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Marie Ryan

@marieryan.bsky.social
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Campaigner against the government’s pursuit of whistleblowers #FreeDavidMcBride #RichardBoyle #DanDuggan #extinctionandclimatecrisis, greenie, all animals especially rescue dogs, growing things 🇵🇸 Living on unceded Ngunnawal and Ngambri country

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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 20h
The Greens are in an incredibly unenviable position, stuck in "the weird longevity of obsolete bodies politics", as Hannah Arendt puts it, trying to communicate political messages in a world where "thought and reality have parted company". in-between-days.ghost.io/the-greens-c...
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The Greens change leaders amid catastrophic system failure
Shoebridge over troubled Waters? A huge earthquake in environmental politics happened in Australia today. And no, I don't mean the change in Greens leadership. Important as this event is - and I wi...
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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 23h
Today, the NSW Independent Planning Commission approved the largest coal project in the state's history, in a move Lock The Gate called "catastrophic system failure". That's the context in which @davidshoebridge.bsky.social takes on the leadership of the Australian Greens. Some thoughts here
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The Greens change leaders amid catastrophic system failure
Shoebridge over troubled Waters? A huge earthquake in environmental politics happened in Australia today. And no, I don't mean the change in Greens leadership. Important as this event is - and I wi...
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tim Dunlop uses Nolan’s Odyssey as a leaping off point to consider the welfare state & our obligations to care for the less well off and strangers while noting the current zeitgeist has more in common with Homer’s time of transactional reciprocity. Worth a read. tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-ulysse...
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The Ulysses algorithm
What we owe the stranger
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yesterday a very happy David McBride walked free into a Canberra pub and thanked an assembled throng of supporters and whistleblowers youtube.com/watch?v=BLNE...
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DAVID McBRIDE IS FREE
YouTube video by Consortium News
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
At what point will the mainstream news media be held accountable for its role in the ongoing violence against women crisis? The media consistently reports male perpetrators in a positive way (loving father, sportsman, tradie, troubled ex) while blaming the victims for rape, abuse, murder. #VAW #DV
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/le... @getup.org.au
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Let me stay in the country I love
The government has the power to change this. They can give young people like me the chance to stay – to study, to work, to build a future in the place we already call home.  Right now, the peopl...
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Lyndsey @lyndseydoob.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Please help to stop the next whale hunting ships and sign and share if you can: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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Urgent: stop the whale butcher
The Icelandic multimillionaire is back in business and could kill up to 150 whales in the next few weeks
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Neal we love you but please stop being such a menace to guide posts and witches hats.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The reality captured by a UN body’s comprehensive report on Israel’s intentional killing of Palestinian children will go unread by most. For those who do, we despair. www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/29/i...
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The scale of Israel's deliberate targeting of Palestinian children betrays understanding
The reality captured by a UN body's comprehensive report on Israel's intentional killing of Palestinian children will go unread by most. For those who do, we despair.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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BREAKING: Sumud Flotilla is being intercepted.
Take actions for the flotilla and for Palestine NOW
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Every Tuesday the Alliance Against Political Prosecutions sets up outside the Attorney General’s Department in Canberra to protest the incarceration of David McBride and Dan Duggan.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I’m a big fan of Sir David Attenborough and share his love for animals so I was delighted to sign his 100th birthday card! getup.to/EeLNWca9lSNm...
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Sign Sir David Attenborough's Birthday Card
Sign Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday card!
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I just signed this open letter to the PM calling for a suspension of diplomatic relations with Israel - Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
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Suspend diplomatic relations with Israel - Open Letter to the PM
Australia cannot keep treating Israel as a normal diplomatic partner. Sign our open letter to Prime Minister calling on the Australian Government to suspend diplomatic relations with Israel.
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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Since it appears we’ve had a reprieve from Armageddon and can live to fight another day, now feels like a good time to re-up this recent piece of mine, teasing out the necessity and limits of left populism. What do we do if our movement critiques the system as broken but needs the system to work?
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Zohran, Zack and the necessity - and limits - of left populism
💚 Zohran and Zack 💚 Is there a symbolism we can find in the fact that these two excitingly energetic, righteously angry, charmingly smiling outsiders shaking up global left politics both have names s...
