Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorMargaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 14hThis is a great decision by the Greens. Anyone who's followed his work behind the scenes in the NSW and Federal parliament knows what a fearless, forensic, insightful mind he has. He can cut through just as Australia really needs it. Bravo! 67515
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Lone voice pleads for action in unfolding catastrophe - how are we so good at delivering missiles, but not climate action asks Nepal’s PM at UN www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...thenewdaily.com.auA lone voice pleads for help addressing this global catastropheAs the world wrings it's hands over AI, which it seems to be enabling, a lone voice called for help fighting a true global catastrophe. 324398
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorSimon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm always amazed at those who unhestitatingly use "woke" as a self-evident shorthand for everything wrong in their world. The opposite of being woke is being asleep: suckered, ignorant, gullible, non-sceptical. Curious why those us who are woke haven't embraced "asleep" as the obvious retort. 1102
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Latest energy figures are out for 2024-25 - once again 83% of Australia's gas is exported or used to convert gas to PNG exports. There is no gas shortage. We do not need more gas. We need to #TAXtheGAS 15258116
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We (rightly) talk a lot about gas, but we should not forget we export a hell of a lot more coal and most of it is for burning for electricity rather than being used to produce steel. And all of it destroys the planet. #NoNewMines 714858
Reposted by Jenny O’Connortonywindsor.bsky.social @tonywindsor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Mass walkout against mass murderer…Australia sqibbed it. 2830886
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorJill Newton @jillymn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ABC Friends want to hear how you watch ABC news and current affairs, what you think of the coverage, and what you’d like to see more or less of. It only takes a few minutes. abcfriends.au/actions/abcn...abcfriends.au2026 ABC News Survey - ABC FriendsThe ABC is Australia's most trusted source of news. But after years of funding cuts, there are fewer journalists, less investigative reporting and fewer 013
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026So why are we expanding fossil fuels in this country? 🤔 Follow the money .. #politicaldonors #LaborSellout www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comSolar and wind generation meet record 80% of power demand on Australia’s national gridRooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surge 020
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Empty words from a hollow man. #auspol #climatecrisis #fossilfuels www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.com‘Short on substance’: Albanese urges climate action on world stage – but advocates say Australia failing on fossil fuelsPrime minister says ‘climate security is the new national security’ in keynote speech in New York 092
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Excuse me while I choke. What blatant hypocrisy from this Labor PM who’s govt has approved literally dozens of new coal and gas projects directly contributing emissions which are fuelling the climate crisis. He’s even more disappointing than Turnbull was 😡😡 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comNo avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New YorkBefore United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone 2186
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Keating said Australia’s increasing enmeshment within the US military, especially through #AUKUS, was seeing Australia’s 'sovereignty effectively being shredded'." The greatest threat to Australia's national security is our own craven government. #EndAUKUS #auspol 67131
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comYOU HAD ONE JOB THE GREENS POLITICAL PARTY! Climate change is destroying life and you exist to save it! | First Dog on the MoonIt’s complicated and everyone is having a lot of feelings 010
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026“Anyone can condemn the actions of the Israeli military, but only the government can impose the sanctions and material responses needed. Until they do their words are distractions.” Even worse than distractions. Wong's words are a cynical cover for doing nothing about Israel's crimes. #auspol 46727
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Amen to this “I do not care what minister Wong’s personal feelings are, I don’t care about her outrage, I care about the actions taken as foreign minister,” Shoebridge told Guardian Australia. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comShoebridge criticises Labor response after IDF officer’s ‘reprehensible’ comments on deadly Zomi Frankcom strikeGreens defence spokesman says ‘words are just distractions’ until government takes action 011240
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I detest the Israeli government and Netanyahu. I do not detest Jewish people, and am horrified by antisemetism. Go figure. 1415231
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This. 👇🏻 While our fucking disgraceful govt celebrates opening gas fields in the Beetaloo basin this week - among the dozens of other fossil fuel projects they have approved . www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approachingEvent is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis 130
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Geezus wept. The audacity of these failed politicians 🤬 052
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Probably need a few more data centres to fix that. Some more gas fields and coal mines? www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGlobal heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere 23437157
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026So Much This @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comA glacier collapsed in Nepal but this is not the time to talk about climate change | First Dog on the MoonIt’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster 081
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorWendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The Reckoning Yep... @birmo.bsky.social A climate change disaster. “It’s just murder, honestly.” aliensideboob.substack.com/p/the-reckon...aliensideboob.substack.comThe ReckoningThat imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it? 3215853
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Yep ‘because climate change is the fault of decisions taken by a relatively small number of human beings, mostly men, who knew exactly what they were doing, it was mass murder’ aliensideboob.substack.com/p/the-reckon...aliensideboob.substack.comThe ReckoningThat imagery of the Himalayan tsunami smashing into the multi-story building in Nepal was horrifying, but then murder always is, isn’t it? 041
