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@zem-australia.bsky.social
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Politics, truth in media, social justice, public health.... and of course being a slave to my dog
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Peter Murphy
about 15 hours ago
The "Voters Warm to Ley" SMH headline is comically misleading. The report focuses on comparing Ley to Dutton, not Albo! It provides "net performance scores" for various demographics (eg. Dutton -30%. Ley +9%) but fails to give these figures for Albo! It presents other data on Albo. 🍎 🍊
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Dr Alan Nixon
about 14 hours ago
#ClimateCriminals
are ripping us off while destroying our future,
#auspol
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#Australia
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Canavan just proving once again he can't research ANYTHING himself... because that ''research'' was debunked years ago after comprehensive international research. just proving dangerous incompetence never wanes 🙄
#AusPol
#AusNews
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this is what the world is doing to the Zionist Genocidal Leader at the UN Nobody wants to hear this tyranical killer whitewash his crimes, protected by the Dictator Trump (follow the $$)
#AusPol
#AusNews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsD3...
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Watch: Dozens of delegates walk out at start of Netanyahu’s U.N. speech
YouTube video by CBS News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsD37ARye84
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sLAPtHEcAT
1 day ago
#auspol
#Zionism
#ALP
#Complicit
#Goldstein
#TimWilson
@australianlabor.bsky.social
#Apartheid
#Colonialism
#WhiteSupremacy
#WarCrimes
#Genocide
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
#EthnicCleansing
The
#Israel
#Holocaust
in
#Palestine
EXPEL THE 🇮🇱 AMBASSADOR ⛔ 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗦𝗥𝗔𝗘𝗟 ⛔
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧
about 24 hours ago
#Auspol
We must
#BoycottAmerica
to help save it from Trump and his Pedophile Cartel mates
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@albomp.bsky.social
dealing with Trump should remember that he is like raging hippo... dangerous & unpredictable "Trumponomics" 😏
#AusPol
#AusNews
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/24/e...
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Europe’s Hippopotamus Strategy for Handling Trump
EU policymakers should channel their inner naturalists as they adapt to Trumponomics.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/24/europe-eu-trump-tariffs-trade-deal-economy-negotiations/
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Lucy Hamilton
about 21 hours ago
Read Year of the Rat by Harry Shukman. He infiltrated the UK neo-Nazi-adjacent far right for a year. There were professional/private school types throughout the movement. This lawyer posted racist & antisemitic material online. Described Mein Kampf as “brilliant.” Pretty facades on 😬
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🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🍉
about 20 hours ago
Hates immigration but suddenly a foreigner when it was financially beneficial. Billionaire Clive Palmer ordered to pay $13m after claim of being ‘foreign investor’ in Australian mining project thrown out.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
#insiders
#SundayShot
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Clive Palmer ordered to pay $13m after claim of being ‘foreign investor’ in Australian mining project thrown out
Attorney general says mining magnate is ‘not a foreign investor’ and is ‘not entitled to any benefits under Australia’s free trade and investment agreements’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/27/clive-palmer-ordered-to-pay-13m-after-claim-of-being-foreign-investor-in-australian-mining-project-thrown-out?CMP=share_btn_url
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Lawyer Adam Houda
about 20 hours ago
If depraved israelis mass-murder their own people, what chance do the Palestinians have?? MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE TERRORIST STATE OF ISRAEL NOW & MAKE ISRAEL PALESTINE AGAIN!!!!!
#IsraeliNazis
#PalestinianHolocaust
#FinalSolution
#auspol
#IsraelIsATerroristState
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marque lawyers
1 day ago
This is pure fascism, directing the instruments of state security to target the regime's domestic political enemies by designating them terrorists. It's not a mask for anything, it's just raw state terror. If we lived in the US we would be terrified.
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Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/enforcing-the-death-penalty-laws-in-the-district-of-columbia-to-deter-and-punish-the-most-heinous-crimes/
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The Australia Institute
1 day ago
‘We have taught ourselves to smother things of great concern and pretend that nothing truly bad is happening.’ Read Greg Jericho’s op ed in The Guardian on how mediocrity and lack of ambition is a growing problem in institutions from the RBA to the IMF.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social
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Jewish Council of Australia
3 days ago
We've just delivered 80 pages and over 2,700 signatures to the PM's office, calling for sanctions on Israel now to put a stop to the genocide.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚
1 day ago
"Renewable superpower" sounds great... shame the paperwork keeps opening coal mines and gas fields. You can’t offset hypocrisy with a fucking press release.
