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Leslie McGill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇦🇺

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 21h
Albanese slams Angus Taylor saying it’s time he explain how he’ll be “fiscally responsible” after committing to a $110B spending spree with promised tax breaks for property investors while the only spending he refuses to support is cost of living relief for Australians💥#auspol
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 21h
He was told it was coming and did nothing.
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Netanyahu was warned of October 7 Hamas attack, reports say ahead of election
With only weeks to go until elections in Israel, an unrelenting stream of well-sourced, detailed stories has suddenly appeared, documenting multiple failures by Benjamin Netanyahu to heed warnings of ...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 17h
"The RBA Board delivered. Thank you for making me and my comfortable peers richer, boosting my unearned income so I can continue to splash the cash around." @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social #auspol #rates michaelwest.com.au/a-blunt-tool...
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A blunt tool. RBA's incompetence is making the rich richer - Michael West
Having created market expectations that it would raise rates, the Reserve Bank board delivered, demonstrating its incompetence.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 14h
Crisafulli Queensland government Treasurer David Janetzki kicking the GST argument off again. Wants to rile up WA to distract from his own problems. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Qld treasurer calls for GST overhaul at National Press Club
Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki has criticised the federal government's GST distribution system in a historic address to the National Press Club in Queensland.
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Leslie McGill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇦🇺 @leselec.bsky.social · 10h
The Scottish Government is leading the way in the UK again; Westminster Governments have done nothing, as usual. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Swinney to introduce misogyny education in every school in Scotland
The first minister says he wants to challenge misogynistic behaviour in young boys and strengthen and support young girls.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 29/09/2026
Here is Cait exposing what I would have to say is Mike Lawler’s biggest and most egregious lie: That he wouldn’t cut Medicaid. He ended up being the deciding vote to do just that, screwing over thousands of his own constituents in the process.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So don't be disabled or have a family. Wilson really leaning into the "Just don't be poor" vibe he reeks of.
Wilson says Coalition would find savings by cutting NDIS, aged care, childcare

