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RanTLaw @rantlaw.bsky.social · 7h
A 'lifelong Labor voter' just concerned about the power of the union movement and convinced the party of capital doesn't have any money. He is suck a fucking dickhead.
Hughes claimed while Labor had theỗẠỗmassive union movement behind

them", most Liberal candidates "don't have money behind them" and were
struggling like every other Victorian.


"So that's why I want to help them out, he said.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
coalition cuts..
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 6h
"The problem isn't being caused by immigration." Tax concessions cooked Australia's housing market, not migration, @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @maiyazize.bsky.social tell @ebonybennett.bsky.social. Listen to Follow the Money via the link or wherever you get your pods. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4cbA7IA
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 6h
hot chips
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 14h
OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon faced a parliamentary hearing into AI. AI companies want Australia to relax copyright laws. Australian artists will be the roadkill in the rush to this AI deal," said Annabelle Herd, chief executive of the Australian Recording Industry
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 15h
Hacking into things Campbell Newman style as a response to populism is only going to impact the most vulnerable. Straight away this migration plan will hit sectors like aged care, putting increased workload on the existing labour force. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Taylor concedes aged care workers would be hit by migration plan
Angus Taylor acknowledges some aged care workers would be affected by the Coalition's proposed migration changes, as business and education groups warn of wider economic damage.
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Monika Merkes PhD Ⓥ @monikamerkes.bsky.social · 15h
They don't want the world to see and hear about their atrocities. And why do the media still call these people "settlers"? #auspol www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Israeli settlers beat press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank
Jaafar Ashtiyeh was covering violence against olive farmers when settlers set upon him with the butts of their rifles
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Geoff Field @geofffield.bsky.social · 15h
Does anyone recall the Four Corners report earlier this year on the state of aged care? Does anyone actually care anymore? Why aren’t people furious? We have to start respecting and looking after our elders. Seems to me this *plan* by the coalition is another obstacle to deal with 🤔 #Auspol
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 14h
@lucyham.bsky.social continues to ask the important questions on behalf of #auspol lucyham29.substack.com/p/brief-who-...
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Brief: Who is running marketing for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation... apart from pro-Israel figures.
It has just been revealed that One Nation’s latest advertisement is an AI slop (almost) word-for-word copy of an ad for Netanyahu. The video for their Victorian launch was more toxic AI slop.
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 14h
Australian’s are accustomed to various individuals and companies receiving a free pass from state and federal governments; for their multitude of rorts and pork barrelling that has occurred at the our expense.
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Australia's artists will be the roadkill in the rush to this AI deal,"… Annabelle Herd. An OpenAI agent went "rogue" and "infiltrated" a private statistics portal containing "non-sensitive" data from Medicare. Cyber-security experts said was the first hack of its kind. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
OpenAI admits response to Australian government hacks 'not good enough'
Top executive Jason Kwon tells hearing company has added "more precautions" to its training environments.
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nick Flanigan and Tom Bailey stealing resources from veterans. They receive a free pass to continue rorting the Australian taxpayer via Veterans Affairs for their own financial benefit.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"I don’t live in her [Gina’s] pocket." Barnaby Joyce confirms One Nation move to Gina Rinehart’s property. Her investment company Hanrine has purchased a three-storey office in the Brisbane suburb of Spring Hill for about $8 million. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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One Nation to establish headquarters in multimillion-dollar Brisbane office bought by Gina Rinehart
Barnaby Joyce defends move, saying party will lease space from mining billionaire’s company at commercial rates
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Queensland town of Moura now without a doctor. It has been warning the Crisafulli govt for months that the workload for the single GP at the hospital & practice was too much. The govt repealed the Qld Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme in February 2025. #qldpol
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 05/10/2026
The Reserve Bank hiked interest rates last week - but why? Despite the unusual economic climate, the RBA is just ploughing on as normal, @grogsgamut.bsky.social says. "There seems to be a lack of recognition of just how absurd a lot of what's going on here is." #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4hWT057
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anthropic has already signed a deal on its $32bn Dalby data centre before any approvals. Residents haven't been consulted & the Crisafulli government is ploughing ahead with Qld Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie taking planning away from the council. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Residents fear there is no stopping $32b hyperscale data centre
Anthropic has already signed a deal to use a portion of the facility earmarked for the Western Downs, but it has not actually been approved yet
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
blossoms
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Four Corners investigation has found, the companies in the VBA network have made millions by turning veterans into valuable sales leads on an industrial scale. It’s a system that enriched Nick Flanigan and Tom Bailey and ensured they escaped scrutiny. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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They built a business empire that cashes in on veterans. It's made millions
The companies in the VBA network have made millions turning veterans into valuable sales leads on an industrial scale.
