Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 23/07/2025From an article in the NY Times, the EPA is apparently drafting a plan to end its ability to fight climate change. What is wrong with these people? #climatecatastrophe #Trumpageddon 231
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Problem is, his core instincts are always wrong, like: . aligning himself with Trump . promoting nuclear . proposing tax deductible lunches for bosses . wanting to end WFH . using his son as a prop and . responding to a make believe threat by verballing a foreign leader #auspol #AusVotes 3224
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Nope. In fact it makes him look at best irresponsible and at worst ruthless. #auspol #AusVotes 4234
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Dutton was quite happy to insert his son into the political conversation when he thought it would be to his advantage - but apparently now 'it’s not about our family, it’s about every other family.' #auspol #AusVotes 63814
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Such a relief to see that, while the US and the rest of the world are grappling with financial chaos and the possible end of a democracy, the White House are focussing on the important things. 3133
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Has everyone else gone on holidays, or is this not a fair reflection of what's been happening today in politics? #auspol #AusVotes 3226
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Props to Albo for his response to Trump's offensive comment. "That's not the way that I deal with leaders. I deal as an equal with countries that I engage with.' #auspol #AusVotes 1309
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Nouriel Roubini, a professor emeritus at the Stern School of Business at New York University who predicted the global financial crisis, has some strong views on Trump and his tariffs. 1145
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 07/04/2025OK. I thought the first 1 was a mistake. But this is starting to look like a pattern, and I'm here for it. #auspol #AusVotes 8539
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Phil Coorey spelt lack of judgement, weak leadership skills and indecisiveness wrong. #auspol #AusVotes 1812933
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Well done Peter Dutton. Another ill conceived half baked thought bubble. #auspol #AusVotes 6408
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Everything proceeding as per usual #auspol #AusVotes 2174
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Does 'leaking like a sieve' come before or after 'fear'? #auspol #AusVotes 1123
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 06/04/2025The photo on the top left of Dutton is attached to the article below which is about US tariffs. Trump is mentioned 22 times in the article and Dutton isn't mentioned at all. Clearly, even the SMH knows that Dutton equals Trump. #auspol #AusVotes #TemuTrump #LittleSirEcho 172
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Why aren't the #aec on bluesky? People are missing out on important information. #auspol #AusVotes 34112
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 05/04/2025The #abc is at it again. For them the message is that this is 'to win votes'. Contrast with the SMH where it's about 'clean energy ambitions'. #auspol #AusVotes 52810
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 05/04/2025We know Trump's tariff formula wasn't based on tariffs but on trade deficits. But it seems they got this formula wrong as well. Had they applied the formula correctly, the tariffs would have been about a quarter of the announced levels. Talk about amateur hour. www.aei.org/economics/pr... 181
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Gee. A photo of Peter Dutton looking sincere but determined, and a signed inspirational quote. I'm nearly convinced. I just need to make sure his fingers aren't crossed behind his back before I'll commit fully. #auspol #AusVotes 13163
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 05/04/2025On 3 March, Jane Hume stated unequivocally that the Dutton back to office mandate would apply to all APS employees. Today Dutton not only lied about this policy but also claimed the PM lied by suggesting the order would impact anyone other than Canberra public servants. #auspol #AusVotes 23316
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 04/04/2025We're told images are essential in election campaigns and the ones that will dominate this morning are of Dutton filling up petrol and posing with motorists. Looks more like a chump at a pump to me. #auspol #AusVotes 14232
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Trump's indiscriminate tariffs will hit developing countries (like Vietnam & Cambodia) really hard because of the size of the tariffs & the extent that these countries depend on the US for export income. It's incumbent on our govt to advocate for them & provide what direct assistance we can. #auspol 290
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 03/04/2025As reported in Crikey. The Trump 'Reciprocal Tariffs' aren't based on tariffs at all. This is a giant con. 2155
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 03/04/2025This is not correct. He did not snap at the reporter. In fact, his response today was very civil. I know this because I was watching. #auspol #AusVotes 4359
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 01/04/2025What possible motivation could the #abc have in making the views of 1 voter a major news headline? #auspol #AusVotes25 144414
