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Karen Black

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Meanjin Person Love discovering new stuff And new ideas.

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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wait till NASA realises their whole space program is in the hands of ONE man - Musk! Probably the biggest security risk any nation has ever fallen into An illegal foreigner who has grifted his way through life leaching off government handouts has somehow managed to control America's space program
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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Assholes. Sell the land to developer mates now I guess
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
AU. 'Musso' Minnsie from The Australian Labor Party Has Undermined Aboriginal Land Rights to Secure Coveted Crown Land. 🥾 www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/nsw-gov... 🌲Vote Greens🌲
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NSW Government Has Undermined Aboriginal Land Rights to Secure Coveted Crown Land
The Minns government has passed laws that the NSW Aboriginal Land Council attempted to stop being enacted as they undermine the NSW Aboriginal land rights system.
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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adani owes Queenslanders millions in royalties from the Carmichael coalmine. Premier David Crisafulli let them off the hook in Aug 2025 by abandoning the court case initiated in 2023. Adani donated thousands to the LNP prior to the Qld election. #qldpol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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What did Adani get for the money it gave to the Queensland Liberal National Party?
If only we knew then what we know now. In August 2025, Queensland’s LNP Government announced it was abandoning a court case against Adani over unpaid coal royalties, a case that started in 2023 under ...
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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But don’t worry, our fossil fuels cartels won’t ever have to pay a cent in compensation & the fact Australia’s govt refuses to tax their big donors despite giving said donors most of our gas for free, demonstrates who represents the cartels.
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our wonderful allies! 🥰
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A reminder that this year the unemployment rate has gone up 0.56%pts - roughly an extra 87,000 unemployed. So in 15 min when the RBA raises rates again just remember 35-44yos on Jobseeker are almost 10 times more likely to die than those not on welfare: www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Chart showing deaths per 100,000 by age
22-34yo: 17.1 no welfare; 137.0 on Jobseeker
35-44yo: 30 no welfare; 288.1 on Jobseeker
45-55yo: 83.4 no welfare; 427.0 on Jobseeker
55-64yo: 201.6 no welfare; 615.6 on Jobseeker
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Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
With AUKUS costs soaring and scrutiny lacking, a public inquiry is asking the questions Parliament has failed to confront. AUKUS public inquiry asks what Parliament won’t ~ Dr John Jiggens buff.ly/dfPF3Dm
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AUKUS public inquiry asks what Parliament won’t
With AUKUS costs soaring and scrutiny lacking, a public inquiry is asking the questions Parliament has failed to confront.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Grifting icare, gouging workers. BHP’s big insurance scam unveiled Michael West reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/grifting-icare-g…
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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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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lawfare. Sydney University academics will finally have their day in court Kim Wingerei reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/lawfare-sydney-u…
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 29/09/2026
"As I said to the help while they cleaned my mansion, we all need to be ready to make sacrifices,” said the RBA boss. chaser.com.au/general-news...
RBA tells working class people to stop wasting money on ‘luxuries’ like food, shelter and transport - The Chaser
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 26/09/2026
Energy nerd Christmas was yesterday, with the release of the Australia's official energy data for 2024–25. I think the share of Australia's gas being sent offshore hit a new all-time record high for the year, which is neat unless you are running an Aussie business or home that uses energy.
Australian gas production and use in the 2024–25 financial year
As with every other year in the past decade, Australia produced far more gas than it used in 2024-25.

76.5% of all the gas produced in Australia shipped overseas via one of Australia's 10 liquefied gas terminals. Another 8.3% of all the gas produced in Australia was burned by those gas export terminals and their supporting infrastructure to produce, process and compress that gas for export.

