Ebony Bennett
@ebony_bennett
Deputy Director of @TheAusInstitute. Host of Follow the Money podcast. Easily startled horror fan. Political tragic, amateur TV critic & solo hiking enthusiast.
Secrecy is not security - I talk to @Browne90 about how transparency can make us all safer in the latest episode of Follow the Money pod! #auspol @TheAusInstitute australiainstitute.org.au/post/secrecy-i…
Has the @AusHumanRights expressed a view about the Segal recommendations or is it hiding & hoping no-one asks ? The recommendations raise issues of human rights, freedom of speech, the line between political opinion and antisemitism.
We're always told we have "shared values" with the United States. How many values do you feel you share with a country governed by ignorant, antidemocratic and lawless predators? crikey.com.au/2025/07/23/uni…
you should be able to leave work early if your teen drama ship from the 90s reunites on a random monday afternoon
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
Generations of reformers have given Australia a very good voting system: • preferential voting • compulsory voting • a democratically elected upper house - and one elected with proportional representation. Much of which UK, US, Canada are still missing.
Britain MUST be radical in its electoral reform. • A NZ style (part proportional) electoral system • Compulsory voting • Citizens Assemblies • Local Mayors with real financial powers • An appointed upper house of real credibility and quality Our model of representative…
Today, July 16, at 3 am, Israeli forces bombed tents of displaced people in Khan Younis as they further expand their operation in the area. Our colleague Hossni Al Naijar, was among those injured in the attack, while a baby in the tent next to his was killed. Shrapnel hit Hosni’s…
"The NSW Gov appears to be holding out on declaring the Great Koala National Park because it's waiting for carbon offsets. "Doesn't that show a potential flaw with essentially privatising protecting the environment?" Great question Amy, it sure looks that way to us! #auspol
A reminder that when Jillian Segal was President of ECAJ in November 2023, she put out a statement criticising the federal government for calling on Israel to not bomb hospitals. afr.com/policy/foreign…
A veil of secrecy hangs over the conditions applied to Woodside Energy’s massive gas export project on WA's Burrup Peninsula search.app/4wpqFsN1oRehcn…
Polls say that Australians are not interested in being a client state of the US. Don’t take kindly to being bullied or extorted to join wars for US aims, particularly as Trump obliterates the international law that we rely on for our safety, and sovereignty. Prefer to be…
Nothing like a @NickFeik deep dive into why someone's denials make ZERO sense
If Anthony Albanese was indeed genuinely seeking to restore “social cohesion” by appointing a special envoy to combat antisemitism, he couldn’t have made a poorer choice than Jillian Segal. New post: nickfeik.substack.com/p/envoys-in-gl…
“ One might pause to wonder what First Nations people, who are the victims of racism every day, feel about the priority given to 120,000 well-educated, secure and mostly affluent individuals”. Thank you Louise Adler for pointing this out!
A must read from Louise Adler:
Outrageous! More than half the #koalas relocated by the NSW government in a high-risk translocation have died. A devastating failure that was kept from the public. #auspol theguardian.com/environment/20…
“One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Omar El Akkad.
Whoa! I’m being told by Jillian Segal that if I criticise Israeli land grabs or violence against Palestinians I’m talking anti-semitism. But her husband’s family trust is funding anti-Palestinian, anti-immigrant campaigns & opposition to welcome to country smh.com.au/politics/feder…
Honey, have you been spending $50k from the family trust on anti-democratic hate groups without telling me again?
Housing Minister Clare O’Neil worried about red tape at state level making it uneconomic to build a home. We should increase supply but the federal government could look at something it can do to improve affordability, including this x.com/TheAusInstitut…
There’s a simple reform the federal government could introduce to bring house prices down. Directing APRA to force banks to limit loans given to investors would make it easier for people to buy a house they actually want to live in. @MattGrudnoff #auspol
.@mehdirhasan asked Ms Rachel if there were images from Gaza that stuck in her head. A little boy shaking from shock, Hind Rajab’s voice on the phone, a little boy who lost his whole family staring at a wall, a baby in a rainbow onesie… All the things we will never forget.
So we’ve got it wrong. There is no rental crisis according to recent analysis. Tell that to battlers on social welfare and low wages who can’t find an affordable rental, or those who sacrifice food, medical care, and other basics to pay their rent. 🤔 theguardian.com/australia-news…
New communications minister Anika Wells, also has sport portfolio — what are the chances the second term will ban gambling ads, and is it near zero?