Wen<p>SLAPP and the fossil fuel lobby</p><p>Strategic lawsuits against public participation are increasingly popular for those with big pockets. Witness salmon farming in Scotland for example. It is vital that these are slapped down, but lobbying by commercial groups, the pusillanimity of governments and the influence of lawyers in their ranks are making it difficult.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/04/protest-rights-dutch-court-case-slapps-eu-greenpeace" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/04/protest-rights-dutch-court-case-slapps-eu-greenpeace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SLAPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bullying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Blackmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackmail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Greenpeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenpeace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VestedInterests</span></a></p>
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Mojo ♻️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@ocratato" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ocratato</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@cobalt123" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cobalt123</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@mustardon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mustardon</span></a></span> </p><p>Without a doubt ! We’ve sold off so many key assets—energy, property, hospitals, infrastructure—that foreign capital now holds us hostage. Successive governments, especially since Howard, have prioritised pleasing global investors over national interest. The result? Policy paralysis and a public priced out of their own country. <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ausvotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ausvotes</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vestedInterests</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a></p>
Wen<p>No vested interests here eh Wes - just get on with it and when/if it becomes law get on and implement the will of your parliament.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/22/wes-streeting-nhs-assisted-dying-service-mps-commons-bill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/22/wes-streeting-nhs-assisted-dying-service-mps-commons-bill</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Streeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AssistedDying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssistedDying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VestedInterests</span></a></p>
Wen<p>When is a think tank not a think tank?</p><p>Britain not only panders to the elite, they are supported through giving these organisations charitable status and media organisations such as the BBC hang on their very word. (I misspelled that as weird and maybe should have kept it).</p><p>The ‘Global Warming Policy Foundation’ is a paid shill for vested interest and headquartered in Tufton Street in London.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/15/tories-reform-net-zero-climate-science" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jun/15/tories-reform-net-zero-climate-science</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Global_Warming_Policy_Foundation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glob</span><span class="invisible">al_Warming_Policy_Foundation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VestedInterests</span></a></p>
Wen<p>To paraphrase, ‘one cost of safety is eternal vigilance’</p><p>As manufacturers attempt to change the definition of PFASs (forever chemicals), a group of scientists have come together to defend the existing definitions</p><p>Image for important text.</p><p><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00478" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.e</span><span class="invisible">stlett.5c00478</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PFAS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Standards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Vigilance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vigilance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NilDesperandum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NilDesperandum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VestedInterests</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p>Treasurer calls out misinformation on super changes. Only around 80k Australians—those with super balances over $3 million—will be affected. That’s a tiny fraction of the population. Most people won’t notice a thing. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/superannuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superannuation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/taxtherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxtherich</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vestedInterests</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-04/treasurer-accuses-opponents-of-lying-about-super/105377296" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-06-04/tre</span><span class="invisible">asurer-accuses-opponents-of-lying-about-super/105377296</span></a></p>
Paul Healey<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://stroud.social/users/eco-g" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eco-g</span></a></span> The price of bias is a failing government, corruption, unsustainable economy and more extremism. By effectively financing Reform the media barons; the billionaire oligarchs and their fascist cults are furthering the destruction of civil rights and ethical laws. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Virtues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virtues</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NotWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotWar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NotTerror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotTerror</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NotGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NotEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotEcocide</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MediaAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaAccountability</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bias</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BiasAirtime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiasAirtime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DirtyMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyMoney</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElectionBribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionBribery</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VestedInterests</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ShellBuyout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShellBuyout</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SellingUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SellingUK</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ToadyParties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToadyParties</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Injustice</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Clearly something is amiss. While we can resent the ‘plc’ that is Reform (actually a wee bit more complex) from a rational point of view, this apparent manipulation and corruption nfrom across the divide needs an explanation.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/27/teaching-union-reverses-matt-wrack-appointment-ahead-of-legal-challenge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/education/2025</span><span class="invisible">/apr/27/teaching-union-reverses-matt-wrack-appointment-ahead-of-legal-challenge</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vestedInterests</span></a></p>
Wen<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> - the tools that the bar stewards use</p><p>A leaked document seen by the climate website <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DeSmog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSmog</span></a> reveals that helping to fuel this was a PR firm, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RedFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedFlag</span></a>, represented the Animal Agriculture Alliance, a meat and dairy industry coalition set up to protect the sector against “emerging threats”, which has staff from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Cargill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cargill</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Smithfield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smithfield</span></a> Foods – two of the world’s five largest meat companies – on its board.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/11/pr-campaign-may-fuelled-food-study-backlash-leaked-document-eat-lancet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/11/pr-campaign-may-fuelled-food-study-backlash-leaked-document-eat-lancet</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/VestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VestedInterests</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day nine cont: </p><p>“Andrew CLENNEL: Alright, joining me live is Shadow <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingMinister</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MichaelSukkar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSukkar</span></a>. He is in the marginal Labor seat of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/McEwen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McEwen</span></a>, just taken part in a press conference with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PeterDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterDutton</span></a> with this new announcement. Michael Sukkar, thanks for your time. You’re proposing to cut the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/InternationalStudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalStudent</span></a> intake from 320,000 to 240,000 – isn’t that along the lines of what the government has been trying to achieve anyway? And you blocked their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StudentCap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentCap</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a>.”</p><p>“Michael SUKKAR: No, Andrew, what we’ve seen under this government is increased <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StudentNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentNumbers</span></a>. They completely botched their attempt at trying to address this issue because they tried to placate all of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/VestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VestedInterests</span></a> involved. And that means that we’ve seen more than a million <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> over two years. Our announcement today, Andrew is part of a suite of measures to help Australians battle this <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a>.”</p><p> 🤦♂️</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a> <<a href="https://www.michaelsukkar.com.au/ministerial-media-releases/interview-with-andrew-clennell-sky-news-australia-3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">michaelsukkar.com.au/ministeri</span><span class="invisible">al-media-releases/interview-with-andrew-clennell-sky-news-australia-3/</span></a>></p>
Mojo ♻️<p>Should Politicians Own Multiple Properties?<br>Imagine a football match where the Liberal Party and Labor Party aren’t just players—they’re also the referees. Would fans stand for that? No. <br>Yet that’s exactly what’s happening in our housing market. Politicians make the rules (and profit from them) while everyday Australians struggle to afford a home. <br>When the “referees” benefit from the game they control, it’s not fair play—it’s a rigged system. </p><p>Time to demand accountability. Should we ban politicians from owning multiple investment properties? </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FairPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairPlay</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PoliticalReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalReform</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vestedinterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vestedinterests</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/should-politicians-be-banned-from-owning-multiple-properties-20250318-p5lkde.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smh.com.au/money/investing/sho</span><span class="invisible">uld-politicians-be-banned-from-owning-multiple-properties-20250318-p5lkde.html</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p>Australian billionaire backers donated over $2m to major political parties last financial year. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vestedInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vestedInterests</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-politics-donations-labor-party-liberal-party-billionaire-backers/826404cf-448c-4527-9438-851360726879" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">9news.com.au/national/federal-</span><span class="invisible">politics-donations-labor-party-liberal-party-billionaire-backers/826404cf-448c-4527-9438-851360726879</span></a></p>
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