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Anne Rafferty

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Sensible centre” code for status quo
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Sign the Petition
Protect sacred Djab Wurrung birthing trees from expansion of the Western Hwy by Vicroads.
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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In Fiji, the Albanese govt will ask Pacific countries to trust its leadership on climate, while at home it considers approving Woodside’s Browse gas project, fracking in the NT’s Beetaloo and a big coal mine expansion in the Hunter Valley. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/fiji-pr...
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Fiji pre-COP a test of Australia’s climate credibility
The contradiction between the Australian government’s solid performance on domestic renewables and its continued support for expanded coal and gas exports…
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy are staggering. This feels like cigarette producers touring oncology wards www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Live: Albanese heads to pre-COP in Fiji, Tuvalu
Anthony Albanese will attend a pre-COP meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu today with Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen. Follow live.
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Tom Dowling @tomdowling.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nationwide protest happening near you next weekend.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Govt has appealed another of my #FOI wins to the Federal Court. Again it’s seeking costs against me if I’m unsuccessful defending my win. It turns out winning an FOI in a Tribunal is expensive - and that’s exactly the message the Govt wants to send to citizens. 1/2 #auspol
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Researchers, rangers fear native northern quoll species could be extinct in Litchfield National Park Camera traps haven't seen any for 12 months. The spread of cane toads thought largely to blame. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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This marsupial used to be 'abundant' — now, researchers can't find it
More than 30 wildlife-tracking cameras have been filming in Litchfield National Park for almost 12 months, but researchers are yet to spot the endangered northern quoll.
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MrLiquid @mrliquid.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time to shift our Overton Window regarding the #Greens and their ability to be the primary party of choice for a majority of Aussies. 35% Greens for under 25s Hey GenX give up on Labor, put the Greens 1st in both houses #auspol
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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The biggest coal mine expansion ever proposed in NSW has been approved by the Minns government. It threatens to wipe out Australia's emissions reductions. This is a major test for Anthony Albanese and Murray Watt; they cannot provide federal approval to a project of this scale.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excited to be chosen as Leader of the @greens.org.au, together with @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social as Deputy Leader. Now is the time to build the Greens as the home for all who want climate action, a fair return on our resources, a secure home and income, and to not sell out to the US or the 1%.
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Anne Rafferty @annerafferty.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Anyone who thinks Australia is a progressive society is sadly mistaken. It's 2026 ffs, maybe qldlanders want to return to the 1800s but the rest of us do not🤬 #auspol #qldpol
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Nora Germain 🎻 @noragermain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It was requested that we post more blues so here you are ❤️ Musicians are myself, Casey Abrams and Balam Garcia 🎻
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Albanese's proposal to water down Australian copyright to appease AI companies is a "terrible betrayal", writes Richard Flanagan in a blistering piece. "A government that doesn’t understand its nation’s culture is a government incapable of leading the nation." www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-great-...
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The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
Australians should be furious that Anthony Albanese has opened the floodgates to American AI companies
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 29/09/2026
Opinion | Political cartoonists are a dying breed, with publications slowly waiting for them to leave before bricking up the door behind them, writes New Yorker cartoonist Jason Chatfield. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/29/c...
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We cartoonists are a dying breed. It's a canary in the coalmine for a dysfunctional democracy
As New Yorker cartoonist Jason Chatfield writes, staff cartoonists used to be the only ones in the building paid to point at the building. Everyone else eventually answers to the owner, but they…
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OUTRAGEOUS scenes outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool yesterday! But it’s nothing new... In the UK, OVER 3,500 people have been arrested, with MORE THAN 2,250 formally charged under TERROR LAWS for PEACEFULLY PROTESTING the ban on Palestine Action.
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wait, she has a $35M Sunshine Coast mansion? I thought she was supposed to be a Perth-ian.
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Imogen @imogenib.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Political will is what keeps Australians in #poverty. Homelessness is killing 3k people per year in Australia according to the latest intergenerational report. We must lift people out of poverty. Nobody deserves homelessness or hunger. #RaiseTheRate #auspol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Extreme inequality is not a given. It is a political choice and we can unmake it
After a year examining global inequality alongside leading economists and experts, Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz describes the crisis as both vast in scale and dangerous in trajectory. He outlines a ...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Australia has become fluent in women’s survival strategies, but has very little to say about the men." Andrew Brown on failure of domestic violence responses by authorities/govt #auspol michaelwest.com.au/domestic-vio...
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Domestic violence crisis needs more than words and flowers - Michael West
So far this year, 52 women and 21 children have died from domestic violence in Australia, an epidemic that cannot be stopped by words alone.
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At the same time, Albanese named Siobhan McKenna, the 54-year-old businesswoman best known as Lachlan Murdoch’s “right hand”, as Australia’s next consul general in New York, highlighting the grip the Murdoch family holds on the politics of both nations. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/195814...
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Murdoch ally appointed next consul general in New York
The appointment of a senior Murdoch executive to a plum diplomatic posting in New York has raised questions about Anthony Albanese’s judgement and his relationship with the right-wing mogul.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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God @thegodshow.com · 25/09/2026
Netanyahu will burn in hell forever for what he did in life.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
LETS GO NYC ✊
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Gagging and blacklisting – what’s going on in the NT while we’re all looking elsewhere
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I hate Murray Watt Minister for American mining
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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is the way the World is ending Not with a bang But a whimper www.science.org/content/arti...
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One of nature’s greatest marine wonders may be about to vanish
An algal bloom has almost wiped out a unique population of giant cuttlefish—and their stunning mating swarms
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Anne Rafferty @annerafferty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Maybe Albo should of got a selfie with Mamdani would have gone down way better with the punters. #auspol
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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, to update this story: wrens 1, rockets 0. www.acf.org.au/news/rockets...
