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@leemow54.bsky.social
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🦘Retired educator, dog lover and passionate about conservation and addressing climate change. Left leaning and forever hopeful Labor can right many of the wrongs from previous years. Central Coast, NSW 🇦🇺

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Lee @leemow54.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please sign our petition to help us stop the sell-off and save the Powerhouse www.kobishetty.org.au/save-the-pow...
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Save the Powerhouse Ultimo
Please sign our petition to help us stop the sell-off and save the Powerhouse
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Lee @leemow54.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Act Now: Invest 1% For Nature. Take action here: 30by30.org.au/act-now-for-...
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Act now for Nature Funding - 30 by 30
Less than 0.1% of Australian tax dollars are spent on nature. It’s nowhere near enough. Australia is the only wealthy country on the global list of deforestation hotspots. No other country has sent more mammals to extinction. Our iconic animals like Tasmanian devils and quolls face growing threats like habitat loss, invasive species, and bushfires. The Government’s commitments to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030 and to prevent
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Glenn Connley @glennconnley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
So, One Nation's Vic leader is a meth user and pervert. Oh, and their super "policy" was never modelled. Yeah, their people and dot points (they call them policies) were always going to live up to scrutiny 😁
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 08/09/2026
Teachers and principals are being threatened, intimidated and assaulted, then expected to manage the relationship and carry on. Aggression at work is not a resilience problem – it is a safety hazard employers must prevent, John Frew writes. #Education #Teachers #WorkplaceSafety
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sue Barrett: “……that the United States protects us, and that our job is to stay close enough that the protection keeps flowing. Dr Emma Shortis. What happens when that assumption stops holding?” suebarrett.substack.com/p/our-bigges...
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Our biggest ally is now our biggest risk. Here's what that actually means.
BYV: A US submarine, an Australian sailor, and a war Australia never voted for. Why the alliance needs answering to, not just believing in.
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Erin Davisson 🌲 @erindeenews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As the world mourns Dolly Parton, revisiting Gloria Steinem’s tribute to the country music legend, originally published in the January 1987 issue, when Parton was named one of Ms. magazine’s Women of the Year. @msmagazine.com
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Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (January 1987)
Woman of the Year Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (From the January 1987 issue of Ms. Magazine)
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Lee @leemow54.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Act Now: Invest 1% For Nature. Take action here: 30by30.org.au/act-now-for-...
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Act now for Nature Funding - 30 by 30
Less than 0.1% of Australian tax dollars are spent on nature. It’s nowhere near enough. Australia is the only wealthy country on the global list of deforestation hotspots. No other country has sent more mammals to extinction. Our iconic animals like Tasmanian devils and quolls face growing threats like habitat loss, invasive species, and bushfires. The Government’s commitments to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030 and to prevent
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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2026/08/30/e... The entire scam has Jillian Segal’s fingerprints all over it. Why is Segal allowing one of her staff to run as a Liberal Party candidate? Did Segal organise Frank Schiefler’s candidacy via her political connections?
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Exclusive: Zionist fraudster Frank Schiefler, who works for Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal, is a Liberal Party candidate in Victoria
Frank Schiefler, who refuses to answer questions about his background and works for Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal, is the Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Hastings in the Victorian state ele...
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In our eyes you are and always will be the Queen of Cartoons @cathywilcox.bsky.social Admired, respected & so, so talented, it will be a dark world without your bright thoughts in it every day, but you're leaving behind a genuine legacy Thank you for everything, all of it. We love you Cathy xx
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Have been laughing about this for a good 20 minutes. Anyways - read Screw Nice 🩷
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/08/2026
Australians have lost $107 billion to the gambling industry since the Murphy review, and our government still refuses to take the bold steps required. Co-CEO Richard Denniss explores why the government is still dragging their feet in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?”. #auspol
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trump 1.0 was built on lies. Trump 2.0 takes deceit to the next level, and attempts to eliminate inconvenient facts. This is what dictatorships do. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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Independent Media Australia. @indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026
The unfairness we've learned to walk past pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/20… #Auspol
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The unfairness we've learned to walk past
Allowing homelessness to continue is a choice. Ending it must become one too.
