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What’s the point of governance … if it’s only for the oligarchs …. In due course Don’t be distracted - but keep the balance Social Justice …. Access, Equity & Participation for all is not up for negotiation Please No DM ….

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ukranian Dreaming On Such An Autumn Day
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Michael West confronts Westpac on why it is sharing its customer data with evil spy company Palantir. What on earth are you thinking, Westpac? youtube.com/shorts/R0hoW... #auspol
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Westpac shared customer data with Palantir
YouTube video by The West Report
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/09/2026
This is a thing everywhere in the world: on-site diesel generation is advertised as "backup" generation, but data centre operators plan to use it way, way more than that. Firmus in Australia now fighting against rules to limit pollution from their fossil-fuelled project
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Data centre company lodges appeal against 'unreasonable' restricted generator use
An energy-hungry data centre that received recent council approval to have diesel generators as backup power is now appealing against the "unreasonable" conditions on how they can be used.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We need a royal commission into Israeli foreign interference in Australia . First witness called should be the PM - to explain why he appointed Special Envoy for Israel, Jillian Segal, to direct his approach to ‘social cohesion’. #auspol
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In @crikey.com.au today I looked at the recent deal between the NSW and federal governments and Rio Tinto to keep Tomago smelter operating. It's a giant subsidy, where taxpayers will pay for much of Tomago's electricity. Rio's aluminium operations made $3b last half www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/18/r...
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Taxpayers are forking out $2.5b for Rio Tinto's electricity bill. Should they?
The deal to save the Tomago smelter raises important questions about Australian industry policy.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Palestine activist charged with a criminal offence, faces 5 years in jail and has driving restrictions on his Uber for pestering his local MP over Gaza with email. #whatsthescam #auspol #nswpol michaelwest.com.au/police-prose...
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Police social cohesion squad prosecutes man over Gaza emails to his MP - Michael West
A Palestine activist has been charged with a criminal offence for pestering his local MP with emails, and faces 5 years in jail
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026
Labor needs debate, not managed unanimity pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/20… #Auspol
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Labor needs debate, not managed unanimity
Long-term Labor governments need discipline, but unity becomes brittle when caucus is reduced to managed unanimity and MPs cannot test decisions before they harden.
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Australia 2026 A social cohesion envoy who is the largest driver of social disunity An anti corruption commission being investigated for corruption A sovereign program that builds the sovereign capability of other nations A defence Minister who increases our likelihood of being attacked
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It’s a Fair Question….. “Why is it that it takes 900 years and 5000 impact studies to build high speed rail but a 5 minute city council meeting is all it takes to approve a massive data center?”
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Economies should be judged on job creation and how many people live above the poverty line. Success should be measured on what percentage are able to buy a home or unit.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/07/2026
Don Jr. and Eric also launched American Data Centers through Dominari Holdings as the Trump administration accelerated a massive expansion of AI infrastructure.
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Basically we’ve got two choices: we either aggressively denormalize Israel or we watch our society become more and more Israeli. We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Two swimming pools, 9 tennis courts que? On top of $100m from wealthy private donors, state and fed govts tip in $86m in public grants for Hakoah Club. Andrew Brown on this ... and the other Australia too #auspol michaelwest.com.au/white-city-g...
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White City. Government slots one club $86m, the other can't get a toilet - Michael West
Funding for the Sydney Hakoah Club far exceeded its building cost, including millions from state and federal governments.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A barrister represents his clients in court. Clients who are political dissidents. He now faces criminal prosecution for doing so. Not Turkey. Not Egypt. Not Russia. England. Astonishing, deeply disturbing, and part of a long slide towards authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’
CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"a managerial, cautious, poll-driven approach to politics, and timidity. Raising money and the compromises that go with it, including on gambling, have supplanted listening to the party membership ...Labor has disenfranchised its natural constituencies." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
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What is the point of power without purpose?
The ALP Conference this week will be carefully managed, but Labor’s deeper problem is a hollowed-out party increasingly driven by factions, polling and caution.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Why is a regular citizen's first hearing held in open court, but a senior official/politician accused of serious wrongdoing-in-public-office so often protected by 'privacy'. Two-tiered justice, it seems. Why not one standard for all accused? #auspol
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Senior ADF officer charged over lucrative WA naval contracts
A retired senior naval figure is facing a secret military disciplinary process over unspecified allegations involving lucrative defence contracts in Western Australia.
