quick to blame others

He writes about ‘leadership’…

#pathetic #auspol #insiders

Nobody likes to be hoodwinked, particularly by their government.

Check out Deputy Director of the Australia Institute, Ebony Bennett’s latest piece for the Canberra Times

Ebony Bennett

canberratimes.com.au/story/8607109/…

The Petroleum Resources Rent Tax (PRRT) was nearly $2.3 billion in 2022-23, compared to $4.9 billion in student loan repayments — more than double.

'The politics of fixing this problem is as easy as it gets,'
— Richard Denniss, speaking to ABC News. #auspol

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Peter Dutton is wedged between public opinion that accepts the need to address climate change and a substantial rump of MPs and senators who do not accept the reality of climate change at all or who oppose the use of wind and solar power to address it. satpa.pe/0Grv8l5

Editorial: This is a nation sick with violence. At this rate, 90 women will be murdered before year’s end. These killings do not happen in isolation: they happen within a culture that permits them. Until that changes, nothing will change. satpa.pe/PDnP8YZ

“Basically, it’s the Nats that have pushed this nuclear thing. But now they are running away from it at a thousand miles an hour, because they don’t want it in their seats. And the poor old regional Libs aren’t going to cop it” said a senior Liberal Party source.

I know a lot is going on right now, but today is the 10th anniversary of the Flint water crisis, and none of the residents have been paid from the $656 million settlement. theemancipator.org/2024/04/25/env…

Just like ‘clean coal’ or ‘child-safe uranium’, there is no such thing as ‘carbon-neutral petrol’.

It’s as mythical as a unicorn.

Yet Ampol’s ‘carbon neutral petrol’ is govt certified.

My Canberra Times column on greenwashing #auspol

canberratimes.com.au/story/8607109/…

Truth Bomb!

Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned by New York's highest court, reopening the landmark case that fueled the #MeToo movement. The movement's founder Tarana Burke spoke to Reuters on the verdict reut.rs/3UaoojA