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Andrew

@boatie.bsky.social
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I’m a bass playing, boat building grandad. I follow the ‘train-wreck’ that is AusPol with a macabre interest. Born, lived worked Bunurong all my life. Wish we had more than the last 200yrs of history folded into our culture.

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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“But while governments continue outsourcing inflation management to unelected technocrats at central banks, the economic bloodletting is likely to continue” Do your job Jim Chalmers, stop punishing mortgage holders for Israels squirrel grip on Trump #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
The RBA says Aussies are 'furious' about inflation. Many are angrier with the bank
Some of the main drivers of high inflation are supply issues caused by the US-Iran war and American tech giants spending huge amounts on AI, which are not problems a rate hike will solve.
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I have no time for Hastie but on this, I back him to the hilt. This type of vile attack on a veteran who served with distinction from a bunch of unAustralian arse-wipes, shows PHON for who they are…Utter scum. Libs not backing him shows who they are too. #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Andrew Hastie knew taking on Pauline Hanson would cost him. Liberals are divided over the price of following suit
While supporters and rivals of Hastie back his stance on One Nation, some are asking why the party isn’t doing more
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The globe seems to have sat back and allowed an (almost) benevolent dictator, being the #US, to control its finances and arms. We’re about to find out how badly that can go when a despot gets hold of the reigns. #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Fucking true that! Utterly repulsive to watch. “Labor and the Coalition united three times to defy the expressed desire of the voters; on gambling, on disability and on the power of the tech companies” #AusPol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The major parties several chances to meet the moment. Instead they chose to safeguard their collective mediocrity | Zoe Daniel
Labor and the Coalition united three times to defy the expressed desire of the voters; on gambling, on disability and on the power of the tech companies
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#FarmersAreFuming #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is a ‘fit up’… terrorism my arse. #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
We (everyone on the planet) should have a right to vote in #USA federal elections. I’m sick of that big orange fuckwit screwing with us all on the back of the views of a few unhinged, inbred rednecks #AusPol
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Jenny Bradbrook @bradbrookjenny.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Has Luke Gosling been ‘“ Moira Deeminged ”?
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So the stupid ‘Vox pops’ are an accurate representation… who knew #USA #AusPol www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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Snarky Platypus @snarkyplatypus.com · 29/07/2026
Many current Australian politicians don’t seem to be adapting to changing geopolitical circumstances very well. Conroy seems to be one of these politicians #abc730
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Nothing says ‘social cohesion’ like a gun! #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
Risk consultant defends arming private security at Jewish events
A royal commission on antisemitism has pressed a risk and security consultant on his belief that the private security sector should be armed when protecting open air events.
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Can’t we just call them bicycles and motorcycles? A bicycle has pedals and can be electrically assisted up to 25kph. Can be used on shared pathways & roads. A motorcycle is a motorised cycle, registered for road or dedicated track use. Note; shared pathways need some rules/etiquette/laws imo #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Good article. Re Hanson at NPC “It’s being billed as both a risk & an opportunity – for her, and for the reporters who may reflexively go for gotcha moments. Doing so will only cement the very public trust gap that’s driving the political upheaval” #AusPol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
We laughed at Trump’s run for president and marvel at the rise of Pauline Hanson. Why didn’t we see the sleeping threat? | Zoe Daniel
Commentators left, right and centre are trying to grasp the bouncing ping-pong ball that is One Nation which has been hiding in plain sight
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 11/06/2026
turns out every writer who imagined a dystopian future where authoritarians openly lied to you through the television vastly overestimated the intelligence and commitment of their fictional antagonists
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Same as every…other…fucking…thing
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
imagine what the news response would be life if the Indian military killed 3 american civilians in the middle of a war with someone else.
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Who has the $$ from all of our productivity gains for the last 30yrs? Who has our dental, health, education, infrastructure, defence money… if not our government then who? Hint: The answer to both questions is the same and it ain’t the migrants. #TrickleDown #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Liberal & Labor have just been twiddling the knobs on the failed neoliberal system for decades. They offer nothing more than the same for the foreseeable future. This is the environment PHON thrives in #AusPol
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Australian law is clear: criticism of Israel does not breach the Racial Discrimination Act
The Federal Court recently found it is not inherently antisemitic to criticise the state of Israel or the Israel Defense Forces.
