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@mrslecouteur.bsky.social
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Here when not working, playing my cello, making music with remarkable elders, knitting, hanging with the people I love, pottering in the garden, walking the dog, or finding ways to critically engage with the world while holding onto optimism & hope.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This billionaire is accidentally making the case for why we need a wealth tax better than anyone else could.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Royal Commission into Antisemitism a “$131 Million Whinge” Andrew Brown reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/royal-commission…
Michael West Media story graphic
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
1/15 A small #NorthEastLink #BigBuild case study raises questions about the Allan Govt and transparency: How can one Victorian community be denied the noise protection provided everywhere else—and why won't the Government release the evidence explaining the decision? 1/15
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Amber Woods @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Know & name the #AtlasNetwork enemy, fight tooth & nail to shut down fossil fuel & its finance at home and globally. Solar sovereignty, solar democracy, solar independence: or subordination to the dying, corrupt Anglo-American oil empire. Solar, wind, batteries, EVs are machines that kill fascism
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Advance Australia purports to be 'grassroots' but the pro-fossil pro-Israel lobby group is actually funded by millionaires & billionaires such as Packer, Rinehart, Liebler. @sstephanietrann.bsky.social investigates. #auspol #AEC michaelwest.com.au/the-billiona...
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The billionaires bankrolling rightwing astroturfer Advance Australia - Michael West
Gina Rinehart, James Packer, Mark Leibler and other business figures the major backers of right-wing lobby group Advance Australia. #AEC
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
"When politicians belong to a version of Christianity that pursues (rather than aims to avoid) apocalypse, or perceives some community members as literally demonic, we need to know." @lucyham.bsky.social on extremist cults spreading hate & undermining democracy. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05...
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Tackling Christian extremism in Australian politics
The election campaign was fraught. Reports of violent interactions at booths have circulated in recent polls.
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Israel Will Even Persecute Palestinians For Simply Talking To Journalists Israelis not only murder journalists, attack journalistic institutions and block journalists from entering Gaza, they also persecute Palestinian civilians who speak with journalists. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-wil...
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Israel Will Even Persecute Palestinians For Simply Talking To Journalists
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 04/05/2025
There is nothing remotely “healthy” about warmongering, “othering” vulnerable human beings including children, supporting the obscene wealth of weapons manufacturers. @stephaniedowric #auspol
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Sustaining hope when war is normalised
What follows is a link to my talk given on 24 April at the Canberra gathering of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War.
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
It’s time for the Australian Government - particularly the #ALP #AlbaneseGovernment - to face facts about the real cost of continuing to bend to the fossil fuel lobby and start working harder for #climatejustice #LockTheGate #EndFossilFuels #AtlasNetworkOut
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
This is why we have to continue to resist the march of #AtlasNetwork across Australia. We had a small win over the weekend, but it’s not enough. The ALP has demonstrated they are incapable of holding back the polluting tide of mis/disinformation. We need to support politicians & local reps who are!
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I scrutineered in a Melb polling booth with strong Greens support. While Greens primaries were not enough to win the seat, on the 2CP count the Greens votes gave a HUGE number of votes to the ALP & sent a powerful anti-fossil fuels message to the Albanese Govt. #TheGreensInAction
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
#auspol #ausvotes #Ausvotes25
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
From a Queenslander: “Ali France, all through the personal tragedy, on a prosthetic leg, has walked every street and business for 3 elections. She deserves to win.” So deeply ecstatic to see the man who chose division and harm at every turn get beaten 🤞 by this amazing woman. #auspol #Ausvotes
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
“Israel has been seeking ways to purge Gaza of Palestinians for generations. […] How is this not the whole entire conversation every time Gaza comes up? How is this not the beginning, middle and end of every single discussion? “ - Caitlin Johnstone
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Just a few words that feature in this DeSmog look at The Mont Pelerin Society and its funders, key people and members. #AtlasNetwork #montpelerinsociety #TimWilson #JohnHoward #organisedneoliberalism #climatedenialism #instituteofpublicaffairs #bootatlasnetworkout www.desmog.com/mont-pelerin...
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Mont Pelerin Society
The Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) Background The Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) was created in 1947 by the free market economist and philosopher Friedrich von Hayek and advocates “classical liberalism,” an i...
