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Flotsam Greg

@flotsamgreg.bsky.social
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Voted Yes, No new Coal/Gas, No AUKUS, No Mutual Obligation, Raise Jobkeeper, Bring back CES, Support Environment/people first, #Auspol, living on the land of the Dhudhuroa peoples

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sun 11Oct2026. Huge crowd, superb speeches by everyone at the pro-Palestine rally in Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia today. @greens.org.au @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social easily got the loudest cheers and applause. The love for her was huge. #auspol #nswpol #StopTheGenocide #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
Peter Murphy after the pro-Palestine rally in Hyde Park, Sydney, Sun 11Oct2026.Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi speaks at the pro-Palestine rally in Hyde Park, Sydney Sunday 11Oct2026.Pro-Palestine march in Sydney, Sunday 11Oct2026.
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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Happy 94th birthday to Barry Owen Jones AC FAA FAHA FTSE FASSA FACE FRSA (born 11 October 1932). Australian writer, teacher, lawyer, social activist, quiz champion, & former politician in the Australian Labor Party. He is on the National Trust's list of Australian Living Treasures. #auspol
A 1974 photo of Barry Jones, MLA for Melbourne.Australian Politician Barry Jones at a Fabian Society event at the Victorian Trades Hall in 2000Barry Jones at the March for Science – Melbourne 2017
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In 2025, Australians gave Albo's Labor Govt a landslide victory and an increased majority. I think this cartoon sums-up what many of us are now thinking. Vote @greens.org.au. #auspol Image credit: @MWhalan on X.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There's a change.org petition to remove Jillian Segal as Australia’s Antisemitism Envoy. Please consider reading and signing this petition. Zionism is NOT Judaism. Opposing Zionism is not antisemitism. Criticising Israel is NOT antisemitism. #auspol #FreePalestine c.org/5mJWQnkPQL
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We Demand Accountability: Remove Jillian Segal from Public Office
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Wouldn’t it be great if we ran out of hate @wnhy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Where is Australia @albomp.bsky.social ?Why aren’t we signatories to this as well? We need to support the #ICC and its work upholding International Law, not some dubious US version #auspol
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Depraved Trump signs oil deal with Vladimir Putin. It will supply Putin with the cash injection he needs to destroy Ukraine. Australian is on the side of the Trump-Putin-Netanyahu Axis of Evil. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... #auspol
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Trump strikes deal with Putin for Russia to supply diesel to US
In an apparent reversal of Washington's campaign to squeeze Russian fuel revenue powering the war in Ukraine, Donald Trump says Moscow will supply diesel to the US.
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Geoff Field @geofffield.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Why have politicians and the media gone silent on this after the report by Four Corners on this appalling si? We all should be up in arms 🤬 #Auspol www.thesenior.com.au/story/936443...
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'Waiting for people to die': Petition launched against aged care algorithm
Carer says Support at Home assessments are 'like elder abuse'.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Albanese, Marles & Wong need to explain to Australians how they are making the nation safer by outsourcing our defence strategy to: - a former Fox weekend talk show host, and - a psychopathic billionaire who are both racist, misogynist, abusive, #FarRight zealots who enjoy killing people. #auspol
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What a flog. Still bearing a grudge 4 years later. The people of Kooyong sealed your fate, along with a host of other LIBs (including your leader Scott Morrison) - they voted you out. Sounds more like he's preparing for a comeback - on a sympathy vote?
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Kos Samaras: Scarce aged care places increasingly favour families able to pay large accommodation deposits, drawing on housing wealth that may be the only debt-free asset shared across three generations. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Aged care is turning the family home into an entry fee
Scarce aged care places increasingly favour families able to pay large accommodation deposits, drawing on housing wealth that may be the only debt-free asset shared across three generations.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 09/10/2026
For many families, the grandparents’ house is the only substantial debt-free asset across three generations. Increasingly, aged care is turning that home into the price of securing a place, Kos Samaras writes. #auspol #AgedCare
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“The three Gs – gas, gambling and Gaza” - Albo under pressure from Hannah Ferguson in his own seat. @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social #Grayndler #auspol #polls michaelwest.com.au/albos-suppor...
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Albo's support down. Could he really lose his seat? - Michael West
It seems unthinkable, but could a PM enjoying a two-to-one margin at the last election be tossed out of parliament at the next?
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ACN urges Prime Minister to end telehealth ban on voluntary assisted dying theaimn.net/acn-urges-pr...
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ACN urges Prime Minister to end telehealth ban on voluntary assisted dying
Media Release: The Australian College of Nursing Key facts: The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calling for amendments to the Commonwealth Criminal C...
