@mitchellstewart.bsky.social
Registered architect 🏛️
Urban mobility is my Roman Empire 🚲🚊
Urban mobility is my Roman Empire 🚲🚊
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Imagine being an ALP Minister of the NDIS and thinking it is good that the LNP "has been extremely constructive" in discussions over how to agree with you legislation to cut the NDIS
August 16, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Imagine being an ALP Minister of the NDIS and thinking it is good that the LNP "has been extremely constructive" in discussions over how to agree with you legislation to cut the NDIS
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“Revenue is up, prices are up," according to Woodside's boss.
What's not up? Our tax revenue.
What's not up? Our tax revenue.
Oil and gas giant becomes one of Australia’s biggest winners from Iran war
Australia’s largest gas producer has emerged as a major beneficiary of the conflict in the Middle East, earning $6 billion last quarter amid surging prices.
www.smh.com.au
July 30, 2026 at 6:08 AM
“Revenue is up, prices are up," according to Woodside's boss.
What's not up? Our tax revenue.
What's not up? Our tax revenue.
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In Labor's mind 'patriotism' is handing over billions in public funds, defence & foreign policy to the US.
And being 'progressive' is gutting funding for people with a disability and veterans healthcare to pay for it.
If this is 'Labor Left' god knows what Labor right is up to.
And being 'progressive' is gutting funding for people with a disability and veterans healthcare to pay for it.
If this is 'Labor Left' god knows what Labor right is up to.
July 2, 2026 at 6:31 AM
In Labor's mind 'patriotism' is handing over billions in public funds, defence & foreign policy to the US.
And being 'progressive' is gutting funding for people with a disability and veterans healthcare to pay for it.
If this is 'Labor Left' god knows what Labor right is up to.
And being 'progressive' is gutting funding for people with a disability and veterans healthcare to pay for it.
If this is 'Labor Left' god knows what Labor right is up to.
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The root cause of $29B in Defence blowouts over the last decade is Defence’s inability to appreciate project risk. The Govt can’t announce a believable Defence procurement shakeup without cancelling #AUKUS - our most costly and risk laden project. #auspol
Defence reform announced after $29 billion cost blowouts
Sweeping changes to the way complicated Australian Defence projects are managed will be unveiled by the Albanese Government this week, as a review found at least $29 billion worth of cost blowouts.
thenightly.com.au
June 30, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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How come all the NIMBY weirdos who never shut up about wind turbines 5km off the coast have nothing to say about these gargantuan noisy data centres that are springing up in the middle of suburbs, contaminating water, destroying liveability and property prices? It's weird.
June 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
How come all the NIMBY weirdos who never shut up about wind turbines 5km off the coast have nothing to say about these gargantuan noisy data centres that are springing up in the middle of suburbs, contaminating water, destroying liveability and property prices? It's weird.
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A 10% fall in house prices would take affordability back to 2023 levels. So let's stop the fricking scare campaigns that the CGT changes will destroy the economy.
They are the start of a very long road to recovery
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
They are the start of a very long road to recovery
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
![Twenty-six years ago, the average dwelling price in Australia was equal to nine years and four months’ worth of per-capita household disposable income. In the first three months of this year, the average dwelling price of $1.11m was equivalent to 17 years and four months of current average household disposable income.
If dwelling prices were 10% lower, they would be equal to 15 years and seven months – or where it was three years ago:
[Chart showing that]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ebyirfmcml2wmydrexhxu27t/bafkreiakpj4kzwabr3rr5wajwcjudsbcahdi7qijzu2ufiiqtma4urkc2u)
June 11, 2026 at 12:35 AM
A 10% fall in house prices would take affordability back to 2023 levels. So let's stop the fricking scare campaigns that the CGT changes will destroy the economy.
They are the start of a very long road to recovery
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
They are the start of a very long road to recovery
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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Horoo then. Make sure to sell your land on the way out. Clare Valley is my favourite region for reds, and Taylors my least favourite product that comes out of it. Sounds like a win for them, a win for me, and a win for the reputation of the entire region.