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’ve got a glass of wine a box of tissues and am about to watch 70 UP I hope nobody is dead 🤞🏼
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ICHTHYS project in the NT, two thirds owned by Japanese company INPEX (incl part owned by the Japanese govt). $52bn in income. $0 in company tax $0 in PRRT But apparently if we do a 25% export tax they might get upset so we can't do it because it is vital for our economy
Year	Total income $	Tax payable $	PRRT
2018-19	$802,110,813	$0	$0
2019-20	$6,378,812,227	$0	$0
2020-21	$6,106,449,154	$0	$0
2021-22	$7,281,757,071	$0	$0
2022-23	$11,973,514,434	$0	$0
2023-24	$10,661,856,034	$0	$0
2024-25	$172,738,325	$0	$0
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 02/10/2026
"The average mortgage pays $200,000 in profit over its life to the banks," says Richard Denniss, co-CEO at The Australia Institute. You can read more on good ideas for economic reform here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251113-gen…
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tim Wilson attained Goldstein through endorsing the unscrupulous campaign against Goldstein constituents and Zoe Daniel’s: Underpinned by financial support of Jewish/Zionist lobby groups whose tactics were to smear and silence.
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump continues to prevaricate over his next moves against Iran: flip-flopping about both his bargaining position and the goal of the whole exercise. US is talking about foiling Iran's nuclear capabilities, rather than regime change or opening the Strait of Hormuz. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Trump's 'excursion into hell' commentary may come back to bite
What so many of the current major global conflicts have in common with the debacle in Iraq is their undefined, or sometimes not truthfully defined, missions.
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Lilly @lillyull.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ten years after South Australia’s statewide blackout became a political weapon against renewables, the state now gets more than three-quarters of its electricity from renewable sources. The technology has raced ahead, even if the politics has barely moved. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
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‘Too much wind and solar’? Ten years on, South Australia tells a different story
Ten years after South Australia’s statewide blackout became a political weapon against renewables, the state now gets more than three-quarters of its electricity from renewable sources. The technology...
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Labour bureaucrats block motion to cancel killer-firm Palantir's NHS contract Palantir just offered a fat salary to former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson. Is it already collecting a return on its investment?
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Labour bureaucrats block motion to cancel killer-firm Palantir's NHS contract
Palantir just offered a fat salary to former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson. Is it already collecting a return on its investment?
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bullock AGAIN says (she has said this a lot] "a rise in the unemployment rate does not mean job losses". She loves pointing out it just means it is harder to find a job and that employment is still going up and it "probably doesn't mean job losses at all"
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 29/09/2026
Did you know that 83% of Australia’s gas is used for exports? Australia Institute research shows that over the past 5 years the Australian government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply Australia for more than 20 years? A 25% tax on gas exports could end the gas shortages. #auspol
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tim Wilson comments as shadow treasurer demonstrating a staggering degree of economic and budgetary incompetence. The Coalition’s policy vacuum - its ideas are less about content, and more about the desire to tap into the current anger about energy bills, housing and the cost of living.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We've cracked the BHP insurance scam. They are gouging coal workers, lowballing insurance risk, tapping into icare (other people's insurance) and compromising the courts by muzzling evidence #auspol #unions #bhp #minterellison michaelwest.com.au/grifting-ica...
michaelwest.com.au
Grifting icare, gouging workers. BHP's big insurance scam unveiled - Michael West
BHP and MinterEllison are covering up a coal industry insurance scam at the expense of mining workers and icare. Michael West reports.
