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@patmiller.bsky.social
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Good grace, the common good and a healthy irreverence. Spare me the hatred, give me the evidence. Words matter, intelligence wins. Living lightly and with respect on Bundjalung country in Australia. Gay, just deal with it..

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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 12h
The devil is in the detail. The AI data centre that nobody wants and nobody asked for except perhaps the Queensland fascist government, will use a quarter of the state's power demand. Coal fired too? Who the fuck are these people? #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Rural Queenslanders have seen gas projects come and go – but a 725-hectare datacentre poses a whole new level of ‘stupidity’
Residents of Dalby may soon live beside a $31bn datacentre. The premier sees ‘opportunity’ for the state – but others fear AI’s global creep
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dindin6.bsky.social @dindin6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"We ask women why they don't come forward when sexually assaulted. It's because we live in a world where an abuser can become president.
Disgusting. Trump says he feels bad for the seven Cornell students accused of rape, and his biggest worry is that they "won't get a fair shake" with Letitia James as special prosecutor.

Not one word for the victim.

THE WHITE HOUSE LIVE 14:02 PM 

BREAKING NEWS

NOV: TRUMP TAKES QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Only in the land of violence governed by the vicious could judicial murder be celebrated. The death penalty is favoured by fascists. Keep a close watch on the "policy" law and order ramblings of Australia's emerging RWNJs. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
A 'bent' needle and multiple doses: How a botched execution unfolded
Convicted killer Christa Pike remains in hospital receiving emergency treatment after surviving two doses of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Albanese worried about Shoebridge? 'Crikey' has it right. Labor is bogged. #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/02/d...
crikey.com.au
How worried is Labor about new Greens leader David Shoebridge?
It seems Anthony Albanese would rather only One Nation spoke to voters’ “searing anger”, even if it means more seats for the right than the left.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yet we are still employing Palantir to work on the basic functions of government infrastructure. Surveillance, anyone? AI will fuck us all over and we're just sitting around letting the tech Bros tell us how good it is. #auspol #ai www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Anthony Albanese says he has spoken to the Open AI chief executive to express his concern about the incident and the length of time it took the tech company to inform the government of the breach.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Seriously. How fucking angry do you have to get? Violence against women is a growth industry. Nobble our bozo dickhead culture. It needs a bit more than raising a pissweak concerned eyebrow. Intervention. Now. #auspol #sexualviolence #rapeculture #alpnsw www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Three men charged with domestic violence-related murders after three women killed in separate incidents in NSW
A Bondi Beach woman in her 90s, a 23-year-old in Wagga Wagga and a woman in her 70s in Mole River died within hours of each other on Saturday
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dog-whistling racists? The bigots are circling the wagons because the NSW ICAC enquiry into property developers is not going to end well. Back to the golden-era sixties. #auspol #racist #lgbtiq 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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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Welcome to the Brave New World where AI is the bully and the victim has no redress. Note the titles of the debt collection companies. #auspol #fuckAI www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Suncorp's debt collector engaging in 'worst kind' of bullying, former ACCC chair says
Insurance giant Suncorp's debt collector spent months using AI to harass an 81-year-old woman into paying a claim she was not responsible for.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tried tracing if this was AI. The bots seem to think it's real. Oh the irony. Trump shares his right ear, the one allegedly damaged by a high-velocity bullet. As with the real orange dickhead there's no sign of damage. If indeed real this is obsessively sad on so many levels. #auspol #fucktrump
Middle aged man in MAGA cap with Trump's image tattooed on the right side of his head, the image shares his ear.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
From hitting people on stretchers to victimising teenagers to bashing protesters. The NSW police are becoming the secret police. The Minns government isn't exactly cutting it. #auspol #nsw www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Mothers settle trespass case over 'distressing' bail checks by NSW Police
Two mothers reach a confidential settlement with the police after alleging that visits to check on their sons amounted to trespass.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The question isn't 'how' One Neurone screens candidates. It's 'if'. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
'No face-to-face meeting': Former One Nation candidate questions vetting process
Warren Pickering's public reckoning with his past has raised a broader question for One Nation: How is the party vetting candidates it puts before the electorate?