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
my retirement plan: refusing to go quietly, adopting the local socialists, and weaponising my vote so the next generation inherits a greener world
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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The great AUKUS deception: Australia pays to defend America
AUKUS has been sold as a plan to strengthen Australia’s defence. Its deeper purpose is to bind Australia permanently into US military strategy against China and make American security dependent on Aus...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Australian taxpayer $ may be going to Trump's sons, through this military tech company Anduril. There's a long list of questions on #AUKUS that defence minister Marles refuses to answer. Here's another: How can you guarantee that AUKUS payments are not being used corruptly? #EndAUKUS #aispol
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Horatio Hornblower 🇭🇲 🇨🇦 🇳🇿 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @horatio-hornblower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#ALBO, you cynical heartless drongo, & #JilianSegal your evil zionist "Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism", are leading us to THIS! Encouraged by your "leadership", state Premiers have criminalized FREE SPEECH & the right to DEMONSTRATE. Change course, or we will REMOVE you! 🇭🇲🦘🤠 #auspol
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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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Kim Wingerei @kimwingerei.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Protesters rally outside controversial weapons expo. About 2000 anti-war protesters have marched against a Land Forces defence industry exhibition displaying the latest weapons of war....
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Protesters rally outside controversial weapons expo - Michael West
About 2000 anti-war protesters have marched against a Land Forces defence industry exhibition displaying the latest weapons of war.
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Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Even more woke wussy whinging from the One Nation political party, getting upset (and their supporters now review-bombing) after a cafe says that every time One Nation shops there they'll donate the takings to the Greens! #politas pulsetasmania.com.au/news/richmon...
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Richmond coffee shop publicly shuns One Nation state leader over political beliefs
Lee Hanson says she has been a regular at the shop since it opened…
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has declared it is 'important that Pacific voices are heard'” ...after pursuing a smoke and mirrors climate policy that ignores them. #hypocrisy #ClimateCrisis #Cop31 #auspol
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gardenmuser @gardenmuser1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"The RBA's move amounts to an act of pointless aggression against the majority of Australians... It is a cynical transfer of income from people who did not cause the problem to people who are, in fact, profiting handsomely from it." Spot on! #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi | Yanis Varoufakis
Inflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Under Labor we have seen wages flat line, the rise of the far right and record war profits from fossil fuels going untaxed. We think these are ‘somewhat concerning’.
Albanese says new Greens leader's remarks 'somewhat concerning'
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TheChef @thechef-52.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The rumours have persisted since the start of the war. New evidence puts some meat on the bones. #auspol #Israel #Gaza #WestBank #Netanyahu www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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Zem @zem-australia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
a frightening, yet realistic article #AusPol #AusNews www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy...
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The big flaw in Australia’s intergenerational growth story
Buried deep in the government’s latest long-term economic projections are fleeting references to the debilitating cost of climate inaction.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A reminder to Australians: This corrupt incompetent frat boy buffoon is who we have outsourced our defence strategy to. And this is who our US sycophant defence minister Richard Marles has sent $billions in #AUKUS payments to for... nothing so far. #EndAUKUS #auspol
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'A survey of Australians as young as 13 found misogyny can predict extremist violence more strongly than ideology, religion or time online.' The under-16 social media ban won't address this. We have to start having the necessary difficult conversations to challenge gendered disrespect everywhere.
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Hostile attitudes toward women are driving extremism in young Australians
A University of Melbourne survey of Australians as young as 13 found misogyny can predict extremist violence more strongly than ideology, religion or time online.
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Flotsam Greg @flotsamgreg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lachie Neale does not have an exemplary recond - charged 4 times for gutless gut punches - latest victem in hospital with broken ribs & bruised kidney - should be arrested for assault causing actual bodily harm as he leaves the field😡
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Michelle Suiter 🇵🇸🍉🕊️💚 @michellesuiter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So over this hypocrite, he needs to go Albo lamenting the “breakdown” of global rules, how did that happen you think? Maybe YOU @albomp.bsky.social have contributed to this by ignoring every request from the UN regarding Intnl & Humanitarian Law, Geneva Convention etc you complicit shit #auspol
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Astroturfers. Australia’s local elections the new battleground for the Israel lobby Wendy Bacon reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/astroturfers-aus…
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The hypocrisy is stifling. Hard to watch knowing what actions the Prime Minister of Australia has and is taking. AUKUS, Making Aust Trump’s front line military base in Asia. www.youtube.com/live/Ksqc5zJ...
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IN FULL: Anthony Albanese addresses UN General Assembly | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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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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Kammassakomhi Kammadayado @kammassakomhi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong, genocidal apartheid state of Israel is an ally and a friend. Of course Australian delegates sat through and probably applauded the speech by the butcher of children in Gaza, Netanyahu. #auspol #genocide
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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘More than 900 wheelchairs donated by two Australian charities for wounded and amputee children in Gaza have been blocked by Israel from entering the enclave, with the shipments stuck in storage in Jordan since 2025…’ What even is there to say at this point. #auspol www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
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Israel blocks 900 wheelchairs for Gaza’s child amputees
Over 900 wheelchairs, intended for wounded children in Gaza, have been held in Jordan since 2025 due to Israel blocking the shipment.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What the actual fuck are we doing? Albanese flies around talking about climate "bravery" while back home we're considering another 429 MILLION tonnes of coal. Around 809 million tonnes of CO₂ when it's burned. We know exactly where this ends, and yet here we are still fucking digging. #auspol
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Biggest coal project lines up for approval as Albanese calls for "bravery" in climate action
As 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."