Taylors Wines threatens to move SA business overseas if tax changes go through
Major winemaker threatens to move business overseas if tax changes go through
The managing director of Taylors Wines in South Australia is threatening to move the business internationally in response to the federal government's proposed tax changes.
www.abc.net.au
May 29, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Horoo then. Make sure to sell your land on the way out. Clare Valley is my favourite region for reds, and Taylors my least favourite product that comes out of it. Sounds like a win for them, a win for me, and a win for the reputation of the entire region.
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They'd collapse. They always collapse under the mildest of scrutiny. They are raised in such a bubble of arse kissing obsequiousness that any disagreement or contestation feels like oppression to them.
Thought experiment: libs/nats/one nation exposed to the same order of invested, politicised media pressure now being applied to govt. How would they go?
May 28, 2026 at 9:40 AM
They'd collapse. They always collapse under the mildest of scrutiny. They are raised in such a bubble of arse kissing obsequiousness that any disagreement or contestation feels like oppression to them.
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Just a reminder why taxing capital gains is a good idea: as asset prices explode across rich economies, the CGT is the closest thing Australia has to a proper wealth tax. Why should people making money off shares or investments pay a low rate of tax than a nurse or a plumber?
Opinion | The capital gains scare campaign has been heavy on rhetoric but light on facts, obscuring the reality that most Australians pay no CGT, @beneltham.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/26/c...
No, entrepreneurialism shouldn't get better tax treatment compared to wages
The claim that Anthony Albanese will be an equal partner in your business is misleading at best and disinformation at worst.
www.crikey.com.au
May 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Just a reminder why taxing capital gains is a good idea: as asset prices explode across rich economies, the CGT is the closest thing Australia has to a proper wealth tax. Why should people making money off shares or investments pay a low rate of tax than a nurse or a plumber?
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Once again: close an area to cars, business *increases*. Every time.
And yet every new proposal to close an area to cars meets the same resistance from business owners.
I'm starting to wonder whether business owners really are rational self-interest maximizers, I tell you!
And yet every new proposal to close an area to cars meets the same resistance from business owners.
I'm starting to wonder whether business owners really are rational self-interest maximizers, I tell you!
Madrid closed its central business district to cars for the first time during the 2018 Christmas period.
The result was a 9.5% increase in retail spending on Madrid’s main shopping street, the Gran Vía.
Plus there was a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #UrbanTruth
The result was a 9.5% increase in retail spending on Madrid’s main shopping street, the Gran Vía.
Plus there was a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #UrbanTruth
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
May 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Once again: close an area to cars, business *increases*. Every time.
And yet every new proposal to close an area to cars meets the same resistance from business owners.
I'm starting to wonder whether business owners really are rational self-interest maximizers, I tell you!
And yet every new proposal to close an area to cars meets the same resistance from business owners.
I'm starting to wonder whether business owners really are rational self-interest maximizers, I tell you!
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With the booing at Anzac Day services, it's worth remembering it was Gina Rinehart's disinformation group "Advance" that ran a clinical anti-Welcome to Country campaign immediately before last year's dawn services (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/liberals-adv...
"Advance" spread ANZAC-eve division - The Klaxon
Liberal Party-funded disinformation group “Advance” sent a mass email sowing division over ANZAC Day just hours before Friday’s dawn service.
theklaxon.com.au
April 25, 2026 at 2:23 AM
With the booing at Anzac Day services, it's worth remembering it was Gina Rinehart's disinformation group "Advance" that ran a clinical anti-Welcome to Country campaign immediately before last year's dawn services (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/liberals-adv...
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The Albanese govt could have appointed fmr Supreme Court justices, KCs or police commissioners. Instead they chose the least qualified combination of deputies permitted under the NACC Act.
And it’s been almost impossible to judge their work - because we’ve seen so little of it. It beggars belief.
And it’s been almost impossible to judge their work - because we’ve seen so little of it. It beggars belief.
For the past couple of months we have been working on this investigation into the NACC’s leadership.
What we found was alarming and does not reflect well on the NACC.
What we found was alarming and does not reflect well on the NACC.