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This idiocy has gone far enough. From a White House official account. While your losing your mind over its narcissistic ineptitude, spot the AI mistakes for your amusement. From the Leader of the Greed World. #auspol
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Alan Kohler says what few mainstream commentators will. #inequality #auspol
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ah the law 'n' orda beatups and the creeping fascism that we seem to be regressing to. The infectious paranoia generated by the right wing is so pervasive people are starting to believe it. Rabid inhumanity in the name of 'safety' is no way to live. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Queensland concedes law imposing mandatory jail on some offenders as young as 10 breaches human rights
State government says ‘breach bail, go to jail’ laws raise risk of overcrowding in jails, while one expert warns they may lead to ‘cruel outcomes’
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The new smoking? 25% of former NFL (Gridiron) players died with - because of is uncertain - chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) caused by head impacts. Rugby league is worse in terms of head impact. Tribal bozo battering for entertainment. #auspol #NRL www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
CTE study finds 70pc of head impacts happening in sports practice
At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had CTE, according to a new study.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Cue the tech bros and the Queensland government telling us how fabulously good for us data centres are. I can smell the bullshit from here. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
International company's plan for multi-billion-dollar data centre in regional Qld
A $31.9 billion hyper-scale data centre proposed for regional Queensland promises huge economic scale, while raising questions about energy demands and water security.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Just let me get this right. I'll bet the people who got sacked weren't the people who did the unconscionable, corrupt and just plain nasty malfeasance. The fat arses will still be sitting on their amply padded chairs after all of this falls out. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
KPMG to cut almost 400 jobs after audit leaks scandal
Accounting firm KPMG says it will cut 27 partners and about 360 staff from its Australian arm, as well as revamp its structure, as it grapples with lower revenue from lost contracts following the audi...
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Buried in the story is the factoid that aggression towards staff has decreased by 16% in South Australia in the last 12 months. Nobody has asked why. Or are we just a bunch of miserable arseholes who need to take it out on someone else?  #auspol #miserable www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Exclusive CCTV captures the violence facing Coles workers
Exclusive video obtained by 7.30 highlights shocking scenes of aggressive behaviour towards retail workers, including a customer armed with a hammer and a security guard being thrown into a check-out ...
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Tuesday night. Look out for 'Best and Fairest Rapist' award. Sure to be hotly contested. At least 5 front runners. #auspol #sexualviolence
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Christ on a stick. Surely we're not still wondering about the number of women killed or injured in acts of sexual violence. But an apology will make it all just fine as the AFL and Swans frantically polish the turd. #auspol #domesticviolence www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
'We are deeply sorry': Swans players break silence over alleged incident
Five Sydney Swans players stood down for the rest of the season over breaches of club standards issue an apology to their club, fans and the wider community.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
'Striesland moment'? Why are the Sydney Swans in desperate damage control? It depends who sees your genitals and in what context, willing or not. Hypocrisy, anyone? #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Ex-AFL player Ricky Henderson sues Fox Sports, AFL over genitals exposure
Former professional footballer Ricky Henderson is suing the AFL and Fox Sports for more than $1.2 million in damages over an incident in which "compromising footage" of him was aired on live televisio...
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Seriously? Piss the gambling ads off and make it opt-in. Breathtakingly pissweak. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
You'll soon be able to register to block gambling ads. Here's how it will work
The government is moving to make opting out of gambling ads online as easy as paying a bill. Here is what we know about how it might work.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Forgive my cynicism but why are the Sydney Swans in damage control mode? Horny overpaid footballers abusing women? Who'd have thought? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Breaking: Sydney Swans say players 'in serious breach' of club standards
The Sydney Swans say the players linked to a Victoria Police investigation of an alleged sexual assault "are in serious breach of expected club behaviour and standards".
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Why do I get this sinking feeling that labor is arse kissing the fascists? Without migrants, we are stuffed . How about the billionaires just pay their share of taxes? That would fix it . #auspol #immigration www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
abc.net.au
Visa overstayers to have work rights revoked if asylum claim rejected
The federal government is expected to take a hard line on temporary visas as it continues to consider ways to reduce Australia's migration figures.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Remember Amway? Ponzi schemes are like viruses and psychotropic drug variants, they mutate just enough to stay one step ahead of the law. Exploiting women for money? Unsurprisingly appalling. Again. #auspol #scam www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
The 'little shampoo business' selling 'false hope' to women
Sellers for a multi-level marketing company promise sisterhood, success and a more flexible life. But former insiders say that, for most, the reality is far from what is being sold on social media.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Shafar nails it again. Fascism goes with the attention economy. Arse-kissing fascists is a new art form championed by Stefanovic. #auspol #fuckthefascists www.facebook.com/share/r/1dHT...
