Reposted by pen mcnultyDoug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026RW economists respond to rate rise by calling for, Increased GST, cuts to govt spending and increased productivity. No mention of poor management systems, increased company profits, declining business investment, increased executive salaries. Just screw battling Australians 🤬 48438
Reposted by pen mcnultystranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The same conflicted media & right wing parties who are now demanding the govt “slash spending” spent all year pushing for more spending on tax breaks for wealthy investors. Let’s be real: they love spending. They just hate funding things that actually matter. #auspol 518069
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Myf Warhurst is fabulous on #backroads would love to see her do it more often. 000
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I think it is Australia-wide. Today on the Capricorn Highway Qld... 010
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Getting into any Toyota dealer away from home is like winning the lottery. Ridiculously hard. 082
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 05/07/2026If only. It’s been so long since we had serious analysis on a regular basis. I miss it. This facile propaganda is unwatchable. 000
Reposted by pen mcnultyMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026They are arresting U.S. Air Force Officers for free speech and U.S. Olympians for curiosity—but not rich men for raping children with Jeffrey Epstein. 556192198454
Reposted by pen mcnultystimpysimpson.bsky.social @stimpysimpson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Australian Press Gallery 0127
Reposted by pen mcnultyGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Hell yes, @cathywilcox.bsky.social 48802195
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Hope you everyone is looking forward to working for $2 a day. That’s what Gina thinks is fair. 000
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Except every time I see high productivity I translate it as higher privatised profits, and that is a lousy measure of anything at all. 100
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Tim Wilson won’t support any of these measures simply because they were put forward by Labor. #auspol #budget 000
Reposted by pen mcnultyAshley Zacharias @ashleyzacharias.bsky.social · 09/05/2026In 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. 1530169
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 16/04/2026#backroads - what an amazing episode, making music in Wilcannia and Broken Hill. Jeremy Fernandez got it absolutely right. Hope there is more of this quality #abc 000
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I hope like crazy that there is much more going on behind the scenes away from the noise and strident nonsense of the media. It seems Albo likes to work that way, eg getting Julian Assange home. 001
Reposted by pen mcnultysygent.bsky.social @sygent.bsky.social · 17/11/2025#ClimateActionNow Solar panels are often now elevated so that sheep can graze underneath them. Dew runs off them, making the paddocks more drought resistant. The sheep get shade underneath them. Productivity of both wool and meat is increased, farmers get static income from the lease. Win win!!😍 411441
Reposted by pen mcnultySimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17/11/2025A powerful piece by brave women. A timely reminder that, underneath all the politics, this is who the #EpsteinFiles are about. And how *all* relevant information must be made public so that some measure of justice can be reached. 0106
Reposted by pen mcnultySimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Can journalists stop labelling politicians like Hastie, Joyce, Canavan, and Antic as "conservative". They are the opposite: radical right misogynist ideologues following American christo-fascist campaigning to strip women [and anyone else who isn't a straight white man] of their rights. #auspol 810637
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Someone should then ask him to explain all the science behind these terms… 010
Reposted by pen mcnultystranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 30/06/2025NACC Commr Paul Brereton has lashed out after an unnamed Home Affairs employee was found to have engaged in a conflict of interest Brereton “conflicts of interest are an area of widespread concern” Unless you do it yourself? Then it’s Okay? In no place to talk Brereton #Robodebt 1419161
Reposted by pen mcnultyPup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Wonder if the ABC can get the Zionist lobby to cough up the 70K, considering they started the whole thing with their bullying 77912
Reposted by pen mcnultySimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025So here's the bigger question coming out of the #AntoinetteLattouf victory: WHY did the ABC cave in to the Israel lobby? And more broadly; HOW does a foreign influence group have so much power over our media, politicians, universities, cultural institutions and the arts? #ZionistMcCarthyism 67731
Reposted by pen mcnultyJo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 07/06/2025If one is censured by a nation's Parliament for behaviour officially found to be "corrosive of trust in government", and is referred to an anti-corruption commission for misleading its Cabinet about the "crude and cruel" Robodebt scheme, how is one then eligible for said country's highest honour? 77999356
Reposted by pen mcnultyEric Bananarama @ericbanana.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Great questions … 🤔🤔 #auspol 314842
Reposted by pen mcnultySimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/06/2025💥🎯from Greg. Just a very minor quibble - if we are going to bin #ScottyFromRobodebt, the stupid awards system and the useless monarchy, they should go to landfill, not recycling! #NotMyKing #auspol 55420
Reposted by pen mcnultySimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 27/05/2025"Richard’s saga has also shown how broken the Commonwealth public servant whistleblower protection laws are." If there is anything useful to come out of the prosecution and persecution of Richard Boyle, it is to highlight the urgent need for strong #whistleblower protection laws. #auspol 3359
