Nothing is sacred in this country. Nothing.
Australia isn't a nation; it's a balance sheet. Every patch of dirt, every slice of coastline, every piece of our common heritage is just an asset waiting for the right bidder. We don't have landmarks, we have listings.
The latest proof? Hamilton Island—a place woven into the fabric of Aussie holidays, memories, and identity—has just been sold for $1.2 BILLION to the private equity giant Blackstone.
Because why should something belong to the people's imagination when it can belong to a spreadsheet? Why should a place hold memories when it can hold a leveraged buyout?
From the ports to the power lines, the farms to the islands, it's all for sale. We are merely tenants, watching as the title deeds to our own country are auctioned off to the highest global bidder.
Our icons aren't in museums; they're on the block. And the auctioneer's gavel never stops swinging.

#AustraliaForSale #Aus4Sale #Privatisation #HamiltonIsland #CorporateAustralia #NothingIsSacred #Auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-24/hamilton-island-sale-1-2-billion-dollars-blackstone/106176628

Fixing outdated environmental laws (the EPBC Act)
Destruction as usual ?

“Australians are tired of the bush being bulldozed and burnt and elected a government that will act on nature and on climate." They expect "sweeping changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) in the next 18 months."

"The past failures, combined with the approval of major fossil fuel projects and the rushed passage of laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry, have environmentalists worried about Labor’s second term."

"Environmental organisations also want an end to the “climate blindness” of Australia’s environmental laws, an end to loopholes such as the effective exemption granted to logging under regional forest agreements, and a clearer focus on what’s needed for the recovery of threatened species."

"Corporate Australia needed to “leave its bludgeons at the door” as the process started afresh."

"Ending habitat loss was the “bottom line outcome”, ...meaning that native forest logging and agricultural land clearing must be addressed in some form."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/14/environmentalists-worry-as-labor-seeks-consensus-on-federal-nature-laws-epbc-act-epa
#EPBCAct #BiodiversityCrisis #biodiversity #ClimateBreakdown #GHG #FastTrackApprovals #extractivism #destruction #SamuelReview #LoggingIndustry #landclearing #FossilFuels #CorporateAustralia