Built to fail? NACC: the integrity body undermined from within
The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s performance since its inception has been widely condemned. The leadership of Commissioner Paul Brereton, in particular, has drawn heavy criticism. Indeed, the...
thepoint.com.au
April 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM
The Albanese govt could have appointed fmr Supreme Court justices, KCs or police commissioners. Instead they chose the least qualified combination of deputies permitted under the NACC Act.
And it’s been almost impossible to judge their work - because we’ve seen so little of it. It beggars belief.
And it’s been almost impossible to judge their work - because we’ve seen so little of it. It beggars belief.
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I'm Jewish.
I condemn genocide.
I condemn the Labour Governments role in the Genocide.
The Prime Minister repeatedly conflating criticism of the Israeli Governments genocide and actual antisemitism is disgusting - and makes so many of us as Jewish people feel less safe.
I condemn genocide.
I condemn the Labour Governments role in the Genocide.
The Prime Minister repeatedly conflating criticism of the Israeli Governments genocide and actual antisemitism is disgusting - and makes so many of us as Jewish people feel less safe.
April 23, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I'm Jewish.
I condemn genocide.
I condemn the Labour Governments role in the Genocide.
The Prime Minister repeatedly conflating criticism of the Israeli Governments genocide and actual antisemitism is disgusting - and makes so many of us as Jewish people feel less safe.
I condemn genocide.
I condemn the Labour Governments role in the Genocide.
The Prime Minister repeatedly conflating criticism of the Israeli Governments genocide and actual antisemitism is disgusting - and makes so many of us as Jewish people feel less safe.
Once again this government is clearly showing who its masters really are.
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The government will not increase taxes on gas giants in next month's budget, echoing the industry's argument that exporters are already paying tens of billions of dollars in taxes each year.
April 23, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Once again this government is clearly showing who its masters really are.
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Australia's largest industrial climate pollution scheme is also its most poorly understood.
Today the federal government is releasing a new round of data today: details of the second year of the reformed scheme ahead of a review this year.
Here's what we know so far...
Today the federal government is releasing a new round of data today: details of the second year of the reformed scheme ahead of a review this year.
Here's what we know so far...
I just hit go on my first major piece of work from Naru Research: a guide to Australia's Safeguard Mechanism for change advocates and curious folks who love to learn.
You can download it from here: www.naruresearch.com.au/sgm-guide
You can download it from here: www.naruresearch.com.au/sgm-guide
April 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Australia's largest industrial climate pollution scheme is also its most poorly understood.
Today the federal government is releasing a new round of data today: details of the second year of the reformed scheme ahead of a review this year.
Here's what we know so far...
Today the federal government is releasing a new round of data today: details of the second year of the reformed scheme ahead of a review this year.
Here's what we know so far...
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When the Iran war started and fuel prices went up, Labor ministers were telling the Parliament and public that the ACCC was cracking down on fuel price gouging. But the ACCC wasn’t, because it couldn’t. The Govt knew it, but were engaging in deceit. #auspol
Fuel price gouging. War profiteering and government dissembling - Michael West
Greedy fuel companies are taking advantage of war, while politicians tell us they’re going to deal with greedy fuel companies, but don't.
michaelwest.com.au
April 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM
When the Iran war started and fuel prices went up, Labor ministers were telling the Parliament and public that the ACCC was cracking down on fuel price gouging. But the ACCC wasn’t, because it couldn’t. The Govt knew it, but were engaging in deceit. #auspol
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“When the two party system collapses, it won’t be replaced by anything better unless people organise”
No one is coming to save us but us #auspol
No one is coming to save us but us #auspol
March 22, 2026 at 4:24 AM
“When the two party system collapses, it won’t be replaced by anything better unless people organise”
No one is coming to save us but us #auspol
No one is coming to save us but us #auspol
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The crossbench does, in fact, have a shopping list of important and thorny topics to raise this week, because Australians want action on gambling, they want action on integrity in politics and lobbying reform, and they want answers to committee reports that are well overdue.