Reposted by pen mcnultyDavid Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 26/05/2025If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business. You’re in organized crime. 10084792680
Reposted by pen mcnultyThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 27/05/2025Australia needs a Whistleblower Protection Authority. australiainstitute.org.au/post/open-le...australiainstitute.org.auOpen letter calls on newly elected Parliament to introduce Whistleblower Protection Authority, sustained funding for integrity agencies to protect from government pressure. - The Australia Institute% 522289
Reposted by pen mcnultyDenise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 25/05/2025The absolute gall of the Nationals to be using internet connectivity as a policy condition & talking up the need for it in the bush - when it was their direct actions which caused the issues in the first place & the negligence of the media not to point this out!! #auspol #insiders 33770241
Reposted by pen mcnultyVictoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 25/05/2025I’ve seen some think pieces arguing that Labor’s election victory means News Corp no longer have power in Australian politics. These views ignore the fact - as per my academic work - that News Corp and the Liberal Party are so intertwined that neither leads and neither follows - they work together. 1321357
Reposted by pen mcnultyChristine Milne @christinemilne.bsky.social · 21/05/2025No idea why media still depicts Nats as a farmers party. They are a mining party beholden to coal and gas interests and funded by Gina Rinehart. When there is a conflict between farmers and fossil fuels, they always back fossil fuels. Their opposition to wind is to protect fossil fuels for longer. 36625237
Reposted by pen mcnultyDenise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 12/05/2025If they are going to call community independent candidates 'C200 backed' then surely they also have to call LNP candidates and members 'Gina Rinehart backed'. Surely - that's only fair? Also - community independents are mostly community backed #auspol 25684182
Reposted by pen mcnultyPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Genuinely horrified by the result in Goldstein. Independent MP Zoe Daniel is an informed, intelligent, principled individual who has served both the electorate and the nation well. Tim Wilson is a lazy, deceitful, smug narcissist who has only ever served himself. #auspol #AusVotes25 #GoldsteinVotes 63727156
Reposted by pen mcnultyLaura Tingle @latingle.bsky.social · 03/05/2025My take on last night’s extraordinary result www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...abc.net.auBeyond Dutton's loss, this is a chance for a new type of politics in AustraliaThe comprehensive nature of this win gives Anthony Albanese the chance to change the narrative of our politics. 53691208
Reposted by pen mcnultyPossum @pollytics.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Drive it like you stole it, stop fucking around, deal with climate change, poverty, and deal with inequality to pay for it. Deal with industry transition, deal with education costs, accept that large investments in ourselves today pay for more than themselves in the future. And dental in Medicare 31691217
Reposted by pen mcnultyCaptain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Perhaps Albo will feel secure enough to start growing a spine now. 1401793317
Reposted by pen mcnultyAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Alternate headline - Don’t fuck it up If Labor doesn’t do something with power this time round (assuming the polls and vibe are right) to materially change people’s lives for the better, they risk consigning themselves to irrelevancy www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...thenewdaily.com.auIf the Albanese government is re-elected, it needs to do moreIf Albanese and Labor don’t do something with power to measurably improve people’s lives this time around, they risk losing it all. 55668177
pen mcnulty @calliopeski.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Looks like my two dearest wishes have come true. Dutton has lost and Tim Wilson is not winning. 🥂🥂 #ausvotes 050
Reposted by pen mcnultySally McManus @sallymcmanus.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I think a lot of Liberals will be working from home 891208288
Reposted by pen mcnultyEric Bananarama @ericbanana.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Murdoch’s empire backs Dutton hard … again. Every major News Corp paper cheers the Coalition. Non-Murdoch media? Mostly Labor, with reservations. Democracy, brought to you by editorial boards and billionaires. We deserve better than this slop we call the Australian mainstream media. #auspolsmh.com.auWho’s backing who? Every major newspaper’s pick for prime ministerA slim majority of newspapers have gone against the expectations of the pollsters to back the Coalition to win power. 33110
Reposted by pen mcnultyJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Developing: The White House has confirmed they are planning a military parade for the world’s most famous draft dodger. 1467133823504
Reposted by pen mcnultyBridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Dear Australian Mainstream Media, The Exclusive Brethren (church/cult?) don't pay taxes & don't vote (legally exclude themselves) & volunteered en masse for Liberals. Maybe investigate this dodgy as fuck arrangement? Regards Australian Voters not holding their breath #Auspol #Ausvotes 26990270
Reposted by pen mcnultyRC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Trump is the living embodiment of vox et praeterea nihil 3138
Reposted by pen mcnultyDenise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Aside from the increased attacks by the LNP this election (they really don't like their power disrupted) - the other stand out for me this election has been that LNP are acting like every single issue we face started on 21 May 2022!! And even worse - they're enabled to get away with it!!! #auspol 1416547