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Lefty, consistently disappointed but never surprised by Australian politics On Bunurong land

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 1h
Really good column by @jimbostanford.bsky.social for @thepointau.bsky.social "Mark Carney is saving Canada… but for whom?" Good lessons for Australia: standing up to Trump is good, but it is not all you need to do. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Mark Carney is saving Canada… but for whom?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has rocketed to global celebrity status with his striking responses to Donald Trump’s chaotic actions in trade policy and geopolitics. On the home front, Carney has...
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 2h
There's just way too much to be very cross about, today. The Australian government investing OUR MONEY in EllenMusk's stupid space project and weapons companies is next level crap. I've disagreed with governments before but I've never been this disappointed in one.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 4h
A blunt tool. RBA’s incompetence is making the rich richer Michael Pascoe reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/a-blunt-tool-rba…
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 6h
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 2h
#BREAKING 🚨 NSW senator David Shoebridge has been elected the new leader of the Greens, following the resignation of Larissa Waters Shoebridge ran on a joint ticket with Victorian senator Steph Hodgins-May as his deputy
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14h
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2h
"Norway's sovereign wealth fund has been prohibited from investing in a number of companies that the Future Fund invests in. Norway's exclusions list includes Airbus SE, BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics — all of which the Future Fund invests in"
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 13h
Studies dating back to the 80s have found that men are not just “confused” about consent. They just don’t prioritize consent over things like power, domination, and sexual gratification. Men participating in a gang rape know they don’t have the victim’s consent.
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Graham Readfearn @readfearn.bsky.social · 4h
News from me: Antarctica’s winter sea ice has peaked at its third-lowest level on record, falling a million square kilometres – or almost 400,000 square miles – short of the long-term average, scientists have confirmed. "This is not a future problem. It’s a now problem.”
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Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage falls a million square kilometres short of long-term average with global heating likely driving losses
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 5h
"I do want to reassure Australians that as soon as we’re in a proper recession and people are pushed into financial ruin, we’ll lower rates." theshovel.com.au/2026/09/30/r...
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RBA Reassures Australians They’ll Stop Raising Interest Rates as Soon as Economy Collapses — The Shovel
"I do want to reassure Australians that as soon as we’re in a proper recession and people are pushed into financial ruin, we’ll lower rates"
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 17h
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 17h
(they returned multiple times) to finally get in. If anyone recognises them please call Crime Stoppers Victoria. You can report information anonymously on 1800 333 000.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 17h
We need your help to find who robbed us. Victoria Police are doing all they can to find the men who did. Hoping the power of community might help too! Here’s 3 short videos of two of the robbers smashing into the side of our catering enterprise
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 4h
In Friday's Crisafulli government document dump was a Queensland Customer Services, Open Data, and Small and Family Business report. Tasked with Qld's first cyber security strategy, it suffered a cyber attack itself losing more than $800k in July 2025. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack
The review, released on Friday, said no government data or sensitive information was compromised during the incident.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 4h
One thing that occurs to me every time people say they there should be no billionaires. Billionaires are mostly made by lots of people with millions with no ethics willing to put their money behind someone with no ethics
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 4h
The vans were used for its ASRC catering social enterprises all over Victoria and Melbourne’s south east, providings employment opportunities to people seeking asylum and refuge. dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/news/2026-09...
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ASRC’s stolen vans worth over $100,000
Refugee charity, ASRC is pleading for the return of two stolen vans worth more than $100,000 combined. The Melbourne-based, independently funded Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says the food catering social enterprise vans play a vital role. Its chief executive, Kon Karapanagiotidis alleges thieves spent two nights casing the charity site before smashing in at around [...]
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 5h
CDC Data Centres reveals plans for $15 billion facility near Wagga Wagga
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Riverina could soon be home to one of Australia's biggest data centres
A proposal by CDC Data Centres would see one of the largest data centres in Australia developed on the outskirts of Wagga Wagga.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 4h
Queensland government department loses $800,000 in cyber attack www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack
The review, released on Friday, said no government data or sensitive information was compromised during the incident.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 6h
Joint statement from Senator David Shoebridge and Senator Steph Hodgins-May
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thegladerunner.bsky.social @thegladerunner.bsky.social · 11h
Five years ago, when a Seattle burger chain raised employee wages & benefits the Reicht wing lost their minds, screaming the result would be $20 burgers & the company would end in bankruptcy. Today, the chain is even more popular than ever. Never let them try to tell you a living wage can’t work.
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 5h
#auspol #Australia #Migration
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 17h
I think there should be a museum of shame, that shows every atrocity, broken law, corruption and treasonous act. It should be a cautionary tale to anyone who wants to follow in his footsteps.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 7h
Obviously this form of sponsored propaganda shouldn’t be allowed in schools. What are the education departments doing FFS? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Inside the fossil fuel industry's push into Australian classrooms
At least 260 educational programs in Australia are sponsored by fossil fuel companies, according to a report by a climate advocacy group.
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes. "On every issue, Labor has done the least it can do." www.deepcutnews.com/p/this-labor...
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This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics – Amy Remeikis
There is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Power is its own constituency. It exists to protect itself.' Authoritarianism sounds scary, but it arrives bit by bit. We're already doing the work for some grim future. Will be talking about this and more at Sydney Opera House's Curious program this Sunday. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/28/r...
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Don't think Australia is immune to authoritarianism
Nobody wakes up to sudden authoritarianism. We relinquish ourselves to it by allowing our favoured government to get away with bending norms and rules. Over time, these bends become clean breaks.
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h
No conviction recorded against anti-genocide Pine Gap activists www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/news… #Auspol
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No conviction recorded against anti-genocide Pine Gap activists
The Alice Springs Magistrates Court decided not to record a criminal conviction against two anti-genocide activists for protesting on a public road near the United States spy base Pine Gap in the Northern Territory last October. **Kerry Smith** reports.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 23h
Did you know that 83% of Australia’s gas is used for exports? Australia Institute research shows that over the past 5 years the Australian government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply Australia for more than 20 years? A 25% tax on gas exports could end the gas shortages. #auspol
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 29/09/2026
Australia wants a UN Security Council seat and says it will defend international law. But Albanese condemned Russia while remaining silent on US actions, even after Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran, David Shoebridge writes. #auspol #UNGA
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Australia shouldn’t get a seat at the UN security council
Australia is campaigning for a Security Council seat on a promise to defend international law. Yet Albanese condemned Russia by name while saying nothing comparable about US actions – even after Trump threatened from the same UN stage to “annihilate” Iran.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10h
🍏Toxins out of our food 🧑‍🌾Farmers first, not chemical companies ❌Break up corporate concentration in agriculture 💧Clean water, guaranteed 🍽️School meals that nourish 💸Public dollars should buy public health ⚕️Food as medicine ⚖️Accountability for polluters, not immunity
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 12h
Today before Senate.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 17h
Here’s me talking about my heart attack www.nine.com.au/lifestyle/he...
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‘I would’ve died’: A Google search told Fiona she wasn’t having a heart attack - adding one word changed everything
Fiona Katauskas’ heart attack was nothing like the dramatic heart-clutching moments you see in the movies, so when she felt breathless, dizzy and sweaty while exercising at home on a Sunday morning la...
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Susan Park @susanpark60.bsky.social · 21h
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 21h
Grifting icare, gouging workers. BHP’s big insurance scam unveiled Michael West reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/grifting-icare-g…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer recounts being asked to recommend restoring Mel Gibson’s gun rights, saying she was told his personal relationship with Trump mattered. She refused: “When I declined to make the recommendation, I was very shortly thereafter fired.”
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good of the Albanese govt to give Wilson the ability to cut programs in the NDIS by 99% without having to bother with legislation...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 21h
We've cracked the BHP insurance scam. They are gouging coal workers, lowballing insurance risk, tapping into icare (other people's insurance) and compromising the courts by muzzling evidence #auspol #unions #bhp #minterellison michaelwest.com.au/grifting-ica...
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Grifting icare, gouging workers. BHP's big insurance scam unveiled - Michael West
BHP and MinterEllison are covering up a coal industry insurance scam at the expense of mining workers and icare. Michael West reports.
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 21h
Households across Australia are cancelling annual holidays, cutting back on groceries and reducing other spending because the 79-year-old little boy is out of his depth. Read the full story: theshovel.com.au/2026/05/06/i...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23h
RBA raises rates…
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So don't be disabled or have a family. Wilson really leaning into the "Just don't be poor" vibe he reeks of.
Wilson says Coalition would find savings by cutting NDIS, aged care, childcare