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Labor just can't get it right. No vision, just tinkering around the edges while well-off leeches game the system. The same ones who bleat that the negative gearing tax reforms will be the end of the world. #auspol #alp www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Higher-earning Australians flocking to 5% first home deposit scheme with some borrowers earning over $200,000
Exclusive: Economists warn Labor’s removal of caps could be pushing up prices as support flows to people in better financial positions
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Not only does she do great recipes but Annabelle Crabbe cooks cookers spectacularly. I'm visiting Canada at the moment and my home country is starting to look really fucking stupid. Courtesy of Hanson, Taylor, Abbott and for-the-workers Gina. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
Hanson spawned the silliest semantic beard-stroking in 20 years
We've come a long way since it was Pauline Hanson who didn't know the meaning of big words.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
But the risk to the poultry industry made the original headlines. We're still not getting the picture, are we. The dumbed down fascist view of the world is attractive when your information literacy is limited to slogans. Easy! #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/science...
abc.net.au
Australia's mammals are at risk of bird flu. This is what we know
While birds are the most likely victims of the deadly strain of bird flu, researchers are also sounding the alarm for native mammals and marsupial species. These are some of the steps being taken to p...
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Monetised hatred where recycling rage bait fuels voting preference. At the last federal election I thought Australia soundly rejected the right wing, neofascist rhetoric. Yet here we are. What's changed? #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
Karl Stefanovic to reportedly leave Channel Nine after Tommy Robinson podcast
Today show host Karl Stefanovic is set to leave Channel Nine after a podcast interview with British far-right figure Tommy Robinson, Nine Newspapers is reporting.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
One Neurone is steeped in toxic stupidity and fuelled by the mythology that people are united by common enemies. Bereft of kindness and empathy, stooges for the rich. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Pauline Hanson’s stance on paid parental leave and childcare could turn clock back by decades, economists warn
One Nation leader appears to suggest women should not be paid by employers while on maternity leave and calls for family income splitting
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This seems to be symptomatic of the NSW police force. Minns and the current state government are sliding into fascism as they desperately try to convince us humiliating gay people is necessary for public safety. Uber-karens with guns. #auspol #nsw www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
Watchdog considers claims of 'over-the-top policing' at LGBTQIA+ clubs
Allegations of police aggression and intimidation during a drug operation at LGBTQIA+ venues across Sydney's Oxford Street will be considered by the law enforcement watchdog.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Human myopia is breathtaking. The first thing we're worried about is the bloody poultry industry. H5N1 Will crucify our native avian wildlife with associated ecological knock - on effects. So far we have been somewhat protected by distance. #auspol #biosecurity www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
First case of deadly H5 bird flu confirmed in Australia
The virus, found in a migratory bird in Esperance, raises concerns for the poultry industry despite Australia having spent years preparing for such a biosecurity breach.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Thank you, followers. There recently seems to be a lot of you; I try to follow most of you back, appreciating intelligence and kindness. Please forgive if I don’t. It’s me, not you! God botherers, fascists, bots, bullshitters, 'influencers', digital marketers, and dickheads please move on.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It should happen. But so too should an examination of risk, personal responsibility and a litigation happy population. This is where the fun police live - risk aversion will evolve to life being lived through a screen exclusively. #auspol #nofunleft www.insurancebusinessmag.com/au/news/brea...
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Mulino to put insurers on notice over premium hikes and claims handling
The federal minister is set to flag mandatory disclosure rules for significant premium increases and demand that industry codes become genuinely enforceable
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Tragic outcome of utterly unqualified people pitching themselves as spiritual "wellness" gurus who claim the entire scientific/medical community are in a conspiracy pact. Y'know - like the US Secretary of Health and Human Services. Idiot influencers. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
Birth doula says lack of consent delayed Triple Zero call for dying mother
A court probing the death of Stacey Warnecke after a freebirth has heard that emergency care was delayed for several minutes because her "birth keeper" would only call an ambulance if she consented.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I'll bet the Queensland government resident's wanna-be fascists are swallowing thumb tacks because they have to side with the AWU on the law'n'orda side of things. Treating young offenders with a little dignity might help a bit. It cuts both ways. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
No sympathy for ‘juvenile grubs’ in detention centres, Qld deputy premier says
Jarrod Bleijie says children inside youth detention centres are largely to blame for lockdowns, and it's the staff that need protection.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Christ on a stick, you'd have to be wondering how this happens. The musky turd isn't exactly renowned for his philanthropic efforts. Every cracker of that unimaginable fortune is built on the back of fucking other people over. Particularly poor ones. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
Elon Musk now has an unfathomable amount of money. It looks a bit like this
Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire. It is hard to fathom a figure so staggering, but let's give it a shot.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
One line buried: "..introduce a legislative instrument that would allow the minister to change scheme parameters, like pricing and allowable services." Will therapists still be able to charge $167 an hour to drive to an appointment? #auspol #ndis www.themandarin.com.au/314572-aps-u...
