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LizS

@lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social
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Queenslander for now. Enjoy ideas and discussions but have to say I’m a lefty through and through. Mostly I love people and the beach. Currently a grandmother caring for little boys and have extensive experience of difficult family relationships.

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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
What worries me is that Pauline’s performance was almost completely calm and in control and that will suit her base very nicely. It will appear very professional to them. No crazy sound bites of falling apart. She was surprisingly composed and careful. (Not to us analysing content of course.)
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Seriously? Transgender as a key part of her speech? It’s a small issue amongst larger things like poverty and domestic violence … meaning she’s avoiding our big social issues. (I am not minimising trans experiences, just thinking she’s got more important issues to address.)
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Ha ha. She’s devolved to ‘us-them’. Who is ‘they and you’ in her last paragraph?? (I know who she means but she’s down to lowest common denominator.) And the irony is that we all think the media is supporting her, whereas she thinks they are against her. 😳
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My god Pauline is bravely stupid with some of her takes; semi factual and then completely unprovable jumps to motherhood statements. So much of what she’s saying about net zero is provably wrong!!!
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My electricity bill in QLD has been zero for 18 months. Household of 2.5 adults. I have solar and a pensioner discount. AND my consumption is low bc I am a minimalist.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Hard to believe there were so many demonstrations against Pauline in the late 1990s. I was looking for an early book about her on the campaign trail in 1998 that explored her complexities. redflag.org.au/article/how-...
redflag.org.au
How we beat Pauline Hanson in the 1990s
In the two years between Pauline Hanson’s election to parliament in 1996 and the eventual collapse of her party One Nation in 1998, many hundreds of demonstrations were held against her and her polici...
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Quentin Dempster @quentindempster.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
If Pauline Hanson gets anywhere near the levers of legislative power in SA or nationally, she will deregulate guns. The risk of turning Australia into an American gun culture is too great. School/mass shootings are a weekly occurrence in the US. Voters: please note!
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Will make the effort to avoid religiously.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Zoe Daniel has unleashed on Tim Wilson saying he’s now “compromised” after taking a Net Zero policy to the election & turning his back on the ppl of Goldstein “To stay in the party at all, I think is really problematic.” “He failed. He’s ineffective.”🔥 #Abc
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Mickey Blue @poornhonest.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
If everybody who see this and agrees, reposts it, the message might finally get through and the files will be publicly released 'world wide'.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Very true. With three family members in jail for drug offences in QLD, they have not been sentenced for over 6 & 15 months. Getting bail is almost impossible (and legal aid don’t seem to do it, so pay private lawyer, still no gtee of bail). And NO rehabilitation or housing or support upon release.
abc.net.au
Australia's prisoner numbers hit all-time high
The number of people behind bars in Australia has risen to more than 46,000, but a law expert warns anyone who says the best way to reduce crime is to raise the imprisonment rate "is a complete idiot"...
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
What a great read, plus watching the whole 4Corners segment was so refreshing. I was 13 at the time. I remember my mother was active in women’s rights & demonstrations. In 2025 we’ve both lost & gained awareness and my daughter has a harder time now than I did when the world opened up for women.
abc.net.au
Meet the woman who turned female votes into political dynamite
In 1972 an Australian woman could not even open a bank account without the backing of a man. This is the inside story of how a group of feminists forced political change.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Too clever. Made me laugh out loud.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Brilliant.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
This election campaign is pretty depressing in terms of the vision being presented for our country. But Dutton rolling out his 20-year-old son to ppl to pretend that he, Dutton the Dad, ‘gets’ how hard it is for parents watching their kids struggle - WHEN HE’S A MULTIMILLIONAIRE is so gross
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Incredible article. Context across 100 years. ‘Nothing new under the sun.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
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Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
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Wes Mountain @therevmountain.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Every time a politician or personality says woke in an interview they should be made to define it. Every time. It’s a dog whistle, make them say they hate your friends and family members out loud, if that’s what they believe.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Yikes. I’m watching QandA, because Ted is my local member & our community independent said we should listen. Also I used to work in the gas industry, the segment I’m watching. But boy, the format has changed since I last watched it with Tony Jones as host. Terrible questioners. Not lively.
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Dr Verity Cooper for Sturt @drveritycooper.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
One big change I'd push for as #Sturt MP is public hearings for the federal ICAC (NACC) Its embarrassing call not to probe corruption findings over robodebt* shows NACC hearings can't be hidden from public view. If it's a hung parliament, I'll demand transparency. #Election2025 #auspol #robodebt
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Andrew Lissiman @andrewlissiman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Obvious lies all round... how could 36k jobs go without affecting services? All while promoting the idea that if 36k jobs can be lost "without affecting services," that there is a public service sitting around doing nothing.. What would you call Dutton if he adopts everything Trump? #Dump
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Dr Stephanie Dowrick @drstephaniedowrick.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Let's silence the lazy nonsense "no difference between the parties". With Dutton would come the loss of essential services & those delivering them; nuclear fantasies to support coal (and FRACKING in NT); unleashed bigotry and harm, espec to First Nations, migrants, students; a pathetic front bench.
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Osmond Chiu (赵明佑) @redrabbleroz.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A Liberal source confirms they’re considering cuts in EVERY agency that has grown so they will cut frontline services in veterans affairs, Services Australia, NDIA, passport office, aged care regulator, customs, biosecurity, national security & more www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... #Budget25 #auspol
smh.com.au
Coalition takes aim at public servants as Dutton looks to cut 40,000 jobs
Tuesday night’s budget shows the government has added 41,411 public servants since 2022, fuelling a political fight over the public service and government spending.
