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Straya ⬅️y 🐇 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪 Former lifelong Labor voter (since Hawke) but always put the Libs last 🚫DMs 🚫Gofundme 🚫OF

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's me. 'Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?'
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Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?  - The Shot
Like Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, and Ed Sheeran’s band and Ed Sheeran, relations between Penny Wong and myself are “complicated”....
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just leaving this here.
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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 26/04/2026
Am I understanding this correctly? The President, the Vice-President, the Speaker of the House AND the Secretary of Stare were all at the White House Correspondent's Dinner together and security was so laxed that a guy ran through security with a long gun? I call bullshit.
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Friendlyjordies (Parody) @friendlyjordies.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J896...
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He's in Big Trouble
YouTube video by friendlyjordies
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Ivy Stars @ivystars.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Why the fuck would we “socially cohere” for monsters?  theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Why the fuck would we “socially cohere” for monsters?  - The Shot
Yesterday, the gulf between the will of the Australian people and the actions of the Australian government revealed itself to...
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
2016 theconversation.com/ministers-se...
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Ministers set to look at 18C inquiry
Cabinet on Monday is expected to consider referring the future of the controversial 18C section of the Racial Discrimination Act to a parliamentary inquiry.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has respectfully requested that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to please stay out of Australian politics. Comments on the Bondi attack are not helping. www.channel4.com/news/netanya...
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‘Netanyahu, please stay out of our politics’ – former Australia PM
We spoke to former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
John Howard is enormously out of line attacking the government over social cohesion. He personally signed off on $500,000 given to far-right race hate group “Advance” (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/howard-overs...
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Howard oversaw $500,000 to "Advance" - The Klaxon
Liberal heavyweights John Howard and Richard Alston oversaw a $500,000 payment to MAGA group “Advance”, specifically to fight the Greens.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/11/2025
Wait, what!? Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’ Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence. #StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Very good read by @yelgeb.bsky.social on debate over Albo v Gough Whitlam #auspol michaelwest.com.au/can-anthony-...
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Can Anthony Albanese credibly claim to be a successor of Whitlam? - Michael West
From AUKUS to government secrecy, politics to policy, PM Anthony Albanese is closer to Liberal Scott Morrison than Gough Whitlam
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
#60mins reporting via a whistleblower that a bikie linked security gang has partnered with our own Australian Federal Police to manage refugees on Nauru. Wild. Tragic. Outrageous. Corruption. This is a genuine scandal. #60minutes #nauru #albanese
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I have zero expectations for LNP - and they exceed those expectations every day. I did however have some expectations for Labor - and I now feel completely betrayed. I truly didn’t think they would be this bad. Could and should be so different 😞😞 #auspol
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Corruption watchdog being watched by its watchdog again. Would be good if they investigated corruption as much as they investigate their own conduct imo
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Anti-corruption commission watchdog inquiring into NACC chief Brereton
The inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is inquiring into the agency's head, Paul Brereton, in relation to several complaints including from a former employee.
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𝚁𝚊𝚢𝟶𝚏𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎🇺🇦✊ @realroffs.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Now shown: bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
“Australia has one of the worst rates of deforestation in world & is number one in world for mammal extinctions. Every second a native animal is brutally killed by bulldozers. www.greenpeace.org.au/act/forests-...
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Call on PM Albanese to introduce strong environmental protection laws
The government is overhauling our national environmental law. Together we can make sure they halt nature destruction and end the extinction crisis.
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Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Temu and Shein peddle dismembered child-like sex dolls as mannequins to skirt Australian bans, fueling depraved fantasies of pedophiles who customize prepubescent torsos for penetration. #ChildExploitation
A product listing page on Shein for a realistic sex doll resembling a young girl, approximately 77 cm tall, with long dark hair, a white veil-like headband, and wearing a white pajama set with blue trim. The doll stands barefoot on a light gray rug in a softly lit room with a white couch, potted green plant, and woven basket in the background. Key text includes: "77cm Sex Doll" at the top, "Special Free Shipping Deal" in green, and a detailed title below: "AUS$199.00 77cm Sex Toys Sex Toys Sex Doll Realistic Female Trunk Lover Doll - Male Pleasure Self Massager, With Realis-" (text cuts off). The composition centers the doll prominently against a neutral, minimalist indoor setting, emphasizing its child-like proportions and features.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Israeli settlers are burning down the Christian town of Taybeh in the West Bank The village is known for its uniquely all-Christian population. Cars, lands and home all attacked in a series of violent pogroms aimed at uprooting Palestinian communities
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
fucken what?
