Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialChris Pomfret @chrispomfret.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Whoa! One Nation’s campaign launch video showed Ai generated immigrants wielding machetes & wearing bomb vests in the most vile, racist, bigoted, hate speech filled political video I’ve ever seen let alone from an actual political party that could form Government. Ring the alarms!!! 56326
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialSydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Should Australia revisit or start another cash for clunkers scheme? Getting more aussies into cheaper to run and safer newer EV? Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels? thedriven.io/2026/10/04/i...thedriven.ioIt's time to revisit the cash for clunkers idea - but in a way that makes it fair on householdsAustralians driving older petrol and diesel vehicles often pay the most at the bowser, spend more on repairs and rely on cars with the weakest safety equipment. 1204
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialCouncilmember Sean Elo-Rivera @seanelorivera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026San Diego is not expendable. Our lives are not bargaining chips. The President’s words were reckless, dangerous, and a betrayal of the people he swore to protect. I love this city, and I will never stay quiet when someone treats our families, neighbors, and communities like they are disposable. 323449
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialTwang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One Australian state just decided to get rid of its diesel buses and go fully electric. At the same time, another Australian state decided to rip up its plans for electric buses and go back to diesel. Can you guess which states they were? thedriven.io/2026/10/06/o... #auspol #qldpol #springstthedriven.ioOne state opens new tender for hundreds of electric buses, as another state decides to go dieselVictoria opens tender for hundreds of new electric buses, less than a month after Queensland ripped up its own plans and decided to buy 630 diesel buses instead. 51310
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Chris Minns' fashion police. There's a word for an official govt policy which bans one traditional clothing item but not another. Anybody? Andrew Brown #keffiya #auspol michaelwest.com.au/chris-minns-...michaelwest.com.auChris Minns' fashion police. Being Palestinian is now a public order offence - Michael WestNSW Premier Chris Minns is easily offended and wants to prosecute one cultural group over another because of what they wear. 2114275
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts: 17472701507
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialWhy is a woman still not safe @treemuseums.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm sure all the racist PHON and LNP bs is helping these often conservative voting rural communities attract drs, and keep young people local. But don't worry us bleeding heart lefties will keep fighting for universal healthcare access 0116
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Excerpts from the tremendous public service & public resource that is the HANSON DOSSIER - the "complete public accountability record of Pauline Hanson. Drawn from court judgments, parliamentary records, AEC data, and verified journalism" Share it & keep it handy‼️ 👉 thehansonrecord.com 49443
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialPeggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Many of us were fooled by ingrained idea that the Australian Labor still represented democratic socialist intentions to serve workers, people. Albanese made it very clear that the light on the hill had been extinguished. The “anything but Morrison/Dutton” now includes “anything but Albanese”. 0158
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialRhys Parton @rhysparton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026C’mon Victoria, it’s embarrassing that this mob are polling well. If you want to ‘protest vote’, vote Greens. If you want conservatives, just vote for the Liberal party. Voting for One Nation would be pathetic. 082
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“For $45 you can start a school and charge $7000 per student — no background checks, they weren’t teachers — and taxpayers foot the bill… SCHOOL VOUCHERS ARE A SCAM.” @GovBillLee (H/T @piper_for_missouri) Pro Publica’s expose: www.propublica.org/article/prop... 501850842
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialJewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NAZA - the film Netanyahu doesn't want you to see - is coming to Australia. We're partnering with @madmanfilms.bsky.social for special preview screenings on 11 October in Sydney and Melbourne, featuring @sarahschwartz.bsky.social and Antony Loewenstein. Grab tickets here: www.madman.com.au/naza/ 8214114
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialDavid Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It lectures on Australian taxation but pays none itself. News Australia Holdings racked up 10 years of paying zero tax. It earned $1.89 billion in revenue, made more than $300 million in profit (a record for the past decade) & contributed zero. #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/01/n...crikey.com.auNews Corp celebrates more than a decade of paying zero tax in AustraliaNews Corp continues to make serious money in Australia while paying no tax. But even the Murdoch monolith isn't the nation's worst tax dodger. 1015270
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialLaki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As always the question is which Trump buddy benefits when he does deals. For this one I read it's Gentry Beach (Don Jnrs buddy) and the Russians (like the ones who just turned up at Jnrs wedding) he's looking to do the pipeline with. Not whether it stacks. 021
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We fight for democracy by showing up, not just where winning is easy, but where someone has been told not to even bother. I ran in one of those places, and I lost, but the next Democrat won’t have to start from scratch. Now imagine doing that in every district. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...open.substack.comThe Only Race We Can’t Win...Is the one we don’t run 191006236
