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Barry Smith

@barwil1.bsky.social
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Someone with an avid interest in domestic and international politics.Lives on Central Coast,NSW,Australia.Left of centre but open to hearing other perspectives.

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Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You are several orders of magnitude a better person than that 'other woman'.
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Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Tax the gas industry its fair share! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/gas_export_t...
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✍️ PETITION: Help take on the gas industry
Tax the gas industry its fair share! Australia Institute research shows a 25% tax on gas exports could solve the gas crisis – and raise $17 billion every year at the same time. ✍️ Add your name now...
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Lena📎 @eriksdotter.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
‘The Jewish Council has…briefed a legal team to ensure the Commission hears from progressive Jews who both fight against antisemitism AND advocate for Palestinian freedom and justice.’ #auspol www.jewishcouncil.com.au/urgent-royal...
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Urgent Royal Commission legal fees | Jewish Council of Australia
The Jewish Council has been granted leave to appear in the first block of the Royal Commission hearings starting next […]
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Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
It is our gas, we deserve a fair return. www.ourgas.com.au?recruiter_id...
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The Great Gas Scam
TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 21/04/2026
It is simply fucking unacceptable that @youth4climate.bsky.social (aka the AYCC) might be forced to close for good after 20 years, and I will not be letting this happen. If I find out a single one of you hasn't given what you are able, I will lose my fucking mind.
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AYCC Next Generation Fund
Help build the next generation of climate justice leaders by making a donation today.
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Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
If you, like me, are concerned about the direction our country will go if a Trump Tower is built in our country, then join me in objecting! petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/st... @getup.org.au
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Stop Trump Tower on the Gold Coast!
If you, like me, are concerned about the direction our country will go if a Trump Tower is built in our country, then join me in objecting!
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Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
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SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today
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Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
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SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics. Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and mos...
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Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Why not post here as well as the other site? Many people on here would enjoy your perspectives.
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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
MISSING Holly, 14, last seen in Warialda, Sunday, 1 June 2025. Holly may be in a 2015 blue Mitsubishi Lancer, QLD rego 741JD9 or 2008 silver Audi A3, QLD rego 344GJ6. May be with 2 men, age 22 & 24, may be in Woodridge, QLD. #NSWpol #auspol Contact: www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news_ar...
Missing girl
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Mike Carlton @mikecarlton01.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Why in God’s name does the ABC invite these 3rd rate hacks ?
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Vicki @vickiap.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Rinehart has far too much power and all her opinions are driven by self interest. We shouldn’t be listening to her.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. 'Three Aussie ladies, two keffiyehs, and a country gone mad'
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Three Aussie ladies, two keffiyehs, and a country gone mad  - The Shot
Civil liberties are being curtailed in Australia to silence any criticism of Israel's genocide of Palestine. What the fuck is that about?
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👻BOOryan BlessDeAd🎃 @bryb.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
My view is that the American South never fully took to liberal democracy. And I think we have to reckon with that to face the moment we’re now in. I wrote about it for @thebulwark.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/liberal-de...
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Waiting for Liberal Democracy in the American South
Our country’s constitutional order is withering before us. In the states of the former Confederacy, democracy never fully flourished.
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Mr Denmore @mrdenmore.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This past week Trump has surrendered to Putin, retreated on Musk, & retreated on tariffs. He is tanking the US economy, spooking global markets and losing in the courts. Trump is a weak man, not a strong man, writes political strategist @simonwdc.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
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Trump Has A Week Of Retreats and Losses, And Is Far Weaker Than He Appears - We Need To Keep Working Hard All....
Hopium was launched 2 years ago today - thanks all for being part of this journey together!
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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
"According retired Australian navy admiral Peter Briggs, the Aukus submarine plan is flawed, and the only chance Australia has to sustain its submarine fleet is to buy French vessels after all." www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
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Former admiral urges Australia to renege on Aukus deal and buy French subs
An article published by an Australian think tank is calling on Canberra to back out of the controversial Aukus submarine deal – which annulled a contract to buy French nuclear submarines in favour of…
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye
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Rob Jansen @aether.eurosky.social · 07/03/2025
And of course Musk with Starlink
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Eric Bananarama @ericbanana.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
AUKUS .. Trump extortion and Australian politics. #auspol #AUKUS
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Jules @juliankeil.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Smear campaigns ❌ Attack ads ❌ Floods of misinformation ❌ Theft of signs ❌ and now… Push polling. ❌ The question “How low will they go?” Seems to be a moving target that spirals downward by the day. 🙄 #IntegrityMatters #auspol #Election25 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Teal MPs decry anonymous ‘push poll’ sent to voters in two independent seats
Transparency advocates raise concerns over ‘survey’ that asked loaded questions about Climate 200-backed MPs Zoe Daniel and Allegra Spender
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
"we can’t omit what News has done to inflict Trump on the world and what they are trying to do to inflict Dutton on Australia." Meanwhile, we get lectures from ABC journalists about the evils of social media. While ignoring the Murdoch elephant in their industry. johnmenadue.com/the-murdoch-...