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LisaZed 👩🏻‍🎨 🌏 🐨🌳🇪🇭🇺🇦 @lisazed.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Coles will only cut ties with Palantir when staying costs them more than leaving does. Every person who watches this video and shares it is one more crack in that wall. Share this video now and help us make this impossible for Coles to ignore. #auspol www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ec...
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Who's watching while we shop?
An independent movement to build a progressive Australia and bring participation back into our democracy.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A recent FOI showed six (6!) NACC executives emailing and conferencing on how to respond to or kill our piece of journalism about their performance and qualifications. Wasting time and money on that shit, but the NACC inspector has to drop her investigation due to lack of resources. Srsly.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It’s time for equality before the law. Sarah Henderson admitted to making ‘test’ calls to 000—a clear breach of Section 474.18 of the Criminal Code. Emergency lines aren't for testing; they are for lives. If citizens face jail for this, so should she. #auspol
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Alex Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"We are deploying responsibly
developed Al to liberate humanity from menial labor and usher in an era of unparalleled creativity and abundance."
SAM ALTMAN

"You ingested the entire written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation, and without credit, to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed.
You are not liberating human creativity - you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft training data."
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Trump has officially RIGGED the World Cup in our country's favor! Think the Rest of the World hated us before? Multiply that hate by a million more times now. ====================
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Australia "is in danger of becoming another client state [of the US], purchasing an insurance policy from a patron that has just demonstrated to its Gulf clients how strictly its own interests govern its choices." #DitchAUKUS #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07...
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'We got played': borrowed security and the Gulf’s reckoning
Gulf states are discovering the limits of US security guarantees and the costs of neglecting their regional relationships. Australia still has time to avoid that mistake.
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026
Beyond taking sides pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/20… #Auspol
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Beyond taking sides
What a letter from Accra can teach Australia about prejudice and why our convictions must be accompanied by curiosity.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Spiral. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Two people dressed warmly in bow of boat looking towards arctic/antarctic landscape. One person happily says “…then they’ll be able to use the extra water from melting glaciers to cool down all the data centres…”
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Socialism for the wealthy, feudalism for everyone else.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
WhatsApp battle. Zionist action v Mary Kostakidis drags through discovery Stephanie Tran reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/mary-kostakidis
Michael West Media story graphic
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🇦🇺 WyndhamVic @wyndhamvic.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Gina's "Sweet Child o'Mines" from Sammy J's 2013 ABC comedy 'Wednesday Night Fever'. Still freakishly relevant today over a decade later. 🤣 Absolutely brilliant.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Tim Wilson’s multimillionaire cousin Geoff Wilson torched for pushing Musk’s SpaceX as a solid investment Nick McKim “It’s a Ponzi scheme Mr Wilson”💥 Wilson concedes it “could well be” a Ponzi scheme but pushes it anyway coz it’s “exciting!”🙄 And Sky call him an expert? #auspol
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 15/06/2026
Independent bookshops are disappearing across Australia, squeezed by rising costs, online giants and discount retailers. If government wants to protect reading culture, tax relief and pricing reform should be on the table, Katherine Day, Bec Kavanagh and Matthew Holden write.
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Australia’s bookshops are disappearing – government can help
Independent bookshops are closing across Australia as costs rise and discount giants dominate sales, but policy options such as tax relief, GST reform and book pricing regulation could help protect the cultural role they play.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
People are going to hate the new AI data centres even more when they realise the Albanese govt won’t tax the gas industry because they don’t want to scare off the foreign investors who need gas to power the data centres.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 07/06/2026
Great-power rivalry is weakening old institutions, but it is also creating space for middle powers to build coalitions, stabilise trade and shape the next phase of global governance, Yves Tiberghien writes. #Geopolitics #Trade #GlobalGovernance #auspol
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How to rebuild what the great powers broke
As great-power rivalry weakens old institutions and disrupts globalisation, middle powers have new leverage to build coalitions, stabilise trade and provide public goods across the North–South divide.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 07/06/2026
Australians donate generously to homelessness services, but charity alone will not reduce homelessness at scale. Public concern must become political pressure for housing reform, Fabian Webber writes. #auspol #Housing #Homelessness
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Homelessness needs political action, not just public sympathy
Australia has widespread public concern about homelessness, but reducing it at scale requires turning charitable support into organised advocacy for housing policy, social housing investment and systemic reform.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
These two articles are a pair so consider them together. The big money, the strategists, the ground game and even the Neo Nazi-adjacent are trying to build for Australia an echo of the US’s MAGA Christofascism. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2... open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
Far right content creators training in the
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chriscoveries
• chriscoveries • Original audio
chriscoveriesExtremist Christians are selecting One Nation as their vehicle. Our rights are on the line.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Christian extremists believed destroying trans existence was the key to power via LNP in 2021. Then tight integration into destroying First Peoples’ consultative body in No to Voice campaign. Now, they are after abortion access with One Nation & Gina. #auspol lucyham29.substack.com/p/extremist-...
