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@mir-cat.bsky.social
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(she/her) Avid reader, procrastinator, and reluctant pessimist. Anti-genocide, anti-fascist, neurospicy LGBTQIA ally. Living on Wiradjuri land in Australia. **Posts and opinions shared are my own and do not necessarily reflect that of my employer.**

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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is both frightening and infuriating. How are we letting this happen?
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
💔 Our government disappoints me by not taking a principled stand against this genocide. @albomp.bsky.social do you not want to be on the right side of history? #auspol #alp #gaza #freepalestine
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As a Xenillial, they did this already. This is how it was when I was at school. We don't need to go back to this. What is wrong with the coalition? (That was rhetorical, please don't!). #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
’National pride’ and ‘Western values’ the focus of Coalition education plan that would reduce First Nations content
Curriculum proposal, unveiled by shadow education minister Julian Leeser, would also cut content about sustainability and Australia’s engagement with Asia
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hilarious
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yep. The number of times a day I ask what the heck is wrong with people is beyond a joke.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don't understand where they think we're going to get the additional 4,000 GPs to replace those retiring in the next 5 years without migration. Are any doctors going to want to move to Australia without their families? What's the plan for hospitality & farm workers without backpackers? #auspol
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And she blocked me!
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don't know about you, but I have AuDHD. We are highky skilled and experienced at both multitasking and multi-worry!
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FFS, were they suggesting you can't care about sport and politics at the same time?
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just when I think they can't get any lower #onenation again delivers with the vile xenophobia. I despair at what it says about our country that these arseholes are polling so well
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I think it currently has to be more than a certain amount? My mate's ex recently flew off to South America for a holiday despite owing her almost $2k in child support. She was told it was insufficient debt to stop him.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wheelchairs donated by Australians sitting in a warehouse in Jordan for over a year, because Israel won't clear them to go to kids who need them in Gaza. Is the cruelty the point? Why is our government not helping? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... #freepalestine #auspol
abc.net.au
Australian wheelchairs donated to Gaza stuck in Jordan warehouse
Hundreds of wheelchairs, donated by two Australian charities to help injured children in Gaza, are stuck in warehouses in Jordan due to Israeli restrictions.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Where I live in Australia, the diesel price converts to USD $7.83/gallon. Your president hasn't just fucked things up for your own country, we're all bearing the brunt of his hubris. #fuelprices #AusPol #USPol #Trump
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#macklemore #stopthegenocide #istandwithmacklemore #freepalestine
A post from @brokeymcpoverty that reads "dear macklemore, im sorry I tweeted that you should mackle less back in 2014. im glad you're still out here mackling. "
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I support artists and creative, their rights to their work, and them being paid for any use of their work. Allowing AI companies to use artists' work to train their models is theft. #auspol #copyright #art #ai www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Government accused of throwing creatives ‘under the bus’ with proposal to ease copyright protections for AI giants
Proposals revealed as senior personnel from OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, met with Albanese ministers
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Australia will have 4,000 fewer GPs within the next 5 years, just with doctors retiring. We can't train that many new doctors. What overseas-trained doctor will want to come here if we: 1. Don't make them welcome. 2. Don't let them bring their family? Regional will suffer the most, so shortsighted
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If we don't have enough GPs, people put off going to the doctor. They get sicker, this puts a greater burden on hospitals to treat conditions that could have been prevented. It's also more expensive. We get worse outcomes, and more people die. #AusPol
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Yes, & if they cut them, we're worse off. Same as if we don't have enough GPs (which will happen within 5 years, as 1/3, or over 12,000, will retire). We cannot train enough doctors here, so we need skilled migration. To attract skilled migrants we need to welcome their families & culture. #auspol
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Although, reading #OneNation policies in general makes me worry. Things like "Removing mandatory disability compliance requirements for all new homes." Universal design isn't just important for people with disability. We've got an ageing population; we need #accessibility. #AusPol #disability
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The idea of #onenation reviewing the PBS rings alarm bells for me. Deciding what medication should be available on PBS based on cost savings will lead to unnecessary suffering and death. Do not trust these people with your future. #auspol
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Honest question, what's wrong with democratic socialism? Expanding support for universal healthcare, affordable housing, & public education? Higher taxes on corporations & high-income earners to fund programs & reduce extreme income gaps? Stronger unions & workers' rights? Sounds good!
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
100%
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
What's your plan for doctors, nurses, allied healthcare, & aged care workers in regional Australia, along with seasonal agricultural workers (e.g. fruit pickers), if immigration is further limited? 1/3 of Australia's 40,000 GPs will retire within a decade. What happens then? #auspol #immigration
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It is horrific!
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Am absolutely furious with our government. We need to stand up for international human rights. #auspol
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Another day, Another reason to be disappointed in @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social Why isn't Australia a signatory to this letter? What happened to us? When did we become so cowardly? Why aren't you standing against genocide? #auspol #gaza #genocide
Joint statement from the leaders of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Canada.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Thirty? Mate, try 40+!
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The quote from Senator Mark Kelly in this article is *chef's kiss*. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Trump orders Pentagon to redesign US aircraft carrier to use steam catapults to launch jets
President has suggested steam catapults every year since 2017, saying digital systems are too ‘complicated’
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Once again, I am beyond disappointed in this government. @edhusicmp.bsky.social I am with you 100% and am heartbroken that more of the party is not. #auspol #gaza #genocide www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Ed Husic-led push for Labor to recognise Gaza genocide fails, preventing public stoush
MP says he’ll continue to break ranks as party’s national conference ends without major fight over Israel and Palestine
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The vast majority of NSW residents support laws to regulate misleading political advertising, according to polling research by the Australia Institute. If the petition reaches 20,000 signatures within the timeframe required, it will be debated in parliament. www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/parliamentar...
parliament.nsw.gov.au
Sign ePetition
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Truth in political advertising laws have operated successfully in South Australia for 40 years & were recently adopted in the ACT. Across Australia, businesses are already prohibited from misleading & deceptive conduct in trade & commerce; the same standard has not been applied to politicians.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
They've been watching The Simpsons: Mono = One Rail = Rail. About the same level of grift too.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Thanks for the forewarning. I can now prepare by wallowing in dread prior to the descent into despair.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
WTF is wrong with these people?
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I didn't know elephants made those little happy sounds. This video has brought me some joy in a shitty week. Thank you. ❤️
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
FFS. They're not doing themselves any favours
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Well, that wasn't worth the early start! I hope you pull it together for the next game #Socceroos
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The football gods heard your plea.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
100%
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I thought I was being somewhat quiet and controlled in my support for the #Socceroos. The look my husband gives me, as he stumbles, bleary-eyed from the bedroom, tells me I am not. #FIFAWorldCup #5amKickOff
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ah fuck! C'mon #Socceroos you're better than that. Let's bring it back.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#Auspol Australia’s real pressures, housing, energy & the cost of living, are not eased by blaming those who pray differently, look different, or speak another language at home. Aust is strongest when it protects freedom of religion, equal citizenship, multicultural harmony & respectful disagreement
Statement on Senator Pauline Hanson's National Press Club address

