No sight or sound to mark passage but the feel of the passing wave. Micro-fissures.
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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.
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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…
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@IllawarraGreens launch two new candidates for March 2027 NSW poll. Kit Docker in Keira & Malika Reece in Wollongong. Both outstanding candidates!! illawarragreens.org.au/
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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…
Mark Whalan retweeted
Older people have been saying this for months. Labor's automation of aged care assessments has been a disaster, under-assessing need and priority, denying care and driving up waitlists.
It's past time to bin the whole thing and put humans back in charge of decision-making.
Mark Whalan retweeted
“People are demanding action on rents, the cost of the climate emergency and about how we can bring people's bills down and yet what we're about to see is just the same old.”
Hannah Spencer on the government's approach to Wednesday's Budget, speaking at the Cost of Living rally.
Mark Whalan retweeted
It's time to get big corporate money out of Victorian politics.
Today, the Victorian Greens are announcing our election commitment to establish a lobbyist register and ban political donations from gambling corporations, fossil fuel companies and property developers.
Mark Whalan retweeted
Home Affairs Estimates today, and I’ll be asking about:
🛂 Sharing Australians’ visa data with Trump’s America
🏝️ The secret deals sending people to Nauru
🕵️ AFP policing of protests
💰 Palantir’s government contracts
⚠️ What ASIO is doing about far-right extremism
Mark Whalan retweeted
If One Nation bans journalists from attending their press conferences the simple solutions is for all media organisations to unite to boycott them. #democracymatters
Join the call for Australia’s media companies to stand together by refusing to cover One Nation events until the access issue is resolved. Media companies should be insisting that One Nation accepts the attendance of ALL accredited journalists, not just the ones it perceives as unquestioning or supportive. We need a robust liberal democracy ... not a Trumpian perversion.
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David Shoebridge calls out Jillian Segal after she admits she failed due diligence with CAM—hosts of the antisemitism summit she’s speaking at—as Shoebridge reveals CAM awarded a racist US Republican who called for Gaza to "overflow with blood”
Who is she partnering with? 🚩
Mark Whalan retweeted
Home Affairs is negotiating to share Australians’ data with Trump’s US government. Did they tell the US it can’t go to Palantir? Doesn't sound like it from this!
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Remember last council elections when the Liberals missed out on getting any councillors on Shoalhaven or Wollongong Council? Well they are still paying for it. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/the-…
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If you're following the NACC hearing now this is the FOI I'm referring to nacc.gov.au/sites/default/fi…
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AI companies say their products can cure cancer, take us to Mars, but apparently not respect the copyright of artists and creators... that just doesn't add up.
Maybe the Minister isn't afraid but artists and others are!
Mark Whalan retweeted
As First Nations spokesperson for the Greens I'm deeply concerned that the NT Govt has cancelled funding to the Bush Bus and cut whole communities off - I'm calling on the Federal Government to follow this up and do whatever possible to make sure people aren't just stranded.
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Does the mineral wealth in our soil and beneath our ocean belong to Australians or to mining companies and their shareholders? abc.net.au/news/2026-10-21/r…
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And what about extending the rail line over the largely unused bridge into Nowra?
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Breaking: Did somebody say March election? 🧏🏼♀️ The Minns government has pledged a $6.8 billion upgrade to the South Coast rail line if re-elected. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-26/l…
