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jimmythejet.bsky.social @jimmythejet.bsky.social · 10h
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... Another rollover at an ADF training facility and another death. I know that soldiers are training for war but soldiers should not die in that training. The senior Management of the ADF needs to be held to account. ADF training and culture needs to be reviewed.
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Defence confirms 28yo male soldier killed in vehicle rollover
An Australian Army soldier has died and five others have been injured in a vehicle rollover during a training exercise at Mount Bundey, south-east of Darwin.
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Jim Pembroke @jimpembroke.bsky.social · 9h
This craziness around immigration. We need an independent body to provide evidence-based advice on the appropriate migration settings. #auspol
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Jim Pembroke @jimpembroke.bsky.social · 8h
Challenge for the Green Institute is to set up a proof of concept pilot store. Possibly in a Greens friendly local council with sponsorship. Or a community owned store. One working supermarket be worth a thousand pages of political argument. #auspol
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David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 6h
This is such fantasy land stuff. I didn't know you were so into wish fulfilment posing as analysis.
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 6h
🚨The National Party has claimed the “major party model” is “broken”...and is being “replaced” - amid speculation it is preparing to merge with Gina Rinehart’s One Nation. Leader Matt Canavan refusing to rule out merger, as party courts Rinehart's far-right... theklaxon.com.au/3hzc
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Nats "preparing One Nation merger" - The Klaxon
The National Party has claimed the “major party model” is “broken” and is being “replaced” — raising speculation it is preparing to merge with Gina Rinehart’s One Nation.
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Jim Pembroke @jimpembroke.bsky.social · 6h
NATIONAL Party and One NATION merger? NATIONAL NATION —you know it makes sense. #auspol
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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 5h
Here’s a question: how does everyone feel about P-Hans’ being “bloody good friends” with a Neo-Nazi? #auspol
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 12h
Angus Taylor is going full on Trump- “Make Australia first” Honestly, could they pick a dumber leader? The LNP seems incapable of reading Australian voters
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CoachN @coachn.bsky.social · 15h
The saturation of sports betting not just in ads between innings, but *during* the actual #MLB #Playoffs broadcasts is really turning me the F off. Sports Betting & Polymarket/Kalshi crap need Tobacco-level advertising regulations.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 18h
I'm with Stephen King on this.
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jimmythejet.bsky.social @jimmythejet.bsky.social · 10h
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10... Another rollover at an ADF training facility and another death. I know that soldiers are training for war but soldiers should not die in that training. The senior Management of the ADF needs to be held to account. ADF training and culture needs to be reviewed.
abc.net.au
Defence confirms 28yo male soldier killed in vehicle rollover
An Australian Army soldier has died and five others have been injured in a vehicle rollover during a training exercise at Mount Bundey, south-east of Darwin.
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Barnaby Joyce has confirmed One Nation’s new inner-city headquarters in Brisbane are owned by billionaire Gina Rinehart. The Australian reported yesterday that a subsidiary of Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting purchased the $8 million three-storey building in Spring Hill last week.
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Paul Dutton @pdutts68.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
QLD Libs have never changed. They’re uselessly incompetent and never respect actual democratic institutions & principles. Evidence is acclimating at an extraordinary rate already.
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Craig Hill @craighill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Instead of trying to replace Labor, which is pure fantasy, The Greens would do better to work with them against the fascists on the right.
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david @dwanless.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Had a coffee with a neighbour of 25 yrs.I mentioned poor state of roads and he started about how bad vic gov was.Crime, roads and other chimera.Said he would vote 1 nation rather than labor.Was high up public servant all his life.That's what the Herald sun does to you.
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Jim Pembroke @jimpembroke.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has done an excellent job securing fuel supplies for Australia. #auspol
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Craig Hill @craighill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Housing prices in capital cities have dropped by an average of 6.4% ($66K) since the government announced negative gearing and CGT changes. Even though our house value has dropped by about $80K, my wife and I reckon this is a great thing for first home buyers. Fuck what Dave Hughes thinks.
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sallylawry @sallylawry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This bloke is so dim he doesn’t know the difference between local, state and fed govt or that local govt organises rubbish collection He is starting a petition to go to the state parliament
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Safer Ways Campaign @jacquiett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In case you are wondering what Bridget, Advance and the LNP have to hide
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨The Coalition's "MAGA arm" – billionaire-funded disinformation group Advance – has banned media from a public event featuring Senator Bridget McKenzie. Major questions for Coalition, follows One Nation's bans. Gina Rinehart biggest funder of both... theklaxon.com.au/gmvn
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Coalition's “MAGA arm” bans media - The Klaxon
Media has been barred from a “public” event featuring National Party Senate leader Bridget McKenzie hosted by far-right lobby group Advance.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The only way Pauline Hanson could lock up by Christmas her political opponents would be a complete collapse of Victoria's democracy & a steep descent into totalitarianism. The worst regimes in the world's history show where that would end up. #springst www.nine.com.au/australia-ne...
nine.com.au
‘They’ll be in prison’: One Nation’s unexpected vow at Victorian election launch
Crowd told former state premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan should be locked up.
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Chalmers has a most difficult job - trying to explain complex things in a way that is easy for us to understand.