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
On this day in 1871, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 12 Feb 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and on the 15 Dec 1943 to Auschwitz where she was murdered. Her husband perished in Theresienstadt. Her name was Hermína Arentová Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
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Always a Difficult Earth Girl🐬🐨🐋🦘🦈 @scuttlebutter1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Yo, Jillian ... Gaza over-represented, the media painting Israel 'constantly' in a negative light? When there's no other 'light' - than 'negative'- with which to view the circumstances that Israel has placed Palestine in, & Gaza specifically, what exactly do you expect the 'painting' to look like?
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Bronwyn Clark @bronwynhill1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Also the number of girls/women killed this week alone by boys/men “known to them” is why girls and women are pissed off about a royal commission into one tragic event while the tragedies that happen each week are given lip service but otherwise ignored…even as they happen with increasing regularity.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/07/2026
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning admission, the FBI just confirmed to me the existence of training videos instructing FBI analysts on what to redact in the Epstein Files. I’ll show you the letter and discuss the massive implications in one hour. Link below: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
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BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: FBI Admits it has Epstein Files Training Videos
In a letter sent to me in response to my Freedom of Information Act Request, the FBI admits to having training videos that it failed to release under the Epstein Files Transparency Act
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
this is the magnitsky act icyww: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/... repealed permanent normal trade relations status of Russia and Moldova & then sanctioned Russian officials found responsible for the death of imprisoned, Russian accountant Sergei Magnitsky…
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Bernie's Correct, Again........
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Sarah Martin rubbishes Barnaby’s China conspiracy theory on Telstra’s outage & points to the real issue “Telstra was privatised”🎯 “Telstra has fundamentally failed in its obligations to the country, coz it has no obligations to the country, only obligations to shareholders” 💥
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
recall there is a publicly-funded deeply granular racism data bank for “micro-targeting” thanks to the Coalition voting for holding a referendum and then campaigning against constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Pro-One Nation Facebook groups appear to be run by foreign ‘meme factories’ that monetise content
Exclusive: Guardian analysis suggests several groups with thousands of members run by what expert calls ‘engagement farm’ operations in south-east Asia
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Nancy Georges 🇦🇺 @nancygeorges.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
@albomp.bsky.social this is why we must have AI regulation!! All content should be marked as such. Wait till ON start sharing fake & false info about you! Will you take action then?!! Remove allowance of lying in political ads while you’re at it! Mum doesn’t have 3 arms 🧵 #auspol #ai #airegulation
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Press Council gets scores of anonymous complaints about Cathy Wilcox astroturf cartoon. Caves. She was not allowed to know who her (Israel lobby) accusers were #auspol @cathywilcox.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/vale-the-pre...
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Vale the Press Council. Caves in to anonymous pressure campaign - Michael West
Australian Press Council caves into the Zionist lobby and abandons its mission to defend free speech, vilifying cartoonist Cathy Wilcox.
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I hold the entire government responsible from Albo down Singling out Penny seems both racist and sexist
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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
For #4Corners viewers both here in Australia and overseas, this story by my excellent colleague Steve Cannane on the dangers of AI is a really important watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jkPV...
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The AI takeover: Who controls our future? | Four Corners Documentary
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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Bronwyn Clark @bronwynhill1.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
As a political point, “ditch the witch” could be easily countered with “block the cock” …and I hope women in politics…and those who support and advise them…always remember this. #blockthecock
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Holy Roman 🇪🇺
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
“Karl Stefanovic, whose ongoing drift into cooker territory becoming hard to miss, ran well-worn routine of casting Canavan as champion of common sense and Dr Ryan as some kind of dangerous radical for proposing that women and children deserve to be safe, treated with kindness, afforded respect.” ➡️
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
My good mate @aaronsmith333.bsky.social wrote this stunning piece about 1 week as a political staffer in Canberra I think it's one of the most beautiful pieces of political writing, in fact, just writing, that I have ever read Seriously illuminating 👇🏽 aaronsmith333.substack.com/p/my-own-sta...
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My Own Startled Face on a Lanyard
Four days behind the curtain - the absurd, the infuriating, and the quietly hopeful.
