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Naarm / Melbourne Australia A bit left of centre. Pro public health. Say no to nuclear power

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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 13h
back in the USSA
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
tern: "Ten ways COVID denialists use exactly the same playbook as climate change denialists to justify doing nothing:"
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Thread by @1goodtern on Thread Reader App
@1goodtern: Ten ways covid denialists use exactly the same playbook as climate change denialists to justify doing nothing:
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 22h
Clothes make the man. Today’s @theageaustralia.bsky.social @sydmorningherald.bsky.social cartoon
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Horse Lover @chaffeaters.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Gonna keep posting this every day until people with influence take notice. Aust health-care is screwed due to 30+ years of neglect while we can subsidise mining for $Bs every year, #auspol
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Pepperpots @pepperpots4477.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yep. Josh Frydenberg should be chased out of town every time he tries a comeback. Victorians have long memories & there’s a real reason he got voted out last time.
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Mark @mark-melbin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#auspol #OneNation #WhingeNation
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hey Joshy! Remember the $60 billion JobKeeper f*ck up? Guide Dogs scandal? Robodebt? Your relentless attacks and betrayal of VIC during Covid? The $65 million car park scandal? We do!
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New card-carrying members of political parties www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
New Scientist: COVID variant XFG is now dominant globally and better at evading antibodies. Immunity from vaccines and prior infections is still helping prevent widespread severe illness, but experts warn future variants remain a threat as declining global surveillance makes them harder to track.
A screenshot of an article headline from the New Scientist website, celebrating its 70 years anniversary logo.
The primary headline asks: "Does each new covid-19 variant pose a significant threat?" Below it, a subheadline reads: "Most covid-19 cases are caused by a particular type of variant, but do we need to worry every time a new one emerges?" The article is written by Jo Marchant and is dated 9 October 2026.
The lower half of the screenshot shows an illustration of multiple coronavirus particles with round red bodies covered in light blue spike proteins against a dark green, textured background. A small yellow warning icon caption below the image reads: "We've lived with covid-19 for more than half a decade, but it's still evolving." The image credit is attributed to Darryl Fonseka/Getty Images.
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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
There are more of us than you think. The real freeloaders aren’t migrants or people on welfare. They’re gas exporters paying less tax than beer drinkers, and 200 people holding $707 billion. They have the money. We have the numbers. We are the change. suebarrett.substack.com/p/there-are-...
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There Are More of Us Than the Freeloaders Need You to Believe. We Are The Change.
Most Australians want the same things: A home. A fair share. A liveable future. A small few are taking far more than their share and they’re counting on you never finding out how many of us there are.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
firing squad
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Rationalist Society of Australia @ausrationalist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In a speech to the National Press Club, Go Gentle Australia founder Andrew Denton has said that conscientious objection – by hospitals and aged care providers – remained a major barrier to people accessing voluntary assisted dying. Read more: www.gogentleaustralia.org.au/andrew_dento... #auspol
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Andrew Denton marks decade of VAD reform with new research fund
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Oldgirl @oldgirl54.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Still waiting for a response from the aged care minister Sam Rae #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/10...
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Aged care is turning the family home into an entry fee
Scarce aged care places increasingly favour families able to pay large accommodation deposits, drawing on housing wealth that may be the only debt-free asset shared across three generations.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
pre-op
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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t... Note to Media: Violent authoritarian threats are not normal. One Nations threat to jail political rivals is a chilling warning about how they intend to corrupt our sacred independent judiciary. Who reported that? No-one. The latest “Truth Lies&Media” is live!⚡️
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Truth, Lies and Media
News Podcast · Updated Weekly · Broadcast journalist Nicole Chvastek and Australia's pre-eminent journalism ethics expert Denis Muller seek out the media industry's good, bad and ugly, taking you behi...