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump is a moron. He is making Americans poor, and it’s affecting the rest of the world
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Chalmers puts Speers back In his box. Speers jumps in with a gotcha question and Chalmers stops and says ‘Well that’s what I was coming to David’
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Some of Speers questions are really stupid. I guess those are the unprepared ones he slips in now and then
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can you imagine Tim Wilson being in charge of our economy? He is the opposition’s replacement for Chalmers if they ever get in. Jeez Hopefully never
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Jim Pembroke @jimpembroke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sensible centre is needed more than ever. #auspol
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There’s no way the Coalition will present us with a credible plan to cut spending, not now and not before the next election. It’s beyond them
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes indeed i think Shoebridge is taking the Greens backwards. Not inspiring at all
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Maralyn Parker @maralynparker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes Mamdani is the type of leader the Greens need. Shoebridge couldn’t be that, no matter how hard he tried
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adani owes Queenslanders millions in royalties from the Carmichael coalmine. Premier David Crisafulli let them off the hook in Aug 2025 by abandoning the court case initiated in 2023. Adani donated thousands to the LNP prior to the Qld election. #qldpol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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What did Adani get for the money it gave to the Queensland Liberal National Party?
If only we knew then what we know now. In August 2025, Queensland’s LNP Government announced it was abandoning a court case against Adani over unpaid coal royalties, a case that started in 2023 under ...
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Sully27gp @sully27gp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That is the worst side of Shoebridge we want to see 😒 I for one, want the articulate, intelligent, considered man I see in Senate enquiries your post. Mouthing off like Atillah the Hun, on day 1 of leadership will turn many away. He should be smarter than that to increase his appeal. #AusPol
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sallylawry @sallylawry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yep . Angry and combative men Will never forgive him for spreading the rumour that Oz sold the drone to Israel that killed the Oz aid worker. His mob bullied and harassed some good Labor MPs and their staff . A disingenuous bully who has made a career out of intimidation
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Regardless of the party in Australian government, the impact from the Middle East war on inflation would be the same. It's outside the RBA's target range of 2-3% but the cost of aggressive action on the cash rate would be an unemployment rise. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Danger zone: why war in the Middle East has landed the RBA’s inflation fight in tricky territory
The Reserve Bank appears ready to push harder against inflation but it comes with a greater risk for the economy
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The same conflicted media & right wing parties who are now demanding the govt “slash spending” spent all year pushing for more spending on tax breaks for wealthy investors. Let’s be real: they love spending. They just hate funding things that actually matter. #auspol
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Craig Hill @craighill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The people who howled me down at the body corporate meeting last night for doing an Acknowledgement of Country are the same people trying to get me kicked off the body corporate committee because I live with autism. I've crossed them all off the Christmas card list for this year.
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Michael Pascoe @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Chris Minns is one of the most can-do people you’ll ever see,” V’landys said. Of course, it depends on who's asking him to do.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Disgruntlement & disintegration. It's decades of the same One Nation story. Out of the 51 members ever elected across Australia, 28 of those ended up resigning or being expelled by Pauline Hanson. #auspol www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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A timeline of One Nation’s instability: more than half of Hanson’s MPs have quit or been expelled
As party numbers swell to record levels, Guardian analysis reveals a three-decade history of tumult
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Pete @treepete.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's pretty appalling how older generations have fallen for such a reactionary & regressive view for a world they will themselves never see. Which will be left for future generations, their children & others, to deal with. Frankly surprised younger generations aren't justifiably angrier
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Jim Pembroke @jimpembroke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Interesting story. Suggests One Nation isn't the future of Australian politics. Maybe it's just a generational mistake. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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How young Australians are navigating their parents' support for One Nation
As One Nation's popularity remains strong in the polls, gen Z is the least likely demographic to vote for the party, with support coming from older generations. But how is this political divide playin...
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yet another recommendation the Crisafulli government has failed to progress. A bipartisan agreement to end the practice of police investigating police is a year old. Most CCC complaints are returned to the entity of origin for self-investigation. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Queensland anti-corruption commission investigated just 20 of more than 6,000 complaints in a year
Statistics showed there is ‘almost no chance’ a complaint made against a government department like the police would be investigated independently, expert says
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No illegality in the finances of One Nation but there's a lack of transparency & questions over auditor conflicts of interest. Pauline Hanson has made $500k worth of loans to the party but repayment terms aren't disclosed so she could be profiting off members through high interest rates. #qldpol
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The 2017 news report about the recording of James Ashby outlining how One Nation could make money out of the Queensland state election that year & fleece their candidates. #auspol youtu.be/24HcUFHnwRQ
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The Ashby scam: Pauline Hanson & James Ashby recorded discussing profiting from elections
YouTube video by Qldaah
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اسد علي @jayavant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Awesome. I wish Australia would deprivatise (is that a word?) more. It’s how we used to be when I was young. Oddly it was Labor PM Paul Keating who started the privatisation trend.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gina Rinehart won't confirm or deny Coalition recruitment to One Nation. Qld LNP Fed Bowman MP Henry Pike's fundraisers have been hosted by Rinehart in the past. When he was summoned to her Sunshine Coast home he encountered Barnaby Joyce, Pauline Hanson & James Ashby. #auspol
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jimmythejet.bsky.social @jimmythejet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Why Trump’s Iran War Could Sink Republicans in the Midterms | LEGO Rap
YouTube video by Prose in Plastic
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pauline Hanson’s former staff expose One Nation’s fascist core: an indefinite hold on power making her "President for life"—while banning the media to hide from accountability. Didn’t stop Steve Cannane from grilling her to her face.💥 Textbook fascism. #auspol
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One Nation has reached the disgruntled members stage of their political cycle with familiar complaints of undemocratic values. It's a loop Australia has seen multiple times since the Queensland state election in 1998. From here comes the inevitable internal disintegration. #auspol
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A report listing the deaths of 91 Queensland children known to protection services was tabled last Friday. So far Premier David Crisafulli & Minister Ros Bates have avoided media questions & have still not faced the public. #qldpol
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s a lot harder when you aren’t up against children, eh?
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