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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Haven't noticed much (pro) One Nation banter on here (thank goodness!) but engagement...both positive and negative...is MUCH slower here than the other place.

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just reflecting on how much criticism was made by conservatives over the last decade about Simon Holmes a Court using some of his money to help communities support candidates they chose (not him) versus this www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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Rinehart allegedly tried to help recruit Liberal MP to join One Nation

One Nation's billionaire backer Gina Rinehart allegedly attempted to help recruit a sitting federal Liberal MP at one of her holiday homes.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Rinehart is up to her jowls all across the right side of politics in Australia (and the US)...Liberal Party, National Party, One Nation, IPA, Advance Australia...you name it, she's meddling. And constantly angling for a #MSM presence...currently Southern Cross Media (Seven).

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

And me! And surely this just opens up a minefield in terms of determining what might be an 'exciting' vehicle? Does this mean no-one has to give way to, say, a Toyota Prius?

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Ben Finlay @benfinlay74.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

"Hipness is not a state of mind, It's a fact of life!" Remembering Cannonball Adderley on the 50th anniversary of his passing. His soulful, bluesy gospel saxophone tone is one of the most joyous sounds in music. Hard to pick a favourite, but I've always loved 'Country Preacher' #jazzsky

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Cannonball Adderley Quintet • “Country Preacher/Mercy Mercy” • 1970 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

He just seemed to be an enduring part of the rock n roll furniture. Sad.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Very similar to Trump plundering his own Foundation...meant to be helping children with cancer...in order to fund his campaign and a portrait of himself for a golf club. It's a mutual admiration society!

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

You've got to wonder where on the scale between utter delusion and outright gaslighting she lies. Wherever it is, it is neither reality nor sanity.

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

To accuse the ABC of anti-Israel bias you would have to be untethered from material reality, drowning in your own victim complex, and compulsively gaslighting. The ABC's pro-genocide bias has been overt and disgusting.

"Segal tells royal commission Gaza is 'over-represented' in ABC coverage"

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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 09/07/2026

Dyslexia can make reading difficult. Dementia can make you post this.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I suggest they look at the mail-in goals first!

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I mean, many of us did some petty pilfering when we were kids...but we were in awe of the gumption and industrial scale of it. A good student as well!

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Knew a kid at school...an inveterate thief...who used to enter major department stores with official looking grey dust jacket and clip board and hand truck. And walk out with white goods, stereos. He stole to order. I sometimes wonder...is he in business now...or politics...or jail.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It could just be a purely commercial decision. He is highest paid personality on Aus tv. Nine need him to have broad appeal and pull as many eyeballs as possible. In private, he is increasingly aligning with a partisan cooker audience, and alienating others. It doesn't make commercial sense.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Has the Herald Sun ever not howled and predicted the end of civilisation over a wage rise? But Murdoch has it down to a fine art now. He smuggles in the political toxin on the back of stuff people want...sports, entertainment, crime, celebrity, sensationalist bait

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This is *exactly* the point! Where was the public discussion...the debate? Both sides nodding in furious agreement over something SO expensive, SO controversial, SO questionable, SO definitive of our future. It stinks to high heaven! #AUKUS #auspol

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

“Australians need to participate in a conversation about the biggest ever defence expenditure made by their country.” This community-based inquiry into #AUKUS is not just a fact-finding process. It’s an exercise in democracy that the govt has denied us. #auspol podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/f...

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Peter Garrett on why Australians deserve the truth about Aukus

Podcast Episode · Full Story · 1 June · 25min

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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

In the 17 years since the future sub program commenced, Defence has spent 3,400 million NOT buying French subs 🤦‍♂️ and 1,000 million NOT life extending Collins subs 🤦‍♂️ and 5,000 million on US subs that WON’T arrive🤦‍♂️. #waste #CapabilityGap #AUKUS #aupsol

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Hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars: Tallying Defence's toxic submarine waste

The shame of it is $693 million doesn’t even touch the sides of our wasted investment in submarines. Rex Patrick crunches the numbers.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This is insanity! And all for 0.04% of our population?

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

There is no doubt that the right will be a big threat next election no matter what Labor does. One Nation is having a resurgence. LNP is so broken it will have to strike some deal. They have the bottomless pockets of billionaires like Gina and support of nearly whole bent #MSM.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Gina's public perception is in the gutter. A PR person would recommend she peel off a modest amount from the wad...say a few hundred million...and publicly spend it on 'motherhood' causes...housing homeless veterans, indigenous kids. Especially if she is going for a higher political profile. #auspol

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Mmm...don't know about that. Traditionally governments get the difficult controversial stuff out of the way in the first budget. Then lower the reform meter to 'steady as she goes' as they head towards an election.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

And, regardless, it's a Labor budget. Of course News Corp is attacking it anyway.