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Just think about this. A supposedly left leaning Premier is going to force people out of their homes and livelihoods in service to a planet destroying fossil fuel company that pays no tax and hasn’t FOR A DECADE. Make it make sense.
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Rio Tinto has an old mining facility in Arnhem Land that it doesn’t really use but won’t close. Rio will need to pay $4bn to repatriate the land if closed. So it sits almost empty. Their town which is similarly empty has 100 empty houses while First Nations ppl live 10 to a house 15 mins away.
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Michael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
“With 94 seats, its largest majority since 1943, Labor governs with the courage of a bunny caught in the headlights, terrified of using its power. Keating would have reshaped the country with these numbers.” theaimn.net/the-governme...
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The Government That Isn’t: Labor’s Masterclass in Looking Busy
Let’s be kind. Just sitting in the driver’s seat is enough for some. Then there’s the Competence Trap: the myth that good administration is an end in itself. Of course, we can’t rule out stage [...]
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Imagine what Reynolds could have accomplished if she worked as hard at her job as she does at both inventing and then protecting her so called reputation
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eerie dickgirl @eigenvectrix.northsky.social · 23/10/2025
Look, I think most liberal democratic systems are functionally equivalent, but in Australia and other Westminster states, the set of events which leads to a government shutdown in the US instead triggers a general election, and it'd be nice if the US had that, too
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GregoryWalters @catmanforever.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The IMF reports on 191 countries. Australia is ranked 2nd We're 1 of only 7 countries out of 191 with an "AAA" credit rating. The USA & the UK's not AAA. So, if the RW media, the #LNP, and #PHON are saying things are bad in Australia, then you should know they are only #gaslighting you. #auspol
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
"I have never seen this level of defiance of international law, with a state getting away with it due to powerful support." Navi Pillay with @emmashortis.bsky.social on Israel's impunity, govts' responsibilities, and need for accountability. #GazaGenocide australiainstitute.org.au/post/no-peac...
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No peace without accountability: Sydney Peace Laureate Navi Pillay
Donald Trump may have declared the war on Gaza over, but a welcome-but-shaky ceasefire and lasting peace are not the same thing.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 20/10/2025
Our healthcare system is strained with packed waiting rooms, patients waiting in pain for years, and delayed appointments due to cost. But a solution exists. A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion a year, funding that could help our healthcare system. @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social #auspol
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Here is an alarming illustration of what happens when governments ignore expert advice. This is truly appalling and those responsible must be held accountable. Koalas died due to negligence, and trust in conservation is undermined. Story by @lisacox.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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NSW government rejected expert advice before failed koala reintroduction that left more than half dead
Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
All week the pro-Israel and pro-Trump supporters screamed at us, in unison: why aren’t you celebrating the ceasefire?? Because we knew it wouldn’t last. But even I didn’t think it’d be over in less than a week. What a complete & utter humiliation for Trump, thanks to Netanyahu.
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 19/10/2025
Israel tests ceasefire by breaking it by blowing up some more civilians, gosh, hope the ceasefire can stand up to the test
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
As Israel breaks the ceasefire with air strikes on Gaza, its F35 fighter jets are being kept in the air through parts shipped from Williamtown NSW, and made in Bendigo Vic and numerous other locations. We say it again, there must be a two-way arms embargo on Israel.
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John Pollock @karlcotton.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
The ceasefire you have when Israel is involved. Where is the International outcry? #disarmisraelnow #fromtherivertothesea
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Israel has violated ceasefire 47 times and killed 38 Palestinians, says Gaza media office
Authorities urge UN to intervene ‘to protect unarmed civilian populations’ after attack on bus that killed 11
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
I interviewed Pulitzer Prize winning war correspondent Chris Hedges for an hour about the Western media betrayal of Palestinian journalists, the National Press Club of Australia, fascism and a violent empire in decline. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatG...
