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Luke, cool

@coolhandluke.bsky.social
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Live on Yuggera land, Australia. Photography, travel, food, safe communities, safe planet. Be kind, be cool. Always look left. Photos are mine unless otherwise attributed. She/her.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14h
The only answer to “will we need a recession to get inflation back to 2.5%?” Is “No, what a stupid thing to ask”. Michele Bullock did not give that answer. My column www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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If turbocharged petrol prices are driving up inflation, then why are Australia’s unemployed on the line? | Greg Jericho
Avoiding a rise in unemployment is important for the RBA – but apparently not a dealbreaker
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14h
“Biggest improvement in housing affordability for 40 years”
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Luke, cool @coolhandluke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Spineless PM. www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/nic...
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Nice work on the Medicare hack, Albo, but you’re still letting AI steal my art
Come to Australia, steal and plunder. That’s the prime minister’s message to the AI giants.
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Stop spreading that Meloni-in-a-Palestinian-flag video. It’s AI. Totally fake
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If anyone's up for a chance to kick your heels AND support the Sydney Asylum Seeker Centre, THIS is right up yer alley... events.humanitix.com/frock-up-and...
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Frock Up & Rock Up - Community Celebration
Gala event celebrating community, connections and cultures. Live music, food and fun times.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Poverty kills. The level of Jobseeker kills. It is a choice governments make every year. It is a choice the RBA makes when it decides more people need to be unemployed www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Screenshot showing deaths per 100,000 by age


Not on welfare; on Jobseeker
22-34: 17.1; 137
35-44: 30; 288.1
45-54: 83.4; 427
55-64: 201.6; 615.6
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Can someone explain why – in an economy in which the central bank has decided we need almost 700,000 people to be unemployed – those people live in such dreadful poverty that it can make you up to 10 times more likely to die in the prime of your life?" www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho
Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sovereignty has become an issue-by-issue choice www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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How sovereignty has become a calculated issue-by-issue choice
Sovereignty should be on the minds of most Australians, but it’s not – mostly because politicians don’t want it there.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Unfolding my iPhone to show you a Meta Glasses recording of my final divorce proceedings
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Luke, cool @coolhandluke.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Instead, our Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles, turned up in Washington this week, beaming like a kid in a lolly shop next to Defence Secretary Peter Hegseth www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Everyone but Australia reconsiders relationship with America
No-one inside federal politics seems interested in discussing the large orange elephant in the room and how it is materially changing every other country's views of the world.
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Luke, cool @coolhandluke.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Birdsville's lone ranger retires after three decades as keeper of the desert
For more than 30 years, Don Rowlands has been the ranger in charge of Munga-Thirri National Park, in Queensland's far south-west corner. But the time has come for him to hang up his uniform.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A valediction. My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Just remember, the Reserve Bank is worried that wages might grow too fast and cause inflation
Chart showing growth of wages, inflation and Coles and Woolworths profits

