Returning here to remind you all to vote for @paulinepantsdown.bsky.social in the Hottest 100 Australian Songs countdown or democracy is lost www.abc.net.au/triplej/coun...

Aussies, what was "The Incident" at your school?

lol

So apparently the Americans are not familiar with the Aussie phrase 'nut it out' and it is causing mass carnage in business meetings

It's only the 2nd and already Scomo has turned up at Trump's New Years party and Palmer has tried to trademark the word "teals" as well as floating the "Clive and Pauline Party". Gonna be one hell of an election year.

RIP Jack Karlson "Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!" "What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?" "Get your hand off my penis!" "I see that you know your judo well."

Can't do long posts on here, so here's a link to the Official Batshit Aussie Moment Of The Year proclamation: www.tumblr.com/batshit-ausp...

This took far too long to make. Merry Crocmas.

This took far too long to make. Merry Crocmas.

Love that this vid is our most liked bleet. Even after all these years, this iconic speech is still touching hearts and minds.

I have watched this at least 100 times over the years and I still laugh every single time. I challenge you to find a more bizarre media statement from any politician anywhere.

Many thanks to @anthonyzougras.bsky.social for this tipoff about what is quite possibly the worst political party rebrand in the history of Australia

𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𐌐𐌄Ꝋ𐌐𐌋𐌄 𐌀𐌓𐌄 𐌄𐌍𐌕𐌉𐌕𐌋𐌄𐌃 𐌕Ꝋ 𐌕𐋅𐌄𐌉𐌓 𐌔𐌄𐋄𐌵𐌀𐌋 𐌐𐌓Ꝋ𐌂𐌋𐌉ᕓ𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌄𐌔 💖𝓵𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓫𝓮 𝓪 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓼 𝓫𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓶 💕 ᵃˢ ᶠᵃʳ ᵃˢ ᴵ'ᵐ ᶜᵒⁿᶜᵉʳᵉⁿᵈ 𝕭𝖚𝖙 𝕴 𝖆𝖎𝖓'𝖙 𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖙 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊, 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖊𝖊 𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖍𝖘, 𝖆 𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖕𝖎𝖊𝖈𝖊𝖘 𝖇𝖞 𝖆 𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖈𝖔𝖉𝖎𝖑𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖍 𝕼𝖚𝖊𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉

We got namedropped in a book on political reform that Gillard called a must read. This whole country is unhinged. God bless.

AKA the suppository of all wisdom

In 1808 one of the few instances of martial law was declared in Australia, after the military overthrew the government in response to news that they would no longer be paid in alcohol. The military junta ruled the colony for 6 months, with their main impact being the opening of 90 new liquor stores

Reckon once we hit 20k here we're gonna delete the twitter.

Time to change your smoke alarm batteries

Just looked to see who my MP follows here. Some surprises ( a football team, @batshit-auspol.bsky.social was one), pleased to see Maggie from 6 news. But most were other pollies or pollie adjacent.

Presenting: The Australian Museum's most popular exhibit - a skeleton man popping a wheelie on a skeleton horse, officially called "the Bone Ranger" #straya

The centre of Sydney city hosts a very unusual building - a train station for the dead. The churchesque 'Mortuary Station' was used to carry the deceased to a far off cemetery after the city ran out of space, until cars became commonplace, after which it was converted into a pancake restaurant.

New Zealand’s Trade Minister everybody:

Also the 'Imperial British Conservative Party’ initially from NZ, also ran in Australia. The candidate for the Seat of Melbourne was James Ferrari who would put as his occupation “Wizard Class III’ and turn up at the booths on election day in full wizard costume.

In the 1973 South Australian election, Suzy Creamcheese ran for the Happy Birthday Party. www.centreofdemocracy.sa.gov.au/susie-creamc...

Some good news: the Triple J Plays account is back thanks to the brains of @jono.gay after being killed by twitter. Go chuck it a follow so you can find your next favorite muso.

So you all have nominated an even better one: A man who ran in the 1998 federal election named 'Prime Minister John Piss the Family Court and Legal Aid' who received a whopping 183 votes for the 'Abolish Child Support' party. Sounds like a lovely guy.

In a 1996 by-election, one of the candidates for Australia's parliament was named Steve Grim Reaper.

2015: New Zealand held a vote to change their flag due to its similarity to Australia's, leading to the submission of the iconic 'Lazer Kiwi' flag. Designer Lucy Gray said her inspiration was that "Australia has a lot of animals that can kill you, so New Zealand should get one too"

The Australian flag features a seven pointed star, with six of the points representing the Australian states. The seventh point was added in 1908 to represent Papua.

Seen people on here concerned that other countries are adopting the phrase 'no worries', meaning it is no longer a uniquely Australian term, but rest assured they are still decades away from uncovering the deep lore of 'No wuckin furries'

Incredible scenes happening today – has anyone checked on Dai Le? @batshit-auspol.bsky.social

Will never stop finding it funny to see government ministers signing up here and immediately following Batshit Auspol before they even follow their own colleagues

Soon, maybe in a few days there will be more users on Bluesky than the population of Australia. #ozsky.

In 1943 two Australians jumbled together a random array of words and submitted it to the nation's leading modernist poetry magazine, to prove that they would publish any nonsense. The magazine declared the poem to be the work of a genius and rushed out a special edition print run.

Runner up design for the Sydney Opera House

Alright, we're staying.

Still thinking about that official photo they released of King Charles after he spent just one week in Australia

Presenting: The Australian Museum's most popular exhibit - a skeleton man popping a wheelie on a skeleton horse, officially called "the Bone Ranger" #straya

26 January 1988: Indigenous Australian Burnum Burnum travels to England and plants a flag in the White Cliffs of Dover, claiming Britain for the Indigenous people of Australia

JD Vance, beat this

When asked for his thoughts on the large number of New Zealanders that move to Australia, the Prime Minister of New Zealand is said to have supported the idea as it "raises the average IQ of both countries"

Sydney Opera House cafe 1974: We don't care if it's a world-class attraction, just let us park our cars there and enjoy cheap fish and chips.

The one feature this site is lacking is a "I never want to see or hear about an American again" checkbox

In 1983 Australia's secret intelligence service conducted a mock hostage seige at a hotel as a training exercise. Unfortunately they forgot to inform the local authorities this was happening, and all the agents were arrested by police.

26 January 1988: Indigenous Australian Burnum Burnum travels to England and plants a flag in the White Cliffs of Dover, claiming Britain for the Indigenous people of Australia

Wind power: CSIRO asks Australians to chart their farts for research

Celebrating our return to Bluesky by sharing the most batshit Australian speech ever given: Bob Katter's gay marriage speech, in all its unhinged glory. Enjoy.

A plaque has now been added to Barnaby's planter 😆