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Brian Brown

@brianbrownuca.bsky.social
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Retired minister and past NSW/ACT Moderator of the Uniting Church in Australia. For the common good.

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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We are in Canberra reminding politicians to ground themselves in the values of fairness, compassion and safety - values that represent our community. At a time when refugee rights are under attack, we need more politicians to represent and defend our multicultural communities.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Monique Ryan says she won’t be losing any sleep over a potential Josh Frydenberg comeback, saying the ppl of Kooyong won’t forget his shocking failures when he was Treasurer, or how he “punched down on Victoria during the COVID years.”🎯🔥 Indeed, Victorians will never forget.
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Andrew Gardiner @ajgardineresq.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This just isn't funny, Megan Herbert. 😐 Sure, Chalmers is low-hanging fruit right now, but ... the Johannes Leak-inspired big ears? The classroom clown shtick (Brett Lethbridge must be proud)? You're filling the Age/SMH shoes of Cathy Wilcox, Megan. Quite the task, isn't it? #auspol
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Truth 💥
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"But look abroad: at Volodymyr Zelensky, at Péter Magyar, at Mark Carney, at Pope Leo XIV. You see strong and confident defenders of liberty. Is what they are doing over there beyond our power here?" www.thebulwark.com/p/winning-mi...
thebulwark.com
Winning the Midterms Is Not Enough
One wave election won’t defeat Trumpism.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Great Gas Giveaway just hit $78billon. And look, tbf, the gas companies are doing it tough. The government choosing to not do a 25% tax on gas exports is only fair - not like there are any needs currently being unmet... health, education, care, poverty, disability... live.thepoint.com.au
Screenshot of The Aus Institute's Great Gas Giveaway tracker:

$78,001,671,884

Revenue missed by not implementing a 25% tax on gas exports
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
THIS 👇 HERE TOO.......
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Albanese Government is the most secretive federal government we've had in decades. It protects lobbyists, keeps ministerial diaries closed, and has repeatedly made FoI requests more challenging and more expensive.
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‘Bully boy’ accusations fly over nuclear waste secrecy
The Albanese government is fighting to keep these FOI documents hidden. Jacqui Lambie and others on the crossbench aren’t happy.
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
OMG not enough popcorn for this Liberal Party sh*t show 🍿 Frydenberg would give Jillian Segal everything she wants on a Zionist platter at the determent of all of Australia #auspol
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This 👇
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DeJenerate🎻🐨📚 @dejenerate.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Join the call for Australia’s media companies to stand together and refuse to cover One Nation events until the bans are lifted. abcfriends.au/actions/boyc...
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Open Letter: Boycott One Nation press conferences - ABC Friends
One Nation has banned the ABC and The Guardian from its press conferences. In a democracy the public has a right to know what their political representatives
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Better for the Albanese govt to make a clear decision to #EndAUKUS now, rather than have this humiliating and dangerous farce drag on any longer.
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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social 54,000 signatures! A real vote winner for the Greens ! www.change.org/p/the-austra...
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Sign the Petition
No Nuclear-Submarines; End U​.​S. dominance; Healthcare not warfare
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WANTING A CHILD
BORN IS PRO-BIRTH
WANTING A CHILD
FED
HOUSED EDUCATED
WITH PARENTS WHO EARN A
LIVING WAGE
IS PRO-LIFE!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Christian” pastors cheering on public executions when the whole Christian faith is based on the abhorrence of the gruesomeness of a public execution shows how far Christian Nationalism is off the rails.
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Rid us of this menace to cohesion c.org/YYfXJwmf6W
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We Demand Accountability: Remove Jillian Segal from Public Office
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
So well said ... horrible that it had to be ... horrible that Australian Greeks have forgotten who they are, where - and on whose country - they now reside, safely & without fear. I can't believe they would do that to the Elders on whose land they now 'flourish' & 'call their own'. Shame. Shame.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In the horror of a Genocide this is a moment of hope. 15 of the children from the Gaza Nipper’s program got back in the surf this week. 30 of the other nippers can’t be found, many have been killed. How has the world made the decision to send so many bombs and so few lifesavers?
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 11/10/2026
Seven of nine planetary boundaries have now been crossed, yet Australia still expands coal and gas while talking up its climate credentials. Humanity’s safe operating space is shrinking fast, Peter Sainsbury writes. #Climate #Environment #auspol
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Brian Brown @brianbrownuca.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Dane Heverin’s Fox Sorts article on the second day Australia versus South Africa has examples of why to not rely on spellcheck for accuracy. Suggest “purler” for “pearler” and “elude” for “allude”.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Labor’s hypocrisy on coal and gas means Australia’s climate authority, especially with our Pacific neighbours, is falling apart. Pacific Island leaders are boldly fighting to protect their nations from deadly global warming caused by coal & gas. It’s literally a life and death struggle for them.
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/10/2026
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How to buy government by Gina Rinehart #auspol
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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
BINGO!💥
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 06/10/2026
Australia resisted the populist right for longer than the US and much of Europe. Stronger institutions, broader prosperity and greater economic security helped – but those protections are weakening, Roger Beale writes in part one of a two-part analysis. #auspol #OneNation
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Brian Brown @brianbrownuca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sarah Ferguson on the attack on David Shoebridge’s first day as Greens leader. Not appreciated. He deserves a fair go, not a barrage of gotcha questions and rude interruptions. Interview FAIL.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 30/09/2026
Australia wants a UN Security Council seat and promises to uphold international law. But from Gaza to Indigenous rights and Diego Garcia, its own record shows how selectively those rules can be applied, John Menadue writes. #auspol #UNSC
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Australia preaches the rules-based order. Its record tells another story
Australia is campaigning for a UN Security Council seat on a promise to uphold international law and defend middle powers. Its record on Gaza, Indigenous rights, military alliances and international rulings tells a far less consistent story.
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tim Wilson will never need child care, will never need the NDIS and will never need aged care. #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Breaking Perv Glasses should be viewed as a community service
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Despicable, sub-human behaviour & unconscionably disgusting justifications. Israeli’s military action in Gaza: • the damage & destruction of 90% of hospitals, 82% of all structures, more than 90% of housing units (UNOSAT) across the 141mi² territory. •hundreds of bodies unidentified. 1/3
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Google Earth exposes devastation in Gaza with new updated images
Google Earth shows the unprecedented devastation in Gaza, illustrating the scale of the wreckage
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why women choose the 🐻
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 29/09/2026
Did you know that 83% of Australia’s gas is used for exports? Australia Institute research shows that over the past 5 years the Australian government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply Australia for more than 20 years? A 25% tax on gas exports could end the gas shortages. #auspol
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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A huge fucking thank you to this fucking guy for fucking with every single Australian in the mortgage belt and fuck you Gina Rinehart for supporting him.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 29/09/2026
Australia wants a UN Security Council seat and says it will defend international law. But Albanese condemned Russia while remaining silent on US actions, even after Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran, David Shoebridge writes. #auspol #UNGA
pearlsandirritations.com
Australia shouldn’t get a seat at the UN security council
Australia is campaigning for a Security Council seat on a promise to defend international law. Yet Albanese condemned Russia by name while saying nothing comparable about US actions – even after Trump threatened from the same UN stage to “annihilate” Iran.
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GeorgiaBlue @georgiablue.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have a system that tackles inflation by suppressing the household income of workers while protecting housing wealth & corporate profits. Until the concentration of wealth in the country is confronted, working people will keep paying the price.
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dan Tehan says that EVs are going to ruin the weekend. Funny, feels like we’ve heard this one before…
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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... These are the pricks lecturing migrants and people in public housing on “Aussie values”
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One Nation admits using party funds to build $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property
Email to members says money lent to a party-linked company to establish a micro distillery
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Israel lobby is infiltrating local councils via astroturfing outfits such as 'Better Australia', allied to hard-right Advance Australia. Secretive on funding. Investigation by @wendybacon1.bsky.social #auspol michaelwest.com.au/astroturfers...
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Astroturfers. Australia's local elections the new battleground for the Israel lobby - Michael West
Local elections are the new battleground for the Zionist lobby and its various astroturfing groups. Who are they, and who funds them?
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The real story here is about the "moral cowards" who stayed in the room to listen to Mr Genocide's lies. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Delegates walk out at the UN General Assembly as Benjamin Netanyahu gives address
Follow the latest headlines from ABC News, Australia's most trusted media source, with live events, audio and on-demand video from the national broadcaster.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 24/09/2026
Man allowed to address UN General Assembly while subject to an arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges, sure why not
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tonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Farmers who intend to vote for One Nation should know that they are accepting that “climate change” is normal.By doing so they will negate any logical argument for taxpayer assistance when “normal” weather events occur. Don’t ask for help if you deny the very thing you need help to overcome!
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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tonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mass walkout against mass murderer…Australia sqibbed it.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The world is being torn apart by US aggression, using its military, trade and AI as weapons, and Albanese failed to mention this even once in his UN address. If you cannot even name the problem, why should anyone believe you can address it?
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CtlAltDel @ctlaltdel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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