By Emily Kaine

Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson says a Coalition government will seek to make savings by cutting back on NDIS, aged care and childcare, as he argues spending on the schemes is out of control.
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 23h
RBA news awful for the millions in mortgage stress. It's punishment for homeowners & profit for the banks already making $$$ on home loans. Tax the 1%, not hard working people. Rates hikes won’t fix the housing crisis but a government that treats housing as a human right will.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23h
Kind of funny how the RBA no longer talks about rising labour costs or wages.
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Slow learners ...
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Sam W 🖤💛❤️🌻🦋☮️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✌️🫢 @sassisam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great to hear Richard Flanagan flag media calling Labor as centre left is no longer true, they are centre right, they represent businesses over citizens and there’s no where for the LNP to go because of that shift right! Yes we know 😡 #auspol www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Why Richard Flanagan says Elon Musk's X is the new Spanish inquisition - ABC listen
Australian author Richard Flanagan joins Global Roaming to talk about his new essay collection Heresies.  He tells Hamish Macdonald and Waleed Aly why he thinks Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter echoes...
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Outrage erupted this weekend after a lawsuit was filed by a young woman against Cornell University & several defendants alleging she was gang raped at a fraternity. I explain the law, provide the facts, & discuss why it’s important the local DA now reopens the case: youtu.be/ZzKWgFvqEEo?...
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DISTURBING Cornell ASSAULT Investigation REOPENED After BOMBSHELL New LAWSUIT!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
be violating the Law of Return, which grants every Jew the right to immigrate to Israel.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Haaretz reports - Israel has revoked the aliyah eligibility of two young Jewish activists, one British and one American, who have worked to protect Palestinian communities in the West Bank from settler and military violence. These are the first known cases in which the authorities appear to >
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Footage of the attack
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re buying subs from the US because insane nutters on Govt think we need to defend ourselves against China, which the US is proposing to sell weapons to…
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Renault van 🚐 is 1UO2YV Peugeot van 🚐 is 1QR8PO
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Victorian Police are investigating after our 2 ASRC Catering Social Enterprise Vans were stolen. To those who have reached out asking how they can help. There’s two ways: Chip in to help cover what insurance won’t: donate.asrc.org.au Call 000 if you spot either of our ASRC Catering white vans
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