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Kiera @kieragorden.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

If only more people knew and understood this… #AusPol

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Yes...people have alleged that Tony was once young. The same 'young Tony' who ultimately rejected a life in the seminary because of the emphasis they put on 'empathy'. Not his cup of tea at all!

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

And just THE perfect choice to address the LNP's two problem demographics...women and youth. After all Tones was once Minister for Women and he was also once young. #auspol

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The #NACC story seems an unbelievable story of bungling and incompetence...if not worse. 'Built to fail? NACC: the integrity body undermined from the start' #auspol undueinfluence.substack.com/p/built-to-f...

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Full text_Built to fail? NACC: the integrity body undermined from the start

An investigation by Nick Feik, Michelle Fahy & Elizabeth Minter

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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

All worth a listen, as usual. But the NACC story is remarkable. The money they've spent, with *zip* to show for it is staggering. The National Anti-Corruption Commmission needs a national anti-corruption commission to investigate it. What's the solution to that?!?! #auspol

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Maybe we should cross to Gina and her One Nation...Australia's Trumpophiles...for comment? #auspol

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Because it's a relatively easy sell to the less rational sections of our population....and keeps them on that lucrative Parliamentary gravy train. It's easy to cast doubt, it's easy to foment anger, it's easy to stigmatise people. It's real work to posit a credible positive agenda.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Who could possibly have foreseen that allowing our roads to be flooded with oversize vehicles that are... 1. Incredibly fuel hungry and inefficient 2 Very dangerous to other drivers and pedestrians 3 Very destructive to our road surfaces ...could lead to future problems?

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Sam W 🖤💛❤️🌻🦋☮️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✌️🫢 @sassisam.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Beyond irony 🤯🤬 “Government to spend millions in ads telling motorists to remove unnecessary weight from their vehicles … after years of incentivising the uptake of ludicrously large heavy SUVs now clogging our roads.”@markgkenny.bsky.social #auspol

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Maybe someone could tap Albo and Minns on the shoulder at one of those exclusive parties where they schmooze with and fangirl over Lachlan Murdoch...and point this out to them?

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Whatever they think privately of Trump, they know espousing support publicly isn't a winner in Australia. So they're leaving that to their downmarket cousins in One Nation while trying to shore up some sort of more centrist position.

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Tassie Devil @tassiedevil.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

"Conform to Australian culture," says Barnaby. What is that exactly? Getting shit-faced drunk and collapsing in the street, and being thrown out of home by your wife and daughters for having a "bit on the side." Muslim Australians have more dignity and honour than this buffoon has ever had. #auspol

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

In fact, it would be VERY Trump to recruit allies to 'help' (that is, to share the blame and the consequences of his rash unilateral military action)...then declare 'victory' at some arbitrary moment well before US Midterms and leave them holding the baby.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 18/03/2026

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done

Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

What about we keep the Royal Commission but change its terms of reference to examine the excessive influence of Israeli lobby groups on Australian politics, media and business? But of course, precisely because of that influence, we could never do that. #auspol

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Harry Bruce @harrybrucetoons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

David Littleproud resigns.

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Bronwyn Clark @bronwynhill1.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

As an old woman who actually worked for the Labor party as recently as two years ago, yes to this.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Albo's attempts to 'both sides' every issue and not offend anyone are starting to wear thin. Electoral success matters but sometimes you have to take a solid stand for what you believe in...if anything.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Australia has always been a reliably supine lapdog to US foreign policy...with perhaps a brief lapse during Whitlam period. Whereas both Canada and NZ have always taken a more independent stance more in line with their own national interests. And haven't suffered for it.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We seem to be stuck between two 'alternatives'... One of our major parties would have us as the 51st state of US if they could. The other of our major parties is too terrified of adverse publicity to do anything about the moribund relationship.

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JoeA @josepha.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Our country probably sees the reality of the current US...it is impossible not to...but is too timid and chickenshit to do anything about it. #auspol

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 03/03/2026

Following backlash, Albanese claims he meant that Jackie O had a ‘difficult life’ having worked with Kyle chaser.com.au/general-news...

Albanese offers Sandilands support, “Sorry to hear that Jackie O is being difficult”

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 03/03/2026

The report was leaked after initially being withheld from publication when Dutton suggested it could result in a defamation suit, in a move that probably could have been added to the report. chaser.com.au/national/sho...

Shocking: Liberal Party election review finds horribly unpopular leader with horribly unpopular policies wasn’t popular

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