Reposted by McLeanJohn Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026nice to see prime minister is putting his foot down and making it clear that if you hack the Australian government, he will say it is ‘concerning’ then roll over and continue with his plans to change the law so you can steal from Aussie artists 518882
Reposted by McLeanSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Punching a barely conscious man strapped to a hospital guerney: NOT a sackable offence for NSW Police. Chris Minns and Labor have set this standard. 27237117
Reposted by McLeandr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 25/08/2026i believe our problems are fixable. we did manage to create a period of time when people could work a job, buy a house, and retire. i don't think this is some crazy unattainable thing, and i do believe essentially all of our big economic problems are fundamentally due to runaway wealth inequality 673194565
Reposted by McLeannorman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Abolish private education, shut down all the schools. Give these kids back to their parents. They all now go to their local schools. Prahran High might need a few more campuses. The good news is I’ve got a few suitable sites that have just come onto the market. 0264
Reposted by McLeanTom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The Coalition made social security recipients exempt from the ordinary statutes of limitation on debt that apply to everyone else, it was a cornerstone of Robodebt. The Royal Commission recommended theses changes to the law be repealed, which would be simple. Labor have ignored this for >3 years. 68249
Reposted by McLeanRex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Scott Morrison was referred to the NACC over Robodebt and the Govt paid his $461K legal fees. I won an #AUKUS nuclear waste #FOI challenge and the Govt is threatening I’ll have to pay their $150K legal fees. @albomp.bsky.social thinks that’s fair play! #auspoltheguardian.comAnger at Labor as Rex Patrick faces potential six-figure legal fee if he loses Aukus documents battleAustralian government insists legal costs should be paid by former senator as FoI fight escalates 24378191
Reposted by McLeanBriony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I don’t trust that these people are going to helped when I see phrases like “offered opportunities to connect with support services.” We do provide “opportunities to connect” in this country—usually it means providing a phone number. Whether there’s anything at the other end is another matter. 33615
Reposted by McLeanKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/06/2026Really wild story here. I had no idea about any of this - Tim's research is amazing and this absolutely mad fake climate policy cannot persist in its current form 38839
McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 18/06/2026<looking at fascists working hard to bring about fascism> wheew they have NO idea what they're doing. embarrassing. we're going to end up with fascism if these dummies don't change course 031
McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 18/06/2026PH dogwhistled her way through the speech and most of the people in the room were dogs and enjoyed the whistling 000
McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 18/06/2026pardon earnestposting but yeah the prayer would boil down to something like "dear lord, we believe you're a god of conquest and dominion who rewards the powerful, witness us work to eliminate rabble in your name." Not every Christian worships a god of compassion and charity! 000
McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The journos giving fawning coverage to Hanson are competent actors, working in line with their values, to bring about a future that they want to live in. They can see Hanson's fascism perfectly well. Time to decide if we can see theirs. 020
Reposted by McLeanTim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026At some point we’ve got to stop seeing this as a series of oopsies moments and recognise that we are in institutional collapse. This system never “worked” the way we pretend it did. But at least there was some semblance of responsibility, of learning from mistakes It’s over. Time to build new ones 48032
Reposted by McLeanJim Malo @maloism.com · 04/06/2026In my brief and ill-advised stint as an ABC journo, Rebel News was among a group that mobbed me and other staff and taunted us at a 2021 anti-vaxxer rally. It was treated as a safety incident and IIRC we adopted new policies in response. Five years later, a star radio host is giving them comment. 512541
Reposted by McLeanDavid Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Here's me. "Australia is manufacturing explosives for Israel’s atrocities"theshot.net.auAustralia is manufacturing explosives for Israel’s atrocities - The ShotAustralia’s complicity in Israel’s atrocities has many ugly layers. It’s worse than the bomb release mechanism on the F-35 death... 31370225
Reposted by McLeanPurplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026In the process of demolishing every single public housing tower, Homes Victoria evicted a family, offered them a home that was boarded up, and another home that was infested with mice and cockroaches, then said oh you’re no longer public housing tenants now coz u said no so fuck you I guess 617578
Reposted by McLeanTom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Guy who has called two royal commissions and is required to lead the response: 45317
Reposted by McLeanPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026My latest free newsletter is about one of The New York Times's specialties: publishing the opinions of wealthy elites as if they are news.stringinamaze.netRich Guy Quote JournalismHow the media turns rich guys' opinions into news 151574266
Reposted by McLeanKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/05/2026It does not feel right to present data centre caused power sector friction as an 'undersupply' squeeze. The guy who walks into the all-you-can-eat buffet with a bucket and just starts pouring trays of food into it to take home for himself -> also not a restaurant food supply problemaxios.comThe energy squeeze behind the Iran war and AI boomIt's suddenly the world's biggest constraint, thanks to oil shocks and AI's global race for electricity. 419046
McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 07/05/2026so it's obviously a joke that Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts is bundled into a single grab bag government department. and it's a fun little bonus joke that their website logo is clearly OCR'd from a physical letterhead www.infrastructure.gov.au 241