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialMelissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 30/09/2026A couple weeks ago someone said if he hacked into a government system, he'd be put in prison. But when OpenAI does it, they send an "apology letter" & there are no consequences. Our 2-tier justice systems are trash. They enable the development of psychopaths who learn the laws don't apply to them. 411336
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Kogan CEO in June: Ruslan Kogan says changes to Capital Gains Tax will attract migrants motivated by “sick NDIS scams” and the welfare system." Today ATO Tax data for Kogan Pty Ltd: Income: $642.3m Taxable income: $0 Tax paid $0 20323153
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When the “censorship industrial complex” myth was just getting started, in Fall 2022, I got a public records request from the AG’s office of Missouri looking for all my emails related to my team’s election rumor research. The Missouri AG at that time? Eric Schmitt. What a tool. 23719163
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialGlobal Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When big corporations can sue governments for BILLIONS for protecting people and the climate, we all pay the cost. It's time to put an end to this. Join the global movement against ISDS. 15-17 October 2026: stopisds.global/en/ 0125
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialThe Driven @thedriven.io · 28/09/2026Vandals severe cables of 28 Tesla Supercharging bays in central Victoria in a weekend attack that appears to be the biggest of its type to date thedriven.io/2026/09/28/cables-seve…thedriven.ioCables severed at 28 Tesla Supercharger bays in biggest attack yet on EV charging sitesVandals cut off cables of 28 Tesla Supercharging bays in central Victoria in a weekend attack that appears to be the biggest of its type to date. 141
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on. 3249742753
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Prime Minister just confirmed how Labor is run for News Corp and the 1%, by handing Lachlan Murdoch’s right hand strategist a critical NY diplomatic post. 22236101
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialDavid Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In 2017, James Ashby had all the One Nation candidates for the Queensland state election pay his company, Coastal Signs & Printing, $3500. Included: 100 business cards, 10,000 flyers, 200 corflutes, 3 banners, 10 T-shirts & 2 button-up shirts. #auspol www.sprinter.com.au/one-nation-p...sprinter.com.auOne Nation print goes to staffer’s business - SprinterCandidates asked to fork out $3500 for print job expected to go to Ashby company. 64931
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialChris Pomfret @chrispomfret.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Did you know that a rare earth mine that Gina Rinehart owns a 20% share in only makes profit because it runs 80 to 90% renewables to power its operations? Her hypocrisy is as big as her piggy bank. youtu.be/mNspMXWeVTQ?...youtu.beGina Rinehart's Company Emailed Me About My Video. Here's The Whole Thing, And My ReplyYouTube video by The Electric Viking 0199
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The PM is in the US mugging for selfies with the guy who stripped regulation from some of the world's most dangerous AI companies, while a US company linked to the Trump administration hacked arguably Australia's most sensitive database in a serious attack on our sovereignty. 22276113
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialSydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AEMC just ruled poles-and-wires monopolies can charge EVERY household for EV chargers, "market failure" meaning "private companies were competing too well." $1/year they say. Nothing in Australian infrastructure pricing has ever stayed at $1/year. Oz is the monopoly paradise. 2114
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 24/09/2026The credulity of everybody thinking this is some kind of autonomous intelligence is off the charts. The rhetorical displacement of agency as an accountability sink is the greatest invention of the 21st-century. 26919
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialKent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He’s done it again. I can’t vote for a party led by a man who takes cheery selfies with a rapist who just threatened to annihilate a nation. I just can’t. This is sickening and embarrassing. Albanese makes us all look foolish. #AusPol 2117647
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialDylan Walton 🔴⚪️⚫️ @iamdwalt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026But God forbid us ordinary folk get a day off. 0236
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialBarbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The federal government has to stop running scared and get back into the business of building homes directly. Public housing is a long term solution to the housing affordability crisis. People deserve to be able to build a life in secure housing. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auCommunity housing tenants more likely to face eviction threat than those in public housingNew data obtained by the ABC shows social housing tenants in community housing are more likely to face eviction than those who live in public housing. 48234
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026TALARICO: “The richest 1% now owns more wealth than the entire middle class. 3 dudes (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos) now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined… they aren’t just buying yachts and jets anymore. They’re now buying power.” 🇺🇸 (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social ) 12247301815
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialBlakandblack @blakandblack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Jon White has been appointed to the ACT Supreme Court. As DPP he prosecuted me on 16 charges — racially motivated, politically driven, built on a forged document. I was acquitted on all 16. No one has ever been held accountable. blakandblack.com/2026/06/24/a...blakandblack.comAppointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political ProsecutionThose who undermine the rule of law for political purpose inflict deep and lasting damage upon the legal and justice systems. Accountability is needed. 087
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialRosie de Difficult Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026open.substack.comASIO claims it stopped 16 terror threats. What about the big one it missed?It’s time for ASIO’s celebrity spy to face serious scrutiny – and explain whether Australians are getting value for money. 043