Wages: 3.2%
Inflation: 4.0%
Coles profits: 13.7%
Woolworths profits: 18.1%
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Dr Tracy Westerman AM @drtracywesterman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A huge thank you to everyone who donated ❤️ 250 donations in 24 hrs, funding 100 seats for bereaved Indigenous families to attend the Gala FOR FREE. 💜 If you haven’t donated, Simply click “Get Tickets” → “Pay It Forward” & give what you can. Thanks for showing up🙏 events.humanitix.com/jilyagala2026
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The 2026 Westerman Jilya Institute Indigenous Child Suicide Prevention Fundraising Gala
Join us to fundraise for the Psychology Treatment Centre!
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Floofy with a Chance of Spanakopita @floofytyrant.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Thank you Sally. It isn’t something that should be judged or stigmatised. When someone takes heart medication we don’t say “they’re cheating at having good heart health” we say, “that’s a necessary change for optimal health”, as is this. Thank you for sharing it with people. Makes a difference. 🩷
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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Who exactly is Natalie Harp anyway?
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Sick. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Four frames. 1. Terns on a beach. One says to another, “I feel sick.” 2. A fur seal on a beach beside lots of dead birds thinks, “I feel sick.” 3. A woman reads a series of news headline placards with “BIRD FLU JUMPS SPECIES”, “MORE HEAT WAVES, FIRES”, “NO END OF WARS”; she thinks, “I feel sick”. 4. The world, with fires and explosions everywhere, thinks, “I feel sick.”
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Good. Julie Bishop should never be heard from again in any role. An absolute cancer. www.smh.com.au/national/anu...
smh.com.au
ANU apologises to whistleblower after ‘indefensible treatment’
Academic Liz Allen named then-chancellor Julie Bishop and two other senior leaders as having threatened, bullied and intimidated her.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
To get back to March 1996 level, Jobseeker would need to go from $808.70 a fortnight to around $1,050
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Luke, cool @coolhandluke.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Fundraising event for our most vulnerable Indigenous communities. You can donate any amount from $1 - go on. Cheers
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I’d be as happy never to see the Murdoch do-up of that image as it recalls their hate-filled, defamatory campaign of two weeks (and ongoing), to bully me and warn any other respected commentators who dare step out of line.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Don’t ask me. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Six frames. 1. Fellow with clipboard bails up woman passer-by, says, “Excuse me, I’m doing a short survey. Do you think Australia takes in too many immigrants?” 2. She says,”I don’t know. I mean, are we talking about the immigrants who look after my mother in the aged care home?” 3. She continues: “Or the ones who come here to pick fruit for low wages so we have affordable fresh produce?” 4. “Or the ones working in construction to build our housing and infrastructure?” 5. “Or those training to be the medical specialists were short of?” 6. “I really don’t know. Maybe you could ask the government. They should know.”
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Morning. ☕️
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Luke, cool @coolhandluke.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If its really to support the community, build it without the pokies www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Logan mayor says region can't handle proposed Cowboys' leagues club
The proposed Queensland Cowboys leagues club in Logan would be fitted out with 100 gaming machines.
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praying mantis @gentlem.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
apnews.com/article/minn... #Hopkins,Minn police chief calls this a “rarity.” Stop doing that please. Every 5 days in America, a man annihilates his family, consistently for 6 yrs now.
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Man kills a woman and their child at a Minnesota daycare before taking his own life, police say
Police in Minnesota say a man killed a woman and their child at a home daycare they own before taking his own life.
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Anthony Albanese needs to stop going on podcasts. He has neither the wit nor dexterity required. In his attempts to appeal to increase his reach and popularity, he only reveals his limitations. Russell Kidd, Carnegie @theageaustralia.bsky.social letters
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
No access. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Left, people (a bloke in a red cap; a woman checking phone with security guard; a man with camera wearing News24 vest) entering a venue inside which are visible orange balloons, a man in an orange cap welcoming. Outside is a sign saying “ONE NATION PRESENTS PAULINE HANSON LIVE! -‘MY PLAN FOR USTRAYA’” and behind that a smaller sign saying “KEEP OUT: GUARDIAN, ABC, AGE.” To the right female reporter stands talking to camera saying, “Sadly, Mrs Hanson won’t give us access, so we can only assume that what she’s selling won’t stand up to scrutiny and is not in the public interest.”
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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
On the BIOLOGICAL MALES trying to INFILTRATE women’s basketball:
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Morning. ☕️
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Gambling reform negotiations continue… @theageaustralia.bsky.social
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
see this is why it’s so important to defend trans women — because attacks on them are almost always a veneer for attacks on ALL women
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Pauline Hanson barred The Age, the ABC, and The Guardian from her Melbourne press conference, with the new state leader Warren Pickering threatening legal action against journalists for “character assassination attempts”. The full story: theageaustralia.com/4fPSuDZ
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
David Pocock left stunned as Luke Bateman who has recovered from a serious gambling addiction also reveals he was being offered drugs, Pocock “The actual leaders of these companies knew what was happening?” Bateman “Not only did they know, they were participating in it.”💥
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Coming to a workplace near you…
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Very excited to have @fionakatauskas.bsky.social doing a thing for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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You can't offset extinction
The Point, helping readers make sense of the issues shaping their lives today.
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Luke, cool @coolhandluke.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Gerry Harvey branded the legal system unjust. It has come back to bite him
The Federal Court has hit Harvey Norman with a $35 million penalty for running misleading ads – much more than the $20 million slapped on its partner company.
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Luke, cool @coolhandluke.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is just lovely. www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
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How a tragic loss inspired a sunflower farmer’s cuddle-bed mission
After losing her husband to cancer, Kalbar Sunflower Festival co-founder Jenny Jenner has raised funds to deliver nine special hospital beds across Queensland.
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A month ago old mate columnist told boomers, the luckiest, most recipient generation in history, to organise to lobby for even more privileges. But now it's wrong to tell women which advertisers support sexist drivel on radio, in case they wanna boycott 'em? #logic www.theage.com.au/national/the...
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These ‘witches’ claim to have brought down Kyle, Karl and Alan Jones. In fact, they’re bullies
But by what right does activist group Mad F---ing Witches appoint itself as guardian of what is proper and fair? How representative are they of the “real” audience?
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I wonder if he has an opinion about Pen Power Australia, who does precisely the same thing to people they perceive as critics of a certain country. Destroys their careers and reputations, cancels their gigs. Ok for one lot but not another?
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Tribunal told children had to use toilet in front of others in Cairns police watch house www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
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Children had to use toilet in front of others in police watchhouse, tribunal told
Advocates for young people say conditions in a Queensland watch house have not improved since three teenagers' human rights were breached. A tribunal heard the boys had limited privacy and had to use ...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Comparing adoption of ATMs to AI is nice if Albanese followed through and talked about the collapse of banking services and branches and jobs. He does not.
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Luke, cool @coolhandluke.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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I found my dream community. Then I discovered the hidden divide between the haves and have-nots
After my life took a bad turn and I faced losing the use of my hands, I was grateful to be offered a rental in a new development. I didn’t anticipate being made to feel inferior in my own home.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The moment you privatise human services you guarantee abuses. Congrats John Howard www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Dorothy’s aged care home charged $52 a day for Foxtel, wine and newspapers that were no use to her. She wasn’t alone
Exclusive: Many aged care residents in Australia are charged for services they can’t use or understand, prompting an investigation from the regulator
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I’m sorry, but this video of Belgium’s squad mocking Trump in their locker room after demolishing the USMNT is hilarious.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Tim Prenzler, one of Australia's foremost police integrity experts, said there are "repeated cases" in Australia of "officers illegally accessing police databases and sharing information with friends and other persons."
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
David Pocock pauses, overcome with emotion, while detailing UN’s horrific findings against Israel “IDF has now killed 20,000 Palestinian children” “…deliberately shot at children’s limbs…as a twisted game of target practice”😔 Barbaric & sickening. This is our ally?
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Business tax fraud is worse than NDIS fraud. Disabled people are paying the price thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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Business tax fraud is worse than NDIS fraud. Disabled people are paying the price
The Albanese Government wants to make huge changes to the NDIS in the name of fixing fraud, however, only a small fraction of savings are expected to come from targeting fraud. So, while everyone has ...
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Grand Theft Oughto not do it- my #AI cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Are AI companies getting away with crime? | Fiona Katauskas
They’re certainly making an art of stealing intellectual property
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 02/07/2026
New Australia Institute research shows that Australians have lost over $104 billion to gambling in the three years since the Murphy Review released its final report into the harms of online gambling. @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social #auspol
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