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I just subscribed to follow the Australian delegation of Global Sumud Flotilla. Get updates and action alerts to stand up for Gaza straight to your inbox here: actionnetwork.org/forms/follow...
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Subscribe to updates from the Australian crew of Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza
Stay in the loop with the flotilla crew and get ready to stand up for Palestine 🇵🇸
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Israeli Ambassador is speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra today. I hope someone asks the Club why are you hosting a talk by a representative of a genocidal regime that has been directly targeting journalists in Gaza and Lebanon?
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 20/03/2026
If the Albanese Government had introduced a 25% gas export tax when it was first elected, it would have raised more than $63 billion! Free childcare or free uni shouldn't be a pipe dream. If big gas paid its fair share, Australians would be better off. @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
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Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Re-watched: "Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story" @Netflix At one point the coppers said: "We only have the women's accounts. We need more." Sound familiar? #epsteinfiles
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
You'll often hear how the gas industry is vital for Australia because it's so big. But really the only thing big about it is its profits.
Chart showing Profit and wages of oil and gas, compared to administration and support

Admin and support: Wages $64.3bn; Profits $13.1bn
Oil and gas: Wages $4bn; Profits $71.6bn
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I said "And this sustained project of privatisation and deregulation turned Britain from a place which made things people need to a place which made money for people who owned things." And the City said:
Zack Polanskis economic agenda is dangerous....and popular
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/03/2026
"Women are not seen as human beings. We’re just seen as sex objects." Dolores Huerta, the co-founder of the United Farm Workers, described her relationship with Cesar Chavez, the night he raped her and the challenges she faced as a woman in the machismo culture of the movement.
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‘We’re Just Seen as Sex Objects’: Dolores Huerta’s Years in the U.F.W.
The co-founder of the United Farm Workers talked about her relationship with Cesar Chavez, and the night he raped her.
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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This is so adorable. Possum found nestled in with plush toys at airport gift shop in Tasmania www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Possum found nestled in with plush toys at airport gift shop in Tasmania
A brushtail possum was found peering out among the toy kangaroos and dingoes in a retail store in Hobart’s airport, delighting staff and customers
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
You might have formed the impression that Paul Johnson, former director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, knows what he's talking about. The media treats him like the voice of God. But here he is - and not for the first time - talking out of his hat. Let's break it down in a short thread. 🧵
This is utter garbage. I believe in net zero. We need to get there. But renewables are not competitive. That's why they are subsidised. Fossil fuel markets are highly competitive. It shouldn't be hard to hold these two thoughts at the same time.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Is government’s focus on banning certain phrases a distraction from what we should really be talking about? Another insightful post from @timhollo.bsky.social in-between-days.ghost.io/globalise-th...
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Globalise the how's-your-father
On language, coercion, and action "it is as though we were caught in a maze of abstractions, metaphors, and figures of speech in which everything can be taken and mistaken for something else, because...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We should be taxing the fuckers into the ground. War profiteering used to be a bad thing… www.afr.com/companies/en...
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Australian gas producers reap windfalls as Iran war chokes global supply
Santos, the country’s second-biggest listed oil and gas producer, finalised a deal with a commodities trader at more than double recent market rates.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
And still our govt approves new coal and gas plants. “Research shows that several Earth system components may be closer to destabilising than once believed…While the exact risk is uncertain, it is clear that current climate [action] commitments are insufficient.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Very sad to share the news of this legend of Australian political cartooning, and art. Dear Jon Kudelka has died, and we will be the poorer and more dull for his passing. Sending love and condolences to his family. What a legacy of scorching wit and joyful capturing of life he leaves.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
After being held in solitary confinement for over 1800 days, pro democracy media owner Jimmy Lai, 78, is sentenced to 20 years in prison. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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Here’s the latest.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Epstein files reveal murkiness in Oz: Steve Bannon’s claim that he orchestrated Clive Palmer’s 2019 campaign against Labor throws new light on the extent of interference by the US far right. (Gift link) www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22538/...
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Did Steve Bannon stop Labor winning in 2019?
Steve Bannon’s claim that he orchestrated Clive Palmer’s 2019 campaign against Labor throws new light on the extent of interference by the US far right.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Highly recommend this political and philosophical writing by @timhollo.bsky.social where he contemplates the space our world is currently struggling in “between the no longer and the not yet". Worth signing up to. in-between-days.ghost.io/about/
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About In Between Days
In Between Days is a space for personal and political writing about facing up to the world we're living in, "between the no longer and the not yet", launched in October 2025 by me, Tim Hollo. I explai...