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Grace Tame details online threats from abuser Nicolaas Ockert Bester. The 2022 messages used her e-mail address & referenced Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Tommy Robinson & Milo Yiannopoulos. Police located a file named "additional material for Bettina (Arndt)". www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Grace Tame feared for her life after abuser's posts, court hears
Abuse survivor Grace Tame has told a Tasmanian court that she feared for her life, following tweets made by the man who sexually abused her as a child.
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Economic bloodletting- Iran - US conflict. Plus AI boom inflicts inflation pain with data centre construction - overseas shareholders profiting while the costs are borne domestically through higher interest rates and slower growth in other sectors. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Borrowers again 'hit over the head' to bring inflation down
Why is Australia stuck in an inflation problem that has sent interest rates to 15-year highs?
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One Nation has reached the disgruntled members stage of their political cycle with familiar complaints of undemocratic values. It's a loop Australia has seen multiple times since the Queensland state election in 1998. From here comes the inevitable internal disintegration. #auspol
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... Bruce MacKinnon: Artificial intelligence may take more than your job
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged "issues with protocols" at OpenAI; after Rogue AI agents hacked Medicare, Australia's universal healthcare scheme.
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged "issues with protocols" at OpenAI; after Rogue AI agents hacked Medicare, Australia's universal healthcare scheme. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Bruce MacKinnon: Artificial intelligence may take more than your job
Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for The Chronicle Herald
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What is Trump's special skill on the world stage? @fionakatauskas.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Cartoon of Trump at the UN horrifying everyone. And audience member says "Say what you like about Donald Trump but he has a gift for uniting nations"
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Thomas A. Hammer @thomasahammer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has an active arrest warrant for Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity Under international law, sitting heads of government enjoy immunity ratione personae (head-of-state immunity). But there should be a podium ban at all UN Assemblies.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If just 600 more people had been unemployed out of a labour force of 15.55m, it would have risen to 4.7%
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged "issues with protocols"at OpenAI; after Rogue AI agents hacked Medicare. OpenAI took until 10 September to alert Australia's gov of the June breach. Informing by email researchers & academics not directly to the government. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
RBA doing little dances today - happy that more people will live in poverty on Jobseeker www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...
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Unemployment rate rises to 4.6% in August
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Highest unemployment for 5 years? RBA happy.
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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 23/09/2026
If this was some Aussie hacker who did this the AFP counter terrorism unit would swarming all over them and no doubt they’d be charged and convicted. But, of course, in this situation, there’s nothing to see here. As you were OpenAI, business as usual.
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
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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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Concern? How about arrest the f*cker?? Cripes. If you or I hacked Medicare, the AFP would bash down our doors. AI does it? Oopsies! I am concerned! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman
Prime minister says he told chief executive he was disappointed it had taken company ‘way too long’ to inform government of breach
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨The Exclusive Brethren was highly active at remote, NT Indigenous polling booths at the last federal election, an inquiry has heard. Inquiry told Gina Rinehart's private jet ferried Brethren members. Rinehart rejects the claims as "fake news" ... theklaxon.com.au/la6f
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Exclusive Brethren highly active in NT at federal election - The Klaxon
A private jet owned by Gina Rinehart flew Exclusive Brethren members to remote Northern Territory communities to campaign at the last federal election, an inquiry has heard.
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MD @m67d.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Taylor does not think strategically. Nor does he think historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not consider the wider implications of his decisions. He does not take responsibility when these decisions go wrong. He appears to be fast running out of exits from policy misdirections.
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