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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One Nation let a neo-Nazi into its campaign launch but chucked out the ABC and SBS and threatened to jail political rivals. None of our news outlets condemned it. NOTE TO MEDIA: VIOLENT AUTHORITARIANISM IS NOT “A POLICY LAUNCH” “Truth Lies & Media” is live!⚡️ Promo Match Frame Editing #auspol
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pauline Hanson's heir apparent, Lee Hanson, who is One Nation’s Tasmanian state president publicly shunned by local cafe owner who has pledged to donate any money spent there by One Nation members to the Tasmanian Greens 💚💚💚💚💚 it
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Richmond coffee shop publicly shuns One Nation state leader over political beliefs
Lee Hanson says she has been a regular at the shop since it opened…
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livesarah @livesarah.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don’t eat the salmon! #Toxic #Tasmania
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Coalition migration policy announcement sound bite bingo. Today’s @theageaustralia.bsky.social @sydmorningherald.bsky.social cartoon
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Geoff Field @geofffield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Does anyone recall the Four Corners report earlier this year on the state of aged care? Does anyone actually care anymore? Why aren’t people furious? We have to start respecting and looking after our elders. Seems to me this *plan* by the coalition is another obstacle to deal with 🤔 #Auspol
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Kelanoa 😷 @kelanoa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why can’t ‘we the people’ demand Truth in Advertising laws? It’s only politicians who benefit from lies, that don’t want it. Zali Steggall @zalisteggall.bsky.social has legislation ready to go. Let’s do it! #auspol
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TheChef @thechef-52.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's happening again. #auspol #taspol #aquaculture www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Disease outbreak prompts salmon company to inject fish with antibiotic
With Tasmania's salmon industry bracing for marine heatwave conditions this summer, one company is about to begin injecting fish with an antibacterial drug — with its preferred antibiotic option still...
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Rebecca Isaacson @serenitybecca11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#auspol
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Geoff Field @geofffield.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An absolute disgrace. There has been radio silence since the Four Corners show - from the government and other federal parliamentarians. Everyone should be screaming for action from the rooftops. 😡 How we treat our elders and young should be the mark of any society.
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This article by Clive Hamilton sets out Rinehart’s original IPA agenda, which is same now, but not the polished version. Mind blowing. @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social @johnmenadue.com #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02...
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The shadowy world of IPA finances
The IPA knows that its credibility would be shot if it were seen to be the mouthpiece of big business with an interest in undermining climate science and climate policy.
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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sky News is free in regional Australia. Here's why that matters at the ballot box. Now called News24, it is owned by News Corp. Over 1/4 of local govt areas have no independent local news. Why media variety matters before you vote. 👇 suebarrett.substack.com/p/sky-news-i... #auspol
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Sky News is free in regional Australia. Here is why that matters at the ballot box.
BYV: Media ownership is more concentrated in Australia than in almost any comparable democracy. In the regions, with fewer local voices left, one channel is filling the gap.
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nevyn @nevyn8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@australianlabor.bsky.social #pedophile #usa #zionism #israel #evil #waronearth #corruption #auspol #australia
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
rein it in..
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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Misogyny is being mainstreamed. Cruelty is being organised. So is solidarity. Monsters aren't multiplying. Permission is spreading. Here's how we take it back. 👇 #IAmJaneDoe #March4Justice #EnoughIsEnough suebarrett.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
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We Are All Jane Doe
Misogyny is being mainstreamed and cruelty is being organised. So is solidarity. It's time to understand what is happening, and to stand up and fight.
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Rob Phair @robphair.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Santos #FossilFuels #Straya #auspol
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Don’t listen to religious extremist and warmonger Hegseth and his sycophantic mate Marles who claims “shared values” with this obnoxious and dangerous fool. Military experts, politicians, diplomats peace activists, unions, faith groups all oppose the madness that is AUKUS.
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is Australia? Just like the White Australia I grew up in during the 50s & 60s. Thanks for that @albomp.bsky.social #auspol
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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... Absolutely appalling - the Australian government is now charging $150 for the COVID vax for most people. The last protection now out of reach for most people
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COVID vaccine set for price hike - ABC listen
From October the COVID vaccine is expected to cost around $150.
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Derek Barry @derek-barry.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congrats to News Corp on its 11th straight year of paying zero tax in Australia “We’re for you!” Hahaha www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/01/n...
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News Corp celebrates more than a decade of paying zero tax in Australia
News Corp continues to make serious money in Australia while paying no tax. But even the Murdoch monolith isn't the nation's worst tax dodger.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The LNP has no plan on climate change. Just a chainsaw. No plan.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to tax gas? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to build public housing? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to end AUKUS? Greens are happy to be constructive about things that materially benefit the public. We are not a rubber stamp.
