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garethhutchens.bsky.social @garethhutchens.bsky.social · May 22
“As soon as man can disobey with impunity, his disobedience becomes legitimate.”

- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1762
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lucyham.bsky.social
Outstanding reporting from #Canada on how deeply embedded Atlas Network partners & people are in trying to get #Alberta to be a separated US pawn. (Note Gina Rinehart is part of the problem there too.) The Atlas Network’s ppl want profit for donors, not your good. See #NZpol links. #Auspol #Cdnpoli
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM FOUNDATION Before immigrating to Canada, Alberta Institute founder McCaffrey was president of the youth wing of New Zealand's right-wing ACT Party. McCaffrey said he was introduced to Atlas partner Frontier Centre for Public Policy by David Seymour, who directed the think tank's Saskatchewan office before returning to New Zealand to resume his political career with ACT. Since being elected to the New Zealand parliament in 2014, Seymour has denied his links to Atlas Network, calling questions about his connections to the group a "conspiracy theory." McCaffrey replaced Seymour at the Frontier Centre's Saskatchewan office in early 2012, went through the Atlas Network's leadership academy program in 2013, and worked for the Manning Centre from 2014 until establishing the Alberta Institute. McCaffrey has also been active in the UCP since its founding, including as a member of the party's 2018 policy committee. INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM FOUNDATION Separatism has gone from an idea on the margins of the conservative movement to one at the centre of Alberta's government. Over the last decade, a cadre of libertarian think tanks has been instrumental in bringing Alberta separatism into the mainstream, promoting the idea through research, conferences, social media and the press. They've helped craft government policy to prepare Alberta for independence, and to make the threat of secession a powerful "or else" in the province's stand-off with Ottawa. Connecting this web of institutes and academics are their ties to the U.S.-based Atlas Network, and the revolving door relationship between members of the network and the administration of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Atlas Network is a U.S. non-profit that acts as the hub connecting a global network of about 500 libertarian think tanks in more than 100 countries.
September 17, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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deepcutnews.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE: AHPRA CEO Justin Untersteiner told colleagues in February there was “heightened external pressure ... to adopt the IHRA definition".

Internal documents obtained by Deepcut show how the regulator initially resisted adopting the IHRA definition.

www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: AHPRA chief reveals ‘heightened external pressure’ over antisemitism definition
A trove of internal documents obtained by Deepcut shows how Australia’s regulator of health workers initially resisted adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism, but later changed course
www.deepcutnews.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
My column on how the level of Jobseeker kills people. And those running the economy for over 30 years have decided that is how it should be.

www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho
Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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roycerk2.bsky.social
Australia is about to co-host COP31 in Turkey but Australia isn't really talking about climate change. To help fix this, Lyndal and I arranged this talk about why the biggest threat to the human species remains the biggest story going.

When: 6pm, 29 September.
How: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Lyndal Rowlands and Royce Kurmelovs talk climate journalism and COP31. Riot starts Tuesday, 29 September at 6pm. Registration required.
September 16, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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drdemography.com
Statement on ANU apology for ‘indefensible treatment’
I am pleased with the resolution agreed with the Australian National University. I look forward to helping the University rebuild trust, and helping to ensure that what happened to me is not the experience of future whistleblowers. I would like to thank: my lawyer Dougal Hurley who has worked tirelessly in pursuit of accountability, my friends in parliament and academia, and my husband and family whose unwavering support sustained me.
August 24, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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fionakatauskas.bsky.social
Absolute legend
feridundemir.org feridundemirorg @feridundemir.org · 29d
Cathy Wilcox Leaves The Sydney Morning Herald After 37 Years

Australian editorial cartoonist Cathy Wilcox is leaving The Sydney Morning Herald after 37 years, following her application for voluntary redundancy during a wider newsroom restructure at Nine Newspapers....
Cathy Wilcox Leaves The Sydney Morning Herald After 37 Years
Australian editorial cartoonist Cathy Wilcox is leaving The Sydney Morning Herald after 37 years, following her application for voluntary redundancy during a wider newsroom restructure at Nine Newspapers.
feridundemir.org
August 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
garethhutchens.bsky.social
August 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴 The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday

The academic's coordinated targeting by an explicitly anti-black race science network did not come out of nowhere, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
bylinetimes.com
August 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
Ä14 Jason Arday found dead 2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His . 6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11 r— mm-WI 3 A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday 1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book We are all Jason Arday now S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up.. 2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more . 7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising, Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography 8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_ Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow 6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre ÄIO Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she 4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after cornplaint about essay SOOre. Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his academic career. Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
August 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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jennycohn.bsky.social
“Peter Thiel… will headline the ‘Winds of Change’ libertarian summit in Buenos Aires, uniting influential figures from Chile's far right and the mining industry to promote the libertarian policies of Javier Milei's government as a regional model.” 8/12/26 … 1/ share.google/WWiWElH7bWG3...
Peter Thiel to Headline Libertarian Summit in Buenos Aires, Uniting Chile's Far Right and Mining Sector
Original article: Thiel concentrará en Buenos Aires a la ultraderecha chilena y la gran minería en torno al modelo “libertario” de Milei Peter Thiel,
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August 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
garethhutchens.bsky.social
In 1975, Milton Friedman visited Australia and warned voters that Australia could turn into Argentina if it didn’t change its policies. He spoke of the need for a new liberalism.