Title of essay: Extremist Christians are selecting One Nation as their vehicle. Our rights are on the line.
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THE DAILY DECLARATION 

From a screenshot of Church and State’s Dave Pellowe denigrating Welcome to Country as pagan. 

an Animist Concept, So Why the Christian
Dave Pellowe 26 MAY 2025 COMMENTARY 06 MINS
'Country', correctly and culturally understood, is irrevocably tied to spiritism and animism. Yet, an acknowledgment of 'Country' is again planned for tr Sydney Prayer Breakfast, a high-profile, purportedly Christian, inclusive networking event.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The perpetrators of the 2004 spying on #TimorLeste’s maritime boundary negotiating team have asked Attorney-General Michelle Rowland to issue a ‘secrecy certificate’ over why they say they shouldn’t have to confess to the sordid gas theft crime everyone knows they facilitated. #auspol #NoTruth
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
We broke significant national news this week and not a single mainstream media outlet wanted to cover it or follow up. It isn't surprising, but it is illustrative. Put simply, they're all owned and operated by Zionist billionaires. This is why indie media needs to exist.
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
Israel's solution to the Gaza problem is well underway pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/20… #Auspol
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Israel's solution to the Gaza problem is well underway
Israel’s military campaign has been accompanied by a broader objective: the destruction of Gaza’s social, civic and institutional fabric, creating conditions in which mass displacement becomes increasingly possible.
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ireland to offer €8.5k to drivers to scrap petrol or diesel cars “motorists who permanently scrap a vehicle more than 13 years old will qualify for a €5,000 scrappage allowance. This can be combined with the existing €3,500 EV purchase grant, bringing total support available to €8,500”
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
You can read the whole deluded statement here, including where it highlights how Australia is racing to spend $8 billion of our money to build the US a nuclear submarine base off Perth by 2027 www.minister.defence.gov.au/statements/2...
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Add Australia too. The Israel Zionist lobby has taken over all 3 levels of governments and every public institution. The people are being oppressed. #auspol michaelwest.com.au/the-enforcem...
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The Enforcement. The lobby that bought Australian democracy - Michael West
Australia's sovereignty is violated by Israel, our institutions subject to foreign interference. Royal commission into Zionist influence
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
PM Albanese's annoyed scowl during his interview with Hit 100.9 Hobart presenter Christie Hayes is telling. Hayes mentioned recent deaths of women then asked about the call for a RC. Albo's irritated response was to ask "what does a Royal Commission do besides fund lawyers?" Srsly. #auspol #DV #VAW
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just a reminder - you only pay 47% tax on income earned *above* $190,000. If you earn $200,000 you pay an average tax rate of around 30%.
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Mark Tolman (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 🖖 @mtolman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
America didn’t turn ugly because he became President. No. He became President because America was already this ugly. That’s the uncomfortable truth nobody wants to admit.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
😲😲😲😲🤬 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accidentally exposes his total control over the White House. He confirms Donald Trump immediately pledged absolute loyalty to the Zionist agenda before even sitting down. Washington is captured by a foreign entity.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Hey #Auspol Good moment to read the articles here. There’s a critical helium shortage for medical & tech uses. We had shared access to a huge deposit to be shared with Timor. *Someone* *somehow* dropped the item out of the deal. Now Woodside & ConocoPhillips are making 💰💰💰 from it.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Tribunal rebukes Govt! “I consider that disclosure of the documents would inform debate on a matter of public importance. There is a significant public interest in understanding policy decisions by Government in respect of nuclear waste management” #auspol
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Transparency wins as Tribunal rebukes government secrecy - Michael West
Tribunal has rebuked the Government over the lead lining it's wrapping around plans for AUKUS Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal.
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Maureen Chuck @irmagherd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Ya know why Barnaby is furious? He bought land that was going to be resumed for the project and he would make a huge profit. www.msn.com/en-au/news/o...
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I can‘t figure out why, but I have never seen news stories about how oil rigs hurt whales. Only wind farms do that. And only solar panels have a recycling problem. Gas stations are fine.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The economic equivalent of cutting off your leg to save you from the risk of future sprains. Diabolical. Admits there is nothing this rate raise will do to stop inflation, but doing it anyway just in case there is increased spending in the future. But it's fine for businesses to increase prices.
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