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Amen to these words from Richard Flanagan www.deepcutnews.com/p/segals-pla...deepcutnews.comThe new McCarthyism: Gaza and Australia – Richard FlanaganThis is the full text of a powerful speech Flanagan delivered at the the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on August 22 020
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Best cover ever 🙏Dolly youtu.be/ykMzS6ugnPI?...youtu.beTrio - After The Gold Rush (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Warner Records Nashville 010
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorAmy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Oh my heart. Dolly. 728714
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If you haven't heard it, earlier this year Belles recorded a sequel to Jolene, "Son of Jolene" and it featured Dolly and is quite wonderful www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd49...youtube.comBelles with Dolly Parton - Son of Jolene (Official Performance Video)YouTube video by BellesMusic 35617
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026#Climatecrisis etc and this is headline news?? Do better ffs www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAustralia news live: Coles blames competitor’s Ooshies for slowing sales; young people the first generation to earn less than their parents at same ageFollow live 010
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorJeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026advocates really, really, really need to give up on this idea that the ALP will awaken from their 40 year neoliberal slumber, and become Whitlamists again, if we say the right magic words archive.is/PQKO8 1119359
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Love your work Monique Ryan! 🔥 @mon4kooyong.bsky.social 030
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Indeed Laura @latingle.bsky.social ‘Once again that raises the question of what other countries, like Australia, really need to collectively do — rather than just speak firmly to ambassadors.’ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auIsrael's impunity has been virtually unaffected by collective concernEven the United States is now criticising Israel's ongoing settler violence in the West Bank as Benjamin Netanyahu, once the "Trump whisperer", becomes the Trump ignorer. 041
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Anthony Albanese said “We will press the Israeli government”. Unless this "press" includes - expelling the Israeli ambassador - serious trade sanctions, and - ceasing all weapons supplies to Israel the Australian govt will just be adding injury to insult. #ZomiFrankcom #GazaGenocide #auspol 58937
Reposted by Jenny O’Connormarque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 20/08/2026Remember that, while it was waiting for Israel to exonerate itself for killing an Australian aid worker, our government invited Israel’s head of state here for a propaganda tour. 727096
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Penny Wong is too spineless to impose sanctions on the genocidal Netanyahu regime. Or expel the Israeli ambassador. Or meet her obligations under international law. But she does a lovely line in faux outrage. #GazaGenocide #auspol 139452
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"leaked shipping records show that F-35 parts and other aircraft parts were flown, albeit through US, direct to Israel." Govt ministers expressing sorrow about Zomi Frankcom may have approved components for the plane or missile that killed her. #hypocrisy pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...pearlsandirritations.comShadow flights: Australia’s F-35 parts pipeline to Israel now runs through the USLeaked shipping records show Australian F-35 parts continuing to reach Israel on passenger aircraft, with shipments now routed through the United States rather than Thailand. 34036
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Western politics is owned by oligarchs and mega corporations. We can change that- Vote # independent. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comI have seen the raw grief of a family who lost a son to gambling. Labor’s stitch-up shows politics is broken | David PocockHow is it that Australians can call so strongly for action on gambling advertising and the major parties fail so comprehensively to listen? 000
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Care package. My @smh cartoon. 17541231
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorSimon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Somehow I think even this Bill Leak cartoon, drawn 29 years ago, is going to get a lot of shares 0197
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorDr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Party backbenchers will express honest concern and distress, but they’ll vote with their parties. If you want evidence that our major parties are broken, look to Canberra this week. 28729
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Calm down folks. Of course Rio Tinto should get a $2.5B public bail-out of your money - it only just managed a $6.7 bil net profit (up 47%) for the half year. Diddly squat! #diddlysquat michaelwest.com.au/multibillion...michaelwest.com.auMultibillion-dollar taxpayer fund secures major smelter - Michael WestThe prime minister and NSW premier have agreed to a multibillion-dollar deal to keep the biggest aluminium smelter operating beyond the end of the decade. 913169
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorDavid Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social "Our politics is a farce and you’re paying for the tickets"theshot.net.auOur politics is a farce and you’re paying for the tickets - The ShotThose of you not into torturous, pantomime-level political inquisitions may not have been following recent events at the NSW Independent... 35434184
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026🎯 Ronni @ronnisalt.bsky.social Our politics is a farce and you’re paying for the tickets theshot.net.au/uncategorize...theshot.net.auOur politics is a farce and you’re paying for the tickets - The ShotThose of you not into torturous, pantomime-level political inquisitions may not have been following recent events at the NSW Independent... 030
Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Sussan seems surprised that the result of rightwing govt is depressingly bleak poverty and hopelessness. Who knew 🤷? www.afr.com/politics/fed...afr.comWhen my political career ended, I took a Greyhound on the road to nowhereSussan Ley swapped ministerial luxury for bad coffee, petrol station snacks and dirty bus terminals, finding freedom in being completely invisible. 030
Reposted by Jenny O’ConnorSimon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Matt Golding. Perfect 0146