Kate @kae32.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Agreed Sandy, fantastic bakery and the pasties with the sweet end are great. Underground mine tours also well worth doing👍 042
Kate @kae32.bsky.social · 07/09/2026When Australia began its campaign to reduce smoking levels in 1976, the daily smoking rate among people aged over 16 was 38 per cent: that level today is around 6 per cent. open.substack.com/pub/newpolit...open.substack.comAustralian politics continuing race to the bottomAs the Coalition chases One Nation into the culture wars, big tobacco returns to Canberra, Labor’s recognition of Palestine is hollow, and migration continues to be the convenient scapegoat. 010
Kate @kae32.bsky.social · 06/09/2026pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...pearlsandirritations.comPrivate health insurance costs taxpayers $13 billion a year. What for?Taxpayers spend about $13 billion a year supporting private health insurance, yet there is little evidence it relieves pressure on public hospitals or delivers fair value. 000
Kate @kae32.bsky.social · 05/09/2026www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comLabor is in damage control over falling house prices. Why not take credit instead? | Tom McIlroyIn the long term Chalmers, O’Neil and Albanese will want to own any improvement in intergenerational equity, so maybe it’s better to start now 020
Reposted by Kateangry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Barnaby Joyce the adulterer would rather have women dead from cervical cancer #auspol 36418
Reposted by KateMichael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It’s murder. It’s genocide. 0124
Reposted by KateMichael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The social cohesion demonstrated by the most moral army in the world. Israeli occupation forces. ZioNazis. 61616
Reposted by KateMichael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Guess would made the law?! 071
Reposted by KateJoel Pollard @smirkingelf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026So.....another barbaric psychotic excuse to bomb Gaza. Threatening children flying their kites! 😡 FFS! Israel warned Hamas it would intensify strikes in Gaza if kites continued to be launched from the Strip toward Israeli settlements, Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Sunday. 43223
Kate @kae32.bsky.social · 15/08/2026theconversation.com/a-costly-mis...theconversation.com‘A costly mistake’: new review finds giving WA billions in extra GST was unfair to other statesThe 2018 “reforms” were bad policy. The sooner they are unwound the better. 000
Reposted by KateTheChef @thechef-52.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I'm still gobsmacked that America can tolerate someone this stupid! #auspol #uspol #trump 395
Reposted by KatePeter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Painting 1 of 3 rotor blades black on 4 Norwegian turbines cut bird collisions by nearly 72 percent, and the white tailed eagles under them stopped hitting the rotors altogether www.ecoportal.net/en/painting-...ecoportal.netPainting 1 of 3 rotor blades black on 4 Norwegian turbines cut bird collisions by nearly 72 percent, and the white tailed eagles under them stopped hitting the rotors altogetherSmøla is a low treeless island off the northwest coast of Norway, and 68 wind turbines stand on it. 14115
Reposted by KateMichael Taylor @ausindimedia.bsky.social · 31/07/2026LABOR’S NATIONAL CONFERENCE: A TRIUMPH OF UNITY. What would have the legendary Clarke and Dawe said about it? theaimn.net/labors-natio...theaimn.netLABOR'S NATIONAL CONFERENCE: A TRIUMPH OF UNITYBryan Dawe speaks to a senior figure from the Australian Labor Party DAWE: Thanks for joining me. CLARKE: Good to be here, Bryan. Comrade. Great conference. Great, great conference. DAWE: You’re pleas... 0119
Reposted by KateLilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Asked what measures would most effectively combat antisemitism, Schwartz said governments should prioritise addressing far-right extremism and avoid conflating antisemitism with the Palestine solidarity movement. Yes! This is common sense. Our government has played an evil game against the people. 24723
Reposted by KateThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 02/07/2026New Australia Institute research shows that Australians have lost over $104 billion to gambling in the three years since the Murphy Review released its final report into the harms of online gambling. @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social #auspol 35118
Reposted by KateYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 17/06/202611/ Sarah Martin shines a spotlight on former Pauline Hanson One Nation candidate turned PHON policy development officer, in Ryan, Brisbane John Drew—a virulently racist, far-right, White Australia Policy enthusiast👇 24914
Reposted by KateIndependent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026Fraser, Whitlam, Albanese and national sovereignty pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/20… #Auspolpearlsandirritations.comFraser, Whitlam, Albanese and national sovereigntyMalcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam both warned against surrendering Australian sovereignty to US military and intelligence interests, but AUKUS and the Albanese government’s foreign policy have deepened that dependence. 185
Reposted by Kategwenoc.bsky.social @gwenoc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Wisdom is welcome, even though late to the debacle. hellocare.com.au/aged-care-wa...hellocare.com.auAged care watchdog delivers damning verdict on Support at Home in final hearing - HellocareOutgoing Inspector-General Natalie Siegel-Brown warned senators last night that the nation's home care reforms are failing older Australians at every level, and that the damage is worse than her offic... 142
