It’s not just the economy, stupid – it's everything else as well (short version - mainstream politics is headed back to 1991/92)
@amyremeikis.bsky.socialAmy Remeikis
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@beneltham.bsky.socialReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.socialWhat’s happening to our climate is utterly terrifying. We’re looking at 4 degrees above average this southern summer www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@timgoodacre.bsky.socialReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.social@lucyham.bsky.social on Alex Carey's book about neoliberal think-tanks and their influence on modern politics
"The disingenuous ideas they sold to allow business’ ability to manoeuvre unimpeded were about freedom: free markets, personal liberty and enterprise."
@amyremeikis.bsky.socialBe proud to be a Luddite - their name deserves dignity
@amyremeikis.bsky.socialMeanwhile the Liberal party made Tony Abbott its president
@patmccaffrie.bsky.socialReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.socialIf Gillard and Ardern are "has-beens" then why do you and The Oz still ask John Howard his opinion on anything?
@antipovertycentre.orgReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.socialNext week during Anti-Poverty Week we're speaking at an event alongside Central Land Council and Single Mother Families Australia.
You can find out more info and attend for free 👇
events.humanitix.com/compounding-...
@amyremeikis.bsky.socialTruly can not understand anyone getting excited about a new phone release anymore. Who is paying up to $4,000 for a phone that does the same thing as your current phone? Who’s paying that much for more AI to track you and make everything (including yourself) a bit more useless?
@thepointau.bsky.socialReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.social"But the more staid and plodding carriages – those with warnings outside the political cycle, with a focus on the bigger picture, they tend to get left to circle the track ignored" writes @amyremeikis.bsky.social
Read the full piece on The Point: https://sbrew.link/UvEMQKc3
@picketer.bsky.socialReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.socialAt some point we need to conclude that the waste, fraud and poor / bad outcomes for people is a feature, not a bug of voucher-based delivery of social services. It flows directly from the mode of economic organisation of the programs in their current forms.
@amyremeikis.bsky.socialFlaming galah! The Brisbane Olympic logo leaked itself Ailsa!
@simonrosenberg.bsky.socialReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.social"I am taking part in the sporting boycott of Israel… I am doing this because Israel is committing genocide in Gaza."
Australian women's chess champion Heather Richards' boycott is reported overseas.
But apart from indies like @index.lamestream.com.au.ap.brid.gy , gets little attention at home.
@amyremeikis.bsky.socialThe RBA media team is becoming known for contacting journalists and media outlets critical of its decisions and decision making process - but the criticism doesn't actually go far enough.
@meganjherbert.bsky.socialReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.socialThe inflation problem.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
@grogsgamut.bsky.socialReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.socialGot a bit angry today in my column
@amyremeikis.bsky.socialHouse prices falling by a percentage not seen in 40 years does not mean house prices have fallen to affordable levels - it is just that we have seen them increase so much year on year, that falls seem significant BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE IT JUST MEANS THE HOUSING MARKET HAS BEEN BROKEN
@johnmenadue.comReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.socialTen years after South Australia’s blackout, the state gets more than 75% of its electricity from renewables and is heading towards 100% net renewables. The technology has raced ahead while the politics remains stuck, Giles Parkinson writes. #auspol #RenewableEnergy
@grogsgamut.bsky.socialReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.socialRichard Marles’ best mate talking about “shared values”
@amyremeikis.bsky.socialThe most radical arm in Australian politics (and the world) right now is the far right. And yet this is the analysis for the Greens.
@petergeoghegan.bsky.socialReposted by @amyremeikis.bsky.socialHere's the full story that the Tony Blair Institute doesn't want to answer questions about, on Democracy for Sale