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Universal Basic Income: Its Time Has Come

21 May 2025 9 mths

Who is going to buy all the wonderful stuff if lots of folk can no longer afford to? Universal Basic Income: Its time has come.

Economics Fresh Politics

by Clio

16 February 2026 2 dys

The Epstein Class Rules Us All

Much of everything is about power. Who wants it? Who has it? What are they doing with it? It’s all about power. Most things you read about or view in the news are really all about power. The global blast zone about the Epstein Files is, it has been revealed, largely to do with the elite and their appetites. Yes, sex is on the menu but merely as an appetiser. Money, sex and power stink up these documents. The unfortunate truth is that the Epstein class rules us all. The game is rigged, as the power elite conspire to win big at our expense. Jeffrey Epstein was a paedophile and sex trafficker.

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by Clio

13 February 2026 4 dys

Leadership Is Reserved For The Right Kind Of Man

The federal Liberal Party returned to their spots, as the beast that reckons females have their place beneath a man. For many years, the Libs argued that it was purely based on merit why they had so few women in positions of power. Pull the other one boys. This sons of Anglo-settler political party sees power as the natural home of men born to rule. Going to the right private school and ascending gracefully via a network of old boys is the Liberal Party way. Sure, the odd woman, who can act like a bloke, is neither here nor there; but leadership is reserved for the right kind of man.

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The Network Of Wealth And Power Across The Globe

by Clio

7 February 2026 1 week

The Network Of Wealth And Power Across The Globe

The latest tranche of the Epstein Files released has revealed how far the tentacles of right wing wealth and power reach across the world. Bill Shorten, the favourite whipping boy of the Australian Right, along with being falsely accused of past union corruption had Clive Palmer spending big on attack ads during the last week of the 2019 federal election. Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former campaign director, is claiming to Jeffrey Epstein that he advised Clive Palmer on this matter. Those on the Right are, as we know, terrible liars, and Epstein and Bannon are both headline acts in this regard. Taking credit for stuff is what these guys do. Whatever the factuality of this matter it reveals the network of wealth and power across the globe.

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Episode 22: What Is The Cost Of Convenience? - Robert Sudha Hamilton's Podcast

Big Tech has us all enmeshed in the digital world. Why? Because it is fast and convenient. But what are the costs of this convenience?Big Tech rules the billionaire class, as we all pay the cost of convenience. Ever since Steve Jobs and Bill Gates unleashed the personal computer fest upon an unsuspecting world, we have all been caught up in a race to make everything instantaneous. Over the following decades computer power got faster and we spent more time looking at screens. Have you ever wondered how this has affected us mentally? You know, as human beings, in raising our expectations about how stuff should happen? These days many of us are spending more than 10 hours per days staring at screens. Robert Sudha Hamilton is the author of What Price Life?; America Matters: Pre-apocalyptic Posts & Essays in the Shadow of Trump; and other titles. NOW AVAILABLE AT APPLE BOOKS & GOOGLE PLAY BOOKS. Google Play Books AUDIOBOOK

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Toilet Paper Australia @toiletpaperaus1 ·

14 Feb

I really find that very fucking hard to believe Angus.

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Guy Phawx @genre4l ·

14 Feb

Jane Hume says childcare is too expensive, Jane Hume does:

#insiders

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Australia Institute @theausinstitute ·

15 Feb

A 25 per cent tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year.

Meanwhile, Aussies pay more tax on beer than the gas industry pay on gas exports.

Sign our petition to end the gas export scam: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_export_problem_b?utm_campaign=petition&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=CLI_FossilFuel&utm_content=0

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Doug Cameron @dougcameron51 ·

15 Feb

$Billions of public funds to US imperialism and the military industrial complex. We would create more jobs by building a good society, public housing, transport, hospital, and education infrastructure.
AUKUS, a crazy capitulation to an autocratic, divided, and declining empire.