By Emily Kaine

Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson says a Coalition government will seek to make savings by cutting back on NDIS, aged care and childcare, as he argues spending on the schemes is out of control.
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El Howieson @elhowieson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes. "On every issue, Labor has done the least it can do." www.deepcutnews.com/p/this-labor...
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This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics – Amy Remeikis
There is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism
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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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Leslie McGill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇦🇺 @leselec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Typical Conservative statement: "They do not believe in Social Welfare"; they hate poor people. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said the PM was suggesting Labour wanted "more tax rises" to pay for the reforms, adding that the Conservatives would not support this. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Andy Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England
The prime minister told the BBC that social care in England is "as unfair as American healthcare".
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... These are the pricks lecturing migrants and people in public housing on “Aussie values”
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One Nation admits using party funds to build $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property
Email to members says money lent to a party-linked company to establish a micro distillery
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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 24/09/2026
It's time for Australia to grow a set and step up. If you hack our infrastructure from anywhere in the world, we will prosecute you; we will extradite you; you will spend time in offshore detention awaiting trial, and we will not give one single fuc$. #AusPol www.oversixty.com.au/finance/extr...
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“Extreme concern”: Albanese reveals AI Medicare hack – OverSixty
Australia is investigating after an OpenAI agent forced its way into a Services Australia Medicare reporting portal to access 'non-public' information.
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Allie @alannah56.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#auspol Of course Open AI didn't tell the Aus Govt about the July data breach of Medicare, would have made bad press while building more data centres and fighting regulations. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Breaking: OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Anthony Albanese says he has spoken to the Open AI chief executive to express his concern about the incident and the length of time it took the tech company to inform the government of the breach.
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pay attention Victoria and Australia. #SpringSt #Auspol
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
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Victoria Fielding @drvicfielding.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The people who built AI with seemingly little care for the havoc it could cause and no guardrails to protect public should be held accountable for every problem AI is now causing. They want to make billions but don’t want to accept responsibility for their technology. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Breaking: OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an Open AI agent gained unauthorised accessed to the Medicare statistics reporting service portal.
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Howard Walter @howardwalter1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
meanwhile in Australia there's no such solidarity with Our ABC and The Guardian when it comes to the bully girl Pauline Hanson and the pathetic James Ashby www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban
ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC decline to participate after presidential ban that prompted widespread condemnation
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Allegations against Lauren Boebert include sexual relations with Congressional employees, hush money payments, and thousands of dollars in misused official and campaign funds. Here's the redacted complaint: media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/u...
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Is the Australian PM Anthony Albanese the Ed Sheeran of Politics? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Diplomats reveal how Australia withdrew from sanctions talks at 11th hour
European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/09/2026
POWERFUL MOMENT Americans forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center to protect a national memorial from a president threatening to tear it down. JFK’s niece, Kerry Kennedy, called on people to show up, and they did. This will never be the Trump Center, in the people’s eyes.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
add the $19 billion we give to wealthy families for prestigious schools to the $12 billion we give to landlords and the $16 billion we donate towards fossil fuel emissions while the pampered brat class bitches and moans about funding welfare. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
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Why are we still funding Australia’s wealthiest schools?
Australia’s wealthiest private schools continue receiving public funding despite mounting budget pressures, raising questions about whether government spending on education reflects need and the broad...
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The NACC explains why they currently have just 2 case workers managing all referrals, despite having more than enough in their budget for more staff. Apparently they’ve been mismanaging their own budget.🤦‍♂️ Does anything function correctly at the NACC? 🙄
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Terry Sedgwick 🦘 T.S. un ami. @lordsedgwick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Is Australia the Ed Sheeran of international politics? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... 'A coalition of 12 countries that released a statement on the West Bank last week were "disappointed" when Australia did not join them.'
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Australia's sanctions statement withdrawl leaves EU states 'disappointed'
European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: New reporting says Ken Paxton maintained political ties to Paul Pressler and two key associates even after sexual-abuse allegations against Pressler became public. Paxton kept taking their money, using their endorsements, and standing by them.
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Paxton Kept Close to Alleged Child Abuser Long After the Allegations Surfaced, Taking Money From Him
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent more than a decade cultivating a political alliance with Paul Pressler, the once-revered Southern Baptist power
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carolnikolaisen.bsky.social @carolnikolaisen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The thing is. Macklemore criticized Israel. Not Jewish people. His preamble to “hinds hall” specifically says he holds only respect for Jewish people. He opposes genocide in Sudan and the Congo as well as the genocide in Gaza.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What happens to Australian politicians, public servants and the military when they arrive in the USA? They lose all sense of Australian sovereignty and acquiesce to US hegemony at the expense of our safety. We need real leadership not sycophantic capitulation.
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Greg Moriarty bells the cat. AUKUS is not about defending Australia it’s designed to contain, constrain and attack our most important trading partner, China. AUKUS sacrifices sovereignty to US warmongering and entangles us in a war that can’t be won. Labor. has lost the plot!
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It might also help the Albanese government’s bid for Security Council membership if they actually followed international law. Rather than just pretending to. #GazaGenocide #auspol
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Leslie McGill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇦🇺 @leselec.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
PM Anthony Albanese is trying to lose the next Federal Elec. Labor has 94 MP's, against 41 opposition & 10 independents, yet he still won't join this West Bank Statement, he prefers stick with USA. Albanese is blind to what the rest of the world thinks of USA & Israel. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Australia withdrew from sanctions statement, leaving EU states disappointed
European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
NEW: Judge Sullivan isn't buying Todd Blanche's excuses for refusing to hand over handwritten FBI notes underlying four Epstein survivor FBI interviews. He's ordered Blanche to hand them over for in camera review by 9/24. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 15/09/2026
Same person who says this: "I've always advocated, we are Australians all together and should be all treated equally on a needs basis, not about race" also said this: Indigenous Australians are "the most primitive race on Earth" Racists are always - always - hypocrites.
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Hanson apologises if she caused offence by Indigenous Australian remarks
Addressing widespread condemnation, the One Nation leader clarified what she meant by referring to Indigenous Australians as "primitive".
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Leslie McGill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇦🇺 @leselec.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is why Conservatives don't like the Australian ABC. They get held to account for their lies & they try to claim it's fake news. Tom Tate, the Gold Coast Mayor, gets found out & storms off swearing!!! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Gold Coast mayor swears at journalist amid questions over Donald Trump dinner
Tom Tate has been asked questions about conflicting accounts of a dinner he claimed to have had with US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We have seen One Nation, Labor and Liberals are seeking to do nothing more then whip up fear and division. People who come to Australia to build a life here and contribute are not responsible for the inequality and failing public services. 👇More below👇
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I have been a lifelong Labor voter, but now with this stupid Health Bill & the stupid Aukus deal, it's time to find if I have any Independents I can give my vote to. Anthony Albanese is destroying what the Labor stood for: "Helping People" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Pensioners to shoulder huge portion of private health insurance 'cash grab'
Pensioners will be hit hard by the federal government's controversial private health insurance rebate changes, with new analysis revealing that about half of the $3 billion in forecast savings will be...
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Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Crossbench MPs launch push to stop Australian military exports being used in human rights breaches ‘Red lines’ legislation would forbid defence equipment technology or services being used, includes parts for F-35 fighter jets #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Crossbench MPs launch push to stop Australian military exports being used in human rights breaches
‘Red lines’ legislation would forbid defence equipment technology or services being used, includes parts for F-35 fighter jets
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 12/09/2026
Liz Stein doesn’t want you to forget about the Epstein Files. Don’t. Read more: www.worldwithoutexploitation.org/bi…
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
☘️ Great to see our Celtic cousins giving the Mango Mussolini pelters 👏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Seen at the potests today in Dublin. Pedolf in the company of fellow rapist Conor McGregor who's sexual assualts last longer than his MMA bouts.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It took 2 days, but ABC has finally reported this, albeit with a pathetic attempt at 'balance'. More accurate was Andrew Brown's take: The Israel lobby "expected fear, expense and exhaustion to silence one journalist. Mary Kostakidis stood her ground, and an important piece of the wall gave way."
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Paul Scarpelli @paulscarpelli.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I don't know ANYONE on the Right who fact checks.
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⚜️🌊Tyreen BaconSkin🌊⚜️ @baconskingirl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He yells at female reporters, (sorry… Black female reporters) and NO ONE in the White House Press Corps will attempt to defend the women. That’s how low we have sunk.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Timely to re-up Dave's April 2025 post today.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 11/09/2026
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. Join the call for a national plebiscite: gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.o…
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Emily Thornberry says the UK realised they needed to hit Israel with more sanctions & an illegal West Bank settlement import ban—after listening to Palestine’s Ambassador to the UK Geez I wonder which ambassador Australia is listening to.🙄
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yes, it came late, and yes its not enough, but its a start. Where are the other countries?
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