Tom Skladzien

Economics, politics & occasional humour from a Labor, union type of guy.

[Tom Skladzien @trsklad]

Checks out.

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

Dutton doesn’t have a #nuclear plan

He made a dangerous nuclear announcement

An announcement that is designed to divide us

To create another climate culture war & delay action on climate change

To deny manufacturing workers a secure future

#auspol #energy

[Craig Emerson @DrCraigEmerson]

Oops, the Nationals have let the cat out of the bag - no large-scale renewable projects ever.

So taxpayers to fund coal-fired power stations to stay open and build new ones till the 2040s, followed by even more expensive nuclear power.

[Steve Murphy ✊ @Murphy_Steve]

No-one except Peter Dutton and big polluters think nuclear is a good idea.

Nuclear is their dangerous distraction.

A distraction that Dutton is using to create another culture war to enable big polluters to keep polluting.

We must plan for Climate Action and Job Creation.

[Michele O'Neil @MicheleONeilAU]

A good budget for working people

[SmartEnergyCouncil @SmartEnergyCncl]

Fed Budget 2024: What a Win for Smart Energy 🤩

The Council congratulates the @AlboMP & gov for giving businesses, manufacturers, workers, and industries the confidence they need to invest in a decarbonised Australia.

Thank you for responding to our calls. Massive congrats 👏

[Craig Emerson @DrCraigEmerson]

Next we’ll be told by self-appointed nuclear experts that former Chief Scientist Alan Finkel knows nothing about nuclear power.

He’s clearly not a fan.

[Tom Skladzien @trsklad]

#memories

[Pat Conroy MP @PatConroy1]

Russia’s attack on #Ukraine is an attack on us all.

We honour the resilience of the Ukrainian people today as they continue to stand up to Russia’s brutality, and we call on Russia to end its illegal and immoral invasion.

[Tom Skladzien @trsklad]

Just for context.

[Senator Matt Canavan @mattjcan]

this is sad in some senses

one of the best ways to know that you are on the money is to get "fact checked"

[Tom Skladzien @trsklad]

@MikeyRobins This is true for very many nations.

[Craig Emerson @DrCraigEmerson]

Beware. This account is NOT me. It’s someone impersonating me, apparently spruiking shonky investment schemes.

I can’t view it because the impersonator has blocked me.

The impersonator’s account is @MrCraigEmerson.

My genuine account is ⁦@DrCraigEmerson⁩

[Tom Skladzien @trsklad]

"Socrates himself is particularly missed.
A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed" 👌

[Tim Harcourt @TimHarcourt]

In honour of #ImmanuelKant’s 300th anniversary here’s the philosophers’ drinking song - take it away Bruce’s -

https://t.co/I6NtgmYlxz

[Tom Skladzien @trsklad]

Incredible effort.
Another great Labor health policy delivered.

[Mark Butler MP @Mark_Butler_MP]

All Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are now open and operating. We have delivered on our commitment to have all 58 open by the end of 2023.

[Tom Skladzien @trsklad]

A true giant of the discipline and a huge inspiration for so many in deciding to go into economics, including myself.
Didn’t have the pleasure of knowing him personally but by all accounts a lovely man.
Vale.

[Tim Harcourt @TimHarcourt]

Nobel Prize winning economist Bob Solow has died aged 99.

When I was at Harvard, Bob took me to lunch near MIT. The waitress said: “Wow are you Australian? I just love your accent.” Bob said “hey what about my accent? Can’t you tell I am from Brooklyn?”

[🐚 Shell Zenner 🐚 @shellzenner]

Incredible scenes, what a funeral, what a guy RIP Shane ❤️

[Fergal Burke @fergaljburke]

This is the real Dublin ❤️‍🔥

So long Shane 🙏

#ShaneMacGowan

[Anthony Albanese @AlboMP]

Every one of us in the Labor family is broken hearted by the death of our beloved Peta Murphy.

At this saddest of times we offer our deepest sympathies to her loving husband Rod and all her family.

[Tom Skladzien @trsklad]

Pretty sure that's not the earliest.

[Tom Skladzien @trsklad]

Dutton campaign to save the whales?!?!
You know there's something fishy going on. 🤔

[Media Watch @ABCmediawatch]

“There’s also no evidence — according to the experts — that surveying and building offshore wind farms is causing whales to die …

But will that stop the media spreading the fears? I think you know the answer to that.” #MediaWatch