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Ronni🧂Salt
1 day ago
"The American Forever War wages on, dumber, deadlier and merchandised to a depraved degree. American authoritarianism is both an eerie echo of tyrants past and its own unique perversion."
@davemilbo.bsky.social
knocking it for a six
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The Yanks are cooked (and cooking the rest of us) - The Shot
American authoritarianism is an echo of tyrants’ past and its own unique perversion: shrouded in goldleaf, ski masks, and utter bullshit.
https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/the-yanks-are-cooked-and-cooking-the-rest-of-us/
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Ronni🧂Salt
3 days ago
The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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You’re being played – your part in the culture wars - The Shot
When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.
https://theshot.net.au/uncategorized/youre-being-played-your-part-in-the-culture-wars/
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@albomp.bsky.social
speaking out of both sides of his mouth it seems 😏 Palestinian Statehood at the UN... meanwhile 👇
@australianlabor.bsky.social
voters see this!
#AusPol
#AusNews
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/25/e...
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Australia handed $10m to Israeli arms firm as Albanese recognised Palestine
Yet again, the government is handing taxpayer money to a company steeped in Palestinian blood: Elbit Systems. It's quite a contrast to Anthony Albanese's posturing on recognising Palestine.
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/25/elbit-systems-uk-israeli-weapons-company-albanese-government/
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Tom Red
3 days ago
After watching SBS's "The People vs RoboDebt", you have wonder why Tudge, Roberts, Porter & Morrison aren't in jail. Lives lost, families destroyed, $ billions wasted, whistleblowers demonised ... yet these guys just moved on to their next adventure. More:
www.sbs.com.au/.../tv-serie...
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💧Bee 🐝🌿❤
3 days ago
Dear @MRowlandMP You said
#Robodebt
was "a costly failure of public administration", it has cost taxpayers over a billion dollars in compensation When will you instruct the DPP to initiate criminal prosecutions against the Ministers involved? 🐝
#auspol
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...
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Watch The People vs Robodebt
Watch The People vs Robodebt for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/the-people-vs-robodebt
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Kiwifunknuckle
4 days ago
KNEW IT!
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@albomp.bsky.social
for when Trump is written about as the worst, most corrupt president in history what an embarrassment... did he even know who you were? 😏😜
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#AusNews
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Rafaela ❤️🔥
4 days ago
I literally spent 10 min translating Lula’s speech about Palestine to English. I just need every single one of my gringo friends to listen to this man in order to maybe restore their faith in politics. This right here is a politician. This is why we voted for him. And personally, I’ll do it again.
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@jimchalmers.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
#AusPol
#Ausnews
australiainstitute.org.au/post/great-g...
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Great gas giveaway: $215 billion in royalty-free gas for Woodside’s North West Shelf project
A 50-year extension to the North West Shelf (NWS) project in Western Australia would see huge amounts of gas given away with no return for Australians.
https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/great-gas-giveaway-215-billion-in-royalty-free-gas-for-woodsides-north-west-shelf-project-2/
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Aussie tax dollars should not be paying for these decisions.... the executives should be paying! if the execs paid, they'd think twice about their decisions
@albomp.bsky.social
#AusPol
#Ausnews
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
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ABC ordered to pay Antoinette Lattouf another $150,000 for unlawful termination over Gaza Instagram post
Dispute began when radio presenter’s on-air shifts were cut short in 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/24/abc-ordered-to-pay-antoinette-lattouf-another-150000-for-unlawful-termination-over-gaza-instagram-post
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Victoria Fielding
4 days ago
When are we going to have a proper conversation about the scale and magnitude of Trump’s compulsive lying? Fact checking is fine, but when is media collectively going to say “it’s a major problem for democracy that Trump constantly lies”? A well overdue discussion!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
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Fact-Checking Trump’s U.N. Speech
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/us/politics/trump-speech-unga-fact-check.html
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Zeteo
4 days ago
Here are two minutes of lowlights from Trump’s rambling, hour-long address to the UN General Assembly that Twitter is calling one of the most embarrassing moments in recent US history. Subscribe to
zeteo.com
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GregoryWalters
4 days ago
I wouldn't have said it in All Caps, but I agree.