It’s 978 days since Peta Murphy called for a ban on betting ads. What happened to Labor’s pledge to respect parliament? | Josh Butler
From gambling to ‘jobs for mates’ and reports left to gather dust, the teals have a shopping list of thorny topics to talk about
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2026 at 3:23 AM
The crossbench does, in fact, have a shopping list of important and thorny topics to raise this week, because Australians want action on gambling, they want action on integrity in politics and lobbying reform, and they want answers to committee reports that are well overdue.
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Australia's most generous fossil fuel subsidy will pour another $11 billion of taxpayer money into the pockets of polluters this year, including coal and gas companies.
Australia’s most costly anti-climate policy hits taxpayers for $30m a day as calls mount to wind back fuel tax credits | Adam Morton
The government will hand over $10.8bn this financial year under the scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and petrol
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Australia's most generous fossil fuel subsidy will pour another $11 billion of taxpayer money into the pockets of polluters this year, including coal and gas companies.
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Billions lost in revenue from the gas cartel, billions sent to two G7 nations to boost their submarine industrial capability, while we sabotage our future by starving CSIRO of funds. A 'dumb present' denying our children a 'smart future'. #auspol
CSIRO funding falling short by ‘at least’ $1 billion
Internal correspondence and Senate submissions show the CSIRO is running out of money and may lose its position as a leading research agency.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
February 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Billions lost in revenue from the gas cartel, billions sent to two G7 nations to boost their submarine industrial capability, while we sabotage our future by starving CSIRO of funds. A 'dumb present' denying our children a 'smart future'. #auspol
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If the NSW government has any interest in maintaining faith with its own public, it will ask the DPP to investigate police actions on Monday night without NSW Police involvement, with a view to prosecuting the cops who committed assaults. Or it can carry on blaming the victims; Minns' choice.
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
If the NSW government has any interest in maintaining faith with its own public, it will ask the DPP to investigate police actions on Monday night without NSW Police involvement, with a view to prosecuting the cops who committed assaults. Or it can carry on blaming the victims; Minns' choice.
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Labor: *approves another new coalmine*
Wrap of #Heatwave Maximums for 30 Jan 2026.
SA 50.0 °C Port Augusta 2:43pm
NSW 48.1 °C Smithville 3:32pm
Qld 47.3 °C Ballera 1:59pm
Vic 45.6 °C Mildura 6:01pm
ACT 40.4 °C Tuggeranong 4:12 pm
Tomorrow conditions will start to retract then ease on Sunday
SA 50.0 °C Port Augusta 2:43pm
NSW 48.1 °C Smithville 3:32pm
Qld 47.3 °C Ballera 1:59pm
Vic 45.6 °C Mildura 6:01pm
ACT 40.4 °C Tuggeranong 4:12 pm
Tomorrow conditions will start to retract then ease on Sunday
January 30, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Labor: *approves another new coalmine*
Looks like Sussex St learnt nothing from being in the wilderness for 12 years.
How can you propose to build 1/2 a light rail line… & think it will be cheaper in long run?
This line runs through an area packed with high density new development - light rail so needed - why not a betterment tax to help fund developers’ profits
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
This line runs through an area packed with high density new development - light rail so needed - why not a betterment tax to help fund developers’ profits
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Revealed: Long-delayed Sydney light rail line will now be built in two sections
A riverside suburb notorious for its lack of public transport will finally have a way out. But not any time soon.
www.smh.com.au
January 31, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Looks like Sussex St learnt nothing from being in the wilderness for 12 years.
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The migrant-blaming story has no end point – because it will never deliver the safety and prosperity people crave.
Americans lives will keep getting worse, and politicians will keep finding someone new to blame - anyone except the super-rich.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
Americans lives will keep getting worse, and politicians will keep finding someone new to blame - anyone except the super-rich.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
This is what happens when you blame migrants instead of billionaires
The poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and the list of 'domestic terrorists' gets longer.
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 AM
The migrant-blaming story has no end point – because it will never deliver the safety and prosperity people crave.
Americans lives will keep getting worse, and politicians will keep finding someone new to blame - anyone except the super-rich.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
Americans lives will keep getting worse, and politicians will keep finding someone new to blame - anyone except the super-rich.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...