Jack Toohey

I’ve always loved connecting with communities and being creative online, and condensing massive issues into tiny short-form videos has been a challenge I’ve relished (for the most part lol). But it’s pretty clear these apps are doing more harm than good. That’s why I spent over a year writing this book. Something that can last loooong after the plug is pulled on the internet. The housing crisis, climate change, and persistent gender inequity. A mounting mental health epidemic, a floundering media landscape, a political class that seems completely disconnected from voters... If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world, you’re not alone. But here’s the thing: we created these systems, and so we can re-create them. Better Things Are Possible outlines the problems AND the solutions that already exist—in way more detail than I could ever hope to put into short-form videos. It’s my case for choosing hope over apathy, for replacing defeatism with resilience. “Better Things Are Possible is a beacon of light in a dark political landscape.” — @hannahferguson___ , author of Bite Back “A book for punters who aren’t afraid to stare down the mess we’re in—and discover we’re closer to fixing it than we think.” — @punterspolitics 📗 Pre-order now via the link in bio, plus details to help you support local bookstores if you can!

If 2025 is going to be a year defined by masculinity, what kind of masculinity do we want it to be? One that dominates and divides, or one that uplifts, stands for equality, and fights for justice — for everyone?

🏡 market is broken, pass it on. #okboomer #housingcrisis #timetravel #history

Always was, always will be.

I think he might actually be taking the piss

Thank you to @crikey.news for giving me the space to write this. And thank you to everyone who has continued to stand firmly beside me amid this recent firestorm. I see you and I appreciate the sacrifices many of you have made. Especially George, who is proving to be my sturdy anchor. Dark times such as these make selfish cowards out of good people. I would rather be battered by backlash than live in false comfort on the sidelines. Would that more of us stood up together as a united front. They can silence a handful of us, but they can’t silence us all. 📷: @jack_toohey

GT = GOAT AOTY

For the past few years I’ve been saying I’m “retired from photography”. After years shooting brand stuff, I just fell completely out of love with the craft. But protests were always different. Communities rallying together, the solidarity, the camaraderie, they just feel human. There’s a feeling on the ground that I’ve never been able to shake. And it was that feeling, more than anything, that pulled me away from brand work and into the advocacy work I’ve been doing since. What I’m realising now as I’ve picked up the camera again is that photography or being a “photographer” was never really the point. It’s just one medium for telling stories. And storytelling is the most human thing there is. This continent holds 65,000+ years of it, knowledge and truth passed down from generation to generation. Today we have more ways to tell stories than ever before, but we also have machines churning out millions of non-human stories a second, floods of misinformation, and a world full of people struggling to know what’s real. That makes honest storytelling more important than it’s ever been. So if you’re a storyteller, in any medium, at any level, the world needs your eyes, ears and voice right now. On genocide. On climate collapse. On inequality. On justice. On truth. We need to uplift and protect the people willing to tell those stories, and we need more of us stepping up. Because the future worth fighting for hasn’t been written yet. But if we don’t write it, power and profit will.

You gonna denounce this guy Pauline?

File under: institutionalised white supremacy

I have spent over half my life fighting for the rights and safety of children. I do not advocate violence. I do not advocate antisemitism, Islamaphobia, or hatred of any kind. We’re at the point where a federal MP has called for me to be investigated by police, another two have called for my Australian of the Year Award to be rescinded, and the premier of NSW has linked me to the Bondi massacre — all because I said a phrase that isn’t illegal, whilst addressing a peaceful protest. In that same speech, I also said that our communal weapons are compassion and love. This message has been completely lost. Meanwhile, our leaders are entertaining Isaac Herzog, the president of a state facing allegations of genocide in Gaza at the International Court of Justice, who himself stands credibly accused of war crimes. If the political and media classes are genuinely committed to ensuring that language doesn’t lead to violence, perhaps they should start with him. As I’ve already said, I’m not the story. For the record, I’m staunchly anti-violence and anti-racism in every form. This is not the first time I’ve been made a villain for speaking out. It is however the first time I’ve been cast in a worse light than a criminal state. In the pursuit of justice, proportion, fairness, and truth, I refuse to be silent.

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