#auspol
#aupol
#Trump
#UNSpeech
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@albomp.bsky.social
have in meeting this imbecilic dictator? his moronically dangerous rhetoric from the 1940's along with his mentally degenerate administration should be avoided at all costs
@australianlabor.bsky.social
#AusPol
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump calls for nations to close borders and expel foreigners in UN speech: ‘Your countries are being ruined’
US president accuses European countries specifically of ‘destroying your heritage’ by allowing migration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/23/trump-un-general-assembly-speech
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Tim Stephens
5 days ago
All kinds of insane, yet the Australian media and Opposition demand that our Prime Minister meets with the mad orange king.
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irrelevance contacts supplicants 😏 Libs won't be in govt for many elections & the GOP is likely to lose their Senate, President & majority in the House letters from no-one to nobody coveting hate, genocide & the almighty $$
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Ley writes to Republicans on Gaza ahead of Albanese's UN address
In an unorthodox move, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley writes to a group of Republicans reassuring the Coalition would withdraw recognition of Palestine, ahead of a major United Nations address to be del...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-22/albanese-un-palestine-address-ley-republican-letter/105803078?utm_source=abc_news_app
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@albomp.bsky.social
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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White House all but confirms no meeting between Albanese, Trump
The US president's itinerary for his 24-hour visit to New York makes no mention of Anthony Albanese, all but confirming a one-on-one will not be happening.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-23/meeting-unlikely-between-albanese-and-trump/105804978?utm_source=abc_news_app
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@australianlabor.bsky.social
robodebt moment in the making
@albomp.bsky.social
was given a mandate & this is what they do 🤬
#AusPol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Older Australians to pay up to $50/hour for personal care like showers
Older Australians entering the aged care system will have to pay for "non-clinical" services such as showers and help with medication under wide-ranging changes taking effect in November.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-22/older-australians-to-pay-for-showers-under-home-care-changes/105796118
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Simon Rosenberg
6 days ago
If Penny Wong is serious about the Australian govt wanting to *do something* to stop the
#GazaGenocide
, Francesca Albanese provided a handy list a couple of months ago.
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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉
6 days ago
Fuck you
#Albo
.. how would your mum feel now ??
#auspol
@albomp.bsky.social
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All pensioners to pay for 'non-clinical' care under home care changes
Older Australians entering the aged care system will have to pay for "non-clinical" services such as showers and help with medication under wide-ranging changes taking effect in November.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-22/older-australians-to-pay-for-showers-under-home-care-changes/105796118
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Peter Murphy
12 days ago
Highly recommend the ABC News
#4Corners
report on the Plymouth Brethren cult by
@milliganreports.bsky.social
. A powerful, disturbing expose. Here's the YouTube link if you can't access it on ABC iview.
#religion
#auspol
youtu.be/lFEIJr5rln4?...
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Escaping the religious ‘cult’ tied to big business | Four Corners Documentary
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
https://youtu.be/lFEIJr5rln4?si=61Juj7wE9koiSy2r
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Tony Cartledge
13 days ago
I'm sure this falls into the story category of 'We don't really believe the bullshit we broadcast. We just want to see how far we can stretch the gullibility of our audience'.
#auspol
#skynews
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Louise Milligan
13 days ago
"Today I’m here for one purpose. And that is to expose the cover-up." Some days, I meet a source whose courage absolutely knocks my socks off. Today, Mick Dover is risking one million dollars to tell his story to 4 Corners. Watch ABC TV 8.30pm & YouTube.