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialPeter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Huge landowner-led wind project seeks green tick, despite looming threat to transmission link reneweconomy.com.au/huge-landown...reneweconomy.com.auHuge landowner-led wind project seeks green tick, despite looming threat to transmission linkA landowner-led wind farm is seeking state and federal environmental approvals, but could struggle to proceed if a hotly contested transmission line doesn't go ahead. 012
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialRenew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 22/09/2026As the PM calls for climate “bravery” at a global summit in New York, NSW regulators prepare to sign off on a major new coal mine extension described as a “carbon bomb” reneweconomy.com.au/biggest-coal-pr…reneweconomy.com.auBiggest coal project lines up for approval as Albanese calls for "bravery" in climate actionAs the PM calls for climate "bravery" at a global summit in New York, NSW regulators prepare to sign off on a major new coal mine extension described as a "carbon bomb." 35435
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 22/09/2026"I think international law is in a crisis. "And I think when applied with double standards, that's when rightly people question its use & value." @rawanarraf.bsky.social on Australia's failure to defend the International Criminal Court & the 'rules-based' order. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4hCXbmu 214466
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialAndy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 1176
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Head of super-majority petrostate govt that just approved 37th Coal/Gas new/extension project says: "Australia understands the dangers of global warming & the urgency of climate action as much as any other country ... “There’s no avoiding the scale of our responsibility – or the cost of inaction.” 149450
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialDan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Some personal news mumbrella.com.au/poking-fun-a...mumbrella.com.au‘Poking fun at power’: Dan Ilic to lead GetUpPresenter and comedian Dan Ilic is set to take the reins of activist group Getup just months after it made headlines after ambushing Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club appearance by unfurling a remo... 3629547
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialGabriel Lezra @gabelezra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The work of justice is to plant trees under whose shade you may never sit; and the fight against organized oligarchy, against the immense power of concentrated money, is often a battle for a sunrise you may never see. But one day, someone, somewhere, will sit under a tree, watching the sun rise. 18220
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialTwang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Jillian Segal is Australia's most powerful politician. She controls more ministries than Scott Morrison did. She represents a grave threat to Australia's democracy. It's astounding that Australia's mainstream media, especially the ABC, won't challenge her. They let us down. #auspol 35125
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Prime Minister thought he may as well make it official - Labor is run by and for Newscorp and the 1% - so he has appointed former Newscorp exec under hard-right Lachlan Murdoch to plum NY diplomatic job 73405219
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialDavid Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026… and CIA access to Teslas, #theirABC? But the #RogueStatesOfAmerica would never … #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auWe asked a cybersecurity expert to remotely access a BYD. It was too easyTo test the risks of surveillance and sabotage, Four Corners asked a hacker to show what China's top EV brand could see and do remotely. 8226
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In the US, Trump’s ban on media orgs is seen as “plainly illegal”. And respected commentators make the obvious analogy to Nazi Germany. In Australia, the constitution and law are hugely inadequate. And the response to Pauline Hanson’s Trumpy ban on ABC and Guardian has been….. 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗. #auspol 1134
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialKon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 20/09/20263 women 👩🏻👩🏼👩🏽 have been killed in the last 24 hours in NSW by male violence as reported by The Age. I have had enough. All men should have had enough. If 3 men had died in 24 hours from one punch or acts of terrorism the nation would be in arms. Our politicians would be everywhere condemning this. 816769
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialJessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026youtu.be/ZJ7_A1W7Wmc?... #EVs #Australiayoutu.beNEW Attack on Australian EV Buyers Gets Every Single Fact BackwardsYouTube video by The Electric Viking 198
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialJommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Of course talking to conservative pro-Israel orgs, law enforcement agencies its no surprise her plan (endorsed by the Albanese government) focuses on the adoption of IHRA and various clampdowns (funding, protests etc). youtu.be/LQ82BX0hGBM?...youtu.beThe Clash - Clampdown (Live from Lewisham Odeon, 1980)YouTube video by theclashVEVO 67118
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Incredible how the press & everyone else has just totally normalized our lawless authoritarian president ordering the kidnapping of the leader of another country & now looting said country. 722868
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialGekko @gekko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Those who gave Labor a landslide victory in this dangerous time, ensured that Australia's treatment of asylum seekers continued on from the LNP IPA Regime Australia shows it values If this repulses you, YOU can vote differently, to remove this groupthink from our body politic 096
Reposted by @damianmelbau.bsky.socialKaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Several of One Nation's leaders have expressly said they will ban all abortion for all girls & women, then 'clarified' they meant just the ones they decide should be forced to give birth. Believe them first. Believe them when they're not spinning. A One Nation vote is a vote for forced birth. 28376167