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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Meanwhile the Liberal party made Tony Abbott its president
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Bernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How can he have died ‘between writing sessions’? What, he went back to work afterwards?
Guardian story on the death of Jeffrey Archer
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mark my words, these NDIS 'reforms' are going to be an absolute shitshow and people are going to get hurt. Will the government listen? It seems not.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Both matters are in the Adelaide Federal Court today for an initial hearing. I’m asking the Court to give me a protective cost order of 5 cents (the smallest coin in the realm) to set a precedent for others, who in future, might face the Govt’s new secrecy strategy. #FOI #auspol
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Perhaps this is "super intelligence" after all. variety.com/2026/digital...
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White House’s New AI Website Confirms Trump Lost the 2020 Presidential Election
Donald Trump has routinely claimed that he won the 2020 election. But the new AI-powered website America.gov, which Trump unveiled on Tuesday to great fanfare, says otherwise.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This sort of fall takes house prices back to where they were only a few years ago, when the headlines were about the insane unaffordability. It's the more expensive homes (already over inflated) which are experiencing a drop - the lower end of the market has barely moved.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Biggest improvement in housing affordability for 40 years”
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stop reporting property like it is a share market
ABC headline: Australia faces “biggest property downturn in 40 years”, raising recession risk.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Richard Marles’ best mate talking about “shared values”
A photo on 3 Sep of two utter losers.

Marles and Hegseth.
Marles smiling like a complete idiot.
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"JobSeeker now sits at just 41% of the minimum wage, and Youth Allowance is even worse at 34%" writes Charmaine Crowe, Program Director for Social Service at the ACOSS. Read the full piece on The Point: sbrew.link/h5nIyjVF
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The Point @thepointau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The rise in the rate will not do anything to lower petrol prices, so it is a rise with no benefit" writes @grogsgamut.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/off-the-charts/2609…
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes. "On every issue, Labor has done the least it can do." www.deepcutnews.com/p/this-labor...
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This Labor government is the Ed Sheeran of Australian politics – Amy Remeikis
There is more opportunity to push back against toxic centrism
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s a lot harder when you aren’t up against children, eh?
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Michael Pascoe @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Chris Minns is one of the most can-do people you’ll ever see,” V’landys said. Of course, it depends on who's asking him to do.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UK Prime Minister Burnham wants submarines and shipyards to be his country’s economic engine. Why not, especially when Australian taxpayers are helping foot the bill. #AUKUS #auspol
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A reminder to Australians: This corrupt incompetent frat boy buffoon is who we have outsourced our defence strategy to. And this is who our US sycophant defence minister Richard Marles has sent $billions in #AUKUS payments to for... nothing so far. #EndAUKUS #auspol
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In a world where our Defence Dept says we have a threat warning time of <10 years, one of our chosen #AUKUS sub build partners has just taken 13 years to build a sub. Oh, and they haven’t been able to put an SSN to sea for 120 days. 🤦‍♂️ #wrongchoice #auspol
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Royal Navy’s newest attack submarine HMS Agamemnon leaves shipyard after 13 years under construction - Navy Lookout
The RN's latest SSN, HMS Agamemnon, has sailed from BAE Systems' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard for the first time and is heading for her new home at HM Naval Base Clyde. The departure marks the first in ...
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Highest unemployment for 5 years? RBA happy.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
RBA doing little dances today - happy that more people will live in poverty on Jobseeker www.abs.gov.au/media-centre...
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Unemployment rate rises to 4.6% in August
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The Australian Govt says it is concerned that such a ban could inadvertently harm Palestinian businesses, workers and livelihoods. It is difficult to see what evidence underpins that concern." There is none. A pathetic excuse to avoid real action. #auspol pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
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Australia says a settlement trade ban could hurt Palestinians. The Palestinian Authority wants one
Australia declined to join 12 countries backing action on trade with illegal West Bank settlements, citing concerns about Palestinian livelihoods. The Palestinian Authority supports the restrictions –...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Albanese to deliver hypocritical speech telling China and the US not to use the Pacific as a chessboard. When he has reinforced Australia's role as a US pawn. #EndAUKUS #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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PM set to warn China and US the Indo-Pacific not their 'chessboard'
In a major foreign policy speech set to be delivered in New York, Anthony Albanese will declare the post-1945 world order "is no longer fit for purpose" and warn China and the US the Indo-Pacific is n...
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“There’s no avoiding the scale of our responsibility – or the cost of inaction,” says @albomp.bsky.social, the leader of a government that readily and repeatedly approves new, or extends exisiting, fossil fuel projects. 🤷‍♂️ 1/2 #duplicitous #climate #auspol
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No avoiding the cost of inaction on climate, Anthony Albanese says in New York
Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A seat on the UN Security Council? Maybe Australia could adhere to international law to start #auspol michaelwest.com.au/palestine-on...
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Palestine. One year on from recognition, what have Albo and Penny done? - Michael West
Today is “International Day of Peace” and the anniversary of Australia formally recognising Palestine. What has happened since? Shamikh Barda asks. PM Anthony Albanese is at the UN today, promoting Au...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Australians should not forget: The Israeli president who pardoned this racist murderer was given a special private briefing by the ASIO boss. #auspol
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/09/2026
Mark Carney mocks Trump's accordion hands
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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A six year old does not deserve to be in poverty. Full stop.⁣ ⁣ Every kid in poverty is a policy failure. But since kids don't have separate incomes, you can't help the kid without helping the household they're in. That's the whole political tension. youtu.be/gL2kxIbPitU
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Can someone explain why – in an economy in which the central bank has decided we need almost 700,000 people to be unemployed – those people live in such dreadful poverty that it can make you up to 10 times more likely to die in the prime of your life?" www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho
Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@albomp.bsky.social’s👇answer👇 to a question today from @allegraspender.bsky.social about his willingness to proactively disclose his diary reminded me of Scott Morrison saying it was a triumph that protesters outside Parliament House weren't "met with bullets". #LostThePlot #auspol
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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 15/09/2026
The court also found that "Senator Hanson has a tendency to make negative, derogatory, discriminating or hateful statements in relation to, about or against groups of people relevantly identified as persons of colour, migrants to Australia and Muslims, and to do so because of those characteristics."