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A vote for the Liberal Party of Australia is a vote for the #AtlasNetwork and the destructive and noxious actions, values and beliefs held by individuals, politicians, governments, organisations aligned with it. #VoteAtlasOutOfAustralia youtu.be/reKQTQ2TWOE
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How the Atlas Network Destroys Democracy
YouTube video by Daily MindBrew
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
1/7 There’s a hidden force attacking democracy worldwide.Not a nation.Not a party. A vast network of think tanks funded by billionaires & fossil fuel giants. It’s called the Atlas Network. And it’s quietly dismantling freedom. 🎥 youtu.be/reKQTQ2TWOE #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
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How the Atlas Network Destroys Democracy
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Brilliant!
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
So much trash in our political space and so much dark money. Albo’s crew flubbed dealing with both these critical threats to our democratic process. Lots of interlinking with and/or copycat work - #AtlasNetwork #Auspol theconversation.com/what-politic...
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What political ads are Australians seeing online? Astroturfing, fake grassroots groups, and outright falsehoods
New data shows how groups with benign-sounding names like ‘Mums for Nuclear’ are running political ad campaigns online. But they don’t even have to be truthful.
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Ken @kenzime.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Please look across the ditch, our economy is in tatters, public services destroyed, unemployment rapidly climbing, cost of living untenable and now we are faced with an austerity budget like we haven't seen in decades. Don't make the same mistake. #Auspol
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 29/04/2025
We really need to do something about this Australia
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What is the Atlas network?
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
ATTN #AUSPOL: I spoke with Rosie Ganino of 3CR radio on the history of Big Fossil's #AtlasNetwork, how it came to Oz. I show how the Dutton LNPs 'policies' adopted since the Voice were first preceded by nasty disinfo pumped out by Atlas-aligned orgs & fake astroturf NGOs. omny.fm/shows/climat...
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Aaron Smith @aaronsmith333.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
The Liberals do not want anyone to watch this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A82k...
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The Battle for Kooyong 3: Monique Ryan vs Amelia Hamer
YouTube video by Swollen Pickles
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 25/03/2025
We need to tax gas companies properly so the Australian people get a fair share of our resources. Beer, spirits, and tobacco tax all raise more revenue than the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax. #auspol #Budget25
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
So, voting for @mon4kooyong.bsky.social - a true Community Independent - in #kooyong means being represented by someone whose voting record aligns more closely with the Greens and the APL than the Coalition. Sounds like a good deal from my perspective. #votecommunityindependent
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I will be saving this as we head into another election and I ready for another season of ‘Neighbours of Kooyong’. The bleating ‘We lost our best MP at the last election’ and the inevitable ‘What HAS Monique actually achieved?’
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Fella Mundi @fellamundi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
ZELENSKY OUR EUROPEAN HERO
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This is the behaviour of a narcissist. The patronising insistence that Zelenskyy say “thank you”. The relentless grandiosity & aggression. The manipulation of truth. Having lived experience of such intimidation & abuse, of being cornered by a narcissist & their supporters, I stand with Zelenskyy.
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Quentin Dempster @quentindempster.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Dear oh dear .. Andrew Constance, endorsed Lib candidate for Gilmore (NSW south coast) who once had the guts to stand up to ScoMo as wildfires devastated his homeland has now gone all Trumpist. Paris climate targets are “off the table under the Liberal Party” he says. Shame Andrew shame!
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 18/02/2025
We're a better country than the United States. And we need to ensure that we don't go down the path that the American people have chosen for themselves. #auspol #election2025
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Europeans (and others) vs Trump - Pearls and Irritations
Do we want to ally ourselves with a people who choose people like Trump and Vance to lead them, to be the public face of their country?
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Denise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Here's LNP's plans to date... #auspol
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 16/02/2025
Donald Trump has vowed that displaced Palestinians will not be allowed to return to Gaza under the U.S. plan for the region. As part of this, he is threatening to cut aid to Jordan and Egypt if they refuse to accept Palestinians. buff.ly/3EAs6yS #Palestine #Israel
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Trump says Gazans can’t go home
Donald Trump has vowed that displaced Palestinians will not be allowed to return to Gaza under the U.S. plan for the region. As part of this, he is threatening to cut aid to Jordan and Egypt if they refuse...