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Chris Hedges talks with Dave about journalism, censorship and empire
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 18/10/2025
An unknown number of Palestinians abducted by Israel died or were killed while in custody; living former prisoners have described horrific and, sometimes, deadly torture. #auspol #hostages
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Israel returns Palestinian prisoners’ bodies with ‘signs of torture, mutilation and execution’
An unknown number of Palestinians abducted by Israel died or were killed while in custody; living former prisoners have described horrific and, sometimes, deadly torture.
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Today’s brilliant editorial… www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21849/...
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Linda Reynolds’ latest move
Imagine that a young woman is raped in your office. You are a minister and she is the most junior member of your staff. In the footage you see later, she is too drunk to put on her shoes. She walks ba...
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Dave has an interview with journalist Chris Hedges tomorrow morning on the #SundayShot And we didn't even have to check to make sure it was okay with our sponsors #wedonthaveanysponsorsanyway (you can watch it here tomorrow morning at 9am AEDST www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot )
A photo of Dave Milner, the editor of The Shot standing in his living room with renowned journalist*, Chris Hedges who was recently disinvited from his proposed National Press Club speech for reasons best known to the pro-Israel lobby

* Dave is also a renowned journalist
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pinconp.bsky.social @pinconp.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Just imagine: J Chalmers announces last week- hi super account WILL be taxed a tiny bit more. AND- Welfare payments will go up and mental community health WILL be better funded. That is- a real Labor government in action. Unapologetic. Our current govt are duds. Prove me wrong ALP! #auspol
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 17/10/2025
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the PRRT. ‘Norway taxes its fossil fuel industry and gives their kids free higher education… we subsidise our fossil fuel industry and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.’ @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
For too long gas companies have been taking the absolute piss. This is an excellent proposal by @australianunions.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle
Shane Wright

October 16, 2025 — 10.30pm

Fresh from its backflip on superannuation tax reform, the Albanese government is now facing calls from the union movement to ditch its changes to taxes on oil and gas exports, in a move the ACTU says would raise $17 billion a year to be pumped into housing.
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
My good God, reading about USA politics is both exhausting and scary. Here in Australia, we should be both alert and alarmed. Protect our precious and fragile democracy - with its checks and balances- to stop the contagion.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 17/10/2025
Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion a year, enough to quadruple Commonwealth spending on housing. Read the full release below:
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Progressive patriotism: ACTU’s 25% gas export tax should replace broken PRRT
Analysis by The Australia Institute reveals that replacing the broken Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise more than $17 billion...
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Spectral Phoenix 🇦🇺🐈🐈 @spectral-phoenix.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme... #Auspol
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✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: End Government Secrecy
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. But the Labor Government’s proposed changes to freedom of information laws threaten ...
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Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺 @kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This has merit. In fact, it's hard to argue against it. Please consider, @jimchalmers.bsky.social. #auspol
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koz @auskoz.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#auspol #AUKUS #Keating Journalists came with a clear pro-American agenda, ready to take down the one senior statesman who dared to question it. What happens when a country's "free press" appears to serve the interests of another nation over its own? www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoJI...
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Former Australian PM BRUTALLY DESTROYS Pro-American Journalists
YouTube video by Global Insight Hub
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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Dr. Tania Hassan on Gaza: The endless flow of wounded children, lack of medical supplies, the feeling of helplessness as bombs fell nearby. "I held a child with no pulse, only to realize we had no equipment to revive him. This is not war; it's a massacre of innocents."
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Ben Davison @bendavison.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Instead of this Howard gave our mineral wealth to Gina & Clive who used that wealth to pay for right wing political campaigns & animatronic dinosaurs And they still want Australians to work on “African wages” & be able to deny workers their entitlements This 👇is soooo much better
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Al Quds News Network @alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The remaining crews of the Gaza Municipality are trying to clear rubble and reopen roads following the large-scale Israeli invasion of the city.
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Al Quds News Network @alqudsnewsnet.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Occupation forces arrest a group of young men after chasing them near the apartheid wall in the town of Al-Ram, north of occupied Jerusalem.
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