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
~2014 Abbott signed $40bill deal 12 new submarines from Japan ~2018 Turnbull dumped Japan $55bill deal France ~2021 Morrison dumped France $360bill 12 new subs US/UK $3.5bill paid in broken contracts - 2026, 3 Used subs next 16 yrs, new ones... late 2040-2060. i.e Fucking Never #Auspol #AUKUS
Image of submarine Title Learn part names of Australian's AUKUS submarines (sarcastic), points to different parts labelled,
- Aged care cuts,
- Obsolete with underwater drone technology
- Medicare cuts
- Aligning us with a sociopathic dictator
- More NDIS cuts
- Public schooling we don't care Now and never will
- Raising Jobseeker so people c an eat, pay rent & buy meds ... never going to happen
- Infrastructure cuts
- Rising homeless rate... we don't give a fuck
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Dept of Veterans Affairs says it appears from satellite imagery that there’s “further damage” to war graves at the Gaza War Cemetery in addition to ones already bulldozed by Israel, but can’t advise if or how many damaged are Aus Graves coz we’re not allowed in. Shocking. #auspol
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A group of Australian citizens were kidnapped on international waters and beaten on camera by their captors - Israel Jillian Segal, the most prominent Israel advocate in Australia, has so far said *nothing* about the welfare of her fellow Australian citizens, nor condemned Israel's brutal actions .
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Brereton is gorn from the NACC. A few people here played a role in letting us know of NACC shenanigans. Social media plays a role when our media fails. @jommytee.bsky.social @ronnisalt.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social #AusPol
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
If you're wondering how the recently resigned #NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, spent his time in his $800,000 p.a job, at least some of it was dedicated to writing to the Inspector General about some individual called, Ronni Salt's, twitter activities. Seriously - I kid you not #auspol
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Thirteen hundred of you took the time to complain to the NACC about their appalling mismanagement of the Robodebt referral. This is how the Commissioner talks about those complaints. How utterly shameful.
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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Transcript from estimates: "The special envoy themselves undertook targeted market research through confidential soundings within and adjacent to the Jewish community to identify potential suppliers for this work."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
JD Vance announced the suspension of $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California as part of his new role as "fraud czar" for the Trump Regime. Meanwhile, Trump has pardoned multiple convicted fraudsters, including several who gave money to his campaign and Super PAC. Remember this.
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Captain Nemo - Local Hero & Devil-May-Care-Flying-Fool. ✅ @flyingfool.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Mediocre Minns says there are 9 months to turn NSW voters back from One Neuron. Good luck with that. He has delivered more than 2 years of singularly ineffective government. As the old saying goes, you can't fatten the pig on market day.
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Bel Downes (Coffeewith…) @withdownes.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
ICE has detained the only Texas licenced court interpreter for Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi languages despite all her correct paperwork. Doug Sharpe below states it plainly, but there are other reliable sources as well This is so ridiculous it hurts me as a Linguist: youtube.com/shorts/esPMp...
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Texas's Only Court Interpreter Detained By ICE #fact
YouTube video by Doug Sharpe
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
As shots rang out at the WHCA Dinner, Donald J. Trump appeared to be the only person not surprised.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Republican men who pretend to care about women’s sports standing in front of the actual athletes really sums their whole charade up perfectly
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/04/2026
While he was detained at Dilley for over four months, 13-year-old Gustavo Santiago said he felt as if he would “never get out.” “I just ask that you don’t forget about us,” he told ProPublica in a video call. (Published Feb.)
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Her plan to 'knit the country back together' is banning peacful slogans, silencing anti-genocide sentiment, and overhauling our education system with *somehow* even more ahistorical genocide justification. Tl;dr = Thought control and fascism
Fin Review whitewashing more fascist bullshit
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I do love that this sticks with him now forever 😎 (You are a gentleman and a scholar Simon)
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Interesting.
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Italy will not renew defence agreement with Israel, Meloni says
The Italian PM said the pact, which happens every five years, would be suspended "in view of the current situation".
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Bridie Mac 🍉 @bridiemac.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
First Nations students? To conflate antisemitism & anti-Zionism is disingenuous at best, inflammatory & more at worst. NOBODY has a problem with ordinary Jews going about their business. I grew up among them in the Eastern Suburbs. What we DO object to is ISRAEL slaughtering innocent people.../3
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I think the main problem with mainstream political journalism these days is the credibility given to clearly preposterous people
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Look what just arrived! Out May 5.
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David J. @mallee-man.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Similar to the US's draconian new immigration laws, Taylor wants "The enhanced screening process would include all applicants being forced to provide their social media accounts when applying for a visa." First step of Big Brother surveillance methods! 😲😡😎 www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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Liberals vow to boot migrants who breach Aussie values
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