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Jars

@benarman.bsky.social
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Park cricketer, dad, husband, stoic, Moldova fan, wanderer of Arabia...

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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 5h
We need to grow up and stand on our own feet 👇🏼
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 6h
Intended consequences. Classic cost shifting to the states and territories…
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 6h
Start of my love of ramen!
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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Australia continues to support this genocide. Israel has killed more than 800 Gaza teachers & injured over 3,300 since 2023, 95% of schools in Gaza destroyed or severely damaged, over 170 teachers detained, over 21,000 children killed. www.palestinechronicle.com/more-than-80...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Flying High Dubai. MWM responds to ABC Media Watch Michael West reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/flying-high-duba…
Michael West Media story graphic
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
All the hallmarks of a real shithole country
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Congrats and best wishes! Tear their house down
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dozy Don!
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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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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You know one way of stopping AI agents from accessing Australian government data would be by making them have MyGov accounts.
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The only difference I can see between Neoliberal Labor and the Liberal party is that they're kinder to workers. That's it. I had such hope for our country when they were elected. They rule for their donors and favoured lobby groups, not us. #auspol
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Long and fascinating article by Jason Koutsoukis in the Saturday Paper. Essential reading for those of us who care about working class Australians and their families. Those who oppose neoliberalism, militarism and sacrificing our sovereignty to the Trump regime.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 26/09/2026
Same stage. Same climate-security theme. Albanese spoke of Australia’s climate efforts; Miliband called for climate threats to shape national-security planning. What does that contrast reveal about Australia’s approach, David Spratt asks. #auspol #ClimateSecurity
pearlsandirritations.com
Albanese vs Miliband at Climate Week: it was no contest
Two leaders shared a Climate Week stage, but their speeches revealed contrasting approaches to climate leadership. Albanese spoke about Australia’s climate efforts; Miliband set out how governments must prepare for climate threats. The question is where Australia’s plan is.
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The ABC really has gone to crap 💩 This is news? #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
The best way to clean your toilet and how often
Most stains present in toilet bowls are due to scale build-up from the water supply, and removing them requires more than your average toilet cleaning, experts explain.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 25/09/2026
Immigration dominates the headlines, but voters in focus groups keep returning to housing, bills and politicians who won't listen. The economic frustration behind One Nation's support is being overlooked, Kos Samaras writes. #auspol #Immigration
pearlsandirritations.com
Politicians keep talking about immigration. Voters keep talking about their bills
Housing costs, falling living standards and distrust of politicians are driving deep frustration among voters. Yet immigration dominates the national debate, obscuring the economic pressures behind the drift away from the major parties.
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sorry to hear that things are tough - you are missed
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Maybe he meant that he likes fighting stories?
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
David Pocock fires up on the $10K donation scheme running since 1999 just to get the PM's ear, reserved for people with ‘money & power’ “If you have cash, you can get access” “A nurse who’s lost their brother to a gambling addiction…she doesn’t have $10K” What a crock. Scrap it.
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Mark @mark-melbin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Rapists would face life imprisonment and repeat family violence offenders up to a decade behind bars under Ben Carroll’s tough-on-crime election pitch.” Devastating news for One Nation candidates. #auspol #OneNation #springst
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Blakandblack @blakandblack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Former MasterChef host Melissa Leong has launched an extraordinary attack on One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, accusing her of fuelling racism and making Asian Australians feel unsafe.
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The problem is men. #AusPol
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Three women killed in DV-related incidents in NSW in 24 hours
Three women have died in separate domestic violence-related incidents across New South Wales within 24 hours.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 18/09/2026
US submarines at Stirling, B-52s at Tindal and deeper military integration are locking Australia into Washington’s strategic priorities. Taiwan is not an Australian interest worth going to war over, Paul Keating writes. #auspol #AUKUS
pearlsandirritations.com
Disturbing admissions from US Republican Congressman
US submarines at HMAS Stirling, B-52 rotations through Tindal and deepening military integration are tying Australia ever more closely to US strategic priorities – including the prospect of war with China over Taiwan, Paul Keating writes.
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I had to delete instagram for my mental health. It just got too overwhelming.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The strangest irony: as a result of supporting this Nauru Airlines, to facilitate Australia’s offshore immigration apparatus, Home Affairs has been abetting illegal immigration. (Read to the end.)
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Midnight Broil
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Israeli government is pure unadulterated evil. Its leader - the Pol Pot of the Middle East. 👇 Nothing to see here for Albanese and Wong - who invited the President of this genocidal state to our country - and its war criminal IDF soldiers. Sickening. #auspol www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS1X...
youtube.com
The truth about Hamas and the hostages
YouTube video by Zeteo
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I’m engaged in Attachment B activities right now 🫠
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
They need to change their car plates to NSW - The Police State
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Would be great to see an empty stadium
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Pol Pot of the Middle East
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Lovely Kent. I live in one of those houses in Northcote (renovated now). Sometimes wonder about those who came before me.
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We knew Scomo was an arsehole. I didn’t know Agent Albo would try to outdo him.
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I let my wife out of her cage just to read this post!
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Where’s Monty Python when you need them? Come on British comedy - lift! Take the piss mercilessly!
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
100% this
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
American beer is like making love in a canoe. Fucking close to water.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Not sure what is worse: - the huge and increasing presence of US bases, or - Albanese, Wong and Marles lying about them. It is now clear that the biggest national security threat to the Australian people is its own government. #EndAUKUS #auspol
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
He jumped at the opportunity!
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I was always found it cynical when people would say, 'they're both as bad as each other'. I can come to no other conclusion with this pathetic Labor government, which governs in secret in the interests of lobbyists and donors. Albo = Scomo #auspol
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Everyone coming to the realization that they govern in the interests of their donors and powerful lobby groups - not us. It’s tweedleshit and tweedleshitter
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’s relentless It’s going to stay that way until NOTHING is left IT’S GOING TO STAY THAT WAY UNTIL VOTERS RADICALLY CHANGE THE WHOLE BODY POLITIC Vote independent community representatives and hold them directly accountable in your community DEMAND BETTER
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Why are our taxes subsidising private health insurance profits - when those subsidies fail to take pressure off the public system (their stated goal)? Government by and for lobby groups. #auspol
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I used to go there too, but escaped his wrath - maybe cause our kids went to the same school…
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Reinforcing my decision not to vote Labor next election. #Greens #auspol #Australia
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The antisemitism royal commission has failed. My column explains what happened:
abc.net.au
The antisemitism royal commission made two big mistakes — will these compromise their findings? - ABC Religion & Ethics
Australian society has been riven by a combustible debate about antisemitism, criticism of Israel and the boundaries of free speech. The royal commission could have provided the intellectual and moral...
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Jars @benarman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hard agree with this. Liberal and Labor governments govern in the interest of their donors and large corporations - not us. No wonder people want to park their vote somewhere else.
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Dr nick nobody @nicknobody.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Hey PM @albomp.bsky.social and Minister for Immigration @tonyburkemp.bsky.social how did 40 war criminals get visas to come to Australia, when the UN says their army is committing genocide? How did they pass the character test? #auspol
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If you wonder why the arms industry and gambling industry get bi partisan political support watch #4Corners.The arms and gambling lobby have untold influence.That’s why you get piss weak gambling laws and $368b disasters such as AUKUS. The system sucks and we pay the price!
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•Marns🌿🍉🐸 @marnshibski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Nick McKim’s response to criticism by Jeremy Leibler of McKim’s statement in the senate that Labor is captured by Zionist interests. What other conclusion can we come to?
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