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latestarter99.bsky.social @latestarter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hey @albomp.bsky.social , if I hacked the Medicare website, would you be "concerned", or would you throw me in jail. Standards matter. #auspol #ai
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Candice N Henry 🇵🇸 @candicenhenry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And they find him exceedingly useful.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 22/09/2026
He isn't expecting different results. He just likes his new friends a lot.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why would you trust an industry founded on theft to self-regulate?
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
RBA doing little dances today - happy that more people will live in poverty on Jobseeker www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...
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Unemployment rate rises to 4.6% in August
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Rocket Sago @sago1950.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Albanese is proving to us that he is too fucking stupid to know he's: a) stupid b) arrogant c) see a) & b)
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
OpenAI hacks the Australian Government this time. I don’t quite understand why these hacks don’t result in criminal charges every time. Hacking is illegal, and these systems are owned and run by companies with responsibility for their tools. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare
Follow the day’s news live
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredibly brave evidence this morning from women and men who have survived brutal strip searches in youth jails - a tool for social control, to humiliate and degrade - and disproportionately used against First Nations young people
THE SENATE
LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of Children) Bill 2026
PUBLIC HEARING
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Committee Room 2S1
Australian Parliament House, and via videoconference, Canberra
All times are in AEST
Time Witness
9.45 am Panel associated with Sisters Inside and National Network of Incarcerated and
Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
10.55 am Panel associated with Level Up and Sisters Inside
Committee Chair: Senator Jana Stewart
Committee Secretary: Jane Thomson
PO Box 6100, Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Tel: +61 2 6277 3560
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au Internet:
www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs
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Sharty Mcscrote (Sandy D AU) 🍉🍉 @shartymcscrote.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Building things which have a sum negative value,increase unemployment,decrease productivity, destroy the environment but make Albo and his Junta investment capital. Make it make sense Oh it doesn't #auspol
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Pandymonium @pandymonium.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dutch newspaper 'De Volkskrant' published an investigation into 114 Palestinian children deliberately shot in the head or chest in #Gaza. They've received the European Press Prize for it. #auspol #cdnpoli #nzpoli #uspoli #ukpoli #nzpol #ukpol #uspol www.trtworld.com/article/cc64...
trtworld.com
TRT World - Dutch report documenting Israeli shootings of Gaza children wins European Press Prize
Journalists from a Dutch newspaper verified 114 cases of children under 15 being struck by single bullets to the head or chest, with medical experts saying the pattern suggests deliberate targeting.
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I AM Jane Doe❗️Pro Democratic Politics in 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 @dove333.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Auspol ‘PROJECT MURDOCH: US court …revealed her central role in a contentious plan to amend a Murdoch family trust & give Lachlan sole control over 🇺🇸 Fox & 🇦🇺 media empire, …to retain its highly conservative voice.’ *23 ex-Murdoch employees work in White House www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Who is Siobhan McKenna? The ‘irreplaceable’ former Murdoch aide given a top diplomatic posting
The next general consul to New York chairs Australia Post and is a former News Corp executive
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The US just can’t decide, should it commit mass murder in Iran or not? @albomp.bsky.social tells us we share values with the US. Do you have trouble deciding if mass murder is a good idea or not? What are your values @australianlabor.bsky.social? How dare you ally us with this? #AusPol
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
To Australians: Your regular reminder that Hegseth is the incompetent, corrupt, racist, misogynist, warmongering weirdo who the Australian govt has outsourced our defence policy to. #EndAUKUS #auspol
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A seat on the UN Security Council? Maybe Australia could adhere to international law to start #auspol michaelwest.com.au/palestine-on...
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Palestine. One year on from recognition, what have Albo and Penny done? - Michael West
Today is “International Day of Peace” and the anniversary of Australia formally recognising Palestine. What has happened since? Shamikh Barda asks. PM Anthony Albanese is at the UN today, promoting Au...
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Does Albanese lie to you? “I don’t think, I know”. Australian Prime Ministers cannot be trusted. That’s been the truth for decades now. #auspol
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LouiseMorris @louisemorris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
reading @albomp.bsky.social speach to the UN Climate Week, it all rang hollow when compared to what pacific nations are seeking from Australia on climate action and integrity. #auspol thepoint.com.au/new/260916-a...
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Australia cannot be a good Pacific neighbour while expanding fossil fuels: Tuvalu minister
Speaking at the fourth annual Climate Integrity Summit, Tuvalu’s climate change minister, Dr Maina Vakafua Talia, said Australia’s climate policies don’t match its claims of supporting and helping to ...
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