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@deepcutnews.bsky.social"The war’s costs have effectively been passed onto global households while the select few profit. In Australia, this has come with government support."
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialAmpol profits are up 376% as the oil sector cashes in on Iran war.
The windfall profits come as Australians suffer soaring petrol prices and the Labor government refuses to adequately tax the sector.
@deepcutnews.bsky.social"In the Islamophobia space, being angry is one of the stereotypes. I don’t want to capitulate to the angry Muslim.”
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialThe Islamophobia envoy copped a lot of heat for inviting Pauline Hanson to an iftar after she made Islamophobic remarks. But, in an interview with Deepcut, Aftab Malik makes no apologies for it.
"Being nice doesn’t mean you cannot be firm."
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@deepcutnews.bsky.social"The Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson told us what he would cut: NDIS, aged care, childcare. No talk of getting companies to pay some tax or even acknowledging that in a budget there is both a spending and revenue column."
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialNews Corp, Santos, Kogan paid $0 in tax. But sure, let’s blame ‘government spending’, @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes.
"The system is made for corporations and those who own and run those corporations."
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialBasketball Australia is rolling out Israeli AI system Pixellot to record games of children, and requiring players to pay for the system with a mandatory fee.
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialIsraeli AI cameras livestreamed a Ballarat Basketball game. Then a female player was allegedly contacted by a man who had a family violence intervention order against him.
“No one should have to choose between their safety and participating in sport.”
@deepcutnews.bsky.social"We need to shout from rooftops that we will tax the super rich, we will throw open the doors of parliament to community and slam the doors shut on grifters."
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialFor a glimpse into @DavidShoebridge's vision, he wrote this for Deepcut a month ago.
@deepcutnews.bsky.social"The government’s secret proposals on AI copyright effectively amount to handing over our culture to a handful of anti-democratic oligarchs and raising the spectre of Australia becoming a vassal state."
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialAlbanese's proposal to water down Australian copyright to appease AI companies is a "terrible betrayal", writes Richard Flanagan in a blistering piece.
"A government that doesn’t understand its nation’s culture is a government incapable of leading the nation."
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialIt's all there. Read the article.
@deepcutnews.bsky.social"The ‘tolerant’ attitude Sheeran tried to preach in excuse for kowtowing to Zionist power – under the guise of being ‘apolitical’ and centrist, but which in reality just keeps the bully class comfortable and in control – is also how Labor handles power." - @amyremeikis.bsky.social
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialThis Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes.
"On every issue, Labor has done the least it can do."
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialAustralia's defence spending is outpacing inflation - a 38% increase over the past five years compared to inflation at 24%.
But when it comes to social services - like free childcare - the government's response is the same: the need to be "fiscally responsible".
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialThe report details why it's "likely" the US spy base assisted Israeli forces as it slaughtered civilians en masse in Gaza, as well as in its attacks on Lebanon and Yemen.
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialFor the first time, an Australian court has heard expert evidence linking Pine Gap to Israel's atrocities.
Prof Richard Tanter tendered a 34-page report to the Alice Springs Local Court in a case involving two protestors.
@deepcutnews.bsky.social"Labor doesn't care about workers, it's cementing the approval of data centres in working class suburbs and towns and giving us bullshit about a 150-metre limit next to homes." - @purplepingers.bsky.social
@deepcutnews.bsky.socialVictorian Labor's ban on datacentres in residential areas is not quite a ban. They'll just be built 150m from your home instead. @purplepingers.bsky.social: "150 metres isn't a ban on data centres in residential areas, that’s just down the road."