Reposted by McLeanRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 25/04/2026This is a truly eye opening read. And I’ve been following this stuff pretty closely, so I mean that! 8251119
Reposted by McLeanGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/04/2026The entire issue with the NDIS is that a generation of Australians (including almost everyone working in the political media) have become indoctrinated to believe the private sector is more efficient than the private sector. Privatize disability care? What *could* go wrong??? 41387110
Reposted by McLeanmahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 08/04/2026We didn't deserve this day. 3992804055
Reposted by McLeanBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026In a shocking twist, impunity has emboldened a narcissist to descend into full megalomania 233928545
Reposted by McLeanThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 07/04/2026A 1.4% levy on the gambling industry could compensate the media for ALL revenue lost from a potential gambling advertising ban. Australians lose more money gambling than any other country. It's time for our government to act. @amyremeikis.bsky.social #auspol 14363128
Reposted by McLeanGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Has Penny Wong expressed her concern yet? Has Marles talked about our shared values? Every time they get asked about AUKUS they talk about the alliance. Well this is the alliance. 43524179
Reposted by McLeanLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 03/04/2026we gotta send so many guys to the Hague 403605681
Reposted by McLeanJeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026people simply love it when you storm out of the gates to support an illegal war, then lecture them about personal responsibility after it makes their lives worse 21341137
McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 31/03/2026new hobby: building homebrew IoT devices, housing them in paper + cardboard structures, and then painting wooden tokens for buttons when I got into smart home stuff I was really put off by the glossy/plastic aesthetic basically everything has. so, feels rad to bring a handmade vibe 274
Reposted by McLeannorman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 30/03/2026It’s crazy how likely it is that the cops just straight up executed Desi Freeman 5393
Reposted by McLeanGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The gas industry likes to boast about how important it is the Australia economy. What they're really saying is look at our profits. #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au/2026/03/the-... 921084
Reposted by McLeanNick McKim @nickmckim.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Tomorrow the PM is meeting state and territory leaders about the fuel crisis. They should discuss making public transport free for as long as the crisis goes on. And as the Federal government is backing the war, they should pick up the tab. 76227
Reposted by McLeanFolderal Conspiracy, Esq @folderalconspiracy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026It is very easy to read statements like this as a joke. This is not a joke. We have proven with AI, completely by accident, what knowledgeable people have been saying for decades: the environment that rich people live in gives them a very specific personality disorder. 4068972666
Reposted by McLeanGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The NACC works exactly as intended when the Albanese govt set it up. Everyone in the APH can get on the beers tonight’s knowing they’ll always be safe. 2333888
Reposted by McLeanCrikey @crikey.com.au · 11/03/2026Opinion | The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s reasons why Scott Morrison did nothing wrong on Robodebt are extraordinary and delusional, writes Bernard Keane. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/11/n...crikey.com.auNACC's robodebt investigation conjures offensive and stupid excuses for letting Scott Morrison offThe NACC report on robodebt is out and it exonerates Scott Morrison, with a series of excuses and a justification of extraordinary offensiveness. 03724
Reposted by McLeanAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The reality is the Canberra bubble was never going to allow their own to face consequences for Robodebt 827183
Reposted by McLeanNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 10/03/2026“Quietly alarmed” = too gutless to say it publiclytheguardian.comLabor MPs quietly alarmed by Albanese government’s response to US-Israel strikes on IranSeveral MPs question why the party rushed to endorse strikes that were likely in breach of international law 1719856
McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Important thing to keep in mind about disaster capitalism is that a few decades ago the capitalists realised that, if the game plan is to wait for a disaster and then capitalise on it, it is counterproductive to put any effort into avoiding disasters 150
Reposted by McLeanOmar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Two kids with cancer died at Westmead Children’s Hospital due to mould in the wards. This is unacceptable and unbearable. Sorry is nowhere near enough 613859
Reposted by McLeanNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 06/03/2026You can tell how much Labor and the Coalition care about the poor Iranians by the way they hastily built a series of offshore concentration camps to imprison Iranian refugees *forever* when they tried to escape the regime. 7384141
Reposted by McLeanSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Children’s graves dug for Trump’s and Netanyahu’s war. This image speaks a terrible truth in answer to Labor’s lies about this awful war they support. 10216110
Reposted by McLeanMartin Dunlop @martindunlop.bsky.social · 26/02/2026the distaste you see among these politicians for genuine activists and advocates is irritation that they're not willing to play the game for power, ignorant that it's the game that's killing us 051
Reposted by McLeanMartin Dunlop @martindunlop.bsky.social · 26/02/2026starting to think the fella who giggled about going to kyle sandilands wedding might be a shit bloke 192
McLean @mcccclean.bsky.social · 26/02/2026ughh this lady has the unyielding-moral-compass flavor of autism and is mad at me. I know, I'll tell a transparent lie on the record. that'll smooth things over. 140
Reposted by McLeanFiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Georgia Tacey makes an incredibly important point here. 16330
Reposted by McLeanI, BS @thebenshaw.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Also according to the article "you can keep serial killing for another 18 months while we consider your petition to be allowed to murder people" 031