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Philip Thalis @philipthalis.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Former Judge Anthony Whealy totally demolishes duopoly’s election funding ‘reform’ bill. Anti-democratic to its core, passed without scrutiny, weak caps obviously tailored to LibLab self-interest, still tentative disclosure, skewed funding limits, hopefully unlawful. Vote them down this election!
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
“it appears Europe is going to be asked to police a deal that it had no direct hand in negotiating. In the meantime, Donald Trump is seeking to take 50% control of Ukraine’s rare minerals”. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Macron calls crisis summit amid concern over Trump’s plan for Ukraine
The French president has invited several EU leaders, as well as Keir Starmer, who officials said would attend if possible
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 15/02/2025
Arab leaders face increasing pressure from the White House to support the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. As they prepare an alternative proposal for Gaza it seems unlikely they can satisfy both Trump and their own citizens. buff.ly/40YLY6s #Palestine #Israel
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Arab states will have to stand up to Trump to avert ethnic cleansing of Gaza
Arab leaders face increasing pressure from the White House to support the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. As they prepare an alternative proposal for Gaza it seems unlikely they can satisfy both Trump...
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Here's @marquelawyers.bsky.social. 'Don't say the P word' theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Don’t say the P word - The Shot
In the case of Antoinette Lattouf vs the ABC, the national broadcaster is airing its institutional bias to the world. It's a strange choice.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Mohamad Elmasry: "We're not hearing any outrage, really, in international circles, from western capitals on what's happening in the West Bank"
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Laura Tingle explaining why the ALP & LNP are trying to crush the Community Independents. This is why we need to support our Community Independents.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Here's me. "Trump wants to turn Gaza into a casino resort. Ita Buttrose thinks only an ‘activist’ could object"
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Trump wants to turn Gaza into a casino resort. Ita Buttrose thinks only an ‘activist’ could object - The Shot
Media doesn't need to normalise all this heinous Nazi shit, but it will anyway. It is structurally incapable of protecting us from barbarity.
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Nour Haydar @nourhaydar.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
#BREAKING All five artistic teams shortlisted for the 61st Venice Biennale have released a joint statement in support of winning duo Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino who were dumped by Creative Australia following media and political pressure. The group calls for them to be reinstated.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian territories @franceskalbs.bsky.social spoke powerfully in her ABC RN interview with Sally Sara. Israel is committing genocide. Trump is threatening invasion & ethnic cleansing. And our AUS PM Albanese refuses to comment. #auspol #USPolitics #FreePalestine
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
If the Aust Govt does not denounce this immediately, we are complicit in approving ethnic cleansing of a historic level
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Lenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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‘Waterfront property’: What are Trump’s real estate interests in Palestine?
Many of US president’s allies support settler projects, and plans to effectively colonise Gaza are an expansion on ideas from first term
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"The risk at the moment, even if Trump doesn’t do what he says, is that the mere vocalisation of his proposal is dehumanising to the Palestinian people. And this, in turn, could lead to more violations of the rules of war and international humanitarian law." #Gaza theconversation.com/trump-wants-...
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Trump wants the US to ‘take over’ Gaza and relocate the people. Is this legal?
Trump’s vision of owning Gaza and moving the Palestinians would violate a number of tenets of international law.
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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🚨EXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister Albanese is secretively pushing to enshrine in law the AEC’s mass censorship of political “donations” information. Changes are deep inside (p157) the “Electoral Reform” Bill, hiding all returns for first time in Australia’s history. theklaxon.com.au/f5w0
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PM in secretive push for mass "donations" censorship - The Klaxon
The Albanese Government is attempting to enshrine in law the biggest censorship of political “donations” information in the nation’s history.
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
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Doctors on the front lines in Gaza – Dr Victoria Rose & Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto interviews plastic surgeon Victoria Rose on the destruction of the healthcare system in Gaza by Israel.
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John Lyons aka The Lyons Den @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Here’s my 30-second take on how I think history may view Joe Biden’s role in the Gaza war. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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John Lyons says history will find Biden complicit in Gaza catastrophe
Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.
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mrslecouteur.bsky.social @mrslecouteur.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Vest inspired by Norwegian Selbu knitting as documented in Sheila McGregor’s ‘Traditional Scandinavian Knitting’. Yarn is Holstgarn Supersoft: a light 2ply non superwash yarn. #showmeyourknits
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