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Geoff Field @geofffield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why aren’t people furious about the state of aged care in this country? Seems everyone has forgotten the 4 Corners program and don’t start me on the age care minister 😡 #Auspol
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GFRE @guildford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Federal funding for H5 bird flu falls far short The latest investment in Australia’s H5 bird flu response falls far short in matching the scale of the threat. #Auspol
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“Did they forget the zero?” Federal funding for H5 bird flu falls far short - BirdLife Australia
The latest investment in Australia’s H5 bird flu response falls far short in matching the scale of the threat.
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Dr Hilary Joyce ⚕️ @drhilary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Majority under 65 will be ineligible after tomorrow. Please try to access Covid-19 vaccination if due/overdue
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Saji Weerasingham @sajilicious.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Part 3 of a multi-part series looking into #onenation This one looks into dodgy use of electoral funding #auspol open.spotify.com/episode/3cjM... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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The Populist: Money nation | Episode 3 - Full Story | Podcast on Spotify
Full Story · Episode
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Sue Barrett - Onward We Press @suebarrett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Every system of control keeps a list of things you're not supposed to discuss. Don't talk money, politics, who funds your MP, Gaza... We call it keeping the peace. It's silencing & it's how the system protects itself. Silence is a vote. Find your voice. 👇 suebarrett.substack.com/p/the-conver...
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The Conversations They Don't Want Us To Have, and Why Silence Is No Longer an Option. Find Your Voice.
People Power, Chapter 4: We are not bystanders. Here's what we've been told not to talk about, what our silence is costing us, and how to find your voice and change the system.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 25/09/2026
What does it cost to make someone wait for a service they’ve already been approved to receive? Assessments, reviews, complaints and unpaid care all add to the bill. Sometimes it might be cheaper simply to provide the shower, Char Weeks writes. #auspol #AgedCare
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The expensive business of making Australians wait for help
Delaying aged care, disability support and other public services may contain spending in one part of government, but the costs don't disappear. They move to families, hospitals, review systems and the people left waiting for help.
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well said Michelle Pini 👏 Australia needs to "wake up"👇 "We have published a lot on this website about the many attacks on democracy over the years and we continue to do so, but it really is no exaggeration to say that what is happening now is truly unprecedented."
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Oligarchs, AI and fascism: The perfect storm against democracy
As Australia finally joins the voices calling for sanity on AI and the Ku Klux Klan say they find One Nation’s rise “heartening”, managing editor Michelle Pini examines what such developments...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Concern? How about arrest the f*cker?? Cripes. If you or I hacked Medicare, the AFP would bash down our doors. AI does it? Oopsies! I am concerned! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman
Prime minister says he told chief executive he was disappointed it had taken company ‘way too long’ to inform government of breach
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equanimity1961.bsky.social @equanimity1961.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@albomp.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social #auspol #albomustgo
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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kos Samaras - "Before the marches, immigration was not a topic in our focus groups. After them, it still isn’t. The people keeping it on the front page are not those struggling."
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Politicians keep talking about immigration. Voters keep talking about their bills
Housing costs, falling living standards and distrust of politicians are driving deep frustration among voters. Yet immigration dominates the national debate, obscuring the economic pressures behind th...
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Oldgirl @oldgirl54.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Read this and be ashamed of our gutless government #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
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Albanese, AUKUS and the broken promise on nuclear weapons
As Albanese receives an international award for his leadership on security, Australia remains outside the nuclear weapons ban treaty he once championed. Meanwhile, expanding US military access raises ...
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Albanese won’t sign 2017 Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). This treaty now has just over half the world’s nations signed up, including almost all our near neighbours in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. #auspol
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Support at Home has been running for nearly a year & we're still asking whether people are getting the care they need, whether fees are making them refuse services and whether families are picking up the slack. These aren't minor details, surely, they're the bloody point of the program. #auspol
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Does the Government have a clue about Support at Home?
DCM Group Editor Lauren Broomham wonders whether the Government actually knows what’s going on with its Support at Home program.
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