Today, in 2026, Andrew Bragg has just compared Australia unfavourably to Argentina & he says we need a new liberalism.
August 12, 2026 at 2:44 AM
garethhutchens.bsky.social
For the AI bonfire

www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
A ‘bananas’ order for 5,000 obscure titles from a bookshop in Galway fuels suspicion
Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots
www.irishtimes.com
August 11, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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teamtalaricohq.bsky.social
James Talarico: 50 years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around DC — a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal, and rig the system for themselves.

And it worked.
August 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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The billionaire CEO of one of Canada's largest companies has come under fire for endorsing the idea of stripping voting rights from some people and giving more votes to the ultra-wealthy.

How long before Hanson etc. suggest likewise in Australia?
Shopify CEO endorses idea to give more votes to wealthy Canadians | CBC News
The billionaire CEO of one of Canada's largest companies has come under fire for endorsing stripping voting rights from some and giving more votes to the ultra wealthy. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke replied ...
www.cbc.ca
July 29, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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bystander1.bsky.social
Bridget's tour paid for by ARC
July 9, 2026 at 4:57 AM
garethhutchens.bsky.social
“The boy subscribed to "neo-Nazi, white supremacy views", court documents allege, held "disdain for people of dark coloured skin, Jewish people and Muslims", and had accessed a number of violent videos and mass causality manifestos before the May incident.”

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Boy charged with extremist offence 'wanted to kill people for months'
According to court documents, the 13-year-old told police he had planned mass murder for many months, had been inspired by other school shooters and massacres.
www.abc.net.au
July 9, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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lucyham.bsky.social
Please be talking to your family and friends about this. We can’t count on them to read the news, and the corporates are unlikely to amplify the warning.
#auspol
June 27, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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guildnavigatorix.bsky.social
Another well written an valuable story from @garethhutchens.bsky.social 👏👏👏 #auspol
crigs.bsky.social Rob @crigs.bsky.social · Jun 24
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

#auspol

Excellent article. If rightwing populism is a reaction against a system that screws ordinary people why does it seem to embrace such things as the end of subsidised childcare and more tax breaks for the rich?
Has One Nation won the 'family feud' of Australian conservatives?
There's a "family feud" in Australia's political right, and right now it appears One Nation is winning.
www.abc.net.au
June 25, 2026 at 2:45 AM
garethhutchens.bsky.social
As One Nation surges in the polls, free market think tanks are joining the bandwagon.

But will PHON supporters welcome the extra help from the same think tanks that pushed the neoliberal policies they're now apparently so angry about?

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Has One Nation won the 'family feud' of Australian conservatives?
There's a "family feud" in Australia's political right, and right now it appears One Nation is winning.
www.abc.net.au
June 24, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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lucyham.bsky.social
ARC in London this week once again connects Tony Abbott & co with the networks of networks, especially the fossil fuel majors and think tanks, but also homophobic and misogynist campaigns of rights stripping.
#Auspol
lucyham29.substack.com/p/alliance-f...
Alliance for Responsible Citizenship is back in London this week
Several Australians are attending to speak. We don't yet have an attendee list. This is an important networking event on the transnational radicalised Right.
lucyham29.substack.com
June 22, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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roycerk2.bsky.social
"The president-elect, who will take office on 7 August, has pledged to build 10 maximum-security “mega-prisons” and kill criminals “like rats and cockroaches”. He has also promised to “disembowel” the left – a remark he later said was merely a figure of speech."
June 21, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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simonrosenberg.bsky.social
"modern tax systems have become #inequality machines."

@garethhutchens.bsky.social on Gabriel Zucman, who is advocating a minimum level wealth tax on the super-rich.

If the Albanese govt just fiddles around the edges on tax reform, Australia will follow the US: moving from democracy to oligarchy.
June 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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lucyham.bsky.social
🏆 Alex Fein via Redbridge. @auspoldaily.bsky.social
#Auspol is just one of many being subjected to an intense propaganda project for the new robber barons to hold all the power. It’s strategic, massively funded and One Nation is the 🇦🇺 vehicle. Read this.
redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/call-it-wh...
Call It What It Is: Foreign Interference
If a hostile state ran this sort of operation to swing our vote, we'd call it foreign interference. It's time we did.
redbridgeintel.substack.com
June 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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lucyham.bsky.social
3/5This is the DeSmog listing of how many Mont Pelerin Society members are at each Atlas Network partner or linked think tank. Walker describes MPS as Atlas “steering committee.”
Samuel Griffith Society attached to 3 members.

Context from @garethhutchens.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
DeSmog MPS page. Samuel Griffith with 3 MPS members https://www.desmog.com/mont-pelerin-society/
June 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
garethhutchens.bsky.social
Very good article
aunz.theconversation.com The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Jun 10
The big question now is how this new media-politics-money combination will form an effective force on the right of Australian politics.
A right mess: how mining, media and politics interests are combining to influence public debate in Australia
theconversation.com
June 11, 2026 at 10:27 AM