Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026You are several orders of magnitude a better person than that 'other woman'. 020 0
Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I 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...nb.australiainstitute.org.au✍️ PETITION: Help take on the gas industryTax 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... 020 0
Reposted by Barry SmithLena📎 @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...jewishcouncil.com.auUrgent Royal Commission legal fees | Jewish Council of AustraliaThe Jewish Council has been granted leave to appear in the first block of the Royal Commission hearings starting next […] 14726 0
Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 24/04/2026It is our gas, we deserve a fair return. www.ourgas.com.au?recruiter_id...ourgas.com.auThe Great Gas ScamTRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP. 020 0
Reposted by Barry SmithTim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 21/04/2026It 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.emergencyappeal2026.raiselysite.comAYCC Next Generation FundHelp build the next generation of climate justice leaders by making a donation today. 76044 0
Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 03/03/2026If 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.aupetitions.getup.org.auStop 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! 000 0
Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 22/12/2025jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...jewishcouncil.good.doSIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after BondiAdd your name to the Jewish Council petition today 000 0
Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 08/07/2025This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...megaphone.org.auSAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITYWe 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... 010 0
Barry Smith @barwil1.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Why not post here as well as the other site? Many people on here would enjoy your perspectives. 090 0
Reposted by Barry Smith1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 02/06/2025MISSING 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... 1610 0
Reposted by Barry SmithMike Carlton @mikecarlton01.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Why in God’s name does the ABC invite these 3rd rate hacks ? 8948988 0
Reposted by Barry SmithVicki @vickiap.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Rinehart has far too much power and all her opinions are driven by self interest. We shouldn’t be listening to her. 1103 0
Reposted by Barry SmithDavid Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. 'Three Aussie ladies, two keffiyehs, and a country gone mad'theshot.net.auThree Aussie ladies, two keffiyehs, and a country gone mad - The ShotCivil liberties are being curtailed in Australia to silence any criticism of Israel's genocide of Palestine. What the fuck is that about? 515665 0
Reposted by Barry SmithAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/03/2025My 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...thebulwark.comWaiting for Liberal Democracy in the American SouthOur country’s constitutional order is withering before us. In the states of the former Confederacy, democracy never fully flourished. 1852806772 0
Reposted by Barry SmithMr Denmore @mrdenmore.bsky.social · 07/03/2025This 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...open.substack.comTrump 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! 13014 0
Reposted by Barry SmithBarbara 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...rfi.frFormer admiral urges Australia to renege on Aukus deal and buy French subsAn 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… 2120970 0
Reposted by Barry SmithChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The ability to control mass party opinion this directly is unlike anything I’ve really seen in my time covering politics. 1791251754601 0
Reposted by Barry SmithMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025lol, from UK satirical magazine Private Eye 435267935725 0
Reposted by Barry SmithRob Jansen @aether.eurosky.social · 07/03/2025And of course Musk with Starlink 064 0
Reposted by Barry SmithEric Bananarama @ericbanana.bsky.social · 07/03/2025AUKUS .. Trump extortion and Australian politics. #auspol #AUKUS 23812 0
Reposted by Barry SmithJules @juliankeil.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Smear 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...theguardian.comTeal MPs decry anonymous ‘push poll’ sent to voters in two independent seatsTransparency advocates raise concerns over ‘survey’ that asked loaded questions about Climate 200-backed MPs Zoe Daniel and Allegra Spender 810933 0
Reposted by Barry SmithSimon 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-...johnmenadue.comThe Murdoch plague on world politics - Pearls and IrritationsAny 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... 19843 0
Reposted by Barry SmithIt's Not A Race @itsnotarace2025.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Did someone say Hawaii? #auspol #election2025 #SandbagsB4moneybags #peterdutton 316868 0
Reposted by Barry SmithMr Denmore @mrdenmore.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Recalling 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? 67214 0
Reposted by Barry SmithZoe Daniel @zoedaniel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025This👇🏼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 20344128 0
Reposted by Barry SmithMike Carlton @mikecarlton01.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Today’s piece of vulgar, bullying idiocy from the narcissistic Mango Mussolini.nytimes.comHow Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly SeriousPresident 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. 915340 0
Reposted by Barry SmithMike Carlton @mikecarlton01.bsky.social · 07/03/2025But entirely unsurprising… 3536445 0
Reposted by Barry SmithMargo Kingston @margokingston.bsky.social · 07/03/2025WOW, 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! 182 0
Reposted by Barry SmithWendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Stuff 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! 2351391 0
Reposted by Barry SmithPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025ABC 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 2922155 0
Reposted by Barry Smithharmic.bsky.social @harmic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I'm starting to wonder if the Trump regime might actually be a drag on the LNP vote. 062 0
Reposted by Barry SmithAustralian Breaking News Headlines & World News Online | SMH.co… @smh.com.au.web.brid.gy · 07/03/2025smh.com.auJacinta Price under investigation for 14th potential misuse of expensesThe Coalition senator is in charge of the opposition’s efforts to stop wasteful government spending. 022 0
Reposted by Barry SmithRick @colonelhogans.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The sheer unadulterated fucking hypocrisy!!!!!! Jacinta Price under investigation for 14th potential misuse of expenses 2416680 0
Reposted by Barry SmithJonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Imagining an alternate reality in which the Voice referendum passed and we bought French submarines. 3431257 0
Reposted by Barry SmithRob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 07/03/2025And 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. 95414 0
Reposted by Barry SmithMargo Kingston @margokingston.bsky.social · 07/03/2025open.substack.com/pub/charlies...open.substack.com"Washington Has Become the Court of Nero"A French senator's blistering indictment 021 0
Reposted by Barry Smith🍉🍉 Princess Fiona 🍉🍉 @princess-fiona.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I 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. 0302 0
Reposted by Barry SmithDavid Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 07/03/2025If 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 30725187 0
Reposted by Barry Smithmariecolemanao.bsky.social @mariecolemanao.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Of course. All those women - crumbmaidens- but no respect 083 0
Reposted by Barry SmithProf Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Opposition 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/...afr.comDutton lunched with Sydney developer during cyclone crisisIt came hours before the opposition leader’s dinner at Justin Hemmes’ harbourside mansion while the people in his Brisbane seat prepared for Cyclone Alfred. 1317386 0
Reposted by Barry SmithReverendTimeTraveler @timetraveler.bsky.social · 06/03/2025The largest scam ever created. The Afterlife. The selling of an invisible product. Real Fear marketing. 1145 0
Reposted by Barry SmithChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/03/2025This is all too accurate. WAKE UP AMERICA‼️ 23199924147 0
Reposted by Barry SmithThe Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 06/03/2025With 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 414347 0
Reposted by Barry SmithGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 06/03/2025This is going to be the dirtiest, scummiest, most racist and lying campaign in Australian history www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...smh.com.auTeal 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. 2821758 0
Reposted by Barry SmithConvictDifficultChick☮️ 🍉🕊️ @convictchick.bsky.social · 06/03/2025#Dutton 012 0