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The Murdoch plague on world politics - Pearls and Irritations
Any company which had a history of illegality, incurred massive costs for those illegal actions, polluted public discourse and, made massive false claims about companies and institutions, the director...
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It's Not A Race @itsnotarace2025.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Did someone say Hawaii? #auspol #election2025 #SandbagsB4moneybags #peterdutton
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Mr Denmore @mrdenmore.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Recalling when during an emergency event media would first interview a state emergency service expert. Now it’s the premier of the state, so it becomes another ‘political’ story. Why is that?
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Zoe Daniel @zoedaniel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
This👇🏼The modern Liberal Party. Doing anything to win, except policy. So far it’s been 1️⃣ a politically motivated referral to the NACC 2️⃣ misleading sh*t sheets in letterboxes 3️⃣ bullsh*t billboards 4️⃣ verbal abuse and filming of me and my supporters 5️⃣ disgraceful, unethical push polling in Goldstein
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Mike Carlton @mikecarlton01.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Today’s piece of vulgar, bullying idiocy from the narcissistic Mango Mussolini.
nytimes.com
How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
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Mike Carlton @mikecarlton01.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
But entirely unsurprising…
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Margo Kingston @margokingston.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
WOW, 7.30 Report! Mused this morning why not be upfront, deliver a budget then go to an election where Dutton has no choice but to add and subtract. The Oz way of leading the world again, let’s do it!
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Stuff we've known for a decade now ... #Globalwarming causes storms to increase in intensity and "stall"... Earth's circulatory winds slowing so that catastropic systems worsen, move more slowly and last longer. Thoughts with everyone battening the hatches!
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
ABC Mgmt seems hell-bent on making once essential viewing ABC programs utterly unwatchable. Parnell Palme McGuinness AND Joe Hildebrand?! Neither one has any substance, depth, expertise or credibility. This is just insulting to viewers. 😠 #QandA #auspol #AusVotes25
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harmic.bsky.social @harmic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I'm starting to wonder if the Trump regime might actually be a drag on the LNP vote.
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Australian Breaking News Headlines & World News Online | SMH.co… @smh.com.au.web.brid.gy · 07/03/2025
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Jacinta Price under investigation for 14th potential misuse of expenses
The Coalition senator is in charge of the opposition’s efforts to stop wasteful government spending.
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Rick @colonelhogans.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The sheer unadulterated fucking hypocrisy!!!!!! Jacinta Price under investigation for 14th potential misuse of expenses
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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Imagining an alternate reality in which the Voice referendum passed and we bought French submarines.
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
And it’s a vote winner. Watch Dutton ramp up the rhetoric against Welcome to Country, land claims, BDIC, Stolen Generations, and all Aboriginal issues over the next few months.
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Margo Kingston @margokingston.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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"Washington Has Become the Court of Nero"
A French senator's blistering indictment
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🍉🍉 Princess Fiona 🍉🍉 @princess-fiona.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I have to admit that it warms my heart that a shearer named Barry assisted the flight crew in stopping what could have been something very horrible.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
If illegally boarding a plane in disguise as a mechanic and wielding a shotgun isn't an attempted act of terrorism, then white people can't commit terrorism in Australia
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mariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Of course. All those women - crumbmaidens- but no respect
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Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Opposition leader Peter Dutton attended a lunch organised by a property developer in Sydney as Cyclone Alfred bore down on his electorate of Dickson. Dutton then dined at the harbourside mansion of nightclub millionaire Justin Hemmes for a Liberal party fundraiser #auspol www.afr.com/rear-window/...
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Dutton lunched with Sydney developer during cyclone crisis
It came hours before the opposition leader’s dinner at Justin Hemmes’ harbourside mansion while the people in his Brisbane seat prepared for Cyclone Alfred.
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ReverendTimeTraveler @timetraveler.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The largest scam ever created. The Afterlife. The selling of an invisible product. Real Fear marketing.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/03/2025
This is all too accurate. WAKE UP AMERICA‼️
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peter_donnelly @peter-donnelly.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
quite right
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
With reports of empty bottles of Bollinger strewn throughout the property and rubbish bins overflowing with discarded tins of caviar, local authorities say the cleanup effort could take days. Read more --> tinyurl.com/2mzayphr
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This is going to be the dirtiest, scummiest, most racist and lying campaign in Australian history www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Teal MP Allegra Spender threatens to sue challenger over ‘disgraceful accusation’
Liberal candidate Ro Knox alleged Spender’s team had covered up a poster supporting Israeli hostages with a campaign sign, which Spender denied outright.
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ConvictDifficultChick☮️ 🍉🕊️ @convictchick.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
#Dutton
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