Kristen Lock

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand. They listen with the intent to reply." — Stephen Covey

"It's time to call BS on the idea that we can't afford to look after Australians. "Subsidies that largely go to Clive Palmer, Gina Rinehart, BHP, Rio Tinto are growing faster than the NDIS." @R_o_d_C on 🇦🇺's runaway fossil fuel subsidies. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/3PHIcMu

Rex Patrick graphic shows it all. #AUKUS only seems to make sense to the #Labor and #LNP … what do they know that THE ENTIRE REST OF THE COUNTRY doesn’t? Literally no one else “gets” the whole AUKUS thing. #auspol 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Breaking - the PM has asked for modelling on a potential new gas tax. That's great news! And, fortunately, we've released analysis on the topic just this morning. Read more: theaus.in/4lACKHa

Sign the petition: Save Our CSIRO davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro… #auspol #lanecovevotes #warringahvotes #nswpol #communityindependents (and how appalling the state our country is in that we need a petition like this)

#auspol #OneNation votes against #SenDavidPocock and with the parties - to block gas tax. youtu.be/NeuCXLQT8Cw

@MichaelPascoe01 Eyes wide open Australia. Will Labor find their spine? 🍿🍿🍿

"Now is not the time to introduce more uncertainty or disincentivise investment in gas,” said Balaji Krishnamurthy, president in Australia for US major Chevron Ah Chevron, Trump's mates in Venezuela. He would say that. afr.com/politics/feder…

Good news! Right now we are giving away our gas. When prices soar, we should all benefit. A super profits tax makes sense. The PRRT is not fit for purpose. This is a promising sign the govt is finally listening. This budget is the opportunity. #auspol abc.net.au/news/2026-03-2…

Kos Samaras dissects the heart of the political zeitgeist in #vicpol and possibly #auspol Understand it - even if (and especially if) you don’t want to. Eyes wide open. #communityindies @voicesofAU open.substack.com/pub/redbridgei…

As petrol and diesel prices surge following Donald Trump's war with Iran, now is not the time to remove incentives that encourage motorists to switch to electric vehicles. The tax exemption applied to EVs is working as intended: it's accelerating take-up, building a burgeoning second-hand market, reducing emissions, and taking pressure off our stressed energy market. Electrifying transport means stronger economic and energy security. Removing measures like the Fringe Benefits Tax exemption will make it harder for Australians to access cleaner, cheaper to run cars at a time when it’s absolutely critical that we support EV uptake. theguardian.com/environment/20…

📺 Great video on the #CommunityIndependents movement in Australia. 😊 Getting involved with this project is one of the best things I have done. 💡 Find out more 👇🏽👇🏽 #ActiveHope #auspol #PeoplePower @CommunityIndeps @VoicesWentworth @spenderallegra youtu.be/-YxxKo3pYaA

I hope there’s transparency around this week’s meeting between the @acccgovau and the fuel industry, else I might have to force some using #FOI. The Australian community deserves a detailed explanation on why fuel prices have risen so rapidly. #gouging #auspol

We are all desperate for independent policy thinking! Govt capture by conflicted-interest lobby groups (turnstiles with ex pollies & staffers), the #boyzklub #jobs4mates, and the massive oligopoly consultancy firms (no accountability to the people) is killing our democracy.

If there was a brain left in British politics, its first priority would be to replace 1st-past-the-post with preferential voting Reform UK government would replace top civil servants with those ‘more likely to implement party’s priorities’ theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

Ed Husic is calling on Dr Jim Chalmers to consider embracing the ACTU’s proposal for a 25 per cent tax on gas exports, which would raise $17bn a year. Read more: theaus.in/4rtDgbn

The global energy crisis will enable oil and gas companies to make huge profits, which we won’t benefit from because our main fossil fuel tax, the PRRT, is so poorly designed. In a cost of living crisis, the govt should immediately legislate to get a fair share of windfall profits from our oil and gas for all Australians.

The sheer waste is shocking. 21 Defence projects, $37B in blow-outs. So govt orders Auditor-General to stop auditing. @MrRexPatrick used to be on the Audit Committee #auspol michaelwest.com.au/biggest-loser-…

@DavidPocock Astounding! Utterly dismal Wells not even pretending - or is now so used to the influence and pressure from gambling associated lobbyists she thinks THEY are the ones in office?!?!😳 No wonder voters are desp for #communityindies and ANY other non-ColesWorths to vote for.

Minister Wells has revealed who's really running the show when it comes to online gambling reform: the gambling companies themselves. The same companies that Peta Murphy, who chaired the inquiry that produced the Murphy Report, described as predatory. Time to ban gambling ads and implement the Murphy Report in full. aapnews.aap.com.au/news/lobby-gam…

@MrRexPatrick @davidfoale5 @AlboMP Outrageous. I really don’t think either of the ColesWorths parties are in touch with the brutal reality of how fed up Australians are with them.

Defence spends the most public money on projects, by a long shot. They waste 10s of billions. A Govt controlled committee has ordered the Auditor-General to stop auditing Defence major projects. Politically good for @AlboMP - very bad for taxpayers #auspol michaelwest.com.au/biggest-loser-…