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Margo Kingston @margokingston.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Sinodinos, former Lib USA ambassador, made it crystal clear on 730 we’d get no tariff exemption no matter what we did. Dutton very wrong not to be Team Oz on this. He’s unfit to be PM.
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Cath A O 🦘🦘 @cathamoc.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Feedback our video is pushed down by the Youtube algos probably arising from complaints by the war lobby #auspol www.youtube.com/@MichaelWest...
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The West Report
Welcome to the West Report. We follow the money in politics and big business!
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Daniel Best - Author @danielbest.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Dutton is lying. He wants to eliminate bulk billing. He’s tried before, if he gets elected, he’ll wipe bulk billing out. He has never supported bulk billing and never will. He’s going to say a lot of things, they’re lies. Like Tony Abbott style lies. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Coalition to match ‘dollar for dollar’ Labor’s plan to make GP visits cheaper in $8.5bn Medicare boost
Less than half of Australians were always bulk billed when they saw a GP in 2023-24, government data says
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Mike Carlton @mikecarlton01.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
More blatant lies from The Thug. He can’t help himself.
smh.com.au
Dutton wrongly says Labor is fast-tracking citizenship
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton made a series of unfounded claims about Gazan refugees in an interview on Thursday.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The Coalition has misled the Australian people again by falsely claiming Labor has added 36,000 Canberra-based public servants since taking office when the real figure is 7464. Angus Taylor appears to have misread the budget. #auspol aap.com.au/factcheck/co...
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Coalition wrong on number of new public servants in Canberra | AAP
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Nice to see a global perspective. Interesting read.
theguardian.com
Donald Trump is remaking the world. But he really won’t like the result | Nesrine Malik
As an erratic president imposes his international doctrine, countries are forging more stable alliances. His US will be weaker, not stronger, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Dr Helen MacLean @drhmaclean.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
If only Albanese and the ALP could explain as cogently as Ross Gittins why re-electing them would benefit voters economically much more than bringing in Dutton #AusPol
theage.com.au
This could be the year voters get their priorities wrong
A protest vote on the cost of living will achieve little. The best election outcome would be a minority government dependent on the support of those who get the urgency of climate action.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I’ve been saying since the late 70s we want to shift away from USA.
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Brent Hodgson @brenthodgson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
What a delight that @francine4fairfax.bsky.social is already pressuring Ted to campaign. Already, community independents are raising the standard of democracy for the people of Fairfax.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Ted O’Brien must be running scared. Here he is with a pop-up mobile meetngreet today near our shopping centre. I have Never Ever seen any sign of Ted during elections. He’s invisible in the elector, a sleeper. But he’s making an effort this time. 😂😂😂 @brenthodgson.bsky.social FrancineforFairfax
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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It should go without saying that this is appalling public policy. Of all the things small businesses can spend money on, business lunches are the least likely to improve productivity or business viability. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Dutton may think voters no longer care about good government. But there’s no such thing as a ‘free lunch’ | John Quiggin
Australian politics has become a vehicle for personal enrichment in a way that would have been considered shocking last century
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I know I’m a bit late to watch ‘you can’t ask that’ on Netflix, but @peterduttonmpposts.bsky.social should watch it, especially the answers to the question on African ‘gangs’. So illuminating that program.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A good read. Dutton has no policies to improve cost of living or social equity.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I would love to see the world cooperating whilst maintaining cultural differences.
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Scott Hamilton @sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Indeed @ronnisalt.bsky.social Millionaire Peter Dutton has bought and sold a dozen houses and apartments since he was 20‼️ #auspol #AusVotes25
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Can anyone provide some input on my building questions? Aussie cf American building.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
1. Building features- California Palisades fires - I’ve heard some comments about the way houses were built there which contributed to them catching fire (I realise this was a small factor but I’m curious). Such as open eaves, attic vents, chimneys, as access points for embers.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Lot of Kiwis in Australia. Be alert and think twice about replicating the current NZ government here.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
No doubt a report commissioned by a Coalition government from PwC for 30 million dollars will conclude that the only way to get Australia back on track is to sack 30,000 public servants and replace them with PwC consultants 🤪
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
She makes her point brilliantly. Community independent.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
From experience in local government which has fixed 4 year terms, I am definitely in favour.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Not impressed with the overly emotional tone of this piece. She uses cliches and tropes and blurs issues. EG the comment that incarcerated fire put themselves in danger for a mere dollar an hour extra - fails to understand other motivations.
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As Los Angeles burned, a millionaire called for private firefighters to save his property
There is fire and fury on the streets of one of America's richest suburbs as its high-profile residents come to terms with the loss of their homes and the possible impact fire department funding cuts ...
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Rohan Connolly @rohanconnolly65.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
JFC. Look out, Australia, seriously, her power grab's happening.
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Are you in the QLD seat of Fairfax - or know someone who is? Great community independent candidate, supported by a strong team. Fairfax is a seat in play! #auspol
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
A last swim for the year at Buddina, Sunshine Coast. Then home to drink some champagne and eat lamb cutlets. Looking forward to the new year.
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Wordle 1,290 2/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 not bad, before I’ve even had a first sip of coffee this morning. 😂
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LizS @lizzs-beachgirl.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Reading Jilya by Tracy has really helped me understand this.
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