Senator Pauline Hanson used the National Press Club to revive a tired and divisive narrative: blaming Muslims, multiculturalism and immigration for Australia’s challenges. The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) rejects that premise entirely. We will not respond from a position of apology for our faith, our community, or our place in this country.

Muslims have been part of this continent’s story since before British settlement. Makassan traders from the islands to our north were visiting the coasts of Arnhem Land and trading with Aboriginal people for generations before the First Fleet arrived. The cameleers who helped open the interior came later, and the first mosques were built under Queen Victoria in the 1800s. We are not guests asking to stay. This is our home, and our place in it is settled.

ANIC opposes violence and incitement without reservation, whoever commits it. But Senator Hanson draws no meaningful line between a criminal fringe and well over a million Australian Muslims. To vilify an entire faith community is not policy. It is division dressed as public debate, and it weakens the social harmony Australia needs.

We would add a point of principle. The label “extreme” is often applied selectively and politically. A view that one person finds extreme, another may regard as ordinary. Many Australians, by that same measure, would regard Senator Hanson’s own views as extreme. More importantly, holding a strong or unpopular opinion is not a crime, and it does not lead inevitably to violence. A confident society tolerates a wide range of beliefs and judges people by their actions, not their thoughts.

The distinction Senator Hanson refuses to make, between belief and violence, and between a community and the few who break the law, is the very distinction that protects everyone’s freedom, including her own.

Australia’s real pressures, housing, energy and the cost of living, are not ease…
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
100%. I don't understand how people are not horrified by her statements.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Just when I thought I couldn't be more disgusted by either of them
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
And yet those who would be made worse off by many of these positions (am not calling them policies because that indicates evidence-based rational thought) are still planning to vote for her, and think she's the messiah. I am starting to despair.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I've noticed she's been enjoying Trumpian word salads.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Thirty years, and still accurate
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Paul Dutton @pdutts68.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Imagine what Hanson will do to CSIRO
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I hold you both in great esteem.
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Typical leftie 🇵🇸 @mir-cat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
She'd call them liars and ban them from future press events.
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