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 01/04/2025So far the Trump cuts have overwhelmingly hit 'woke agencies'. Little Sir Echo has already said he will focus on health and education. Does he also intend to take a machete to things like foreign aid, human services, consumer protection, science & energy? #auspol #AusVotes25 174
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 01/04/2025About 37% of public servants are based in Canberra. This equates to about 77,669 in 2024-25. Dutton has repeatedly said he will cut 41,000 Canberra public servants which is more than 50% of the total. Where is the outrage about the resulting devastation to families & the local economy? #auspol 23912
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Great that he's clarified this. And what a relief to have a press pack that recognise when something has been fully ventilated so they can move on. #auspol #AusVotes25 3126
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Dutton apparently knows better than the large community of educational experts who collaborated over a number of years to produce the Australian Curriculum. If this doesn't terrify you, nothing will. #auspol #AusVotes25 1214148
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Is Dutton truly suggesting that in the super-duper modelling done by Frontier Economics, the size of the reactors wasn't specified? How could they model little old things like costs and capacity if they didn't know size? #auspol #AusVotes25 42012
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Oh look. Peter Dutton is misrepresenting the actual position again. It must be a day of the week that ends in a Y. #auspol #AusVotes25 04114
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 29/03/2025This is despicable. Dutton is attacking these 2 MPs because he thinks their seats are in play, not because they are any 'greener' than other Independents. When you think he can't go any lower, Dutton always proves you wrong. We'll become a much meaner country if he wins. #auspol #AusVotes25 1279
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 29/03/2025A journalist writing in a hurry gives us some hope. #auspol #AusVotes 1283
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 28/03/2025'All eyes on the PM' except, apparently, the eyes of the #abc social media staff. They were instead busy cheerleading for Peter Dutton. #auspol #AusVotes25 5314
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Dutton yet again offering a half baked 'solution' to a problem already being addressed more effectively. #auspol #AusVotes25 24017
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Dutton says he'll halve the fuel excise & implies the av saving per week per vehicle will be $14. There are ~15m registered petrol & diesel passenger vehicles in Australia. If, indeed, the $14 is an av per vehicle per week, the total lost revenue will be $10.9b, not the $6b he claims. #auspol 4193
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Are you sure about that, Peter? #auspol #AusVotes25 16706
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Let he who has not texted his war plans to the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic cast the first stone. 070
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I'd go with the 'incoherent, inconsistent, self-destructive mess' explanation. I also have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale. 040
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 24/03/2025It seems it's all Scott's fault that Peter is unpopular with women. So it's not his love of fossil fuels, his divisiveness, his plans to dismantle DEI programs, his negativity, his penchant for pre-selecting men for winnable seats, his WFH stance or his Trump-light persona? 🤔 #auspol #AusVotes25 126122
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Dutton in a racing suit really isn't smart marketing. All it does is remind us of #scottyfrommarketing & his endless dressups: especially that time he went around the Bathurst racetrack & then blathered on interminably about how we all need to look through the front windscreen. #auspol #AusVotes25 146020
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 22/03/2025The impact of this will be felt around the globe. You'd hope the Aus govt would take a proactive approach, ramping up screening procedures for incoming travellers now. #auspol #AusVotes25 1228
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Heck. Maybe there was a time, but I don't think I could sift through all of that nowadays and come up with any result (let alone the best one). I just use skyscanner. Here's the result I quoted which was flying out 13 Aug and returning 21 Aug. 100
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Apparently, our continuing to delay approval of uncooked US beef, which has been banned since the early 2000s due to fears about mad cow disease there, is a 'slap in the face to US cattle producers'. (SMH) #auspol 11349
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Far be it from me to tell political journalists their job. But wouldn't it have been interesting to find out who it is that's instructing Coalition MPs to hose down their leader's referendum idea? #auspol #AusVotes25 2114
Sandra N @attempt57.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Even if there was nothing else wrong with this proposal, what fool would admit to being a bigot in a citizenship test? #auspol #AusVotes25 8241