Well under one-fifth of the gas produced in Australia went to Australian users of the fuel. Gas exporters burn more of their own product preparing gas for export than any sector of Australia's domestic economy.
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Tiger-Fred @tiger-fred.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lets not forget that Palestine is still undergoing a genocide. It's not gone away. The press has stopped talking about it and people are forgetting the horror of it all. That's how people become manipulated.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've never liked ICE. Even back when they used to call themselves the Klan.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 27/09/2026
Australian exports to China in three key sectors are all slowing. Businesses will need to meet the challenge.
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China’s economy is changing rapidly. It’s no longer Australia’s easy export market
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
HI MOSSADMINNS, ONLY 1 6 7 DAYS TILL NSW ELECTION - YOU TREASONOUS BASTARD.
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Gary C. @gjcstudio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ibrahim Zanoun, aged one:
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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 24/09/2026
"an infant named Ibrahim Zanoun was shot"
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A reminder to Australians: This corrupt incompetent frat boy buffoon is who we have outsourced our defence strategy to. And this is who our US sycophant defence minister Richard Marles has sent $billions in #AUKUS payments to for... nothing so far. #EndAUKUS #auspol
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
By my clever and wonderful friend, @jessharwick.bsky.social
Cartoon by Jess Harwood making commentary about the *real* data centres we should support.
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Mark @mark-melbin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One Nation's Pauline Hanson portrays herself a straight-shooter who backs Australian values. The media perpetuates the myth. Reality check: She's just like Trump. An immoral grifter who'll say anything for a vote and some cash. #auspol #OneNation #rape #grifters
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump.
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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
theconversation.com/the-prime-mi...
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The prime minister earns $607,000 a year. Why does his top public servant earn more than $1 million?
A Senate inquiry has been set up to examine why senior public servants are are being paid much bigger salaries than the ministers they serve.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remember in Schindler's List when the Nazi commander uses a sniper rifle to shoot prisoners in the Concentration Camp. This is a video of Israel using machine guns from a tank to shoot prisoners in a Concentration Camp.
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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣
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Wolf Hour @wolfhour.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
(cartoon by Garth German)
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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And Sussan to the snowy hydro board... Honestly it seems like he's trying to destroy any of the miniscule credibility the ALP still has
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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bit like the genocide in Palestine... Busy people stop to look..... some have the decency to look sad
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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've long been a proponent of a 5 day weekend and 2 day working week!
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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Oh, what a generous gesture. A friend of Putin provided hundreds of thousands of dollars for Donald Jr.'s wedding. Golden showers for everyone!
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For those sick of cynical legacy party politicians, policies that protect the status quo, widening disadvantage gap, cowardice and hypocrisy @hannahferguson.bsky.social is running against Albanese in Grayndler. Do everything you can to support her.
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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Gagging and blacklisting – what's really going on in the NT
Amid Hanson’s latest controversy, Australia’s most right-wing government announced yet another devastating decision for Indigenous people.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 19/09/2026
A coalmine on Trish’s Queensland farm has been abandoned. Will anyone clean it up?
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A coalmine on Trish’s Queensland farm has been abandoned. Will anyone clean it up?
The state government is reviewing laws introduced to ensure taxpayers are not left footing the bill for rehabilitation, leaving one cattle farmer wondering: what happens next? * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast When Trish Goodwin discovered this week that the Bluff coalmine – cut like a gaping wound into her cattle farm – had been officially abandoned, it came as no surprise. “I always said they’d walk away from it,” she says of the long mothballed central Queensland highlands mine, 175km west of Rockhampton. Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...
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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Modern life in a nutshell Symbols mean more to people than actions
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Kim Wingerei @kimwingerei.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Aspiration, dislocation and isolation in tough times. The great Australian dream is still alive for many, but attaining it is proving hard, with many putting off or giving up on ever owning their own ho...
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Aspiration, dislocation and isolation in tough times - Michael West
The great Australian dream is still alive for many, but attaining it is proving hard, with many putting off or giving up on ever owning their own home.
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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Gagging and blacklisting – what's really going on in the NT
Amid Hanson’s latest controversy, Australia’s most right-wing government announced yet another devastating decision for Indigenous people.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Supreme Court's "shadow docket" allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions. Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court? www.propublica.org/article/supreme-…
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Penny Allman-Payne calls on Labor to stop stalling and finally act on Robodebt RC recommendations, and extend payouts to all victims of Robodebt who were unfortunate to be left out of the recent class action settlement “The govt knows who they are” #auspol
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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So Ms Bullock says that businesses being more inclined to pass on costs associated with the middle east conflict is contributing to higher inflation. Let's just bash the mortgage holders harder then! Can't have business (or banking) suffer reduced profit margins.
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Karen Black @maisiemontnruby.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Go Ed!
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/09/2026
New data shows Australians on JobSeeker are up to 10 times more likely to die than those not on welfare support. Living in poverty has severe health impacts, and the JobSeeker rate is about 45% BELOW the poverty line. #auspol @grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
RBA Governor has just said the Phillips curve has shifted out, and well... I would dispute that
Chart showing wages growth and inflation on a scatter plot
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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"When I said immigration should be slashed, I didn’t mean that it should be done by cutting immigration numbers" Read the full story: theshovel.com.au/2026/09/18/w...
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Michael Bell @disirregardless.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Worth noting again today that exactly none of these smug scumbags have suffered any inconvenience let alone punishment for their role in the deadly #RoboDebt scheme. #NACC
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