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@bystander1.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:57 AMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

WTF 👇"if you murder a federal minister" "Opening proceedings, conference chair Warren Mundine told an anecdote about bumping into Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen in Canberra." "I looked at him and my body language gave me away," Mr Mundine said."

@bystander1.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:52 AMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

"AUSTRALIANS ARE NOT turning their backs on democracy. They are asking for more of it. "New research reported by ABC business reporter Gareth Hutchens shows that 65% of Australians believe ordinary citizens should have a greater say in setting government policy priorities, .."

@garethhutchens.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:52 AM

From @andrewstafford.bsky.social

“Interviewed by Karl Stefanovic - who thanked the event for "rudely interrupting my unemployment", referring to his termination by Nine in June - senators Hanson and Canavan continued to trade barbs and bonhomie.”

www.canberratimes.com.au/story/936599...

@garethhutchens.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 4:27 AM

From here: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

@garethhutchens.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 4:27 AM

Back in February, Steve Bannon’s right hand man, Benjamin Harnwell, told Australian conservatives to stop voting for centre-right parties and to vote for parties further to the right.

@gilduran.comOct 9, 2026, 7:39 PMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

Yesterday marked the 3rd annual Network State conference (in Singapore). This is the venture capital cult that plans to kill democracy. Peter Thiel protégés Curtis Yarvin and Balaji Srinivasan had a polite fireside chat about exactly how the USA will die. Yeah, The Nerd Reich is a very true story!

curtis yarvin at network state conferencebalaji srinivasan at network state conference
@garethhutchens.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:00 AM

Warren Mundine openly joking about murdering a federal minister.

@andrewstafford.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:50 AMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

At CPAC in Brisbane. Warren Mundine introduced proceedings, describing bumping into @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social: "It doesn't go well on a CV if you murder a federal minister". Quite the line.

@jakemgrumbach.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:54 PMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment.

www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,

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@drilledmedia.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:27 PMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

Big Oil walked so Big Tech could run and now the two are joining up to take down democracy. In today's pod, @gilduran.com and @amywestervelt.bsky.social on how corporations warped the information ecosystem and how the tech billionaires broke democracy drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

@emmashortis.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 9:08 PMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

Once again, Australia goes missing.

@ketanjoshi.coOct 8, 2026, 10:36 AMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

The finns are justifiably very pissed about Google razing a forest to erect a chatbot building

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@davidlamond.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:30 PMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

@lucyham.bsky.social continues to ask the important questions on behalf of #auspol
lucyham29.substack.com/p/brief-who-...

@garethhutchens.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 6:46 AM

This is a great piece of journalism from Tina Quinn

‘Addicted to drops’: Insiders spill on why Australian media is silent on One Nation’s press ban www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/07/o...

@lucyham.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 11:49 PMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

đŸ§”Australia’s power elites will have speeches from this rabidly pro-Israel event recycled as The Oz op/ed columns. Aussies will see the videos in their YT feed.

Anderson is connecting #Auspol more closely to some of the world’s worst far right “intellectuals.”
lucyham29.substack.com/p/why-does-i...

@simonrosenberg.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 10:53 PMReposted by @garethhutchens.bsky.social

What is Palantir doing in Australia? #auspol

@garethhutchens.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 11:47 PM

It’s hard not be 😂

@garethhutchens.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 10:39 AM

It’s like dogs working together to herd sheep into a new paddock. Some dogs are up the front leading the way, and other dogs are at the rear nipping at heels.

@garethhutchens.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 10:25 AM

Great point about controlling both flanks of the Overton window.

@garethhutchens.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 9:54 AM

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