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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> &lt;<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>&gt;</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>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/baldwin-james/1228/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>James Baldwin</b></a></p><blockquote>I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.</blockquote><p><b>James Baldwin</b> (1924-1987) American novelist, playwright, activist</p><p><i>Notes of a Native Son</i>, “Autobiographical Notes” (1955)</p><p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/baldwin-james/1228/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/baldwin-james/1228/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=improvement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>improvement</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=interest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interest</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=patriotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriotism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=vestedinterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vestedinterests</span></a></p>