themandarin.com.au
APS uncertain about key elements of NDIS cuts
Health officials were unable to tell the NDIS inquiry about the effects of the proposed scheme changes on the states and regions, or whether participants need to plan years ahead.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Changing allowable charges, nailing the fraudsters and putting mandated quality control into NDIS service providers has fallen through the cracks. Every unskilled Tom Dick and Harriet work for the NDIS charging a vital limb to do it. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
We can’t deliver ‘like-for-like-services’ for people kicked off the NDIS, states warn Albanese government
Coalition also criticises swift timeline for proposed NDIS changes with Melissa McIntosh saying ‘we cannot forget that there are human lives at the other end’
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Unregulated peptides, guerilla tanning salons, that idiot Clavicular looks maxing, young men obsessed with muscles and size. The same old looks burden for women. The online world is making beauty lethal. Make sure your kids understand. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
'People are just killing themselves': Solariums operating underground
Illegal solariums are operating across the country, from single machines secretly set up in suburban neighbourhood garages to those hidden in the back of legitimate businesses.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Well colour me surprised! Could it be that people who follow the money and deny humanity are morally bankrupt and are trying very hard to promulgate their ideology? The rise of the conservatives has nothing to do with people. #auspol www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jun...
theguardian.com
A high court justice warned of US-style judge ‘stacking’ and created a new front in Australia’s culture wars
Justice Robert Beech-Jones has accused the Samuel Griffith Society of a US-style attempt to stack the high court with conservatives, exposing a partisan rift in the process
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Three years - a long time in 1901. Now it's not long enough for a Parliamentary term; the two party preferred system means no forward thinking. Just working to get re-elected. So the prize idiots emerge. With bells on. They're becoming hard to tell apart. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
abc.net.au
As One Nation nips at his heels the PM has no choice but to play the long game
The government is playing a long game in responding to the surge of support for One Nation. It has little other choice.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Joel Jenkins nails it. We are being told what to think by Zionist billionaires. I never thought the term lickspittle would be so aptly applied to a Labor government. Justice is not served by money. #auspol theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Zionist ideas of "social cohesion" are based on a dangerous, twisted reality - The Shot
For more than two and a half years, Gaza’s children have been murdered in their thousands while Australia’s lickspittle political...
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Where to start with this. Children whose parents cannot care for them are commodified. An early childhood support worker gets pressured to taking the child because there's nobody else. Any men involved in this? Crickets and fucking sunsets. #auspol www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
A childcare worker was asked to take baby Lily home for the weekend after a court protection order last year. She’s still there
Exclusive: Sofie is devoted to the baby who was removed from her family, but she and advocates say the situation speaks to a desperate crisis in Victoria’s child protection system
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The sad part is we still have a government who is too piss week to ban gambling advertising. What will it take, Albo? An election loss? The middle of the road do nothing small target just fuels the idiot right wing. Advance Australia where? #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
abc.net.au
'I wish I were dead': The heartbreaking toll of Australia's favourite pastime
Australians are the world's biggest gamblers, losing billions every year. But the true cost goes far beyond the financial.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Gosh colour me surprised. Products greenwashing themselves who'd have thought? We are so a wash in bullshit, it's hard to find the truth. What happens when it's impossible to find the truth? #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Supermarket foods claiming to be ‘natural’ or ‘sustainable’ mostly just using marketing terms, researchers find
Survey of 27,000 Australian supermarket items found some products boasting environmental benefits had significantly higher emissions than unlabelled counterparts
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Tingle, as usual, is SO on the money. I'm still a little amazed at why we don't hear more from her. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
abc.net.au
Military parades and promises of peace ring hollower than ever
Displays of military strength and perpetual promises of peace do little to mask the reality that major powers aren't always able to control the wars they helped create.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Christ on a bike. So nobody asked, "Hey Sean can you get yourself onto an evacuation flight?" Who was making the assessment, though? That's important. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
abc.net.au
Teen left behind after Vanuatu earthquake sues Commonwealth
A teenager with multiple disabilities stranded for days in Vanuatu's capital city after a deadly 2024 earthquake is taking the Australian government to the federal court for disability discrimination.
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Pat Miller @patmiller.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
bsky.app/profile/fair... I reckon is worth a follow just to piss off the Adbvance Australia mob. #auspol
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