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Tom Dowling @tomdowling.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
We don’t welcome racist supremacist hate to our country. We come together in solidarity, against oppression, on stolen land. Join your local protest against the genocidal Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia. Monday 9 Feb. More towns TBC.
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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The breakup note #auspol #coalition #socialcohesion
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Our Attorney-General’s willingness to surrender a fellow Australian to a dysfunctional foreign power with a deeply suspect justice system broke my faith in Australian government, writes Michael Pascoe. michaelwest.com.au/rendering-an...
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Rendering an Australian citizen to the corrupt regime of Donald Trump - Michael West
The Albanese Government wants to render Australian citizen Dan Duggan to the corrupt authoritarian regime of Donald Trump.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
As of today, Dan Duggan has spent in 3 years, 2 months and 11 days in prison without any local charges against his name. And Attorney-General Michelle Rowland shows no sign of halting this outrageously cruel treatment of an Australian citizen. www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/dan-dug...
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Dan Duggan Has Just Spent His Fourth Holiday Season in Prison Without Charge
Australian father-of-six Dan Duggan spent his fourth Christmas and New Year in prison without charge at the behest of the US, facing extradition on dubious claims.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The Assange film which won Cannes festival’s L’Œil d’or prize for best documentary has struggled to get deals with streamers which its director puts down to their fear of the Trump administration. www.screendaily.com/features/the...
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“The streamers are scared of this film”: Eugene Jarecki on making and releasing his Julian Assange documentary ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’
Despite a buzzy premiere at Cannes, the documentary filmmaker struggled to sell the film's US rights and is releasing it himself in the UK.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 08/12/2025
“Australia’s children deserve the truth about climate change." New Comms Declare research shows that the Queensland Museum is delivering Shell-branded educational materials that distort or omit fundamental climate science. ➡️ Read Lisa Wills' full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
At the last election the despicable tactics of a coalition of rightwing groups got the awful Tim Wilson over the line - just. www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
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'There are still people recovering from the trauma': The Goldstein campaign was worse than we thought
While the 2025 federal election inquiry has shown there was a clear rise in hostility at election booths around the country, Tim Wilson's electorate of Goldstein seems to have reached another level.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it. In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target But we're not done. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform this May. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
thepoint.com.au/news/251106-... “Instead of pouring more fuel on the fire with billions in fossil fuel subsidies, it’s time the government taxed the fossil fuel industry to create a National Climate Disaster Fund that could help pay for the costs of disaster response, recovery and adaptation.”
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As the Coalition quarrels over net zero, insurance leader calls for genuine climate action
The CEO of the nation’s second biggest insurer, Suncorp, has told politicians it’s time to start taking climate change more seriously, especially when it comes to the types of houses we build – and wh...
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Yep. “Our prime minister is the ultimate expression of this. A man who revels in the smallness of his achievements.” open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
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Why does Australia have so many great historians, cartoonists and psephologists?
No, really, why?
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
This new website by the Australia Institute is actually pretty damn good. I think I’ll cancel some of my other news sources and get my background info from this one.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The Federal Court has ruled the Zionist Federation of Australia can proceed with its lawsuit against journalist Mary Kostakidis. Mary is being taken to court for sharing two social media posts critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Open letter supporting Mary: informationrights.org/take-action/...
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Stand with Mary Kostakidis | The Information Rights Project
The Information Rights Project protects freedom of communication and access to information.
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Here’s the talk by Chris Hedges on Palestinian Journalists that was meant to be delivered at the NationalPress Club in Canberra. But they capitulated to the Zionist lobby and cancelled it. youtu.be/3UvRayuc-PM?...
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Chris Hedges: The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists
YouTube video by Consortium News
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Marie Ryan @marieryan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This:
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Lisa the Leftist @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Garth-Gasu ガース in日本語 @gasugasu1984.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
@senatorsurfer.bsky.social on his retirement 💚💚💚 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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'I'm pretty worn out': Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson retiring from politics - ABC listen
Peter Whish-Wilson has been a senator for 14 years, and tells Leon Compton he's "pretty tired".
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