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Rockets 1, wrens 0
The decision announced today to approve the destruction of coastal heathland for a rocket launching facility at Whalers Way on South Australia’s Eyre…
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Australian Conservation Foundation @ausconservation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some excellent news. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Hanging on by a thread’: 11th hour decision to protect endangered birds from SA space project plans welcomed
The Eyre peninsula site is ‘precious and important’ habitats for southern emu-wren and home to 80% of the mallee whipbird population
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
youtu.be/9XoUDK-aK9Y?... Kitty had a boyfriend that didn't say a word properly 🤣👇
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Why Are You Single? - Kitty Flanagan | Melbourne International Comedy Festival
YouTube video by ABC Entertainment
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
When Donald Trump celebrates war profiteering, peddles conspiracy theories, threatens Iranians with annihilation, calls for a coup and slanders the ICC, what does our Prime Minister do? He takes a selfie with him. Seriously cringeworthy stuff.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NextDC's Footscray datacentre is ~15 m from homes Residents' "chief complaints are fumes & noise pollution emitted by dozens of back-up diesel generators at the NextDC data centre, which are run regularly for maintenance" Research finds DC proximity can "wipe up to $35,000 from a property's price"
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misschief9.bsky.social @misschief9.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"While the council voted to investigate whether any land was available, Mayor Tom Kennedy made it clear there was not." What an awful place Broken Hill must be.
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Drop Bear @drop-bear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“…Australia now ranks as the sixth-leading destination globally for Israeli tech companies…” declassifiedaus.org/2026/09/09/a... #AusPol #Israel #genocide
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AUSTRALIA'S EXPANDING EMBRACE OF ISRAEL - Declassified Australia
Despite the ongoing illegal Israeli activities in Palestine, the Albanese government refuses to stop trading with a state credibly accused of genocide.
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💙❤️💙Mia💙❤️💙 @mommamia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Do You Remember)
ALT: Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Do You Remember)
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LouiseMorris @louisemorris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
reading @albomp.bsky.social speach to the UN Climate Week, it all rang hollow when compared to what pacific nations are seeking from Australia on climate action and integrity. #auspol thepoint.com.au/new/260916-a...
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Australia cannot be a good Pacific neighbour while expanding fossil fuels: Tuvalu minister
Speaking at the fourth annual Climate Integrity Summit, Tuvalu’s climate change minister, Dr Maina Vakafua Talia, said Australia’s climate policies don’t match its claims of supporting and helping to ...
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Australian Politics 🇦🇺 @auspol.info · 21/09/2026
$213m in tax-deductible donations since 2013. $125m+ sent to Israel. MWM reports some JNF Australia money reached IDF soldier programs and illegal settlements. The ACNC says its hands are tied. Canada stripped JNF Canada of charity status. Why haven't we? michaelwest.com.au/millions-in-... #auspol
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Millions in tax-deductible donations to IDF, illegal settlements - Michael West
JNF an Australian charity with $200 million in donations is ignoring international law, siphoning money to the IDF and illegal settlements
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climatecouncil.org.au @climatecouncil.org.au · 21/09/2026
Australia's biggest polluters lean on carbon offsets to claim climate progress, but is the system built on shaky ground? www.theguardian.com/global/commenti…
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Australia’s big polluters rely on carbon offsets for climate credibility. But the system looks like a house of cards | Adam Morton
Credits are treated as a straight alternative to emissions cuts, but carbon stored in nature is different to burning mil
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Anne Rafferty @annerafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wtf🤬 This bombing strategy seems as hopeless as the Emu Wars. #auspol
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
David Shoebridge doesn’t hold back on NACC’s Kylie Kilgour after she draws a complete blank on the three measly CDPP prosecutions actually secured on their watch “You’ve only had three…and you can’t even remember them?” “You’re the Acting Commissioner!” “You’re doing nothing”🔥
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Well May We Say @wellmaywesay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Journos should be pushing the ALP as to what meetings they had with lobbyists for Israel before gutlessly abandoning this www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Australia withdrew from sanctions statement, leaving EU states disappointed
European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Prime Minister thought he may as well make it official - Labor is run by and for Newscorp and the 1% - so he has appointed former Newscorp exec under hard-right Lachlan Murdoch to plum NY diplomatic job
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Anne Rafferty @annerafferty.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Heartbreaking 💔 #auspol
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up. The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime. Now on my substack:
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The scandal of Nauru Airlines and Australia’s offshore detention regime
Why does this micronation have a commercial airline with seven Boeing 737s? Because the Australian government goes to absurd and dangerous lengths to prop it up.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc...
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
add the $19 billion we give to wealthy families for prestigious schools to the $12 billion we give to landlords and the $16 billion we donate towards fossil fuel emissions while the pampered brat class bitches and moans about funding welfare. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
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Why are we still funding Australia’s wealthiest schools?
Australia’s wealthiest private schools continue receiving public funding despite mounting budget pressures, raising questions about whether government spending on education reflects need and the broad...
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Jean Proudman @bluejeans58.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Vote against support for genocide: Vote Green Vote against support for fossil fuel expansions and give-aways: Vote Green. Vote against AUKUS: vote Green.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
PM @albomp.bsky.social is the Ed Sheeran of anti-genocide foreign policy "Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem this week released a report that concluded Israeli policies in the West Bank were "eliminating Palestinian collective existence"." #SanctionIsrael
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Paul Keating calls out the madness that is AUKUS. We need sensible members of the Labor caucus to speak up and support Keating. Malcolm Fraser’s book “Dangerous Allies” preempted the defeat and retreat of the US in a war with China.We are being treated as mugs by the US and UK!
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