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Interesting… according to the Bible me and my entire family should be put to death. #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Peace in the Middle East starts with disarming Israel. Of course this is a pipe dream while the US is a superpower. They picked up the global pillaging baton after sitting back and watching GB get decimated in WW2. Conflict in the Middle East is so profitable! #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Speers has really lifted his game here. He is being the biggest, most annoying dick he can possibly be and has produced an interview that tells us nothing except Speers is a dick #Insiders
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
#AUKUS was implemented as the biggest, most expensive political wedge in history. It’s still working brilliantly, it’s going to fuck this government right up eventually. #Insiders #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Remember kiddies, if you’re a home owner and house prices fluctuate up or down, it’s all relative. You sell low, you buy low. It’s only the speculators who loose on the drop, that’s the risk of speculating. It’s past time that the housing market becomes a home market #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Russia invades Ukraine while Israel ’pushes further into Lebanon’ on #ABCnews
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I think I called it first. #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Is that supposed to be a penalty? Musk would tip that out of his car ashtray if he noticed it at all. #AusPol
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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Exposing the DISTURBING ISRAELI Lobby inside Australia | Ex-Foreign Minister Bob Carr
YouTube video by OnePath Network
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
It’s not an excuse or a rationalisation. It’s a choice to basically say “I no longer care about the social contract because I can’t remember the last time it looked after me”
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/05/2026
The pair was abducted by Israeli forces from the aid flotilla in late April and held in Israel.
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Israel deports two Gaza aid flotilla activists
The pair was abducted by Israeli forces from the aid flotilla in late April and held in Israel.
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Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
One Nation frames itself as “for the little guy” while serving the interests of billionaires like Gina Rinehart. They are a con artist party. Of course the media will never frame it this way. There’s no structural analysis in horserace journalism. By design.
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Fuck, our regions are a Murdoch captured cess pit #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I’ve got August in the ‘when will Farley jump ship’ sweep #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
UFO! UFO! UFO! UFO! UFO! UFO! UFO! UFO! What war? UFO! UFO! UFO! UFO! Epstein who? UFO! UFO! UFO! UFO! #Trump #AusPol
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Ashley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
In a 30 year career in the public service, I have never seen a "public-private partnership" that accomplished anything except to give private industry a whack of taxpayers' money.
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
FFS!… that’s a double you’d never back! #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Fuck I’d love to be able to see what Brian Cox sees. I don’t mean that literally, as in see with his eyes, I mean the way he sees and understands systems and science. Awesome
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It seems to me that this ‘isis bride’ beat up is giving our press some sort of weird punchy downy thrill #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
What’s the chance that ‘crewless subs’ will be the tech before we ever see an #AUKUS sub? #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Well Israel has come up trumps. With the world laughing at the US floundering about trying to appear that it’s not the total fuckup that it is, Israel have just pushed on, killing and destroying, spreading like a cancer across Palestinian and Lebanese territories. #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
How about it Jim? There are better alternatives, you just need to stop outsourcing your responsibilities! #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
abc.net.au
What if we used taxes or superannuation to control inflation, not interest rates?
As the average mortgage borrower confronts another $100 a month on top of their already inflated repayments, lots of people are asking if there is a better way to contain inflation than simply raising...
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I understand the RBAs explanation of the math. What I don’t accept is that punishing mortgage holders is the only way to balance the equation. Jim Chalmers should take responsibility, put his PhD’y brain to an equitable solution and stop handballing his problem to the RBA #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The #Whitehouse takes ‘gaslighting’ to its pinnacle, absolute zenith, the apex of apexes. This supreme gaslighting sets the bar at a level no sane person or organisation could ever imagine or achieve. #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Trump; “We… land on top of it and we took over the ship. We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business” “We’re like pirates… We’re sort of like pirates. But we’re not playing games” Can we be pirates too @albomp.bsky.social ? We could be #AUKUS pirates! Big fun! #AusPol
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Can’t seem to be able to put our finger on the cause of a global rise in antisemitism 🤷‍♂️ If the ‘settlers’ were muslim in any other setting they’d be rightfully called ‘Islamic Terrorists’… Are we allowed to even say ‘Jewish Terrorists’? #AusPol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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‘Go inside, he will kill you’: Israeli militants step up West Bank school attacks
Education is being targeted across Palestine, with the murder of 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan only the latest in a spree of violence
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026
Foreign Influence. How the Israel lobby bought Australian democracy michaelwest.com.au/foreign-influenc… #Auspol
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Foreign Influence. How the Israel lobby bought Australian democracy
No other lobby in Australia holds such power. Andrew Brown explains how the Israel Lobby bought Australian democracy. Part One: The Machinery.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
“Israeli authorities...have deliberately and systematically obliterated water infrastructure in Gaza, whilst consistently blocking water-related supplies from entering.” @msf.ca The deliberate denial of water to Palestinians is an integral part of Israel’s #GazaGenocide.
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Andrew @boatie.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Unionise! Do it for yourself, do it for your country. #AusPol
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Strikes work www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
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Teachers to be offered 28 per cent pay rise in bid to avoid more strikes
A fresh offer is imminent as principals move to join in the industrial unrest at state’s 1570 government schools.
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The people who assisted this murderer must feel very proud today, knowing they defended a pedophile. #AusPol
abc.net.au
Police killer Dezi Freeman had hundreds of child abuse files
Police killer Dezi Freeman was on the verge of having his secret stash of child abuse material discovered when he gunned down two officers outside his makeshift home.
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