#PBCC
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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The Plymouth Brethren offered Mick $1 million to stay silent. He refused
The controversial church offered to settle with Mick Dover over his allegations of abuse, but only if he signed a non-disclosure agreement and agreed not to disparage them in any way.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/exclusive-brethren-plymouth-alleged-abuse-nda-four-corners/105762208
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Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭
13 days ago
I'm afraid I didn't listen to the whole pod today because I can't stomach any more discussion of this vile individual, or of the sickening canonisation of a bigot. We should resist the injunction to take note. We are not the USA and must reinforce that distinction. We don't need no Christofascism!
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🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🍉
16 days ago
Love Ireland, Slovenia and Spain. Other countries including Australia must boycott as well. RTÉ says Ireland will also boycott Eurovision if terrorist state Israel is allowed to compete.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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RTÉ says Ireland will boycott Eurovision if Israel is allowed to compete
National broadcaster joins Slovenia in making participation next year conditional amid war in Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/sep/11/rte-says-ireland-will-not-be-part-of-eurovision-2026-if-israel-participates?CMP=share_btn_url
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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
16 days ago
Four years in prison is only worth $130,000 to a judge because no judge will ever be wrongly convicted, beaten and raped in a cell and have their entire lives blighted. Another ugly side of privilege.
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Terry Irving awarded $130,000 after decades fighting for justice over five years of wrongful imprisonment
Queensland supreme court judge says Irving ‘fought for some 30 years to have the state recognise the wrong that occurred, without any apology’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/11/terry-irving-wrongful-imprisonment-compensation-queensland
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Tony Cartledge
19 days ago
Great program, highlighting another arm of government secrecy I was completely unaware of. This government, like all others, abhors criticism and is intent on crafting the narrative without opposition.
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🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🍉
24 days ago
We all saw the video! We have the receipts! Jacinta Price attacks the ABC for her claim that government is prioritising Labor-voting Indian migrants and refuses to apologise.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Jacinta Nampijinpa Price blames ABC for her claim that government is prioritising Labor-voting migrants
Liberal says she believes she doesn’t have ‘anything to apologise for’ and says broadcaster’s reporter ‘pushed the issue’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/04/jacinta-nampijinpa-price-blames-abc-for-claim-government-prioritising-labor-voting-migrants
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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
24 days ago
Brendan Nelson is heartbroken. I’m told he’s in the foetal position crying and muttering, “call me Ben, call me”.
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Ben Roberts-Smith loses final legal bid to overturn defamation ruling
The High Court rejects a special leave application from Mr Roberts-Smith to challenge a Federal Court ruling against his bid to sue Nine newspapers over allegations about war crimes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-04/nsw-ben-roberts-smith-special-leave-application-rejected-court/105733410
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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
24 days ago
Liar
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Hatred must be fought 'where we live our lives', says antisemitism envoy
Special envoy Jillian Segal tells an Australian mayors summit that local government is responsible for combating antisemitism.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-04/antisemitism-summit-told-councils-frontline-fight-against-hatred/105730798
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Meg Penvose Clark
25 days ago
Hard hard agree RG on the money as usual
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Lucy Hamilton
25 days ago
While we’re talking about Sewell and his Nazi idiots, is the feral next to him here in the attack of First Peoples Camp Sovereign son-of-VicPol Nathan Bull? Note Daddy Bull saying “proud of what you are doing” on social media.
threadreaderapp.com/thread/16368...
#Auspol
#SpringSt
#Nazis
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Lucy Hamilton
25 days ago
Beware sharing this image with the “masthead” banner. Decent chance this is The Nightly trying to sucker normies into seeing it as centrist or left. It’s a RW operation by fossil fuel booster Kerry Stokes (Channel 7). The man is the primary funder of declared war criminal Ben Roberts Smith
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Twang Maker 🍉
29 days ago
I'm saddened to say, it's time for Labor's Tanya Plibersek to resign. She let the Australian people down. A court found she was signing off on projects without researching them, without even reading what the plan was. We can't afford politicians like this. Her position is untenable.
#auspol
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James Ottoole
29 days ago
This is outrageous and disgusting
@albomp.bsky.social
@senatorwong.bsky.social
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
#Auspol
@governor.ca.gov
#Palestine
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Senator David Shoebridge
about 1 month ago
The US wants Australia for the money, it wants us for the bases, and then they treat us with contempt.
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