Every solution begins with a conversation. Building capability to get seats at tables where decisions are made & lead conversations that replace rigged systems with fair ones. Same skills build better everywhere. Follow me: https://suebarrett.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mvqo6kjcas2c"Australian values." "Resilience & reform." Warm words both sides use to sound like they've said something. Angus Taylor won't say if he backs multiculturalism. Check what's under the phrase. Glittering Generalities - 3rd in our Political Persuasion Playbook https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-political-persuasion-playbook-54d?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true17 Sep 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqo6kjcas2chttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mvixtzlal22qA new federal bill would fine platforms up to $109.2 million for failing to protect users, promising Australians real choice. The catch: Gov wants opt-out, Greens want opt-in. Submissions close 22 Sept, 12pm: mailto:digitaldutyofcare@communications.gov.au https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/who-gets-to-decide-what-you-see-online?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true14 Sep 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvixtzlal22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mvbwec44d224We turned people into #s. Now we're paying for it. It's 50 years of a system with no warning light, sprinting toward "efficient" while nobody watched what it was costing real people. AI just put a rocket under it. Time to put the human back in the equation. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-doctrine-that-built-the-efficiency?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true12 Sep 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbwec44d224https://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mv742moxks2s"Anti-boy ideology" "Captain No" "Leftover" "Antisemite" Labels that end arguments before they start. They're verdicts, not evidence. Labels are used to shut down debate. The test is always the same: what specific, checkable fact is this word standing in for? https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-political-persuasion-playbook-75b?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true10 Sep 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv742moxks2shttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mv334kupq223Last night in Goldstein, I gave a speech on the first act of citizenship: sorting signal from noise before you can hold anyone in power to account. Full speech now up on Substack in podcast and written form. Onward we press. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/sorting-signal-from-noise-is-the?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true09 Sep 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv334kupq223https://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mv2anwy53s23A very useful article and map of who's who in the Atlas Network cabal. #auspol https://theenvironmentalmovement.substack.com/p/what-is-the-atlas-network-doing-in09 Sep 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2anwy53s23https://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3muxfoixqys2vDr Emma Shortis argues Australia has never really examined its relationship with the United States. It has simply assumed the alliance means safety, decade after decade, government after government. Your Vote. Your Future. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/our-biggest-ally-is-now-our-biggest?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true07 Sep 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxfoixqys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3muspw7ucxs2uThe machete isn't real. It's AI. The people who paid for it - 100% real. Ex-IPA staff engineering to move your vote in November against your own best interests. Fear moves faster than facts. That's not an accident, it's the entire business model. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/we-are-not-being-warned-we-are-being?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #auspol06 Sep 2026 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3muspw7ucxs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3muqcvdxack2kThe camera above the self-checkout scans you. You're not served. You're processed. This week Coles confirmed it's ending its Palantir contract - bc 85,000 people refused to let it go. People power works. Start with a smile & a 'good morning', today, for free. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/we-are-not-numbers-we-are-humans?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true05 Sep 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqcvdxack2khttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3munhez7ha22gThere are lies, damned lies & statistics. Welcome to The Political Persuasion Playbook, Part 1: Card Stacking - a propaganda technique named by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis. Select the facts that support one side, omit the ones that complicate it. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-political-persuasion-playbook?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true03 Sep 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3munhez7ha22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mukpr6avks27Essential listening about corporate crimes and how they should be prospected. The book: Corporate Harms - a horror story. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/corporate-harm-horror-law-crime/10710794202 Sep 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukpr6avks27https://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mufrhoyfsk25The Age Pension rises $35 a fortnight from 20 September. Deeming rates rise the same day too, clawing back part of that gain for some pensioners. Like a pay rise and a rent increase landing together, only one makes the headline. Your Vote. Your Future. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/your-pension-goes-up-this-month-for?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true31 Aug 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufrhoyfsk25https://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mu6lwbrkls2cGrieving isn't scheduled. Neither is rebellion. Choosing gratitude in the middle of a genuine fight isn't surrender. It's refusing to let bitterness win the war even while you're still winning the battle. Final piece in a 4-part series Gratitude is rebellion. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-142-days-what-gratitude-actually?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true29 Aug 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6lwbrkls2chttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mu4twt7dek24Tim Wilson wants you frightened for small business. ✅ He cited 375,331 business exits last year. ❌ He left out the 460,461 new businesses that started, and record net growth of +85,130. Same ABS release. Half the story. Representation or Propaganda? #auspol https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/australias-shadow-treasurer-wants?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true28 Aug 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4twt7dek24https://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mu3uay7qa22bIf a Gov algorithm makes a decision about you most Australians assume that's the end of the conversation. It's not. You have a right to ask for the reasons behind it & the rules used to reach it, not just a letter stating the outcome. Your Vote. Your Future. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/how-to-challenge-an-automated-government?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true27 Aug 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3uay7qa22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mtzs5jrjus2rHostile complexity - Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny - Apple Podcasts https://share.google/nL8cGN3bBxa5YvTVf Excellent podcast Alex Fein from Redbridge. Explains a lot27 Aug 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzs5jrjus2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mtu7khujmc26An algorithm assessed Australians' aged care needs. 4Corners found it under-assesses people with cognitive decline/frailty. Senate voted to abolish it. Govt hasn't acted on that vote: the tool remains under review. Same pattern as Robodebt. Ask your MP why. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-aged-care-algorithm-is-what-happens?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true24 Aug 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtu7khujmc26https://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mtn4h4u6kk2tThere's a loop running underneath modern life: Insecurity. Accumulation. Disconnection. Back to insecurity. It runs on every income bracket bc the thing driving it doesn't check your bank balance. Part 3: The loop, the science & what actually breaks it. 👇 https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-loop-how-insecurity-becomes-materialism?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true22 Aug 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn4h4u6kk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mtkbqx5w722bEvery year the Fed Govt hands out GST revenue to the states & every year a fight breaks out over how much each state gets. This week's Productivity Commission report on WA's GST deal is the latest round. Your Vote. Your Future. You know what to do. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/how-the-gst-actually-gets-shared?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #auspol20 Aug 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkbqx5w722bhttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mtcmowoskc2yThe Productivity Commission just called Australia's GST deal with WA "a costly mistake," after $23 billion in extra payments since 2018 that could reach $60 billion by 2030. Every state but WA wants it scrapped. Read why 👇 Your Vote. Your Future. #auspol https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-gst-deal-every-state-but-one?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true17 Aug 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcmowoskc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3mt3djfphy22qYour brain on gratitude, and it's not what you think. Grievance culture needs your brain running on threat and scarcity. Gratitude trains it the other way. That's not sentiment. That's rebellion. Read more here 👇 https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/your-brain-on-gratitude-what-the?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true14 Aug 2026 23:42 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3djfphy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3msynyo3lhc2wVictoria just scrapped group voting tickets. The system that let parties secretly redirect your preferences after you voted is gone. However deceptive party names built to trap your vote are still registered. Check before you vote 1 in November 2026. #auspol https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/victoria-finally-closes-the-loophole?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true13 Aug 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msynyo3lhc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/suebarrett.bsky.social/post/3msqz6csznk2u76-79% of Australians have backed that ban for months. It didn't move the bill. What did: testimony from a former NRL player about VIP inducements. Senate committee reports 17 Aug. Ask your senator & MP how they'll define "predatory." Your Vote. Your Future. https://suebarrett.substack.com/p/who-was-consulted-before-the-gambling?r=ymnd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true10 Aug 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:ho6jb2dqnvmeanftmvw5fvpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqz6csznk2u