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
At some point an Australian PM will announce we are never getting any of these nuclear powered submarines. The only matter in doubt is who the PM is at the time.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Love the Irish🇮🇪
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If only Albo would get as emotional - and do something - about the hundreds of thousands experiencing #homelessness after decades of neoliberal housing policies. #inequality #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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'Stunned': Emotional PM defends mum against Pauline Hanson remarks
Anthony Albanese has fiercely defended his late mother against criticism by Pauline Hanson, who has been called on to apologise for her remarks.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The UK’s new Prime Minister clearly didn’t get Defence Minister Richard Marles’ memo stating “#AUKUS is full steam ahead”. Or maybe Marles was just referring to the pace at which our Treasury is sending cheques to the UK. 🤷‍♂️ #auspol
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The best piece of news, after a relentless and brutal attempt to destroy a decent person and make an example of her, to scare others to silence. No thanks to the mainstream, which said and did nothing to defend the principle of press freedom and her right to report fact and express an opinion.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Israel lobby has dropped its vexatious lawsuit against @marykostakidis.bsky.social whose bravery and integrity is a light for us all Andrew Brown #auspol michaelwest.com.au/mary-kostaki...
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Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby, and courage won - Michael West
The Zionist Federation of Australia expected fear, expense and exhaustion to silence Mary Kostakidis. She stood her ground
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Rorts galore. Why is Albo encouraging grant corruption? Michael Pascoe reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/rorts-galore-why…
Michael West Media story graphic
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sovereignty has become an issue-by-issue choice www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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How sovereignty has become a calculated issue-by-issue choice
Sovereignty should be on the minds of most Australians, but it’s not – mostly because politicians don’t want it there.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Lacking any understanding of the concept of 'social licence' the gas lobby are at it again trying to preserve the super profits which have cost Australians and Australian manufacturing so dearly. The greed just never stops! #auspol
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Santos CEO wants gas reserve rules set, but with key changes
Kevin Gallagher will use a speech in Canberra on Wednesday to spell out the need for critical tweaks in the reservation system to clear the way for investment.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you are after a good dose of "Oh FFS, will you people wake the f*ck up!!", @amyremeikis.bsky.social is on a tear this morning live.thepoint.com.au
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The Point Live: Australia under pressure to sanction Israeli traders in the West Bank and right wingers push back against proposed social media changes. As it happens.
Australia is still saying no to trade sanctions against illegal Israeli trade in the West Bank, despite the UK, France and others lead. Sexual and domestic violence is still failing to change and rig...
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Booker-prize winning author Richard Flanagan hit the nail on the head during his powerful speech at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. If you agree, sign our petition urging governments and institutions to reject the IHRA definition of antisemitism: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/08/dont...
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I’ve crossed into the Territory to use #FOI to conduct some northern exposure. Plenty Highway, Tobermorey Station, NT. #WorkFromRoam
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Decisions on whether Australia goes to war are made years, perhaps decades, prior to the commencement of a conflict. #SovereigntyGivenAway #NoAccountability #auspol
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The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war?
Exclusive: US-controlled weapons corporations and forces have control or access to more than 100 facilities across the continent, which some analysts describe as a ‘colonisation’ of Australia’s milita...
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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Amen to this “I do not care what minister Wong’s personal feelings are, I don’t care about her outrage, I care about the actions taken as foreign minister,” Shoebridge told Guardian Australia. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Shoebridge criticises Labor response after IDF officer’s ‘reprehensible’ comments on deadly Zomi Frankcom strike
Greens defence spokesman says ‘words are just distractions’ until government takes action
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In a masterpiece of urban planning Colonel William Light designed Adelaide as a city inside a park. Peter ‘Chopper’ Malinauskas is using a patchwork of vanity projects to end Light’s vision, signing a death warrant for 1,400 trees along the way. #saparli
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Peter ‘Chopper’ Malinauskas to plonk MotoGP in Adelaide's cherished Park Lands - Michael West
Premier Peter Malinauskas plans to chop down 400 trees in Adelaide's Park Lands for the MotoGP Grand Prix. Rex Patrick reports.
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In case anyone needs it, to have the ‘mubble-fubbles’ (16th century) means to have a fit of despondency or low spirits, such as the end-of-summer blues.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Defence: never have a so few inside a single organisation screwed up so much procurement at such great cost and (national security) risk to so many. #incompetent #secretive #unaccountable #auspol
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Everywhere. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Four frames. 1. “Three Israeli hostages waving white flags were shot and killed  by the IDF. They said, “We thought they were Hamas.””Image of three dead, with flags. 2. “The IDF shot and killed 14 Palestinian paramedics and a UN worker then buried them in a mass grave. They thought Hamas were among them.” Image of bulldozer and rows of body bags. 3. “Present and former Israeli politicians have claimed there are no innocents in Gaza and that even children and babies are the enemy.” Image of a child sitting, a dead adult behind, a sniper drone buzzing nearby. 4. “So when they say the IDF killed Zomi Frankcom and her colleagues because they thought they contained Hamas operatives. It’s understandable, as they see Hamas everywhere.” Image of photo of Zomi with bouquet of flowers beside.
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